GiveMeTheMusic
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What's hilarious about this project is that even the people working on it at WDI hate it. Get a clue, execs!
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News Paradise Pier Becoming Pixar Pier
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Hatbox Ghostbuster
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My only real concerns with this is that if its successful in the companies eyes (which, basically means, if its completed), then it spells the strong possibility of having Chapek take over for Iger in 2019...
lazyboy97o
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Any idea where it originated? A wine cellar?
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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I wouldn't be surprised if this was all hashed out over drinks at the Carthay. With a strongly inebriated Lassetter steering the conversation. They probably just broke the news to him that they might need to cannibalize parts of Bugsland for Marvel and that got him all worked up.
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Deleted member 107043
Huh? Nothing I've read about Disney's succession plans indicate that he's even being considered. I don't think the Board or Wall Street would view him as a qualified candidate, would they?
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Why not? There doesn't seem to be anyone else.
I admit its speculation, and I'm certainly not jockeying for him, but I think he's in a strong position to make the change.
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Yeah I doubt it. Maybe someone with better insight can weigh in. Chapek is a consumer products guy with no Studio or finance experience that I'm aware of. He's also not a VP, a title that Staggs had when he was being groomed for the CEO spot.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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VJ
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I agree. I'm sure Disneyland is printing money in Iger's eyes due to all the cheap overlays and upcharges so I would not put it past him for a second that he would make Chapek CEO. He seems like a mini-Iger already.
VJ
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You say that as if Chapek has done anything wrong. In Disney's eyes, he's doing everything right. Turning niche attractions into widely successful ones (and creating revenue streams to boot)? Come on. He's the one Iger wants.
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Deleted member 107043
...and yet they let him run the parks....
LOL. FWIW It isn't unusual for product people to have senior positions in Disney's P&R division. And to be fair the bottom line is looking pretty good for the business he's overseeing.
lazyboy97o
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Jay Rasulo was the last Chairman with prior industry experience....and yet they let him run the parks....
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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haha yeah, because he is literally treating the park like a consumer products vending machine...just more interactive.
TROR
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I think Disney has high expectations for Pixar Pier and I don't see those expectations being met.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Just like their high hopes for MB and Summer of Heroes?
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Deleted member 107043
It was that way before he came on board. He's just following the same money trail his predecessors did.
I will give Chapek credit though for getting Iger to invest heavily in the parks. P&R has been on a roll with new parks, resorts, attractions, and experiences in the last few years, and for the most part the work they're producing is much better than it was a decade ago.
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Speaking of Summer of Heroes did you see this?
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...roes-come-to-disneyland-paris-in-summer-2018/
TROR
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Summer of Heroes was a pretty big dud.