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

[monothingie]

Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams its theme park business


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/disney-to-layoff-28000-employees-as-coronavirus-slams-theme-park-business.html

 

[UNCgolf]

Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams its theme park business


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/disney-to-layoff-28000-employees-as-coronavirus-slams-theme-park-business.html

I don't think anyone should be surprised by this news.

 

[Mac Tonight]

I guess the OP finally got something right... yikes.

 

[Parker in NYC]

Have some respect.

Have a higher post count.

 

[Parker in NYC]

Umm, thanks, I guess? No need to start a fight here. Too many sad things already happening.

I'm irked - especially in these times - when I see misplaced condescension. So, I'm here to return the favor.

 

[Ldno]

The axe is falling indeed on all markets.

This morning my girlfriend’s flight got cancelled for December out of the blue. Then removed booking Wednesdays alltogether because of a “government” decision, the reduced flights leaving will make her have a 12 hour layover at an airport, thank goodness her reservation window for dining/stuff is not set in stone, because it was easy to move the reservations for the parks a day and she still has some time.

Can you imagine if airlines did this a month closer to the flight? She would had been out of luck With the reservation system at the parks if they were sold out.

My question is does Magical Express run 24/7? She gets there right at 5am...

 

[JoeCamel]

The axe is falling indeed on all markets.

This morning my girlfriend’s flight got cancelled for December out of the blue. Then removed booking Wednesdays alltogether because of a “government” decision, the reduced flights leaving will make her have a 12 hour layover at an airport, thank goodness her reservation window for dining/stuff is not set in stone, because it was easy to move the reservations for the parks a day and she still has some time.

Can you imagine if airlines did this a month closer to the flight? She would had been out of luck With the reservation system at the parks if they were sold out.

My question is does Magical Express run 24/7? She gets there right at 5am...

I booked a trip for this week three weeks ago. The flights have changed three times since then with the nonstop becoming a connecting flight.

 

[Ldno]

This is the only downside of the park reservations, Last minute changes suck.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The axe is falling indeed on all markets.

This morning my girlfriend’s flight got cancelled for December out of the blue. Then removed booking Wednesdays alltogether because of a “government” decision, the reduced flights leaving will make her have a 12 hour layover at an airport, thank goodness her reservation window for dining/stuff is not set in stone, because it was easy to move the reservations for the parks a day and she still has some time.

Can you imagine if airlines did this a month closer to the flight? She would had been out of luck With the reservation system at the parks if they were sold out.

My question is does Magical Express run 24/7? She gets there right at 5am...

I’m not sure about the current operations but I flew overnight from Anaheim to Orlando a couple years back and got in at either 4 or 4:30 am. By the time I picked up my bag and got to magical express they were checking people in and boarding a bus.

 

[TheRealMichaelEisner]

Notice my timing?

 

[Animaniac93-98]

But I thought they said everything was fine during the last earnings call, Disney was doing so great, everything would be fine by Christmas and fake insiders were just spreading doom and gloom?

[sarcasm]

 

[Lilofan]

But I thought they said everything was fine during the last earnings call, Disney was doing so great, everything would be fine by Christmas and fake insiders were just spreading doom and gloom?

[sarcasm]

For the blame game to blame Governor Newsome (CA) doesn't fly.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

While I DISAGREE with what WDW is doing here and yet again taking another step towards making their "resorts" just glorified hotels with a Disney name - a note on the comment above. Disney does not qualify for any of the PPP loans.

Corporate assistance was never disclosed...bout a trillion in that too.

You think a company with enormous political sway “got none”?

 

[Parker in NYC]

For the blame game to blame Governor Newsome (CA) doesn't fly.

But that is the new narrative. The last one didn't work for them. And boy, will it be shoved down our throats like castor oil or glue (it seems a little more accurate than 'gruel').

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

But that is the new narrative. The last one didn't work for them. And boy, will it be shoved down our throats like castor oil or glue (it seems a little more accurate than 'gruel').

I can see Chapek singing now...

“Brimstone and treacle and carbolic soap, these are the tools of my trade. With spoonfuls of sugar you don’t have a hope of seeing that changes are made.”

 

[Parker in NYC]

I can see Chapek singing now...

“Brimstone and treacle and carbolic soap, these are the tools of my trade. With spoonfuls of sugar you don’t have a hope of seeing that changes are made.”

Absolutely! Also, the musical? Yay!

 

[Lilofan]

I can see Chapek singing now...

“Brimstone and treacle and carbolic soap, these are the tools of my trade. With spoonfuls of sugar you don’t have a hope of seeing that changes are made.”

I remember carbolic soap. The smell to wake up the dead.

 

[JoeCamel]

Notice my timing?

like you should be on DWTS

 

[Tha Realest]

I get Iger may desire to preserve political capital for his future, but he’s been awfully silent throughout this notwithstanding having an important place at the table. https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7news.com/amp/bob-iger-gavin-newsom-california-task-force/6111859/

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I get Iger may desire to preserve political capital for his future, but he’s been awfully silent throughout this notwithstanding having an important place at the table. https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7news.com/amp/bob-iger-gavin-newsom-california-task-force/6111859/

This is the kind of thing that should kill his political prospects.

Just point to this and the $ he collected this year and nobody will have sympathy or respect for him, especially if he runs as D.