Can you turn the thunder down?

tourbunny · Post by **tourbunny** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:34 am

"so you don't like our new guy in charge of park atmosphere? he's just trying to make the climat under our big dome more realistic to the outside world. you are lucky you came on a softopen day for that, we are just testing, it'l be over in 20 minutes"

pixiedust · Post by **pixiedust** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:01 pm

I was always jealous, because I heard that when lightning/thunder storms pick up in florida, the CMs on the back of the trams get to sit on the back row instead of standing out on the back platform in the lightning.

Also, I guess when we opened downtown disney, the "simba" toll booths didn't have floor mats, so they would have to shut down when there was lightning because the entire booth, including the floor, is metal. Hehe.

techie-13 · Post by **techie-13** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:46 pm

Believe it or not but when I started working in rides at Great America (back in '87) they did not have a policy of closing rides during thunderstorms. That came about in 1990 after a guest went into Guest Services and asked why they were still running the 200 ft tall Skytower in an electrical storm. One of my least favorite rides department memories is when I wound up working a double shift on top of a metal and wood catwalk 100 ft off the ground (the chute position on Loggers Run) while soaking wet and watching an electical storm get closer and closer. I kept calling the lead and giving him updates about where the storm was and asking "when are we were going to close?"