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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
