Walt Disney Co. has cut an undisclosed number of workers at its domestic parks this month in a previously announced plan to consolidate behind-the-scenes operations for Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California, a spokesman said Friday.

Local media in Florida, tipped off by laid-off workers, have reported cuts as deep as 450 jobs at the two locations. Disney World spokesman Michael Griffin would not confirm the number but said the cuts may continue as the company searches for efficiencies in the two parks’ operations.

In February, Disney’s theme park business, anchored by the two domestic resorts, reported a 24 percent drop in quarterly operating income and a 4 percent decline in revenue for the company’s first fiscal quarter, due in part to slowing consumer spending.

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