Kid Jumps In JP Splashdown Pool

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Hence the "Disney approved facts" that we can use.

Actually, that's all about to be updated, I think.

Yeah, just read something about Google is going to have there own one, except the articles will be by subject matter experts, and it even says something about them getting some revenue from it! (the experts!)

[Big Wallaby]

Yeah, my trainer was using the example of hippos killing more humans per year than any other animal being true, but not something we want our guests thinking about.

I kinda understand :D:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Yeah, my trainer was using the example of hippos killing more humans per year than any other animal being true, but not something we want our guests thinking about.

I kinda understand :D:

Yeah, but a lot of people watch animal planet, and KNOW the truth is out there!!

[Big Wallaby]

Of course, but on the Safari, if we're doing a good job, they aren't thinking about what we're not saying...

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Good point!! Now about those alligators that can tunnel under ground...

[Big Wallaby]

And the Thomson's Gazelles that spit venom...

[goofyjoe]

I love seeing Guests backstage. It's kinda like a little insight to what we do every day. I am always happy to see a guest if they are happy to see me. I got to do the Soarin' Magical Moment which requires you to take guests backstage around the greenhouses and I gave them a little tour before their "first class upgrade". I recall one guest saying "I don't know how you do it with all of us dummies around you. I would lose my mind." Just goes to show you it takes a village full of special kinds of people. ;)

We had one other "backstage adventure" back in March 2006. Our group (mom, dad, two brothers, two wives, me) showed up at Test Track around 9:30 am to pick up FastPasses. The CM there (who looked an awful lot like peppy Stacy on the Disney hotel TV network) told us that she could take one family every morning to the private suite inside the attraction. We got to see the working GM office, an overhead view of the interior of the ride, and they had some free soda and coffee for us. It was neat to see photos of the proving grounds v. the actual ride.

CMGUY, you work at Epcot, do you recognize the photo in my sig?

[CMGUY89]

We had one other "backstage adventure" back in March 2006. Our group (mom, dad, two brothers, two wives, me) showed up at Test Track around 9:30 am to pick up FastPasses. The CM there (who looked an awful lot like peppy Stacy on the Disney hotel TV network) told us that she could take one family every morning to the private suite inside the attraction. We got to see the working GM office, an overhead view of the interior of the ride, and they had some free soda and coffee for us. It was neat to see photos of the proving grounds v. the actual ride.

CMGUY, you work at Epcot, do you recognize the photo in my sig?

Of course, that's the inferno barge burnoff! ;) Cool about going to the GM VIP Lounge.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

And the Thomson's Gazelles that spit venom...

Oooooo I hate those!! and the Tasmainan Devil that travels in a tornado...wait..different "land"

[CMGUY89]

I had the opportunity to visit the GM Lounge on my last trip. It was a really great way to relax a bit during the trip. I could have easily spent the rest of my day sitting by the windows overlooking Epcot.

If you want a real trip down memory lane, I got to go to the AT&T lounge in SSE back in the day. That was really cool! It looked like an office but they gave us free sodas! Then during my training I did computer training on safety (Fire Extinguishers, Plan A/B/C Evacuations, etc) in the old MetLife Lounge. That place was scary. (I was never a fan of circuses/clowns) But I did get to see the Star Trek Door. My trainer walked us all around the pavilion and we saw how sad and depressing it was. The weirdest thing was going into CC and seeing Buzzy sitting right there, ready for the next show. It was kinda like that Stephen King movie "The Langoliers". Everything was dark and their were no people around. CREEPY!!!