Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct Thanks for sharing the photos and opinions. My jaw drops looking at this production. Stunning. Great job Disney! Please bring some of this savvy to WDW.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< My jaw drops looking at this production. Stunning. >>> I hear that Mythica is best viewed in person. Maybe you should... oh, never mind.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Please bring some of this savvy to WDW.<< Please, bring yourself to TDR Dennis and stop procrastinating. Yours truly.
Originally Posted By Mr X Well, I gotta chime in now (since posts 23 and 24 consist of slams at Dennis from friends of his...)... Bring your OWN ass over here, dummy! There, I said it (but SD and TDLFAN said it first lol).
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct lol ... I would love to! it is a matter of TIME ... I only get two weeks. In three more years, I will have three weeks vac and then I can go !
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I only get two weeks.<< Lame excuse Dennis dear. You only need 3-4 days for TDR, and the rest of Japan's must see places can be done in a week and a half. Of course... since your jaw will drop huge time when you see TDS' theming (makes DAK look like minor leagues).. you will probably want to stay at TDR at least 5 days. Anyways denny... I will late you know about G-Fan's and I's latest disaster at home shortly.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "You only get two weeks off work a year???" I'm afraid Irish Fan, that is pretty standard for the US. That's why I opt to live in the UK. I like my 25 - 30 days off a year!
Originally Posted By irishfan I had no idea about that, thanks Dave. I couldn't imagine trying to plan any holidays etc having only two weeks off in a given year.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Two weeks is perhaps average among all jobs in the US. Many companies offer more, especially more with tenure. But the statutory minimum amount of vacation in the US in most states is *zero* days off per year, even for full-time workers.
Originally Posted By leemac Disney offer a pretty generous vacation package for salaried workers outside the parks.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>But the statutory minimum amount of vacation in the US in most states is *zero* days off per year, even for full-time workers.<< That is crazy! Not sure about here in Australia, but full time employee back home in Ireland recieves a minimum of 20 days off a year.
Originally Posted By SuperDry I think that providing no vacation time is unhealthy for the employer as well as the employee, but this is the sort of thing that is considered to be left to the open market in the US and not mandated by law. There's also no mandated time off or even extra pay for working on national holidays. Also, there's no entitlement to sick pay, although most employers provide at least some of it. Pretty much the only things guaranteed by law are a minimum hourly wage (which would put a full-time worker barely above the poverty line, and then so only if they were single) and the right to overtime pay if you work more than 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week in a low-wage job (and of course things like certain workplace safety rules). There's no right to sick pay, vacation time, a retirement or pension plan, or health insurance. It's pretty rough on the low-skill worker as far as minimum standards go compared to most first world countries. Opportunity abounds, but often at the cost of not having a safety net.
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct lol ... <<I had no idea about that, thanks Dave. I couldn't imagine trying to plan any holidays etc having only two weeks off in a given year. >>> Yes. We suck. What is worse is I work for a French owned company (I love the French) and THEY get all the time off AND a 36 hour work week. We have two weeks to start and a 40-50 work week. We are told upon hiring we are expected to work overtime. A min of 5 hours per week. We get three weeks vacation at the beginning of our 6th year and four weeks after completely our 12th yr of work. We also get holidays like Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving, Easter, Labor Day, Memorial Day and one other. So .. I take my 10 days vacation and use one or two tacked on to a weekend or piggybacked on an already given holiday to get the most of our time off. We really never get real "downtime". As soon as we get to feel relaxed, it's over - back to work. I want a european schedule !!! TDLFAN - I just wrote you back. <<< BIG HUGS and stay strong >>>>
