Dumb Disney Guest ?'s & the Silliest Guest I Ever Had - Ep 82 Confessions of a Theme Park Worker
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2017
- Cast members hear dumb, silly, and plain funny questions from guests all the time. These are just a few of the funniest ones, including the most ridiculous conversation I ever had with a guest! It only took 5 tries to get it filmed, and even then it wasn't easy- as you'll see with all the bloopers at the end.
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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They’ll fix the dome right after they fix the Yeti.
jim2386 Lmao!
BWAHAHA
The Yeti broke the dome. And injured himself in the process. It all makes sense now.
Troodon gosh darn it yeti you cluz 😂
They ain’t fixing betty
"Rides are all around you, like there and there and there and there...." Oops! You didn't use the two-finger Disney Point!!!
The Haunter's Depot OOOOOOHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOO
You caught that too! That was one of the FIRST things that stood out to me was that he didn't use the two-finger or whole hand point! XD
I never did the 2 finger point, it just felt stupid.
I was a travel agent and I can not tell you how many clients when they returned said they had a good time but never found Harry Potter World or Shamu. Or went to Universal and never found Mickey. And many people thought Disney had 4 parks..Disney..Universal..Sea World..and Bush Gardens. People booking the Disney cruise wanted to know what park they went to to board the cruise. And any people think Disney World and Disney Land are one in the same..in Orlando!
Susan Burris Been there, done that. I even had people tell me (When staying outside the park) that they didn't need a car because they could just walk to the park. Uh, five miles and no sidewalks??? Also had people tell me that they wanted an ocean view room at the Grand Floridian. Yeah, but you'll have to bring your telescope. Why? Because the nearest ocean view is over 100 miles away and there might be some buildings in the way.
Jaynie Beth..that is what got me about the cruisers...they were clueless there wasn't an ocean near Orlando. But then people asked me where ny cruises from Vegas were.
While it didn't happen at a theme park, I was at the Arkansas Heritage Museum watching a Revolutionary War reenactment for the 4th of July. When the British were firing at the minute men, the lady next to me siad to what appeared to be her husband, "You know what I don't get....Why were the British in our country in the first place" The look on his face was priceless.
Jeffrey B. Oh, we were bored and hadn’t had a war in a while. Plus you guys spilt all our tea we sent as a gift for your takeaways. Hope this helps! ^^
That woman must have slept through her American History class. I refuse to believe there is someone that dumb out there. 🤣
I worked at Sequoia national park years ago. We had a guest ask "where do you keep the trees in the Winter".
Lady of light Wow.
WOW, andvI thought the stories I'd heard of National Park visitors complaining about wolves howing or needing to fumigate the parks because of all the insects were bad!
So we went to Disney this past September, and I must've said "Kids look at the castle, let's get a picture in front of the castle" in front of the train station about a thousand times. The kids cracked up every time. They also loved it when we walked by a closed for refurb Splash Mountain and I said "You can't be closed, you'll ruin the whole trip for Bessy Sue." My kids LOOOOVE your "dumb guest" references. Keep up the great work.
LOL Always good to know my stuff made for some laughs at the parks for you.
I used to work at a casino in Vegas and a customer once asked if we lived in the hotel, I said yep we have dorms set up in the basement and are fed the left overs from the buffet.
Nick Lopez You May have given management an idea 😁
Did you really tell the guest Disney used SLAVES? XD
a couple of times, yes. :-P
Kyle Allen Music
Wow!
I didn’t know you watch him too!
I've NEVER seen the 7 Dwarfs get paid now that I think about it!!!
No freakin way people thought the pyramids were...real!!! Like wtf?? Hahahaha!!!!
Kranium's Demeanor you would think so. And you would be wrong. I was amazed at the incredibly silly and dumb things people believed when I worked there.
A few years ago at Universal, I wanted to ask the employee where the bathroom was, and also what ride he's recommend. What came out was a question about what bathroom he'd recommend. It took me over 10 seconds to realize what I'd just said.
The idea of you asking for a special bathroom recommendation is very funny to me.
An interesting answer to that might be, "There's gender-neutral restrooms over there... ...recommended for everybody!"
One time at harry potter world i asked where the washroom was. instead of giving me directions to a washroom, the employee gave me directions to knockturn alley. 10/10, had a great time in borgin and burkes
The bathroom by Jurassic Park is very spacious, 10/10 would recommend.
I used to get very stupid questions when I worked in a major hotel in Waikiki. "Where's the volcano?" Ans: You're standing on it. "Do you use American money? Ans: Let me see, hold on a sec.... "Do y'all speak English there?" Ans: No, we don't speak English. Only to each other. "I'm from the states." Really? So am I!
That old lady costume was PRICELESS. That was awesome. I love these videos.
My boyfriend and I have annual passes at Disney, we're there all the time and we see this sort of thing all the time! I am always surprised to hear people ask, 'Where is the castle?' and it's like, directly in front of them.
Also, I can see how much hard work you put into your videos, you're doing a fantastic job! Keep up the good work : )
Oh man the monorail story reminds me of the time I asked a cast member at DHS how to walk to Epcot. (I knew it had something to do with the boardwalk but had never been there before.) The cast member's response was "Yeah you walk out the gates to the buses, wait for the Epcot bus, and the bus will take you to Epcot." Nothing about the walk or the boat... Luckily, another cast member overheard the conversation and came over to help.
I actually gave directions from Jurassic Park to Indiana Jones, step by step up from how to get to their car, to the freeways needed, to parking locations, to directions once inside the other park. I got in trouble but it was totally worth it.
*snickering* Win
I work at a local zoo as a keeper/educator, so I've had my fair share of idiotic questions asked of me.
One guy asked why we sold all of our animals to the circus after we close for the season. Why exactly would we sell any animal to a circus, but especially animals like deer, ostrich, and goats?
Another asked what the best tasting animal at the zoo was, replying that he likes his meat best when it's endangered.
However, the single best question I was ever asked was where the elephant was (we haven't had an elephant since 2005) to which I replied "Oh no, you didn't see her!? Not again!"
With questions like these from locals, I can only imagine what it's like working at a Theme Park like Disney or Universal.
One of the dumb ones I got as an EMT:
patient is on two different blood pressure meds
Me: how long has he had high blood pressure?
Pt's Aide: he has high blood pressure?
Me: the man's on a water pill and a beta blocker and youre telling me you dont know he has high blood pressure?
Aide: well, he had a stroke two years ago.
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One of the dumb ones I got as an EMT:
patient is on two different blood pressure meds
Me: how long has he had high blood pressure?
Pt's Aide: he has high blood pressure?
Me: the man's on a water pill and a beta blocker and youre telling me you dont know he has high blood pressure?
Aide: well, he had a stroke two years ago.
🤦♂️
The dome only worked on February 30th. :)
LOL You know what I'm talking about. Did you use that one? Wish I'd thought of it.
Oh yeah, I worked Feb. 30th into many a snarky reply.
Miss working with ya Dan. :-)
A dome over a theme park the size of San Francisco, makes total sense
During Christmas time at Dollywood we have over 4 million Christmas lights. They are literally every single building in the park. And one time last December a lady asked me where the Christmas lights were.
I am working the museum gift shop right now, covering lunches for my staff. A woman, just now, walked up to me and asked if she was close to the gift shop. I glanced at all the product clearly in visible range, and responded "yes." She looked at me weird..."oh, is this the gift shop?" No, this display of pralines and peppermints were utilized by the old rangers, and these decorative dominoes kept them busy around the campfire, while these thirty different mugs gave variety through the long treks of frontier defense.
OMG the old lady one was hilarious XD this made my day today! I loved watching these! Awesome job SirWillow!
A dome ? Oh my, where did people get that idea from? Are they thinking about the truman show lol
Or the Simpsons Movie lmao
Under the dome?
I use to work at The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village as a historical presenter on the living history farm sights back in the late 90's. This meant that I was dressed in clothing from either the 1700's or 1800's right down to the undergarments all while cooking on an open hearth or coal burning stove in the summer heat while maintaining historical accuracy. We would be asked by visitors all of the time if we had air conditioners under our skirts. As the perspiration glistened down my face I would smile & say, no unfortunately neither Mr. Ford nor Mr. Edison has come up with that innovation. Then the visitors would scoff.....Well at Disney World all the characters there have air conditioned costumes!! Which I know is not true but I would say to the visitors....really! Those Imagineers have the best kept secrets & then I would smile & continue talking about my building. XD
When we were touring through the aquarium at Atlantis in the Bahamas, they have 'wreckage' sites in the aquariums and someone asked if they were artifacts from the real Atlantis. (Same people were going to the Great Barrier Reef in Cuba next, too.)
"Thankfully they didn't make more of you either."
One word, my man. Twins.
We lined up behind two other families to get our picture taken by one of the PhotoPass photographers when a huge group got behind us. They stood there for a minute or so before one of them tapped me on the shoulder and asked, "What ride is this fer?" (no misspelling, that's how they asked it.) When I said, "It's not; it's to get our pictures taken." They actually asked, "Why y'all standin in line to git yer pictures taken? That's stoopid!" We were getting our picture taken in front of the castle, and we waited a grand total of five minutes. No ride in sight, but I'm not sure how they missed that.
wow. When I went to Disneyland Paris last September. I really saw guest like this.... It was amazing to see them being completely lost and all. Asking castmembers the most stupid questions. Like standing IN FRONT OF a bathroom and asking where they can find the bathroom.... Hilarious.
I love these kind of videos....I laughed so hard.
Yay! More silly and dumb guests!!! I look forward to these types of vids!!!
Great video! I was laughing so hard throughout the whole thing!
Love the green screen and oh my that last one was funny, it had me laughing hard
You should have thought outside the box. ;)
Maybe she did take a monorail to DHS but.....................
she arrived at Epcot left through the IG and then hopped to DHS. If she was with a larger family that she moved around with she may have never realized that she left one park and went into another.
Never under estimate the confusion of a guest.
Ha that was great! Loved the old lady costume especially. You get similar dumb questions working in retail too! So often there have been people who just refuse to believe we truly don't carry a product. We must clearly be hiding it in the back so the customers can't get them!
What's *really* awful is when you *do* find the product in the back and the customer says: "How much is it? *Nevermind, I can get it cheaper someplace else."* 🤬
That was fun....and funny! Thanks!
We very often got "Are you still open?" When the lights were still on and there was myself and another worker just talking. Like, yes we're definitely closed, just wasting power and chatting away at an empty ride! Or we had ERT (Early Ride Time) for some of the rides for gold pass members, and we'd get people asking if we were open all the time before we actually did open! I, and my coworkers, found ERT completely pointless, but it wasn't my place to complain about it.
Kaeli Zweber I’ve asked that before for some rides, because it was EPCOT. So yes, the park may be open, and I may have a fast pass, but odds were good that it was either closed, or they were going to close it while you were either in line or currently riding it. ...or all three, because, yes, this does, and DID happen.
Now outside of EPCOT, it may be cultural differences. I went to Disneyland Paris once, and just like with most places I discovered, closing time means the employees are already clocked out and gone. So an hour or two before closing, many places I went, DLRP included, started shuffling people away from areas, or not even letting them enter an hour or so before they really closed. The last time I went to Universal was Orlando back in May of 2009. I don’t remember if it was 6 or 7, I just remember that it was daytime, and they were shuffling people out of there an hour earlier. You could shop in the main area, you just couldn’t be in any of the lands.
UmmYeahOk That might be true for Disney, but I worked at Kings Island. I'm sure they operate differently
It's even worse when they ask that when the windows are closed
As often as I have been to Disney World, I keep thinking one of the questions I asked a cast member is going to pop up here. So far...so good.
Really funny Sir Willow! I worked at a one-stop center for students at a major university (retired for one year now). We sent them letters, we sent them emails, we posted all kinds of information on our web site and on their student portals about financial aid. And at least daily, after some student had completely messed up and became ineligible for aid for the next semester, I got "but nobody told me!" I had one ask why no one called her. (Uh....because there were 12 of us and 18,000 of you???) Me: "Do you read the emails and letters you get from Financial Aid?" Student: "No, why would I do that?" DUH.
"How do I get to Universal?"
"No."
😂😂😂
3:30 When SirWillow has to deal with too many dumb people, he start hallucinating. (he sees the spirit of dumb dumb people)
The dome people watched The Simpsons' Movie too many times....
How can anyone mix Disney World with Harry Potter at Universal? The story with the little old lady was so funny...reminds me of something that would be a Carol Brennett sketch.
it happened all. the. time. Happens a lot.
“Harry Potter & The Alternate Timeline”
Have you ever noticed that your hair sparkles whenever you get sarcastic?
LOL
Like Rapunzel when she sings, maybe it's his super-power
this is so funny xD my fav vid of you yet. *tips hat* well done
You always have the best outtakes! Thanks for sharing. Loved the whole video.
This is one of my favorite channels! It’s so wholesome
Well, technically the lady could have gotten to MGM from a monorail by taking the monorail to epcot and walking all the way to MGM. Lol
I love how you've done this video! I'd love to see more :)
I love this! People do seem to check their brains at the gate when they're at amusement parks. Must have been annoying to deal with, but your skits are hilarious!
Love your vlogs!! That must have been the most excruciating 15 minutes of your life!! Lol!!
I cant bellieve these are all genuine haha! Also you dressing up as an old woman cracked me up!!! aha
Trust me, every single one is a real conversation. And most of them I had multiple times.
Love your videos : )
Love the bloopers unreal these people
" How do I get to Universal? " killed me wow!
I LOVE your videos they are so funny. Good job!
FINALLY! ANOTHER GUEST STORY VIDEO! THANK YOU!!!!
Yay, you finally got it done. I love hearing about the ridiculous things people ask. It's hard to believe that people are that clueless. I also love the people that think they are Disney experts and very loudly tell things that aren't true. I've seen people arguing with Cast Members telling them that they're wrong. People watching is great lol.
I love these kinds of vids!
Anthropology student here. I was walking around Epcot and in front of the pyramid, it said something to effect of a demonstration at noon. Nothing at all about what type of demonstration. The only thing I could think of was a priest ripping the still beating heart out of a guest at the top of the pyramid.
I was really disappointed when it turned out to be people dancing and playing guitars.
Made my day. Laughed so hard
I got a lady come, who apparently was just visiting Downtown Disney in Cali, and said
“where do I buy the tickets to ride the monorail?”
I said “If you have your Disney ticket, you may just get on it!”
Her: “I don’t have a ticket to Disney, I just want to ride the monorail ”
“I’m sorry ma’am, but I’m afraid you need a Disney ticket to ride the monorail”
“How much is it?”
“During this season, around $100, maybe more”
*shocked gasp* “No, I just want the monorail, where can I get tickets for the monorail”
“Ma’am, I’m sorry but there is no such thing, you need a Disneyland ticket”
*guest gets upset* “I just want to ride the monorail! Where are the ticket booths!?”
*me defeated but knowing I’m right*
“Keep going down that way, you’ll find the booths, can’t miss them.”
Sometimes you gotta let them hit the wall...
I believe the old lady story completely. The elderly can be so stubborn at times.
I had to watch this twice lol it’s that good! This reminded me of one time my dad and I were at the dollar tree and before you walk in there is a huge sign that reads “everything 1.00” when we got to the cash register he asked “excuse me how much are these sunglasses” I facepalmed so hard lol
Angelina Mora In your dad's defense, we have Family Dollar Store in my state, and lots of items cost more than a dollar.
Lmaooo omg the acting part made this so much funnier!!!
i was dying laughing at those questions you were asked while working at disney world in your past, lol! surprisingly there are clueless people whom can easily show up at a theme park like disney world and find themselves asking the dumbest questions to a cast member, lol! have a great weekend this weekend sir! : )
I love this video it was hysterical
Always enjoy watching your videos. Dealing with the public is always an adventure, theres books about park ranger experiences and civil servants etc. Have to have the right sense of humor to handle peoples loss of thought. Again great vid.
I have personally come across the Epcot being Disney world issue several times with friends. They think Epcot is a separate entity. I love your delivery if it! Thank you for another great video.
I always hit Like immediately but when I saw your shirt I hit Like even faster, that is a really nice shirt! The world needs more calming beige clothing. Oh and that Monorail skit had me stitches XD
I was in the zoo keeping camp down at Busch gardens. I was giving my keeper talk on the Rhinoceros. After I was done giving my talk, a mom raised her hand and asked “when does the rhino’s horn fall off and it becomes a hippo?”
I very quickly look over at my camp counselor to see if she would help me, she just gave a look like “hah you have to figure that out”.
I ended up saying “oh. Actually the Rhinoceros and the Hippopotamus are actually two different species, and they don’t live near each other in the wild” what I wanted to say was “how dum are you? They’re not even the same animal”
I am trying so hard not to laugh because my mom is sleeping but I can't help it!! This is soooooooooo funny!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the bloopers almost me lost it!! When u said it about universal i was like YES THANK U I don't know how they got those things mixed it's just amazes me every single time also the questions the people ask just what!! I kept face plaming because it sounded so stupid when said out loud but hey makes a great funny video
Omg I love how you dressed up as all the guests. It really added to the experience 😂
Mr. Willow you’re really good at acting like you’re Very good acting like a silly tourist. The old lady costume made me laugh for five minutes straight. Thank you so much for brightening up my day.
Hey sir willow I just finished my six month season at Busch gardens and you weren't kidding. It's a wonderful company and place to work for I worked at falcons fury, scorpion and cheetah chase now called sand serpent. There are a few silly people who ask silly questions but as you say there are also 2 million amazing guests. It truly was a wonderful six months with a wonderful company
The dumbest question my sister got while working at Disney was “I want you to stop the heat!!!!”. They were demanding her to CHANGE the weather... They literally thought cast members were able to somehow change the weather for them and when my sister responded that she couldn’t do anything about the weather, they got angry at her... 😂
I love these stories
I used to work at an amusement park, at two rides that were very dependent on the wind. Even if you could barely feel the wind on the ground (and you usually couldn't because both ride entrances were surrounded by trees), if the anemometers told us the wind speed was too high at the top of the rides, we shut them down. The most common question we got, and we made fun of people every time they asked this, "Well, when will the ride be back open?" Towards the end, I started just replying to people to ask mother nature when she was going to stop the wind. I also just told people: I don't know; I'm not the weatherman.
Very good point: Know your vacation spot, research. We studied maps for months in prep for our first trip to WDW. It built the anticipation!
I spend the year before looking and planning then we go the next year then it starts again !! Lol
This is an absolute hoot, even for me that has never been. But you should have told them the character is standing in front of you.
This clip was soooooooo funny!
Still making me laugh my butt off...keep it up.
I love how you commit to the tourist and the PhotoPass Employee with the costumes. So great. The red hat lady killed me. I work at a hotel and we have a similar saying about hotel guests--your IQ drops at least 20 points, slowly, from the moment you make the reservation until you check out.
I love this one. Lady asked me where the bathrooms were I just pointed above her to the sign, she said thanks and left to go the other way. Lol people are funny sometimes
This is probably the most funniest video from SirWillow we have gotten this year
I'm Glad I found Your Channel! Videos are So Funny - I haven't worked at any theme parks, But One I visit Often is Busch Gardens Tampa and Once I overheard a Lady Basically Blame Busch Gardens Because the Rides were down because of lightning in the Area, and another time a Man was letting his son put his finger inside the turtles by Sesame Street and there was a duck trying to bite the little kids finger, and they were having a good laugh about it!!! Those are my most memorable....
Your sassy monorail answer made my day bro! 😂
Flumoxed! I have never heard that word before but it is now my new favorite word!! Lol
i have had one of the worst days ever, and this video just cheered me up so much!
According to legend that lady is still searching for the Hollywood Sudios monorail to this day.
I lost it at the old lady costume and voice. Just perfect!
I worked at a theme park as my first job and I'm glad we weren't the only ones who got some doozy questions from guests XD At least down the road they provide a good chuckle. Loved your stories especially the monorail one, lol.
great video!
What an Awesome looking Figment!
Working retail, you get ask a lot of dumb questions as well. One year while working at Dollar Tree for Christmas and it was 3 days before Christmas. This guy asked several times (while picking up different items) "How much is this?" "Sir, everything in this store is 1 dollar." "Well how about this item?" "1 dollar, sir." By this point I was annoyed (store was packed) and I was tired of being polite. "Where is the wrapping paper?" I said, "Open your eyes it is everywhere!!!" I walked off.
This video is so true and priceless!! Anytime I’m at Disneyland or DCA, I always hear questions that make my brain hurt, or just senseless comments...like people going on splash mountain and complaining they got wet. Going to Disneyland and DCA really reminds me of working retail. The answers in your video really remind me of answers i would give to customers. Example..people’s’ membership cards would expire at the end of the month. When it was February, people would always say “oh it’s going to expire on February 31st?” I’d just tell them yeah it expires on February 31st!
Keep up the great work with your videos!
I'm late to this video by a lot, but my mom has a perfect story for this:
After I got SCUBA certified, for my birthday one year my parents paid for me to go diving in the EPCOT aquarium (highly recommend! it's awesome, especially if you're like me at all and were nervous about transitioning from diving with people you knew in tame springs to diving with people you sometimes didn't know out in the ocean)
Anyway, my mom took me and while I went on the tour and dove, she got to hang out in EPCOT with a cast member (his job was really to make sure she was back to 1. have this sweet moment they do where people who are diving can wave to their friends and family who are outside the tank and 2. pick me up at the end so they didn't have to babysit me at all)
While they're in the exhibit just as we were descending into the tank, some other guests are watching too and the dad of this family goes
"Wow, those animatronics are getting better every year!"
The cast member just looked at my mom who was ready to say, "hey, no, my kid is not a robot" and shook his head as if to say "don't bother correcting them, I've tried"
Sorry it took me so long, but I finally become a new pledge of yours. You do a tremendously wonderful job.
Thank you!
Overheard at Epcot at dusk: "When do they turn on the flamingos?"
Ha ha this reminds me so much of my job at a hotel here on the beach...questions like how do I get to the beach, when it's right in front of them, or showing up in town and asking where the town is.
I LOVE your dumb tourist impressions!!!! "original air conditioners LOL" Have a blessed day!
Did people really think you were lying to them?? Why would a park employee lie? 🙄That one blows my mind! Nice work on the entire vid! "Old lady" reminded me of Grandma Walton!
lol! these are good!