News Walt Disney Company plans to spend $17 billion at Walt Disney World over the next ten years

[mkt]

A Shill company is what helped buy Disney's land. You could also call it a proxy buyer. The name of the buyer was a role played. A shill. A ruse.

That's also a shell corporation, in that it has no major assets or operations and existed solely to buy land for Disney.

 

[UNCgolf]

In a similar vein, I would encourage you to present prominent examples where "shill" is used as an adjectival noun. While I can see the argument that the company in question is a shill, the phrase "shill corporation" is not anything that appears in common parlance, and "shill" is generally used as a noun or verb. The phrasing is awkward at best and obviously confusing because of its similarity to an actual turn of phrase in "shell corporation".

I can think of ways a company could be labeled as a shill, but I don't see it here. Secretly purchasing land doesn't really do anything to publicly promote Disney.

 

[mkt]

It is fascinating to read about all of the shenanigans that went on (on both sides) in the 60’s and 70’s. I’m surprised Disney got away with it for so long.

Yeah. That Disney getting away with...

*checks notes*

Hiring 75000 people
Turning a backwater and swampland into the world's most visited tourist destination
Paying double taxes on their properties.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

All of this can be solved with an Iger phone call. Swallow your pride and make the phone call, Bob.

DeSantis will not take a meeting/call from Iger. It was cited in the lawsuit.

 

[DLR92]

Spend this money at California! Problem solve!

 

[mkt]

Disney himself said why they did it, paraphrase to prevent artificial rising of prices. In fact Disney has had that clip in several films/shows about the history of Disney
RC was established after an interview Walt Disney gave stating as much

Reedy Creek Ranch Inc, Bay Lake Properties Inc, Tomahawk Properties Inc, Ayefour Corporation, and Latin American Development and Management Corporation owned the titles to all the land that Disney bought. Those companies were wholly owned by Compass East Corporation, a wholly Disney Controlled Delaware Corporation.

It's fascinating.

 

[mkt]

All of this can be solved with an Iger phone call. Swallow your pride and make the phone call, Bob.

Iger already extended the olive ranch, DeSantis refused it. Try again.

 

[BlakeW39]

It’s a play on words to make my point. A Shell company, in this context, wouldn’t make sense.

"Where the magic began: Walt Disney used code names, shell corporations to buy land for Disney World"

Where the magic began: Walt Disney used code names, shell corporations to buy land for Disney World

Disney spent eighteen months of secrecy to buy up 27,400 acres of mostly swampland.

www.google.com

"How Disney used shell companies to start its Magic Kingdom"

How Disney used shell companies to start its Magic Kingdom

Politicians and the global elite exposed in the so-called Panama Papers aren’t the only ones that set up shell companies to hide what they’re up to.

www.latimes.com

let's move on pal.

 

[Trauma]

What a fun thread tonight.

D+ question -

How do you stop the subscriber loss by raising costs and reducing content?

I know the story of increasing quality but are they capable of that?

 

[Figgy1]

What a fun thread tonight.

D+ question -

How do you stop the subscriber loss by raising costs and reducing content?

I know the story of increasing quality but are they capable of that?

There multiple D+ threads here https://forums.wdwmagic.com/forums/disney-movies-animation-tv-and-disney.32/

 

[mkt]

What a fun thread tonight.

D+ question -

How do you stop the subscriber loss by raising costs and reducing content?

I know the story of increasing quality but are they capable of that?

Streaming services are on a bit of a downswing given that now to get all the content you want, it's as expensive as just getting cable TV.

Personally, Disney should offer 3 new tiers.
1- cheaper ad-supported Disney+, similar to the cheaper Hulu subscription;
2- free very limited version of Disney+ for WDW/DLR APs, DVC, and D23 members (think legacy content that costs nothing to stream)
3- free very limited ad-supported version, similar to the free version of NBC's Peacock

 

[Tha Realest]

I know the story of increasing quality but are they capable of that?

As a lifelong viewer of Disney Channel exclusives, post-Disney acquisition ABC, and most of the slurry on D+…no, no they’re not.

 

[Trauma]

There multiple D+ threads here https://forums.wdwmagic.com/forums/disney-movies-animation-tv-and-disney.32/

Thanks since this is where everyone is flinging pixie dust at each other tonight, and it will all be deleted by sunrise, I figured I’d ask here.

 

[Chi84]

So how about that $17 billion dollars?

 

[BlakeW39]

$17bn doesn't impress me, and knowing TWDC today they'd just spend it on retheming Spaceship Earth or Kilimanjaro Safaris or something. Under current corporate leadership, I am simply not excited to hear about financial investment at Walt Disney World.

 

[celluloid]

17 billion in a decade with over 40 square miles of themed entertainment venues from theme parks, water parks, dinner show, 20 some odd hotels to mini golf courses and sports complexes is...

What should be spent. Not anything to get excited about as if new big things are coming at a rate faster than they have been for the current decade under current leadership.

 

[BlakeW39]

17 billion in a decade with over 40 square miles of themed entertainment venues from theme parks, water parks, dinner show, 20 some odd hotels to mini golf courses and sports complexes is...

What should be spent. Not anything to get excited about as if new big things are coming at a rate faster than they have been for the current decade under current leadership.

Exactly... people acting like they haven't seen what TWDC has been doing these past 15 years or so... ain't nothin to get excited about here.

 

[Jrb1979]

Exactly... people acting like they haven't seen what TWDC has been doing these past 15 years or so... ain't nothin to get excited about here.

I can't blame them. They get excited about advanced booking of Genie+ coming and the dining plan returning.

 

[SpectreJordan]

The government in Florida, as elected by the majority of residents, is in fact acting on behalf of the people.

I wouldn't be surprised if less than 50% of residents vote for state government stuff. I never see people really care about it like they do with President.

 

[Sea Pea]

What would Central Florida's economy be if Disney hadn't decided to open a theme park there and had chosen somewhere else? All it really was before Disney's arrival was a wintering spot for 'Snowbirds'. Would SeaWorld, Universal and all the other tourist attractions gone there under their own volition? Unlikely.