Walt Disney World Cast Members began walking out of EPCOT mid-shift today after receiving news from Disney regarding their programs and how they will be affected by park closures.
Disney made the decision to close Walt Disney World theme parks beginning Monday, March 16. Many of Walt Disney World Cast Members who work in the EPCOT and the EPCOT World Showcase are part of the College Program and the Cultural Representative Program. Today, these CMs received emails regarding the status of their programs.
Per the email sent to Cast Members who are employed through Disney’s Cultural Representative Program:
Cultural Representatives who are full-time employees may continue their programs as scheduled. However, if you choose to depart your program early, you will be given a successful program completion.
Cast Members who are scheduled to work are expected to report to their scheduled locations…Cultural Representatives who are full-time employees will be paid through the end of the month.
Per the email sent to Cast Members who are employed through the Disney College Program:
We are taking several measures following advice from the state and local officials, as well as recommendations from health agencies to help protect the safety and wellbeing of our Cast Members and Guests.
We know you may have many questions about how this will impact your program experience and we want to provide you with an update.
Based on these factors, we are closing many of the Disney Program housing complex buildings and are requiring these particiants to collect their belongings and depart by March 18 at 11 a.m.
Read More: Disney College Program Suspended- Everyone To Be Sent Home
Today, not long after these emails had been sent to Disney College Program and Disney Cultural Representative Program Cast Members, Cast Members were seen leaving EPCOT mid-day, before shifts ended. While many speculate that the Cast Members left on their own accord, others say that they may have been advised to do so.
At this time, it is unclear how many of the Cast Members leaving EPCOT were College Program CMs who were told to leave, or how many left on their own accord. It’s also unclear how many Cultural Representative Programs left today, especially since full-time Cultural Representative Program CMs left EPCOT today, since the email sent to them said that full-time employees would continue to be paid. However, these are the Tweets that have been shared to social media:
When they say effective immediately, they mean effective immediately. Just witnessed about 20 College Program cast members at Epcot just ending their shift immediately and walking out.
— Laramie “On the Loose” Williams (@LaramieWilliams) March 14, 2020
No, no. They walked out because they were told to. Not because they were mad.
— Laramie “On the Loose” Williams (@LaramieWilliams) March 14, 2020
I’m currently in Epcot and have seen CPs leaving absolutely sobbing. However the park is far from chaos.
— Nicole Coffen (@nicolecoffen) March 14, 2020
Read from a few others that they left because they were advised to do so, and not because they were upset.
My guess is that it’s a bit of both.
— Doctor Disney (@Doctor_Disney) March 14, 2020
These are tough times for everybody. If you are currently at Walt Disney World this weekend before the parks temporarily close, continue to keep Cast Members in mind and know that they are going through a tumultuous time as well.
We continue to keep everyone at Disney Parks, those who had to cancel their trips, and Cast Members in our thoughts during this time.
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