Eisner: Disney To Invest Less In Films

[Son of the Morning]

Eisner must be STOPPED!

Bush/Cheney must be stopped...

Bravo.

[Mr. Toad]

Wish I had a vote to stop Bush/Chaney and their evil little henchmen - Rich/Rumsfield/Ridge etc.

[yoda_four]

Wish I had a vote to stop Bush/Chaney and their evil little henchmen - Rich/Rumsfield/Ridge etc.

Sadly, you'll have to stick with either Martin or Harper..... (unless of course you support NDP/Green )

[MickeyMouseboy]

well during the 80's Disney wasn't making many movies either and I think it helped the company refresh the ideas and get other aspects of the company taken care of and in 89 they came back with force! Little Mermaid and so forth. I thnk this should be good for the company. They have so much in production that they can't focus on the quality of the stuff they're releasing.

[Edge]

Disney just needs to stop trying to be cheap and start trying to produce quality again.

What do you expect with movies like around the world in 80 days and some of their other crappy efforts.

Eisner forgets that Disney's greatest competition is themselves. When you raise the bar like they did, people just won't stand for efforts they honestly are lax at best.

There was a reason that Pirates grosses 300 million in the US, though someone needs to check if Eisner and co. understand that reason.

[MickeyMouseboy]

I think around the world in 80 days would have been a better hit if they took Jackie Chan out of it. It's a joke to see him in a movie of that sort. Whoever said martial arts was a good look for the film? Sorry but the movie from the trailer didn't look like a serious film it was more like a cheap B side movie with Jackie Chan in it. That's one reason I didnt go see it.

[AwallaceUNC]

I can see Disney opening another American resort, but it needs to be of the same kind and calibur as the others. I know that a few years back, they were seriously eyeing property in Myrtle Beach, SC and in Southern VA. I was thrilled because I'd be able to go all the time, but it never panned out. I think they decided that the location was slightly too close to FL, which makes sense.

But lots of small weekend parks scattered across the nation? No way.

I don't know if they were implying traveling parks or permanent fixtures (likely the latter), but both would be equally detrimental. Disney won't be able to charge nearly as much for admission into these parks as they do for the existing WDW and DL parks. The proximity and lower prices will entice the public to save a little time and money and head over to the local Disney park instead. Obviously, that cuts deeply into the profits of the two existing resorts- money that won't be made back from the smaller parks. But it doesn't stop there.

Disney would lose money on the lodging and expensive dining that distant travel requires of guests. Money-makers like Park Hoppers would suffer greatly, and less-loved parks like California Adventure and Animal Kingdom (which benefit greatly from Park Hoppers and other similar deals) would suffer along with them. There wouldn't be as much money to go around, which would strap each of the little parks, as well as the big parks, from big investments.

That leads to the long-term effect of cheapened quality and dulled interest. If a Disney Park can be gone to anywhere, anytime, and rarely have anything new to offer- why bother at all? Why even go to the local one regularly, let alone the big resorts?

And then there's the problem of opening only on weekends- can Disney really make enough money in 3 days to cover the costs of operation, maintenance, and construction? They can't even handle Disney Stores all week, let alone Disney parks on the weekends. Of course, these parks will still only make their way to bigger American cities... but will people travel for just 3 days of operation? They might if there is only one small park to visit- but then, why travel at all?

It's lose-lose for Disney. Either the parks will render themselves not worth consumers' money, or they will render the larger resorts not worth the money. And in the long term, it will render that effect on both. Surely they can't actually believe this is a good idea.