Destination D23 2021

[ToTBellHop]

The live stream has an old panel from years ago playing right now......not sure why they aren't streaming what is on the schedule.

“Josh D’Amaro Restroom Break” may be timeless and relevant, but it was not deemed Disney or family enough.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Hong Kong is not China.

It shouldn't be. But it is currently occupied and fully controlled by China. And its human rights leaders are being imprisoned for years and years.

 

[Creathir]

Something that struck me from D'Amaro's talk so far - just how bogged down Disney is getting with anniversary celebrations. There are so many properties now, it is becoming hard to even keep track of who is celebrating what. I think the effectiveness of them is being dramatically reduced as a marketing tool.

The same exact thought hit me as well.

 

[nickys]

Hong Kong is not China.

Ummmm, yes it is. 100% controlled by China, despite any pretence otherwise.

 

[Andrew C]

All joking aside, Disney is not behaving like a healthy company. The kind of cuts they are making are not sustainable. It really feels like management is deeply panicked about something we're not fully aware of - debt load, D+ projections, something.

They look like a company with many obligations trying to recover from a pandemic.

 

[Jrb1979]

They look like a company with many obligations trying to recover from a pandemic.

I hate that argument cause all parks are trying to recover from pandemic. Yet most parks are spending money to get people back. Where as Disney thinks it's better to cut to get people back.

 

[dizneycrazy09]

I hate that argument cause all parks are trying to recover from pandemic. Yet most parks are spending money to get people back. Where as Disney thinks it's better to cut to get people back.

But the people are back…

 

[Andrew C]

I hate that argument cause all parks are trying to recover from pandemic. Yet most parks are spending money to get people back. Where as Disney thinks it's better to cut to get people back.

You may hate the argument, but it’s one that makes sense. And as I mentioned, disney has obligations well beyond the parks. To spend at pre pandemic levels right now would be ridiculously reckless.

we will see what the expo brings next year.

 

[Jrb1979]

You may hate the argument, but it’s one that makes sense. And as I mentioned, disney has obligations well beyond the parks. To spend at pre pandemic levels right now would be ridiculously reckless.

we will see what the expo brings next year.

Yeah to the almighty Wall Street.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I hate that argument cause all parks are trying to recover from pandemic. Yet most parks are spending money to get people back. Where as Disney thinks it's better to cut to get people back.

What do you think Tron, Rat, and Guardians are? Oh and cruise ships, which cost about as much as a 5th gate would.

 

[DomVF07]

So once the lightsaber is out, its out. Non retractable..

 

[Dunston]

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Meanwhile at Universal.

When was this leaked?

 

[M:SpilotISTC12]

So once the lightsaber is out, its out. Non retractable..

TWSS

 

[Jrb1979]

What do you think Tron, Rat, and Guardians are? Oh and cruise ships, which cost about as much as a 5th gate would.

Those were already coming pre Covid. Im looking what the Mouse has announced since. More cuts then additions has been the rule.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

When was this leaked?

I believe someone found it in one of the designers' online portfolio.

 

[hopemax]

Hong Kong is not China.

Tell that to China.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Those were already coming pre Covid. Im looking what the Mouse has announced since. More cuts then additions has been the rule.

The only cut I can think of that is entirely unrelated to COVID is Magical Express. Am I missing others? Not price increases. Not operational changes. Cuts unrelated to COVID.

Though in that spirit, I'm much more annoyed about the snail's pace of things coming back than I am about the lack of brand new stuff. It's pathetic that I still can't get my bed made at the hotels of the "premium family vacation destination of the whole world."

 

[themarchhare]

Glad I had no expectations. Biggest announcement is probably Magicbands in California (which really are a convenience, honestly).

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Tell that to China.

I mean that's basically my point. Hong Kong are victims of Chinese oppression, not perpetrators of it.

 

[SplashJacket]

Glad I had no expectations. Biggest announcement is probably Magicbands in California (which really are a convenience, honestly).

I saw this coming once they said Toontown was going to become increasingly interactive. Universal Japan sells interactivity bands, and these new magic bands just seem like a more useful version.