ic Coventry reports: Man killed in Disneyland ride tragedy.
Yeah….well, the Thunder Mountain ride dates back 1979. So. Yeah. That sucks….
I use to work at Disneyland.
We had to go through Disney University - a 2 day program that orients us about the Magic Kingdom….someday, I’ll write a book on it all. I saw some crazy shit over there….I also worked as a trainer in outdoor vending - I advise you to avoid the churros and the frozen lemonquench….trust me.
So, at Disney U…we learned some nifty things….Walt Disney had a private apartment on Main Street, for his family. They would watch the parades from there…..he also had Club 33 - an exclusive $1000 membership club. The mayor of anaheim was royally pissed when he was denied access - he refused to pay club dues - thought he was above that since he was the mayor and all. Disney also had some interesting paintings in Club33 - several of them had peeping holes. He liked to do the peeping tom thing on his patrons. One of the girls from outdoor vending managed to snag a Club 33 waitress gig. One night, she raked in $200 in tips. It’s the only place in the park that allows “cast members” to recieve tips. At Disneyland - the area were the guests roam wild was considered “on stage” and the area for our break rooms and storage stuff was “off stage”.
The “profs” at Disney U - also stressed that this was the Magic Kingdom. It was the happiest place on earth and measures were taken to ensure that. The park is surrounded by high reaching foilage - just enough to shut out the sights and sounds of Katella Ave, the 5 Freeway, and the rest of the world. According to other cast members - nobody dies at Disneyland. Park officials would cart an injured/dying guest out of the park and onto the parking lot - so that they wouldn’t die on park grounds. Some cast members claimed they saw that happen.
So…if you go down there…do me a favor - be nice to the cast members, ok? They work there asses off to preserve this magic. Be especially nice to the characters - they get the most abuse. It’s amazing how cruel and vicious kids can be when they meet their cartoon heroes.
a questionaire from life of nicole lee…
a bit late, I know…but heck…it’s interesting.
How’s your job been going? Or school, if you’re a student?
things have finally settled down at work. I’m in the IT department at the business school - at Cal…..go bears! Things were nutty last week with the damn Welchia virus. We had a mess load of laptops to patch up and clean-out. Fighting fires, that sort of thing. But things have calmed down this week - I was able to upload more pix to my photoalbum and take care of other business….
Any amusing anecdotes from work or school? (The commute is included.)
um…well…yeah - last week a pissy student had an attitude problem. One of my student workers came to help his group with a laptop issue. She followed policy and he just exclaimed: “she doesn’t know anything, she’s just a work study student.” what a jerk. the next day, he came in and he was even more pissed. he exclaimed: “somebody stole my laptop from the lounge. could you call the police?” so….i guess he’s not going to have any more laptop problems for sometime now. what goes around comes around, buddy.
Make any big decisions?
oh boy yeah! i just told my boss that I’m going to Northwestern for grad school. That was a big deal for me. I had butterflies in my stomach. I expected something horrible and I was totally happy that my boss was so supportive of my academic aspirations.
For those that are in the U.S., did you do anything fun for Labor Day weekend? What?
well, I like shopping and so, my honey and I went to Fry’s so that I could get a new laptop bag. I also spent some time there, talking myself out of buying an external hard drive and a usb memory key. Argh….On Sunday, we did a lovely hike through Muir Woods. I will have some pix up on that…in a bit. I was a bit annoyed at some of the familes that came through….too damn chatty. We ended up on some trails that were unpaved….where the strollers can’t follow. Afterwards, we headed for a coffeeshop in Mill Valley and Mark polished off his latest Phillip K. Dick book. Overall, it was a relaxing weekend.
Anything fun planned for the coming week?
um….i don’t think so. i’m trying to a brunch thing with my friends on Sunday. oh yeah, and I’m starting up my hankido classes this evening. yeah, i’m going to get my butt kicked tonight.
