In total, the company are expected to axe around 4,000 jobs.Īround 100,000 workers are thought to be employed by the entertainment corporation in the US, as of 2020 - the most recent statistics. The main areas expected to be impacted are Disney Entertainment, ESPN and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. The second wave of layoff began on Monday, April 24, with thousands of workers facing losing their jobs as the company attempted to save $5.5 billion in costs. They said: 'Wondering if the Disney layoff had a bunch of people on the tech side because My Disney Experience is definitely not working.' Users also reported issues with purchasing through the app, with one person saying: 'Is genie+ down for everyone else rn? been getting error messages all morning and can't purchase anything.'Īnother person wondered whether recently announced redundancies had anything to do with the glitch.

People trying to book were met with error pages saying 'We're Working on It', with an adorable picture of the Seven Dwarfs heading off to the mines to work. One such ride is the TRON Lightycycle/Run ride, which closed its virtual queue - with the next queue not opening until 1pm local time (6pm UK time).

Many users hit with the technical issues ended up missing out on virtual queues for some of the park's biggest rides due to the short opening time nature of the virtual queues. When the Mirror tried to access virtual queues in the app, both TRON and Guardians of the Galaxy were showing availability to join the virtual queue as of 1pm UK time. Each attraction has availability at the park opening since no one can book.' They said: 'Seems like the booking part is broken. They've taken to Twitter to share updates and graphs of the current situation. Thrill Data tracks theme park wait times, downtimes, virtual queue systems and bookings. People staying at Disney hotels have reportedly been told by front desk staff that 'all Disney systems are down', according to one Twitter user. People have also reported that park pass reservations also aren't working as a result of the app going down. Woke up at 6h50 for nothing'Īnother user said they were 'very frustrated' being unable to book lightning lanes. Won't let us join virtual queue, book lightning lanes or even modify dining reservations. One Twitter user took to the social media platform to say: your app is not working at all this morning.

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