Roy Disney has started a web site about Disney

[safetymom]

http://www.savedisney.com/

Roy Disney has started a web site about Disney. The web site contains lots of good information.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

I wonder if it's legit?

I applaud them for leaving. I fear that soon, even Disney will it's magic.

 

[TheDailyBuzzherd]

... that something was up while we were down there last week.
"Eisner quit!" and "Roy Disney quit!" Cast members aren't at
liberty to acknowledge the facts in any capacity, but guests
were gossiping about the possible ramifications this story
may evoke. It ain't pretty or "magical".

Well, I got myself a little versed in Disney corporate shenanigans
while reading "Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince" whenever I
could. Everybody who has a brain realizes that the World of Disney
is steeped in a reality of the company's own allowance; hence all
the gushing books over the years of Walt's accomplishments.
No need for details, just read the book.

Fact is, this has happened before. I don't know all the specific issues
here, but to me, this smacks of the politics found in any corporate
boardroom. Disney is no different. Historically it's practically prohibitively
expensive to create feature animations. That's where Roy and Eisner
shined - reviving the cartoons. Personally, I thought Disney was dead
back in The '80s. How does a company which is so identified with the
first half of The 20th Century remake itself to be relevant today?
Clearly, there is a market for wholesome family entertainment,
but with the success of shows such as Roseanne it's clear some
people were tired with the purest fantasy that Disney has produced.
People want something real and naked, not dolled up with a lot of
pancake and magic wands. Or, do they?

When Disney made a comeback with "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty
and The Beast", it showed just how unpredictable the American and
world audience is. Half of the problem of making films is marketing them to
the proper persons. Just when I thought Disney was dead, BAM! it enjoys
its greatest success in 25 years. As it should, because these were good
films. OK, so the old guard dismissed them because they were largely
computer generated. So what. There it is, you're watching a new Disney
film again! Eisner and company prevailed.

That was back in the early '90s. Now what? I don't know how Disney's most
recent films have faired, but we'd like to see "Brother Bear", as well as
"L00ney Tunes: Back in Action". But, how many others?

Though I know little about Disney overall, I would say the following if I
was a boardmember:

1) Sell ABC and consolidate The Family Channel and The Disney Channel
as one channel. Concentrate on the movies.

2) Find new corporate blood. Eisner himself said he'd quit if Roy suggested
it. So much for gentleman's agreements. It's also important that all persons
involved understand the right PEOPLE must carry on, it's less important
that blood members run the show. As Roy himself has stated, "Walt's dead."

3) Drop prices at Disney resorts. This means food, giftshops and the like.
They've already dropped accomodations prices, but it seems Disney has
shifted the bottom line to everything else once you're at the hotel.
Everything is a la carte, from the laundry rooms to the beverages.
$30 breakfasts for three is pushing the envelope. Remember the
savages at Woodstock '99? Guests will hardly start foodfights or
burn their bedsheets, but they'll simply continue to stay away.
Though the effects of 9/11 are fading, expenses don't.

Look ... I realize it's grossly expensive to put on Disney magic 24/7.
But many of us haven't had pay increases in quite some time and
still others have suffered pay CUTS. Perhaps Disney is increasingly
out of reach of mainstream families, just like that mortgage.

4) Lastly, and this goes for EVERY corporate board out there, Disney's
management should work every bit as hard as it pushes it's subordinates.
If a manager expects me to work until 11pm every night, he'd better be
there to lock up. It's absolute bull for these CEO's to have all these
amenities and golf privileges AND earning 1000x what everyone else
makes ... that's what caused the animators' strike of 1941. Of course,
things have gotten much worse since then.


Well, we'll see what happens. Every dog has its day and it would be
a shame if this company fails. As we sit here typing, a pack of wolves
is outside the doors, salivating to break up Disney and sell it in pieces
for handsome profits ...

 

[jk1]

I wonder if it's legit?

Yes, it's legit. The administrative contact for the website is Shamrock Holdings (Roy Disney).

 

[TheDailyBuzzherd]

... I found Motley Fool's® take on all this interesting.
I'll email Roy but I'll bet he's already flushed his emails ...
can you say, "Overwhelmed"?