Stupid Guest Tricks

Back in the 60s and 70s, when long hair on both genders was popular, there was a running gag that if you wanted to tell he from she from the back, to check the heels on their shoes--guys wore high thick heels, like platform soles. One of my uncles has a pronounced potbelly, and one time he told how ...

Why, did she feel she needed a bench for each buttock? :twisted: I bet she didn't just sit ON the bench, she probably sat AROUND the bench! Hope she didn't step on a scale in the park, 'cause I don't think she'd be too happy when the little sign pops up and says, "One at a time, please." I...

Yeah, it's funny alright....until you get a psycho guest who decides the best way to get their kid on the ride is to beat the crap out of you. And I'm sure on this site there are 3,000,000 posts saying how people react negatively to their kid not getting on a ride.

Sorry, Zazu, no offense intended. What I meant was our trainmen at Knott's have actual train experience, and are walking train history books to boot. Yeah, whack some sense into them! Reminds me of an old joke: There was this Unity minister who lived on a farm and plowed his fields with a mule. Ever...

When I worked at Knott's, I had a few guests mistake the Calico Railroad for a Disneyland-type tram that took them to different parts of the park and dropped them off. Seriously, it would amaze you how many people thought Knott's was like Disneyland--except Knott's is older! The classic was they'd a...

When I worked at Knott's, our train crews on the Calico R.R. were the real deal. One time the head engineer was degreasing the track between the depot and the Calico Pedestrian Crossing, and since the train was out, he asked me to keep an eye out for the train, and said that when I saw the train com...

When I worked at Knott's on the Calico Railroad, I asked one of the engineers how fast the train could go (it's an 1881 Baldwin Consolidation class C-19 2-8-0, only 12 were built, two of those locos are at Knott's, the third is in the railroad museum in Colorado, the other 9 were scrapped long ago.)...

When I was at KBF, I had a few lazy-bum co-workers. Usually they fell into the "princess" category. Most of these were at Calico R.R., and all but one were other female conductors. One time, I told one of the other female conductors to watch for the train coming in while I picked up trash....

Last March 27, Al Pacino and his entourage/family came to the Calico Railroad while I was conducting. I don't remember if I took the train out with him on it, I'm 95% positive I did, but anyway, after he and his group rode in the train (wanna sit in his seat? Calico car, front of car by the door lea...

The rocking chairs on top of the buildings in Ghost Town only appear during Haunt, along with skeletons dressed in rags, but they don't rock. I don't remember the trolley, but you still have to go under the tunnel to get to Independence Hall. The only things I remember from the play island nearby wa...