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Broadway can go (do something profanity-laced and inappropriate for a website like this). I bought tickets months ago for Little Mermaid for this upcoming saturday, my wife's birthday, only to find out this week that the strike my ruin those plans. But now i can't even make new plans because i have to wait to hear if the shows are cancelled.

I don't even like Broadway. I think people breaking out into song and dance is silly. But I dig Disney and loved Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King. I wanted to complete the trifecta with a movie that my wife really loves. Thanks a lot. If they think i'm actually going to try and buy tickets for another time, they're out of their minds. Not after going through this aggravation.

Desperad07 It's not Disney's fault the stageworkers want to be treated like they are worth something and not trained monkeys. . .oh, wait.  Yes it is. Partly, anyway.

If only our Union here at WDW could find the guts to strike 75% of us might not qualify to recieve food stamps.

OH no, I don't fault Disney. My feelings are in regards to Broadway. I know it's a Disney production. But to me, it's a frustration towards that particular medium. It's already a major hassle going from Jersey to NY (They just raised the tolls Hudson River crossings). And I'm just feeling burned right now with how this affected my plans for my wife's birthday. It was going to be a special night and now I'm looking at listings of bad comedians and stupid improv shows on the internet.

If someone asked me to go to Disney World tomorrow, I'd be on the plane with the biggest smile.

This strike is far more complicated than the Writers strike. And to bindly say the stagehands are correct is wrong. Yes, they want to make more money. Yes, many of them need and deserve to make that money. But the Union leaders are refusing to give in to any of the producers requests that would allow the producers to hire only what they need. Right now, the producers HAVE TO hire a certain number of techies, even if they have no job for them do to. In some Broadway shows, techies hang out backstage doing nothing for three hours. The producers want to curb that practice.

Are the producers greedy bastards who would love to not pay a decent wage? Heck yeah! But for once, the producers have very valid points as well...

My friend has entered this contest!  You can see her video (that my wife and I helped make) and vote for her here:

http://broadwayworld.com/mermaidvote.cfm?id=102