Chapek is the reason Galaxy's Edge went from 3 rides and a fancy sitdown restaurant down to 2 rides (one which wasn't ready for another 7 months) and no sitdown restaurant.
This is gonna suck for all parks...
This is gonna suck for all parks...
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down as CEO. Bob Chapek will replace him. (CNBC)
- Thread starter 2pac_71
- Start date
Yeah I meant more Bad Eisner. The Imagineering Story doc series was actually really clarifying in a lot of the good that Eisner did, which ends up being overshadowed by his penny pinching later on, which is how I'd always known him to be.
Does Disney have a rule since the 80's that the new CEO has to have some sort of name connection with the previous one?
Michael Eisner
Bob Iger (Iger sounds similar to Eisner)
Bob Chapek (Both named Bob)
Probably nothing, but Walt was such a weirdo that I'd believe it.
Michael Eisner
Bob Iger (Iger sounds similar to Eisner)
Bob Chapek (Both named Bob)
Probably nothing, but Walt was such a weirdo that I'd believe it.
Something big is coming.... And Iger needs a fall guy to take the blame, so he can come back as CEO and fix it, then be praised as Savior King of Disney.
Or like everyone else already said.... Going out in top, knowing that there's no more immediate major moves to make at this time.
whelp if what you guys are saying about this guy being cheap at least we got the Infinity saga before he starts trying to mess with Marvel stuff
Yep this is going to be awful. I can't wait for more penny pinching and the ticket prices to go up.
No, but Eisner told everyone who listened that he was distantly related to Disney in some way because their ancestors both came from the same region of France.
As others have said, ruining the parks by cutting costs and raising prices at the same time, and he also botched Galaxy's Edge's launch and blamed it on another executive who got fired.
We call him "Cheapek."
Bob Chapek is trash, seems though he is going to be more of a muppet than a real CEO. Still bad news.
Hopefully parks get a better guy this time THOUGH he would still be below Chapek sho I dont think we are going anywhere good.
Hopefully parks get a better guy this time THOUGH he would still be below Chapek sho I dont think we are going anywhere good.
Theme park fans sadly have lol
Oh hey, Iger's stepping down? I wonder who's replac-
"Bob Chapek"
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
"Bob Chapek"
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Worked as an Imagineer for a couple years, my boss had quarterly meetings with Chapek and wasn't a fan.
Mostly very conservative on money or creative ideas. Safe, narrow, rejected ideas often. That said, he was competent in many areas and not everyone shared this opinion, but he was very tight on purse strings and most creative risk, as discussed already.
'Frustrating' was a word often heard in regards to him while I was there.
Coincidence. We used to have meetings with "the three Bob's". (Iger, Chapek, and Weis)
Bob Weis is awesome, super nice and current President of Imagineering.
Mostly very conservative on money or creative ideas. Safe, narrow, rejected ideas often. That said, he was competent in many areas and not everyone shared this opinion, but he was very tight on purse strings and most creative risk, as discussed already.
'Frustrating' was a word often heard in regards to him while I was there.
Coincidence. We used to have meetings with "the three Bob's". (Iger, Chapek, and Weis)
Bob Weis is awesome, super nice and current President of Imagineering.
He's going to be around for two years and had already been on the verge of retiring a couple years ago. He only stayed on to see Disney Plus through. Now it's through.
I knew it was going to be Chapek. I thought Iger would be CEO for at least another year through the 50th of Walt Disney World though.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I didn't know this guy was responsible for this. What a bummer, I love visiting WDW, and Galaxy's Edge was a huge let down --- still really cool, but what could have been!
I do kind of wonder if he is gonna go Ike Perlmutter on the D+ show budgets, yeah
Why put Chapek in charge of everything unless you're looking to cut costs
Because it was around two years earlier than everyone expected. His contract ended at the end of 2021
"Hey, so for She-Hulk's cg budget..."
Chapek: "Paint the lady green and she only transforms once every 3 episodes for two minutes."
Chapek: "Paint the lady green and she only transforms once every 3 episodes for two minutes."
So the last film to release under Iger will be Avatar 2 at the end of 2021. Not a bad way to go out.
Is that the face of mercy?Bob Chapek is next.
Bobs for everyone :v
Might be the whitest dude I have ever seen.Bob Chapek is next.
Bobs for everyone :v
Yes, he was suppose to step down a few years ago actually, but the person who was to replace Iger left the company before that. I believe this is a year earlier than most expected though.
Sad to see him go, my gripes with Star Wars aside, he's directed the company near flawlessly and changed the game.
Oh wow, huge imagineering fan! (to the point I really wanted to be one) Any projects you personally worked on you can talk about?
Bob Igor was brilliant. He'll be fondly remembered for making Disney great & bigger than ever before.
Now Bob Chapek as the new CEO? What the hell are they thinking? He's shit.
Now Bob Chapek as the new CEO? What the hell are they thinking? He's shit.
I'm going to miss Iger as CEO, he was a great deal maker and always forthcoming at what was happening at the company between the ESPN woes and streaming ambitions.
However I'm glad he is seeing out his contract as head of the board though as he'll be able to hopefully make the change smoother.
However I'm glad he is seeing out his contract as head of the board though as he'll be able to hopefully make the change smoother.
Is Bob Chapek the reason park employees aren't paid a living wage and have to sleep in their cars?
Iger is still going to be apart of the creative side of Disney (which I assuming is movies and Disney+)
Since he has to report to Iger and the board, I wonder if they giving him a 22 month trial to see how he does being the complete overseer of all projects.
Since he has to report to Iger and the board, I wonder if they giving him a 22 month trial to see how he does being the complete overseer of all projects.
