Jim Lewis Fired from WDWCo

[Sammie]

The scalpers will be heading to Ebay!

scalping what I am confused.

 

[CarolAnnC]

scalping what I am confused.

Well, since people like you are now wanting to go on their first ever DVC Member Cruise (due to the excitement here lol), and the cruise sold out in one day 11 months prior leaving a large waitlist, some folks may see value in that and want to head to Ebay to sell their existing reservation to the highest bidder! J/K!!!!!

this could not be done if one wanted to as you cannot change the lead name on the cruise reservation anyway. It was just a joke, lol.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Is this true??? I couldn't read the whole thread, as I had all I could do not to pee the couch when I saw the title!!!

Kick the bum out!! I never thought he was the right guy. In fact, he screwed up almost everything he touched.

MG

 

[Sammie]

Well, since people like you are now wanting to go on their first ever DVC Member Cruise (due to the excitement here lol), and the cruise sold out in one day 11 months prior leaving a large waitlist, some folks may see value in that and want to head to Ebay to sell their existing reservation to the highest bidder! J/K!!!!!

this could not be done if one wanted to as you cannot change the lead name on the cruise reservation anyway. It was just a joke, lol.

Oh No, I meant next year. But I see your point

 

[Sammie]

Is this true??? I couldn't read the whole thread, as I had all I could do not to pee the couch when I saw the title!!!

Kick the bum out!! I never thought he was the right guy. In fact, he screwed up almost everything he touched.

MG

It seems so, maybe he took Dee Vee Cee with him.

I honestly liked Jim at the beginning but it was like each year his head swelled with his self importance and he completely forgot how he got there.

It's official:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...ion-club-executive-ou20110813,0,6823618.story

 

[DisneyBill]

Gee, I hope this didn't happen just because I haven't been able to sign onto dvcmember.com for the last two days.

 

[sissy_ib]

Relativity new DVC member here. (about a year and a half)
While I do see the threads about people dissatisfied about different things, why do we not like this guy? I see he was a "stingy bean counter", is this why? Were things better for DVC members before he was in charge?

(I understand the most common complaints such as upkeep, the furniture problems at BLT and this whole Hawaii mess. And of course the whole loss of perks thing many people are upset about. Are these the main points?)

 

[BeccaG]

According to my sources, who made me aware of the previous mentioned Aulani fiasco, Lewis had lost the respect of most of the guides for a "long list" of things he had done. Apparently, there has been quite an exodus of guides becasue of this. I am sure turn over is high in this industry as a general rule, but it appears that in recent months the "I got a new guide" posts have greatly increased.

 

[Sammie]

According to my sources, who made me aware of the previous mentioned Aulani fiasco, Lewis had lost the respect of most of the guides for a "long list" of things he had done. Apparently, there has been quite an exodus of guides becasue of this. I am sure turn over is high in this industry as a general rule, but it appears that in recent months the "I got a new guide" posts have greatly increased.

Many guides that had been long timers left and we were all told early retirement.

Also when the banking changes came about, his explanation to why, was DVC members were not smart enought to use the previous procedure, funny though before he came along we did just fine with it.

He overode the product committee on BLT, went for cheap in room product. Comments such as, as long as it looks good they will buy it then their dues will fix it and laughed.

 

[aan1701]

It seems so, maybe he took Dee Vee Cee with him.

Oh god I hope so.

 

[Sammie]

Oh god I hope so.

And Disney Files too.

 

[BeccaG]

Many guides that had been long timers left and we were all told early retirement.

Yup, I know a lot of folks who took early retirements becasue they could not stand their bosses... maybe not in this economy, but my guess is that the "magic" was gone for them too!

 

[Longhairbear]

I remember how furious we all got when they tried to put paper cups in the studios. That's when I first started to wonder if Lewis was the right guy for DVC.
I am reading some nasty comments he's made about we owners over the years.

 

[TagsMissy]

Sorry if this was posted already:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-disney-vacatuion-club-executive-ou20110813,0,6823618.story

 

[disneynutz]

I really didn't care for him when he was elected Chairman of the American Resort Development Association then asked all of the DVC Members to donate money to the organization. Very not Disney like to me and many felt but could not prove that the DVC Membership paid for the donation requests to be printed and mailed to the members.

Bill

 

[MrsNick]

I remember how furious we all got when they tried to put paper cups in the studios. That's when I first started to wonder if Lewis was the right guy for DVC.
I am reading some nasty comments he's made about we owners over the years.

Where are you reading those? I'm curious to see his thoughts on the membership. Thanks.

 

[WDWLVR]

Those of us on both the 2005 and 2006 Member Cruises saw a major change in him. In 2005 he always had a smile and would stop and talk with anyone and everyone. In 2006 he was constantly surrounded by his people, tried to avoid guests at all costs and even lied outright to some saying there was no 2007 Member Cruise booked even though everyone knew there was (and it was announced a few weeks later but with a different booking only for those who hadn't sailed before). I lost respect for him after that cruise.

Here's hoping DVC has a brighter future with whoever they get to replace him.

 

[Longhairbear]

Where are you reading those? I'm curious to see his thoughts on the membership. Thanks.

WDWmagic, ***********, etc.
Basically he has said "they are all fanatics, they'll buy anything", and laughed.

 

[Longhairbear]

I really didn't care for him when he was elected Chairman of the American Resort Development Association then asked all of the DVC Members to donate money to the organization. Very not Disney like to me and many felt but could not prove that the DVC Membership paid for the donation requests to be printed and mailed to the members.

Bill

Thanks for the reminder of that incident, that was a total turn off for us.

 

[TisBit]

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...

As others have said, this is not necessarily a good thing. Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it!

While DVC could always improve, it could also get much worse. Hopefully we will get an improvement, but you never know....I will reserve judgement on this one.