They Got Fired for That? - Confessions of a Theme Park Worker

almost poetic that disney didn't want employees to have a phone but they push the guest to have to have experience their vacation through the phone.

Back in the early 1990s I still remember going to Silver Dollar City and remember Conductor Mike!

Thanks. I’ll try not to get fired from being retired!

Saw a coworker at the parks employee entrance, feet kicked up in the parking booth, headphones on playing games on his phone. Never saw him again the next week, something tells me management saw him like that too!

When I worked for a park with a no filming on rides policy, during an employee night--where managers/supervisors run the rides; someone got fired for filming on the ride. The person was in the US on a seasonal work visa. They had to go back to Europe.

I stay at the Beach Club villas. Leaving MK. after the fireworks, I was tired, hot and standing up in the bus because my parents raised me to give my seat to a lady or somebody older. So I just walk to the back and sleep standing up. Apparently we had a new bus driver who didn't know the route and made a wrong turn. I saw it. He had to maneuver the bus through a very tight gate and ran the back wheels over the curb. It was humid, the windows were dripping with water and he did the best he could to get us to our stop. This woman lost her... mind. "What is he crazy? Who is he? What's the bus number? I'm reporting him!!!!" I got off the bus, looked her in the eye, and said some things I won't repeat. It was something like lady, he got us back to our resort, he doesn't know the route why don't you chill out and go relax? Are you perfect? (It wasn't that nice.) I am old and crotchety now, been going to WDW for decades and frankly, I don't tolerate these people abusing CMs.

It’s definitely an interesting dynamic now with phones. When worked for Hershey Entertainment in ‘09-‘12 my cell phone was in my locker. Since starting at Disney in ‘22, it’s on me for emergencies in the park only. This is because of working in locations where l might be the only one working or no other cast is around to assist with a critical situation.

When I was in the military, the female grave-shift OIC and a male Airman (one rank above Airman Basic) steamed up the inside of her car many times out on X-Ray Row (very secluded "row" where the ammo bunker was located). Everyone knew about it and we just would chuckle. But then a female Sergeant found out and ratted on them. The Airman got reprimanded and she got essentially kicked out of the USAF. She was offered an honorable discharge to just leave OR if she refused to voluntarily leave, kicked out with a General Discharge. She took the former. Why was her punishment more than his? She was an officer and was supposed to know better. The female Sergeant was hated by everyone, her life was made Hell, and she soon requested transfer to another base, which was instantly approved and she was gone. The former OIC got herself a local civilian white collar job as a district manager for a fast food chain and she and the Airman got married. He didn't leave the service and eventually retired a Chief Master Sergeant and she became the CEO of a big corporation. Very happy couple.

I love it when pets get the zoomies. 😂

Your videos always make my day, Sir Willow!

As a former Custodial CP, I can say that we did use Smartphones for communication with our coordinators, managers, and fellow cast members. However, they were company issued and had to be picked up and dropped off at base at the beginning and end of every shift. We were allowed to use the timer function on those phones to count the “dwell time” on surfaces we needed to disinfect. Alongside this, we were allowed to use the translator app in a situation where we had a language barrier with a guest. We were allowed to keep our personal smartphones on us, but we were never allowed to pull them out under almost any circumstance, except in the case that 911 needed to be called. Hope that provides you with a bit of insight from a recent cast member!

I liked the stories but really liked the background music😊

Honestly it's sad that your friend got termed unfairly like that. Wish he was more appreciated there and didn't get termed, for someone else's stupidity. Had a similar situation at work. A cocky youngster thought he knew how to do a job I'd been doing for years, better. Job was cleaning the fryer. He overflowed the floor with hot oil and he almost started a oil fire by not packing the lard correctly.

Great Video. 😃👍♥️

I like the Dogg-O. I had an Am Staff for 8 years. Best dog EVER!

I remember someone getting in an argument in the Dining Common, over a date the night before. Former boyfriend thought he was still. . . out for semester.

First time, i saw fancy tintype to see radar during a storm before Collingwood Family performed in Echo Hollow.

I worked at busch gardens tampa for a few years. The most common reasons I saw were excessive calling in and use of cellphones while on duty

Ps forgot to mention Disney now tells attraction caste members we are allowed to have phone in our pocket on silence in case of a guest emergency in the park. Example includes if there is no cord phone in the area we could get to in time. Another example is if it’s after hours and there are no maintenance vehicles on stage we are allowed to take pictures on stage after every guest leave for the night.

My daughter saw a number of people get away with things that should have caused their termination. Like photos backstage repeatedly! Using phones on stage. Seems some people get away with it and nothing happens.