If Universal is going to sue. Would they do it when the ride is first announced or wait until the ride is completed?
I'd argue when the ride is first announced.
If Universal is going to sue. Would they do it when the ride is first announced or wait until the ride is completed?
I'd argue when the ride is first announced.
It's not unheard of for business executives, government leaders or heads of other types of organizations to ignore the legal opinions of their law departments, attorneys, or solicitors. Lot's of big executive ego's out there. Ultimately, they end up paying for their missteps.Thanks for validating the OU article.
Also I've been lead to believe that Disney thinks they can get away with it despite the agreement. Universal will then sue. Remember this is the company that had to stop selling time shares in for their new expensive Hawaii property for awhile because they didn't register/whatever to sell. The head of DVC was then fired.
Happy for your confidence.
Also remember WDWNT's "LOTR TO WDW!" post y'all.
If Universal is going to sue. Would they do it when the ride is first announced or wait until the ride is completed?
I made a slip and said sue, I meant go into arbitration and have a judge decide (correct me if I'm wrong @SeventyOne ).
In what crazy backwards world is the butchering of Tower of Terror "lucky?"Just let California to be the lucky one on this subject.
Goodness you are stretching. I believe there are big plans for Energy at the moment, but 2018 with plans for a THIRD RIDE? No, not happening.
Let's put things in perspective. Star Wars Land is currently rubble (LMA is down now), yet it's not expected to open until late 2019/early 2020-ish.
Universe of Energy is still in operation and even those that are saying this is likely to happen like Martin or Lee say UoE isn't likely to close until NEXT September. There's no way this ride opens in 2018 and it may be a stretch it even opens before SWL. The goal from what is being said is 2020/2021.
That article shouldn't even be classified as rumor, it's pure speculation.WDWNT is reporting that GOtG for both DLR and WDW will be announced at Saturday's SDCC Marvel Studio's panel.
RUMOR: Guardians of the Galaxy Attractions for Disney Parks to Be Announced at San Diego Comic Con? | WDW News Today
...And yes, I don't buy it.
This is basically Disneyland's equivalent of Frozen Ever After. The theme doesn't fit it's surroundings, it's a cheap overlay to an existing attraction that is already fairly popular as is.In what crazy backwards world is the butchering of Tower of Terror "lucky?"
This is such a horrible corporate brainfart, how can it NOT happen? It's like watching a train wreck in super slow motion.
You mean once it's announced? I'd assume so as they have put out a public statement of intent to do something that may violate a contract.Can you sue because someone says they will breach a contract? Don't you have to wait until the contract is actually breached?
You mean once it's announced? I'd assume so as they have put out a public statement of intent to do something that may violate a contract.
If Universal was to wait until opening day, Disney could come back and say "We publicly announced the ride x number of months ago... why are you just NOW coming to us with a lawsuit?"
EDIT: @hatetofly seems to think it's happening:
Awkward moment when GotG become part of the Avengers
No need to be patronizing...
This rumor is such a mess with all the legal crap and everything else that no one deserves to be called out for being wrong. If Lee and Co get it wrong, I know I'm not going to ridicule them.
Rioriz has some contacts i wouldnt blow him off or dismiss himThanks for validating the OU article.
Also I've been lead to believe that Disney thinks they can get away with it despite the agreement. Universal will then sue. Remember this is the company that had to stop selling time shares in for their new expensive Hawaii property for awhile because they didn't register/whatever to sell. The head of DVC was then fired.
Happy for your confidence.
Also remember WDWNT's "LOTR TO WDW!" post y'all.
That makes 4.
There is far, FAR, too much noise to flat out deny this is happening. We have 3 of the most reliable insiders, each I'm sure with different sources, claiming this is happening. Height balloons over Epcot. Bob Iger recently saying, about the Anaheim and Orlando parks: "We have plans for Marvel that we have not specifically announced, so I don't want to get any more detailed than that. But we have got concepts for a really good Marvel presence." All the signs point to this happening. Getting inside the minds of Disney executives is foolish.
Testtrack, I believe, was referring to Bob's comments in the 2016 Annual Shareholders Meeting on March 3rd, in which he said: "The rights that we do not have to Marvel east of the Mississippi and prevent us from doing certain things in Orlando with the Marvel characters and franchises are I believe in perpetuity. There is nothing imminent and there isn't an expiration date." The question Bob was answering asked solely about developments with the Marvel contract, nothing more, nothing less. I'm referring to Bob's interview at the 3rd Annual MoffettNathanson Media and Communications Summit on May 18, 2016 (a more recent date than the comments testtrack was referring to) a transcript as well as audio of the interview is available on the Walt Disney Company Investor Relations website.I know he said that about Anaheim, but I didn't hear him say that for Orlando. He said the opposite (testtrack posted it earlier today in the thread.)