Oh yes, that makes sense, WDW is already low on staff; many thousands laid off via email due to the pandemic. The park pass reservation system attempts to lower capacity to match the lower staff they currently have.
Anytime someone can’t get a reservation for the park they want the reservation system is doing its job.
This is 100% true.. It is also worth noting that Orlando is not dependent on the service industry anymore.. Sure it is still a HUGE segment and will never not be but there are a lot more jobs here that are not in a theme park or hotel.. My company (concrete and asphalt) is hiring like crazy for example.
It's absolutely working but there are definitely unforeseen consequences of such a system.
The problem with that is in order to take one of these lower wage jobs at WDW is that they cannot pay enough to live here. You have to live in squalor or with 4 other roommates if you do.
I live in NY and been on Wall St for 25 years. People living with roommates is not something that is related to Fla/Disney only. Ive seen and still do younger people who share apartments etc to save on costs.
I think wages should increase to get the parks at full capacity but in the same respect they cant start paying silly wages either but there needs to be a happy medium bc they have definitely lost the people who were diehards who would do anything to work for the Mouse…
Major metropolitan cities are one thing because the cost of living should be high and there is essentially no real estate. In orlando, there are no less than 5 apartments being built. None of them are worth 2300 a month, but they will be that much at least.
Didnt realize it was that low where everyone living there was employed. Assuming surrounding areas are around the same? Either way i cant believe they cant find ways to pay higher wages than other similar places and basically poach other companies of their workers. Especially when it comes to restaurants etc.
Ive already stated numerous times on other posts that of the issue is wages they need to find a way to get people in. IE with higher wages initially.
I worked on the floor as a $2 broker for years
That reminds me of a meme, "You aren't stuck in traffic, you are traffic."
Unaware of this as a significant problem. Most people plan trips far in advance and heed the reservation requirement warnings. Last minute hotel reservations are more of an issue but a lot of those are DVC members who are aware of the system. I think the biggest issue is people vacationing in the Central FL area and visiting Disney on a whim or last minute decision who have no idea what's going on.
