Rumor Brazil is the frontrunner for a new World Showcase Pavilion

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Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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marni1971 said:
A little over 1.2 billion to the end of 1982.

Which was more than DAK cost.

DAKs problem wasn’t so much overrun (of which it did) but more there wasn’t enough budget to build the planned park.
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A lot of internal tales about the budget overruns, my friend.

Kilimanjaro alone was rumored to be two or even 3 Times what they ever admitted to...as was the tree. I could see it.

But what difference does it really make? Lack or budget = cost overruns when the dirt is moving...

And you know how badly they overran budgets (COUGH test track COUGH)
 
trainplane3

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Sirwalterraleigh said:
You mean the $1.5 bil wifi/server upgrade?
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I'm still convinced they are using Pentium 3's in their servers. I have to constantly hear my parents complain about changing trip plans because you always get the "Someone ate the page!" error. The app isn't terrible when it works. I swear it always craps itself everytime I'm in the park and need to use it. And no, it's not my phone. I can start streaming Netflix/Youtube at full quality over 4G but when I switch back to the app, it sits there and forgets what it's supposed to do. Don't even get me started on the overall design of it.

The only thing I hate more then poor use of technology is poor security involving tech. I'm glad the company I work for is putting very good money forward to push tech and security forward.

But hey, the wifi worked when I wanted to backup photos while I was in the park. For the one time I actually used it.

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built to withstand hurricane winds
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As long as you're downwind from the signal. If you're upwind, will blow all your wifi's away.
 
ParentsOf4

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marni1971 said:
A little over 1.2 billion to the end of 1982.

Which was more than DAK cost.

DAKs problem wasn’t so much overrun (of which it did) but more there wasn’t enough budget to build the planned park.
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Epcot was designed to be a full-day theme park (arguably two half-day parks scrunched together) at its opening.

Conversely, DAK (like DHS before it and DCA after it) followed Eisner's dubious strategy of opening half-parks with the intention of adding more later.

Corporate Disney was spending gobs of money on Parks & Resorts projects in the late 1990s, yet Eisner seemed incapable of focusing on a single project to make sure it was successful. I suspect his background in film (with multiple projects being juggled at once) biased him to think that a similar strategy would work for enormous capex projects.
 
Bender123

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marni1971 said:
Yep. It nearly brought the company to its knees. As Eisner was well aware when he took over two years later.
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For as much flak as Eisner gets, he really should get more credit for bringing the company back from the brink. Im always torn on his tenure...he was responsible for the enormous expansion of the parks and massive spending on new concepts, but he also was responsible for some really terrible cost cuts and cheapness in other areas. To me, he saved the company, but started the trend of the parks being what they are today.
 
marni1971

marni1971

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Bender123 said:
For as much flak as Eisner gets, he really should get more credit for bringing the company back from the brink. Im always torn on his tenure...he was responsible for the enormous expansion of the parks and massive spending on new concepts, but he also was responsible for some really terrible cost cuts and cheapness in other areas. To me, he saved the company, but started the trend of the parks being what they are today.
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Eisner and Wells brought the company back. Post 1994 the results speak for themselves.
 
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