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After all the shiny polish and futuristic technobabble in the queue, it’s kinda hilarious when guests are hyped to board their Avengers vehicle… and up rattles the same old clunky R&R train complete with shoulder restraints.
Nothing is underfunded these days, the money’s just squandered.Yep. Everything after the Iron Man AA preshow feels kind of depressing. It's a vibe I get from a lot of Disneyland Paris videos (again, haven't been there in person, so who knows).
It's frustrating that so many of Disney's overlays are half-hearted and underfunded. With some notable exceptions (Rise), Disney seems to think IP alone is the measure of an attraction's quality, and beyond that, the bare minimum investment is acceptable.
Nothing is underfunded these days, the money’s justsquanderedlaundered
Nothing is underfunded these days, the money’s just squandered.
I never liked using this site on mobile to begin with. Why make it worse? I also dislike making websites not desktop friendly either, gotta have a good balance.The last update made this site much less user friendly on mobile. It’s impossible to copy/ paste anything now and God forbid you accidentally quote someone or just change your mind about responding to a post. You can’t just delete the entire quote. You have to delete all the text of said quote.
I never liked using this site on mobile to begin with. Why make it worse? I also dislike making websites not desktop friendly either, gotta have a good balance.
Can you elaborate?
WDI is not good with money period. They waste tons of money despite outsourcing most the actual work to contractors. Example is 160 million dollars to add plastic figures and red paint on California Screamin.Can you elaborate?
They only go on these "research trips" if there's a Four Seasons or a Ritz-Carlton (or equitable replacement) to stay at.
They're geniuses at milking the system like this. You can't help but admire them for it, even if it's as decadently wasteful as it is when building a theme park ride.
For this project, Joe Rohde apparently took his whole family with him. On an expense account.
Honestly, would it kill them to just ask a $75K per year project manager to do a Google image search instead?
I don't think Joe Rohde makes $75K per year. I think it's closer to $275K per year and he still travels on expense accounts.
I think it is amazing Joe Rohde does any kind of work on projects. Isn't he an Imagineering director over seeing a bunch of middle management people who each of them have their own sets of managers and then worker bees? All he should care about is the budget and if they are on track for meeting their goals. I guess he signs off on the looks of the project and if he is happy with the results. He pops up for PR releases and takes credit for the project. He has no reason to go on "research missions to Nepal". I guess he likes to micromanage his managers.I'm sure he makes much more than $275K, actually.
But a lot of his "work" could be done by a $75K per year project manager with an Internet connection. I imagine that's how non-Disney theme parks create their "themed" stuff and keep it far below the budgets of Disney rides.
Other theme park companies don't have a Joe Rohde with an expense account on file at Ritz-Carlton, but they do have a couple of very good project managers who know how to Google.
I think it is amazing Joe Rohde does any kind of work on projects.... He has no reason to go on "research missions to Nepal".
Joe Rhode works for Virgin Galactic.I think it is amazing Joe Rohde does any kind of work on projects. Isn't he an Imagineering director over seeing a bunch of middle management people who each of them have their own sets of managers and then worker bees? All he should care about is the budget and if they are on track for meeting their goals. I guess he signs off on the looks of the project and if he is happy with the results. He pops up for PR releases and takes credit for the project. He has no reason to go on "research missions to Nepal". I guess he likes to micromanage his managers.
Only his ear is a star.
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