Restoring magic - Disney

[speck76]

Yeah, but doesn't the internet (Disney Direct especially) allow people overseas to purchase these items now anyways???

That would assume that these people own computers, or know how to get the goods.....

 

[speck76]

love him or hate him, one of Jim Hill's stable has a counterpoint to this

Andrew Crim offers up his thoughts on holding back priase for Iger here:
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1567

i think he's partly right too, i remember reading somewhere on these boards praising Iger for the improvements to Disneyland and the 50th anniversery celebration, which was in the planning stages years before Iger took the helm, not to mention the efforts by Matt Oimat (once he's got DL back to top shape, i think they should bring him over to WDW)

at any rate, its an interesting time. getting rid of the strategic planning dept was probably the best thing he's done so far, but i wonder if that was done more as a symbolic gesture. i think we should all hold our final judgements of Iger until he steps out from Eisner's shadow, and scrutinize everything he does. i could easily see him giving breadcrumbs to fans to distract from him catering to stockholders.

Why is it the same people that crucify the CEO for every mistake the company makes, always withhold praising them for every good thing to come out of the company...

It has become "If its good, WDI or Ouimet is to thank, but if it is bad, or if we disagree, it is Eisner/Iger's fault"

 

[celticdog]

The impression I got from Disney Wars was Iger did what he had to do to survive in Eisner's paranoid dictatorship.

This is the general impression I have of Iger. I beleive he did what he needed to do, until an opportunity arose. I beleive he held many of his ideas close to his chest until he could present them without someone else taking credit or completely destroying them into something unrecognizable.

On a side note, I read the Jim Hill articles with great skepticism. I find them too biased and often anti-Disney.

 

[cherrynegra]

I have to admit after reading Disney War my impression of Iger is that I barely saw any leadership qualities in that book and if anything I thought he was quite good at covering his a$$ and scrambling to maintain a position of power in the company heirarchy. Of course, with Eisner's schizophrenic and paranoia based management style, it's no surprise that it bred the kind of environment where people like Iger did what they did in order to succeed in the company. Hopefully, he will take what he learned and experienced under the Eisner regime and do a complete 180 degrees in terms of management style. If he does, maybe in a few more years he'll become known as the man who restored the magic.

 

[CoffeeJedi]

Why is it the same people that crucify the CEO for every mistake the company makes, always withhold praising them for every good thing to come out of the company...

It has become "If its good, WDI or Ouimet is to thank, but if it is bad, or if we disagree, it is Eisner/Iger's fault"

are you referring to me, or the author or the article?
believe me, i'm NO reactionary... all i said was that we should all step back and take good look at the guy over the course of his first year (ok, so i didn't quantify it originally with a time constraint)

disbanding the strategic planning unit was a point in his favor, what remains to be seen is if that move will really make a difference in terms of company policy, or if it was just a way of restructuringthings on the surface while keeping the status quo behind the scenes

and as for Jim Hill, i showed neither support nor scorn for the site. personally i think his overly theatrical writing style is entertaining to read, but i take everything with a huge grain of salt. it should be noted that the article's author was NOT Hill anyway

 

[ThreeCircles]

I'm interested in this "large aquisition" that the article speaks of. What could they purchase?

 

[Tim G]

would have thought that a Russian park would have to be designed to cater for the tempearture extremes.

India big population, could use economies of scale to make the park more affordable. Besides construction costs would be lower based on local wages and if you stick in a load of cut n paste attractions theres no RnD to pay for.

We'll do the same as in Japan, give main street a canopy, and do the same with the rest...

The advantage of Russia is that we don't have to use fake snow around christmas...

 

[cherrynegra]

We'll do the same as in Japan, give main street a canopy, and do the same with the rest...

The advantage of Russia is that we don't have to use fake snow around christmas...

Like the Paris park!! I've seen pics of DLP in the snow and it is magical!!

 

[speck76]

are you referring to me, or the author or the article?
believe me, i'm NO reactionary... all i said was that we should all step back and take good look at the guy over the course of his first year (ok, so i didn't quantify it originally with a time constraint)

disbanding the strategic planning unit was a point in his favor, what remains to be seen is if that move will really make a difference in terms of company policy, or if it was just a way of restructuringthings on the surface while keeping the status quo behind the scenes

and as for Jim Hill, i showed neither support nor scorn for the site. personally i think his overly theatrical writing style is entertaining to read, but i take everything with a huge grain of salt. it should be noted that the article's author was NOT Hill anyway

I was referring to the Grizz/Hill/Lutz "activist" fan

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

I've seen pics of DLP in the snow and it is magical!!

Did someone photoshop out the locals then?? :animwink: