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Pixieish

Pixieish

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ParentsOf4 said:
Please keep in mind that many experienced, high-priced cast members were replaced with cheaper, inexperienced labor beginning in the 1990s. Meanwhile, frontline management was under a great deal of pressure from senior management to reduce operating costs while simultaneously keeping attractions open.

Combined, it created an environment where safety was less important than it had been previously.

My experience is that in the majority of safety incidents, it was senior management that created the unsafe work environment by the priorities they set, and how those priorities impacted frontline employees.
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Sort of like my husband's job trying to send him to work with asbestos tile without a Hazmat suit. (Happens all the time.)
 
lazyboy97o

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CherylM said:
Actually, in terms of finish choices, like paint, it can. Different types of finish require different amounts of preparations, cure time, etc. Also, they may not have had the ability to weather-test the finishes chosen. Weather testing to some degree is performed by manufacturers, but when you've got weather combined with smog, etc...it becomes a whole different animal. It's sort of similar as to why cars last such a short time in New England as compared to Florida even though they're on the same coast - Florida doesn't salt its roads.
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A problem of installation is not a problem of choice. Shanghai Disneyland has issues of choice, using materials that would not have been allowed in other parks.
 
Pixieish

Pixieish

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lazyboy97o said:
A problem of installation is not a problem of choice. Shanghai Disneyland has issues of choice, using materials that would not have been allowed in other parks.
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What I'm saying though, is they may have had orders from above (someone not in touch with the realities of production/installation/etc.) to "just get it done ASAP", regardless of longevity or quality. This is something that occurs almost daily in the sign/exterior advertising business, and it ALWAYS costs the company because then they have to build the same product twice and deal with an unhappy client. In the company I used to work for, there were often yelling matches between department heads (I was head of graphics/interior production) and the ownership/upper management because the latter wanted to do something that just wasn't plausible or would cause major issues down the road. They literally just didn't care as long as the arbitrarily manufactured (by them) deadline was met. This same management nearly always tried to cut corners on both materials and upfront hours (for example, site walkthroughs to ensure that what was built could physically fit what was actually on site - plans are almost never 100% accurate). It's an unfortunate reality that the higher-ups who have major decision-making capabilities really have no clue as to what goes on in the front lines and they rarely listen to anyone who does know.

The best thing that ever happened to the company I worked for is that it was sold to someone who "always wanted to own a graphics business but didn't know anything about it". He came in, asked us what needed to be done to improve production, financials, and employee job satisfaction, and we all bent over backwards for him to make sure all three things happened.
 
Pixieish

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Princess Leia said:
Technically 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' was turned into an attraction. Still an R rated movie (came out in 1991, several years after PG-13 was released), but yeah, it's for a much different reason than Deadpool.
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Did you happen to see the insert that came with the bluray disk? I NEARLY PEED I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD.
 
FigmentJedi

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brb1006 said:
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Sped2424 said:
The gigantic replacement!
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DisneyFan18 said:
So they are announcing something tomorrow?
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Sped2424 said:
IT would appear so!
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This was just a short produced by Disney Interns
https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/201...ort-created-by-walt-disney-animation-interns/
 
Pixieish

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lazyboy97o said:
I think it goes way beyond just doing what they think kids will like. There has long been a line of thought that views what is now known as themed entertainment as anything from lowly, crass, carny commercialism to outright evil. It is a line of thought that comes from many of the same types of places as Disney's leadership has since the 1980s.
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Yep, all of those in upper corporate management today were students of the horrible "middle-management-thought" colleges of the past. Fortunately for us, they will begin dying out soon. Horrible to say, but not really in the grand scheme of things in the world in general.
 
Pixieish

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DznyRktekt said:
When I was a lad, if I had told my parents that I didn't like a nighttime spectacular at a Disney park or I was board at WDW, I think they would have looked at me with disbelief and then I don't know what would have happened.
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My 2 boys - both of whom are autistic - BEGGED to stay in line for three hours for Mine Train. And they waited without complaining. Heck...they have fun just sitting on the grass and waiting for a parade or watching the ducks...
 
Pixieish

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FigmentJedi said:
New Star Wars animated miniseries focused on female characters just announced.


Looks to be Disney's answer to DC Superhero Girls judging from how the announcement article on Entertainment Weekly is prominently featuring the doll line that seems to be designed for the specific purpose of "Little girls don't want Black Series action figures of these strong female role models, so we better go fix that with toys they do want".

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http://ew.com/movies/2017/04/13/sta.../?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter
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Ummm...those are horrible.
 
Pixieish

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He definitely does do this, just like he stops by hospitals in costume to visit sick kids, but it's only at Disneyland, not WDW. I read that he keeps one of the costumes with him in case circumstances arise that he wants to get into character.
 
Pixieish

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ford91exploder said:
They ceased being useful when the Unions interest became more important than the memberships. Sadly the average union member was better looked after by their union when unions were tied to the Mob, Now that unions are in governments pockets its all about the goodies flowing to union leadership and the campaign contributions flowing to keep the gravy train running. The average union member just funds the machine and gets bupkis
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That is flat out not true.
 
Pixieish

Pixieish

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Cesar R M said:
Maintain the foothold.
The moment unions start to disappear, you will start to see a lot of abuse, particularly from working conditions, working hours, eliminating the "extra hours" and other things.
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Agreed 1000%. My husband is a flooring installer and on the regular he gets sent to jobs with ASBESTOS and ZERO protective gear. OSHA requires full hazmat for handling asbestos because the fibers get in the air, you can't see them and breathe them in, and your lungs are toast. Oh - the company he works for also apparently handles biomedical waste with no hazmat suits. Yeah, his boss is a peach.
 

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