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[rangerxenos]

Pumpkin, Chocolate, and Candy Take Over Gideon’s Bakehouse for October in Disney World!

I can't wait to try this place, my sweet tooth will be in heaven!

 

[rangerxenos]

 

[merry_nbright]

I can't wait to try this place, my sweet tooth will be in heaven!

You’re going to love it! I went in expecting it to not live up to the hype. Well, I was wrong. It was perfection!

 

[HokieRaven5]

Plaza Point, an All-New Holiday Store, Coming Soon to Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland Park

 

[HokieRaven5]

World Showplace becomes home to Remy's Ratatouille Adventure merchandise

 

[HokieRaven5]

List of Early Booking Dates for Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser:


All bookings are currently going to be done over the phone at the start as well.
Scott Gustin Twitter

 

[Jrb1979]

According to WDWMAGIC Disney execs have asked parks to heavily cut labor costs. That to me says the 50th isn't as a big draw as they thought.

 

[Madteaparty001]

According to WDWMAGIC Disney execs have asked parks to heavily cut labor costs. That to me says the 50th isn't as a big draw as they thought.

With all of the negative press + covid is it really surprising? They've been relying on brand name for so long that once the damage is done it's really hard to recover. I mean look at what happened with Game of Thrones, an entire cultural phenomena essentially wiped out in such a short amount of time. Knee jerk responses like this from execs only cement the message to those thinking of going that it's not going to be worth it.

 

[BrianL]

With all of the negative press + covid is it really surprising? They've been relying on brand name for so long that once the damage is done it's really hard to recover. I mean look at what happened with Game of Thrones, an entire cultural phenomena essentially wiped out in such a short amount of time. Knee jerk responses like this from execs only cement the message to those thinking of going that it's not going to be worth it.

You have a point, though I do think Disney can recover. It hasn't been quite so denigrated as GoT was and they've been here before. That said, the reaction by executives to cut labor at this time is absolutely NOT the way to do it. They have got to make the experience better and worth the high prices they charge. That always was the Disney difference.

 

[Jrb1979]

With all of the negative press + covid is it really surprising? They've been relying on brand name for so long that once the damage is done it's really hard to recover. I mean look at what happened with Game of Thrones, an entire cultural phenomena essentially wiped out in such a short amount of time. Knee jerk responses like this from execs only cement the message to those thinking of going that it's not going to be worth it.

Agreed. IMO it looks good on them. When other parks across the country are back to putting on their full Halloween events and Disney doesn't it says a lot. One thing that disappointed me is the the lackluster 50th. Look at Cedar Point, they just had their 150th and they went all out. Had a night time parade, had special food, merchandise and a museum set up to look back at the last 150 years. Disney's answer is well some merch and cupcakes. IMO they need to stop using Covid as an excuse.

 

[sherlockmiles]

According to WDWMAGIC Disney execs have asked parks to heavily cut labor costs. That to me says the 50th isn't as a big draw as they thought.

Gotta save money for those unearned bonuses.

 

[Sara W]

According to WDWMAGIC Disney execs have asked parks to heavily cut labor costs. That to me says the 50th isn't as a big draw as they thought.

I'd kind of like the execs to cut their own labor costs. They have turned a pretty recent fan (last 5 or 6 years) that spends a lot of money making several family trips to Disney in a year start looking at other options.

 

[BrianL]

Gotta save money for those unearned bonuses.

Yeah. I'm not one to get too upset about executive compensation when the company is doing well - just a few years ago Disney was going absolute gangbusters in movies, parks, everything, so, you know, that's great! Right now though, and obviously the pandemic played a part but not the only part, they have seen some declines. Executive pay should be commensurate with that.

 

[helloconnie]

According to WDWMAGIC Disney execs have asked parks to heavily cut labor costs. That to me says the 50th isn't as a big draw as they thought.

Just out of curiosity, where are they going to cut these labor costs? They have not brought back parades and most shows. If Disney keeps cutting, then people will not go. Dear Disney, give the people what they want and they will come. Continuing cutting everything and you will find yourself in a heap of trouble.

 

[BrianL]

Just out of curiosity, where are they going to cut these labor costs? They have not brought back parades and most shows. If Disney keeps cutting, then people will not go. Dear Disney, give the people what they want and they will come. Continuing cutting everything and you will find yourself in a heap of trouble.

Chapek seems to think that they shouldn't run parades unless the crowd levels make it worthwhile for them to do it. In reality, it is running those parades that will make the crowd levels go higher overall.

 

[1lilspark]

Just out of curiosity, where are they going to cut these labor costs? They have not brought back parades and most shows. If Disney keeps cutting, then people will not go. Dear Disney, give the people what they want and they will come. Continuing cutting everything and you will find yourself in a heap of trouble.

Cut the clarabelle/max/caballero cavalcade as thats just a random collection of characters & is expendable, cut some of the characters in the flotillas, the characters that ARE out physically distanced out fewer and far between…. NOT reimagining Nemo or Indy …
I can go on sadly as to what could be done

 

[HokieRaven5]

IATSE Union Authorizes First-Ever Nationwide Strike; 2,000 Disney World Cast Members Could Be Impacted

ETA: Does not appear to directly impact those contracted with Walt Disney World but more on the Film/Television side of things.

UPDATE: IATSE Strike Will Not Affect Walt Disney World, Cast Members

 

[Kms943]

IATSE Union Authorizes First-Ever Nationwide Strike; 2,000 Disney World Cast Members Could Be Impacted

Great! Something else to now worry about for our trip in 3 weeks

 

[HokieRaven5]

Great! Something else to now worry about for our trip in 3 weeks

Edited above, does appear to be mostly in the film/television aspect vs any parks impact to Disney.

 

[Kms943]

Edited above, does appear to be mostly in the film/television aspect vs any parks impact to Disney.

Thank You for the update!