Theme Park Tourist: If you think of the best Cast Members you met on your last Disney trip, you may think of the great waiters, attraction attendants, character performers, and even the Imagineers who designed each attraction, store, and restaurant. And while they are certainly important, there are many more unpraised Cast Members, both onstage and behind the scenes, working to make sure your vacation is as perfect as possible.
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This article is such a great way to acknowledge the hard work of people who's work usually goes unnoticed. Walt Disney World is such a magical place because it is so well organized, and without everyone working their hardest that organization would fall apart. People typically don't even consider that there are people calling cues or helping characters get in and out of costume. One of the things that stood out the most to me in this article is the fact that some people don't even notice the people who noticeably work in the park. This semester one of my friends was in the Disney College Program and worked as a character attendant. She would tell me stories about the people who came to the park, and that they usually wouldn't even notice that she was there until she cut them off from meeting their favorite character. However, her favorite moments were when a parent thanked her, or a kid would ask her for an autograph as well as the actor. Little moments of appreciate mean a lot to those who usually won't get it, and I hope that Disney does a lot to acknowledge the people who work hard to make magic behind the scenes.
These are my favorite articles, the ones that highlight the over looked heroes of industries. I loved that the author mentioned the Stage Managers of Disney shows, and the technicians. But, more over I like that the author gave a lot of thanks to the custodial teams. The ones that keep the parks clean, which is such an over looked thing, but really is so appreciated. The author touches on how Disney is known for how clean their parks are, and almost said to be done by magic. Appreciating the workers who do this work is so important, and yet so over looked. The author only listed 6 different groups of people who make Disney what it is, when really their are probably another hundred groups of people that should be thanked more often. In theater and industry entertainment so many people work to get the production to audiences and only a few get the recognition they deserve. I wish more articles like this are put out more often of all the people who work on productions, no matter how small or large they are thought to do is.
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