Michael Eisner Day!

[Jekyll]

Someone already based a villian on him of course it wasn't in a disney flick. One of the animators on Shrek was a former Disney animator who didn't like Eisner and thus Lord Farquad was born. But in all seriouness I think although Eisner has had his falt over all he has been a solid leader of this company. I don't thing he desirves the recognition that Walt gets or those that are honored on the main street windows. (All people who helped get the magic kingdom started) But I think maybe a small thank you will be in order.

Originally posted by yankeeboy1638
they can also do for Eisner what they did for Ron Miller, base a villain on him. I read somewhere that the animator of Ratigan for the Great Mouse Detective based the look of the character on Ron Miller to get back at him for something :goodnevil

 

[ToTBellHop]

Since Michael Eisner came around, the following has occurred at the Parks and Resorts:

Disney-MGM Studios opened
Typhoon Lagoon opened
Pleasure Island opened
The Wedding Pavillion opened
Downtown Disney opened
Wide World of Sports opened
Animal Kingdom opened
DisneyQuest opened
Disney Cruise Line started
Dreamflight
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Splash Mountain
The Enchanted Tiki Room--Under New Management
Mickey's Birthday Land/Starland/Toontown Fair
New Tomorrowland
ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
Legend o the Lion King
Mickey's PhilharMagic
new lighting effects and detail work for Cinderella Castle
SpectroMagic
Wonders of Life
Captain EO
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
Innoventions
IllumiNations
Test Track
The Living Seas
Norway
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure
Mission: SPACE
Muppet*Vision 3-D
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith
Star Tours
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Fantasmic!
Kali River Rapids!
Primeval Whirl
TriceraTop Spin
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
Disney's Yacht Club Resort
Disney's Beach Club Resort
Walt Disney World Swan
Walt Disney World Dolphin
Disney's Port Orleans Resort
Disney's Dixie Landings Resort
the Disney Vacation Club
Disney's All-Star Resort
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney Institute
Disney's Boardwalk
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Expansion of the Vacation Club

Elsewhere:
Disney's California Adventure Park
Disney's Grand Californian Resort
Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye
Toontown
Haunted Mansion Holiday
Believe...There's Magic in the Stars
Flik's Fun Fair
Disneyland Paris
Walt Disney Studios Paris
all of the Disneyland Paris Resort Hotels
DisneySea

And...he brought in a wave of classic Disney animated features, like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King.

You cannot tell me he has not done a lot for this company.

 

[Sherm00]

he was once intrested in what he did, now it's all about money. he did for disney what lou gerstner did for IBM. and inside the company they are not liked very well.

 

[Jekyll]

Originally posted by Sherm00
he was once intrested in what he did, now it's all about money. he did for disney what lou gerstner did for IBM. and inside the company they are not liked very well.

This is true I have a few friends who are cast members and I can't think of one who likes him.

-J

 

[SpongeScott]

It's always been about the money. The perspectives of what how you perceived what he is/was doing for Disney is what has changed. Being in his position, the bottom line was always money.

 

[WDWSwashbuckler]

Originally posted by DogsRule!
God, people...get over yourselves. The company would not be in business today had Michael Eisner not come along...take a look at how much has come about since he joined.

Ha ha, yeah, now Disney has a part in the industry and the like! I agree with a good swift kick in the butt for Eisner! When he signed up, he gave this whole big story about how he loved the Disney classics and watched them time and time again when he was a child. Truth is, he didn't see ANY of them until he was hired and had kids of his own!!! Have you ever heard the story of the guy who was fired by Roy because he made a joke starring Mickey Mouse and the other characters??? He worked for the Disney company for a total of 4 hours!!! Now, because of Eisner, Disney is invested in the ographic market!!!!

 

[dreamer]

Dogsy,

Which of the things on your list did Eisner create? Imagine? Which did he invent?

He was just the Big Bean Counter that the artists and inventors had to go to for financial support. I'll give ME that, he got the bucks coming in. That should get him a portrait at corporate headquarters or even a bust. But as far as an Eisner exhibit in the parks -- forget it. Not even a restaurant named after him as far as I'm concerned.


(Wasn't he in Fantasia 2000 -- at the beginning? Maybe not.)

 

[DCA Fan]

I think he and Wells should share a window in Main St.

 

[NowInc]

..Please stand clear of the doors..por favor mentagase alejado de las puertas..thank you for riding the Micheal Eisner Monorail....

 

[ToTBellHop]

Well...magic doesn't grow on trees...it requires money which Eisner got for the company. Had he not come, the money wouldn't have, and consequently the magic wouldn't have come to life. Kinda like a Roy/Walt relationship, with the Imagineers playing Walt, coming up with tons of ideas, and Eisner playing Roy, telling them what they can afford to build and finding the money for the best of their best ideas. All that stuff I listed, Eisner didn't think up, but he did manage to find the money for them; he helped generate a company that could make the money to build them. That's why I think he is important to the company. Personally, what seems the most logical to me, is not to have Michael shaking hands with Walt...that is for the Imagineers to do in the statue I think they deserve. I think Michael should be shaking hands with Roy...and I think it should be located outside "Michael's Park"...right where the blow up Stitch is right now. He wouldn't be in the park, because he didn't think it up, but more on the sidelines.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Well, I can tell you one thing for sure: We wouldn't have AE is not for Mike.

See, Michael had just recently gained 'control' of the company and knew that the parks were in drastic need of improvement. While walking thru the WDI concept dept., he came across a few younger Imagineers who were working on a sensory attraction based on a horrifying alien encounter. The other Imagineers looked down on this group and their alien attraction because they felt it did not have any part in a Disney park. Well, good ol Mike saw it and thought it was exactly what the park needed. So he gave them the go ahead to run with it and it's now one of the most popular attractions ever built.

 

[ToTBellHop]

We also know from last night he came up with the idea of a bug attraction that would be the most popular 3D attraction in the parks, It's Tough to Be a Bug!

 

[guwag]

I'm sorry, but where have all the ideas that Eisner actually invented something come from. Surely everyone knows that Walt Disney gets the credit for everything that is achieved and created at WDW - Seriously.
Eisner is just the head 'Bean Counter' at Disney, nothing more.

 

[ToTBellHop]

um...hate to break it to you, but Walt has been dead for over 30 years...he is no longer behind everything that comes to Disney World...and just to let you know, the idea of Michael coming up with these ideas came from the Imagineers' mouths...

 

[pheneix]

>>>Since Michael Eisner came around, the following has occurred at the Parks and Resorts<<<

Oh come on, that's like crediting Messier with all of the new franchises that Universal has created the past several years. The truth is that in many cases these are ideas that other imagineers have come up with, but Eisner came along and tinkered (in most cases destroyed) with them, as well as taking credit for them when the day was over.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Like any employee he should be judged on present performance, not what he did 4 or 5 years ago. If you are in any job and your performance drops you are moved along or given the big heev ho.
Being as hes been personally responsible for some of the more major errors his jacket should really be on a very shacky peg.

How many people trade on former glories, but out of that how many are buisness men?

Thanx chap but clear your desk.

 

[JLW11Hi]

I think most of the Disney legends should be given credit somewhere in every park. If not a statue, mabey on a window, or plaque, or something. A perfect place for this would be in the Studios. Not just because of what they did for the park, but because it would fit in here, being the park most close to the Disney business.

 

[guwag]

Originally posted by DogsRule!
um...hate to break it to you, but Walt has been dead for over 30 years...he is no longer behind everything that comes to Disney World...and just to let you know, the idea of Michael coming up with these ideas came from the Imagineers' mouths...

Even though Walt is dead, he is still given the credit for all the ideas and progress that happens at the parks - without him they wouldn't exist. Either that or the educational staff of the Disney Institute like lying on all the Backstage Magic tours.....

 

[JLW11Hi]

You can never give just one person credit for the things created at Disney. It is the combined effort of everyone involved in the projects.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by pheneix
Oh come on, that's like crediting Messier with all of the new franchises that Universal has created the past several years. The truth is that in many cases these are ideas that other imagineers have come up with, but Eisner came along and tinkered (in most cases destroyed) with them, as well as taking credit for them when the day was over.

I don't think you could possibly be any more pessimistic...either way, all things considered equal, Michael isn't leaving soon...