In , Disneyland finally opened and became a huge success. Over the next five years, Walt Disney Productions purchased Disneyland by buying Walt's private company. Merchandising, branding, and expansion were all coming together for Walt Disney Productions. Sadly, though, it was destined to go on without one of its founders, as Walt died in One of his last features, "Mary Poppins," was the top-earning film in After the death of Walt and his brother Roy, Disney struggled.
The company was listed in , and despite its past successes and several profitable theme parks, the rise in its stock price was nominal. In the s, the company was thought to be so undervalued in terms of brand assets, which included the film catalog and the theme parks, that hostile takeover artists began circling. The company fended off the takeovers and began to focus on profiting from its vast brand equity.
The company has continued to prosper, helped in no small part by the foundation that Walt and Roy laid for the company. Financial history is full of outsized personalities and towering figures. Many of the richest people in history got there by building empires of fur, oil, steel, rails, and, yes, software.
All of these are tangible products with a simple formula: keep the costs down and sell more. Disney, the man and the company, were birds of a different feather. Only by constantly innovating and pushing the boundaries of not just animation but also what Disney became as a business was the company able to go from a moderately successful animation studio to a complete entertainment experience — with theme parks, merchandising, cruise ships, and so forth.
In a quote often attributed to Walt Disney, a Disney Imagineer once said, "If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney Company. Janet Wasko and Eileen R. Meehan, eds. Neal Gabler. Alfred A. Knopf, Walt Disney Archives. Bob Thomas. Accessed Aug. The Numbers. Western Kentucky University. Top Stocks.
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Walt Disney World. Posted on July 31, Walt seemed to perfect these processes by observing each and every detail. Walt was a similar stickler for the experiences at his park. His obsession with the park stemmed from the fact that he saw it as a forever incomplete product which could always be improved. Dick Nunis, who was at the time a supervisor in Frontierland, remembers being tracked down by Walt during one of these visits.
Walt had ridden the Jungle Boat attraction and had timed the cruise. Dick and Walt took the ride together and discussed the proper timing. The boat pilots used stopwatches to learn the perfect speed.
Weeks went by until one day Walt returned. He road the Jungle Boats four times with different pilots. As it turns out, it is actually true. Walt was said to have studied other amusement parks and found that people would generally not walk more than 30 steps before littering after finishing a food item. Disney parks are apparently built with this in mind and aim to have an abundance of trash receptacles that are never more than a few yards away.
Last but not least, Walt encouraged this sort of obsession with the product in his team. Some of the innovations that Disney engineers have come up with are nothing short of amazing.
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