From Hollywood Reporter:
Really sucks cause I feel like she wasn't to blame here. The new land is amazing. I went to Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland like 5 times before my passport expired and it was awesome. That said, to get the whole experience is expensive, so I can why a lot of people perhaps are being turned off.
I wonder how the DisneyWorld version is doing. I remember people saying it would have better crowds that Disneyland but is she is resigning/fired, probably not.
Catherine Powell, who oversees the U.S. and Paris theme parks for The Walt Disney Company, is leaving the studio, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
As president of Disney Parks West, Powell was in charge of Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Powell was also in her post during the recent openings for two new Star Wars lands — Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Walt Disney World in Orlando and another at the California Disneyland park — that fell flat on attendance.
It's understood from sources at Disney that Powell's post has been eliminated, and she will help in the transition as her staff reports to Disney Parks, Experiences & Products chairman Bob Chapek.
The studio had high expectations for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, which feature two rides — Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — and varied sci-fi shops and restaurants with Star Wars themes.
But hype around the new Star Wars lands appears to have dissuaded some from attending soon after the launches. Shortly after it was announced that Galaxy's Edge would open in late May, Disney revealed that a no-cost reservation (in addition to a park ticket) would be needed to access the Star Wars land from May 31 through June 23.
Her departure also stands in contrast to Disney CEO Bob Iger in a New York Times profile on Sunday promising to put more women in top executive positions at the Hollywood studio, with an eye to greater gender parity.
Really sucks cause I feel like she wasn't to blame here. The new land is amazing. I went to Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland like 5 times before my passport expired and it was awesome. That said, to get the whole experience is expensive, so I can why a lot of people perhaps are being turned off.
I wonder how the DisneyWorld version is doing. I remember people saying it would have better crowds that Disneyland but is she is resigning/fired, probably not.