Figments Friend
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Let's hope he keeps the politics in cyberspace where they belong, and not on Flower Street.
One thing WDI does not need more of is that.....'politics'...
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Let's hope he keeps the politics in cyberspace where they belong, and not on Flower Street.
One thing WDI does not need more of is that.....'politics'...
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JoeCamel
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Rteetz
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If I'm not mistaken Paris doesn't use a ton of pyro either I would expect Shanghai to be similar to that.I guess Shanghai Disneyland really will be a different Disney park after all. It's not a Disney park without the fireworks.
ThemeParkJunkee
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I only sold half my position at 119. I will sell the rest soon (maybe) as I set an order to sell when my gain is at about 100%. I've had DIS awhile and needed to rebalance. I don't have a lot of faith in much long term right now but have some stop-gap measures in place.
PhotoDave219
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Although this seems a bit off subject, I thought I would share a little of what's been discussed. Below are the ones you've been mentioning and many others that have been cut and not replaced.
Norway had Spelmanns Gledje
The Fountain of Nations had The Kristos
Italy had Nova Era. Fortunately, they are still around and play at Disney Springs
France had Le Mime Roland who was excellent! - See image below (couldn't find a video):
Storybook Circus had the Giggle Gang, Wowzer the Storybook Circus Clown and then a different Wowzer (the two different Wowzer performers might still be able to be seen on the Boardwalk, just not as clowns)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CDvQnn_rM
Disney's Animal Kingdom had the Village Beatniks - Outstanding! We just saw one of the performers at Magic Kingdom about 2 weeks ago...he is now retired. The one with the Zendrum in this video is still with the Jammitors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl6rtvNyk_w
Animal Kingdom also had a band near Finding Nemo the Musical, called the Tropicals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5EKM0g3bjk
In DinoLand USA they had Smear, Splat & Dip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHa3MbTyGfY
I could probably think of more but I'll spare all of you.
Always dug the Krystos.
One of their performers won a bunch of pole fitness competitions last year.
No Name
Well-Known Member
From the article, it looks like Disney could still launch fireworks on most days of the year.
The API (Average Pollution Index) would have to go above 200 for the government to not allow fireworks, and the index rarely reached that level. For example, today is a pretty bad day pollution-wise and the rating is 140.
The bigger concern for Disney is their image. It doesn't look great to be launching color fun into the air while the rest of China is being told to cut down on pollution in places where it isn't so easily avoidable, like factories. If the Chinese don't pick up on Disney polluting, the press will, and they definitely don't need pollution criticism on top of other problems.
The API (Average Pollution Index) would have to go above 200 for the government to not allow fireworks, and the index rarely reached that level. For example, today is a pretty bad day pollution-wise and the rating is 140.
The bigger concern for Disney is their image. It doesn't look great to be launching color fun into the air while the rest of China is being told to cut down on pollution in places where it isn't so easily avoidable, like factories. If the Chinese don't pick up on Disney polluting, the press will, and they definitely don't need pollution criticism on top of other problems.
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GiveMeTheMusic
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Last I saw it wasn't a park, but an "entertainment complex" lacking a gate or attractions.
tirian
Well-Known Member
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but considering that he also uses this as his public-facing persona for work, those are some unprofessional tweets. His knee-jerk comments support @WDW1974 in thinking that maybe Weis is so outspoken, Iger partly promoted him to keep him happy inside the WDC.
I'm still relieved he replaced Brucie.
The Empress Lilly
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Weis is so politically outspoken that in order to not be embarrassed by his outspokeness they hoisted him on a pedestal and put a megaphone in his hand?
Darth Sidious
Authentically Disney Distinctly Chinese
Had a trip booked to stay at The Beach Club, only to add days on recently and see my per night price change. Then realized they added fees into the total without breaking them out and explaining them. Emailing Disney led to a generic "you must call the number" response, where we had the rudest and most ignorant person who basically accused us of lying.
Long story short they did nothing but essentially say "we don't care". The latest email to Disney simply said, "we will be cancelling our trip, and booking with Universal. Disney has changed." What a despicable and noticeable decline in service! The company used to be industry standard and now they literally are some of the worst!
/endrant
Long story short they did nothing but essentially say "we don't care". The latest email to Disney simply said, "we will be cancelling our trip, and booking with Universal. Disney has changed." What a despicable and noticeable decline in service! The company used to be industry standard and now they literally are some of the worst!
/endrant
asianway
Well-Known Member
Had this happen about ten years ago. The squirrelly per night price changes on a reservation change are despicable but not new
Prince-1
Well-Known Member
So then that would be only the days of the week that DON'T end in "Y"??
Darth Sidious
Authentically Disney Distinctly Chinese
The worst part is... They are literally penalizing my entire trip by wanting to ADD nights! I have no issue paying more for the new nights but the rate I reserved should be honored. I booked in advance for that reason. You really wouldn't have expected this from Disney, but over the past 15 years the company has become soulless.
Edit: they won't be seeing my money this trip, Universal will though!
Steel City Magic
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Side note. Saw Mick Foley zooming around on a scooter at MK yesterday morning. Red flanel shirt and all. My first celebrity in the parks, and boy what a doozy. After trying to explain to my flight attendant fiance who he was by frantically telling her "thats Mick foley, THATS MICK FOLEY!" To which she replied drowsily, "how do you know the cotton candy guy?" I unfortunately was unable to snap a pic as he had already zoomed off.
Have a nice day! Bang Bang
Have a nice day! Bang Bang
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tirian
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Not "politically outspoken"; loud in general.
I know it sounds crazy, but I have seen this happen in other companies. It's a business psychology tactic. Sometimes if two capable people are considered for a position, the one who could make the most noise outside the company gets the job to keep him happy—and quiet.
I'm not saying that's the reason Weis got promoted, and I personally don't think it is. However, Spirit's theory #2 doesn't seem so far-fetched now that I've looked at the man's Twitter account.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
I bought at 40 so I had it for quite a long time, Here's the thing about my views on TWDC, Do I think the TWDC is going to blow up yes I do, Why do I think that because TWDC management seems to have caught the 'We are Invincible" disease which afflicts some successful companies the major manifestation I see at Disney is Iger refusing to answer questions during earnings calls and Disney's byzantine management structure.
Do I think the underlying businesses are solid yes I do with the exception of ESPN (needs to evolve and realistically it will under new management) and WDI which looks bloated and inefficient.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Although this seems a bit off subject, I thought I would share a little of what's been discussed. Below are the ones you've been mentioning and many others that have been cut and not replaced.
Norway had Spelmanns Gledje
The Fountain of Nations had The Kristos
Italy had Nova Era. Fortunately, they are still around and play at Disney Springs
France had Le Mime Roland who was excellent! - See image below (couldn't find a video):
Storybook Circus had the Giggle Gang, Wowzer the Storybook Circus Clown and then a different Wowzer (the two different Wowzer performers might still be able to be seen on the Boardwalk, just not as clowns)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CDvQnn_rM
Disney's Animal Kingdom had the Village Beatniks - Outstanding! We just saw one of the performers at Magic Kingdom about 2 weeks ago...he is now retired. The one with the Zendrum in this video is still with the Jammitors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl6rtvNyk_w
Animal Kingdom also had a band near Finding Nemo the Musical, called the Tropicals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5EKM0g3bjk
In DinoLand USA they had Smear, Splat & Dip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHa3MbTyGfY
I could probably think of more but I'll spare all of you.
Don't forget PUSH, The african dancers at AK in front of Tusker house
flynnibus
Premium Member
Are you complaining that the nights you are adding are not at the same cost as the previously booked nights?
Rodan75
Well-Known Member
I scrolled through his posts, they aren't crazy bad, but he would be better off not mentioning anything political in the same twitter feed that he posts company information. Assuming he hasn't deleted any, I could imagine he is walking a fine line that higher ups feel uncomfortable commenting on.
asianway
Well-Known Member
No if you try to add rather than make a separate reservation they will attempt to jack up the other nights