Ms Bibbidi
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2022
I hear you. I respect you. I understand the pain of the vocal minority too, but have not felt it personally. We all need to reach a point of comfort again. This is just a hot mess.In my opinion, from a few things I have read and seen on other web sites it looks like Bob Chapek did not want to wade into this topic, this is why he did not say anything for a while.
I am going to us a term some might not like but in my opinion it looked like he was either bullied into or pressured into making a statement by a very vocal and powerful minority of cast members.
These are all just my opinions and a guess as to what lead up to this.
Think of the cast members who have a different view of the topic that started all of this and how they must feel, no one from the company is making a statement supporting their views for them. They might feel as tho the company does not care about or support them.
That is just my opinion.
I am for the idea of diversity however it has to be for all and it has to be equal. A company that has to answer to its share holders, as I have said in the past need to stay neutral in these types of situations. You can't pick one side and not expect to upset the other side especially if it is a large percentage of your customer base.
In the end there are going to be people who will not return to Disney for their entertainment or have anything to do with Disney.
In the end there will be people who will not return to, or will never visit a Disney park.
In the end there will be cast members who will never look at the company they love the same way.
In the end some people will always not be happy about what a company does in these types of situation.
In the end some people just don't care.
In the end I think his is going to cost the stock holders money, but I think it's short term.
In the end Disney will survive and continue to grow but it will take time.
Once again these are just all my opinions, but what do I know
My wife and I are/were huge Disney fans for many years. We own a Disney Vacation Club and have for over 25 years. We are stockholders and plan to hold our stock for many more years. We have been on 13 seven day Disney cruises. We have spent a lot of money with Disney over the last 35 years and I mean a lot, somewhere in the low six figure mark.
With that said we are giving ourselves a break from spending any more money than we are obligated to for now, however at some point we will return. .