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35 Comments

  1. Ed Dart

    They are most likely under paid, that is why Disney subcontracts the work out.

  2. Carrie

    Striking is very common in France. Much more so than in other Countries. It probably isn’t quite as serious as it sounds, though miserable for the guests impacted.

    1. RJ

      France actually has about the same number of strikes per year as the US (Source: Nationmaster).

      1. Icepick

        France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 1,683% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~67.8 million people (264.8 million more people live in United States).

  3. Kendall

    Instead of blaming the cast for leaving people stranded, let’s blame Disney for the working conditions that forced them to strike in the first place. And blame upper management for not booking people other resorts faster as soon as they realized this would be an issue.

    1. Adam

      Or how about we blame the people who are actually impacting on these children rather then try to divert the blame. The strikers are yo blame 100%.

      1. Johnathan W

        So they’re supposed to just suck it up and work under conditions that they don’t like? Yeah right. Sad that the kids have to suffer because these workers were given such poor work conditions that they felt the need to strike.

      2. Kamm

        Agree with you on this. The French are notorious for striking over every thing, real or perceived.

    2. Kamm

      Good-bye. Obviously you have no knowledge of how things actually work in France or Europe in general. There are strict rules employers have to follow, including Disney.

  4. Phoebe L Ho

    Gosh, they better hope situations like that don’t happen over here……

    1. Melanie Myers

      It’s too bad for the guests especially small children at Disney for first time! I hope they make it right for them!

      1. Traci

        By then I hope you mean the workers. If not are you really that out of touch with reality? The world isn’t pixie dust.

        1. Julian H

          Traci, this is Disney, they charge so much, regardless the reason for the strike, it does happen in France a lot by the way, not just in Disney, however, surely for whatever reason the Hotel Management should of moved guests to other hotels. To be honest when Disney said the Euro Park would be in France, we all thought it won’t be long until they go on strike, so I guess it happened a lot later than expected.

    2. Laura

      Good on the workers! Disney consistently abuse the basic working rights of staff and they’ve had a historic struggle against “European” rights in DLP when their company runs on the US business mentality that things like sick pay, sufficient holiday allowance and minimum hour contracts are a “perk”. Luckily in France, people have the ability to protect their right to a living wage, suitable contracts and acceptable working conditions. Don’t forget what Disney did to a lot of their workers during the pandemic…this is one of the richest companies in the world placing profit over people yet again. Just because you get a cute name badge doesn’t mean you shouldn’t respect your worth as a person….

      1. Julian H

        I agree with you Laura, unfortunately the guests have had a holiday spoilt by this action through no fault of their own. I get people will feel the need to strike, but the Hotel Management should be replaced ASAP, there are many rooms across Disney in other hotels and a lot more should have been done to help guest and it simply was not. Additionally moving guests to other hotels not ideal but better than nothing at all, this would then have given time to discuss the issues with the employees.

  5. Vamp

    Absolutely appalling. These things don’t happen spontaneously, there’s no way Disney didn’t know about it. Why didn’t they re-book guests to minimise impact? Insane.

    1. Adam M Walker

      In France they do. There’s no law that they have to inform their employer before a strike.

  6. Steve

    My son checked into the hotel for his first visit. There has been no communication to the guests as to what is going on. All services have been horrible., and he didn’t understand why there were kids sleeping all over in the very small lobby. Management is doing nothing for the guests that are impacted. This seems to be another sign of the rapid slide of the company.

    1. Julian H

      Agree Steve the Disney Hotel Management are appalling, much more should have been done to help the guests, The Senior Management in the USA should be replaced as well they have run the Disney Experience in to the ground, always profit and bonuses first for them. So greedy.

  7. Tera

    Striking is common in France. Not caring about paying customers over employees is a cultural thing. If this was truly about Disney simply treating employees poorly, I’d understand and be more behind a strike, but based on our past experience at DLP, I seriously doubt that’s what’s going on. We’ve been to DLP a few times, as it’s the closest park to where we live in the UK. As we understand it, the cast members are paid and treated the same as in other parks, but local DLP cast members are on another level of blase and flippancy about guests. The three times we’ve gone, they couldn’t be bothered to open gates on time, show up to work when it was snowing lightly, open restaurants in time for reservations, or operate rides when they wanted a smoke break, etc. Guests were left stranded and standing around waiting for information about what was going on. Then they act shocked and upset when you complain and say you’re relying on opening times for your holiday and have been standing in the snow waiting on them. It was our fault as guests, you see, that they were made to feel pressured to show up to work that day. Hearing this latest story about hotels makes me never want to go again. Standing outside the front gates or a restaurant is one thing, being stranded without a room is almost unforgivable.

    1. Adam

      I have only ever had poor experiences with cast members in DLP.. more so in food service.

      I was once shouted at by a cast member at a drinks/ice-cream cart because I didn’t have exact change.

      I would probably say the cast member attitude at DLP is worse then Alton towers… Yet I would expect better from Disney.

      1. Ruby

        Yes, I HATED Disnryland Paris! The staff were rude on another level. When my family tried to eat at the Ratatouille restaurant, but found out I wanted to share my meal with my sister instead of ordering to seperate $80 plates, they literally removed all tablewear and utensils so that my family had nothing to use. It was disgusting. Not to mention all the smoking going on and just being downright grumpy if guests had the nerves to ask them a question. People should think about this before backing up a group of lazy and rude workers.

    2. Aj

      I’m sorry to say that this aligns very closely with my own experience of DLP. The last trip we had was so bad on the customer services front they offered us a whole new trip as compensation for the disgraceful conduct of cast members from various locations. Take from that what you will.

    3. RRM

      Thank you for explaining this better than I ever could. We lived in Europe for only 3 years but in that time we read and heard on television much about the French ways of work. During our trips to France we found all of what you said here to be true for the employees most everywhere there.

  8. Mr Daryl-Rhys Taylor

    Well the French are the most miserable people on the planet. Remember this Americans who dream about a romantic trip to Paris.

  9. Job

    The xenophobia in some of these comments. Y’all are embarrassing.

  10. Gabby

    I wish this article specified more information about why the strike occurred. The impacted guests should be accommodated and issued a refund for their lodging arrangements.

    1. Christina

      Curious if it has anything to do with vaccine mandates. That’s why Southwest flights were cancelled over this past weekend.

      1. Stacey

        Was thinking the same thing. Things the news media doesn’t want to report.

      2. Kamm

        Any vaccine mandates in FRANCE are governed by their government not ours. Get a clue.

  11. Iahwdw

    Wait until it hits in the states. Disney is set to fire 10,000+ cast this month at wdw. They can’t run trams due to cast shortage. They’ll be firing 90% of their housekeeping staff. Between SWA and Disney firings their 50th is anything but magical.

  12. Sue

    Good they need to do this at all the Disney’s places. The cast members are treated terrible and under paid for what they have to put up with. Good example is the first day of the 50th here at disney world cast members where hit, shoved and and screamed at. Just so insane people could get 50th anniversary items to be sold on eBay later for 4 times as much. So don’t blame cast members blame visitors for there behavior

    1. Ruby

      There’s a difference though. In my experience DLP’s cast members have been the ones who act ridiculous towards guests. But in Disland Land in California…..you are correct. Too many guests feel like just because they paid a membership they can walk all over staff and get away with it, its disgusting and I dont get why Disney stands for it. My cousin used to work there and she had all kinds of stories (especially from membership guests), it’s really the rich that act the most unclassy lol

  13. Gillo

    It’s a part of the disney’s magic.

  14. Stevie

    Disgusting title, directly at odds with what’s actually in the article. We know Disney could of course help this situation. Blaming workers is a disgrace. Your bias is showing — good to know ITM is in Disney’s pocket.

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