A Disney World Surprise
July 2nd, 2010 by ComputerBob
One of the reasons that Floridians don’t have a state income tax is because the state’s lucrative tourism industry provides a healty boost to its economy.
In fact, I suspect that the biggest boost comes from Disney World, the world’s largest recreational resort, located near Orlando, which attracts over 45 million visitors each year.
I like to think that The Mouse™ pays my state taxes for me.
Have you ever thought about how many employees work at Disney World?
There are thousands of “onstage” employees, plus tens of thousands more behind-the-scenes planners, designers, builders, animators, artists, painters, operations personnel, maintenance people, managers, tech support people, landscaping people, food service workers, repair people, medical personnel, emergency personnel, HR workers, janitorial service workers and countless others.
Of course, it’s easy to see the onstage performers when they’re working. But where do they change into and out of their costumes? Where do they go when they take their lunch breaks? Why do you never see them walking to and from their assigned areas?
And where are the tens of thousands of behind-the-scenes people?
Where do they keep — and how do they distribute — the thousands of pounds of food, supplies, retail items and more that are delivered to Disney World every day? Where do they store all of the costumes and lawn mowers and semi-trucks?
Because you never see any of those things, many people believe that they must be in a vast system of underground tunnels that runs throughout the entire park.
But, with the water table only two feet below ground level, it would have been impossible to build underground tunnels.
So where are all of those people and all of those things?
Here’s an interesting video that finally reveals the very clever and surprising truth.
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