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12 Ways to Tell You're a Former Disney Cast Member- Confessions of a Theme Park Worker
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- With thanks to The Odyssey Online, these are 12 ways to recognize someone who has worked at Walt Disney World, and my reactions to each- along with a few admissions of personal guilt.
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A behind the scenes look at what a former worker at Disney World, Silver Dollar City, and Busch Gardens Florida experienced in his time working at the parks. From driving large safari trucks around live wild animals while cracking one silly joke after another, to spending 5 years as a #PhotoPass photographer at #WaltDisneyWorld and seeing and experiencing all sorts of things, to being a conductor and #trainrobber on the famous Frisco Silver Dollar Line at #SilverDollarCity. With 10 years of working in the parks, there's lots of stories to tell. Here is some of them...
Not only did I work in theme parks for 10 years, I've visited a whole lot of them as well. Here's some stories of great visits, not so great visits, favorites, reviews, and much more.
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When I was in WDW last, my group and I couldn't figure out how to get to a certain attraction in EPCOT. And we looked and sounded it. A few going over the park map, others trying to look over the crowds (we're a tall family), and a couple arguing which way to go. Out of the blue, this really nice cute college-age gal came over with one of the warmest smiles and asked us if we needed directions. Almost in unison half of us shouted, "Oh God yes!" She smiled even wider, asked where we were trying to go, and gave us real easy simple directions to get there. That and answered a bunch of other questions we had, which helped improve our time in EPCOT even more (like the nearest restroom ... LOL). Afterwards and as our group was leaving, I thanked her and asked for her name so I could let her boss know how great of a job she was doing. She laughed and said it was her day off. That floored me. She took time out of her day off to help a group of complete strangers. She wished me a magical time and rejoined her group of friends who I then noticed were standing nearby smiling at us and her for helping us. This is one of the reasons I am such a fan of WDW. :-)
Turns out, I'm already "guilty" of most of these. I've never worked for the Mouse. The force is strong with Disney.
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Being former military and spending a good chunk of time working retail, I can vouche, it's hard to get by terms, mannerisms, or behaviors I've been trained for-now that Im working hospitality, the same thing is happening, just with another job. Even when Im off the clock and in another store or hotel, I find myself in 'work' mode... I guess you never completely leave the job! Thanks for the warm memories and insight :)
I relate to a lot of these from working at Legoland. We are called Model Citizens and anytime someone called me an employee I would cringe haha
Alpha unit sound like a swat team. LOL!
Disney commercials make me cry all the time. More so the older stuff (although the ducks got me). Like the one where the guy proposes with Cinderellas slipper and the one where the baby takes her first steps walking to mickey.... I bawl every time
15:02 hehe you did the 2 finger thingy lol😁
We just took the Keys to the Kingdom backstage tour. It was so interesting seeing cast members in a different light.
TPF! Travel Adventures
My mom and me did that tour last year on Oct 29th, The 10 am tour. I had no idea Main Street going toward Cinderella's Castle was built going uphill.
Yep! Internal abbreviations is very common for my job..
Oh my goodness, I must've been a cast member in a prior life! I do most ofthese without having ever been a Cast Member! I am such a dork.. Thank you for officially confirming it!!! 😂😂
I'm right there with ya! Even to the point that when I catch myself doing it, I call my self a dork!! But it's so much fun!
@@Grason2001 for sure! I have a good time with it and it makes my family laugh.. So all good!! Embrace the inner dork 😂😂
The 3 o'clock parade is at 1500 hours. LOL!
So my daughter was at training at Studios. And all the other girl trainees also watched your vids. They were discussing dumb guest questions. Thought you might like to know how much good you are doing😁
Wow, that's really cool to hear. It is an amazing thing when you hear that CM's (and especially the new ones) watch the videos. so neat to know that I've had a small role in them getting and/or doing their jobs.
I can see how it would stick with you for life. In your case Sir Willow I think it's a good thing!
I cried at the duck commercial and I never even worked at Disney!
Ive had guests and CMs mistake me as a CM even though I have never worked for the parks and only been to WDW 2 times. I take it as a massive compliment!
The whole "Knowing your way around the parks" thing? Yep that's true with me, both LEGOLAND and Disneyland Paris are ingrained in my head and literally know where everything is at the Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios respectively for the latter. Still get nostalgia over Disney Theme Park commercials because I either saw some on TV or on Disney VHS tapes when I was a kid. And yes I've been guilty of finding hidden mickeys in places that aren't Disney theme parks.
Oh my, I can relate to so many of these even though I've never been a cast member. I see hidden mickeys everywhere I go lol. I tear up at Disney stuff all the time no matter how many times I see them. That duck commercial had me crying..hard. Right now I miss Disney World so much that anything having to do with Disney makes me cry. This is silly, but it's the hardest thing for me about my husband losing his job - not being able to go to Disney World.
Oh wow that duck commercial! 😭😭😁
It's good to see you smile! Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
I haven't ever worked at a theme park, but I find myself doing this for my former job. You are right - it is just a reflex! Lots of company lingo to keep up with... In fact, my last 2 jobs used the same initials and they were for completely different things. Tough to keep straight in my brain.
I absolutely love your shirt! I wish that I had one. Figment is awesome!
There was this story I heard from another guest. Frozen Ever After stopped in the middle, and one young girl was asking why the ride stopped. The guest told her that Elsa must have accidentally froze the track ahead, and they have to thaw it out before the ride could continue.
I was laughing so hard while I watched this. I'm a former CM from the Disney College Internship ten years ago (MK, Tomorrowland Attractions, Stitch Side). I've been nicknamed Disney Girl at one of my current jobs, a grocery store, and you better believe the first time I heard about a "milk spill" in dairy, I had a hard time not laughing. I do ALL of these things, even a full decade later.
EDIT: Another way to spot us is that we have a TON of Disney merchandise, often in the form of things we use every day. I have a Mickey and Co. purse, a Stitch hoodie, a Mickey ring, and a Stitch keyring that I'm pretty much always seen with when I come into work at the grocery store. I had a Mickey decal on my last car (which I intend to replace when I go to WDW this October, since I have a new car), a vast majority of the shirts I wear are from the Disney parks, I sleep with a Stitch stuffed toy and I have Pascal sitting on top of my piano... so yeah, TONS of merchandise.
#12: Last time I was at Magic Kingdom, I heard a CM tell someone the line was an antenna so Prince Charming could watch ESPN. :D
that was my standard line
I get asked "Do you work here?" all the time, whether I actually work there or not.
Oh yeah, boy do I know about all these... I am not a Disney former cast member, but a former "Carni." We too we're taught "The Disney Point." And I too drive friends and family nuts/crazy, with "Carni Stories." I need my own channel... We too, had, "Costumes" not "Uniforms."As a "Carni" everyday was a "Day at the park!" We weren't allowed to leave! Yep, people coming up... Oiy.... And definitely impromptu creative answers to customer questions?? I love this video, can't wait for the next!! Take care!
Number 11 was me if I was visiting my old work.
Awesome video and i love disney everything, also hope your day is amazing
I live about 30-40 minutes away from Worlds of Fun and head there at least once a week, it would be cool if I worked there one of these days, but I will of course learn how to drive. I'm the same way with maps at parks like Worlds of Fun, Silver Dollar City, and the American Disney Parks, I never need a map, but I do get them to collect them, at new parks I always gets lots of maps to collect but get familiarized with the layout fast.
I've never worked for the mouse but at least half of these I do anyways
LeeAnn H
Almost the same here. Maybe 2 or 3 or 4. Every Feb here in Pensacola there is a con called Pensacon which I volunteer for. We use the Disney point. Sometimes the Atendees at Pensacon don't realize they are on the 3rd floor when the ask me how to get to the second floor from here. I even have the one time story,. In line for Living with the land. Behind Mother carrying daughter on shoulder. Daughter drops cloth Elsa doll. I bend down and pick up the doll and hand it back to the daughter and I said this. "This time don't Let it go," Oh afer I said that. The mother heard me turned around and smiled and let out a little chuckle. I sometimes wonder if that could have been a magical moment Also at Pensacon we volunteers also can't say I don't know to a question.
A bit of a silly story regarding the Fantasmic! soundtrack from my honeymoon. We were on a Disney Cruise of the Mediterranean on the Disney Magic, at dinner at Animator's Pallet. Well, this restaurant has a couple of different shows based on the night you're there (if you stick with the rotational dining every night you WILL see both shows) and this night was the show which includes some of the Fantasmic! soundtrack and even has an appearance by Sorcerer Mickey. Yeah, once that came on my husband and I were both in tears...I don't think that there's any question about why we would trust Disney with our first cruise ever.
We have our own version of the 3:00 parade thing her at Wal-Mart as a cashier. "If it doesn't scan, it must be free!" :p
Some of these are true for us fans too. I find myself doing the Disney point as often as not. I use Disney terms such as cast member, backstage etc as well as abbreviations such as cm for cast member and BTMRR for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Of course, some of this might be due to the fact that I own and manage a forums site that's focused on Disney and mainly on Disney World. And I definitely see hidden Mickeys that truly aren't hidden Mickeys. I once was waiting for the bus to go home from Target and used my phone to take a picture of a wet spot on the pavement because it was in the shape of a hidden Mickey.
At Michigan Adventures owned by Cedar Point our outfits are calling uniforms and and at least I still can perform keeping everything professional
Omg I get this a lot I'm a former cast member of the Chicago disney store and everytime I go there some one seems to know that I am a former cast member lol .
I work in retail, I've been at my workplace, on my day off, in street clothes, with my young (11) daughter, and still got asked for help. :/
You know that quote that goes “how do you know someone is vegan? They’ll tell you” yeah that. But college program. My friends still get confused by “DAK”... number 11 though, people can SENSE the CM. But also I couldn’t watch someone struggle, I headed in a couple of hours early (like you said XD) and a poor guest dislocated her knee on the main st railway tracks (yikes). There was no way I was walking away from that, so I formed the human wall until things got sorted. You can never switch it off, good or bad! My fave castle “line” is Prince Charming’s ESPN 😂
lol I actually originally had the Prince's ESPN antenna line in the video, but trimmed it due to time and length. You're right, I can never fully turn it off completely either.
I can just picture you on a train... if they stop somewhere you wanting to get out and be like "what's the big idea stoppin' my train out here in the middle of nowhere?!" Also when the New York Yankees play the Indians.... THAT has to be a fun baseball game in the house! ....huge wooden war clubs!
LOL I have to admit when I'm on other train rides the thoughts of the robbery show do go through my mind. I think I even say that in the Branson railway video.
Lol, I work in retail, and while I was still in school I went into work in my school uniform, sure enough I still get asked for help. It's a universal truth
that pointing thing. yeah i picked that one up serving in the military. that one is trained into me as well.
15:00 Disney point 😂
It's a good thing your not a bus driver lol my mom is she drive for ClayCo and she be stopping a rail roads and turn wide like she on the bus
I am not even a cast member and I think I have done two of those and maybe 3. Pensacon the con here in Pensacola. We volunteers use the Disney Point. Then I have told that story about the one time I was in line for the Living with the Land behind a mother carrying her daughter on her shoulder and the daughter dropped her Elsa cloth doll. I picked it up and handed it back to her and said "This time don't Let it go." Then sometimes at Pensacon the Attendees don't realize they are on the third floor of the Bay Center when they ask me. How do we get up to the second floor from here?
There have only been 3 days this year that I have NOT been to a Disney Park! And I’m a CM and work does not count!
Let me give you all a WDW hint I got from the DVC CM who helped me with an account issue. I tried to get reservations for Beauty and the Beast in April, SIX MONTHS before my arrival in October and it was booked solid the entire 10 days we are there. That has never happened in the 20 years I have been going to Disney. She said they do have a lot of cancellations the week before I would like to go. Sooo, I will try again the week before our arrival. Thought it may be useful to ya'll. Good luck! (And I struck out getting reservations at GF for dinner with Cinderella. Sheesh. My daughter heard the evil stepmother tells Cinderella to go do the dishes and Cinderella gives her a funny response. I just wanted to see that!)
I've never worked at any park but do over half as well. I love Fantasmic but it and Wishes never really got me to tear up; what does are the scene in Bolt where he thinks he was replaced and Happily Ever After. Love the shirt!
I work in retail and have ppl come up to me in other stores and ask questions.
Jambo, hugs from a current CM @DAK
It's all true.
What time is the 3 o'clock parade again?
XD
Oh yup so true. Dear God don't remind me! I can say it for Knott's Berry farm in regards for we call it costumes instead of uniforms. #noshame #noregrets
3/12 SPOTS from this list I have too although I never have been a disney castmember, I wish that I could though but unfortunately I cant cause I have some disabillities In my body, but back to the actual comment
1. hidden mickeys I dont know how but as youve said I have also that i am at a random place and I see three circles around eachother that I see as a mickey mouse shadow of some sorts
2. I know Disneyland paris blindly even when I watch youtube videos of the parks I can map out the full ground
3. when I"M at disney I'll make up a fairytale even though I know the technical aspect of how the things work I guess to Keep the "magic" alive (hope you"ll understand what i mean)
I miss your videos
Hey where you in the MK in October of this year?? I was trying to take a pic of my special needs daughter w my husband I had a issue w the lighting and waiting for people to walk by. Someone came up and asked if I wanted to get in the pic.he said I can take it for you. I said no. He kinda looked like you. I do appreciate people who do that.
wasn't me. I haven't been to Florida since summer of 2019 and it's going to be least 2022 til I get back, if not longer.
@@SirWillow aww sorry to hear. But yea. We are definitely blessed that we have the parks open. I’m very thankful Florida resident I feel very safe going there . Went to AK it was so relaxing and very much needed “Disney magic” I enjoy your videos. My husband cracks up. When you talk about the 3 oclock parade thing lol
i have a question....when u are visiting the park on your days off....do you have to wait in line or can you go through the cast members back entrance and get on rides that way
when you are visiting you are just like any other guest. There is no special cast member entrance on rides.
Did your comp tickets include things like park hopper?
At the time, yes the comp tickets that we got at Disney included the park hopper option
Great Video! I would like to note that the intro audio was really loud this time around, do you think you could tweak it?
I was running a bit behind in editing this one and had a feeling I forgot to tweak something. that was it. argh... unfortunately youtube's tools don't offer that kind of fix, so it's stuck for this episode. :-(
@@SirWillow That's ok, thanks for being you!
six flags is was uniform, we never refered to them as costumes, unless it was a character. then it would be suit or costume.
If I was a cast members I would answer the question what time the 3 o clock parade starts I would look for a clock or watch out lt said 245 i answer about 15 minutes
I could say a lot but I won't because it would. Hurt your site have fun I enjoy your site when is your next burning bush video
Do kids even know who goofy’s son max is anymore?
you'd be surprised how many of them know. :-)
I don't see why not. Both Goofy movies and Good Troop are on Disney plus.
Calling little girls and boys princesses and pirates.
guilty of that one as well! It gets some odd looks sometimes here in the Missouri Ozarks.
What are alpha teams for?
first aid fast response
Disney maic.aka brianwashing dun dun duuun
If someone said ”Code Red” I would go ”Oh, Red Alert? Where?” Totaly not a Star Trek Fan, heh.
And for the asking where things are I totaly know that. I go a lot to theatres and I have bern asked things like Where is the bathrooms and Where do I get my tickets many times, and I have never ever worked in a theatre of any kind. Sometimes I guessed it was cause I have a black shirt but it hapoen more often than that so I guess I looks like a guy who is good to ask things like that. Ive even been asked if I was a part of the shows at times when I had a cats make up or costumes and i always replay with a no since I dont want to be read as a cast member. Its anoying at times but fun that anyone could imagine me being able to be in a show.
For me I start a lot of stories with "I had this one patient.... or "I had this one call" or "I got dispatched once for...." also, being an ROTC cadet in high school, I still have tendancy to say "sir" and "ma'am" and still snap to attention for the national anthem. I still have acronyms from this job ingrained in my head, I dont say oxygen anymore I say O2, I dont say "drunk" anymore I say intoxicated or ETOH, and I spell things out phonetically over the phone!