Splash4eva
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The “Savior” Iger?
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Sirwalterraleigh
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The “Savior” Iger?
The failing savior?
Lucky they put in a new federal holiday today…or he woulda lost a couple of bucks a share today too…
This dude is the biggest problem for Disney fans right now…whether they know it or not.
Anyone read the typical Disney press release via the Hollywood reporter today?
He “might” have to stay.
I hope the public and we fans aren’t that stupid?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Based on Attendance and the box office…it actually can’t. And it’s burning up the C-suite.
Splash4eva
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New to the boards here but not new to the finance world but been saying this for a very longggg time. Iger may be the most overrated CEO in the history considering the amount of love this guy gets yet when you look at sheer production in the greatest bull market ever he has been terrible imo.
Sirwalterraleigh
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the_rich
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Remember when they pushed an update to older iPhones that made their batteries drain much faster. Forced people to upgrade to new phones.
Splash4eva
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Everything you mentioned is still better than going on vacation NOT knowing what genie will cost & having to wake up at 650am to make a mad dash with 1000's of other guests to book a ride. Magical!
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The mad dash was when in the early 2000s, line up at rope drop at DHS, and the second the park opens run full speed to Tower, Coaster, Star Tours to get the coveted fast passes before the attractions run out of FP of the day. When Toy Story Midway Mania first opened , some fellow guests were selling their FP for $10 each on Mickey Ave.
Splash4eva
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fun times!
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I saw a video yesterday someone posted inside backlot express around 4pm and there were zero lines and mostly empty. Not sure if weather was related to that or not however
TheMaxRebo
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i remember doing the "running of the bulls" for the Toy Story Midway Mania paper fastpass machines and when in the giant mob out front of the attraction overheard this exchange:
"So having fun on vacation yet?"
"This isn't a vacation, it's a trip to Disney!"
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They had “technical problem” at the gate.
Nobody was walking up with tickets…so the Mickey spinners were empty
That’s “technically” a big “problem”
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Oh wow. Who would have ever thought with Disney’s IT they’d ever have a technical problem
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MagicHappens1971
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On a side note of the Iger/Disney sucks debate, Time just named Disney as one of the top 100 most influential companies.
matt9112
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It’s not a think it’s a known.
Nubs70
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Time has awarded most influential to many entities. More of a participation ribbon than anything else
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They’ve throttled rides in the past for a good reason: it’s slow and they can save some wear and tear and costs
No problem with that…
But if you’re posting a 55 minute wait on space 10 minutes after opening…open the damn ride!!
Yeah I would agree with this. If the crowd level really only calls for one side of the ride to be run AND you can provide a reasonable wait time, no reason to waste costs on wear and tear for the ride system. It's when they run only one side of the ride to save staffing costs and it makes wait times miserable that I get irritated, and they do that more than they should.
Nubs70
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Another benefit of throttling ride is inflating wait time and pushing guests to purchase LL and Genie+.
Monetizing inefficiencies
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It also feeds the big blue “beast”…lest we forget