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merlinjones
12-12-2003, 03:45 PM
>>You forget Disneyland executives are now telling their employees "It's NOT about the magic anymore, it's about the money." [A direct quote from Cynthia Harriss a VP of operations for the park].<<

Remember this classic from way back in 1998? snipped from an Al Lutz post at alt.disney.disneyland

the discussion went on for years...

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=it%27s+not+about+the+magic+anymore,+it%27 s+about+the+money+group:alt.disney.disneyland&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=7158qf%24gkb%40bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net&rnum=6

sediment
12-12-2003, 04:33 PM
Message #22 there is a doozy.

DisneyFan25863
12-12-2003, 04:38 PM
Why does Al's Sig say:

PROMOTE PAUL PRESSLER! - http://members.aol.com/alweho/pressler/pressler.htm



:confused:

(yes, I know this is from 98, but didn't he hate him then, too?

sediment
12-12-2003, 04:54 PM
All new hires are great until they have to do their first budget.

Bruce Bergman
12-12-2003, 08:10 PM
Originally posted by DisneyFan25863
Why does Al's Sig say:

PROMOTE PAUL PRESSLER! - http://members.aol.com/alweho/pressler/pressler.htm



:confused:

(yes, I know this is from 98, but didn't he hate him then, too?

The idea behind "Promoting Paul Pressler" was to kick him upstairs into the Disney executive levels, away from directly running Disneyland/DCA, so he would cause less damage to the parks' infrastructure and morale.

Paul managed to get himself hired away as the CEO of The GAP stores, which did the same thing effectively. The GAP seems to be doing a lot better since Paul hired on to run their retail clothing store business (something he really understands), and so have the Disneyland and DCA amusement/theme parks (something that he really didn't understand).

:fez: --<< Bruce >>--

blusilva
12-12-2003, 08:12 PM
Whoops, Bruce beat me to it.

tod
12-12-2003, 08:13 PM
Originally posted by DisneyFan25863
Why does Al's sig say:

PROMOTE PAUL PRESSLER! - http://members.aol.com/alweho/pressler/pressler.htm

:confused:

(yes, I know this is from 98, but didn't he hate him then, too?

Al felt that if Pressler were promoted to a higher position at Disney then he couldn't [mess] up Disneyland any more.

That was the stated reason for that page, at least. ;)

--T
been around the block once or twice.

DisneyFan25863
12-12-2003, 08:56 PM
Ah, I see. I was just a iitty bitty 8 year old then without a computer :fez:

Doodle Duck
12-13-2003, 08:28 AM
Me Too! I was computerless in 98 and only 56! Ah youth!

iwannabeanimagineer
12-13-2003, 02:43 PM
Another few years of not worrying about the magic and there won't be any money to worry about either.