The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Magical (and Profitable) World of Disney Cruises


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Matt is joined by Robbie Whelan from the Wall Street Journal to discuss Disney’s most popular non-theme park experience, the cruise line, and its increasing value to Disney. Matt walks us through his own personal experience on a Disney cruise over the holiday break, and they get into the business of how and why this business is so profitable and important for Disney, and if any other company has the IP to leverage something at this scale (03:04). Matt finishes the show with an opening-weekend box office prediction for ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ (27:55).


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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Robbie Whelan


Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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