Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Everest!

I work at Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park. Here is a lovely picture of me in my Everest costume.
At Everest we rotate through about 17 different positions about every 45 minutes.

Greeter - In the front of the attraction where the Stand-By Entrance begins, Greeter checks that all riders are at least 44 inches tall, keeps the line organized, and interacts with guests.

Single Rider Greeter - Basically same as Greeter, SRG stands in front of the Single Rider Entrance, checking height, making sure riders are of appropriate age to ride by themselves, explaining what Single Rider is, and answering questions (mainly directing guests to the closest restroom).

Fast Pass Distribution - At Distro, the cast member would explain to our guests how a Fast Pass works, assist guests with the Fast Pass Machines, know how to fix basic problems that may happen with the machines.

Fast Pass Return - Next to Greeter at the front of the attraction, FPR checks the guest's FP tickets to make sure the guest is returning at the appropriate time, along with the basic responsibilities of Greeter.

End of Line - Assists Greeter with keeping the queue organized, responsible to setting up ropes for the queue, and direct guests to the appropriate entrances.

Merge Point - Inside the attraction where the guests enter the loading dock, Merge Point keeps a flow of guests where the two lanes (Fast Pass and Stand-By) come together.

Grouper - Grouper is at the end of the line directing guests to either: towards the front to Loader; to rows 13 - 17; or to wait in another queue for the front row. Grouper has to keep the flow the guests in control, keeps larger groups together, and placing single riders in empty seats.

Station Assist - Stands behind Grouper and helps them with the safe flow of guests. Also, Station Assist brings wheel chairs, ECVs and other objects to the unloading dock for guests when they exit the attraction.

Load - Walks up and down rows 1 - 12 making sure guests are in groups of two per row.

Front Dispatch - These four positions are basically the same. They are four stations around the loading
Front Enable - dock that are in charge of sending the loaded trains out to the track. The gates will
Rear Dispatch - automatically open, guests sit in the train, Rear Dispatch closes the gates, and all four go
Rear Enable - through their section of the train and checks the lap bars. When the lights signal that its safe to send the train, all four have to push a button at their consoles to send the train.

Front Unload - These two are at the unloading dock, they assist guests off the train. They also check for
Rear Unload - any items that may have been left on the train. Once the train is clear the two positions, like the four above, have to push a button on their consoles to send the train to the loading dock.

Unload Assist - Helps on the unloading dock to keep up the safe and timely flow of guests.

Tower - Tower is a position where we sit in a room and watch the monitors to make sure that guests are behaving while on the ride.

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