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[Captain Neo]

So which lifestyles will buy Google Glass now that it's available for anyone to purchase?

Doubt anyone will. Disneyland and WDW will most certainly ban them in the parks.

 

[flyerjab]

I only have enmity for Crosby, and I enjoy his suffering.

 

[Captain Neo]

From a recent Q&A with Jay Rasoli:

1152 am: An audience question is why don’t they spin-off the parks business and license their properties to a third party. This question seems to get Jay mad. He says the parks are not a hospitality business, they are an experience business and is deeply integrated with the storytelling of the company.

Seems like WDW1974 might have been misinformed about Disney inquiring about selling the parks a few years back.

http://www.laughingplace.com/w/arti...moffettnathanson-media-communications-summit/

 

[stevehousse]

Why would they ban them?

 

[bhg469]

So which lifestyles will buy Google Glass now that it's available for anyone to purchase?

I doubt any since they are paid in disney swag and Google doesn't accept disney gift cards or glowing reviews as payment.

 

[ptaylor]

So which lifestyles will buy Google Glass now that it's available for anyone to purchase?

Doubt anyone will. Disneyland and WDW will most certainly ban them in the parks.

I've already seen at least one wearing them in the parks. I believe it was the leader of the disboards.

 

[Nubs70]

Oh. Thoughts and prayers for Crosby. Hopefully he'll get out of the hospital after he choked so bad.

Did he belly flop a reverse 2.5 gainer?

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

Interesting how a sizable percentage of the Disney world demo comes from the Philadelphia area.

Significant enough that when schools are out there or jersey, attendance is impacted dramatically.

Saw this, thought of you.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/geico/wonderful-sandwiches-you-need-to-eat-in-philly?b=1

 

[truecoat]

Much like Giordanos is good, too, but it sure as hell isn't "pizza."

Hey now, leave Giordano's out of this. Because you like a specific style of pizza doesn't mean you need to hate on the others.

 

[71jason]

Hey now, leave Giordano's out of this. Because you like a specific style of pizza doesn't mean you need to hate on the others.

Not hating on it, I rather enjoy it. It's just not "pizza." It should have it's own word to describe it.

 

[DisneyDelirious]

You mean there are other makers of pizza besides Giordano's,Gino's, and Malnati's? Who knew

 

[lazyboy97o]

From a recent Q&A with Jay Rasoli:


Seems like WDW1974 might have been misinformed about Disney inquiring about selling the parks a few years back.

http://www.laughingplace.com/w/arti...moffettnathanson-media-communications-summit/

Or Jay, who's contempt for theme parks is well known, just knows what to say.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Or Jay, who's contempt for theme parks is well known, just knows what to say.

Maybe he was channeling his anger because they didn't sell the parks into his BS answer. Dude would have stood to gain millions from P&R's sale.

 

[Captain Neo]

Or Jay, who's contempt for theme parks is well known, just knows what to say.

Honestly Tom Staggs seems far worse than Rasolu. At least with Rasolu we got a steady stream of content from the DCA redo to Star Tours 2 to New Fantasyland. Not a single attraction has been announced under Staggs aside from adding the seven dwarf mine train to Fantasyland (good choice but way too short) and a vague 2011 announcement about an Avatar Land coming to Disney parks starting with DAK.

Staggs game is to just let the parks go stale and get promoted to CEO before the huge decline in attendance when everyone stops going.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Honestly Tom Staggs seems far worse than Rasolu. At least with Rasolu we got a steady stream of content from the DCA redo to Star Tours 2 to New Fantasyland. Not a single attraction has been announced under Staggs aside from adding the seven dwarf mine train to Fantasyland (good choice but way too short) and a vague 2011 announcement about an Avatar Land coming to Disney parks starting with DAK.

Staggs game is to just let the parks go stale and get promoted to CEO before the huge decline in attendance when everyone stops going.

I've never been one to sing praise for Staggs. He was Rasulo's boss at Strategic Planning.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Honestly Tom Staggs seems far worse than Rasolu. At least with Rasolu we got a steady stream of content from the DCA redo to Star Tours 2 to New Fantasyland. Not a single attraction has been announced under Staggs aside from adding the seven dwarf mine train to Fantasyland (good choice but way too short) and a vague 2011 announcement about an Avatar Land coming to Disney parks starting with DAK.

Staggs game is to just let the parks go stale and get promoted to CEO before the huge decline in attendance when everyone stops going.

Things Rasulo DID:

1. Shut down MAPO and curtailed use of AAs in new rides
2. Put Bruce Vaughn and Craig Russell in charge of WDI with a mandate to shrink the division yet costs for attractions have never been higher and other not so good things
3. Forced Matt Ouimet out of DLR
4. Greenlit NextGen/MyMagic+

Things Rasulo was FORCED to do by others:

1. DCA 2.0 (Iger, Ouimet, BoD, John Lasseter)
2. Star Wars 2.0 (Iger)
3. HKDL Expansion (HK Legislature)

 

[lazyboy97o]

Things Rasulo DID:

1. Shut down MAPO and curtailed use of AAs in new rides
2. Put Bruce Vaughn and Craig Russell in charge of WDI with a mandate to shrink the division yet costs for attractions have never been higher and other not so good things
3. Forced Matt Ouimet out of DLR
4. Greenlit NextGen/MyMagic+

Things Rasulo was FORCED to do by others:

1. DCA 2.0 (Iger, Ouimet, BoD, John Lasseter)
2. Star Wars 2.0 (Iger)
3. HKDL Expansion (HK Legislature)

Don't forget the City of Anaheim considering changes to the Resort Area right before the decision to invest in Disney's California Adventure. While none of that ever happened, Anaheim was concerned that Disney had given up on Disneyland Resort and could not be depended on for continued investment into the area. All of the big, exciting investment into Walt Disney Parks and Resorts has been pushed by players outside of The Walt Disney Company.

 

[danv3]

Oh. Thoughts and prayers for Crosby. Hopefully he'll get out of the hospital after he choked so bad.

Dislike.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Dislike.

I'm sorry about with the talent your team has, there is no excuse for them to lose.

Also… Eventually Crosby will spear someone and he will get his.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Just reminder kids… Main gate admission as well as cast ID admission is blacked out at both Disney's Hollywood Studios and the Magic Kingdom for the three-day memorial weekend.

No, I have no flipping idea why the studios are blacked out as well.