Have You Ever Worked At An Amusement/Theme Park?

[Satoshi]

i've been wondering i would work at theme parks but looks like lots of

japanese parks don't let you guys if you're sort of under 20.....

 

if i'm going to do that thing, i would really wanna get big thrills operated

in my whole power, making sure i'll get an attention to safety thingy.

[TheArchfiend]

I remember when I was a little boy going to Great Adventure every weekend thinking that it must be the greatest thing in the world to work there. My childhood goal was to work in the giant teepee.

 

What a silly little lad I was.

[Courtesy Flu$h]

SFOT 1995 - 1999

 

1995 Worked Spain Rides (Bobsled, Conquistador, El Hat, Log Flume)

1996 Strike Force (walked half the park sweeping, no bathroom/patio duties), Chameleon

1997 Splashdown, Cliffhangar

1998 Looney Tunes, Front Gate P/S, Dive Bobmer Alley

1999 Dive bomber Alley

 

Zero Gravity 2000,2001, and 2003

SkyCoaster, Bunjee Jump, Blastoff, Nothin But Net, and Skyscraper

[coasterboy76]

I worked at six flags St. Louis in 81, the year that the Jetscream opened, we got to ride the coaster before the general public did! I worked at the First Cone ice cream parlor at the front of the park...

[Electerik]

Off and on....

 

Disneyland: Village Haus, mostly.

 

Knott's Berry Farm: Haunted Shack, Calico Mine Ride, "The Big Train," and GhostRider.

 

Cedar Point: Millennium Force, mostly.

 

Islands of Adventure: Ripsaw Falls, River Adventure, Spider-Man, Popeye & Bluto's, Doctor Doom/Storm Force, Flying Unicorn & Dueling Dragons.

 

Discovery Cove: Guest Services

[colossus]

sfmm

(june 2005-present)

 

Ride op lead

 

rides worked at

colossus,scream,batman,X,Goliath,Riddler ,freefall,tidal wave,all small rides in gotham city,pirates cove,high sierra teritory and bugs bunny world.

[goingcoasting]

I worked at Six Flags over Mid-America aka. SFStL from 1991-1993 and 1995-1996. I worked in entertainment and was a manager for three of the five years.

[All Clear]

I spent one day of pure hell as an area host in Old Virginia at King's Dominion in 1994. Basically, I cleaned up pee for five and a half hours, took a short break to gulp down some old rubbery pizza then went back to empty trash cans for another five hours.

 

The only upside was that I had a couple of hours to kill before my ride was supposed to show up so I got to go ride Hurler, which was brand new and really fun that year. Then my ride never showed up so I had to hitch a ride back to Richmond with the last security guard who left that night. So I was there from 7:30am until about 1:45am. I did not return to the park at all for a couple of years, I was so scarred.

[Absimilliard]

I worked at Disneyland Paris in 2000-2001. I was trained and alternated between Space Mountain and Star Tours. Boooo Mission 2!

 

I then worked one summer at La Ronde in 2002, as a lead park cleaner. It was ok, as I had the least busy area of the park. Seriously, there was 3 rides and one show in my whole area! But, it changed in 2006 when they built Goliath in that area. Schedule was wacky too... 12.5 hours shift on a strange 2 weeks schedule... One week I'd work monday-tuesday, off wednesday-thursday, then work friday-saturday-sunday. The other week, it would be the opposite!

 

In 2002-2003... I was hired on the WDW international program as a Guest Relations cast member at Epcot.

[Scaparri]

So I was there from 7:30am until about 1:45am. I did not return to the park at all for a couple of years, I was so scarred.

 

In '05, the day before CoasterMania at CP, I had to work 7:30am-1:30pm & and 6:00pm-11:30pm. Then the next day I had to be at work at 4:30am until 6:00pm. That's 19 hours of work in 24 hours. Pure hell.

[RCoasterny]

Worked at Knoebels during the summers of 1988 through 1994.

 

1988-1990: Playland Arcade

1991: Kiddie Rides

1992: Flyer, Roto Jets, Cosmotron, Paratroopers, Tea Cups, Tilt-A-Whirl, Haunted Mansion, Antique Cars, Grand Carousel, Whipper, Motor Boats, Bumper Boats, Merry Mixer and Balloon Race. Worked as break person during the weekdays.

1993: All the rides listed above, and the Whirlwind.

1994: Whirlwind, as well as the rides listed above during slow days.

 

1996: Worked at Darien Lake while it was a Premier Park- running rides in Popeye's Seaport.

[GoldRusheROCKS]

Did Tomorrowland Parades tonight since Adventureland's taking over NO/CC's parade shifts since they have Fantasmic! (which I have no idea why since Fantasmic! went dark after tonight's performance until May...).

[RCFreak]

Cedar Point 2002-2005

 

Pick a ride, I probably worked it.

 

My longest weekend ever, 7AM-12:30AM in the next day 8AM-10(ish)PM

TTD represent!

[Alpenguy]

PGA Race Games 2001-2003, Top Gun / Delta Flyer ops 2004

 

Disneyland 2006-Present, Fantasyland Classics (all the small rides except Storybook), Matterhorn, and Small World.

 

I prefer Matterhorn cause the day goes by so fast and downtimes are outrageous events of pushing sleds out of brake zones to hopefully make it over brake zones that are HIGHER. Gotta love the issues in adding 11 brake zones to a ride originally designed to not have any. If you ever see a full cycle-out of that ride, it's an incredible chorus of beeping, narrating a great ballet of transfer tables and people shoving 2000 pound trains uphill, very very quickly. Super stressful, super rewarding as an operations experience. Big change from Top Gun which had like 3 buttons and was impossible to break down.

 

I do loathe seatbelts though...

[carolinacaniac]

Cedar Point in 2004 and 2005

 

2004: Mantis, Iron Dragon and Peanuts Playground/Ocean Motion/Chaos

2005: Peanuts Playground/Ocean Motio/Chaos

 

I applied for a leadership position, and I got a call from one of the Managers about it, but I decided not to go for a third season because there was too much going on for me at home. I sometimes wish I could go back agian, but there many reasons not to. Like when North Carolina wants me to pay them $250 income tax for money I did not make in their state. Oh well.

 

For anyone thinking about doing it, it can be a great time or a bad time, it just depends on how you take it. I would not change anything about my two years there, especially since I met the girl I am about to marry in July there!

[PhishyBrewer]

^You obviously didn't spend enough time at Louie's and the Old Dutch

[CoastersNSich]

Kings Island (under Paramount:)

1998 - King Cobra, Amazon Falls

1999 - Congo Falls (Amazon renamed)/Drop Zone

2001 - Congo Falls/Drop Zone

 

During that time I have been sent to a variety of rides throughout the park, including in Hanna-Barbera Land.

[cpfan101]

This year I am working at Sea World San Antonio in merchandise sales. I can't wait and I have training tomorrow. However, once the waterpark opens, I am going to switch to lifeguarding.

 

--David

[coasterjunkie91350]

Well i worked at six flags magic mountain for about 5 yrs from march of 98 till march of 03

[dave777]

Im working at Alton Towers, have been there since '05. Im working on Rita-Queen of speed, Corkscrew and The Flume Its a brilliant job, wouldnt want to be anywhere else!

[iZak]

I can't believe that I never saw this thread...

 

September 9, 2001-March 3, 2004: SFMM

 

Rides I was based at in order:

 

Buccaneer/Swashbuckler/Granny Gran Prix/Sierra Twist

Batman: The Ride

Goliath

Buccaneer/Swashbuckler/Granny Gran Prix/Sierra Twist (as a lead)

Tidal Wave (as a lead)

Freefall (as a lead)

Jet Stream (as a lead)

Superman: The Escape (as a lead)

Flashback (as a lead)

Log Jammer (as a lead)

 

During that time, I was also a certified ride op at Revolution, Ninja, All of BBW (north and south), Orient Express, and Riddler's Revenge (in addition to all the rides I was based at) and I was a ride attendant at every other ride in the park.

 

They were going to make me an area trainer the day that I turned in my 2 week notice to leave to go work for Apple, Inc. but, obviously, that didn't happen.

[TheBannedKid]

I was hired yesterday into the Disneyland Resort attractions team. I'll be at Paradise Pier in DCA...but I am not sure which ride I will start at.

[RaptorBoyASU]

Hmmm........seems that Phishy came and worked on the same crew as me, but before/after I had left for the season, since I don't remember him.

 

I worked at Cedar Point 2000-2001

 

2000 White Water Landing (May only)

2000 Raptor (June-August)

2001 Raptor (all sumer)

 

Oh, and I also went over and worked at Chaos/Troika/Super Himalaya for a week in 2000 because they were short staffed and we were over staffed at WWL. I switched crews because of the lack of hours and how boring it was. And I did various days on the Antique Cars and Snake River Falls.

 

In 01, I covered a few shifts at Sky Ride, Blue Streak, Power Tower, and Disaster Transport.

[Electerik]

Hey, I worked at Cedar Point in 2000. Mostly on Millennium Force, but I also spent a week over at Chaos/Troika/Super Himalaya when they were short handed. Hmmm....

[N'at Man]

I worked at Idlewild Park during the summers of '92 thru '95. The first three years I was in food service working at the Italian place. I was happy enough there and we had enough fun that I didn't want to risk moving to rides and not liking it as much. My final year I had an office job in the "money room" counting money and doing some accounting. The pay was better but I missed being out in the park atmosphere all day.