Which of course is completely ridiculous. There is no staffing problem, there is a wage problem. I have more than a few retired friends, a function of owning a vintage motorhome despite being in my 30s, who work at Disney in the winter. They do it because they like working with people, but often they would make more, and work less, if they took a job at Chick Fil A. Especially when you consider the time spent getting to and from costuming and employee parking. Which is unpaid. Then you throw in the joy of having late night and early morning shifts thrown on you regularly back to back, and many tell you it is the most physically challenging and worst paying job they ever had.
But they do it because it is Disney. Although very few do it for more than a season or two. Disney's problem with hiring has never been about being unable to attract employees. It's about being unwilling to pay to retain their epic sized workforce.