DVC-Landbaron
What Would Walt Do?
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2000
Scoop:
Hopemax, Thank you! Its good to know that someone understands what Im talking about.
Peter:
Now let me get this straight. You are now agreeing with me, but think itll pass. Is that it? You have me totally confused!!!So a good part of upper management (but not all I'm sure AV will confirm) has taken the Pressler Stance. Too bad, yes. But "this too shall pass" probably.
Paul Pressler is the problem these days. He was great at making the Disney Stores really strong. But, then he tried to use his successful methods in merchandising with theme parks.
NO!!! Thats exactly opposite of the premise. The idea was that only you and one other guest complained! I would guess that many, many people noticed. But no one said anything. After all, Its Disney!! How bad could it be! Lets face it youre not going to cancel a stay there just because they dont have the old radio going, are you? And Disney takes this to mean that they did the right thing. Bookings didnt slip. No sit-ins, protesting the move. Just two people vocal enough to say something. Dont you see what a slippery slope that is? It boils everything down to dollars and cents. No extras without a payoff. What can we get away with cutting? Thats not Disney! Thats a cold, sterile institution!!oh, and baron, I'll be really displeased if Disney just refused to fix the radios even though guests complained that no radios affected their qualitative experience.
Hopemax, Thank you! Its good to know that someone understands what Im talking about.
Peter:
Again, Peter, you miss the point. If it were changed to keep things fresh, Id gladly (for the most part) accept it. But it isnt. Its the sharp pencil crowd (sorry Greg) that put a stop to some of these touches. It has nothing to do with evolution and everything to do with profits. Plain and simple!!Sure, I will acquiesce to Landbaron and acknowledge that there are things missing from previous experiences that I miss, but I'm a big boy, I can look at the big picture and accept that sometimes things don't go my way
I disagree Peter. I think you used it and benefited from it more than you know. But Im toying with starting a new thread along these lines. Still in the back of my head. Well see.Sometimes things have to go away. Brother Curling misses EE and while I've NEVER availed myself the use of it, I DO feel his pain and while he gets really "hot" discussing it, I am totally sure he understands the rationale (i.e. Disney's official explanation - although I'm not sure he believes it)...