Disney has laid off between 100 and 200 employees in its Experiences division, according to Deadline. The division includes the company’s theme parks, resorts and cruise lines. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report said the cuts were largely project-based, reflecting the division’s need to continually reprioritize and adjust staffing based on workflows across multiple projects.
Disney had 231,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2025, including 172,000 in the United States and 59,000 elsewhere. About 16% of its workforce was part-time, while another 8% consisted of seasonal employees, reflecting the staffing needs of its theme parks and resorts.
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The cuts follow Disney’s voluntary early retirement offer to employees at or above the director level who are at least 50 years old and have worked at the company for at least 10 years. The offer is available to U.S.-based employees from the director level through executive vice president across Disney Entertainment, ESPN and corporate divisions.
According to Variety, employees must earn a minimum score of 65 based on their age and years of service to qualify. Executives who accept the offer can receive up to one year of separation pay, depending on their tenure. They will also receive health care coverage at active-employee rates throughout their severance period.
Disney has carried out multiple rounds of layoffs since Josh D’Amaro succeeded Bob Iger as CEO in March. The first round came in April, when 1,000 positions were cut. Further job cuts followed in July, primarily at Pixar and National Geographic. In September, about 100 employees in the technology and human resources divisions were laid off, according to Deadline.
Disney’s Experiences division is one of the company’s most profitable businesses. Analysts closely track attendance at its theme parks, particularly among international visitors to the United States, according to the Los Angeles Times. Disney previously cited “international visitation headwinds” at its domestic parks, but executives said during an August earnings call that the trend had since “moderated.”
Disney Entertainment Television is also expected to undergo a major restructuring under its new leader, Debra O’Connell. A similar overhaul is anticipated at the company’s motion picture studio.
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Internal discussions about potential layoffs have been underway since a Sept. 18 memo from Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez. In an email to employees in the legal and global affairs division obtained by Deadline, Gutierrez warned of “hard choices” involving “staffing investments” and said the division would become “a much smaller organization.”
He also described a “transformation process” that would include “automating certain workflows by leveraging the latest technologies.”
Disney also raised prices for many theme park offerings at the start of its new fiscal year. The increases took effect Oct. 6.