I did an internship with Disney down in Florida a few years ago. All in all it was one of the best experiences of my life. I got to work in the parks while I did my school stuff.
I was talking with one of the cast members who works on the Jungle cruse in the magic kingdom, when he told me something that just made me shake my head. Often we would have Hollywood types come to the parks. They would get escorted around the parks by guest service managers, so the wouldn’t have to wait in the lines to get on an attraction. So one day Jim is working on the cruse, when Bett Middler and her “people” get in his boat. Jim said that he just went about doing his normal routine, cracking the stupid jokes and puns that the cruse is famous for. Well they get to the part where the hippo attacks, the intrepid guide pull out his S&W model 10 (loaded with Blanks of course) and snap off two quick shots. The hippo, as it does every time they go around the loop, sinks and disappears as it gasps out some bubbles. So Jim turns around to say “it’s ok folk I got him” when Ms. Middler jumps up and say some thing to the effect of “How dare you use a GUN like that in front of children, Blah Blah Blah”. Jim said that she kept on having a pissy fit until she got to the end of the ride. Once she got to the dock she yells “who’s in charge here?” The guest service types lead her off to who ever is in charge.
Well the next day there is a big meeting and script changes are given to the river guides. If you ever go on the Jungle cruse, notice that they shoot the gun into the air now. This wasn’t all ways the case.
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