Following yesterday’s post about Disney’s voluntary lay-offs comes word via the Orlando Sentinel ^[1] that Universal Orlando is also eliminating jobs.

From the OS:

“Universal declined to identify the positions it eliminated. It described them as mostly management-level jobs, with some in administrative and support areas.“

Yikes! For all that people gripe about tourists in Central Florida, this is proof positive that our local economy really needs them – now more than ever.

The park is set to open two new attractions within the next twelve months: “Hollywood, Rip, Ride, Rockit” roller coaster and “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” based on the famous literary wizard.

In related news, it appears that Universal has also started charging $3 for parking after 6pm in its garages. I can see where they might think that it’s a quick revenue source, but I wonder how that little nugget is affecting locals coming out to CityWalk at night for movies and entertainment. Not to mention they now have to pay employees to collect this extra toll all night, whereas before nobody manned the booths after 6pm.