Cinderella and others arrested

[Quest4fun]

How on EARTH can you make that assumption??? I just don't get it.

Back to water rides...
Not a big fan of Splash Mountain, but did you know if you sit in the very back row of Pirates - egad you get wet!!!

You can't beat the misting you get in the back of Pirates.

Pirates are skilled laborers. Sailors you know! Sorry. I couldn't resist. I'm done now.

 

[Quest4fun]

This is how you let bygones be bygones. I'd like to see some other thread's pull a 180 like this!

I think the best water ride is the Jungle Cruise.

 

[disneyobsessed808]

You can't beat the misting you get in the back of Pirates.

Pirates are skilled laborers. Sailors you know! Sorry. I couldn't resist. I'm done now.

What other rides can you get wet on besides the obvious ones like Splash, GRR, and Pirates?

I used to love playing in the splash playgrounds like the one in Tomorrowland, when they actually turned it on.

 

[disneyobsessed808]

This is how you let bygones be bygones. I'd like to see some other thread's pull a 180 like this!

I think the best water ride is the Jungle Cruise.

Ooh, agreed. I know all the jokes already, but I still love hearing the skippers deliver them, no matter how successful they actually are.

This thread totally boosted my post count.

 

[Quest4fun]

Ooh, agreed. I know all the jokes already, but I still love hearing the skippers deliver them, no matter how successful they actually are.

This thread totally boosted my post count.

I think I got my thread count making fun of American Idol contestant David Archuletta. I'm not ashamed.

 

[CrazyDuck]

How on EARTH can you make that assumption??? I just don't get the mass generalizations.

How many housekeeping people or cooks do you know that have a bachelors degree? Most people with degrees are smart enough NOT to have to make beds for a living! For example disneyobsessed808

My job requires a Bachelor's

You don't make beds for a living do you?

 

[heatherleigh]

"Most of the people this union represents (cooks and housekeeping) are probably unskilled and uneducated ...

How on EARTH can you make that assumption??? I just don't get the mass generalizations."


Well weren't you the one who basically said that people just "fell into" that line of work. Or had no opportunity to make it to college. The luck of the draw, you know? So by your line of thought, these people are probably unskilled because they didn't have a chance of going to college to make it. Obviously it wasn't said verbatim, but that was what was inferred.

To me, that is being generalized. Your opinions just differ. But you're doing the same thing, by your own definition.

 

[Disney Dreams]

...Most of the people this union represents (cooks and housekeeping) are probably unskilled and uneducated...

How on EARTH can you make that assumption??? I just don't get the mass generalizations....

How many housekeeping people or cooks do you know that have a bachelors degree?...

Well, let's see....
Cooks who want to be chefs. Cooks who want to go on to management. Maids that want to work their way up into hotel management. Someone with a degree who moved and took a job that offered health benefits (which are now threatened) to support the family while looking for something in their career area. I could go on and on.

Well weren't you the one who basically said that people just "fell into" that line of work. Or had no opportunity to make it to college....

Uh, no.

...So by your line of thought, these people are probably unskilled because they didn't have a chance of going to college to make it.

That is not at all what I said, nor could it be further from what I believe. I don't believe "these people," as you call them, are unskilled, nor anything else you said there.

 

[pixiewings71]

Ohhh Ohhhh.....I like Splash and Pirates best!! I've ridden Grizz once and when I got off I was so soaked...if I stayed at the GCH I would ride Grizz much more but since crossing picket lines is akin to dealing drugs maybe I should rethink that strategy. LOL

 

[CrazyDuck]

Well, let's see....
Cooks who want to be chefs. Cooks who want to go on to management. Maids that want to work their way up into hotel management. Someone with a degree who moved and took a job that offered health benefits (which are now threatened) to support the family while looking for something in their career area. I could go on and on.

Yea that describes the majority of the people sitting in the middle of Harbor Blvd. dressed as Mickey Mouse wearing handcuffs.... Sure BTW I'd be very surprised if any of the top managers at the DLR "worked their way up"!

 

[Disney Dreams]

Just thought I would share this article with some interesting points of clarification:

• The entire protest was arranged to end in arrests.
• It was done so that no Cast Members were arrested.
• Anaheim police worked with union officials so the union statement could be made and everyone would be cleared quickly.

Essentially, it was completely choreographed.

Here the story.

 

[Disney Dreams]

Yea that describes the majority of the people sitting in the middle of Harbor Blvd. dressed as Mickey Mouse wearing handcuffs.... Sure BTW I'd be very surprised if any of the top managers at the DLR "worked their way up"!

Not one of the people arrested is a current Disneyland cast member. Roll your eyes at whatever you like, but facts are facts.

As for your second comment, next time you are at Disneyland or WDW, try talking to some of the more senior cast members about their career path. Many worked their way up within the company.

 

[bigrich]

Lets see, in all the years I have been going to Disneyland at least twice a year it seems that crowds have gotten larger (business is good) and prices have gone up (real good). Never once have I begrudged the prices of hotels, food, or entry. The food quality has gone down the prices up. Just like the oil companies they (Disney) are making more than ever before.

In my opinion the least Disney could is take some of their profits and make their employees happy, not disgruntled so they can continue to deliver the experience we all go there for.

 

[JaneJetson]

What other rides can you get wet on besides the obvious ones like Splash, GRR, and Pirates?

I used to love playing in the splash playgrounds like the one in Tomorrowland, when they actually turned it on.

Don't they still have one of the splash playgrounds at DCA?

 

[JaneJetson]

Ohhh Ohhhh.....I like Splash and Pirates best!! I've ridden Grizz once and when I got off I was so soaked...if I stayed at the GCH I would ride Grizz much more but since crossing picket lines is akin to dealing drugs maybe I should rethink that strategy. LOL

HAHAHAHAHA!! I seriously laughed out loud at that.

 

[TheZue]

I just want to add one thing to the college issue. Sometimes things happen in life that make it impossible to get to college. When I had just turned 21 my father died unexpectedly and I ended up being fully responsible for a very ill mother. For the next 11 years I had to deal with her extremely unpredictable disease and there was no way for me to hold a job let alone get through school. My 20s were basically a write off. Even now that she is in a home I still have to deal with the occasional crisis. Fortunately I met my husband before this happened because I certainly would not have gotten married had I not met him first. But even he made career sacrifices due to my mother since he had to hold a job where he could leave to pick her up off the floor a couple times a week without warning. We also avoided moving to areas where the job prospects were MUCH better since we couldn't leave her alone in a town and moving her would have been almost impossible. Life is not always as simple as work hard & be rewarded, or you are a product of your choices. Sometimes life doesn't give you a choice in terms of what you will get to deal with. Sometimes hard work isn't rewarded. That said I would still use the strike as a great time to push the merits of college on my kids, but without the judgments...we don't know what path those people have been down.

 

[disneyobsessed808]

You don't make beds for a living do you?

No, I don't.

My point was that I don't make that much more than they do, even as someone with a bachelor's AND that its hard enough making ends meet without having family members to support. It goes to show even with an education, finding a job or quiiting a job and finding another, is easier said than done.

I wish I had a union though that would protect me from being fired without cause, protect the benefits promised in compensation packages (and not rescinding them even though there's a contract), and ensuring a healthy work environment

You were saying that 14.50 is much more than minimum wage and so we should put that in perspective. But you also, have to take into perspective that the grandmother is supporting three grandchildren and her mother.

 

[disneyobsessed808]

Don't they still have one of the splash playgrounds at DCA?

They have two I believe, but I'm embarrassed as a grown man to splash around in them with little kids.

 

[Eaglefan9727]

Ive only read a handful of comments on this thread, But let not all put the blame on these people who are picketing. Disney is at blame as well for not getting this contract done either, So if youre going to blame one. Blame the other side as well as both of them are at fault for not settling this contract dispute.

 

[JaneJetson]

They have two I believe, but I'm embarrassed as a grown man to splash around in them with little kids.

Well, if you have kids you could run around with them and no one would care. But if you were alone...yeah...you'd get some weird looks.