He was amazing. Unfortunately, he was terminated by Disney on the last day of our Fantasy cruise three weeks ago. He was scheduled to play on the last day and just vanished after playing all week - silently removed from the schedule. It left us all wondering what happened. He later said online that it was because he used a VPN to bypass Disney's controls and use the internet for free.
It is really unfortunate, because we sought him out several nights just to hear him, and when he played in the atrium, the crowd loved him. His interaction with the young guests was particularly great there, and in the adult clubs in the evenings, he was so fun and responsive to the crowd. Even a huge group of the 1820 crowd showed up just for him on several nights.
I was so sad to hear, because he was talking about how excited he was to be performing with Disney on their Mediterranean cruises this summer. I know cruise lines are notoriously hardcore and terminate easily with their no exception rules, but if that is truly all he did, Disney overreacted. I get the justification for making no exceptions to certain rules, but have a little humanity for a rule that didn't put any guests at risk or create potential liability for the company. Particularly if he was taught to do this by other cast members as he said. A warning would have corrected the problem and they wouldn't have lost a performer that would have been a consideration for us when making future bookings. As always, there could be more to the story. I am just saying that if his version is correct, I wish they would have been a little more lenient here.
