Price hike coming 10/9

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Comped

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ToTBellHop said:
What did they cut from that program? Didn’t see that. Very unfortunate if they did. I guess the pay raises are all the CMs get…
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Someone on Reddit posted this image...

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Which mentions the schools being cut in addition to the stuff in the tweet (notably UF and UofA, among others). The biggest part is no doubt the Masters being cut completely.
 
ULPO46

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To answer some questions no we are not happy because here in the states, universities are well within their financial payment deadlines for the fall term. This is happening just as the November/December 1 dollar raise for all cast members. The cap of 5,250 dollars is the maximum amount under Federal Law a company can grant before being taxed. This has been done as a cost savings move and honestly is the final nail in the coffin of very unhappy cast members. Aspire for years now has been a way for cast members to pursue degrees, get promotions within the company and grow. Most executives at Disneyworld and Disneyland are Aspire graduates. To severely limit this during a very difficult financial period is beyond me. It’s no wonder so many of my colleagues have left to go work for other companies. The Aspire benefit paid 100% of tuition plus gave us reimbursement of books with no questions asked so long as we worked for Disney. Very very few companies anywhere gave this option.
 

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ULPO46

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Comped said:
Notably according to this, the major Californian schools do not have a price cap yet... I wonder why...
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California Law is why. This has blindsided cast members on both coast because in the email California schools will eventually be placed on said cap. 5,250 doesn’t go far for a semester let alone an entire collegiate year.
 
IanDLBZF

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ULPO46 said:
View attachment 813501To answer some questions no we are not happy because here in the states, universities are well within their financial payment deadlines for the fall term. This is happening just as the November/December 1 dollar raise for all cast members. The cap of 5,250 dollars is the maximum amount under Federal Law a company can grant before being taxed. This has been done as a cost savings move and honestly is the final nail in the coffin of very unhappy cast members. Aspire for years now has been a way for cast members to pursue degrees, get promotions within the company and grow. Most executives at Disneyworld and Disneyland are Aspire graduates. To severely limit this during a very difficult financial period is beyond me. It’s no wonder so many of my colleagues have left to go work for other companies. The Aspire benefit paid 100% of tuition plus gave us reimbursement of books with no questions asked so long as we worked for Disney. Very very few companies anywhere gave this option.
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I think there will be calls for CMs to go on strike on both coasts, no doubt about it.
 
ULPO46

ULPO46

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IanDLBZF said:
I think there will be calls for CMs to go on strike on both coasts, no doubt about it.
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To what extent who knows it’s just unfair they do this when the FASFA deadline was today of all days for many universities across the US. It stinks for both hourly and salaried employees I was so excited to start my Masters in Engineering I had put it off for so long because of the cost and timing. To only have started and now getting this notice hurts. I made the move to Florida permanently for the canceled Lake Nona project and thought nothing could get worst, now this. It’s just wrong.
 
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Comped

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ULPO46 said:
To what extent who knows it’s just unfair they do this when the FASFA deadline was today of all days for many universities across the US. It stinks for both hourly and salaried employees I was so excited to start my Masters in Engineering I had put it off for so long because of the cost and timing. To only have started and now getting this notice hurts. I made the move to Florida permanently for the canceled Lake Nona project and thought nothing could get worst, now this. It’s just wrong.
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And here I thought salaried CMs had a different plan...
 
IanDLBZF

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ULPO46 said:
To what extent who knows it’s just unfair they do this when the FASFA deadline was today of all days for many universities across the US. It stinks for both hourly and salaried employees I was so excited to start my Masters in Engineering I had put it off for so long because of the cost and timing. To only have started and now getting this notice hurts. I made the move to Florida permanently for the canceled Lake Nona project and thought nothing could get worst, now this. It’s just wrong.
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Sorry to hear man. I’m so angry with this decision even though I’m not a CM myself I think maybe we should protest not with our wallets, but with our voices. Protesting with our wallets won’t help matters, but perhaps if we can convince cast members to do a walk out again like they did back in 2022. I think this will help matters.
 
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Splash4eva said:
$300 is a nice savings over 5 nights i would agree but again if $300 is making or breaking you assuming you dont park like you said to me is still cutting it close. The walk and extra work tho also needs to be a factor but strictly money wise $60 w night is nice
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I mean, I’m not describing myself here. We stay in 1 or 2 bedroom units at DVC, Wyndham Bonnet Creek, Sheraton Vistana, or the Marriotts 4-6 times per year. But for someone on a budget? You can still do Disney.

Edit: And Sheraton Vistana, for example, is a very economical way to stay at WDW.
 
monothingie

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ToTBellHop said:
The interesting thing here is: many of us view these CM cuts as unacceptable but we also despise rising prices. Increased CM benefits require higher prices to the guest, however. Colleges don’t accept pixie dust as payment.
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We have got to get that stock price back over $100.

Do it for Bob!
 
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Quietmouse said:
I get your distaste for Disney latest ways, but we have plenty of six flags, cedar fair/kings island…y’all can’t hate Disney latest actions as much as you want but these, “theme parks” don’t even try a quarter of what Disney is capable of doing.

So yes, aside from universal there is no real direct competition and in the theme park business, Disney is the sirloin and everyone else (aside from maybe knotts, silver dollar city/dolly wood / universal ) are grade school mystery meat.
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Honestly it depends what you think is the difference between them. I'll continue to state as far as park cleanliness, entertainment, and staff interactions, Cedar Point is right up there with Disney (in part from CP rising, and in large part from Disney falling). You won't get as much of the characters or the land theming, but CP seems to be heading that direction. And you know what to expect there as far as lines/FP.

But, short answer, people don't afford it, which is why attendance has not increased in decades, and why you see someone like Universal get a big increase the first year of opening areas followed by immediately dropping back down.
 

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