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I heard the death rattles coming from this thread. Can't let it go out in a whimper.

Further agree. The stock price reflects a sentiment that "things will be okay" and the company will emerge unscathed. That is totally insane but it is probably gonna be the opinion that rules the day. There's also a ton of global government stimulus money that's keeping the markets afloat. Like...

I've been giving consideration to what could go right for Disney on earnings day tomorrow vs the obvious catastrophes. And I do see a few ways they can avoid a total stock collapse. One thing Disney absolutely needs is knockout D+ and Hulu subscriber growth. Disney announced back in May that...

I have a sequel thread but I’m playing wait and see till after tomorrow. Too much noise in the air right now.

Having bounced around the Las Vegas job market a bit, this is definitely one of those “six and one half dozen of the other” looks in 2020. Many of these frontline customer service jobs are meat grinders. The operations are so difficult to work with that no one is even really expected to stay...

Wow. Thank you for the kind words spoken by all. There is a sequel thread I've hit "save draft" on a fair amount. Probs tomorrow. Today, a Splash Mountain boat went underwater and all hands abandoned ship. I can't top that.

Oh so that's how they plan on getting the ride closed ASAP. Seriously so much is going wrong there an outside investigation might be warranted.

Not sure I was the OG source on that one.... just posted the right thing at the right time.

Have I missed anything good?

On the ppl staying at home and buying expensive stuff relative to their means -- a lot of income losses got replaced by the government UI program. Some of the Wall Street analyst critters think that represents 4% of American GDP that was saved from total income losses. Changes in govt benefits...

Last part not a surprise. The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer.

FYI, layoffs have commenced at WD P&R. I’m not able to disclose more at this time. But anyone with peeps at Team Disney can find out what’s up.

Ahhh interesting. Word going around is so many staff is going home due to COVID scares that attractions is having a time of it. Having said that, I do note that basically every attraction listed uses live entertainment. And they're all seemingly closing at once. The same live entertainment...

Some elaboration on Universal rumors: Sounds like *something* is going down in UC over Epic Universe this afternoon. Given that all indications are that the project is toast and most ppl were laid off anyway..... I hesitate to speculate but I assume the worst. On the same topic, I am also...

I'd put money down on Nintendo coming to USF by 2023.

Bingo.

She can backtrack, but this park is dead as a door nail. The last remaining creatives on the project get sacked at the end of August per their layoff agreements.

Y'all probably don't need me to break the news -- and @AliciaStella on Twitter gets the hattip for breaking it first: Epic Universe is cancelled. They're gonna build a new park, and its gonna be great. But it won't be in the next five years and it won't be Epic Universe.

On how much the NBA is subsidizing WDW ops, the bill Disney is presenting is about $1.5 million a day. That's...... not a lot of money. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-disney-world-price-tag-resorts-arena-employees-bubble-042103766.html It could be argued that Bob Iger is using company resources...

Pushing, moving, hustling.... figures of speech. I did not infer that Disney was forcing this merch on anyone. The hogs were fighting at the feeding trough. There was an order from the top over merch. It was supposed to be yanked from the parks. I know they did remove the attraction poster and...