Okay, so I will be completely honest. As I have already said before, I was located in Downtown Disney and there are definitely differences in DTD from the parks in terms of custodial. DTD is split up into zones and there is a male and female for each zone. Each zone had a minimum of one bathroom but could have up to about 3 bathrooms. The female is responsible for the female bathrooms and male to male. We also had to complete at least 2 trash runs on an 8 hour shift. If it was an incredibly busy day or there were one or two cans that filled up quicker, additional pulls were made. The trash runs were usually done together so that there is always a male and a female and you are not working alone to pull the cart, etc. Bathroom cleaning is exactly what it sounds like. You wipe down sinks, mop floors, wipe down toilets, stock toilet paper, etc. This did not bother me, but I also have a pretty tough skin. Public restrooms do not usually bother me. After working at Disney, I have an even stronger skin when it comes to public restrooms. The cleaner you keep the bathroom though, the cleaner it stays. If you neglect your bathroom, then when you do get to it, it seems really bad, and will be really difficult to clean, as people will still be trying to use them. You have the option of wearing gloves at all times and they supply you with more than enough terry cloth towels and every type of cleaner available. Toilets are not usually that bad although sometimes you just want to kill women and you don't seem to understand why they cannot clean up after themselves. I have seen only one bathroom horror story, but I had help in cleaning that one and I closed the restroom. Besides trash runs, which I usually had fun on, because I was always paired with another CPer and we joked around a lot, your other duties include water pushing, which is just pushing water with your broom into drains (not bad at all) and this is only when it rains. You also help in protein spill clean up, which you are also provided with the proper tools, and you can usually sweep most of it up. You also sweep constantly and pick up trash but that is expected from every CM. The only other bad thing that I had happen was probably a rare occurance, in which I had to clean up a blood spill, when a guy had a heart attack in front of Virgin Records and fell. Again, provided with all of the proper cleaning supplies and help from my managers.
Now for all of the positive. I met so many amazing people, including all of my coworkers. Custodial teams usually have team meetings before each shift and its easy to make friends. I also got to meet a lot of families. One of my shifts, in which we had extra people, I was assigned to stand at the large map and help people. You are also the first person that someone lost goes to and it is really rewarding to help them find stuff or talk to children. PIN TRADING!!! is a lot of fun and as a custodian you are stopped quite regularly for trades. Also, as I had said before, it was pretty laid back in terms of rushing and being serious.
The couple of shifts I did at DHS I realized they change it in the parks. Your shift in the park may be just bathrooms where you are to just run 5 bathrooms for the shift and keep them clean. This is great on a super hot day because restrooms are AC. Another shift may just be doing trash runs. Joanna may be able to offer more info here.
Custodial will be a positive experience if you let it be. I do not know of one other custodial CPer that I worked with that did not enjoy it.
Sorry so long!!!