Great Success May Be Ephemeral We often find that great successes are not lasting, that they have no staying power. Somehow the success pattern gets lost or forgotten or is not well rounded Other times an operation grows beyond the capability of the originators, Hungry competitors are always in the wings, ready to take advantage of any lapse. As we saw with Euro Disney, having a closed mind to new ideas or needed revisions makes expansion into of an old success pattern--the arrogance of success different environments more difficult and even risky While corporate Disney has continued to have good success with its other theme parks, competitors are moving in with their own theme parks in the United elsewhere. We may question whether this industry is saturation, and we may wonder whether Disney has learned from its mistakes in Europe.