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  1. FullSailDan

    Disney Parks office-based employees begin returning to work locations

    As COO, I am the management. My teams do not work the hours I do, but they also dont have as much equity in the company and I'm well compensated for my time. Probably more than I should be.
  2. FullSailDan

    Disney Parks office-based employees begin returning to work locations

    It's very culturally dependent. My company is 100% remote now and we are way more productive than when we were in the office. We're logging more hours too. The CEO and I are often up early and late working on things together. I basically work non-stop most weekdays from 5am to 7 or 8pm most...
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    What has happened to the place we (used to) love?

    It's funny because I don't think that statement is actually true. High wealth individuals know when something is worth what their paying. Disney doesn't even come close to meeting that thresholding in the parks, much less the hotels. Even the Grand Flo barely measures up to hotels I'd expect to...
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    Is it really that bad?

    I think the Disneyland experience has the most promise for a family vacation given your crowd. The smaller footprint makes it much easier to navigate and keep everyone happy during a park day. Easier to get in and out of the parks for nap-time, less hassle in the parks with crowds, and generally...
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    Is it really that bad?

    Land without a doubt. I grew up going to DL but worked at WDW during college, lived near WDW and was a weekly visitor for many years. I used to really love WDW in the 2000s, but I've been back to Disneyland a few times in recent years and every time theres just something that feels more...
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    Dangerous Levels of Heat Index for Orlando (July 18 - Aug 3, 2022)

    In many areas where heat and humidity is rampant, like Florida, buildings will keep temps much cooler to prevent mold growth. Outside of the south, you'll often find restaurants kept cooler to increase appetites and therefor orders.
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    Is Victoria and Alberts ever coming back?

    It's very... polished(?), but something about it just feels...wrong. I haven't quite figured it out yet. I get a very strong vibe of hotel salon converted to dining space. Which I suppose that's essentially what this is, but for the category of restaurant this purports to be... it shouldn't ever...
  8. FullSailDan

    Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World

    So glad I left Orlando when I did. The experience for local passholders is so abysmal now. Hope it improves soon for you guys!
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    Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World

    This is probably more a failure of the business/operations in terms of requirements documentation. QA probably had very simple acceptance criteria for "a user can checkout and receive a fastpass" and didn't have a requirement that the time displayed is the time given. There would have been user...
  10. FullSailDan

    Crowds at DHS

    All this talk of capacity issues in HS misses a bigger picture problem: the impact of park hopping from HS. Its capacity limitations are a feature, not a flaw. A decade ago, none of the attractions at HS besides RnR and TT were "must dos" and so the half day park moniker was very truthful. With...
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    News Disney transforms Magic Kingdom's famous purple wall to celebrate PRIDE Month at Walt Disney World and will donate merch profits to support LGBTQIA+

    As another gay man, I wholeheartedly agree. The idea of the rainbow was that it represented the full spectrum of humanity and created a cohesive whole of all of us. When Baker originally designed it, it had pink in it to represent sex. That stripe was removed due to a shortage of pink fabric...
  12. FullSailDan

    Please delete.

    The period of peak activity you mention was riding a peak of investment in the parks by Disney. There was quite a bit of change happening; some good, some bad. New attractions were being planned, the parks were growing, the overall experience for the value was really high, etc. Argue however...
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    News Chapek FIRED, Iger New CEO

    That article is a perfect picture of investor groups gutting companies long term health for short term personal gains. "Once Disney becomes shareholder-friendly and produces returns for its owners, then there might be a chance that its stock will rise. Until then, long-term value investors...
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    News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

    There have been several lawsuits across the nation about profiting from permitting and charging for permits unequally. In almost all cases, the counties or cities have lost. Basically permits can’t be used a means of gatekeeping, they exist to ensure public safety.
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    News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure

    It's much more complicated than that even. The ride is really popular over there as is. It's considered very 'kawaii' (cutesy), which is very popular in Japan even among the most burliest of men (masculinity in Japan is a whole other discussion). They literally see zero benefit in changing...
  16. FullSailDan

    Disney plans to build a massive dynamic art installation on International Drive

    I'm fully on the bandwagon for criticizing Disney for the way they are running the parks lately, but it never ceases to amaze how far will people will go to nitpick every little thing the company does. I don't see an issue with Disney brining a little life to an ugly area of I4 (other than...
  17. FullSailDan

    Orlando Becoming East Coast Headquarters for Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products

    The NY to FL thing is real right now. We got about 12 offers in 2 days of our house being on the market and several were cash offers from the NE all with stupid price escalation clauses. Meanwhile I’m not the only Floridian I know to be making the post COVID move out west. To be fair we did...
  18. FullSailDan

    Orlando Becoming East Coast Headquarters for Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products

    Payroll tax is certainly NOT what they are concerned about here, the cost of withholding and calculating them is basically a rounding error level expense. What’s driving this is the cost of growth. Almost every county in central florida is offering crazy incentives to attract companies to...
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    Politics 28000 Layoffs coming to Disney's domestic theme parks - statement from Josh D'Amaro

    Yellow shoes still exists. Not surprising they use multiple ad agencies, most companies do especially in the digital space. I help large companies comply with privacy rights laws and inevitable have to do quite a bit of work in digital marketing and advertising. It’s always the most complicated...
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    News Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin to eliminate 1136 employees

    I work for a big 4 consulting firm, we've been the largest client for several domestic airlines and hotels for years. Publicly we've indicated there will be zero travel unless it goes through significant approvals until at least early next year. In private weve got multiple initiatives stood up...
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