Sirwalterraleigh
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…nah…that’s…not…it
But since you came up with that idea…would you like to be a senior executive for the Walt Disney company?
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News Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Permanently Closed Fall 2023
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But since you came up with that idea…would you like to be a senior executive for the Walt Disney company?
Sirwalterraleigh
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CaptinEO
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It's sad how predictable the whole thing about going all in on the new trilogy was.Ky'le From Tustin? He quit Disneyland for a better paying job at an In-N-Out closer to campus. (Inside joke from the Disneyland Forum!)
Or Kylo? I think I'd be more excited to meet Ky'le From Tustin than I would to meet Kylo Renn (sp?).
But if I could meet Luke & Leia, and drink in the ship's bar with Han Solo, and then have Darth Vader crash the party, I'd do it!
We all knew this would happen. Disney made one movie out of the new trilogy before deciding Star Wars land needed to be locked in to the new trilogy. It makes no sense. The land should have all Star Wars stories and characters there.
Disney bought George Lucas' Star Wars just to make their own stories and characters. I don't understand.
Now Star Wars Land is 4 years old, the Trilogy ended in 2019 and surprise, the new movies are not as loved as the original films and are already forgotten. But Disney had to go full synergy mode without thinking about their audience.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
That’s what concerns me most of all. Not that it didn’t perform but that they actually thought it would.
To me it’s just further proof they don’t understand their customers
ParentsOf4
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The building no longer will be used for its original purpose. This does not mean they have to tear down the building (although they might). The building could be repurposed.
WDW has several structures that have been fully depreciated and yet still are used.
Writing this off in the last two quarters of the current fiscal year is a way to make the 2024 numbers look better. Chapek can be blamed for anything bad in FY2023. In FY2024, Iger starts to own this.
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CaptinEO
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I agree. The people at the top just see surveys about what brands people engage with and don't actually care about the experiences or staying true to those brands.
TP2000
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It's glaring proof of that. Senior executives in both the Parks group and the WDI group don't use their own products with their customers, they don't understand why their customers use their products, and they don't even seem to like their own customers much.
This has been a problem for almost a decade now. Once the Cockerell/Kalogridis era ended in Florida, and the Ouimet/Storbeck era ended in Disneyland, it was just a matter of time before the results in the parks were obvious. But for a few years the new guys were able to coast on the past and the roaring economy of the late 2010's.
But when you are in charge of a product you don't use, and don't even really like, how long can you coast on nostalgia and fumes?
Yes, Josh D'Amaro is handsome and has a tall, runners physique and a Cool Dad wardrobe. Yes, Josh D'Amaro has a personality that is vastly more likable than men like Chapek or Colglazier, whose personalities are only described by words I can't really type here and whose looks alone would not attract many bidders at a Bachelors Auction.
But at some point, in some future fiscal quarter of yet more crappy parks products, we have to start blaming all the senior execs and not just the grumpy and unattractive ones. I'm already there, but am happy to wait while others catch up.
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flynnibus
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Everyone is assuming they are writing the remaining value off. What they said was switching to an accelerated depreciation (not that q4 was the last of it).
Mike S
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Rise of the Resistance becomes a ride about escaping the Death Star before the rebels blow it up. The area around the ride is already forested so put in a little extra to make it seem like you’re on Yavin. The story is that you’re boarding a shuttle to escape the planet but are caught in the Death Stars tractor beam as it enters the system. The story has obviously deviated enough already so we’ll have Han Solo and Chewbacca leading the rescue party to get you out. Leia replaces the Rey hologram, R2 replaces BB8, Luke replaces Poe, Vader for Kylo, and Tarkin for Hux. The ongoing battle can also be viewed “outside” when you enter the hangar and the imperial officers on board now mock how your puny rebellion will soon be crushed rather than asking about a base. Vaders interrogation is about what weakness the stolen plans for the Death Star contained.
The Millenium Falcon is changed to more firmly place it in the Sequel era with more characters added than just Chewie and Hondo and a new ride is added for the Prequels. All characters appear in the land at different times so you’d never see Vader and Kylo out together as one example.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Why would the big dog have the giant deuce dropped on it?
TrainsOfDisney
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Cause cali always get the better dealWhy would the big dog have the giant deuce dropped on it?
Indy, Radiator Springs, Pirates, space mountain. Heck even the Matterhorn has a functioning yeti AA!
TheMaxRebo
Well-Known Member
They both have been featured in a number of books so people that are into it can get more backstory and learn more about it
But again, that is probably an extra level for those already super into it, not broadening the scope
MrPromey
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I was trying to be slick with my emoji game but the closest I could find to cart was shopping cart. I thought about just scrapping it but half-a$$ed is sort of on-brand for me... Hmm... Wonder if Disney's looking for someone to come up with their next concept?
Tha Realest
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It has been inserted into Star Wars canon, as - not joking - the ship where Han and Leia spent their honeymoon.
Star Wars: Han And Leia's Honeymoon Has A Canonical Connection To Disney World
An important event in Star Wars lore involving Han Solo and Leia is officially connected to the Galaxy's Edge theme park in Disney World
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They “locked it in” in a bit of a panic move too soon based on one pretty terrible reboot - cause it went nowhere and is beyond stale now - and a very I’ll conceived prequel “trilogy” that was never gonna work.
I had lots of hope when Disney bought it. Surely…no way…they wouldn’t study George’s mistakes and correct them? There was literally hundreds of billions (with a B) to be made longterm if you just put some thought into it.
They did the opposite: they made even worse mistakes.
And the lands felt “rushed”…because sweater Bob would NOT do the wise thing: and OT land that Lucas wouldn’t allow prior…cause he couldn’t claim it. So waited on ineptitude first. But it was “his”.
It was never the label for Star Wars…people didn’t talk about it 15 years after nub nub and watch it a million times on cable because of the label.
It was actually the movies.
Bob just isn’t creative enough to understand.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They just announced a writeoff today after a closure last week after an OPENING 15 months ago…
Respectfully - a lot here are just not understanding how Disney handles PR/economic announcements…
…this is so close to defcon 1 for them on an “asset”
Frankly…that’s the dumbest G-D thing I’ve ever heard.It has been inserted into Star Wars canon, as - not joking - the ship where Han and Leia spent their honeymoon.
Star Wars: Han And Leia's Honeymoon Has A Canonical Connection To Disney World
An important event in Star Wars lore involving Han Solo and Leia is officially connected to the Galaxy's Edge theme park in Disney World
Completely “on brand”
MrPromey
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No comment.It has been inserted into Star Wars canon, as - not joking - the ship where Han and Leia spent their honeymoon.
Star Wars: Han And Leia's Honeymoon Has A Canonical Connection To Disney World
An important event in Star Wars lore involving Han Solo and Leia is officially connected to the Galaxy's Edge theme park in Disney World
Tha Realest
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HarmoniUs. Future World / World Celebration / Innoventions. Galactic Starcruiser.
How many of these recent builds that they expected to amortize over decades have they had to mothball within give or take 9-18 months?
Tha Realest
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TheMaxRebo
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It has been inserted into Star Wars canon, as - not joking - the ship where Han and Leia spent their honeymoon.
Star Wars: Han And Leia's Honeymoon Has A Canonical Connection To Disney World
An important event in Star Wars lore involving Han Solo and Leia is officially connected to the Galaxy's Edge theme park in Disney World
Yeah, that one is a bit, um, forced
But some of the Batuu focused ones are good. Plus Anakin and Thrawn both visited Batuu so can definitely represent different time periods there