The Disney-commissioned study said there are 73,000 jobs on the company's properties in Florida, including third-party vendors that lease space from Disney. The study said there are an additionally 88,000 jobs off-site throughout the Sunshine State.
Unless one can come up with another study, one can't dispute that.
Still, after reading this, I started to think of how I spent my money whenever we go to WDW. First of all, WDW is the ONLY reason I would visit the state of Florida (well, maybe to go to Miami Beach, but I haven't done that in ages). So certainly Disney is the draw here. But how do I spend my money outside of the Disney, on non-Disney establishment? This would count as spending money that would have created Disney-related jobs, but not directly with the Disney company.
1. Car rental - primarily Avis.
We don't make use of DME even though we stay at a Disney resort (DVC resort).
2. Airport concessions
We buy food, drinks, etc. at the airport, especially while waiting for the plane going home.
3. Supermarket - Winn Dixie mainly, and Goodings some time
We typically drop by Winn Dixie on 535 just off Disney property to get supplies (cereal, bottled water, wine, fruits, snacks, souvenirs, etc.)
4. Restaurants - often at Dakshin in the Crossroads shopping mall.
We certainly eat off-site quite often, since we very seldom get the Dining Plan. Dakshin is a South Indian restaurant, and we like the food very much, so we try to go there on every visit if we have the time.
Those are my typical spending whenever we are at WDW. We certainly have a lot more off-property spending than a Disney guest that does not know his/her way around and does not have a vehicle.
Zz.
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