What Things Today Would Walt Disney Have Never Done or Be Out RAGED ABOUT.

[POLY LOVER]

I think Walt would have wanted to pay his employees better. I think that he knew that happy employees meant that they were courteous to guests. I don't think employees get paid nearly enough for how hard they work and for dealing with the public. I've noticed that customer service has decreased over the last 4-5 times I've been.

I believe when you lose control of your product and employees you get less caring from the employees. I mean if you work in Disney and get a check from some other corp. who pays you is who you work for. Your loyalty is to Starbucks not Disney, now I do say that Starbucks is a loyal and good company to its employees.

 

[World_Showcase_Lover007]

He would tell them to build more Value Resorts

 

[POLY LOVER]

He would tell them to build more Value Resorts

They seem to be doing ok in that regard but I do notice the other hotels prices moving up. I tried staying in the poly and paid much more than my last stay, this may be it for that class stay for me.

 

[POLY LOVER]

he would have never let attractions have broken items and not have them addressed immediatley. example, th voyage of the little mermaid in DHS has had broken effects like the water screen and the ceiling lasers for at least 2 years and have not been fixed. This would be unacceptable to Walt Disney. The ride lost 2 key elements to the show that create the under water affect. NOT GOOD FOR WDW
have they cut down on maintenance men? I used to love it now I only go back to see if it has been fixed but nothing to date.

 

[POLY LOVER]

the fact that one mans dream will go away and there will be little left of Walts presence in the park.

 

[BaconPancakes]

he would have never let attractions have broken items and not have them addressed immediatley. example, th voyage of the little mermaid in DHS has had broken effects like the water screen and the ceiling lasers for at least 2 years and have not been fixed. This would be unacceptable to Walt Disney. The ride lost 2 key elements to the show that create the under water affect. NOT GOOD FOR WDW
have they cut down on maintenance men? I used to love it now I only go back to see if it has been fixed but nothing to date.

You do realize he rush released the Matterhorn unfinished and didn't fix it in his lifetime right?

 

[POLY LOVER]

You do realize he rush released the Matterhorn unfinished and didn't fix it in his lifetime right?

BaconMan, it seems lke a beloved ride in DL, did it ever get upgraded beyond his rush job or is it an original

 

[Club Cooloholic]

He would look around at the size of many a guest and think..."yeah, you folks really don't need those buns, glad the mainstreet bakery dropped em"

 

[Nick Wilde]

I believe the biggest disappointment for him would've been EPCOT.

 

[SteamBoat6092]

I bet he would have been disappointed with the current state of innovations and Horizons. At the same time I think he would have loved AK in its entirety. It's like an expanded discovery island, from what i've heard Walt always seemed to care for nature and wild life.

 

[Matt_Black]

I bet he would have been disappointed with the current state of innovations and Horizons. At the same time I think he would have loved AK in its entirety. It's like an expanded discovery island, from what i've heard Walt always seemed to care for nature and wild life.

Similarly, I think he would have liked DHS when it opened. He was very much a "show 'em what's behind the curtain" guy, and actually allowing guests to see film work in progress strikes me as something very much up his alley.

 

[Minthorne]

It doesn't make sense to have more to see and do than any family could ever ACTUALLY ever see and do.

"There's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done, in the Circle of Life!"

 

[OliveMcFly]

I know it's been said that we can't say what he would approve of but I feel confident in saying that removing the true purpose of the Norwegian Pavilion would not make him happy.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I bet he would have been disappointed with the current state of innovations and Horizons. At the same time I think he would have loved AK in its entirety. It's like an expanded discovery island, from what i've heard Walt always seemed to care for nature and wild life.

Due to the fact that Walt was long dead before either of those things were ever in existence, I doubt he would be very upset about it. If no one told him he wouldn't even know that Horizons ever existed, but, I think he would be very impressed with Mission: Space. Very impressed! In fact much more then Horizons.

 

[POLY LOVER]

How about losing cranium command or food rocks, should ey have been saved and updated?

 

[Walt Disney1955]

I think Walt would like the world-wide exposure his parks get and the ways they have made people happy. I also think that he'd love how Disneyland has still preserved his original attractions. Magic Kingdom in Disney World hasn't quite done the same, but I think Walt would like that many of his 1955 attractions are still there.

My belief is that he would hate the prices of things. Unless you use a hopper pass you are paying $100 for a day at Disney World. That's insane. Walt sort of shunned the stock holders back in the day, I guess he saw the need for them but didn't he read a letter in front of them one day about a young man who told him how much he loves his movies and to keep going in that direction, or something? Right there that shows you Walt cared about quality and not profit. So I think he'd be bothered by that today.

 

[Matt_Black]

My belief is that he would hate the prices of things. Unless you use a hopper pass you are paying $100 for a day at Disney World.

Okay, that's a bit misleading. It's only $100 for a day if you only do one day or buy your tickets separately each and every day. Florida locals and AP holders get discounts. People buying multi-day tickets get discounts.

 

[POLY LOVER]

I think Walt would like the world-wide exposure his parks get and the ways they have made people happy. I also think that he'd love how Disneyland has still preserved his original attractions. Magic Kingdom in Disney World hasn't quite done the same, but I think Walt would like that many of his 1955 attractions are still there.

My belief is that he would hate the prices of things. Unless you use a hopper pass you are paying $100 for a day at Disney World. That's insane. Walt sort of shunned the stock holders back in the day, I guess he saw the need for them but didn't he read a letter in front of them one day about a young man who told him how much he loves his movies and to keep going in that direction, or something? Right there that shows you Walt cared about quality and not profit. So I think he'd be bothered by that today.

Stock holders are a necesary evil but they can hamper a company by this constant requirement of not only returning a profilt each quarter but increasing it by 10-20%. If you don't make the number they automatically feel something is wrong with the company although youare still making profit. They want more and more and more, companys are constantly squezzing for profits and ways to cut, this eventually hurts their quality

Walt was not a corner cutter, he demanded the best and had a sense for when to tell the bankers to go to &*^%&%%.

 

[216bruce]

Apart from the real EPCOT not being built and his being frustrated or angered about the company's lack of really fighting for it, you can't say at all. He may not have even been interested in theme parks very much anymore and might have moved on to other things. At the time of his death he was into urban planning. Continuing in that direction...who knows. I'm more curious as to if/who he would have picked as his successor. Was it really his intention for Card Walker or Ron Miller to run things? If he'd had the time to pick someone and mold them, how different might the companies' future have been?

 

[POLY LOVER]

they have done some urban planning projects around WDW like the Towne of Celebration and I think they have another underway somewhere in that vicinity.