Disney lays off 100 to 200 employees in its Experiences division amid priority review

Walt Disney Co. is laying off between 100 and 200 employees in its Experiences division, according to a person familiar with the matter, and affected workers were to be notified by the end of the day Wednesday. The division runs Disney's theme parks, resorts, cruise line and Aulani resort in Hawaii, and the bulk of the cuts reportedly hit the Imagineering campus in Glendale. The person said the decisions stemmed from a regular review of priorities, investments and project timelines and were mostly project-based. The division generated $36.2 billion in revenue in fiscal 2025, more than 56% of the company's total operating income. On an August earnings call, executives said international visitation headwinds at Disney's domestic parks had moderated.

The right-leaning New York Post opens with a harsher take on the cuts, leads with the up-to-200-jobs figure, and then turns to attendance, citing 17.4 million guests at Disneyland Park, up 0.4%, and 17.8 million at Magic Kingdom, down 0.2%. It presents the layoffs alongside those crowds. The left-leaning Los Angeles Times places the cuts within broader Hollywood belt-tightening, opens with the anonymous source and the division's financial weight, and features the executives' comments on moderating visitor trends; its opening does not cite park attendance figures. The alternative Deadline keeps a plain headline, confirms the 100-to-200 range itself, and stresses the Glendale Imagineering concentration. All three agree on the scope, the range and the priority review; the right emphasizes attendance, while the left emphasizes finances and visitor trends.