19 May 2023 11:48 am
This is what happens when a powerful corporate entity becomes politically involved. Disney should stick to what it does best and that is entertainment.Skans » 18 May 2023, 9:40 pm » wrote: ↑ Disney cancels 2000 "prospective" jobs and some new attractions in Florida. They blame it on DeSantis' policies toward Disney. But, the truth is that Disney's numbers suck. Not just suck, but suck real bad.
Bob Iger is demanding head-count to shrink Disney's losses. Losses due to people losing interest in their streaming platform and even their parks. So, of course Disney is not going to plan any new projects or hire new employees at this time - they don't have the money or resources or even the demand for their product to justify it. So, in typical woke, leftist, Democrat fashion, Iger blames his company's failures on Ron Desantis.
DeSantis has far better things to do other than play nursemaid to the Sick Mouse
I remember opening day at Disneyland. We all knew that it was too small from the beginning and was doomed to be trapped in the cycle of bigger, bigger, bigger all the time (to keep people interested). It's too bad Disney died early. He knew what he wanted.
A bit later rumors of a second park in Florida were heard. And then one in France and even Japan. I remember thinking this was going to lead to trouble and the reason was that Walts dream would find serious competition in the quest for power and money that would now take center stage.
So now we see Disney world wearing the entertainment hat and another styled for regional government. This seemed good because, after all, it was Disney that developed the area from open waterlands into a new community. But a little at a time conflicts with the State showed up. It's a trap and Disney was stuck in it. What happened to the original dream of the founder?
The icing on the cake is the blatant left shifting wokism. Poor Walt would cry if he could see what's happening now.
I'm in my eighties now. I choose to remember Disneyland as it was in 1956 when I first visited.