Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Up by Company NEWS: The Walt Disney Company Adds Two New Board Members. There are tons of exciting things happening all around the Disney company! Disney World is gearing up for its 50th anniversary and Disney+ is continuing to make new content. Now, The Walt Disney Company made some additions to its Board of Directors! The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors come from global industries and organizations to bring diverse knowledge to the company. And now Amy L. Chang and Calvin R. McDonald are a part of the Board of Directors. Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Calvin R. McDonald is the CEO of lululemon athletica, and Amy L. Chang serves on the Board of Directors of Procter & Gamble and Marqeta, among other projects. Magic Kingdom Parking Entrance. As The Walt Disney Company continues to grow, we’ll continue to keep you updated on the latest news. Stay tuned to All Ears! Here’s more about Disney World’s 50th Anniversary! Join the AllEars.net Newsletter to stay on top of ALL the breaking Disney News! You'll also get access to AllEars tips, reviews, trivia, and MORE! Click here to Subscribe! What are you most looking forward to from Disney? Let us know in the comments! Trending Now. We got evacuated from the PeopleMover in Magic Kingdom today! Check out our photos and. Not all Disney World hotel rooms are created equal! Some of them cost a pretty. It's time to finally take a first look at the newest land to open at. Disney has released the new family-style menu that will be available when Tusker House Restaurant. Unlock the Magic with Your MagicBand or Card. With a simple touch you can now check in at FastPass+ entrances, enter parks, unlock your hotel room door and more. Your Key to a More Carefree Visit. MagicBands and cards are secure all-in-one devices that allow you to effortlessly access the plans and vacation choices that you’ve made with My Disney Experience. MagicBands are colorful, waterproof wristbands—resembling a watch or bracelet—that you can quickly and easily touch to a sensor called a touch point. Cards work in a similar fashion, but physically resemble a plastic credit card or driver’s license. Both MagicBands and cards allow you to travel lighter throughout your vacation. Unlock the door of your Disney Resort hotel room. Enter theme and water parks (with valid admission). Check in at FastPass+ entrances. Connect Disney PhotoPass images to your account. Charge food and merchandise purchases to your Disney Resort hotel room (only available during your hotel stay). Add a touch of magic to your vacation by unlocking special surprises, personalized just for you, throughout the Resort! Automatically associate your Disney PhotoPass attraction photos to the Photo Gallery on your Disney account at MyDisneyExperience. Currently available on 13 Walt Disney World attractions. As a result of the COVID-19 impact on operations, the FastPass+ service is suspended for the time being. FastPass+ service is not offered with the purchase of tickets or annual passes. We will share future updates at a later date. How to Get a MagicBand or Card. You will automatically receive a MagicBand if you are a Walt Disney World Annual Passholder. Disney Resort hotel Guests have the option to purchase MagicBands up to 10 days before arrival at special pre-arrival prices. You can also purchase a MagicBand online or at select merchandise locations at Walt Disney World Resort. Guests can purchase MagicBands online, from the shopDisney app, or at select Walt Disney World shops and at other retail locations. Some special offers can even include limited-edition MagicBands, which may trigger enchanting surprises—like light and sound effects—when you use them at a touch point. MagicBand orders cannot be shipped to all countries. Once your MagicBands or cards have been linked to your My Disney Experience account, they can be used interchangeably. Another Option In addition to MagicBands, there is now Disney MagicMobile service—a convenient and more contactless option, in the My Disney Experience app, to use MagicBand features, like theme park entry, through the power of any eligible iPhone, Apple Watch or other smart phone, watch or other device. Your Choice of MagicBands. Now you can choose MagicBand colors and characters that make it more fun than ever before! Colorful MagicBands: choose from 8 solid hues: pink, red, purple, orange, yellow, green, blue and gray. Premium MagicBands: choose from designs featuring some of the world’s most-loved Disney friends, from to Super Heroes and beyond. How Disney Resort hotel Guest can order MagicBands at pre-arrival prices. Create or sign into your Disney account Link your reservation to your Disney account To order your MagicBands at pre-arrival prices, visit My MagicBands and Cards. Remember to place your order at least 11 days before your arrival if you would like your MagicBands shipped to your home and at least 6 days before your arrival to have them shipped to your Resort hotel. How Walt Disney World Annual Passholders can get a Complimentary MagicBand. Create or sign into your Disney account. Link your annual pass to your Disney account. Your pass may have been linked automatically when you purchased it on disneyworld.com. Activate your pass at any Walt Disney World theme park ticket window or Disney Springs Guest Relations location. Please bring your exchange certificate and a valid photo ID, such as a driver's license or passport. Once your pass is activated upon first admittance into the theme parks, your MagicBand order will display in your My Disney Experience account. Link a MagicBand that You Purchase. If you purchase a MagicBand at ShopDisney, a Walt Disney World theme park or Disney Springs, please follow these steps to link it to your Disney account: or sign into your Disney account. to your Disney account. Packing Your MagicBand When Traveling. If you are taking advantage of Disney's Magical Express, our complimentary motorcoach service from Orlando International Airport to your Disney Resort hotel, please remember NOT to pack your MagicBands in your checked luggage. Instead, keep them with you and easily accessible, since they will be used to check in with Disney's Magical Express—and to unlock your room when you arrive at your Disney Resort hotel! Please note that Disney’s Magical Express service will no longer be offered starting with arrivals January 1, 2022. The service will continue to operate for new and existing reservations made at Disney Resort hotels for arrivals throughout 2021. Private and Secure. Extensive measures are in place to protect your information, which is a responsibility we take very seriously. MagicBands and cards are part of MyMagic+, which was built with privacy controls from the outset and is voluntary. Have questions? Visit our Help Center to get the answers you need to fully enjoy your MagicBand or card. Your MagicBand contains some amazing technology. Each MagicBand device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. The device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. The device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Take care of your MagicBands. A replacement fee may be charged for lost or damaged MagicBands. The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is primed for evolution with the beta value of 1.20. Let’s start up with the current stock price of The Walt Disney Company (DIS), which is $174.32 to be very precise. The Stock rose vividly during the last session to $173.1185 after opening rate of $172.22 while the lowest price it went was recorded $171.52 before closing at $172.40. Get the hottest stocks to trade every day before the market opens 100% free. Click here now. Recently in News on May 20, 2021, shopDisney Debuts “Buy a Book, Give a Book” Program to Inspire Love of Storytelling. For every book purchased on shopDisney.com now through December 31, 2021, Disney will donate a book to First Book (firstbook.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing new books and educational resources to educators who serve children in need. You can read further details here. Investing in stocks under $10 could significantly increase the returns on your portfolio, especially if you pick the right stocks! Within this report you will find 5 top stocks that offer investors huge upside potential and the best bang for their buck. Add them to your watchlist before they take off! The Walt Disney Company had a pretty favorable run when it comes to the market performance. The 1-year high price for the company’s stock is recorded $203.02 on 03/08/21, with the lowest value was $160.52 for the same time period, recorded on 01/27/21. The Walt Disney Company (DIS) full year performance was 46.31% Price records that include history of low and high prices in the period of 52 weeks can tell a lot about the stock’s existing status and the future performance. Presently, The Walt Disney Company shares are logging -14.13% during the 52-week period from high price, and 61.38% higher than the lowest price point for the same timeframe. The stock’s price range for the 52-week period managed to maintain the performance between $108.02 and $203.02. The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Communication Services managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 2113569 for the day, which was evidently lower, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares. When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the The Walt Disney Company (DIS) recorded performance in the market was -4.85%, having the revenues showcasing -10.10% on a quarterly basis in comparison with the same period year before. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 311.35B, as it employees total of 203000 workers. Specialists analysis on The Walt Disney Company (DIS) During the last month, 18 analysts gave the The Walt Disney Company a BUY rating, 1 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 7 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 1 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating. According to the data provided on Barchart.com, the moving average of the company in the 100-day period was set at 183.58, with a change in the price was noted -2.76. In a similar fashion, The Walt Disney Company posted a movement of -1.56% for the period of last 100 days, recording 10,586,461 in trading volumes. Total Debt to Equity Ratio (D/E) can also provide valuable insight into the company’s financial health and market status. The debt to equity ratio can be calculated by dividing the present total liabilities of a company by shareholders’ equity. Debt to Equity thus makes a valuable metrics that describes the debt, company is using in order to support assets, correlating with the value of shareholders’ equity The total Debt to Equity ratio for DIS is recording 0.66 at the time of this writing. In addition, long term Debt to Equity ratio is set at 0.60. Trends and Technical analysis: The Walt Disney Company (DIS) Raw Stochastic average of The Walt Disney Company in the period of last 50 days is set at 23.68%. The result represents downgrade in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 33.65%. In the last 20 days, the company’s Stochastic %K was 25.63% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 18.27%. Get the hottest stocks to trade every day before the market opens 100% free. Click here now. Now, considering the stocks previous presentation, multiple moving trends are noted. Year-to-date Price performance of the company’s stock appears to be encouraging, given the fact the metric is recording -4.85%. Additionally, trading for the stock in the period of the last six months notably improved by 19.81%, alongside a boost of 46.31% for the period of the last 12 months. The shares increased approximately by -0.75% in the 7-day charts and went up by -5.67% in the period of the last 30 days. Common stock shares were lifted by -10.10% during last recorded quarter. Walt Disney Was Fired & Rejected 300 Times – Failure To Success. As an entrepreneur you have your highs and your lows. Failure, rejection, being broke and even having multiple side hustles to keep your dreams alive are not uncommon. It can also get really lonely and sometimes a bit of doubt and depression can kick in. Being an entrepreneur is not for everyone but if you’re still on your journey then you already know that nothing would ever feel better than realising your dreams and making your vision a reality. It can be hard though, to keep faith in that vision and that’s when some timely inspiration can really help. So I wanted to share a short version of Walt Disney’s story to give you the inspiration to keep on going. Walt Disney Was Rejected 300 Times. Walt Disney will forever be remembered as a man who’s vision continues to shape our reality long after he has passed. Did you know that when he first had the idea for Mickey Mouse Walt Disney was rejected by bankers 300 times because they thought the idea was absurd? Now just imagine if Walt Disney had given up on his vision anywhere between the 2nd to 299th rejection. We never would have grown up knowing about classics like Aladdin, The Lion King or Beauty & The Beast. Disney World wouldn’t have existed and the global media and entertainment empire that the Walt Disney Company is today wouldn’t have existed. Now imagine what it would have been like for Disney going through all those rejections. Friends, family and everyone else’s opinion we seem to care about… How would you cope with a lot of them telling you that maybe you should give up and do something else? That you’re crazy? Would you continue to have the same faith, belief and enthusiasm about your idea after the 200th rejection? Thankfully Walt Disney was a man with a crystal clear vision, a ton of faith in that vision and the sheer persistence to keep on going. He also believed in himself enough to make it happen and sometimes that what we need more of: Self-belief. Walt Disney Was Fired For “Lacking Creativity” What’s even more inspiring about Walt Disney’s story is that before all the rejection even came he was fired by a newspaper editor for “lacking creativity”. That alone could have been enough to crush his dreams before he even started to pursue them. The sweet ending is that Disney went on to purchase ABC in 1996, which at that time owned the Kansas City Star, the very newspaper that fired Walt Disney. It means that the very newspaper that fired him became part of the empire that he had built. I think a lot of entrepreneurs fail because they quit too early but Disney’s story shows us that perseverance can pay off. To persevere in the way that Walt Disney did requires a clear vision, it requires self-belief and it means that you have to be sold on your idea before you can ever sell anyone else on it. If there is a need for what you want to do then take a page from Walt Disney’s book, keep persevering against the obstacles and never give up. “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney. Up, Up and Away with Walt Disney. Where was Walt Disney on November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? Walt was in the Disney Company airplane flying over Florida. He and his team flew over the coast so Walt could confirm his decision of not wanting to build the Florida project by the ocean. One of the reasons he didn't want to build near the ocean was he didn't want guests in wet bathing suits coming into the park. Walt and his team traveled inland to Orlando, circling over the forests and swamps. Then they stopped off in New Orleans to refuel on the way back to Burbank, where they were notified that President Kennedy had been assassinated when they saw people in tears and huddled around radios and televisions. On the somber return flight to Burbank, Walt announced that the Disney Company would begin purchasing land in Central Florida for the Epcot project. On the backstage tour at Disney Studios in Florida, the backlot tram tour passes by a plane and the guide comments that this is the plane that Walt Disney flew in to pick out the area in Florida where he was going to build Disney World. It is indeed the last Disney "Mouse" and ended its decades-long service in 1992. The interior has been gutted, so it is not likely that this flying Mouse will ever fly again. The story of Walt and his Mouse air force is very interesting, and it gives me another chance to recognize some names of Disney employees that contributed so greatly to Disney history but might be unfamiliar to most Disney fans. Walt had a vacation home at the Smoke Tree Ranch in Palm Springs, and it was a long drive to get there when he wanted to escape for a weekend from the frantic atmosphere at the studio. One of Disney's Nine Old Men, Woolie Reitherman, was a founding member of a local Burbank flying club called the "Sky Roamers." Woolie suggested to Walt that the weekend jaunts to Palm Springs could be shortened if Walt flew there as a charter aircraft passenger. Arrangements were made so that one of the "Sky Roamers" club's favorite pilots, Chuck Malone, would fly Walt and his family when they wanted to go to the Smoke Tree Ranch. Imagineer remembered how Walt decided to get his own airplane: "On one of the visits to Palm Springs Airport, Frank Sinatra's airplane was parked nearby, with a big picture window and a grand piano visible inside. One of Walt's grandchildren said 'Sinatra has a plane. How come you don't have one, too, grandpa?' That did it. Buzz Price did the economics, Chuck developed the flight department operations manual based on American Airlines procedures, and the Studio ordered a green and white, eight-passenger Beechcraft Queen Air Model 80, tail No. N123MM. This was powered by two big piston engines and propellers. Walt Disney Productions was now in the corporate airline business." Since during this time, Walt was constantly flying all over the country on a variety of projects, it just seemed to make sense that a private plane would prove a valuable addition to allow for more flexibility and secrecy on these trips. Walt contacted Harrison Buzz Price—the former Stanford Research Institute executive who had helped in the development of Disneyland and who had since formed his own company, Economics Research Associates—to conduct a survey. The survey did show it was a sound business decision to purchase a company airplane. However, Walt's brother, Roy, thought it a bad idea. Walt countered by saying: "Well, I've got a little money; I'll do it myself." Roy finally agreed to the purchase of a Queen Air Beechcraft. Chuck developed the Flight Department Operational Procedures with a very strict and conservative set of rules. This meant that Walt and his guests could not take off if any number of systems were not in perfect order. It also meant that if certain parts failed in flight, such as one electrical generator, they were to land at the closest landing strip immediately. Over the years, there were actually three company planes that Walt flew in: Queen Air (Beechcraft) February 1963 - July 1965 (propeller driven); King Air (Beechcraft) 1965- 1967 (prop jet); and the Gulfstream (Grumman) bought 1963, in service May 1964, retired to WDW October 8, 1992. This is the plane you see on the backstage tour and, yes, Walt did fly in it to search for a site for Walt Disney World. As Bob Gurr remembered: "The Queen Air was traded in on a new tan and brown turboprop Beechcraft King Air Model 90 using the N234MM tail number from the Queen Air. I loved this aircraft. fast and quiet. But we found that the Gulfstream could get in and out of smaller airports just as easy as the King Air. So Disney did not keep the second N234MM Beechcraft for long. Thus, the Gulfstream then got the N234MM tail number. Our pilots would make their initial air traffic call-ups as 'two three four metro metro.' Then they would try 'two three four Mickey Mouse' [improper FAA communication phraseology]. Pretty soon all the FAA enroute controllers always called us 'Mickey Mouse'. I think other corporate pilots were quite jealous of our special treatment. "He gave me the job of designing various pieces of custom equipment for the new Beechcraft, which soon was known as 'The Mouse.' Walt liked to watch takeoffs and landings. I engineered a folding jump seat that could be placed in the aisle just behind the cockpit. We built this along with some other custom items in the Studio Machine Shop." Originally, the King Air, carrying 10 including crew, powered and pressurized to cruise at 270 miles an hour at up to 23,000 feet, was to cover the Western states while the Gulfstream, capable of 350 miles an hour up to 30,000 feet, was to handle the longer flights like carrying executives working on the World's Fair in New York. In the Fall of 1965, the Gulfstream logged 8,300 miles in 26 flying hours carrying Dean Jones, Card Walker, Irving Ludwig and others of the Disney sales operation to seven cities in eight business days pitching the movie That Darn Cat . The Gulfstream was a large 13-passenger, propeller-driven, twin-engine, turbo-prop aircraft. It became the highest utilization Gulfstream in worldwide corporate service due to almost continuous flights weekly to New York (for the World's Fair) and Florida (for Walt Disney World). Directed by Dick Pfahler was an advisory board consisting of Woolie Reitherman, an insurance expert and three senior airline pilots. The Disney airline was based at the Lockheed Air Terminal's Pacific Airmotive Corporation facility and was serviced by PAC mechanics with Disney maintenance chief Ed Henderson supervising. Jim Stevenson as pilot and Frank Gamble as co-pilot would alternate trips with pilot Kelvin Bailey and co-pilot Jim Bissell on the Gulfstream, while pilot Chuck Malone and co-pilot Bob Wall handled the controls of the King Air. Stewardesses were Peggy Meacham, Hyey Engel, Jane Berky, Ann Roberts, and Jo Heob; Dona Whitney was the dispatcher. Hycy Engel Hill recalled in the great book Remembering Walt that: "I was hired as flight attendant for the Disney plane in March 1965. I met Walt when we flew to New York to pick him up and bring him back to California. About ten or fifteen minutes before we expected him to board the plane, I heard somebody come bounding up the steps of the airplane into the cabin. It was Walt. He stuck out his hand to me and gave me a robust 'Hi! I'm Walt Disney' and we shook hands. Now think about it: There I was working on his airplane; he had every right to assume that I knew who he was." It was pilot Kelvin Bailey, a reserve marine officer, who explained to Walt with such enthusiasm his work in getting toys together for unfortunate kids at Christmas time that it convinced Walt to become involved with Toys for Tots. The program was in its 17th year in 1965 when Walt supplied artwork and did a public service spot for the charity and began the Disney Company's long association with Toys for Tots. Walt had his own seat on the Gulfstream, with an altimeter and air speed indicator on the wall next to the seat, and a telephone direct to the pilot. Walt used the planes for checking out the available acreage in Florida for a theme park. After construction began, it ferried Disney executives back and forth, and was later used for promotional tours for new Disney movies and for theme park promotions. It was nicknamed "The Mouse." Walt contributed to the plane's interior design, and his wife, Lillian, assisted in selecting materials and colors. "Walt wanted to fly so bad," pilot Chuck Malone recalled. Although Walt never acquired a pilot's license, he often took over the plane's controls. Chuck felt confident that if he had been incapacitated, Walt could have successfully gotten the plane back on the ground. But the Disney Company's insurance brokers took a dim view of Walt sitting up front. Especially since Walt always liked to fly as low as possible to study the landscape. "The co-pilot's seat is the best seat in the airplane," Walt protested. "If they don't like it, I'll get myself another insurance company." That effectively ended the discussion. Walt became a strong advocate of business aviation, Chuck said, seeking to demonstrate to people in the Company how useful the plane could be. "Walt often invited eight or 10 employees who could benefit from use of the plane to bring box lunches on board," he said. "We'd leave Burbank and fly to Santa Barbara, then turn southward and head for Tijuana, and circle back to Burbank. Then the passengers could say they had flown to Mexico and back for lunch." Walt used a similar strategy to convince his brother, Roy, that the plane was an efficient tool for the company, not merely a frill for the executives. Walt planned a trip to redwood country of Northern California and to Sun Valley, Idaho for himself and Lilly, Roy and his wife, Edna. Roy was an uneasy passenger at first, but Walt talked him into taking over the role of navigator. Roy, who had served as a navigator in the Navy in World War I, took over the task with enthusiasm and, by the end of the flight, he had become a strong supporter of the company plane. In the book, Walt Disney: An American Original , Bob Thomas wrote: "Walt took delight in planning each trip, plotting the itinerary on maps in his office over his evening Scotch. When passengers arrived at the plane's home base at Lockheed Airport, he loaded their luggage aboard. During the flight, he served the drinks and supervised the galley. For years, Walt had yearned to pilot a plane, and on occasion, the company pilot, Chuck Malone, allowed Walt to take over the controls. Walt insisted that Ron Miller and Bob Brown learn how to land the plane in case of emergency when they were flying with their families. After Chuck Malone became ill while piloting the plane alone, Walt established the rule that two pilots would be required during all flights." In an interview with Lillian Disney that I have in my files from the 1980s, she commented, "[Walt's] mind was never inactive. I can remember one time when he was so interested in airplanes. We used to go to the airport and stand and watch planes land. Our first plane was a little one. We had one pilot. Walt said he wanted all his sons-in-law and everybody to learn to fly that plane. But after he had been up in it two or three times, he said, 'I don't want you to touch it. That's a business all its own. Keep away from it. We'll get pilots to fly that plane.'" Lillian was not as comfortable with flying as Walt. Lillian, who unlike Walt hesitated taking any risks, disapproved strongly of Walt wanting to fly the plane. However, he often took over the controls for short periods of time on long cross-country flights that irritated Lillian. One time, Walt was in the forward cabin and pilot Jim Stevenson let him have the microphone. Walt announced: "This is your captain speaking." Lillian bolted from her seat and was rushing toward the cabin when Walt boomed over the mic: "No, not the captain. This is the commander in chief of the whole damned outfit!" Chuck Malone eventually retired to his comfortable hanger at the Camarillo Airport where he cared lovingly for his very own twin-engined Beechcraft. His hanger space was rigged up as a shrine to the early days of The Mouse with numerous photos of Walt and his flight guests. What brought an end to Walt's corporate plane? Disney Archivist was kind enough to share this personal anecdote about flying on The Mouse: "I remember going on trips to Florida, where it took seven hours to fly in The Mouse; you could do it two hours shorter in a commercial airliner. On return flights, with headwinds, they sometimes had to stop to refuel, even though it had long-range fuel capability for transcontinental travel." The world got smaller and faster if not necessarily better, and the ever-growing Disney entertainment empire could no longer accommodate a once-innovative method of corporate traveling. One final story for any of you, like me, who might have yearned to fly with Walt. It is a cautionary tale why we might not have been allowed to do so. Research Consultant Harrison "Buzz" Price tells this story in the book Remembering Walt that should be in the library of any true Walt fan: "I was on his airplane serving highballs. Walt looked at me with his eyebrow up and said, 'You're too fat to fly on my airplane!' I was 210 pounds, which was heavy for me. At midnight that night, we got to the hotel and Walt said, 'What I said to you on the plane—I meant it.' So I lost 36 pounds within 13 weeks. When I was a lean 170 pounds, he said, 'Buzz, you're getting positively handsome.'"