Shareholders Meeting Disneyland Resort Paris (trip)
Well, I didn’t really finish my last trip report (I promised some final thoughts) but I’ll make it up with some babbling about the Shareholders meeting at Disneyland Resort Paris that I attended on the 21st of February. For obvious reasons most shareholders are there to see how the company is doing, for me it is yet another reason to go to a Disney theme Park (in this case Disneyland Resort Paris). It’s not that I am not interested in the financial park, I am interested in it. I want to know and I want the park to make a profit so we get more magic in the future. While still not making profit (yet) the road is being set into the good direction. The management team is giving a %110 in turning this company around into a profitable one. While they did come up with some good numbers (revenue up, hotel occupancy up, 500.000 more visitors this year and a first quarter showing a %6 growth already) the question remains when they will be able to do so… (and at what cost)
But lets forget about the numbers (you’ll find those in the annual report) and talk about the fun stuff (or not so fun stuff, a little later on). The whole meeting was themed around the 15th Anniversary of the park. We get to see some information on the new rides like Cars and the Tower of Terror the real delight of the meeting was the music, costumes and artwork of the new Once Upon a Dream Parade. The floats look amazing and this parade will be something people will love. (For more on the theme and some surprises see the news section on DLP.Info). I, for one, cannot wait to see this one go around the park…
Another attraction that has now been announced is the Stitch Encounter. The shareholders got to see a first picture of Children in front of a screen talking to the little terror. He’ll interact, will be at the Studios (Disney Channel TV Studios Tour in the Production Courtyard), and will bring some extra fun to the Studios.
With the Tower and Stitch heading to the Studios we’ll have two terrors headlining. 
Sounds like a lot of fu, doesn’t it,… but I said I’ll be talking about not so fun stuff a little later. That will be for part 2 of the shareholders Meeting report.