Y’all always complain. The show was running through Christmas Town is starting in March thru August. That’s a really good run time tbh
Celtic Fyre
- Thread starter Chris
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Not cutting it short at all, the show normally runs from March to mid August. Rehearsals start in February and the performers are on 6 month contracts. A lot of the come from Ireland which also means there are visas that have to be worked around and I believe that is another reason for the 6 month contracts. The only reason the show stayed through Christmas this year was because the show didn't start until July. So SEAS created a new show to run through Christmas instead of sending them home after 6 weeks.
Now that they’ve created a Christmas version (not that it’s all the different), I won’t be surprised if they keep it.
The problem then is that they will either have to hire them full time (they work way more than 30 hours in a week and it would have ACA implications) or do 2 rounds of hiring a year, with 2 casts, and have to teach the show to 2 groups of people. Or just go back to the pre-pandemic schedule of march/April-August. I would guess the park would know if the show was specifically bringing in people to the park. If it is, then it would be financially worth it to extend the show.
I could possibly see the arguments for that if year round ops pick up. Also ACA requires an AVERAGE of 30 a week I am not sure that with weekends only most of the year that they would hit that. And there is a third option that the park could probably hire them on as independent contractors taking ACA out of the equation. That said my bet is we are back to a spring through summer schedule.
Yes but during the summer and rehearsals it isn't uncommon for them to work 60+ hours between practicing and performing. So they would either need to bring on more performers overall. Either by increasing the amount they have overall at one time or by bringing in two sets of performers.
And in my experience, they would just schedule part time employees to less than 30 hours in general. Probably why they are having a hard time hiring in general: kinda hard to bring on new employees when they basically tell them that they can't work full hours and therefore can't make that much.
That was never my experience when I worked in the park as a pt TM years ago. I wasn't restricted to hours during daily operation. I know quite a few people that have been converted to full time based on hours worked throughout the park. It's entirely up to your supervisor/manager how much they schedule people during the year. There is no directive that I have ever heard anyone speak to that specifically limits hours for TMs.
No, in fact I worked at the park for a long time until recently. It was actually stricter under AB than currently. Like I said it can vary some from departments and areas because some are better staffed, but there never was a guideline that outlined that TMs could only work so much, so that they wouldn't qualify for benefits. I know several that have qualified in the last year. Typically, during Spring break, HOS and CT there are incentives tied to hours worked to convince employees to pick up extra shifts and work more hours.
2pm show cancelled. No reason given. 4pm and 6pm still listed outside. Many people here not happy. Still showing 2pm on app. Any one know what might have happened?
The bride and groom eloped...
Or maybe they are still waiting in line for Pantheon?
Maybe it was to windy in the theater for the show to operate
Perhaps BGW will take a page from @Zachary and make folks submit proof of voting for Celtic Fyre as best show before giving them access to the recording?
All I can say is they better give it to us. Personally I’d love to see them record the entirety of the show and make a playlist of it. And then they can make a full run through recording at the end of the playlist.
