Welcome to the real corporate world. This happens everyday in corporate America and the corporate world, whether Disney or not. As long as you work for "the other guy" this is the thanks you may receive, whether anyone likes it or not. That's just the way things are and the way it works sometimes, so to bash Disney as being "special" is just not looking at reality.
I think people fail to realize that Disney is a corporation and the bottom line is $. During tough economic times, this is one of the worst companies to be laid off from because like I've said, they become cold to you even if you have been there for decades. I've worked for other places that have treated their employees with better care during lay offs. I only say this because I know a few people that were laid off from Disneyland and these people once held the company on a pedestal but definitely not after the way they were treated back in April.