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by StrangeTikiGod
Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:47 pm
Forum: Stupid Employee Tricks
Topic: They crash floats...and sink boats!
Replies: 20
Views: 9111

GMC wrote:I imagine that those shuttles have quite the horn on them
You'd be surprised...the only horn we really had was a little dinky one that we got to go "beep-beep" on when we started moving from a stopped position.
by StrangeTikiGod
Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:15 am
Forum: Stupid Employee Tricks
Topic: They crash floats...and sink boats!
Replies: 20
Views: 9111

Ok, eleven hours and a few drinks later, here is "The Shuttle Story, or How I Did Approximately $36,000 of Damage to Disney Property and Lived to Tell the Tale" http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/StrangeTikiGod/Misc%20pics%20for%20LJ/shuttlestory.jpg Observe the diagram. Here is the leg...
by StrangeTikiGod
Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:14 pm
Forum: Stupid Employee Tricks
Topic: They crash floats...and sink boats!
Replies: 20
Views: 9111

whaddaya think, guys, would this be a good thread in which to detail my extensive damage (entirely accidental, mind you) to an MGM Backlot Tour shuttle? it'll most likely involve a diagram or two... YES! So be it...unfortunately, I have to head off to work right now, but when I get home I'll throw ...
by StrangeTikiGod
Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:42 am
Forum: Stupid Employee Tricks
Topic: They crash floats...and sink boats!
Replies: 20
Views: 9111

whaddaya think, guys, would this be a good thread in which to detail my extensive damage (entirely accidental, mind you) to an MGM Backlot Tour shuttle?

it'll most likely involve a diagram or two...
by StrangeTikiGod
Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:21 am
Forum: Stupid Employee Tricks
Topic: When CMs get bored...
Replies: 97
Views: 32128

Well, let's see...at Trail's End Buffeteria (now there's a swell name), during major lulls we'd color the cute little pictures of Mickey Goofy and Donald, or I'd do a little grumpy looking "Mickey of the Day" doodle for the server station, nothing real spectacular there. At MGM Backlot Tou...
by StrangeTikiGod
Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:19 am
Forum: Disneyland Resort Paris
Topic: We've got our share of stupid guests at DL Paris, too...
Replies: 19
Views: 29015

"You'd better build it a bit bigger, they've actually got castles here...and they're not made out of plastic..."

I love Eddie Izzard...the man is a genius
by StrangeTikiGod
Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:03 am
Forum: Walt Disney World Resort
Topic: Ketchup or Diaper...
Replies: 14
Views: 9334

We used Sterbac and Simple Green in the Zoo at DisneyQuest Chicago, too, since it wasn't really feasible to ship costume pieces back to Florida for cleaning, scuff removal and sanitizing...
by StrangeTikiGod
Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:22 pm
Forum: Walt Disney World Resort
Topic: they're everywhere!
Replies: 28
Views: 16676

Hopping back to the topic of naming ducks, I remember ambling about the Boardwalk one night with my CP roommates and being informed that a winged threesome that frequented the area near the bakery had been named "Quacker," "Squeaker," and "The Other One."
by StrangeTikiGod
Thu Nov 25, 2004 10:26 pm
Forum: Other Disney Properties
Topic: Disney Quest Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 8906

And here I was joining up not expecting any other DQ Chicago CMs either... I was with the Characters Department for the final summer of ops, and I can't tell you how many times we had the Park District kids try to punch Buzz Lightyear and/or Goofy in the face...I distinctly recall having our manager...