It was never the happiest place on earth for a lot of the non-creative types. No idea how the creatives at Disney felt.
For instance, they used to have unpaid interns do full days at theme parks in-character and people would fly all the way from Australia for that privilege because, you know, you get to be Peter Pan for a summer.
It's sort of the same experience as Amazon. If you're a customer, it's the greatest thing ever. If you're an employee, not so much.