Jakemeister
V.I.P. Member
New Prez Karen Irwin (succeeded retired Bill Davis). According to insiders she told the staff she hated the Superstar Parade and then shut it down a few weeks after. The Parade was probably a bit outdated, and it's OK to shut it down IF, you replace it with something better. Hopefully these closings aren't to improve the bottom line and will usher in 'new' replacements. USF is overcrowded daily, and to keep reducing capacity is a questionable practice. I'd of thought they'd keep running the parade (as an example) until they had a replacement ready.
I think it's slightly more nuanced then Karen not liking it. It's probably Karen not liking it AND cost to benefit/spending being high. Each transaction might have "cost" the organization more than it was worth & it's not like it really ends up in GSATs.
The Parade is a whole other thing. It cost a lot of labor to run a parade & in turn the GSATs should really be reflective of that. From an "Armchair Engineer/Exec" view I think it'd be a far better idea to have a new better parade, or import Japan's parade to USF. But I'm not involved in those sort of decisions.