Bob Iger
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and ultimately the early age of space travel with both the Russians and then the American space program.
And I remember them demonstrating a telephone where you actually, which had a television.
Unbelievable.
Imagine making a call and seeing the person on the other end.
And I think at some point, maybe there might've been a reference to microwave ovens.
Well, you know, you guys are younger than I am.
I remember a day when they didn't exist, but you probably don't.
And so it's harder today to tell the story of Tomorrowland because I think in technology has done this so much of what is around the corner.
Now if we have AI, which maybe that's even endless in terms of what the future looks like.
I think it just gets harder.
Yes, and look, the most recent park that we built in Shanghai, which opened almost 10 years ago, has a Seven Dwarfs attraction as a for instance.
And the Pirates of the Caribbean, there's a Pirates attraction, which Walt really conceived of in the 60s.
at Disneyland.
And there is a Tomorrowland.
It's slightly different.
So everything that we build today has reference to our own past and I think carries forward basically the entertainment value of the original concept.
But we have this incredible luxury of even more stories to tell as a company.
So you'll see Marvel and you'll see Star Wars and you'll see Avatar and all the great
a lot of great Pixar stories, including Toy Story Land.
And we're building a Monsters Land in Florida.