Disney is preparing to eliminate as many as 1,000 positions in the coming weeks, with a heavy focus on the consolidated marketing department. This marks one of the first major moves under new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro, who took over in March 2026 after Bob Iger’s exit....
Will Josh D’Amaro become the Disney CEO? It certainly looks that way to mose, but the race to see who is going to assume Bob Iger’s throne (and office shower) is apparently far from over.
Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts have seldom been in a worse position than they currently might be. Disney World attendance is dropping and upcoming "expansions" are unpopular. Disneyland, likewise, is struggling to find guests in ways we haven't seen since...
The race to succeed Bob Iger as Disney CEO just got more focused—and more complicated. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro is now in “pole position” to take over the company’s top job, vaulting ahead of a crowded internal field of Disney CEO candidates that includes Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, and Jimmy Pitaro.
The clearest sign yet that the future Disney CEO could be Josh D’Amaro didn’t come from a boardroom or an earnings call—but from the afterparty of one of its biggest rivals.
During Netflix’s 2025 upfront presentation, industry insiders spotted an unexpected figure walking the halls: Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Experiences and future Disney CEO hopeful. As Bloomberg reported, D’Amaro’s presence surprised even senior Netflix executives, who had no idea why Disney’s theme park chief would show up to a competitor’s pitch event.
As Universal prepares to open its most ambitious theme park yet, Epic Universe, Disney’s top park executive (and future Disney CEO hopeful) Josh D’Amaro is pushing back against concerns over competition, stating that Disney has been “on the offensive” for years in the battle for Orlando tourism dominance. But while Universal is launching a massive new resort with multiple lands and hotels, Walt Disney World has no new attractions scheduled to open in 2025—only closures of longstanding guest favorites.
Disney CEO-Of-The-Near-Future Josh D’Amaro, currently in charge of the company’s only money-making division (albeit less and less of it all the time) involved with “Experiences” is an experienced man, business man, and manager. So he’s got to know an age-old adage we’ve all heard since childhood: “You can’t get blood out of a turnip.”
Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences, made headlines this week for expressing supreme confidence in Walt Disney World’s staying power — even in the face of the most ambitious theme park expansion in decades: Universal’s Epic Universe.
But as much as D’Amaro wants to spin the competition as a benefit, reality suggests otherwise. With Universal preparing to shake up the Orlando tourism market in 2025, Disney may be standing at the edge of a cliff while pretending it’s just another ride.
Disney has announced that Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Experiences, will represent the company at the MoffettNathanson Media, Internet & Communications Conference on May 14, 2025. It may sound routine, but for those watching the race to succeed Bob Iger as CEO, it’s anything but.
As Disney continues its painstaking search for Bob Iger’s CEO successor, insiders Dana Walden and Josh D’Amaro have emerged as frontrunners—but serious questions remain about both candidates. Disney’s board, led by former Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, has indicated it may delay its final decision until at least early 2026, perhaps due to mounting internal concerns and an uninspiring pool of external talent.
Walt Disney World has long been a place of nostalgia, where memories are made that will last a lifetime, where generations have enjoyed the classic attractions that make up its rich history. But Disney’s latest announcements at SXSW 2025 confirm what many fans have feared—some of the most beloved elements of Disney World like Rivers of America and MuppetVision 3D are being erased to make way for new, modern IP-driven experiences.
Disney has officially received approval from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to begin construction on a new Cars-themed land at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, a move that will erase classic attractions like Tom Sawyer Island and significantly alter the Rivers of America, Frontierland, and Liberty Square.
In a startling new low for Disney, the company put out a poll asking guests to predict when their loved ones might die.
According to a bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal, Disney sent a 47-page survey to Disney Vacation Club members this fall, loaded with invasive questions about their finances. But one question in particular stood out for its morbid audacity: Disney asked respondents how likely they were to experience the “loss of a family member or loved one” within the next five years—or to be “receiving/managing an inheritance.”