At Disney World, adult visitors increasingly mix remote work and play
As remote work becomes more standard, social media posts about working remotely from inside Disney World theme parks have been on the rise.
When working remotely on a laptop, technically, a worker can be anywhere. They could even be at Disney World.
From Disney bloggers and freelance journalists to tech industry professionals, travel agents and people with double monitors at Epcot, adult Disney World fans are documenting their remote work habit from inside the parks in social media posts.
It’s a phenomenon that has gained steam since around 2022, with a post-pandemic surge of people returning to the theme parks and the rise of both remote work and jobs in which people never truly sign off.
“People want to move to Orlando, they want to feel like they live in Disney World,” said AJ Wolfe, who has been writing about Disney parks, including via her popular Disney Food Blog, for more than 15 years. “You’re closer to the place that makes you happy, and you can access it much more quickly when you’re done working.”
Wolfe has been working in the parks and advising people where the best places are to work within them for almost as long. Since the parks reopened in late 2020 after Covid-19 forced their first-ever extended closure, Wolfe said she’s been noticing more people purposefully choosing to work remotely from inside Disney World.
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