Rumor Siemens is going to end their sponsorship with the parks - Spaceship Earth and IllumiNations

EvilChameleon

EvilChameleon

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If they really were offering an entire new fleet of monorails, and Disney said no, holy smokes.

EDIT: If you edited my post, I'd like a reason why, instead of just stealth editing and running away. No rules were broken. The swear word got censored.
 
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Gabe1

Gabe1

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Cosmic Commando said:
The automation summit? It doesn't sound like some place they'd announce something like this...

"The annual Automation Summit is a user conference for manufacturing professionals who use Siemens automation technologies. Don't miss the opportunity to attend 50 user led presentations, participate in hands-on training, hear the latest product roadmaps, provide input during a feedback session, learn best practices from the Customer Excellence Award winners, ask questions to the technical experts in the Technology Café and enjoy a fun night networking with your peers. "
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Ah, another 'expert' observation and yet you couldn't even google without all the details on a silver platter to put into the search engine? It came out in an emailed letter to staff, they announced it to their staff at the convention ahead of the announcement. Successful firms communicate so the staff are not blindsided during a convention that media is also attending. Communications 101. With firms as large as Siemens they cannot reschedule a convention because of a termination announcement. The world doesn't always revolve around Disney World.
 
EPCOTCenterLover

EPCOTCenterLover

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HauntedPirate said:
My best friend's sister's boyfriend heard from this guy who talked to this girl who heard from a bus driver who read on Twitter that Disney insisted that Siemens change their name to "Sie-persons" in order to continue their sponsorship, because Disney does not want to offend any guest of any gender visiting WDW, but Siemens refused. :hilarious:
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Well, they were successful at getting the auction scene changed in Pirates. ;)
 
ford91exploder

ford91exploder

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po1998 said:
If the screens were removed, how much would it cost to replace the triangles and curtains with some decent lighting effects or something else better than what is there now. 250-500k? A million? Even if they kept the screens would it really be that expensive to fix the descent so that if someone looks away from the screen, its not embarrassing?
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With WDI you need add a couple of zeroes to left of decimal point. So between 5-50 million dollars for 500k worth of work.
 
ford91exploder

ford91exploder

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Gabe1 said:
Ah, another 'expert' observation and yet you couldn't even google without all the details on a silver platter to put into the search engine? It came out in an emailed letter to staff, they announced it to their staff at the convention ahead of the announcement. Successful firms communicate so the staff are not blindsided during a convention that media is also attending. Communications 101. With firms as large as Siemens they cannot reschedule a convention because of a termination announcement. The world doesn't always revolve around Disney World.
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That said from the tone of that announcement it sounds like the Disney/Siemens relationship ended really badly.

Which kind of makes sense because siemens was offering a new fleet of monorails to replace the clapped out Monorails with their hacked together Thales automation system and all they wanted was their name on it and Disney has not been averse to branding in the recent past and Siemens was a perfect fit for EPCOT as they are a diversified tech firm. Based on this i think monorails at WDW are likely to be a thing of the past soo ner than later.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
ford91exploder said:
That said from the tone of that announcement it sounds like the Disney/Siemens relationship ended really badly.

Which kind of makes sense because siemens was offering a new fleet of monorails to replace the clapped out Monorails with their hacked together Thales automation system and all they wanted was their name on it and Disney has not been averse to branding in the recent past and Siemens was a perfect fit for EPCOT as they are a diversified tech firm. Based on this i think monorails at WDW are likely to be a thing of the past soo ner than later.
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Ha! off would sum it up. I want to be the fly on wall as corporate explains this fauxpa to the board and shareholders. So short sided.
 
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ford91exploder

ford91exploder

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Gabe1 said:
Ha! off would sum it up. I want to be the fly on wall as corporate explains this fauxpa to the board and shareholders. So short sided.
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Like I've been saying there is something WRONG at Disney most companies would have jumped for joy at an opportunity like this to solidify a long running partnership.

Yet Disney not only says no, But did so in a manner which apparently snubbed the Siemens BoD to the point where doing buisiness with Disney is now verboten. which is actively stupid as Siemens is many times Disneys size and influence

As to the BoD as long as the buybacks continue and the RSU's keep flowing its all good.
 
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Daveeeeed

Daveeeeed

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I swear, they are idiots if they retheme Spaceship Earth. There ARE AT LEAST A DOZEN THINGS IN EPCOT THAT NEED CHANGING.

To be honest I'm guessing it is going to have an update.

ford91exploder said:
Like I've been saying there is something WRONG at Disney most companies would have jumped for joy at an opportunity like this to solidify a long running partnership.

Yet Disney not only says no, But did so in a manner which apparently snubbed the Siemens BoD to the point where doing buisiness with Disney is now verboten. which is actively stupid as Siemens is many times Disneys size and influence

As to the BoD as long as the buybacks continue and the RSU's keep flowing its all good.
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Disney is bigger than Siemens, but your point is still valid.
 
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2351metalcloud

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What if Disney is getting a good deal on autonomous cars from some company and that company didn't want another company to have their brand name on any kind of automated vehicles at the park?
 

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