On layoffs, very bad attendance, and Iger's legacy being one of disgrace

[DCLcruiser]

I wouldn't complain, but It would definitely be an adventure. I'm not the most skilled at navigating public transportation.

European train system is pretty good and you can easily get Business or First Class at prices that seem cheap.

For example, we've done: Fly to Vienna, spend some time, then day trip to Bratislava by boat, day trip to Budapest by tour guide van, then train ride to Salzburg, then train ride to Munich, day trip to Neuschwanstein Castle, fly home from Munich.

Or for Italy: fly to Rome, spend a few days, then take a train to Florence, followed by a local to Pisa and then back to Rome, (7am-11pm).

 

[Heppenheimer]

I wouldn't complain, but It would definitely be an adventure. I'm not the most skilled at navigating public transportation.

Luckily, most of the transportation infrastructure in Europe is fairly language-neutral, or at least uses English as a back-up language.

Buying tickets from the Deutsche Bahn automatic kiosks, for example, is about a difficult as withdrawing money from an ATM.

 

[Heppenheimer]

European train system is pretty good and you can easily get Business or First Class at prices that seem cheap.

For example, we've done: Fly to Vienna, spend some time, then day trip to Bratislava by boat, day trip to Budapest by tour guide van, then train ride to Salzburg, then train ride to Munich, day trip to Neuschwanstein Castle, fly home from Munich.

Or for Italy: fly to Rome, spend a few days, then take a train to Florence, a local to Pisa and then back to Rome, in about 16 hours.

And if flying home from Munich, spend the night before your flight here, which is about a 10 minute cab ride away from the airport:

The largest thermal spa in the world : Therme Erding

Therme Erding near Munich is the largest thermal spa in the world. With a wave pool, 28 slides, exotic thermal baths, vitality oasis and sauna world.

www.therme-erding.de

Other than the mixed-gender nudity in the spa area, the themeing is so well done, you'd think you were at a Disney resort.

 

[DCBaker]

Where? I see a food bank giving out food every Friday (admittedly early since I drive by around 1130am) and it has a lot of people...but not 4.5hrs worth of people

"At 4 a.m., the first furloughed workers arrive to stake out their spots for free groceries. They wait for 4 1/2 hours in their cars, their masked faces lit up by their cell phones in the darkness.

If they show up late, the food — frozen chicken, fresh tomatoes and gallons of milk — might run out.

By the 9 a.m., the nearly bumper-to-bumper row of cars stretches 2 miles, clogging up one lane of Orange Blossom Trail and heading down Landstreet Road."

A food bank gives groceries to furloughed Disney workers. The car line stretches for 2 miles

At 4 a.m., the first furloughed workers arrive to stake out their spots for free groceries. They wait for 4 1/2 hours in their cars, their masked faces lit up by their cell phones in the darkness. …

www.orlandosentinel.com

 

[Lilofan]

Where? I see a food bank giving out food every Friday (admittedly early since I drive by around 1130am) and it has a lot of people...but not 4.5hrs worth of people

OBT/Landstreet Rd until supplies run out.

 

[crispy]

By the end of next week, I am told fifteen percent of the company world wide(just to clarify it is not just WDW or DL) will not be working.
The grain of salt I take it with is smaller because of how right this person's info was about other things.
I don't know for certain. I am not here to prove anything. Just passing along the info.

How many total employees is that? My search showed 223,000 total employees in 2019, but I am not sure how accurate that is for 2020.

 

[Miss Bella]

European train system is pretty good and you can easily get Business or First Class at prices that seem cheap.

For example, we've done: Fly to Vienna, spend some time, then day trip to Bratislava by boat, day trip to Budapest by tour guide van, then train ride to Salzburg, then train ride to Munich, day trip to Neuschwanstein Castle, fly home from Munich.

Or for Italy: fly to Rome, spend a few days, then take a train to Florence, followed by a local to Pisa and then back to Rome, (7am-11pm).

All great suggestions. I've done four European cruises and we never do ship excursions. I know it's all doable. My kids will be 17 and 18. It's much easier to travel now. I always tell people with young children to cruise. It's just so much easier in my opinion.

 

[Disorbust]

Wow half are talking about taking cruises the other half is talking 15% lay-off and 4 hour waits at food banks. Check your privilege.

 

[Lilofan]

Wow half are talking about taking cruises the other half is talking 15% lay-off and 4 hour waits at food banks. Check your privilege.

People seem to living their own reality in this pandemic. To each his own.

 

[DCLcruiser]

All great suggestions. I've done four European cruises and we never do ship excursions. I know it's all doable. My kids will be 17 and 18. It's much easier to travel now. I always tell people with young children to cruise. It's just so much easier in my opinion.

I like cruises because we don't have to pick one destination. Your "hotel" floats to a new city/island each day, or so.

That being said, Europe has so much history and beauty that you need to get off the boat. I always look in wonder at Europe and think to myself..."things must have been so bad for my ancestors to actually leave this place."

Wow half are talking about taking cruises the other half is talking 15% lay-off and 4 hour waits at food banks. Check your privilege.

I'll say two things:
1) Having something to look forward to (a trip?) is healthy.
2) The companies and their employees will appreciate your business. This is not the time to hoard your money, if you have the means to spend.

 

[legwand77]

Wow half are talking about taking cruises the other half is talking 15% lay-off and 4 hour waits at food banks. Check your privilege.

Going on a cruise or being able to go on a cruise will directly help people that are furloughed. It will bring jobs back.

 

[Heppenheimer]

That being said, Europe has so much history and beauty that you need to get off the boat. I always look in wonder at Europe and think to myself..."things must have been so bad for my ancestors to actually leave this place."

I've seen plenty of old photographs of the region where I lived in Germany, from the 19th century to the present. What really struck me was how worn-out and cruddy much of it looked until relatively recently. They really put the money from the post-war boom to good use cleaning up all the old buildings that could be salvaged.

 

[bpiper]

Going on a cruise or being able to go on a cruise will directly help people that are furloughed. It will bring jobs back.

Considering that most of the staff of the ship are foreign nationals, not as many as you would think.

 

[Lilofan]

Going on a cruise or being able to go on a cruise will directly help people that are furloughed. It will bring jobs back.

Have you been on cruises? Most that work on board are foreign nationals from all over the world.

 

[legwand77]

Considering that most of the staff of the ship are foreign nationals, not as many as you would think.

Have you seen the large building that looks like a cruise ship, lots of people work there.

 

[bpiper]

I've seen plenty of old photographs of the region where I lived in Germany, from the 19th century to the present. What really struck me was how worn-out and cruddy much of it looked until relatively recently. They really put the money from the post-war boom to good use cleaning up all the old buildings that could be salvaged.

Correct. As a WWII buff, what most people don't realize is that Allied bombing raids pretty much flattened every building in every city in Germany. Most of the buildings you see in Germany now are either damaged ones that were fixed up or where totally rebuilt from scratch....

 

[legwand77]

Have you been on cruises? Most that work on the board are foreign nationals from all over the world.

Of course, but you do realize there are land base operations/customer service employees.

 

[Archie123]

Going on a cruise or being able to go on a cruise will directly help people that are furloughed. It will bring jobs back.

There will not be any major cruise line sailing to at least 1Q in 2021.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Have you been on cruises? Most that work on board are foreign nationals from all over the world.

What about the people working at the port, the airport terminal, driving the bus from the airport, staffing the website where you booked the cruise, etc. We are all connected. Go spend if you can.

 

[bpiper]

Have you seen the large building that looks like a cruise ship, lots of people work there.

From Crew-Center.com a cruise industry staffing website, number of crew for each ship:

Disney Dream	Disney Cruise Line	1500
Disney Fantasy	Disney Cruise Line	1450
Disney Magic	Disney Cruise Line	945
Disney Wonder	Disney Cruise Line	945

I doubt that the large cruise ship building has anywhere near as many staff as the Wonder or Magic.

But every job returned helps.