Recent content by Jon Good

I was working at EPCOT on Test Track when it first opened and we started with no fast pass. The lines were about 3 hours long and the end of the line was at the center of the park near the fountain. After fast pass was installed the lines became much shorter. I believe it should still be a free...

I am a retired Disney Cast member and I use to receive free tickets and other discounts to use at the parks. For the last two years I have received nothing. I was wondering what happened. It looks like Disney is just getting cheap and does not care about the people who worked there. I still have...

I use to work for WDW attractions and many of the rides were either slowed down or stopped to put wheelchair parties on. At Big Thunder Mountain we would drop the fifth train so we had more loading time in the station. At Spaceship Earth we could slow the ride to half speed or completely stop...

When Horizons was torn down the ride system was sold to a company in South America. However most of the rest of the attraction was trashed.

I worked at WDW for 19 years and when I retired I have a main gate pass for life, it allows myself and 3 guests to go in with me. There are block out dates where I cannot go like during the holidays. I wouldn't want to go then since the crowds are higher. The pass does not cover the water parks...

I think the worst job is something else. My wife at one time was a house keeper working in one of the resorts. You had to clean 15 rooms each day and you would often get interrupted on your breaks and have to go back to cleaning. You had to clean the rooms the "Disney way" which is more...

I was working at Test Track at that time when they were tearing down Horizons to build Mission Space. It was a sad day to see it go. At one point they had three bulldozers trying to pull down the center portion of the building. It was so strong that the wire ropes snapped so they had to find...

It would be nice to have it here in Florida. Many guests also ask where the restaurant (Blue Bayou) is. When Disney built the Pirates attraction in Florida they cut the budget and the ride did not get as much as the one at Disneyland.

Does anyone ever think that the WDW Speedway will ever go electric? Personally I wish it would. Get rid of those old gas go carts and go electric. Also I wish they would fix the steering in the cars. The steering is so loose when you turn you just bump the center guide rail. The speedway in...

I worked at Horizons just before it closed and then I was at Test Track watching Horizons being torn down. It was a sad day watching the demolition. Horizons was built really strong, i remember watching as three bulldozers had wire ropes trying to pull the center section down the wire ropes...

I use to work in attractions before I retired. My wife worked in housekeeping for a while and that is the worst job. You get tips, but the work is hard. You have to do 15 rooms every day and you have to do them the Disney way. Its like being a slave. My wife finally transferred to attractions...

As far as the animals go they are not forced to do anything that they do not want to do. If you go during the day when it is hot outside most of the animals will be in a shady place, sometimes not in view. If you go early to see the animals when it is cooler out you might have a better chance of...

I heard it is half and half, half locals and half travelers.

I use to work for WDW and most of the rides have hidden cameras inside so we could watch for problems. The cameras can also see in the dark so we could watch everything. I saw many things that I cant even talk about as to what people would do on the rides. Mostly we would watch for people...

I use to work at WDW Attractions so I saw many down times. One of the hardest ones to keep running was Big Thunder Mountain, at the time it was the only coaster that could run five trains at one time. If you were in the control tower the timing for five trains was very critical so each train had...