Company Spreading Too Thin??

[AdLibSean]

Just wanted to know if anyone thought, as I do, that maybe the Walt Disney Company is spreading self a LITTLE too thin these days? Plus stock is down and the 3rd quarter report didn't look to good either. I am, however mainly speaking of the Theme park division. With RUMORS (notice the big capital letters?) of ANOTHER park being built in Asia besides the Hong Kong one already planned, doesn't that spread the $$ needed to maintain parks (besides Tokyo) thin? Especially with the low results being put out by DCA and the new Disney Studios in Paris. I think they need to concentrate on restoring quality to the parks closer to home before venturing off in the world to build yet another park. Just a thought.

 

[jmarc63]

Originally posted by AdLibSean
Just wanted to know if anyone thought, as I do, that maybe the Walt Disney Company is spreading self a LITTLE too thin these days? Plus stock is down and the 3rd quarter report didn't look to good either. I am, however mainly speaking of the Theme park division. With RUMORS (notice the big capital letters?) of ANOTHER park being built in Asia besides the Hong Kong one already planned, doesn't that spread the $$ needed to maintain parks (besides Tokyo) thin? Especially with the low results being put out by DCA and the new Disney Studios in Paris. I think they need to concentrate on restoring quality to the parks closer to home before venturing off in the world to build yet another park. Just a thought.

Its funny you mention spreading things to thin. ABC had Escape from LA on tonight. there was not so veiled refrence to disneyland in the film. at the end of the movie the final shoot-out too place at "the happy place"? when the main charater and crew hange glide in to the happy place and snake pliskin asks" it that what I think it is" and another persons says " yep, they went thru a couple of diffrent owners before the Quake, The deal in Paris killed them" I got a kick out of that.

So ya I think they are spreading them selfs too thin.

 

[MickeyMoose15]

Disney is also trying to buy up a lot of property based on smaller companies, so they are spreading money a little thin.

They currently have plans in buying the Jim Henson Company from the German EM.TV but who knows how that deal is going. There has been almost no news about that since before September 11th.

They are apparently also after the MGM studio company itself. They put themselves on the selling block after problems with the current owner. Disney is fighting other studios but it looks like nobody wants to pay that $7 billion check especially after failures like Hart's War and Windtalkers.

Disney is also after Marvel Comics. The comic book company has had years of money problems and they are finally giving up. Disney is fighting Sony for the ownership of the company.