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Disney death wish?
American Thinker ^ | 31 Mar, 2022 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 03/31/2022 5:29:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Few brands are more valuable than that owned by the shareholders of The Walt Disney Company, one that now is being shattered.

Few brands are more valuable than that owned by the shareholders of The Walt Disney Company, one that now is being shattered. In 2020, Forbes rated it as number seven in the world in value. But I think this may actually understate the standing of the Disney brand. Few people would want to take a vacation at a Google resort or take a Microsoft cruise, but the allure of Disney's brand is enough to attract vacationers from all over the world. Disney theme parks exist in the United States (2), France, China (2), and Japan, and these attract visitors from many other countries, many bringing their children along, others seeking to recapture the joys of their childhood.

The essence of the Disney brand has been wholesomeness and the innocence of children, embodied in the smiling, ever-cheerful persona of Mickey Mouse, whose figure appears on Page One of its annual report.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; disphoria
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1 posted on 03/31/2022 5:29:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The intersectionality of gender dysphoria and pedophilia.


2 posted on 03/31/2022 5:29:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

short the mouse. too funny.

how about a meme with mickey holding a gun to his head and blowing his brains out.

corporate suicide


3 posted on 03/31/2022 5:40:00 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: MtnClimber

What a Goofy thing to do.


4 posted on 03/31/2022 5:48:58 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: MtnClimber

Walt Disney Company subsidiaries...All subsidiaries, or companies, owned by the Walt Disney Company..................

20th Century Animation

20th Century Fox Television 20th Century Studios

20th Television

20th Television Animation

21st Century Fox

A

A&E Networks

ABC

ABC Family Worldwide

ABC News

ABC News

ABC News Now

ABC Owned Television Stations

ABC Signature

ABC Signature

ABC Studios

Adventures by Disney

Anaheim Ice

Anaheim Sports

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

B

Black Rock Studio

Blue Sky Studios

Buena Vista

Buena Vista Interactive

Buena Vista Pictures Marketing

Buena Vista Records

BVS Entertainment

C

Capital Disney

Caravan Pictures

Celebration, Florida

Celebrity Sports Center

Circle Seven Animation

CrossGen

D

DIC Entertainment

Disney Animation Studios

Disney Branded Television

Disney Canada Inc.

Disney Channel

Disney Channel (Asia)

Disney Channel (Australia and New Zealand)

Disney Channel Original Studios

Disney Character Voices International

Disney College Program

Disney Comics

Disney Consumer Products

Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media

Disney Development Company

Disney Digital Network

Disney Educational Productions

Disney English

Disney Interactive

Disney Interactive Studios

Disney International Programs

Disney Junior

Disney Magazine

Disney Media Distribution

Disney Meetings

Disney Mobile

Disney Music Group

Disney Music Group

Disney Online

Disney Press

Disney Press

Disney Publishing Worldwide

Disney Research

Disney Safety and Security

Disney Store

Disney Television Animation

Disney Television Studios

Disney Theatrical Group

Disney Theatrical Productions

Disney Vacation Club

Disney Worldwide Outreach Program

Disney XD

Disney XD (Latin America)

Disney-ABC Domestic Television

Disney-ABC International Television

Disney.com

Disneyland Records

Disneynature

Disneytoon Studios

Disney•Hyperion

E

ESPN

ESPN 3D

ESPN Brasil

ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes Radio

ESPN Films

ESPN Goal Line

ESPN Latin America

ESPN MVP

ESPN Xtra

ESPN2

ESPN3

ESPNews

ESPNU

Euro Disney S.C.A.

F

Fall Line Studios

FamilyFun

Category:Fox

Fox (international)

Fox 2000 Pictures

Fox Networks Group

Fox Sports (international)

Category:Freeform

Freeform

Fusion

G

Go.com

Greengrass Productions

H

Hollywood Pictures

Hollywood Records

Hulu

I

Industrial Light & Magic

Infoseek

It’s a Laugh Productions

J

Jump at the Sun

Junction Point Studios

L

List of assets owned by Disney

Live Well Network

LucasArts

Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Animation

Lyric Street Records

M

Maker Studios

Mammoth Records

Marvel Animation

Marvel Comics

Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Music

Marvel Press

Marvel Productions

Marvel Studios

Marvel Television

Michael Jacobs Productions

N

National Geographic Magazine

NATGEO TV

P

Pixar

Pixar Canada

Propaganda Games

R

Radio Disney

Radio Disney Brazil

Radio Disney Group

Radio Disney Latin America

Reedy Creek Energy Services

S

Searchlight Pictures

Sensation Animation

SIP Animation

Skellington Productions

Skywalker Sound

Soapnet

Starwave

T

Team Disney

The Muppets Studio

The Walt Disney Company France

The Walt Disney Company India

The Walt Disney Company Italy

Times Square Studios (division)

Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Television (1985-2007)

Touchstone Television (2020)

Twentieth Century Studios Home Entertainment

V

Val d’Europe

Valleycrest Productions

Vista-United Telecommunications

W

Walt Disney Animation Canada

Walt Disney Animation Florida

Walt Disney Animation France

Walt Disney Animation Japan

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Walt Disney Attractions Japan

Walt Disney Attractions Japan

The Walt Disney Company CIS

The Walt Disney Company Latin America

Walt Disney Creative Entertainment

Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International

Walt Disney Entertainment

Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Walt Disney Television (production company)

Walt Disney Television (television division)

Walt Disney Travel Company

Walt Disney World Company

Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation

Walt Disney World Resort

WatchESPN

WEPN (AM)

Wideload Games

Wondertime

World of Disney


5 posted on 03/31/2022 5:50:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Wife and I are going to be in Florida in several weeks — weather permitting, it’s a bit of a drive. She had floated the idea of visiting Disney World (she’s been to Disney Land in CA). That is now a non-starter. I’ll take her down to the keys or something.


6 posted on 03/31/2022 5:50:54 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Vaccine mandates: they are not about health, they are about obedience.)
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To: MtnClimber
Why does any corporation cater to less than 5% of the population at the expense of everyone else?
If I built a multi-million dollar amusement park only for one-legged people, how would that go over?
If perfectly healthy 5y olds were begging to have a leg cut off to get in and join the new trend, how do you expect parents to react?

7 posted on 03/31/2022 5:50:56 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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Last year I was in Orlando on business, and my young son and wife flew in for a couple of days. We hadn’t been to Disney since he was a toddler, so we decided to visit Epcot for a day.

What a mess. It was our last visit there as far as we’re concerned.

The park was completely packed and difficult to get around in. The lines were astronomical. Some rides were down or closed. Our passes were malfunctioning. We waited in a customer service line for an hour to get help, only to get scolded by a Disney pipsqueek for using the word “hell” (as in: “Why the hell don’t these passes work???”). We were also scolded by folks in the stores and restaurants for not having our masks on or positioned correctly on our faces.

This definitely wasn’t the place of my childhood. It’s turned into a cold machine, designed to remove money from your wallet as quickly as possible and returning the least service for it as practicable in exchange.

Why would anyone spend enormous amounts of money to spend several days or a week in these monstrosities?


8 posted on 03/31/2022 5:52:22 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: ThunderSleeps

Do a swamp boat ride. That was a really fun part of our last deep Florida trip.


9 posted on 03/31/2022 5:57:20 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: BitWielder1
There are more Americans over the age of 80 than under the age of 2, and immigrants -- who don't give much of a crap about Disney -- make up a growing share of younger Americans.

In order to increase their revenues, corporate conglomerates are forced to cater to any potential customer who has a lot of disposable income. This means normal families aren't a strong market, but homosexual mutants like Pete Butt-Fudge and that guy David Rubin who "buy" their children are now the target customers.

10 posted on 03/31/2022 5:57:33 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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To: MtnClimber

Liberals RUIN EVERYTHING they touch!


11 posted on 03/31/2022 6:00:23 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ThunderSleeps

Wondering, did she decide not to go or did you say you wouldn’t go?


12 posted on 03/31/2022 6:01:20 AM PDT by Varda
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To: Ann Archy

Family member just got back from Disneyland.
Went on weekdays, school still in session....not summer vacation time yet....should have been an ideal time to go.

Reported est. 75 minute wait on major ride, crowds.

WTF?! No Blue Bayou restaurant now? (Pirates of the C)


13 posted on 03/31/2022 6:11:36 AM PDT by OldArmy52 (Canada is showing why there should be no Federal law enforcement.)
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Don’t think I would want to eat on ANY Disney properties right now...


14 posted on 03/31/2022 6:13:31 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: MtnClimber

If Disney suddenly starts to get a lot of theme park visit cancellations, that could really hurt the company.


15 posted on 03/31/2022 6:20:20 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Red Badger

THANK YOU for the list, I appreciate it very much!


16 posted on 03/31/2022 6:23:13 AM PDT by Dad was my hero (Liberalism, the belief that you can pick up a turd by its clean end.)
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To: Dad was my hero

There may be even more, now, since it was from two or three years ago...............


17 posted on 03/31/2022 6:25:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: MtnClimber

“ Few people would want to take a vacation at a Google resort or take a Microsoft cruise, but the allure of Disney’s brand is enough to attract vacationers from all over the world. ”
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Count me out. Until the freak show is over and that Mickey Mouse operation returns to Walt’s values, I will buy nothing Disney.


18 posted on 03/31/2022 6:26:01 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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Americans will be much better off if this sends a message to woke corporate America, I’m hoping.


19 posted on 03/31/2022 6:26:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: OldArmy52

I won’t spend a dime on Disney.


20 posted on 03/31/2022 6:28:03 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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