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Disney CEO Michael Eisner was in Florida yesterday, surveying the impact of Hurrican Charley on his company's theme parks, his "cast members," and Disneyworld's guests. But he was doing more than that. He was preparing to seize his moment as a strong and compassionate leader in a troubling, difficult time. Eisner, ready for anything in a "yellow polo shirt, white pants, black sneakers," would have dragged a waterlogged Donald Duck out of the overflowing waters of Splash Mountain, sandbagged the entrance to It's a Small World, or manned the funnel cake cart himself. Alas, Charley blustered harmlessly through his Magic Kingdom, and a leader's potential was left untapped beneath a Mickey Mouse baseball cap:

Although the storm forced Disney to shut down Animal Kingdom for a day, it caused only minimal damage to the resort, which opened three of its parks the next morning after extensive cleanup efforts by employees.