In an amazing move by WDCO Corporate, Jim Lewis, as of today, is no longer employed at WDWCo. Finally, people can breathe. Am sure those cast members and us Members can look forward to better days...
Believe it or not though...Disney could get rid of Jim Lewis because he's not enough of a stingy bean counter.
Be careful for what you ask for.
I would really like for Disney and DVC to hire someone with a bit more operations and attention to care for the membership.
I cannot figure out why Disney does not see how important word of mouth is to the DVC business. This is a big purchase, and you can find anything you want on the internet. Social media only magnifies that.
If Lewis was fired, you would think that Iger would know about it. I just called Bob and he doesn't know anything about it. He did say that Disney is a big company and often he is the last to be notified.
I will confirm it. I'm a VWL owner since 2002 and I was cast from May 1, 2010 up until three weeks ago as a DVC ASA and my friends - the wonderful talented "Disney" people I left behind are celebrating right now.
I got about 10 texts around 5:00pm with the news.
Trust me, top executives know that Jim Lewis was nothing but a Bean Counter - (it was brought to their attention numerous times) and that DVC was headed down the wrong path. It won't happen over night but I would look for some good things to come.