Recent content by cm1988

Imagine, preferring to find other income (yeah, difficult but requires no ventilator or mortuary for yourself or for people you bring home a viral souvenir to). Yeah, slight risk. I'm not one who encourages others to take any risk. If your conscience says slight risk is okay; well, then, that's...

Relevant post on another WDW fan site Minnie Vans were Lyft (and probably will be, again, post-pandemic). Mears still has "yellow cabs" and vans available from bell services. Usually 2 or more cabs are waiting for passengers; often a van as well. Whatever you choose... Disney bus, Mears...

Your interest in having fun; your interest in visiting WDW read, to my eyes, like that is more important to you than any concerns about putting yourself at risk. Or putting the Cast Members (yeah, paid to be there) at risk. The risk is inside and outside the gates of WDW and its attractions. The...

With apologies if any of this seems unnecessarily harsh. Life, death, sickness, and health are tough issues. Jobs and income are tough issues. You've heard and read about them all. Walt Disney World and its remaining employees are getting by because some percentage of the people is willing to...

Looking at a couple of videos, the EWP seems to have been upgraded in a couple of ways. Some of the music is from recent films and, more significantly, it seems that the old "outdoor Christmas lights" have been upgraded to something more like rope lights or maybe LED's. It used to be, when you...

Interesting thread. I'll hopefully not pollute things too much by suggesting the movie in France (I'd probably misspell its name). If you like French Impressionist music, you'll love this one. It may be due a re-edit after the tragic Notre Dame fire. All of 2020 is due a re-edit.

Y'know, we could use this thread to discuss every idea that a bus driver ever suggested. We could put microphones in at wardrobe and share the rumors that costumed CM are telling each other. We could totally fabricate changes that we hope will happen, for whatever reason, and try to get popular...

So I'll toss in a suggestion here. An admittedly unlikely one, but an at least first-attempt alternative to the binary decision "A: Close the parks or B: Keep the parks open". Develop an internet-based "virtual WDW visit". Charge $10 for it. Visit would include seeing all the WDW shows...

I drew a WDW paycheck for 17 years and know a few hundred CM personally, so I sure don't wish them to lose their income (though many already have). Having said that, thanks for your thoughtful reply. Losing a job is extremely painful; I sure don't wish that on anyone. I'd still assert that...

I was a CM for 17 years; the first few of them onstage at Epcot. I took an 85% pay cut for that experience, since I had grown up watching Walt every Sunday night with my family. So, you might assume I ♥️Disney. This issue of "Should the parks/resorts/Springs have reopened during a pandemic?"...

The late, great Ray Bradbury wrote the script and it has been tinkered and trivialized ever since. It could have been kept fresh without losing the sense of wonder. WDI was right to bring in home computing and the internet, they just didn't pay enough attention (or budget) to script. Kind of...

Cheetas Never Prosper I agree. After they get about 4 zillion complaints from people who cringe at the name, Bush Gardens (Blackstone?) will change it. Suggestions?: > The original name sounds good. > They're using "Cheetah Chase" with another attraction; maybe should rename that other...

Yes, and I've known a few that went into bankruptcy. Not how I'd define "employment magic".

The way in The way in is through the Casting Center, as an hourly, part-time or temporary employee earning less than a living wage. Some of those hourly employees are College Program cast; they have the first shot at moving up. After about a year at part-time, you are likely to be full...

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