Reopening Disneyland

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SuddenStorm

SuddenStorm

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1HAPPYGHOSTHOST said:
Fair enough. Guess I am still bitter that I had a trip all planned out last summer to take my girl to Disneyland for her very first time and the pandemic shut it all down. I was really looking forward to re-visiting the park myself, and falling in love with it all over again and seeing her discover the park and falling in love with it for her own reasons. I wanted that experience so bad and I felt I got cheated out of it.
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My friend, 2020 was supposed to be a great year for me and Disneyland. And I was really excited about the direction the park was headed, which of course is gone now that they're getting rid of my favorite attraction.

2020 cheated all of us out of memorable experiences both at Disneyland and elsewhere. I hope 2021 bounces back quickly and gives everyone the opportunity to make up on lost time.
 
1HAPPYGHOSTHOST

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SuddenStorm said:
My friend, 2020 was supposed to be a great year for me and Disneyland. And I was really excited about the direction the park was headed, which of course is gone now that they're getting rid of my favorite attraction.

2020 cheated all of us out of memorable experiences both at Disneyland and elsewhere. I hope 2021 bounces back quickly and gives everyone the opportunity to make up on lost time.
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Me too
 
TP2000

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SuddenStorm said:
It is interesting that Ken and Josh aren't out in public doing anything and everything they can to reopen the parks, if only to boost morale among furloughed CM's. Poor Ken must be way over his head- he gets hired to be the president of Disneyland (a job many would kill for, though he doesn't seem to have particular interest in the park/brand)- and it's been closed the entire time and most of his employees have been furloughed and laid off.
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Ken Potrock has basically gone silent on Instagram ever since Governor Newsom said back in November they had to stay closed indefinitely until Orange County enters the Yellow Tier sometime in 2022.

Mr. Potrock has had no media interviews in the last three months, and his only Instagram post in 2021 has been a generic post a month ago where the cubicle drone who writes his Instagram posts used a circa 2012 photo taken from the Disneyland Hotel to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Downtown Disney's opening in 2001.

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Ken Potrock on Instagram: "Twenty years ago today was a big day at the Disneyland Resort — we debuted the Downtown Disney District, a place for guests to shop, dine, listen to music and play outside of our theme parks. We congratulate the incredible

2,088 likes, 59 comments - kenpotrock on January 12, 2021: "Twenty years ago today was a big day at the Disneyland Resort — we debuted the Downtown Disney District, a place for guests to shop, dine, listen to music and play outside of our theme parks. We congratulate the incredible businesses...
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Mr. Potrock hasn't been heard from publicly in 2021. I'm sure he's very busy, but it's a tad scary to think this is the guy responsible for reopening an American icon like Disneyland and putting 30,000 CM's back to work. :oops:
 
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TP2000

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I've said it before, but it won't surprise me if Mr. Potrock realizes he's in way over his head with this Disneyland gig and leaves Disney to spend more time with his family before 2021 is over.

I'm sure there's some nice, undemanding executive role in another company for him somewhere.

Even in the best of times, Disneyland's operation requires someone who really wants to be there, and desperately wants to see it succeed. Mr. Potrock might be better off elsewhere in corporate America. He doesn't seem cut out for this line of work, because it really is a work of love.
 
SuddenStorm

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TP2000 said:
I've said it before, but it won't surprise me if Mr. Potrock realizes he's in way over his head with this Disneyland gig and leaves Disney to spend more time with his family before 2021 is over.

I'm sure there's some nice, undemanding executive role in another company for him somewhere.

Even in the best of times, Disneyland's operation requires someone who really wants to be there, and desperately wants to see it succeed. Mr. Potrock might be better off elsewhere in corporate America. He doesn't seem cut out for this line of work, because it really is a work of love.
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Honestly, there's gotta be someone in Disney who has both the professional background and experience and connections necessary to be successful running Disneyland- but also a genuine love and appreciation for Disneyland as a place and a brand. Mr. Potrock seems like a nice enough guy in the one video I've seen of him, but he doesn't strike me as someone with a genuine love for the place. But that might be unfair since he hasn't exactly had the chance to run Disneyland.

He should also be very visible publicly and a leader in Anaheim's community. The fact we aren't hearing reports of him spotted in Downtown Disney, or volunteering at the Disneyland vaccine site, or finding ways to contribute to Anaheim is a bit disappointing. Josh did a great job being visible and accessible, Mr. Potrock seems as though he has yet to find that balance.

When the park reopens he'll have to be working double time to make up on lost time building goodwill among CM's.
 
mharrington

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Miru said:
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* A few other attractions at risk are Launch Bay/Path of the Jedi (good riddance!), Pinocchio, Mr. Toad, Jumpin’ Jellyfish, GSS, Gadget’s Go Coaster, Roger Rabbit, the trail, Buzz, and maybe a few others.
* Rainforest Cafe is trying to re-open. Emphasis on the trying part.
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Are you saying they are all going to be eliminated by the time the park reopens (or shortly thereafter)? Not that I really care about Launch Bay or Path of the Jedi.
 
britain

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Miru said:
Other notes:

* A few other attractions at risk are Launch Bay/Path of the Jedi (good riddance!), Pinocchio, Mr. Toad, Jumpin’ Jellyfish, GSS, Gadget’s Go Coaster, Roger Rabbit, the trail, Buzz, and maybe a few others.
* Rainforest Cafe is trying to re-open. Emphasis on the trying part.
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Other notes from where?
 
Brer Panther

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As I've said before, if Disney is so obsessed now with making their parks "politically correct", I think Mr. Toad is likely to get the axe. I don't think it's exactly "politically correct" to have a ride at a theme park intended for families to end with riders going to that dark, firery place.
 
TP2000

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SuddenStorm said:
When the park reopens he'll have to be working double time to make up on lost time building goodwill among CM's.
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That would be nice. But it would also not be unheard of for him to just be unseen and unknown by most CM's. Michael Colglazier was that way, to the extreme. Ed Grier was that way. George Kalogridis was a bit better, but not by much.

Matt Ouimet seemed to set the bar very high on being engaged (and being genuine about it too), and that Ouimet standard wasn't reached again for more than a decade until Josh D'Amaro came along.

Then there was the lady who wore very tight slacks whose name escapes me because she was only the President of Disneyland for about 6 months before she bailed on the gig and never looked back. But while she was there she at least had a couple of cubicle drones curating her Instagram posts for her and making it look like she cared to her Followers.

Mr. Potrock has gone silent on Social Media. That's the part that makes me go, hmm.... 🧐
 
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Little Green Men

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SuddenStorm said:
My friend, 2020 was supposed to be a great year for me and Disneyland. And I was really excited about the direction the park was headed, which of course is gone now that they're getting rid of my favorite attraction.

2020 cheated all of us out of memorable experiences both at Disneyland and elsewhere. I hope 2021 bounces back quickly and gives everyone the opportunity to make up on lost time.
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Same I had a trip planned for last May and was gonna go to USH for the first time too!
 
DugLovesU

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mickEblu said:
If not ever? That’s some scary $hit.
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The virus that caused the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1919, as well as the one for The Hong Kong Flu of 1968, are still circulating. But humans long ago built up herd immunity so those viruses are no longer a threat. The same will happen with Corona eventually. And it will happen more quickly with vaccines & mask wearing. It is kind of interesting how these seem to happen in fifty year cycles. We were due.
 
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