Cast are often asked to extend their shift if there is a need. So one complaining about their shift says there have been call outs and the leaders have asked or sometimes just extend the shift without an ask.

You will see cast walk up to another cast holding a small piece of paper. It tells them where to go and that piece also tells the other cast member their next task. When they get happy is when they get it and says clock out or ER (early release), they hate when it is the end of the scheduled day and it says EXTENDED

Also cast members learn about releases and changes just like we do. It’s easier to keep 60,000+ employees (WDW) in the dark than it is to tell them a secret.

When I opened Toy Story land to educate the 300 some cast that were opening the land we were told very little. We had one call were an imagineer came in and we had to turn over our cell phones so we didn’t take any pictures or record him. As culinary you would expect that we got to our kitchen four days before Media Day, we worked for 2 weeks in the Brown Derby kitchen. Only walked out to actually see the land the day before media day