Some fans are thoroughly unimpressed with Disney Parks chairman Josh D’Amaro and his performance in his role as the man in charge of the parks.

The push and pull between Disney’s corporate identity and its foremost aim of being an entertainment powerhouse is age-old. Often, fans disagree with choices that the Walt Disney Company makes or statements by its senior executives, feeling as though their focus is solely on numbers rather than running the Disney theme parks as Walt Disney would have wanted.

When it comes to Disney Parks chairman Josh D’Amaro, in particular, fans recently expressed dissatisfaction with what he has delivered to fans with respect to the Disney Parks.

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Fans Take Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro To Task

Josh D’Amaro is a well-liked executive. For the most part, when fans mention having met him in the parks, they only have good things to say about him and their interactions with him.

But often, when it comes to decisions he’s taken about the parks, or his actions as they relate to the Disney Parks, fans have not always been very happy with Mr. D’Amaro. For example, during D23 in 2022, fans were not thrilled to hear all Mr. D’Amaro had to share about what could be coming to the Disney theme parks were “Blue Sky” ideas.

Most recently, a fan commented on the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster refurbishment, opining that the Disney Park attraction is “going down for a lengthy refurbishment to undo everything they did in the last lengthy refurbishment in an attempt to cut costs that backfired in their face, costing the company multiples more.”

The fan concluded, “[Jeff] Vahle and D’Amaro are failing in their duties.”

I have heard Rock n Roller Coaster is going down for a lengthy refurbishment to undo everything they did in the last lengthy refurbishment in an attempt to cut costs that backfired in their face, costing the company multiples more. Vahle and D'Amaro are failing in their duties.

— Brayden (@SirBrayden) January 10, 2024

In response to this take, another account commented, asking the OP what he would say Josh D’Amaro “actually does.”

The OP responded,

He’s a promoter who also spends some time arguing with other execs over where to invest in a hypothetical future scenario. But that day never comes because revenues are good enough and their economic outlook is weak enough (bearish) that they don’t want to take a risk and invest.

Another fan went so far as to write, “D’Amaro has been a fraud since day one.”

Relevant to this conversation is a question that some fans posed to the OP: “What were the changes that Disney reportedly cut corners on?”

In response to this, one fan explained, “Something that definitely increased the amount of downtime that ride had even before the refurb. If you want my opinion, they went cheap on a new ride control system.”

Another fan shared, “It’s like you can’t even say what can possibly go wrong because every day something goes wrong. It hurts to say that but it’s the truth.”

Disney, for their part, has not commented on the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster refurbishment.