AMA Former Jungle Cruise Skipp

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

07-08

Need my 10 posts to get my avatar so go ahead ask me anything.

 

[Robo]

to the DISboards, Ty!

What were some of your "signature" spiel lines?

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

Chief Name' the head salesman of the jungle has the only coffee on the Mekong river.... it's available in regular and decapitated

 

[Robo]

Chief Name' the head salesman of the jungle has the only coffee on the Mekong river.... it's available in regular and decapitated

Hah! Never heard that one.

 

[Robo]

How long was a shift, and how many "cruises" did you take per shift?

 

[tomatecerise]

Who comes first, the egg or the alligator?

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

Prior to the current system we used to "Bump" each other manualy from position to position.

A normal rotation was boat (3 ten minute trips) dock position (load, unload, greeter fast pass) boat again(3 trips again) dock position then break (15 min break or 30 min lunch)

I was full time so 8 hour shifts provided u didn't put in for an early release. Which I did often. I usually opened but worked some nights and parties.

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

That question is far too eggsostential for me

 

[tomatecerise]

How Did you spell Akershus?

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

Never heard of this restaurant till just now

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

favorite and least favorite things about being a skipper?

did you ever take it (being a CM ) for granite

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

Favorites: when you got a great crew, friendships, riding fellow skippers boats, making someone's trip special.

Least favorites: outdoor attraction(no escaping the heat) mean guests, working with narcs

I never took it for granite and when I see a castmember stoop down to speak directly to a child, to this day, I still choke up. It was a once in a lifetime experience I was 19 years old and I always wanted to work there. I didn't go through the CP. I was hired for the Jungle Cruise out the gate and I never cross trained anywhere else.

 

[MrPTato]

What is your favorite side of water?

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

The back side.... a once in a lifetime view that I got to experience every 10 minutes of every day.

 

[MrPTato]

What kind of flight training school did you attend?

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

I was trained to operate the boat, track switches, and water spraying elephants in just under a week

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

I also had to learn how to evacuate POTC as at the time this was an almost weekly occurrence during my shift. This probably happened more frequently than I saw as I worked mostly mornings and rides probably tend to breakdown later in the day.

 

[MrPTato]

Crash course!

 

[Tetanus Shot Ty]

It was very thorough training I was so nervous the first time time going "live" my leg shook so bad my trainer put his foot on top of my foot. By my third trip the spiel was second nature. Used to hear my roommate (we had a connecting bathroom) doing her cruise in her sleep

 

[Serena {LivingByDisney}]

It was very thorough training I was so nervous the first time time going "live" my leg shook so bad my trainer put his foot on top of my foot. By my third trip the spiel was second nature. Used to hear my roommate (we had a connecting bathroom) doing her cruise in her sleep

That's too funny. So what do you do now? Are you still in Orlando area?