WI: Walt Disney lives till 2001?

In OTL, Walt Disney died from lung cancer, most likely caused by years of smoking. If, however, he had not had a single cigarrette at any point in his life, this would not have happened. What if, due to not smoking, he lived to be 100? How is the course of the entertainment industry affected?
 
In OTL, Walt Disney died from lung cancer, most likely caused by years of smoking. If, however, he had not had a single cigarrette at any point in his life, this would not have happened. What if, due to not smoking, he lived to be 100? How is the course of the entertainment industry affected?
It's very likely that a lot of the things Disney did might not get done. I can think of quite a few examples off the top of my head that might have offended Walt's moral sensibilities and deprived Disney of huge moneymakers.
 

Flubber

Banned
Living to 100 isn't the same as working to 100. Living to 100 isn't the same as being functionally aware until 100 either.

Disney at 70, 80, or 90 isn't going to be putting 40+ hours a week in the office, green lighting projects, reviewing script proposals, or vetting park rides. He might try to stick his oar in every now, but first his brother Roy, then his nephew Roy, and finally others are going to be really running things. By his seventies Walt is going to be some sort of "emeritus" who his trotted out every now and then to smile and wave. He won't be told everything, he won't be involved in day-to-day decisions, and the company will more often than not pat him on the head, give him his milk & bun, and tuck him in bed.

About the only thing I can see substantially changing is that his plan's for a Disneyland ski resort going forward.
 

Flubber

Banned
Where would that be?


Somewhere along the California - Nevada border IIRC.

There was some resistance by environmental groups, but the proposal dated from the the mid-60s. If Disney could have broken ground by '68 lets say, they could have finished things up before the environmental movement really picked up strength in the early 70s.
 
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