Here's Your Sign: The Disney Saga

[yippyskippy]

Take it easy, Indy! Glad to hear you are mending well. =)

Here's a quickie SG tale...

I was doing a first day training at DisneyQuest. While doing my tour of the Explore Zone, a guest stops me with surprise in her voice and eyes:

SG: Oh! You're a person!
Me: Yes, ma'am... I am a person. How can I help you?

I don't think anyone has ever said that to me before.

[LittleDollClaudia]

Oh Indy,
I'm sorry you're hurt. Here, I'll send you a helper until you recover. I trained him myself.



NINJA!!

[IndyandMarion]

Hey, Indy!
Did you work Friday afternoon (the 4th?)
I think that you might have been our gangster. We rode at about 5pm-ish. (Came out just in time for the parade, I think)
If it was you, you did a fantastic job.

Yes, I was working that day but I don't do Gangster/Bandit, only tour guide.

[WLStephanie]

Yes, I was working that day but I don't do Gangster/Bandit, only tour guide.

hmmmm Our tour guide was a chick, so it probably wasn't you unless you were cleverly disguised. LOL. I shall have to ride again. :waves: :turn:

[felinefan]

If a guest ever asked me if a campfire was real, I'd have a heck of a time trying to not tell them to stick their hand in it to find out. :twisted:

[mechurchlady]

The thought did cross my mind about telling them to feel the flames of the campfire but security probably would have took me out the side door to Harbor Blvd.

I wonder why there are not signs all over animals at parks. The draft horses at Disney parks can easily bite off a finger or part of a face and if the step on you then you will be flat footed for a long time. The horses at Disney and Knotts are trained and handle crowds well.

People try to feed the horses and think it is ok to toss their kid on the back of the horses. They run up to the animals and do not understand that horse can get spooked when you wave balloons, toys, clothing and other stuff at the horse. It is a miracle nobody has not been killed by a horse at Disney parks.

The questions can be so silly you would not believe them. It has been a while so I forgot most of them because at Disneyland you get so used to stupid guests who seem to be intent on death or maiming in parks.

[GreetThis!]

Hi - I just found this site and thought of a few I could add.

I was the opening attendant at Ariel’s Grotto and during one of the switch outs; my Photopass person lets me know there is a woman trying to come in through the exit. I go over to see what she needs. (She is actually opening the gate trying to come in.) Keep in mind, Ariel is not completely ready, if you catch me.
Me: Hello, ma’am, can I help you? (Trying to block her view of the grotto.)
SG: Yes, I was told by the other CM that I could come in this way.
Me: Ma’am this is the exit to Ariel’s Grotto.
SG: Yes, I know. I have a foot condition that prevents me from walking and standing and the other handler said I could come in this way.
Me: I am the only one here but just to let you know, our entrance is completely wheelchair accessible. You can go ahead and join the line over there and you won’t have any trouble at all getting into the Grotto.
SG: I don’t have a wheelchair.
Me: I apologize, I thought you just said that you couldn’t walk or stand.
SG: I can’t walk or stand. Are you too stupid to get that?
(I am thinking to myself, yes – I must be as you managed to walk yourself here and are even now standing before me!)
Now, the only people we let enter through the exit at the Grotto are Make a Wish families and we never let ANYONE in during switch out. At this point, she totally looses her cool and is shouting at me that she KNOWS Ariel is in there and that if I don’t get out of the way she is gonna knock me down and go through me. Pretty tough for a woman that can’t walk or stand.
Me: I really apologize ma’am, but I cannot let you come in through the exit. Would you like me to call someone to bring you a wheel chair so that you can use our regular line?
SG: NO. I am gonna march right over to your Guest Relations and let them know what a bad employee they have working here.
Me: Glad to see your condition has made such an improvement~


Working EMH at MK. It is the last set of the night and I have just closed the line for Mickey. As Mickey is walking away, a family comes running up.
SG: Oh, wait. Don’t go. We have been here for 2 weeks, we leave tomorrow and we haven’t seen Mickey ANYWHERE.
Me: Wow! Two whole weeks and you didn’t see Mickey anywhere?
SG: No. And we looked everywhere, too.
Me: Poor Mickey must not have been much of a priority this trip. And he works so hard at being available to all. Sorry, guys.
(Seriously, there is no way you could be here for two weeks and not find Mickey.)


Working with Pluto in Tormorrowland. (Standard Pluto, not Space Pluto, but I won’t get started on that.) It is time for a switch out and I have just announced that Pluto will be right back. As we are walking away, a man comes up and grabs my arm.
SG: Is he leaving? He can’t leave. My son HAS to see him – he is his favorite.
Me: Sir, we are just…
SG: No, none of your excuses. Get him back here right now. We came all this way for my son to see his favorite character and you’re not going to stop him.
Me: (still trying to explain that we will be right back). Sir, we are just going…
SG: You aren’t going anywhere! I told you – my son wants to see Goofy and see Goofy is what he is going to do!
Me: In that case, sir. May I suggest you head back up Main Street to Town Square.
SG: Why would I want to do that?
Me: Because that is where Goofy is hanging out today. This is Pluto.

[BRWombat]

Hi - I just found this site and thought of a few I could add....

GreetThis! - love your name, and great stories! Welcome to SGT!

[bingie]

So, whats the rules if a guest "assaults" you (touching, grabbing...etc)??

(great stories btw!)

[joanna71985]

Hi - I just found this site and thought of a few I could add.

Those are great stories. I can't even start to tell you how many times I have had guests call the characters by the wrong names. Let me see: I have had Pluto be called Goofy (like you said), Gov. Ratcliff be called Captain Hook, Chip and Dale be called squirels, woodchucks, and beavers ,and no one knows who Friar Tuck is, so we won't go there. Also, I love how guests keep asking the same stupid questions- "is it hot in there?", "is there any AC?", "do those suits get hot?". People- I am not going to answer those questions. Why do you even ask?