Decadence in Disney

"Hey Mom, let's do the Gay Bath House Ride and then the Whirlywhore!"

Whenever possible, the actors flee the sterility of Disney World and seek sanctuary in the grungy 1.5-mile network of dank tunnels below. There they shed their heads in the "zoo" and unwind in ways Walt Disney would frown upon.

"My first day off the bus, I remember seeing Snow White, Mary Poppins and Ariel in costume, standing out there puffing on cigarettes," a former Pluto said.

Then there's Vista Way, an apartment complex known as "adult amusement park where they can shed their costumes altogether" and often do.

While recruits are supposed to be living there under Disney's draconian code of behavior, "they're among the youngest, freest, and horniest of the corporation's workforce," Gray writes. And they learn "the thrill of defying the Disney image."

Sex, drinking and drugs are rampant. And the place's reputation is so notorious that Paris Hilton "is rumored to have dropped by," according to Gray.

It's the chance to perform before a crowd that draws so many young people, many of them gay.

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