Tag: Disney

Fire and Ash, body

AMC movie theater logo
There’s my shoe, lower left corner.

To drive to Disney Springs is so easy.

Cheryl did it for over three decades.

First, driving to the Disney Casting Building. Cheryl was the 1989 Opening Team, General Employment Interviewer team leader. She led that team for 10 years.

Second, Disney HQ (before Team Disney was built), at Disney’s Sun Trust Bank Building. She spent two and a half decades there.

Cheryl ultimately became the Director of Labor Relations.

First, this is an (Disney) Executive position.

Second, being an executive at Disney is two-fold: First, a highly-intense position that to outsider’s would be an executive position, but at Disney it was not. Second, a bona-fide Disney Executive that came with specific responsibilities, perks, and bonuses that heretofore did not exist in previous (lower) level positions.

For outsiders, this is roughly one of only 200 positions out of 70,000 Cast Members.

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Walking to Old Key West

Apple Maps screen shot
Maps apps generally do not direct you through business communities. So i had to wait until entering ‘Property’ before Maps would even hint at accurate walking directions.

Disney Institute facilitator reunion planned a few weeks ago for today, December 26, 2025.

Decided to walk.

Olivia’s is around seven miles from home.

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Disney teamwork, body

Woman sitting on the floor with bags of Christmas goodies
About ready to get our Christmas goodie bag assembly training from Cheryl. Note the empty round box by the chair.

At Disney, we over-focus on the same things others under-focus on or ignore.

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Saying goodbye to Disney

Saying goodbye to Disney was my first big goodbye.

It was also the most intentional and thoughtful.

Planned six years in advance.

Took my time orchestrating the metamorphosis.

Two years before goodbye, buyer’s remorse hit me hard for a year. What if this is a mistake?

Got through that tough year (2013) and the sixth year (2014) of “goodbye Disney prep” was the best of all my 32 years at Disney.

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Keep .thinking .differently

Disney Cast Member only sign
Over-focused on the “Keep Out” message.

When people ask me how many Cast Members work at Disney, i reply, “On a good day, about half.”

Ps. That was a joke.

Insight: Thinking differently is what made the above ‘keep out’ sign kinda fun, and certainly not intimidating.

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