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FutureCEO
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Yep. Old Key West and just a cavalcade of princess. They have expanded the cavalcades a bit from when they originally started them.
My kind of crowd at Epcot. Of course World Showcase was a bit different.
Does water make a difference? Nope
Fisherman's Pie in Ireland. It was a toss up between that and Paella as my favorite. The Schinkennudeln was great too but you can get that all year round. Outside of Epcot, I thought the food was kind of a letdown. The foods booths that were supposed to open in October only opened because Disney finally had the staff for them.
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Songbird76
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It looks like they might be. They had to lay off so many people, and now that they are reopening restaurants and resorts all the time, they have to rehire staff, some of whom have moved on. Someone mentioned in a Trip Report that there seemed to be a lot of new CMs "earning their ears" and that a lot of the restaurants seemed to be short-staffed. There was just an article on Disney Food Blog last week or the week before about whether Disney furloughs and layoffs would be their biggest regret. It mentions Disney having a lot of openings and offering signing bonuses to get the positions filled.
Will This End Up Being Disney's Biggest Regret? | the disney food blog
We're taking a look at a situation that may end up being a big regret for the Disney Company. See more here.
www.disneyfoodblog.com
Songbird76
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Have a great trip!! I'm so jealous!I do, but it seems unwise to discuss it here. I’ve been arguing about that and related issues on FB.
I don’t mind a PM discussion, but after Tuesday.We’re on the road to WDW right now!
Songbird76
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I got 8 out of 10. The two I missed are ones I have never seen.
Eat Pray Love I have avoided like the plague because I saw the author on Oprah and she just rubbed me the wrong way so I have no desire to read the book or watch the movie or have anything to do with the whole thing. No thank you. And the other one I missed was the one with Drew Barrymore.....I don't do horror movies, so I had no idea which of those horror movies it was. I also haven't seen Inception or Indiana Jones, and I wasn't very invested in the Meet the Parents....I never watched the sequels, so I kind of guessed that one because I knew that was the guy in it.
Songbird76
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Well I don't know what kind of Chinese food you can get at home, so it's hard to say whether you're right or wrong. I know for me, I can't get great Chinese food here and we at at 9 dragons on our honeymoon and it was fantastic. BUT, that was 20 years ago. I've wanted to go back since then, but A won't touch Chinese food and he wouldn't sit through a meal there, so I haven't. But, that being said, there's nothing that says you have to join them for every ADR....you're a big girl. Make your own reservation somewhere else, or just do counter service where you want to go. You don't get charged for the people who don't show up. Only if the entire party is a no show. So maybe go your own way if you think it's a waste of your time.
Goofyernmost
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I sincerely doubt that they are going to regret the layoffs. One has to look at the big picture. They were without any bankable income from the parks for many months. The single biggest expense is the labor force (CM's) They are also the easiest thing to control the cost of with something like this. No customers, no need for people to greet them. If one figured that the cost of the labor factor, based on 40K employees times and average of 20 hours per week and the average wage of $14.00 per hour is $11,200,000 per week.** I don't think that they completely closed down internally, there were animals to be fed, equipment to maintain, landscaping to be watched and nurtured. And all that would have to be supported with no income. We really don't understand completely how much it takes in cash outlay just for the place to continue to exist and be able to open as quickly as possible.It looks like they might be. They had to lay off so many people, and now that they are reopening restaurants and resorts all the time, they have to rehire staff, some of whom have moved on. Someone mentioned in a Trip Report that there seemed to be a lot of new CMs "earning their ears" and that a lot of the restaurants seemed to be short-staffed. There was just an article on Disney Food Blog last week or the week before about whether Disney furloughs and layoffs would be their biggest regret. It mentions Disney having a lot of openings and offering signing bonuses to get the positions filled.
Will This End Up Being Disney's Biggest Regret? | the disney food blog
We're taking a look at a situation that may end up being a big regret for the Disney Company. See more here.
Yes they lost many experienced CM's, transportation being the most skilled requirement of the lower level staff. But opening up slowly is the only way that they could possibly do it. This is the one time that I feel for any entertainment venue that was shut down by a Pandemic that they could do nothing about. We as fans should understand that there is no business sense in keeping paying for staff when there is nothing for them to do. The other thing that we don't think about in that big picture is that company's the size of TWDC are usually self insured. That means that all the unemployment money that the CM's received was paid directly by TWDC, not the government. The company is required to pay the amount of normal unemployment to reimburse the Government. The extra that the Government added on is not reimbursed by Disney. Company's take the risk of self insurance because it usually is cheaper, just not this time. At least this way they didn't have to pay matching SS payments.
The numbers I used were strictly a loose estimated guess. That said, however, I think if anything they are underestimated.
Songbird76
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Oh I'm not saying they were right or wrong to do layoffs. I have no idea about all that. I was just answering the question of are they having difficulties with staffing, and it appears they are. A lot of people moved on and got other jobs or started their own businesses using their skills that they used to use for Disney, and others were upset about the way it went down and don't want to go back to Disney. Now that more and more things are opening up again, they have to replace all the people they laid off, and that's a HUGE undertaking...you don't hire tens of thousands of people overnight, and you certainly don't train them that quickly. So staffing is going to be an issue for a while until they can get people trained and settled in their positions. I've read of several people in the Trip Reports who have mentioned that their experience with CMs is less than magical right now with new CMs who haven't been completely trained, and/or don't have the magical touch yet, not to mention that some restaurants are understaffed, so wait times are longer, service isn't as fast, etc. Whether it was right or wrong, it's taking its toll on guest experience, for sure.
ajrwdwgirl
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That Spaceship Earth picture is gorgeous! I love how golden it looks.
ajrwdwgirl
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The like was for your sis and her family being ok, hopefully. But Ida does look scary for those people. I can't imagine how anxious they must be feeling to see that storm coming.
Tony the Tigger
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At the cabin across the way:
Tony the Tigger
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Figgy1
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Thank you I would wear that
Tony the Tigger
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…but it’s a dish towel.Thank you I would wear that
Figgy1
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My lot in life is that of a house elf
So it's the standard uniform
Today I'm making/made 8 quarts of fried rice, 8 quarts of ragu(again not the stuff from a jar), canning dozens of jars of hot peppers, making an applesauce cake, having several words with Mount Laundry.....................
