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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Business
Katie Rice

Orlando theme parks are short-staffed. What does that mean for summer season?

From the outside, summer at Orlando, Florida’s theme parks will probably look like business as usual: sunburnt tourists, intimidating lines and families making lifelong memories.

But behind the scenes, theme park workers will likely be straining to maintain the high standards Orlando’s attractions are known for.

Park staffing has largely recovered from early in the pandemic, when companies furloughed and laid off tens of thousands of employees, but it continues to trail pre-COVID totals even as workers have been recalled and new employees hired, according to industry experts and data.

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