mrtoadslastride
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2001
We are here at WDW (only 2 more days left ), and I thought I would post a couple tidbits I have picked up.
A cast member told us that the closing of Port Orleans and the Carribean was caused more by a lack of hotel staff than by a lack of guests. Apparently, the Opryland and Universal Hotels have taken quite a few of Disneys resort staff. The cast member said that all of the cast members from the closed resorts have been used to cover openings at the other hotels. Obviously, lower booking rates have allowed them to get by with closing the resorts, but this was a different spin on the closings than I had seen posted before.
A few quickies...
No monorails planned in the future
Villians coaster park in the next 5 to 10 years to compete with Universal
Eisner is gone by next October if the stock price isn't above $35
Not a rumor
I didn't realize that the Transportation is now managed from New York. Several of the bus drivers blamed this fact for all of the problems they have been having, shared routes, removed routes. Also, managers in this area used to move up through the ranks. Now they are brought in from outside.
Back to the parks!!!
MrToad
A cast member told us that the closing of Port Orleans and the Carribean was caused more by a lack of hotel staff than by a lack of guests. Apparently, the Opryland and Universal Hotels have taken quite a few of Disneys resort staff. The cast member said that all of the cast members from the closed resorts have been used to cover openings at the other hotels. Obviously, lower booking rates have allowed them to get by with closing the resorts, but this was a different spin on the closings than I had seen posted before.
A few quickies...
No monorails planned in the future
Villians coaster park in the next 5 to 10 years to compete with Universal
Eisner is gone by next October if the stock price isn't above $35
Not a rumor
I didn't realize that the Transportation is now managed from New York. Several of the bus drivers blamed this fact for all of the problems they have been having, shared routes, removed routes. Also, managers in this area used to move up through the ranks. Now they are brought in from outside.
Back to the parks!!!
MrToad