Parks and resorts brought in 29% of revenues and 18% of profits.
FORBES: They're No Sports Center, But Disney's Theme Parks are Producing Surprising Highlights
While character visits are nothing new to Disney - costumed characters regularly parade around the parks and resorts- this Australian turtle was neither stuffed, nor silent.
These assets provide Disney with merchandising opportunities to generate new ideas for both its media network and the parks and resorts business, says Hunt.
FORBES: Investors Rediscover Outstanding Value Of Disney's Media Assets
Parks and Resorts, trotted out MagicBand, a wristband that stores information about consumers' identity and preferences, so that Disney characters can greet guests by name.
Unlike other media companies such as News Corp, CBS, Viacom and Time Warner , Disney also maintains large theme parks and resorts.
FORBES: Forget Theme Parks, Disney's a Buy Because of ESPN and its Cable Channels
One might think, or at least I thought, that a major recession and high unemployment would keep people from spending what they have at expensive Disney parks and resorts.
FORBES: They're No Sports Center, But Disney's Theme Parks are Producing Surprising Highlights
But what makes the Dream more than a cruise ship in Disney dressing, is the family focus, innovation and microscopic attention to detail that Walt originally brought to the parks and resorts.
Walt Disney Company together with its subsidiaries is a worldwide entertainment Company with operations in five business segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive Media.
This business is more or less stable and less influenced by certain macroeconomic factors that are capable of swinging profits of some other businesses such as broadcasting, publishing, parks and resorts etc.
FORBES: Time Warner's Stock Is Still Undervalued On Predictable Cash Flow And Growth
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with five business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, interactive media, and consumer products.
ENGADGET: Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, plans more Star Wars movies
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is the world's largest diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with five business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media.
ENGADGET: Comcast, Disney TV deal opens up access on multiple screens, tightens VOD strings
"Disney Springs will be a timeless, vibrant place where Walt Disney World guests and local residents can relax, shop, dine and be entertained in an imaginative setting where they'll instantly feel at home, " said Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, in a Thursday press release.
These technology wizards are responsible for bringing to life the magic that guests experience as they visit resorts and parks around the world.
Most resorts and national parks, of course, have great websites.
Workampers live in RVs while working in recreational areas such as parks, campgrounds, amusement parks or resorts in exchange for wages and a free campsite in which to park their mobile homes.
It documents a bureaucratic and budgetary mess in which federally-funded parks have been turned over to private developers building resorts, a golf course, and a McDonalds.
The place is less a town than a gathering spot, consisting of a general store, two motels (optimistically called "resorts") and RV parks adjacent to them.
In contrast, Universal Orlando is a pedestrian-friendly and intimate complex with two excellent theme parks (Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure), three first-rate resorts, and a carnival-like restaurant and nightlife district (CityWalk) connected by lovely gardened paths or a quiet wooden-boat shuttle.
Popular with baby boomers, this type of authentic, real life experience is a backlash against the bubble-like environment of all-inclusive resorts, theme parks, gaudy tourist attractions and cruises, according to the University of Illinois.
When completed, sometime over the next decade, Sepang Goldcoast will have resorts, amusement parks, a marina, floating market and wildlife habitats.
The idea is to turn the big resorts into full-fledged winter theme parks, attracting more beginners and families to the slopes.
应用推荐