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Manager of Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., Relishes Job.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2001
By Richard Verrier, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 23--The Keeper of the Kingdom is fast at work. By 9 a.m. on a recent weekday, Erin Wallace has received an update on plans for a rehab of the Main Street bakery, quizzed a manager about a more efficient method for renting strollers and inspected work on the new Aladdin ride in Adventureland.
And that's just a morning warm-up for Wallace, who as vice president of the Magic Kingdom -- Walt Disney World's cash cow and signature theme park -- holds one of the key jobs at the company.
"This is the best theme park in America," Wallace says, momentarily distracted as she jabs a cigarette butt with a garbage picker she routinely carries on walks through the Magic...
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