Author: Jennifer Begakis

• The DeSantis Mouse Problem

  It is summer 2023 and…shocker, the Reedy Creek Improvement District has not been dissolved. Rather, the matter is “ongoing.” And, since it is Disney we are discussing here…shocker, there is…

  

• Consolidating Walt Disney

  Chapter Four – “Disney Parks & Resorts” from Consolidation to Failure by Jennifer Begakis In 1958, Walt Disney Productions (WDP) began a seven-year corporate consolidation of Disneyland. Between 1958 and…

  

• Walt’s Fairyland Project

  Ch. 3: “Project Mickey” from Divestment to Disneyland J. Begakis In the summer of 1954, Walt Disney met with the Orange County League of Cities to tour his new Anaheim…

  

• Consolidating Walt Disney

  Ch. 4: – From Consolidation to Failure Jennifer Begakis In 1958, Walt Disney Productions (WDP) began a seven-year corporate consolidation of Disneyland. Between 1958 and 1965, the publicly traded animation…

  

• Publicly Walt Disney

  Ch. 3: “Project Mickey” from Divestment to Disneyland J. Begakis Before Disneyland, Walt Disney tried and failed at a similar, albeit less risky, investment than a owned and operated theme…

  

• ABC’s “Dateline Disneyland”

  Ch. 3: “Project Mickey” from Divestment to Disneyland J. Begakis  One week before Disneyland opened its gates to the public on July 17, 1955, Walt Disney invited select members of…