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George K to Replace Meg Crofton as WDW head in early 2013
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the.dreamfinder
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Probably just saving face
RSoxNo1
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TV Monitors are a lazy way of telling a backstory. The Yeti museum is a substantially better way of telling a backstory.
Nmoody1
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You have got to be kidding me???????
BigThunderMatt
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You ever seen the line outside of city hall on the first Saturday in June? I'd say its a relevant question.
menamechris
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I think is speaks volumes that this would have been the headline for the Orlando Sentinel 20 years ago. Today, it hasn't even been noteworthy. We have come a long, long way. With all of the things we can point at right now in the U.S. and complain about it - this kind of progress should be applauded.
Cosmic Commando
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I'm glad it's not news. But Spirit's question had a point-- unfortunately, a lot of people going to WDW would be bothered by a gay man running the resort if they knew. That must be awkward.
Disneyhead'71
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Maybe he will realize how losing the clubs at Pleasure Island has Knee Capped WDW's profits during Gay Days.
And concerning an openly gay man running WDW, The Baptists already are boycotting the place and it has made no difference. WDW already is a corporate leader in it's support for it's gay employees. Even though during this last election cycle they donated heavily to Republican candidates because of their opposition to the spread of casino gambling in Florida. WDW is also opposed to that.
Nmoody1
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I'm sure there are lines outside of city hall. Full of people who really need some enlightenment on modern day living and reality - and the sexuality of an organisations leader really isn't something that needs explaining or has any effect on day to day experiences of park guests or what gets built in the parks. I'm sure there are no plans to scrap La Nouba for Thunder from Downunder!
MerlinTheGoat
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I completely agree. I feel also with the atmosphere Everest has, video screens would be out of place and clash horribly.
Disneyhead'71
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Sometimes the Imagineers will use things like really old radios with fake newscasts talking about stuff like lost mountaineers on Everest. I think that kind of stuff works just fine.
MerlinTheGoat
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Perhaps, if done correctly. But I don't think it should be overused throughout. And i'm worried they'll try to shoehorn in more technological interactive elements that will end up clashing with the feel of the ride and queue.
Yes, it did. And I'm only taking a few minutes out of a beautiful 82-degree day in paradise to make sure this thread doesn't head off the rails and into a fullscale Meltdown (look what happens when a Spirit tries to take a long holiday weekend off from MAGIC!)
I think, no matter how distasteful it may be, the question demands to be asked. WDW caters to a very diverse crowd, yet a large chunk of its bread and butter guest is an American conservative/ultra conservative who thinks all sorts of bad things about gay people (and likely is too dumb to realize that probably, conservatively
some might say, two out of every three male CMs go to bat for their own team!)I've watched these people for years. I have had people want to kill me (literally it seemed) for espousing any sort of political/social beliefs that went against theirs. You should really try talking Sarah Palin by the fire pit at DAK Lodge ... or scaling down our military when in line for Peter Pan's Flight and just be ready to duck.
So, sadly, while George may not be leading any gay pride parades (although he truly deserves kudos for appearing in the 'It Gets Better' campaign for gay youth), you can be sure that well ... what's that saying? Haters gonna hate.
This isn't Anaheim where on Friday nights at DL you'll see many young gay couples out in the parks, holding hands or making out and being well ... normal. Things are getting better. Young people today see nothing wrong with gay marriage etc and that's wonderful. But there are a lot of close-minded bumpkins out there and many of them (shockingly!) enjoy vacationing in what actually is a mecca for young (and not so) gays.
So, sadly, the question is a very fair one and one that deserves to be asked.
The Empress Lilly
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I think the answer to the question itself would be a simple "No".
Other than that, WDW is not about politics, messages, taking sides. I think that whatever one's opinion about some of the hangups of today's 'culture wars' - guns, gays, God, the military - most people are quite pleased with WDW keeping these topics out. 'Not when I'm on holiday in the World, thank you very much'.
George does a brilliant job by being an out of the closet gay man in charge of America's largest single-site employer. He doesn't need to walk a pride march on Main Street, or engage WDW in political activism.
Nice to see you, Lilly. MIA? ... Again, I posted what I did because it is a FAIR and LEGIT question to be asked. I have no desire to see this thread turn into a political debate or a human rights one.
I am quote proud of the way TWDC has handled its LGBT employees and their rights/issues/concerns over the years.
Animaniac93-98
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(and likely is too dumb to realize that probably, conservatively
My answer to the question would be if their too dumb to notice this, chances are they'll never find out about George, whom they'll never see over the course of their vacation and would have to actively research to find such info (and if they can't even figure out WDW has four parks what makes anyone think they'll look up who's in charge of the resort, as far as their conerned, it's "Disney"). Unless Disney makes a press release, in which case I still wouldn't worry as all that noise over Disney giving benefits to SS partners did noting to harm WDW's attendance and neither has any anti-Gay Days efforts either, or the existance of the "It Gets Better" video etc.
Disneyhead'71
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WDW and The Walt Disney Company in general has long been known to support the LGBT community. They were one of the first major US Corporations to provide Domestic Partner Benefits to it's employees. The haters have known this for a long time and it really hasn't been an issue other than a few small boycotts that never got any traction.
It may come up again now that they have an openly gay guy at the top, but if it does, it will be brushed aside with a quick statement that would go something like, "The Walt Disney Company is a diverse company that supports all of it employees without discrimination. We are proud of our history of inclusiveness. And plan on continuing this policy into the future."
It may come up again now that they have an openly gay guy at the top, but if it does, it will be brushed aside with a quick statement that would go something like, "The Walt Disney Company is a diverse company that supports all of it employees without discrimination. We are proud of our history of inclusiveness. And plan on continuing this policy into the future."
The Empress Lilly
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Oh, its a very fair and important question to ask! I just think that, in apparant contradiction to the importance of the question, it can still be answered with a simple, soft-spoken 'no'.
One of the fun facts (that never gets mentioned in guide books) is that WDW is the national pasttime of both rainbow America and of the talk radio listening Moral Majority. I wonder if the latter is even aware of the large presence of the former. Apparantly, when the agitators and vendors of moral outrage are absent, people get along just fine.
And don't call me Mia!
I have not been MIA - I have been hanging out with the pixie dust crowd in the General Discussion section! Been snorting amounts of that almost as copious as the piles of 'washing powder' in the bathrooms of Disney's upper management.