Obviously, the answer that most would give is that....because of COVID....it’s been harder for Disney to hire enough cast members to run the store, hence why other stores like Beverly Sunset Shop have been also left vacant across the park.
But, out of all the companies to not have enough people to run a few (rather small compared to other) stores, it seems like a pretty poor excuse judging how they continue to hire more and more people to help run new attractions like Ratatouille with no issue.
So....personally.....I’d be curious to hear on if there maybe something more happening behind the scenes as when I visited DHS two days ago and exited Muppet*Vision, it seems as if the Grand Avenue theming has extended all the way down to the entrance of the store with all that’s left being the paint marks, the Kermit clock, the two giant Kermit statues, and a few other tiny details.
Of course, for years, the Muppet Studio Store has been slowly becoming less and less Muppets and more like a normal store (that, for some reason, recently started selling Nightmare Before Christmas merchandise especially).
Maybe, with the excuse of it being closed for “budgetary reasons”, they might be removing all the timeless Muppets decorations inside and replacing it with more generic Disney ones.
Hopefully I’m wrong but who knows with Mr. Clean in charge.
But, out of all the companies to not have enough people to run a few (rather small compared to other) stores, it seems like a pretty poor excuse judging how they continue to hire more and more people to help run new attractions like Ratatouille with no issue.
So....personally.....I’d be curious to hear on if there maybe something more happening behind the scenes as when I visited DHS two days ago and exited Muppet*Vision, it seems as if the Grand Avenue theming has extended all the way down to the entrance of the store with all that’s left being the paint marks, the Kermit clock, the two giant Kermit statues, and a few other tiny details.
Of course, for years, the Muppet Studio Store has been slowly becoming less and less Muppets and more like a normal store (that, for some reason, recently started selling Nightmare Before Christmas merchandise especially).
Maybe, with the excuse of it being closed for “budgetary reasons”, they might be removing all the timeless Muppets decorations inside and replacing it with more generic Disney ones.
Hopefully I’m wrong but who knows with Mr. Clean in charge.
