Reply #9: The treatment of the employees by their corporate bosses

[LibDemAlways]

is reflected in how some of them now treat the public - with indifference and, in some cases, hostility.

I'm sure Disneyland employees were never well paid, but at one time there was pride in working at the "Happiest Place on Earth." Employees or "cast members" as Disney calls them were generally friendly and helpful. The place itself was reasonably priced and a family could go and enjoy a pleasant outing without taking out a second mortgage.

Today, forget it. It costs $11.00 just to park in a remote parking structure accessible only by tram after a long walk through the football-field sized building. This is especially unenjoyable after a long day at the park when you have to make your way back with feet that are killing you. There are also some remote parking lots about a half mile away from the park that have no tram service. No one is informed of this tidbit until after they've forked over the parking fee.

A regular one day ticket to the park is $63.00 and that goes for everyone 10 and over. You are only a child if you are between 3 and 9. And even then, the "discount" is only $10.00, so a kid pays $53.00. Total tab for a family of 4 including parking - $243.00 - and that's before outrageously overpriced "fast" food served up as slowly as possible by workers who clearly hate their lot in life.

As for the hostility....At night before the fireworks an army of yellow suited security personnel emerges. They are apparently hired on the basis of how nasty they are. The last time I was there one particularly vile woman got into it with some people waiting on a bench for the show to start. She ordered them off the bench and when they tried to explain that had been told by another employee that bench was a great place for fireworks viewing, she threatened twice to remove them physically from the park - then ordered a couple of goons to upend the bench and dump the people off. That's the way Disneyland employees treat paying customers these days.

The hell with it. The "Happiest Place On Earth" has devolved into a shake down operation run by greedy bastards and staffed by a combination of soon-to-become jaded idealists, desperate people, and sadists.