1. The corporations that I looked up where Universal Studios, Walt Disney, and Six Flags. First I looked at the Six Flags website. Some of the news that I saw first was that some of the locations had messages that said “see you next summer”. This was in locations that it would become very cold at such as Six Flags Great America near Chicago. There were still options for passes and tickets however. There were also new articles about different rides and ways to make getting into the park easier. This is to keep the consumer connected even when it is the offseason for some parks. There was also a section for new stuff happening in 2015 for Six Flags throughout their locations. The main thing was that there was a video announcement from the CEO …show more content…
The trend for Six Flags seemed to be more interactive rides and dark rides too. Something being interactive adds another aspect to a ride. It can allow numerous ways to experience the ride. Fright Fest is also a trend that Six Flags has been doing and they continued to host it this year. The trend for Universal studios on the website seemed to be a highlight on movies and musicals that were being played at the time. Universal does movies on demand with the partnership with NBC. This continued to look as a trend through the park with the Harry Potter attractions that were featured and based off of the movies. The Universal Studios in Hollywood proved this trend even more. News for Universal included new rides and attractions based on new movies. This included a “Despicable Me” attraction and also a “Transformers” attraction. There were also VIP experiences that are offered for the fall. Also news about the Blue Man Group performing at Universal was available. Lastly I looked at the website for Walt Disney. Disney also had news about things that had to do with their new movies. The resort had news about the Christmas and fall events as …show more content…
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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation prides itself on entertaining millions of families each year as the worlds largest regional theme park company with 18 theme parks spread across North America (Six Flags, 2013). Six Flags primary source of revenue comes from providing world-class entertainment to families and individuals who pay for admission into its parks to ride its coasters, themed rides, and water park attractions. Six Flags has had its ups and downs during its 50-year history but over the past three years it has remained a strong company with total assets increasing year over year. The following analysis will show the financial health and well being of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation.
Traveling to an amusement park is a family’s finest way to bond, but is it worth the time and drive to attend just any amusement park? This essay will compare and contrast Six Flags San Antonio, SeaWorld San Antonio, and Disney World Florida from price range, food, and the variety of rides.
“Being a child is the happiest age in human life” is the phrase that most people agree on the cause of the reason that in childhood, people have less responsibility comparing with other ages. Being the children is just study, play and watch the movie likes cartoon. There are two famous companies which are Walt Disney company and Universal Studio company that has been producing the cartoon movie for a long time; moreover, although these two companies are the competitors from each other’s, both continue doing the business because these two companies have the three significant differences in term of the theme park, movies, and the revenue.
The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Animation Studios Inc. were two of the largest movie and entertainment studios. Disney owned and operated an unparalleled portfolio of theme parks classic movies and characters. Pixar was the leading creative and technological computer generated imagery (CGI) studio but lacked extensive product offerings and distribution channels. At the time of the merger agreement, Disney’s traditional hand-drawn animation films were declining in popularity with the introduction of CGI films. Meanwhile, Pixar possessed the creative and technical resources that Disney lacked, but was unable to profit from characters and films after movie ticket and DVD sales, which were typically one-time purchases. Additionally, the production and distribution contract between Pixar and Disney was rapidly approaching its expiration. Instead of renewing the contract, the two companies decided to merge with the intention of capitalizing on ...
The Walt Disney Company is a highly diversified media and entertainment company that has been growing by leaps and bounds since its inception in the late 1920’s. In the past few decades, The Walt Disney Company has expanded into numerous markets and diversified its business greatly. The company states that their corporate strategy is targeted at creating high-quality family content, exploiting technological innovations to make entertainment experiences more memorable, and expanding internationally. Upon studying the happenings of the company throughout the years, it is easy to see that the company is executing this strategy well through numerous strategic moves in the industry.
Walt Disney World is trademarked for being the “Happiest Place on Earth”, and attracts millions of people each year from all around the world. With 10,000 guests an hour visiting Walt Disney World, parks reach their carrying capacity of 100,000, within the 43 square miles of Disney property, almost all of the days that it is open year round (“Walt Disney World”). With this much land and this number of people coming and going from the property each day, one may be to believe that The Walt Disney Company has their eye on one thing and one thing only - Money. Although this may seem to be a reasonable assumption, Walt Disney World, along with the entire Walt Disney Company, is paving the way to a sustainable company in new environmentally friendly
Disney’s long-run success is mainly due to creating value through diversification. Their corporate strategies (primarily under CEO Eisner) include three dimensions: horizontal and geographic expansion as well as vertical integration. Disney is a prime example of how to achieve long-run success through the choices of business, the choice of how many activities to undertake, the choice of how many businesses to be in, the choice of how to manage a portfolio of businesses and the choice of how to create synergies between those businesses (3, p.191-221). All these choices and decisions are made through Disney’s corporate strategies and enabled them to reach long-term success. One will discuss Disney’s long-run success through a general approach. Eisner’s turnaround of the company and his specific implications/strategies will be examined in detail in part II. Disney could reach long-run success mainly through the creation of value due to diversification and the management and fostering of creativity, brand image and synergies between businesses (1, p.11-14).
Six Flags built two other parks in the late sixties and early seventies. These three parks would be the only theme parks opened and constructed under the Six Flags name. When deciding on a strategy, the organization chose a strategy of growth. The plan was to purchase smaller, existing amusement parks across the globe. At one time, Six Flags acquired and operated 46 parks, with the majority of the acquisitions occurring in the late 1990s. The new parks carried the Six Flags name, but the theme of the original park was not carried over. Each new park was individualized, including one that operated an attached Sea World, and another an aquarium. The organization did, however, add waterparks to most of the facilities that did not already have one available.
Every year since I was a freshman in high school my family would all pack into our car and head to Six Flags for my father’s job. This was usually one day I could count on for unexpected entertainment. Each year was a new experience in the making because one year it may be sunny or one year it may rain, but HEY! Its Georgia weather what can you do about it?
Disneyland marked the onset of theme parks in the nation, which was carved out of a fantasy tale and it has been the leader for 60 years. And, there was virtually no competition to the attraction quotient that attracted people and tourists to visit the theme park.
One of the key factors of the successful diversification is the very strong branding of the name Disney. That the name was famous after the success in the early years made it among other things possible to go into the theme park industry. Evaluated isolated, the theme parks was a success. But when also accounting for the synergies created, the decision to go into this industry was a huge success. It has created a spiral of synergies, where the characters in the movies get more popular due to the parks, as well as the fact that when people are visiting the parks they get stimulated to buy the merchandise. This is just one example of the synergies that exist in Disney. When Michael Eisner took over control in Disney, he kept focusing on same corporate values as earlier, which are quality, creativity, entrepreneurialism and teamwork. These values have been preserved despite of the size of Disney, and are an important factor in sustaining and building the Disney brand.
Technological factors - Technology will keep improving and developing which will help Disney to further interact with their visitors. Magic Bands are the latest in technological advancement that Walt Disney World has introduced. They make it easier for the guests who are staying at a Disney resort to get into their hotel room, enter theme and water parks, connect PhotoPass images to their account and pay for food and merchandise. Disney is also ecommerce enabled as they have a online booking system on their website where you have book and make payments for products that are on
The Walt Disney Company, or more commonly known as Disney, is an American corporation headquartered in the Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California. Disney (DIS) is the largest operator of theme parks and resorts and largest media conglomerate, reported total revenue of $11.58 billion, a 4% raise from the previous year in its third-quarter results. Most of its revenue is generated from the media network segment and the park and resort segment. Disney's strategies mainly focus on generating the best creative content possible along with innovation and utilizing the latest technology. (Seekingalpha.com, 2014)
The market segmentation of Walt Disney is divided into five main segments as follows: media networks, theme parks and resorts, Walt Disney studios, Disney consumer products and Disney interactive (Carillo, Crumley, Thieringer, & Harrison, 2012). As Carillo et al. (2012) continues to explain, media networks encompasses cable, broadcast television and radio networks, aside from digital operations. ABC, ESPN, and the Disney channel are some of the constituents of media networks. Theme parks and resorts, as Russell (N.d) states, include the operation of the Disney World Resort, the Disneyland hotel, the Disneyland Park, the Hong Kong Disney resort, and the Disneyland Pacific
From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to today 's global corporation, The Walt Disney Company continues to proudly provide quality entertainment for every member of the family, across America and around the world. One of the key statements in the text states, “Disney’s greatest challenge today is to keep a 90- year- old brand relevant and current to its core audience while staying true to its heritage and core brand values.” (Kotler, Keller, 2012, p. 179) Diversification has been one of Disney’s smartest business decisions. Today Disney has ventured into various industries such as studio entertainment,