I was a huge "Save Disney" supporter when Roy Jr. left. At that point I had been crushed with what I had seen as a steady decline in quality and creativity over the past 20-30 years. Roy appeared to agree and expose some of the real problems plaguing the "Magic Kingdom".
I was appalled by the fact that the Disney board ignored a historical shareholder vote. I also I feel the Disney nephew sold out to get back in. It was all about money for him, not about creativity and quality. Yeah, they got rid of Isner. So what? It still appears to be on the same course.
Bottom line is Disney will continue the slow process of bland corporate marketing driven creativity we see in so many other things. The next time I go to Orlando, it will be more from a historical perspective, not entertainment.
What a shame. It was something uniquely American.
It couldn't be helped. I just visited Disney Resort in California and I saw the old parking lot in the front of Disneyland was gone. The place has grown a lot bigger with a new park alongside it. Walt Disney tried to keep the company small but he had big plans. Its hard to imagine America without the Disney contribution to American culture. The cartoon characters are not just the most famous characters in American cinema, they defined the family friendly nature of the Disney franchise long before the theme parks were built in California and Florida and later in Paris then Tokyo and now Hong Kong.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")