Training to be a Photopass Photographer at Walt Disney World- Confessions of a Theme Park Worker

When I started out as a Disney PhotoPass photographer at Walt Disney World, there was a lot of training involved. How much? And What did we learn? How many different stages of training were there? This looks back at what that was like in 2006 and more.
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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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