News Expose reveals WDC control in online fan community

[SteamboatJoe]

They used the word "evil" three times.

I guess they didn't like the article?

The only thing it was missing was "fake news".

 

[wm49rs]

Actually where do they actually deny anything? The closest they come to denying is "nothing more than a rumor". That's not a passionate defense that there is no truth to the rumor.

Again, don't know the truth, but that was not a professional, thoughtful response to the situation IMO.

"nothing more than a rumor created out of bitter hostility from former MiceChatters" is as close to a denial as they can probably get.

 

[doctornick]

The story seems plausible to me. And really, wow. But why should I believe Gary Snyder is the question I have. Am I supposed to assume this article is not a fan manipulation itself?

I tend to believe the article but I also think Mr. Snyder has a huge agenda of his own. I think it is worth revisiting the previous article he did that got attention around here:

https://insightsandsounds.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-amazing-disappearing-article-disney.html

That article is very unfavorable towards Iger - i would argue and not even consistent with his performance at CEO - and also very insulting rather than being presented as objective.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Again, don't know the truth, but that was not a professional, thoughtful response to the situation IMO.

It was the kind of response I expected from MiceChat.

Especially after being offended over not being asked to comment.

 

[flynnibus]

image being TP2000 and being woke up early on Sunday morning for this... I bet his phone danced right off his nightstand it probably vibrated so much.

 

[Quinnmac000]

The story seems plausible to me. And really, wow. But why should I believe Gary Snyder is the question I have. Am I supposed to assume this article is not a fan manipulation itself?

Gary is pretty well known. He got the Nintendoland plans and was the one who leaked them online regarding Universal and is somewhat close to Viacom/CBS Redstone family. So I wouldn't be surprised if he knows the inner workings on whats going with Disney.

 

[trainplane3]

Bob reading this thread/article:

 

[VJ]

image being TP2000 and being woke up early on Sunday morning for this... I bet his phone danced right off his nightstand it probably vibrated so much.

i haven't seen him post anything on WDWMAGIC since the article was posted... hmm.

 

[SteamboatJoe]

This coming on the heels of the Tiki Room and CBJ drama and some of the other stuff posted on these boards recently certainly has made things interesting as of late. I don't know if they are related or not but it makes for some fascinating reading and speculation.

 

[SteamboatJoe]

Bob reading this thread/article:
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Just in case......hi Bob.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

image being TP2000 and being woke up early on Sunday morning for this... I bet his phone danced right off his nightstand it probably vibrated so much.

I imagine he lives in character as a senior citizen in OC and his rotary phone just rang extra loud and shook like a cartoon.

 

[Indy_UK]

I have read all of this and still can't make any sense of it. I'm not too familiar with the old school execs.

So what is it? Disney plants people within the fan community to sway and direct conversation? So used it to finally outs Eisner? And Iger is responsible for this? Also doing it to direct any parks and resorts failures towards Chapek?

 

[Stripes]

Gary is pretty well known. He got the Nintendoland plans and was the one who leaked them online regarding Universal and is somewhat close to Viacom/CBS Redstone family. So I wouldn't be surprised if he knows the inner workings on whats going with Disney.

Somewhat? He is family. Gary Snyder is a cousin to Sumner Redstone.

There is clearly an agenda here.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I just gotta say...this is the first article I've read in long time - about anything - that had me sitting here with my mouth open in awe. Pretty sure I said "oh my God" a few times as well. It was like that part at the end of a long movie when they edit rapid flashbacks to earlier scenes in order to reveal that the main character was actually the villain the whole time.

A plot twist for the ages, really.

I reread the part about TP and Al Lutz like 5 times.

 

[homerdance]

.......
This wasn't how it was supposed to be. Like so many of us, I can't wait to see how DHS differs once its own Falcon ride opens in two weeks! Will having only six other rides in the park help or hinder? Are East Coast audiences that different from West Coast audiences? I can't wait to see what happens, especially if like Al Lutz says that Mr. Chapek should announce a new slate of Star Wars Land entertainment flooding the lands soon, if Mr. Chapek knows what's good for him and his career.

Found this interesting from a thread about GE

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I wonder if the instability in the company will lead to projects at the parks being cancelled, cut back, or delayed.

 

[britain]

Absolutely has an agenda (doesn't necessarily make his claims true or not). One thing that I found odd was his outing of George K. This certainly isn't a flattering portrayal of George and this guy was supposed to be his friend/confidante? Nice way to treat a friend. The timing of the events in the article resonate as that lunch at DCA would have been right before George was shipped back to Orlando.

George K has been out for a long time now.

 

[bartholomr4]

I wonder if the instability in the company will lead to projects at the parks being cancelled, cut back, or delayed.

Investments in the Parks in North America is running at up $1 Billion this year over last..... With Unvivsals Epic Universe coming, gotta think the response will be to spend more....

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Are we really all surprised? I mean, are we? Look at the sway these companies have. Fast and the Furious and Fallon at Universal obtained during previews from the press abysmal reviews — then a press event happens and all the reviews go positive. Disney has been caught at “enter to win meet ups” of giving priority to press, and I called them out for that with Pandora. So it’s just another day. The story will last a day or two and then will be drowned out by D23 and Star Wars at DHS. Nobody will care, after D23, and that’s putting it mildly, since Disney is shoving themselves as a lifestyle down peoples throats. Look at the MCU, that’s not a franchise, that’s a lifestyle. To get the ‘whole story’ you have to dedicate over a month of your life to it. So again, Are we really all surprised? I mean, are we?

 

[denyuntilcaught]

I reread the part about TP and Al Lutz like 5 times.

Same. I've never related to Eileen Brennan more in my life than in this moment.