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1980’s Disneyland Stories (That I Can Tell), Part 2

BackstageBy Doug BainNovember 12, 20201 Comment

Cast Member Stories – Disneyland Hotel Days One of my first jobs out of college was doing audio visual work at the Disneyland Hotel. I had already done some lot labor work at a studio in Hollywood, but those stories are for another time (maybe even a book). I worked for an A/V company that…

1980’s Disneyland Stories (That I Can Tell), Part 1

BackstageBy Doug BainDecember 2, 20192 Comments

Doug Bain is a themed attraction writer and concept developer at “Starts with a Story”. He is frequent contributor to ThemedAttraction. Here are some of his stories from back stage at Disneyland during the 1980’s, A long time ago, in the early 80’s, I worked at Disneyland – twice. The interview the second time is…

Candid tales from Walt Disney World’s Pirates of the Caribbean

BackstageBy Nate NaversenOctober 1, 2017Leave a comment

Candid tales from Walt Disney World’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” by R.C. Loveland, former Disney World Cast Member Pirates of the Caribbean was the first attraction I was trained at. It was great getting to walk behind and on the sets as well in “staging” where the boats leave unload, travel the “up-ramp” and back…

The day the Jungle Cruise got a special guest visitor

BackstageBy Nate NaversenApril 23, 2012Leave a comment

The day the Jungle Cruise got a special guest visitor The following is a true story that happened at Disney’s Jungle Cruise at the Magic Kingdom in 1998 to Skipper Andrew. To set the story up, there are a few things you must know. First of all, it is forbidden for any Disney cast member…

Candid stories from a former Disneyworld Jungle Cruise skipper

BackstageBy Nate NaversenApril 23, 2012Leave a comment

Candid stories from a former Disneyworld Jungle Cruise skipper By R.C. Loveland When I was being trained on the Jungle Cruise I learned about a trick the trainers liked to play on their trainees. I was taking a “dead” (empty) trip with my trainer to practice my spiel. He was sitting in the back of…

Working on the Jungle Cruise in the 1970’s

BackstageBy Nate NaversenApril 20, 2012Leave a comment

Working on the Jungle Cruise in the 1970’s, with Terry Speicher: Terry Speicher is a theme park designer with ITEC Productions and a former Walt Disney World Jungle Cruise Skipper from the opening days of Walt Disney World. These are some of his recollections in this exclusive interview. Interviewer: Tell us about how you got started…

Working on the Jungle Cruise in the 1990’s

BackstageBy Nate NaversenApril 20, 2012Leave a comment

JGR: Nathan, welcome! Thanks for being with us! NN: Thanks. JGR: The first thing I have to ask is how did you become one of the few skippers to work two Jungles? NN: Well, the hardest part was getting hired into the college program at Disneyland, where only about 10% of applicants made it in.…

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