I have a friend who works in the Disney World parks division.

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He tells me that before the pandemic, Disney World ran like a well-oiled machine. But when they shutdown the parks for the pandemic and laid off and furloughed all the park employees, many of the employees who knew how to run the parks never returned after the parks reopened. And even now 4 years later the parks still aren't able to run like they did before the pandemic shutdown. The pandemic basically broke the parks beyond repair.

Posted: 03/27/2025 at 08:56 PM ET

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For all the talk of ESPN controlling everything -- MrBayAreaHokie Mar 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM ET

MrBayAreaHokie • 03/25/25 10:20 AM ET

Dumped my Disney stock a year or two ago** -- ren_hoek Mar 26, 2025 at 03:13 PM ET

ren_hoek • 03/26/25 03:13 PM ET

I think Disney loves ESPN because it's more ways to advertise -- HokieAl Mar 25, 2025 at 04:51 PM ET

HokieAl • 03/25/25 04:51 PM ET

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ESPN makes tons of $$$, its the poor performance of their streaming service -- Hokebury Mar 25, 2025 at 01:43 PM ET

Hokebury • 03/25/25 01:43 PM ET

The Disney parks and resorts are their cash cow, almost 50% of their profit -- tarheelblue Mar 25, 2025 at 06:55 PM ET

tarheelblue • 03/25/25 06:55 PM ET

Exactly. -- EDGEMAN Mar 26, 2025 at 07:23 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 03/26/25 07:23 AM ET

I've seen a lot of buzz online about Disney parks going downhill post-Covid -- HokieNoVA Mar 26, 2025 at 08:20 AM ET

HokieNoVA • 03/26/25 08:20 AM ET

I have a friend who works in the Disney World parks division. ◄ -- tarheelblue Mar 27, 2025 at 08:56 PM ET

tarheelblue • 03/27/25 08:56 PM ET

Not only Disney. It changed a lot of businesses. -- RJHokie Mar 27, 2025 at 08:59 PM ET

RJHokie • 03/27/25 08:59 PM ET

I switched to Dollywood and Hershey Park a long time ago.** -- Truthahn Mar 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM ET

Truthahn • 03/26/25 11:15 AM ET

I think everything went downhill during the pandemic. -- EDGEMAN Mar 26, 2025 at 08:46 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 03/26/25 08:46 AM ET

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I’m surprised they haven’t been bought already, at least the ESPN part.** -- Stech Mar 25, 2025 at 01:42 PM ET

Stech • 03/25/25 01:42 PM ET

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