It reminded me of working that one Tom Sawyer Island Guest Control shift way back many moons ago. I was nervous at first – not remembering when to hit the spiels or when to stop the boat while the Columbia…
It reminded me of working that one Tom Sawyer Island Guest Control shift way back many moons ago. I was nervous at first – not remembering when to hit the spiels or when to stop the boat while the Columbia…
Been another busy week with alternating shifts at work. The highlight was Wednesday’s shift where I BBQ’ed for 8 hours to say thanks to the crew of the ride for their hard work. I managed to also BBQ my neck,…
Via Presurfer – who I read on a daily basis thanks to me discovering the site after they linked to the Gorn page.. Angry Alien productions make 30 second versions of movies. With Bunnies. there is nothing more I need…
The week has just flown by, and I’m not sure if I have been too busy to post or just plain lazy. I suspect that reality is somewhere in between. One notable event this week was on Tuesday. I was…
After a gorgeous weekend, I finally got signed off on the Mark Twain and the Columbia. The Twain was just one day of training and the hardest part is remembering when to signal the engineer and when to hit the…
It has been almost two years since I trained at the Matterhorn and I am a bit nervous about training this weekend. Now I did train on Winnie the Pooh, but it was a bit different. I went there when…
So our team competed in the annual Minnie’s Moonlight Madness through Disneyland. We stumbled out of the gate due to some really poor acoustics in the Fantasyland Theater. I can’t imagine that the Snow White musical sounds very good at…
Sunday I managed to pick up some extra OT on the Pooh ride. I started out at 10:30 am (after closing till 1am the night before) and ended up staying until 12 midnight. I didn’t mind, but it really zapped…
It has been crazy-busy the last week with people coming into town and with my work schedule so I’ll do some quick mini-updates: A Wrinkle in Time was really good on ABC last Monday. It was true to the book…
Well I have now been on Tower of Terror at DCA 5 times – three times on the middle shaft and once each on the ends. If you are facing the front of the attraction the shafts are Alpha, Bravo,…