Inspired by the other thread about people's opinions on Walt. Tell me what you think off the above 3 men and their legacies, or about what kind of men they were/are
On an off topic, I'd like to see Lassiter and Jor Rohde running everything.
Eisner is completely under appreciated.
Disney as you know it now is due to the fact he saved the company. All the big thrill rides we enjoy were produced on his watch.
Other than Walt himself, he's the second most important person in the history of the company.
I love Roy without him there would be no WDW.
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I totally forgot that in my post. Roy was about to retire when Walt passed. Without him making the decision to go ahead with WDW we would not have our beloved World.
Not to take anything away from Eisner, but let's not forget Frank Wells.
It was Eisner and Wells that Roy brought in to run the company. Together they made a great time. You can notice the how the company changed after Wells death in 1994.
I assure you, Disney World would have happened with or without Roy, he deserves some credit for finding the funding for the original Disneyland, but he gets too much for Disney World, which would have happened without him, and has since become something more than I think Walt imagined in the first place.
Walt is clearly number one, Eisner number two.
It goes down several notches after those two.
People seem to forget, Disney as a corporation was almost taken over by outside interests under Roy E's watch. He GAVE all Disney power to Eisner, who was the one who made Disney what it is today.
The importance of the Disney name associated with the Disney company died with Walt. Eisner made Disney, Disney again.
Eisner had his issues, and ego, but he did more than you think, and in time should have a statue on Disney property somewhere.
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