9 Ways to Get Kicked Out of a Theme Park - Ep 81 Confessions of a Theme Park Worker
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Something no one wants to do, but when they aren't thinking, they might- getting kicked out of a theme or amusement park! Here's 9 things that people do that get them escorted out and away from the parks.
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 Walt Disney World and seeing and experiencing all sorts of things, to being a conductor and train robber on the famous Frisco Silver Dollar Line at Silver Dollar City. With 10 years of working in the parks, there's lots of stories to tell. Here is some of them...
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Just a couple of notes:
1. yes, the reflections/ spirals off aren't good. They're caused by my lighting bouncing off of it, and I didn't know it until I started to edit and it was to late to reshoot. Sorry.
2. Wearing shirts for one location at another (e.g. a Universal shirt at Disney) isn't a problem. As long as it isn't obscene or offensive, it's fine.
3. When it comes to costumes, it's a simple rule: as long as you don't look like you could be the character, pretend to be the character, mistaken for the character, or exposing anything, you're probably ok. If you're still questioning, then assume the answer is no.
As for number 3: If you are unsure if youre dress or costume are okey - ALWAYS ask the staff. Send them an email or give them a phone call asking if youre kids dressing this or youreself dressing that way is okey. If you got an okey and a staff questioning you can always refer them to that okey. Johan.
With #2, I've dressed as an abstract Indiana Jones, and I've gotten smiles from Cast Members (this was in January) and we even cosplayed for a bit. I don't have people come up and ask for autographs, thank goodness. I was also able to dress up as Deadpool before the mask ban, though every now and then Cast Members asked me to simply pull down my mask from time to time. I wasn't ushered out of the park, just asked if I could show my face every here and there. [this was all at Disneyland, California]
Except Disney CM's on the phone are not in the parks, maybe not even in Florida, and someone who has possibly never been to a Disney Park. CM's over the phone have been known to give out horrible information. I doubt saying you got an OK over the phone or showing an email is going to get you past a CM at the gate.
Maybe you should wear shirts like this guy ua-cam.com/video/x8vfLUK8Qzc/v-deo.html :-)
2. My sons would always wear other amusement park shirts at Disney. Got lots of nice T shirt comments from CM's.
Though you may get extra "attention" at the Wilderness Canyon Cafe in Wilderness Lodge if you wear a Sea World or Universal shirt. ;-)
A big one is Don't scatter ashes of a deceased relative at their favorite ride.
Yes David apparently this is a big problem at the Haunted Mansion
Richard Meredith The thing is, the people who do that are disrespecting the ashes... Those ashes end up in a vaccuum bag. For a decreped mansion, they clean up every single night thouroughly.
Good point, never thought of that Trey.
Let it go! Let it go! .... ... Had to lol
Yeah i heard this is a huge problem in the Haunted Mansion and now people claim that the ride is haunted by the people the ashes a belong to
Literally rocking the boat. A coworker was on "It's a Small World" with a bunch of teens that decided to make the boat rock side to side as much as they could. The rocking got so bad that my coworker's husband looked up towards a camera and mouthed "help us." The ride was stopped and the teens were removed from the ride. My coworker later overheard some other teens that were part of the same group as the ones on "It's a Small World" saying that the boat rockers had been removed from the park.
I would have had a meltdown.
Boats scare me. BECAUSE OF THAT. And my Thalassophobia, or fear of drowning, keeps me off of a vast number of them.
That dislike is from selfie stick manufacturers
Funny thing is there were 2 dislikes a bit ago, now there's one. I guess someone who disliked it realized that they actually liked it. lol (or accidentally disliked it and realized their mistake)
#4
Person with common sense: DUH
Person without common sense: WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T BRING MY KNIFE INTO THE PARK?
"Why can't I bring my gun? I need to protect myself!"
"Well that's kinda the point of not bringing any weapons, to keep everyone safe.."
Maybe some of us are used to carrying knives because we live in one of the most dangerous cities in the country where the gang bangers are willing to kill and the homeless to threaten your life and I live in one of those cities and its not Chicago or some other well known city that's for sure matter in fact my city is second highest in the country for auto theft so yea I carry a knife on my person at all times I've seen too many things go down just recently a local was murdered in his backyard just as at reference of how bad things are.
I guess I'll be the one to play devil's advocate on this one. I wear a leatherman tool on my belt at all times. I find myself frequently in need of one. To some people this is "a knife" and they feel very threatened by it. To me, it's the thing I'm going to use to open the cellophane package of the item I bought in a gift shop, tighten the screws on my sunglasses, open the screwed down lid of a battery compartment on some electronic device that's with me, etc. Personally I think it's sad that society got to the point that even having a swiss army knife in public causes some people to panic.
Well yea I carry a knife pretty much everywhere, but not into parks. There isn't really any need for a knife actually in the parks.
KILLKING110 The Point here is don’t bring a weapon into a theme park.
I can understand why the parks wouldn't want someone dressing as a character or a worker. Someone could do something inappropriate and the park would get in trouble for it.
I think as long as they don't look closely accurate looking to them it should be fine
Lameashellcosplay It would be kind of funny to go to a theme park and see someone walking around in a bad knock-off costume.
They do this at six flags parks during fright fest. Only kids 12 and under can dress up in Halloween costumes.
@@Lameashellcosplay Uh you're enabling pedophilia KAREN.
Line cutters are one of my biggest pet peeves. If you cut the line, I secretly hope you get back to your car and find you ran over a nail and now have a flat tire.
Scuffed Boots here's my aspect, if it's one or two simply rejoining their party, I'm cool with it. However, if it's a huge group suddenly reuniting with their people, then that pisses me off
Haha! that would be excellent punishment! That would be horrible to find yourself in that situation after a long day in the parks and you are exhausted! I wonder what AAA does if you are in a lot? Do they get to come in without paying?
I e heard Disneyland Paris is horrible people there but all the time..Adam the woo was banned but after 3 years was hooked up with a good lawyer.But he got banned from universal Orlando for something did 5 years ago.Tim Tracker waa recently told by security that he c ouldnt take selfies with people..That made no sense to me
Scuffed Boots I love it!
Here a trick I use to quash line jumpers: I hold onto both handrails in a standard switchback queue, it may stop forward progress unless they go under the rails. The worst offenders are the "Fast Pass", "Flash Pass", or whatever they are called (pay to skip the line passes - NOT the accommodations for disabilities groups) in a given park as users of those tend to be abusive even when the pass is used up; I wish the parks either discontinue these or go to an all reservations type of queuing.
So I can't go streaking at Sea World yelling "Free Willy!"?
LOL
Omg I'm dying😂😂😂😂
Please don't.
Ah no
Ahahahahaha!!!
"If you want to see if Micky is a boy ( *TRUST ME, HE IS* )" I laughed too hard at this.
Common sense is rather uncommon! Also, if I could vote for a UA-cam Disney Spokesperson, you'd definitely be #1. Love it!
I'm fine with people doing the "cut line thing" if it's just one person or an adult with a young child. Say you've got a group of three or more people and one person needs to go to the bathroom and then gets back with their group that was still in line that's okay or if you've got a group of five or six people and one person has to take little Timmy to the bathroom because he's only six and really shouldn't be walking the park by himself. But other than that nope don't go for it. Hell my husband is handicapped and has a handicap pass which lets him go to the front of the lines and what we do as a family is me and my kids will wait through the line while my husband sits up at the front he won't get on the ride until we've actually waited through the line even though the handicap pass would let him cut the line.
I think a kid that needs to use the bathroom should always be excused for line jumping for sure! I also think the same for adults frankly as well-my mother has colitis and will need to use the bathroom with almost no warning-and it can happen at any random time. It would be horrible for her to be "penalized" by having to wait in line all over again just because of this medical issue....i mean-in all honesty, if she had to do that, she could literally end up waiting in lines and never reaching the ride all day...
I have done parks for ages... generally when a group is in line and one person (especially with a kid) comes up to join them, no one really cares (if they are polite about it). But when one person is "holding" a space for 5 or 6? Forget it ha ha
I do this at Kennywood. They are AWESOME about this. I can ride The Racer, The Jack Rabbit, or the Thunderbolt (until my riding partner gets tired because you HAVE to have a partner for safety and I fully support it) AS MANY TIMES AS I WANT! AND I can SIT wherever I want. But ONLY if the lines are that bad on certain rides. Otherwise I just wait and watch the ride go and just get giddy with excitement and talk about how excited I am to just be going on it. If I DO get a line cutter, it really doesn't matter to me. We're all going on the same ride and I only get scared if they separate me from my father. MASSIVE NO NO. I GOT ASSAULTED BY A KAREN WHO SAW ME TRYING TO GET TO MY DAD. I *●GENTLY●* GUIDED THE KID TO THE SIDE BARELY EVEN TOUCHING THE KID AND I GOT VIILENTLY JERKED AND YANKED FORWARD AND BACKWARD BY MY RING RAFT. "DON'T YOU TOUCH MY KID! DON'T YOU TOUCH MY KID!" WILL FOREVER LIVE IN INFAMY IN MY HEAD. ANOTHER GIRL GRABBED MY BATHING SUIT STRAP AND PULLED ME BACKWARDS AT CRAFTON WATERPARK AND SAID *I'M GOING FIRST" DOWN THE WATERSLIDE. AND THAT IS A BIG REASON WHY IF I GET TOUCHED FROM BEHIND AND I DON'T KNOW YOU. YOU'RE GONNA MEET THE SWAT TEAM BECAUSE I AM *●NOT●* EXCUSING THAT EVER AGAIN.
I remember seeing this restroom area through the Flight of Passage queue line in Animal Kingdom. I thought it was rather convenient to have this bathroom “checkpoint” place for those who can’t hold their bladders or something much longer, but they’re too scared to go back due to the long lines and potentially having to wait even longer. (Why wasn’t this at the new Tron Rollercoaster or Guardians of the Galaxy Rollercoaster? That would’ve been really convenient there too!)
I'm a gun owner, and I would never bring my rifle to WDW. When I want to shoot, I just go to my local gun range (I don't hunt, BTW. The only things I have ever shot were made of cardboard or metal).
Besides a rifle would be a lot harder to forget you were carrying at the time. :-P
SirWillow With how many people there are that seem to forget to use their brain in crowded areas, I can’t say I’d be terribly surprised if some dolt tried to bring a massive weapon like that into a theme park😅
I was on Big Thunder at Disney California one time and a guy dropped his phone off the ride because he was holding it outside the car recording.
As pro second amendment as I am there’s absolutely no need to bring a knife/gun into the parks. Disney is honestly one of the most safe places on the planet.
Connely Chauvin
If there was ever ONE place you *don't* have to worry about violence in, it would be Disney. ^^
I'm pro-gun and agree one hundred percent! Why in the heck would you want to bring a fake weapon into there?
YEAH RIGHT.
On the Disney being safe thing.
@@artisannoteworthyUnfortunately, people these days clearly have ridiculous anger issues and would start brawls at Disney Parks. It’s become a legitimate problem at Disney Parks.
Weapon story time! I carry a pocket knife with me daily, you never know when you'll need to cut something. Anyway, I was on a weekend trip with a friend in Chicago, just walking around when we decided we were going to go up in the Sears Tower. I didn't even think about my knife until we took the first elevator up and there were big signs saying no weapons. I mentioned it to the security guard and he just told me to keep it in my pocket and not stab anyone! 😂
Yeah i know what you mean-having a pocket knife is really just good sense. But I always have to carefully think about whats on me when i go places...i can see how you would totally forget it though...i even take my scissors out of my purse when i enter parks...even though they arent pointy at all-just better to not have an issue....
We were in Philly going to the Liberty Bell and before we went in my dad stowed his knife under a traffic cone and got it back when we left 😂
One time, i was at six flags great adventure, and i was about 14 at the time and MY BRACES set their metal detectors off!! BRACES!!
Mike H Metal detectors have sensitivity settings so if the operators are not skilled they can have it turned up way too high.
#7 , as a six flags scareactor this needs to be posted everywhere in the park. During the 2018 season I had my ears shrieked in by guests on a nightly basis. We had parents encouraging their young children to assault and harass “the scary people”. I was punched in the back 3 times. Shoved to the ground, had teen girls rub their hands on my face, had a 40 something drunk lady grope me and had a lady attempt to restrain me by bear hugging me in order to force me to take a photo with her.
I don’t mind the accidental self defense reflexes… if you apologize. But if you’re gonna be a jerk or worse to employees, why are you even at the park (aside if the thrill rides you won’t ride due to your bad behavior)
A similar situation happened to me at Hershey Park. What happened was that there was a long line for wild mouse and we all waited for it. There were two parents in front of us who had let their kids go off and ride rides while they waited in line. We were almost in front and had been waiting for about 30 minutes, and her came their kids, shuffling through the line to get to their parents. My dad didn't let them through and my parents and theirs got in and argument but finally we got to the front of the line and they all went on anways. And no, it was not worth it to ride a wild mouse coaster.
That's one of my least favorite coasters. Kings Dominion has one similar that has a nice drop at the start.
Yeah wild mouse isn't very good
Personal experience: Disney's attitude is that if a cast member didn't see the person jump line, IT NEVER HAPPENED! And if they did see it happen, they don't have the authority to do anything about it.
Jessica M who cares about opinions
@@mikedonley1287 You work there and brainwashed them to do that didn't you?
Love the part on line-cutting! That happens every time we're in line for California Screamin' in DCA. It even happens in line for coffee shops and quick service restaurants! So silly.
You are such a nice guy!! I love your vids!!!
I loved your rant on cutting in line. I worked at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH and they had a policy called parent swapping. Some rides has a height restriction like "48 inches or with an adult". If a family had two children that were not tall enough but only one parent, the second child could wait at the exit of the ride and after the first ride the parent could ride again with the second child and not have to wait in line again. It was a great policy and saved the experience for alot of families and made it easier for us ride operators.
When I was in high school, our marching band went to Disney World multiple times for the night parade. When we went backstage, we were NEVER allowed to pull out our phones to take pictures or videos. It would just ruin the magic if anyone did it anyway. We were trusted, so it was an honor even to just be there.
If you earn Disney’s trust. DON’T BLOW IT! It probably won’t be fixed, at least not for a LOOOOOONG time
Last year I was at sea world San Antonio riding the steel eel when the phone/camera point happened. we were halfway up the lift hill when the ride operator stopped the ride and came over the speaker saying “please put your phone away.” Again “please put your phone away.” he comes on a third time and says “the ride will not start up again until you have put your phone away sir.” Whoever it was finally got the hint and put his phone away and the ride started back up.
Common sense people, common sense.....
I had a woman a few seats ahead of me on pirates using her humongous camera with the flash on.. completely ruined the ride for the kiddos behind her that hadn't rode it before :/ I wish there was more respect for other people in the theme parks like when I first started going....
I love your videos Sir Willow! Keep 'em coming! Have a blessed day!
I got kicked out of a mall once, there was a new rule at the mall that teens had to be with an adult during the weekend, now I'm 4'8" and I was 21 at the time so I look like a teenager, I was with my dad and as soon as we got to the door he darted to the bank like he was on a mission and I got stopped by an older security guard and was asked for a state ID, I had one but it was expired so I didnt bring it not thinking I'd get stopped. Even when I explained that I don't need an adult, he wouldn't budge.. I got so embarrassed when I walked out, when me and my dad got back to the car I started to cry out of embarrassment. But I got a new ID, so far I haven't gotten asked about my ID. Im gonna be so mad that if I get stopped and I show them my ID they think its fake..
I've spent 25 years in service industry jobs, nearly 24 of which were retail, it would be nice is people weren't jerks in any business they were visiting...
At Six Flags Saint Louis, I was with my boyfriend having dinner near colossus when he and I watched a kid running along the rail tracks on the bridge. Luckily the kid was stopped before the station. I don't understand why kids are let loose in the park sometimes when they clearly can't act appropriately. This happened right after riding on Batman listening to the kid in front of me shout obcienities.
Marissa Bodart Wow. Where where the parents???
sadly I'm sure that's not that unusual. There are a lot of adults that seem to think theme parks are babysitters.
I love hearing stories about stuff like this, especially when it’s the park I work at. I practically live at the mine train. Been working there for three years
Standing up during a ride
James Swanson I have actually had to stop a ride for that before. Tween boys acting stupid
One way we got a group kicked out of the park - we were in line for CGA's Gold Striker opening day. The group of us got in the full queue in the afternoon after I had gotten off work and as we were on the final stretch of the queue almost 90 minutes later, we had a mob of guests start trickling in to meet their friends who were at the station. It wasn't just 1 or 2 people, but what seemed like their entire family. Some got physical and shoved their way through when we ignored their requests, some threatened when we didn't budge. We just happened to catch a supervisor coming down the Fast Lane steps adjacent to us who was able to radio security. We then saw the guests board when we thought it was too late. That was until we realized they were holding the train until security showed up rather quick. They were kindly shown and walked to the exit of the park and denied of their ride. We heard several cheers in the station meaning we weren't the only ones who had issues with them :)
Just to be clear- you did't get the group kicked out. They got themselves kicked out for thinking that the rules didn't apply to them. :-) Yeah, I hate when people try to do stuff like that.
Thank you so much for giving the exception for cutting in line. I was 12 years old and had a bathroom emergency right when my parents were in line for Toy Story Mania. It was early in the morning so you can imagine how the crowds were. I left the line by myself thinking that I could somehow get back in. I wasn’t really thinking because I was young and really had to go. I come back and I decided instead of cutting to ask a cast member if I could get back in line. She said I couldn’t, but decided to get me in through the fast past entrance and told me to wait at the merge point. I however didn’t have any cell service in the building so my parents had no idea where I was and of course started to panic. I waited at the merge point for 55 minutes before I saw my parents. It was awful. A cast member eventually had to give me her phone to try and call my parents. It is probably my least favorite memory at Walt Disney World.
I watched some teens get kicked out a park for spitting on log flume riders. They're excuse was "They're wet already!".
BfDelano In Texas that's a class a or b misdemeanor (can't remember which). Depending on the county that could include some jail time on top of the hefty fine.
Well this was years ago, so I don't know if the laws have changed where this location is. It's up in New England.
In Greece it's good luck...?? LOL
Some people need to get real-spitting on others is considered an Assault !!
I love this video!! I’ve seen so many of the things you mentioned occur at Disneyland!!! I’ve also see people have fist fights and also try to cut across Main Street during the middle of a parade without getting permission from the cast members
Also make sure to read the signs for limitations. If it says to remain seated do it. I had someone on a log ride once that was standing up and splashing which are both bad moves. Putting your hand in the water with a fiberglass boat that weighs 500 pounds before you and your family get in can quickly end up getting you a new nickname of "Stumpy." In most parks not following the posted rules or verbal directions or recorded announcements can equal your removal from the park.
And if the park happens to be one that has alcohol sales available DO NOT GET DRUNK. One or two beers over a few hours fine, if you are sloshed the ride operators will make a phone call to have security come over and deal with it.
And be decent to the ride operators, where I worked it was often over 100 degrees and we are in the heat all day too. We have a lot of rules to follow to keep you safe and try and make sure your day is fun but we often work ALL DAY. We may rotate positions but I have days where the entire twelve hour shift was on a ride I didn't like to operate. And our shifts start before the park opens and ends after it closes while making minimum wage or not much more than and if the park is only open during the summer, guess what NO OVERTIME unless the state stipulates beyond federal law.
I hate when people talk duirng the ride instructions and I cant hear!! Thats teh worst....i dont care if they have done the ride before, others havent and need to know this stuff!
I should also add DON'T show up to the park drunk either. It should be a given but some people have to get that way to deal with the kids. It may end up with a ride to jail and a whole host of other issues if you brought kids along without another adult, especially if you drove.
John Ventshop I love this comment. At six flags St. Louis, where I work, a man got highly drunk and punched Daffy Duck in the beak and I think he broke it. Easy and stupid way to be arrested. He’s probably banned for life.
I'm going to Disneyworld for the first time and you have been a great help. Thanks for posting such great information!
I always wear my Genie shirt. And then when I dont feel in a Disney mood, theres always Mario. Gamer for life. XD
I remember, once, at Disney World, seeing a lady dressed as Mini Mouse. She was wearing ears, a polkadot dress, white gloves, and her nose was painted black. You could tell that she wasn’t the real Mini, but guests were impressed by her outfit enough to want to take pictures with her. The last thing I saw of her was employees approaching to talk to her. My friend, who was interning at DW at the time, explained that the lady could wear the outfit and have pictures taken of her, but she wouldn’t be allowed to say that she was Mini or sign autographs.
yep- no autographs, no pretending to be Minnie, and they probably asked her to cool it on the photos some as well. If she's causing a distraction or drawing attention, Disney isn't going to like that, though they wouldn't have an issue with the outfit itself (that's kind of what Disney Bounding is)
People who cut in line seem to think that because they paid so much, they can cut despite the fact that PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE PAID THE SAME YOU DID and those that didn't (aka someone with MAKE A FREAKING WISH) then they deserve it waaaay more. Also selfie sticks+rides seems like a real easy way to lose your phone. Your selfie stick you got at your cousins graduation for free vs a steel beam on a roller coaster the winner will (not) shock you!
It’s ridiculous that people think they’re better than literally anyone else just because they themselves paid a fortune.
It’s painful to hear how narcissistic some people are. Worse than Kuzco, especially
"If you'r gonna be a rude jerk, you're not gonna get it. Not if they can help it." Haha! This made me laugh so much. I've never worked at theme parks, but definitely at the fair it's the same way!
I worked for my local theme park. We used to have issues with phones. I even saw a phone go flying out of a roller coaster car once. Hit the ground pretty hard.
But there was one ride that always had to remind people to put phones away. It was this big swing ride that took people way up above the ground. The ride operator always made it clear that they were gonna personally kick you off if they saw your phone. Did people listen? No, not always. Once every other day when I was in the area somebody was having the ride stopped because of a phone. Just don't do it, people.
I love your videos! They make me happy because they remind me of the great times I have had at the Disney parks in Florida. Thank you 😀
This happened to me at Alton Towers in the UK and it annoyed me so much because they swearing at the employee telling them how to do they job and that they were doing it wrong.
“Hey! They want a quick trip!”
🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for posting this for other people to see like me.A lot of this stuff I knew and a lot I didn’t.
15:51 - 16:03 lol’d so hard at work. Haha. 😂 Thanks for making my day, SirWillow.
No weapons? What do I do with my fists then? They're kind of attached to my arms...
Koppa Dasao here bite down on the stick this is going to sting a little bit. :-P
Gooood oneeee 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
If it’s something that isn’t automatically seen as a weapon odds are you’re able to bring it in parks - Odds are most people bring in pencils/pens/paper to certain parks if they want autographs, and clench their hands on some scarier rides, and while literally anything can be turned into a weapon... It requires people to actually use their brain when it’s not something that requires you to simply pull a trigger or pull out a blade, and the brain is something far too many people don’t know how to use these days...😅 *Stops walking in a crowded, bustling area to finish typing a comment and take a selfie while riding Tower Of Terror*
Me too, I have a Pro Boxing license.
cut them off.
Employee: You can't bring this 5mm pistol into the park, but you can bring this fully loaded AK-47!
I just saw this and, as a former ride operator at a regional Six Flags park, there are a couple more I would definitely add.
1) Listen to the instructions when the operators/attendants are doing their spiel. I operated a river rapids ride mostly and one of the things we'd have to say is "Keep your arms and legs inside the raft at all times, and hold onto the center ring, and don't unbuckle the safety belt." One idiot decided to ignore all of that and stood up mid ride. I was team leading the ride at the time and out at one of the observation positions. I immediately called to the main operator booth, gave the boat number and description after giving him a verbal warning. He was kicked off the ride the rest of the day, not sure if he was kicked out of the park.
2) Listening to the instructions also applies to before getting on the ride. We had a policy of no smoking or alcohol in the lines, but this lady insisted on taking her beer in line with her. When she got up to the front and I noticed it I told her she either had to dump it, or give it to someone who was not riding, or exit the line and drink it and return. I was even nice and offered her an exit pass for the 2nd and 3rd options. She refused all them saying she'd just set it off to the side, ride, and get it when she came back. I told her that if she did that I was going to dump it. But she set it to the side, rode, and came back to an empty beer mug because I dumped it out. She was mad at me saying she spent $9 on the beer (most of that was for the mug), but I reminded her that I gave her three options, she took none of them, and I followed through on what I said I would. She demanded to talk to security and I gladly called them up who promptly escorted her off the ride.
Ah nothing liked a cool video from Sir Willow to make my day today :)
Yay! Another upload! One time we had to go back to our car because we had left a knife in on of our bags. We are big on knifes and had forgot it was in there.
We went back and put it away and got let in. Although the security guard thought we were trying to sneak it in still. Even though we were polite about the whole thing. But he was just doing his job :)
I remember when I went to Alton Towers in the north of England at oblivion (which was the worlds first dive coaster) and it was the car right before our one. We got in our car waiting for the other one to drop so we could go. Turned out they stopped the car right at the top of the lift hill because somebody had their phone out, it was right at the part where the car was facing down and they stayed there for ten minutes. I’m so lucky I had to wait in line a bit longer instead of be on the car with that idiot.
Charl77 I have to reply to this comment! Sure it happens all the time but I was once also on Oblivion and we were stopped at the top at the the drop as someone had their phone out in the row behind me. A worker came up and told him off and to put it away. Took a long time for the worker to climb up and down all those steps (understandably, it's a big climb!) so we were sat facing down for a good 10/15 minutes. And it was freezing cold and windy that day.
Then they dropped us without warning. Made a good ride photo at least!
JennyBennyCustard hah, my friend was on that car. We went on a school trip sometime in may
#6 *cough* Adam the Woo *cough* , he is a great youtuber but posting his backstage videos wasn't the best idea
he's not the only one. :-) and I'm agreed with you about him. :-)
they allowed him back to disney and he did mostly learn his lesson. and he appoligised. the uni florida thing was seprate and they waited way too long to address it, which makes me question why it hasnt been undone yet , but whatever.
like the uni thing was for nickalodeon and they should have adressed it in no less than a month. after which i think they loose validity on kicking hi out. but they waited five years. it makes it seem random. just my oppinion of course.
These days Adam is very careful about this in parks. If he would have to go into cast only areas, he doesn't do it. Some of his fans were trying to get him to film back stage again and he flat out told them he would never do it again unless he was invited to film. Not being able to go to one of his favorite places in the world was very hard on him. He still does some silly things, but he did learn his lesson in the parks.
lol my thoughts went right to him, glad he can come back to the park now! He's learned his lesson now, too bad Universal is still not letting him in
I'm not gunna lie, I died when you said "you're go pro looks like THIIIIISSSS!!!" 😂😂😂💀
Common Sense had become so rare in people I started calling it Rare Sense.
Now I wanna go to Disneyland, dressed as Bugs Bunny.
Do it.
Hey there. For your last way a guest would get kicked out of a park, I've seen ride operators stop a train on the lift hill. When I was in line for The Voyage at Holiday World for my second ride, they stopped the chain about halfway up the lift hill because someone took their phone out on the ride. It was nice to know that the ride's anti-rollback device worked perfectly, but it took me some more time before I got on it. I complimented the ride operator for doing the right thing and she was nice enough to say thanks and talk for a bit before I rode The Voyage in the front row.
For #9: I was riding Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point and some guy sitting in front of me apparently forgot his phone in the pocket of his basketball shorts. On one of the smaller airtime hills on the way back, the phone flew out of his pocket towards me. I had to dodge it. I almost wish I would've caught it so I could give it back to him, but I didn't think fast enough and probably wouldn't have been able to catch it anyway. I felt bad for him since he wasn't filming or anything, but then again there are signs instructing guests to leave loose articles on the ride platform, in a locker or with a non-rider, so he kinda had it coming to him, especially since he was wearing flimsy basketball shorts.
We are annual pass holders but have always wondered about those “discount” tickets advertised at shady places around Orlando. Interesting! The acting out of the filming on rides was hilarious 😆
Nothing makes me angrier than seeing a cell phone on a roller coaster. They're literally putting everyone behind them in danger. I just saw this happen the other day.
Life was a llittle easier in the 70's. I was a RiverBoat Spieler at Six Flags Over Texas. We had the occasional rude guest, but at least we didn't have to deal with millions of cell phones.
I do believe not standing up on a ride is also very important. (Cough cough Splash Mountain)
that will be coming in a later video. :-)
Why would anyone? I just hold on for dear life on the last drop(seated of course): D
Love these work at six flags great adventure for a while and these rules are awesome thank you. Love your videos.
#8 is my *BIGGEST* pet peeve!!!😡 The "my family's up there" is SO flippin rude!
I have a similar situation of number 9 at canobie lake park, I was on Skater a ride that is very rough and jerky. This huge group of teenagers sitting in my row and in back of me was on the attraction. This one boy pulled out his phone as the ride started moving. I remember trying to yell “Stop!” But that didn’t work. We got a little into the ride (The operator has said multiple times to put it away) and it ended up stoping. The kid had to put away his phone. But hey my head didn’t get chopped of by his phone and we all got to go again! Thank goodness!
"Your pocket knives, your butcher knives" 😂😂😂
My wife and I just did a road trip from Kansas City to Southern California and took Route 66 for most of the trip. I hear ya on the craziness of those tour groups. They were everywhere. On Route 66, at the theme parks, everywhere and totally inconsiderate of those around them.
My boyfriend works security at WDW and I get story time almost every night about some..er..most of the points you brought up here. Another good point would be to NOT STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF A WALKWAY. I know amusement parks are pretty and magical, but would it kill you to take 2 steps to the left/right, out of the path of walking traffic, and take your picture there? The parks are quite large, yes, but it's not so large when you've got between 45K and 75K people in the park at once. Those walkways feel real tiny, real quick.
when I took my daughters to Disney (6, 9, and 14) I have all 3 Disney Bound. Part of our trip planning always includes going to the thrift ship shops to get inspired! It's fun for everyone and no one gets left out on the dress up.
I love this man. I have been a rides team member at six flags St. Louis for three years and for the phone issue, I never hesitate to call security. It is my biggest pet peeve, next to people sitting on handrails. Please come back to Six Flags St. Louis! I would love to see you.
I'd love to. It's all about finding time and budget. Not looking great at the moment, but who knows. I might be able to swing a trip this summer. It's just far enough that I have to make it an overnighter.
Once we almost weren't allowed in Disneyland, because my little brother got sick on the bus ride to the park because it was so cramped and hot. He ended up vomiting on his shirt, so my parent's took it off and were just going to buy him a clean one in the gift shop. The man checking our tickets obviously stopped us, but was nice and let us in after we explained.
Just as a note, I work turnstiles at Universal. Ticket fraud is definitely not isolated to Disney. We get a TON of them at Universal as well.
I too have caught a phone on a ride, for a total stranger, yet could not catch my friends phone as I watched it slip out of his pocket and right past my face. Wasn't on my A game that day. Love ya George!
Yeah might not want to bring your Butcher Knives😆
great topic!
Love the video
I'm reminded of a few incidents in particular (most when I was a cast member, one after my internship when I was a guest). When I was working at WDW, there was one time when a guest ACTUALLY pulled out a full-sized tripod to try and film inside Stitch's Great Escape. That was one of two times I had to e-stop the ride and have someone escorted out by security. The second time, it was after I had told a guest (twice) that his son had to sit in his own seat for the attraction, as it was a safety hazard for him to be sitting in his lap. This man (who had to be nearly six feet tall), got up out of his seat to deliberately try to intimidate me with his size (I'm a petite 5'1") and scream at me. Yeah, that was a rather spectacular removal from the ride, though I am also happy to say that there were several other guests who looked like they were ready to jump to my defense, even after I e-stopped the attraction. The last, happier incident I thought of was during Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, when I went as a guest. I was dressed as American McGee's Alice (a very, VERY dark video game, but I didn't bring any of the character's deadly props and was wearing one of her less gruesome outfits), but I saw some other guests dressed, rather accurately, as the three blondes from Beauty and the Beast. They were there all night, despite the accuracy of their costumes (I'm assuming because these characters are not as well-known and also don't have presence in the park), and even saw that they got a picture WITH Gaston. It was, to say the least, quite magical.
I was entering Disney California Adventure and a man started screaming at the security guards because he couldn’t bring his pocket knife into the park. A POCKET KNIFE!!!
I cosplayed when going to Universal and was let in, for HHN. (It was Marty McFly, it was amazing I assure you.)
These disney videos are so very interesting!
I learned something from this video. Cutting the line to meet up with your group further in the line is not kind to others. I usually do not care since the few that do don't really affect the time I spend waiting.
The only exception I make for letting someone pass me in line is if a parent took a kid to the washroom. Moreover if they walk back down the line saying they have to take the kid to the washroom in a nice manor
#10 Peeing on the scenery in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad's queue.Yes, I've actually seen someone at Disney World do this.
Ewwww
Less than a minute into the video, when you're talking about clueless guests and common sense being nowhere to be found. For anyone who goes to any kind of convention, PAX, or a smaller comic or sci-fi convention, you know that feeling. There's always someone at one of these events that just doesn't seem to understand that real world rules still apply. I was at a convention in Seattle years ago and it was fairly late in the evening, the event was shut down aside from the dance. Some dude outside the hotel was just standing there pissing in the bushes in plain view of the street. I've heard about people trying to crash pool parties at conventions I've been at ending up in an ambulance for trying to get over the pool's fence and falling on their faces. People overdosing on drugs on the first night of the event. Stories of the stinky people, yes, the ones who need constant reminders that the 6-2-1 rule exists mainly for them. Take a shower you smelly bastards.
The ending is so funny haha
Hello George: What do you think about the single rider lines, I had witnessed a couple of times at R&R coaster @ HS people get mad as hell because they stood there & got separated? yep things that make me go hummm. I sincerely admire anyone who works with the public; they got my most respect specially being able to keep smiling. Have a great New Year and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
We'll use the single rider lines sometimes, depending on the ride, mood, and wait time. So we like them. But yes, part of the deal is that you are almost surely going to get split up, even if only 2 of you, and especially if there are more of you. Never understood people who got upset over that when it's made very clear that's going to happen when they get in line, but there's always some...
I was young and stupid and fell for the used ticket scam. Now they actually take your thumb print. It is nuts. I am glad I had enough money for tickets at the park gate, Then had a wonderful time contacting the local authorities. Sadly there are loopholes with corrupted stands like that. Lucky for me, the guy freaked out at ran when he saw the cop and got busted for weed. I think it sucks when someone gets busted for pot, but hey, he screwed me.
Accidentally came across your channel when looking up stuff on Dollywood. I ended up mindlessly clicking on your videos for hours. I am a huge fan of theme parks because I refuse to work anywhere else. You also use the same portable audio recorder as I do so you got a good taste in tech equipment. Just wanted to say I really like your stuff and thanks for amusing me through the night.
My family used to go to the biggest theme park in my country every year. I always felt the need to apologize to the staff because my mother used to be one of those people who lack any common sense as soon as they enter a theme park.
A year ago when I worked at a water park as a lifeguard, a woman who was waiting in line for our water roller coaster put her foot in the conveyer belt as the ride was operating. It broke her ankle in half and nearly degloved her foot entirely. The lifeguard that was operating it said that one guy almost threw up looking at it.
ouch! that just sounds ugly
Look man, I’ve been to Disney. A LOT. When we had to use the restroom or something while waiting in line and our party was broken up, every time, a cast member would let us go through the fast pass line or something to catch up. People cut in lines at Disney ALL the time, they really are not strict about it at all.
When I visited animal kingdom, we rode expedition Everest. When we saw the photopass picture, the person behind us was flipping off the yeti
Agree with the no filming on roller coasters but don't forget about other objects! Once on California Screaming right at the top of the first hill the person in front of me let go of a metal water thermos that fell on the tracks in front of the cars. Strangely the onboard music stopped as the train ran over it but still it could've injured someone.
Sirwillow I have a question about the line cutting.... i have had to do that because i am Diabetic usually i would just get back in end of line but friends would be way further then i am i know you say not to do it but with those circumstances how can you work around or with a cast member about it?
talk to the cast members and let them know and they're probably going to work with you.
okay wanted to ask lol I plan on taking a trip to Disneyland and wanted to make sure :)
the other thing you might want to check on is a guest disability pass, which you can pick up at Guest Relations. it may save you some worry and hassle. :-)
On dark rides there is an amazing thing called low light cameras and your phone produces a nice glow on your face. The best is when the flash is on, and it lights up the whole TV screen.
So, I have a story about this. I was a stupid 15 year old and we were going onto a river ride. Me and a friend of mine had won some foam axes at a game, and were kinda battling each other with them in line. I hooked his axe, and it got thrown two feet over the two foot fence. We were contemplating what to do when we saw another young man jump the fence to get a basketball. With mob mentality in mind i did the same, and got it and hopped back in line. We rode the ride. Security took us to the front of the park, had us explain. Luckily because of how apologetic I was, and they had a bigger issue to deal with with some other guests who had gotten into a scuffle, we were allowed to stay as long as my parents watched me and my friend. I learned my lesson, and have become better from the experience.
Cedar Point will stop the coaster on the lift hill. They will send someone up the lift hill, take the item, and then take their picture and send it to security. Someone did just that on Blue Streak when I was there a few years ago.
Last time I went to Disney, we got cut in line multiple times by large groups meeting up with their families. We complained to the cast members and they said they couldn't do anything about it but we did get an extra fast pass for the trouble.
You’re awesome!
as a kid me and my brother would dress up as the flooded mine prisoners, definitely wouldn’t do it now😂
Last weekend while working at Kings Island a lady jumped into the area under the track to get her hat. Thankfully the train was still in the station.
Oh boy... Good thing I watched this video, I'm very guilty of Number 9. ^^;
I will admit though, I've ridden every ride and I haven't lost my camera yet. The guy in front of me on Big Thunder did though, flew into my friends chest.
Hei can i ask u a question.. From all theme park that u work is there any place like "charger station" kind of place to charging you're electricity gadget or some like that and is there any place for smoking too or rule for smokers?? I know is kinda random question but i just curious because in here my country Indonesia, so far there are not a lot of charger station which in my opinion is kinda important and for smokers they just smoke near of trash can lol... Sorry for lonh writing and bad english,, i wish u have a good day :)
Many parks have charging stations now where people can plug in phones. They aren't always convenient to get to, but they are often available. And as far as I know every park has designated smoking areas with ash trays. if you're smoking anywhere else they'll likely ask you to head over to the smoking area and point it out to you. :-)
SirWillow thanks for the reply :)