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Will there be a strike?

Planning a vacation to Disney World soon and want to know if there will be a strike when you get there? You might want to call Disney and let them know you expect them to settle with the unions and preserve your vacacation.

At lot of the talk around the union is that why would someone working at the park making $7.00 an hour want to strike. Do they expect to earn a living working at Dumbo or the fast food counter. The reality is no. They do not. Most are part time employees, people who are supplimenting their income, or dedicated Disney fans of some sort. These employees probably didn’t even vote in the election, and if they did they were probably among the ‘yes’ votes as their income would be severly impacted by a strike.

My sense is the people who voted no on this contract are the people who have the highest skilled jobs (some require special training or licenses). These positions include Bus Drivers, Characters, Housekeeping. Their pay scales have been structured in such a manner that if you work 4-5 years in a position you’re now earning what could be a decent wage ($13-$15/hr). If you throw in a little overtime and have two wage earners in the household you could even do quite nicely in parts of Orlando/Kissimmee.

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Disneyland’s Castle Revealed

Disneyland’s 50th Celebration is approaching fast. Work goes on around the park repairing some of the damage done to the infrastructure and sprucing up the 50 year old structures with a fresh coat of paint. Sleeping Beauty Castle is being painted to be the ‘crown jewel’ in the park. The new paint job was just… Read More »Disneyland’s Castle Revealed

Just Ducky, Donald

If you’re a fan of Donald Duck, or Disney animation period, you might want to find your way to Eugene Oregon this month for a celebration of the foul mouth fowl. The University of Oregon is the only college with a Disney character as their mascot: A duck emblem was in use by 1933, and… Read More »Just Ducky, Donald

Disneyland’s ex-mime

Well, now that Mark Wenzel is no longer working at Disneyland as Lagniappe the Mime it’s safe to post this link to pictures of him on and in various attractions around the park. The Pirates ones are pretty funny. I mean come on, who hasn’t wanted to do this exact stuff. Wenzel himself will no… Read More »Disneyland’s ex-mime

WDW Jeanne Pics

MKT comes through again with some more Disney World pics Before Jeanne and After. A few photos of damage and wind swept lakewater around Celebration.

New Cruise Line Chief

Tom McAlpin, the No. 2 executive at Celebration-based Disney Cruise Line, has been promoted to president of the Walt Disney Co venture. McAlpin reports directly to Al Weiss, president of the Walt Disney World Resort. (OBJ) The Disney Cruise line has been one of the real successes for the company. No body can deliver the… Read More »New Cruise Line Chief

Pictures of Frances’ Wrath

If you saw pictures of the damage and down trees caused by Hurricane Charley, then you’ll see how well Celebration fared with Frances. (more photos)

Retro Future

If you know who Georges Bataille is and what Deleuzian Philosophy is then the online journal Rhizomes is for you. Even if you don’t dabble in philosophical discourse, you might want to read Utopian Accidents from the current issue of the journal. The author examines Walt Disney’s prototype city of EPCOT and the 1990s construction… Read More »Retro Future