Interesting to see the perspective of each Disney member when it comes to environmentalism. It's obvious that Jim Henson and Frank Wells are the big proponents of this change but Walt's legacy of conservation is a huge factor in the Disney-Miller family accepting such changes. I doubt they would be as receptive otherwise.
The conference did bring a lot of big names to Disney, and I'm excited as to when most of them will start collaborating with Disney on creative or educational projects.
The Lorax is actually produced by Disney here? Interesting, and I have no doubt they knocked it out of the park with this short.
I'd like to see what an early Gore presidency would look like, and it seems that he could be the frontrunner here instead of Bill Clinton, which would introduce a whole host of butterflies for the country. Fascinating!
So far this Green Conference has essentially further galvanized my future ideas on the theme parks, especially at Disneyland. I thought they were going to naturally go in this direction without it thanks to Henson and Wells, but this drastically increases the chances that it could be made reality.
Animal Kingdom will probably come later, but at a time where Disney is flush with cash and can concentrate all of their efforts towards creating a memorable experience without skimping out on anything.
The conference did bring a lot of big names to Disney, and I'm excited as to when most of them will start collaborating with Disney on creative or educational projects.
The Lorax is actually produced by Disney here? Interesting, and I have no doubt they knocked it out of the park with this short.
I'd like to see what an early Gore presidency would look like, and it seems that he could be the frontrunner here instead of Bill Clinton, which would introduce a whole host of butterflies for the country. Fascinating!
So far this Green Conference has essentially further galvanized my future ideas on the theme parks, especially at Disneyland. I thought they were going to naturally go in this direction without it thanks to Henson and Wells, but this drastically increases the chances that it could be made reality.
Unlikely. He seems rather adamant on doing a movie studio park in previous posts and besides, he would take a feasibility assessment and discover that doing a park like OTL Animal Kingdom would be more intensive and costly than something like Disney-MGM, since they would have to hire zoologists, handlers, and other experts to learn how to take care of live animals and the park would be far larger than even EPCOT. They could easily spend the big bucks to beat Universal, WB, and Columbia at their own game but Animal Kingdom is an experiment that Disney can't afford to take right now, especially when DisneySea has similar concerns but with water.Interesting. Given how Wells now sees the Earth as his “next mountain” to climb, I wonder if he might let off on pushing for a movie studio park and instead focus on an Animal Kingdom park first.
Animal Kingdom will probably come later, but at a time where Disney is flush with cash and can concentrate all of their efforts towards creating a memorable experience without skimping out on anything.