Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Maybe east coast tourists aren't as hammy as locals in California?<< I dunno about that. They sure get their groove on in Country Bear Jamboree in Florida.
Originally Posted By ralphjr I think those birds need to get jiggy with something. That will impress the young people of today. Oh, and aren't there any Pixar characters they could throw in there? That would be more relevant than Zazu and Iago. ;-)
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""Jungle Cruise gets incredibly high guest satisfaction marks, so this comment is hot air like most of yours."" Really? Have you cruised the Rivers of the World for 6-8rs a day for 3 days a week for 6years?? When you do come back to me and we'll talk. I saw the guests reactions. From 9-3 it was fine. But after parade to nighttime it was like "What the HECK did we just do for 10min". So my hot air has volume HUNNEY.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 I don't know WHERE you guys get that JC is more popular at MK than at DL. JC is the "new" 20K of MK as far as capacity goes. As in, we fall back on guest counts almost as soon as the park opens and never recover due to wheelchair boats, backups, or boats breaking down. THAT and FP is why JC holds a steady 20-45min waits. The JC machines also OVERdistrubute FPs between the 1-2pm hour so when the time comes for the after parade house it's a nightmare. And nearly EVERY SINGLE CM agreed that the guests "just sat there like a log". We'd make funna guests that were on thier cell phone "Hey! Can you get me a medium pepproni pizza!" I actually had a Yankee guests say he wish he's had his gun. CHARMING. I said "Oh good sir, cause if you use it then i can be the 1,000th ghost". YEEEEEAAAAAAA......I saw more respect and quietness for the Skippers at DL. Plus having DLs JC with tighter pacing and no dead spots does not hurt.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Really? Have you cruised the Rivers of the World for 6-8rs a day for 3 days a week for 6years?? When you do come back to me and we'll talk. I saw the guests reactions. From 9-3 it was fine. But after parade to nighttime it was like "What the HECK did we just do for 10min". So my hot air has volume HUNNEY. >> Nope. I was there for three years, though. And usually worked from after parade to close. Until it got dark we had plenty of people laughing. Maybe you just aren't a good skipper, hunney. <<And nearly EVERY SINGLE CM agreed that the guests "just sat there like a log". >> Well, I'm guessing with your charming disposition you just aren't any good at the spiel. I rarely had a problem getting my boats to enjoy themselves. Maybe you should stop acting like you're better than them and do your job of entertaining them.
Originally Posted By danyoung I'd have to agree that whether there was a "good" crowd or a "bad" crowd on the NJ almost always had to do with the skipper. There have been some pretty sucky skippers over the years (both in the MK and in DL), and yeah, with a bad skipper the crowd just sits there. But when you have a good one, with good timing and clever banter with the guests, it's easy to see that that boatload of folks is having a good time.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""Maybe you just aren't a good skipper, hunney."" My Guest Service Fanatic Cards say otherwise...<SNAP>
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""I'm guessing with your charming disposition you just aren't any good at the spiel"" That's why Casting placed me there. TWICE.....
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<That's why Casting placed me there. TWICE.....>> Casting places people there who can't speak English and you're trying to use them as validation?
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Casting places people there who can't speak English and you're trying to use them as validation? << I almost said something similar about Casting. Yeah, they aren't the best "proof" of one's abilities.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <-- worked the WDW Jungle Cruise for 6 months, 9-5 shift, Mon - Fri, -- it go so monotonous and horrible that I almost had to put myself on suicide watch. (Sorry to burst anyone's Disney fantasy, but working the Jungle Cruise is almost like working on an assembly line.) And I can still to the spiel to this day. Hello Crew! Before we head too far into the jungle please raise your right hand and repeat after me... I hope We will Return And as long as you have your hand up just turn and wave 'bye bye' to those folks on the dock, it may your last glimpse of civilization.... AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<<Sorry to burst anyone's Disney fantasy, but working the Jungle Cruise is almost like working on an assembly line.>> To each their own. I loved every minute.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I sadly have never had a decent skipper in WDW. Have had many in DL. My fav was a plump blonde guy with glasses named John. I wonder what happened to that energetic guy? ;-)
Originally Posted By sjhym333 JC was my least favorite attraction to work. I am with Jim. I got bored out of my mind very quickly during my shift. I think it takes a special person to be able to do cruises most of the day, keep their energy level up and be funny. Just wasn't me during that time of my life. I wanted to be at HOP. That should tell you something.
Originally Posted By danyoung >... a "good" crowd or a "bad" crowd on the NJ...< Not sure how JC turned into NJ, but you knew what I meant.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Let me be clear about my Jungle Cruise experience. I was s life long Disneyland fan, and was a very enthusiastic, 23-year old amateur actor when I arrived at Walt Disney World. At the casting trailer, I asked specifically to work at Jungle Cruise, after a summer at Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes, and thought I'd reached nirvana. And when you're there day after day after day....well, there's a reason that the expression came to be that we would 'rot in the jungle.' I remember a skipper standing there on the dock. He looked at me on my first day, and could obviously see my enthusiasm. 'You're gonna learn to hate it' he told me. I smiled, and walked away thinking 'no way in the world am I gonna hate this job. No WAY!!!' And it was fun. I had fun spieling the Jungle Cruise spiel. For about 2 months. And then it got old -- very old. And I couldn't wait to get the heck out of there.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^Was told the same thing Jim. And to this day, if it paid like my career choice I'd still be there today spieling away.
Originally Posted By DlandDug It really is an acting job. The worst is when you get a skipper who is clearly delivering a rote spiel. It may be technically perfect, but there's nobody up there delivering it. I'd almost rather have a hapless delivery with some life. I recently heard Susan Egan talk about performing Belle in Beauty and the Beast over 800 times on Broadway. She said they actually reached the point where they welcomed on stage mishaps, simply because it made the performance just that much more interesting.
