As theme park fans, we're likely all familiar with the roles that theme park employees play. But which would you most like to do for a day, in lieu of your current job, and for the same pay? Let's limit the options to top jobs in the attractions and entertainment departments, leaving out the many merchandise, food, custodial and support jobs for now.
Here are the options:
Ride attendant: The folks who stand on the loan and unload platforms, push the buttons at dispatch and tower and watch the camera monitors for, um, inappropriate activity.
Ride driver: For me, it was driving a Tom Sawyer Island raft, but for others, it can be driving monorails, fire trucks or even horse-drawns stagecoaches.
Spieling attractions host: Think Jungle Cruise, or any other of many spiel-driven tour attractions.
Dancer/parade performer: Whether it is a stage show or an afternoon parade, these are the folks working the crowd, dancing and burning more calories than Homer Simpson consumes in a month.
Face character: For example, Prince Charming, Cinderella and other characters who do not wear a mask.
Rubberhead character: Mickey, Homer and any other person who climbs in a suit and dons the big rubber head to play a theme park 'toon.
Describe your dream theme park job, in the comments.
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And we got to wear sunglasses.
Anyway, if I had to do a different job at WDW, it would be on a spieling attraction, since my fave part of my current role is speiling in Turtle Talk, and when I previously worked on the Friendship Boats, my favorite part of that was speiling as well....it would be awesome to get to spiel on Jungle Cruise or Kilimanjaro Safaris!
Character Performer (Fur or Face) would be a lot of fun too! I actually think Im going to audition to switch to that soon...I wanna be Peter Pan!! Im the right height and Ive been told I look the part
Honestly, despite the fact that I am a moderately successful project lead and software engineer in Kansas City, I would shovel the elephant sh-- at DAK for a chance to operate Expedition Everest.
Just as a few examples: The Grouse Mountain resort, in west Vancouver, BC, has a raptor show every summer. And let's not forget that the Great America parks, at one time, had dolphin shows at a couple of their locations. So did Magic Mountain (in fact, I was a volunteer there for a while).
Jumping over to Ohio, let's not forget Cedar Point. They've had a dolphin show for ages (assuming it's still there).
So, with that in mind -- If I could do something like that for a day, at my current rate of pay, I'd pick presenting a birds-of-prey show at Grouse. Gorgeous location!
Happy travels. Oh, and Happy Birthday Robert!
And, thank you. :-)
aka - The Jake Blues. ( I should know... )
I'd agree with the post above and second "Jungle Cruise Skipper." any other job in the park would be pointless to me. It's JCS or nothing.
Universal Studios:
Jaws
Universal Horror Make-Up Show (the host)
Terminator 2: 3D (the overzealous and peppy Public Relations guide)
Disaster! (the worker interacting with Christopher Walken)
The Simpsons Ride (I never received a spiel, but I'm such a Simpsons nerd that I'd make one up - "Welcome to The Simpsons Ride, the world's most cromulent attraction")
Magic Kingdom:
Haunted Mansion
Disney's Hollywood Studios:
The Magic of Disney Animation
The Great Movie Ride
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Epcot:
Innoventions (any of the attractions)
Mission: Space (I just love this ride, despite that Gary Sinise covers most of the spiel)
Living with the Land
O Canada! (appropriate due to my heritage)
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