Anne Hamburger to leave Disney!

[RStar]

Al announced the following:

It appears that entertainment honcho Anne Hamburger will soon be leaving Disney to "spend more time with family." One of the last relics of the Pressler era, her haughty/artsy attitude won her no friends in Anaheim once Harriss left. Her recent pitch to Team Disney Anaheim executives for a Narnia show in DCA's MuppetVision theater that had the audience entering the auditorium by walking through a giant wardrobe pushing their way in through hanging faux furs left the suits stunned in disbelief.

She must have no idea what millions of people do to/in a queue area. This shows how out of touch she is with a theme park. I hope her replacement can put a shot in the arm in the shows at Disneyland.

[Isaac]

leaving Disney to "spend more time with family."

Isn't that the same line that was printed in Cynthia Harris' letter of resignation ?

Yay! The 'cheeseburger' is gone !

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by zapppop

leaving Disney to "spend more time with family."

Isn't that the same line that was printed in Cynthia Harris' letter of resignation ?

Yeah, that's the standard line for Disney. It's as cliched as the producers giving a character a brain tumor when they want that actor off of their soap opera.

[innerSpaceman]

I just don't understand the furor over entering a Narnia show through a wardrobe. That sounds like a rather good idea to me.




(Pushing through clothes may be a little much, but no further out of line than most of the pie-in-the-sky artist concepts that never make it to the finished attraction.)

[mousepod]

First McDonald's french fries... then Anne Hamburger.

Coincidence?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Chernabog

Yeah, that's the standard line for Disney.

That's a fairly standard line in corporate America as well as politics. Sounds all warm and fuzzy.

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I just don't understand the furor over entering a Narnia show through a wardrobe.

Would you want to be fighting your way through objects that thousands of other people (many of whom were probably sick or had different hygiene standards) had previously gone through.

[wolfy999]

I do like the idea of some kind of show using a Narnia theme....maybe something will still come of that.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

That's a fairly standard line in corporate America as well as politics. Sounds all warm and fuzzy.

Would you want to be fighting your way through objects that thousands of other people (many of whom were probably sick or had different hygiene standards) had previously gone through.

I have to go with ISM on this one. What was presented (in this case) sounds like concept art. Much like Detroit builds concept cars that never make it to the showroom. The creative types lay out a vision, like entering a show via a wardrobe and it's up to the technical staff to make it fun, practical and safe. Perhaps something like the Davy Jones effect in Pirates could work...

Still all in all I'm sure she was an evil witch whose passing calls for bell ringing, dancing in the streets and copious copulation.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm wondering about the whole Narnia thing. Prince Caspian didn't do as well as they expected. I'm wondering if they're eventually just going to give up on it.

If Anne is responsible for the Snow White show, then hasta la vista, dinglecheese! That show was dung.

[Gn2Dlnd]

This dreckmeister needs a swift kick in the ass on the way out! Cherny knows firsthand just how incensed I get when talking about this creative black hole. Goodbye, and good riddance!