Welcome back to another episode of the Disney Dish Podcast with Jim Hill. It's me, Lynn Test,

that today's our first show for April 2018. In order to do that show right,

we need to bring back our perennial April fool one Mr. Jim

how's it going I'm fine I'm hopeful that at this point of my life it's actually

stopped snowing you never know New. You're in New Hampshire, you never know.

There we go. So Jim, a lot of news recently coming out. Let's talk about it briefly

before we continue with the third installment of our Indiana Jones Star Wars history in the parks.

First thing I want to talk about, Bob Chapek recently got put in charge of Parks Resorts,

the Disney store, Consumer Experiences, and Ladies' Handbags and Laundry, I think.

What was the whole big reorganization that Disney announced, right?

What do you make of that?

Bob came into the parks out of consumer products.

Right.

So it's not really surprised that they would fold that back in, make it part of his turf also we've discussed on our Star Wars show

particularly about Galaxy's Edge about how retail and the Disney theme parks are really going to start to get involved with one another.

For example, handmade merch being sold in Batu that would only be available there. So it does make sense that

the Parks and Consumer Products have a closer relationship in his job title is

Parks, experiences, and consumer, because this actually ties in with, as you recall,

your experience with the Void, the Star Wars experience there.

You were the one who pointed out that Disney just bought a chunk of the company that does the void.

This is where Disney is headed Lynn.

Even as Disney is torn down Disney quest and is putting up that NBA thing,

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