I assume some of us have read Jim Hill's story today about last week's Lasseter visit to Glendale and Burbank? I take everything Hill says with a
big grain of salt, but this trip report on Lasseter's latest visit to Animation and WDI headquarters seemed rather reasonable on Hill's part.
And for those East Coasters who don't know the backstory to John Lasseter, who is suddenly a very important figure for the entire DisCo, here's his deal;
As a college kid he worked at Disneyland as an Attractions Host, mainly on the Jungle Cruise. He visits Disneyland regularly with his children, and I've seen him there twice now. He had a birthday party at Disneyland last year, and they let him take a boat around on the Jungle Cruise so he could do his old spiel for his friends and party guests. He lives up in NorCal, has a winery in Sonoma, and obviously Pixar is headquartered in Emeryville across the bay from the Apple headquarters and his boss Steve Jobs, but he visits SoCal very regularly. And Disneyland is usually on the list of places to see when he is in SoCal, especially when his children are with him.
This is the first big topic I've seen on these boards about Lasseter, his recent statements made at WDI, and what it all means for the Parks. The west coast Disney fan websites are all abuzz about this big Lasseter news, but the east coast folks here don't seem to have really picked up on it yet. (You east coasters are still concerned about what the Yeti's name is and fascinating topics like the availability of day beds in Moderate Resorts. :lol: )
But this Lasseter news is huge, and your west coast Disney fan counterparts are going ga ga over it. Particularly because it likely means big changes for DCA in the near term.
Wake up East Coasters! There's big news brewing for Parks and Resorts, and that includes WDW!