Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the Walt Disney Company laid off 32,000 cast members. These cast members were hard working, dedicated employees that did nothing wrong to lose their job. Many of these cast members are loyal fans that always dreamed of working for the company and the magic that comes along with it. Not only was it hard that these cast members to understand that they are losing their job, but now they have lost their tickets to return to the parks. A simple solution for most park locals would be to purchase an annual pass. At this time, Disney has stopped the sale of passes except to very rare circumstances such as small children who’s parents are current pass members. 

This situation hits home to me as my fiancé and I moved from Texas all the way to Florida to be closer to the mouse. After a year of being passholders and countless job applications filled out my fiancé finally got his dream job in construction at Magic Kingdom. When this happened we gave up our annuals for cast tickets. Fast forward to October when we received that call that he would be let go. After countless calls & emails Disney has simply stated that they will not allow us to purchase annual passes. After the hard work, dedication, and loyalty these ex cast members have put in the least you would think Disney could do is allow them to buy an annual pass. We are not asking for a hand out, or anything free just the decency of being allowed to return the a place that hold near and dear to their hearts. 

Please consider signing this petition to help out these laid off cast members. To many people Walt Disney World is just a theme park but, to a lot of these cast members it’s so much more. Let’s help these hard working people regain their ability to spend time in their happy place.