I don't think attraction staff is who needs to be moved around as much. All of the rides are open (ok, refurb, down, etc), so they need to be staffed as is. It's the merch, food-kiosks, balloon people, photographers, security, cleaning staff, guest relations, etc., who are demand dependent.
Concerning Epcot and IP, I always think of Donald in Mathmagic Land. Donald is a recognizable, fun, and entertaining character that is appropriately utilized to help us relate to and learn about important facts and concepts that are otherwise not seen as being exactly fun. In this respect, the use of IP is appropriate as it furthers the goal of education.
How about from a consistent theme point-of-view? Adventureland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and then....Coco-land a.k.a. Mexico? Encanto-land...a.k.a Colombia? It doesn't make sense and this is why I don't think they will actually happen. Villains could easily be connected to Fantasyland thematically.
It’s such an easy refurb too. Wonder if it could be sponsored even? This also feels like a decade late.
Even those types of roles can’t just be moved around. There are different training requirements. Different roles are part of different unions. There are different pay scales. Just getting the right costume would be an issue.
MK turkey leg sales people have a different union than DAK? Aren't the costumes just S, M, L, XL?
MK turkey leg sales people should be permanently shifted to new positions...and then they can stop selling turkey legs finally.
You’re just not comprehending the complexity of WDW. Someone who works at Pecos Bill could pick up at Woodys Lunchbox. But neither of those people could pick up Satuli, or Docking Bay 7. Also when they work those other locations they are doing bussing, trash, drink filler, etc, because they don’t have the training required for that specific location. Not all character attendants can do all characters, etc. Its not as simple as you would like to believe it is.
What characters are at QS? It's just people taking burger orders. It's like being at McDonalds. (...and I like Pecos Bills).
I don’t want to waste time typing back and forth with you as you’re not understanding what I’m saying
I get there are some specialized cast members, but there are plenty of roles that are similar enough to allow for moving personnel from one park to the other. Guest Relations does not require additional training, as talking down an irate parent is the same.
The “some” is a larger number than you and many on here believe, is all I was trying to get across. For example even within your Guest Relations example, some cast that work the Blue Guest Experience Team umbrellas are not trained to work in a normal Guest Relations lobby and vice versa. There are 70,000 cast members at WDW and it is a super complex operation.
