Florida (WDW) and California (DLR) are essentially two seperate business units with "dotted lines" between (payroll, college program, etc).
As for park management... operational management is on site in Florida. Team Disney down there oversees the big picture stuff of park operations, college program, etc. There are also WDI offices at Epcot and MGM (soon DHS) to oversee normal things such as refurbs, day-to-day maintenance of AA figures and normal show quality.
Disneyland Resort also has the same infrastructure in terms of management, WDI, etc.
Corporate management in Burbank is only for department/business segment heads like Jay Rasulo. There's actually very little in terms of park management at Team Disney in Burbank. That sort of stuff is located directly at the resorts. WDI in Glendale oversees all major construction projects on both coasts. For instance, Tom Fitzgerald and Joe Rohde are both located out here, but commute to Florida regularly to direct different projects as needed.
Big picture stuff (YOMD, and other such hair-brained promotions) are directed out of Burbank from corporate. Attraction budget approval and those such things are done in cooperation from park-level management and John Lasseter's group at WDI and Team Disney in Burbank for the most part. Things like shows (Illuminations, Wishes, Remember... Dreams Come True, parades, in-park stage shows) are generally things done strictly on the park level, but usually with design help from WDI's entertainment division (Anne Hamburger/Steve Davison, etc).
It's a complex organizational structure... but it works for the most part. There are problems, but what organization doesn't have challenges.
All that said, does anyone know if Al Weiss is still located in Florida or has he moved entirely to California?
