91JLovesDisney
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I was just saying I heard a rumor
You don't know that for sure, unless of course maybe you work for Disney
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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You don't know that for sure, unless of course maybe you work for Disney
Vinnie Mac
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This same sentiment could be applied to what you said.
peter11435
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I don’t work for Disney.I was just saying I heard a rumor
You don't know that for sure, unless of course maybe you work for Disney
But the project has not been canceled and the timeline has not significantly changed. At least not yet. I know that for sure.
Cmdr_Crimson
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You think will get a better explanation during the parks panel at the expo?
"We are excited to bring you a new and exciting diverse experience with Princess Tiana. Now how 'bout that EPCOT folks?"
Yes. There will be a panel in which they reveal @peter11435's source and doxx him.
The Disney Kid
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That's just the annual February refurb.
Disstevefan1
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Agreed. TWDC will be using the excuse of COVID to make whatever changes they wish for years to come...
Look, things are hard? Do you know how hard it was to collectively save hundreds of millions of dollars to make sure that it went into the accounts of executive leaders?
Disstevefan1
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It's only funny because it's true..
FantasiaMickey2000
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At the end of the day the executives are responsible to their shareholders. Their shareholders are mostly made up of working Americans’ 401k plans and public sector union pension funds. The stock is down 25% in the last year and 36% from its all time high during that period. Whether you want to look at the lost profits over the last 2 years or the stock price, they’ve lost billions in the last 2 years. A large capital outlay such as this retheme which adds nothing to the parks compared to a new attraction like Tron should absolutely be cancelled until further notice.
There is a disconnect. They are responsible for their own bonuses. Do you think if the CEO did not give himself more than a 100 percent raise, from 14 million a year to 32 million a year that the Shareholders would be unhappy? What about the CFO and others around that table?
FantasiaMickey2000
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First of all, the Compensation Committee proposes the executives’ compensation packages and it is approved by shareholder vote. Chapek did not give himself a 100% raise.
Second, the majority of that compensation is not in cash but in stock awards.
Third, yes shareholders would be unhappy. If you tried to pay your C Suite team $1 million a year then no quality individuals would work for your company and would all go to your competition and the company would flounder.
So in summary, the right thing to do for the Company is to cancel/delay the retheme until the Company is in a better financial position to do so.
I was under the impression from Marni that this had been bumped at least a few years back.
Your post just means there is more poison in the soup. The reason the committee is fine with it, because why would someone say know to the top guy going from 14 to 32 million when they can say yes and go from 10 to 15 million? Not many are going to disagree if it means they all get a slice of it too.
And if the splash aspect of your post holds true, than there is a chance the retheme will not be financially responsible to shareholders at all. Or would that still be ok because it is problematic and that is when goodwill that is irrelevant to the shareholders comes in?
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DIS is up 30% from three years ago. Just last month, it was up 50%, but then the DOW as a whole took a dive.
It's easy to cherry-pick data to make the point you want: "DIs execs, bad! Splash retheme financial disaster!"
But determining the financial health of a company by tracking exuberant bubbles (the first from Disney+ news, the second from Disney not going into deficits during a world-wide pandemic) and tracking 'corrections' (taking money out to chase other 'post-pandemic' bubbles, a one quarter miss on *predicted* subscriptions goals) tells you nothing about the long term financial health of a company. It only tells you what day-trading speculators are chasing.
Big profits from operating parks is back according to the last quarterly report. Disney will be awash in cash to do the things they want including erasing Song of the South from being contemporaneously presented as being part of the Disney family of IPs.
FantasiaMickey2000
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I’m not sure I 100% follow your first paragraph but I am interpreting it to mean that you think the compensation committee is making a ton of money and will receive massive pay raises if they bump Chapek’s pay.
This is not true. Compensation Committees are required by the SEC to be composed of independent directors. Disneys committee consists of Mary Barra (CEO of General Motors), Maria Lagomasino (CEO of WE Family Offices), and Mark Parker (Chairman of Nike). None of these individuals work for the Walt Disney Company.
These individuals are compensated several hundred thousand dollars a year for their role on the board of directors. That’s it.
I would personally argue the retheme is not financially responsible period, but I don’t put the same dollar value of politically correct attractions as management at the Walt Disney Company. I’m sure they do think it’s a value add, but it is likely down on the priority list.
FantasiaMickey2000
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I knew this post was coming. How far back do you want me to go?
Year to date: DIS down 15%, S&P 500 down 10%, DOW down 8%. Disney is by far the worst performer.
Going back one year: DIS down 22%, S&P up 12%, DOW down 3%. Disney is by far the worst performer
Going back two years: DIS down 4%, S&P up 31%, DOW up 16%.
That’s reality since Chapek took over/the pandemic started.
To go back three years like you did: DIS is up 20%, S&P is up 60%, DOW is up 36%. Disney is by far the worst performer.
You brought up profits from the last quarter. The Parks division made $640 million. That’s sounds good until you consider the Park division lost $199 million the previous 3 quarters of 2021 and lost $81 million during 2020. This is all compared to a segment operating income of $6.8 BILLION in 2019. So your “big profits” would still be only 40% of what they were making prior to the pandemic.
Any way you slice it, the Company has lost billions in profits and cash flow over the last 2 years and the stock has severely underperformed the market. They aren’t making these massive cuts for fun, they are trying to do what’s best for the company as a whole in the long term.
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