Disney to purchase Marvel

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Disney owns ABC and ESPN. How come there's no Sports Center Ride? No costumed characters from Desperate Housewives or The Bachelor roaming the park? Why can't I stand in line to get my picture taken with a fake Howard Cosell?

Well, there was Soap Opera bistro and Soap Star Weekends (celebrating ABC
soap operas) and ESPN The Weekend at Walt Disney Studios.

And unlike Indiana Jones and Star Tours, Disney is just another licensee not an outright owner like they'll be. While I doubt Disney will outright try to pull the Marvel elements from other theme parks, they certainly aren't hugely incetivized to compromise on any future deals.

If nothing else, it is job security for a lot of lawyers.