Appendix 4.6 (Americanization of European Culture? Case Study: Disney in France) Until 1992‚ the Walt Disney Company had experienced nothing but success in the theme park business. Its first park‚ Disneyland‚ opened in Anaheim‚ California‚ in 1955. Its theme song‚ "It’s a Small World After All‚" promoted "an idealized vision of America spiced with reassuring glimpses of exotic cultures all calculated to promote heartwarming feelings about living together as one happy family. There were dark
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Case Analysis # 1 EuroDisney- Disney Land Paris 1. What factors lead to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year of operation? EuroDisney had a disastrous first year in Paris‚ France. There were many reasons that contributed to the horrible start. I am going to discuss six reasons why I think EuroDisney had such a hard time adjusting in Europe. 1. It was cheaper for European families to travel to Disney World in Orlando‚ FL. Not only was the trip to Orlando going to be cheaper
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Learning from the Disneyland Paris Experience. A Case study in International/Intercultural Communication This is the most wonderful project we have ever done. Michael Eisner‚ CEO‚ Walt Disney Company A horror made of cardboard‚ plastic‚ and appalling colors; a construction of hardened chewing gum and idiotic folklore taken straight out of comic books written for obese Americans. Jean Cau‚ French Critic American businesses make assumption about the transferability of culturally loaded business
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Two years after Walt Disney Co. opened its new part in France‚ Euro Disney was losing $1 million per day‚ despite over a million visitors per month. What had gone wrong? Disney was overly ambitious‚ and had made serious strategic and financial miscalculations. It relied too heavily on debt‚ just as interest rates started to rise. It assumed a real estate boom would continue‚ allowing it to see some properties to pay off its debts. It made mistakes in the park itself‚ including cost overruns
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1. The main area of Euro Disney’s business is amusement theme parks‚ based on Disney characters and movies. Euro Disney offers a 4‚800 acre amusement park near Paris in which visitors can discover different zones related to different themes : Adventureland‚ Frontierland‚ Fanatasyland‚ Mainstreet-USA‚ Sleeping Beauty Castle. 2. Other related businesses are derived from Euro Disney’s main activity. For example‚ there are six theme hotels outside the park. Furthermore‚ food and souvenirs are sold
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Euro DiSney Disneyland Paris is operated by French company Euro Disney S.C.A.‚ a public company of which 39.78 percent of its stock is held by The Walt Disney Company‚ 10 percent by the Saudi Prince Alwaleed and 50.22 percent by other shareholders. The senior leader at the resort is chairman and CEO Philippe Gas. history The complex was a subject of controversy during the periods of negotiation and construction in the late 1980s and early ’90s‚ when a number of prominent French figures voiced
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Financial structuring at euro Disney 1984-85 Disney negotiates with Spain and France to create a European theme park. Chooses France as the site. 1987Disney signs letter of intent with the French government. 1988 Selects lead commercial bank lenders for the senior portion of the project. Forms the (SNC). Beings planning for the equity offering of 51% of Euro Disneyland as required in the letter of intent. 1989 European press and stock analysts visit Walt Disney World in Orlando. Being extensive
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Learning from the Euro Disney experience Disney Corporation faced lots of problems when launching Euro Disneyland in Paris. Most of them were caused by poor research of the European market‚ European people’s traits and habits. Question 1: What could have been the reason why guests were spending less and leaving sooner? Disney Corporation expected that people will spend a lot of time and money in Euro Disney Park‚ however in reality they leave sooner and spend less money than was expected‚ and
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Case Study #1 – Euro Disney‚ The First 100 Days 1.0 Introduction Ever since the first Disneyland was founded in 1955 in Anaheim‚ California‚ the Walt Disney Company had experienced nothing but success in the theme park business until its second oversea Disneyland – Euro Disney was opened in France in 1992. Following the success of the company’s first oversea Disneyland in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ on April 12‚ 1992‚ within its $4.4 billion budget‚ Euro Disney was opened in Marne-la-Vallee‚ France on a site
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SWOT Analysis: · Strengths: o The name Disney that had been well know all over the world o Financial strength from investors and profits in the other Disneylands o The amount of capital that was very sufficient · Weaknesses: o Lack of research by the management o Poor forecasting and calculations o Tendency to believe that the Chairman would make it perfetc · Opportunities: o To compete against the famous Eiffel Tower and Louvre Art Museum o Strategic location in which the park was
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