7 (Not So) Common Sense Rules at Theme Parks - Ep 93 Confessions of a Theme Park Worker

[@babyskitty5445]

People who stop in the middle of a FREAKING WALKWAY

[@excess_alex.mp4]

babyskitty Not just at theme parks! In general, if you have to stop walking in a crowded area, walk off to the side and stay out of other peoples way.

[@xenianino6851]

I always tell them to move the PAWOO TO THE THE SIDE and they give me the look

[@dontdriveat88]

And then nobody else can move and your just standing there awkwardly. Ugh! Or when people just cluster in the middle of anywhere people are trying to walk in.

[@punker4Real]

At the entrance and block the entrance 😂😂

[@bockysmith135]

Thank you for this important video! At Disneyland I saw a little boy pulling up the beautiful flowers by the roots, and his mom was just standing there watching him. Another visitor told the mom her son shouldn't do that, and the mom's answer was "he's just bored". I couldn't believe she thought it was ok for her son to do that! The flowerbed was stomped on and torn up. I felt bad for the staff who took all the time & care to make Disneyland beautiful.

[@xenianino6851]

bocky smith I see that in the rose garden went I was working there

[@Short_one41]

If the kid was bored why did she take her child to Disneyland in the first place. I could never be bored going to either Disney World or Disneyland!

[@bockysmith135]

Yes, i was surprised when she said he was bored. :D

[@yvevevy10]

If you’re board at Disneyland then if’s definitely NOT the place for you!! What a shame

[@Short_one41]

Yes! That is a shame that the mom thought her son was bored. I was not bored when my family & I visited in 2003.

[@nullmatrix9530]

What's the first rule? No cuts, no buts, no coconuts? - Wreck-It Ralph

[@Cyt0n1c]

As a fellow theme park worker you say everything I want to say, but so much nicer.

[@not2be4gotten02]

#8 Don't throw food on the ground or at people I witnessed someone dump out their popcorn bucket at TestTrack ONTO another car of people they didn't know. People old enough to know better but apparently not old enough to care.

[@Ravensinkwell]

I'm with you on the listen to the employees part. I used to work at a Haunted attraction at a theme park. And when you're waiting in line for the houses There's a voiceover saying don't touch the actors. I've heard of people getting thrown out of the park and banned from the park itself for a year for inappropriately touching an actor or harming an actor. It's shocking how many people don't follow this rule even after hearing it over and over again in lines.

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

And that is why I will never go on a Haunted attraction. I am more afraid of reacting to being scared by hitting the actor more then being scared.

[@Ravensinkwell]

Saphiria TheBlueDragonKnight the actors aren’t supposed to go after people who might lash out. And they tell them if they go after someone they think might lash out it’s their fault. They won’t kick you out if you do it on accident. If anything the actors laugh it off at the end of the night.

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

Still I'd feel horrible. On the flip side it sure would be fun to be the one scaring people.

[@BellePullman]

Last year at Disneyland, a cast member working the queue for the Haunted Mansion kept having to tell kids "Don't sit on the ropes, don't swing on the ropes" - very in character at first. After telling off these two kids several times, he came over and patiently explained how the ropes might break, they'd land hard on the ground, that would hurt - the dawning comprehension on the kids' faces was impressive, like they'd never made the connection before that the things they're yelled at not to do - there's a reason, not just grown-ups spoiling their fun!

[@JSeedProductions]

DON'T SIT ON THE ROPES AND CHAINS!

[@upandadams9492]

Epcot has breakaway ones in the Soarin' queue (possibly elsewhere). I take great delight in watching visitors fall on their rumps when they try to use them as swings/seats.

[@calliemyersbuchanan6458]

TURN PHONES ON SILENT!!! I don't just mean the stage shows but the attraction shows like tiki room and captain EO type things. This one bugs me that no one reminds you to do it. It's become a habit to do it at the movie theater but it's not instinctively obvious at a theme park. Heck, I've forgotten on a couple occasions myself (luckily it never made a sound but still).

[@JackDecker63]

But attractions rarely tell you do to this and movie theaters always do.

[@theendofit]

Yould think talking on a phone would be obviously bad on a ride. And yould probably thing I'm talking about a young person. But this old couple sitting right behind me on Kilimanjaro Safaris the woman gets on phone to loadly discuss where she is what shes doing and where they should meet after. It was right at the start so it was not a worst case situation it was befor any animals and such but I was so close to snapping at them by the time she finally hung up. I was like are you kidding you should know better at your age.

[@taylorkh818]

The standing in the middle of main street thing I see so much it makes me so mad! As a guest I have yelled at people to get out of the way! Also, don't throw food. Anywhere. And don't leave trash. Anywhere. There are so many trashcans around! Also cutting. No. No. No. Don't cut.

[@theendofit]

I have always felt it was a genral rule of thumb that you should only be able to save a spit in line for one other person. So half your group should always already be in line. I get so annoyed when one person is in line and 5 or more pepole cut in to join them.

[@rainyrouge5123]

Here's a bit of common sense a lot of people avoid at theme parks.When you have a little kid,look at the height requirements BEFORE you get in line.And don't encourage your kid to cheat the height rules or get mad at the cast member who doesn't let your kid get on.Those rules exist for a reason.

[@flinthawkins13]

I would also add don't climb on any low lying rocks, especially at water parks.

[@dewback47]

Don’t forget not to stand on trash cans to see the fireworks!!!!

[@MatthewSchooley94]

And here, we see a critically endangered species on KZbin: a first comment that actually comments on the video rather than simply saying "First!"

[@hannahhester8376]

Robert Rothenburgh Right? You know, they actually make really cool, not exactly backpacks, but harnesses that grown ups can wear that kids can stand in so they can see over their parents heads, like piggy back rides. Those would be very useful for a trip to Disney.

[@Lameashellcosplay]

He's kinda mentioned it in other videos

[@k001daddy]

You are so right. I had to E-STOP at Earthquake so many times because someone tried to stand to get a better look. Most of the time it was adults too.

[@Lasolimu]

Radiator Springs Racers at California Adventure is one of only a few attractions with a single rider line which can be a great option to get on quick, however, you are told repeatedly that you will be split up. Everything about the line says that you won't ride with your party so there's no reason to think other wise. On my most recent visit back in November, I was almost to load on it in the normal line, and I was kinda watching the single rider line to see how fast it actually moved. At one point, the cast member told the first person in the line to go to some row and off they went, followed by 3 or 4 other people in their party. I couldn't hear what was being said, but it was clear that they didn't understand why the cast member was telling them that they needed to go back. I really don't know how the concept of a single rider line eluded them, but they were very confused.

[@StamfordBridge]

Joseph Laser I’ve seen that. In some cases, it’s just people thinking rules are for other people and really expecting to get away with anything, the entitled brats. But in other cases, especially at a place like Disney, there might be a language barrier and a simple “Oh this line looks shorter; let’s go here” decision. I don’t think the latter group is free of all blame, but it’s not the level of obnoxiousness as the first group. And I’ve seen people hold up the single-rider line by arguing with the employee and trying to “explain” that they really want to be together. Even seen people get mad. Ugh.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

yay, thanks for another great video! the silly guests stories/questions are always my favorites of yours, theyre how i first discovered your channel (:

[@darthyoda1420]

I remember the first time I went to SF Great America when were visiting my family in that area in 2016, there's a wood bride when your heading to where The Joker and batman is( as long as I remember correctly) and the bridge is not fully enclose, has some edges, and there were 2 people sitting on the ledge, and there's an 8ft drop into water underneath them. When a janitor came by he got them to get off but thats just ridiculous. Good video as always, and funny to see people who still have home phones.

[@coasterjudge]

As a former usher for both Cirque Du Soleil and the Rose Quarter (go Blazers), roughly half of these apply. The number of times I had guests completely ignore me or the posted rules was ridiculous. On a couple occasions, I would instruct a guest to do something, walk around, go the other way, etc, and they would look me dead in the eye, and do the opposite! Needless to say, I don't work there anymore.

[@cmauthor]

I will never forget, about a year or so ago, I was driving the kiddie train at my park (top speed is like 6 or 7 MPH) and it was near closing time, so we had stopped the line and my last riders for the day were a woman and her child who I remember were very happy to be able to ride the train before it closed. The man with them, who I assume was the woman's husband/partner, although he could have been the woman's brother or just a friend, decided he would prefer to not ride himself and just watch them ride. The way this kiddie train works is that it starts out from the station, passes behind the cafe, then zooms through an old Western-style town, where guests can stand and watch the train go by (the tracks are separated from this viewing area by a waist-level fence, which most people with common sense would know not to jump over anyway), before going uphill through a bit of garden and finally returning to the station. Ride procedure is to go around the tracks twice for one ride, so I'd done one circuit around the tracks and we were going through the Western town for the second time, and all of a sudden, as we were coming out of the tunnel, there was this guy standing in the middle of the tracks as the train zoomed full speed toward him. Luckily, even though it was full speed, I was able to stop the train from hitting him, but I was both pissed off and terrified that our lives were in danger. He didn't seem to understand the concept of "don't climb over the fence in front of a moving train" because once I'd actually stopped the train and made sure everyone wasn't going to die, he just casually asked me "Oh, I was just wondering how much longer the ride was going to be." I just gave him a blank look and was like "This is our last circuit around the tracks. We'll meet you back up at the station. Get off the tracks, it's dangerous to climb the fence." (he was the first person to ever climb that fence, btw, all our other guests understood perfectly well that that fence is not for climbing) But I mean, how clueless would you have to be? He wasn't even trying to get a hat or phone from the tracks. (I don't remember if his wife spoke to him after the ride stopped, but I imagined her giving him a magnificent lecture about safety once they got home lol)

[@JackDecker63]

I've seen women, mainly teenage girls, take off their blouses to try on another blouse or t-shirt in the Disney gift shops. These were shops without outside walls. My party and I would be just walking along to the next attraction along with lots of others so it wasn't as if no one was on the causeways. And there was always a fitting room within mere steps of them but, nope, I guess that's just WAY too far to walk. And, nope, they didn't appear drunk. More than once, they weren't even wearing a bra underneath! And, nope, they didn't then go "OOOPS!" when they realized this and cover up but just continued right on with what they were doing and flashed everyone again when putting back on their clothes they came into the shop wearing. Now maybe one or two of them were from countries where this was a common thing to do in public but I cannot believe all were foreigners and I know for certain by how they were shouting to each other in the shop that many were definitely Americans. Oh well. Those in my party and I always laughed when this happened. The women among us also usually shook their heads in disbelief.

[@IgnorantGravity]

Jack Decker I work in retail. It's only about 40% clothes, but recently we've been locking the fitting room doors for loss prevention reasons. We have giant bright green signs above a door bell that essentially say ring the door bell for us to unlock a fitting room. It's amazing how many times I've turned a corner to find someone (both males and females) topless or bottomless in the fitting room hall. "What on earth are you doing?!" Cust: "oh, sorry, I couldn't get into a fitting room" me:"did you read the sign?" Cust:" what sign?" Me:"the two bit green ones right next to you on the fitting room doors...in fact, your right hand is on one of them..."

[@SirWillow]

IgnorantGravity LOL signs? What signs? Guests don't read signs!

[@SpeedyWheelzOfficial]

I love your stories so much

[@Heavenlyhounds96]

Why do I have a good feeling when I go to Disney world for 5 days and 4 nights this mid-December, I'm gonna witness at least ONE of these happening?

[@coolcatt]

because........you will lol

[@JackDecker63]

Get that smartphone ready, document it, post it to your channel (or submit it to Sir Willow to post to his channel), and show it to all. :-)

[@SirWillow]

You don't even need to go to Disney! Go to your local park and you'll see it. lol

[@Heavenlyhounds96]

True. Go to Hersheypark enough and I'll notice. XD

[@ValleyThrills]

When I saw the Monsters inc laugh floors there was a guy sitting in front of me that kept standing up

[@redscrochetedstuff3266]

i was at Bush Gardens once, I saw a guy walking on the fence!! he fell and broke his arm. the same day there was a kid that went in the fence with the rams. he got head butt in the chest.

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Diana Rose there’s no rams at Busch ??

[@redscrochetedstuff3266]

Brandon there was. The one at Williamsburg VA. I don't know if there still there. This was a few years back

[@dovefilms]

Ouch.... I hope they're okay ;; Fence jumping is pretty common, at least from my experience

[@kevins1242]

I'm guilty of being on the other side of a fence by the castle...we were waiting for a parade, waiting on the proper side of the fence. A mass of people were trying to get by. I stepped over the fence to let everyone by. I was told I couldn't be there....I wasn't there to be malicious, just getting out of the way.

[@WPUpioneer]

Those draft horses are Belgian Drafts and recently Disney started using a breed called a Suffolk Punch. Big, brutish drafts that are cinderblocks on four legs. They are POWERFUL horses and yeah, they can't stop with that trolley behind them or itll take the legs out from under the horse!

[@kryceksangel]

At the old TOT at DCA, I liked to not hold onto the bar for the free fall feeling but I kept my restraints on

[@willyblondehair8070]

This is an awesome channel and a great video.😄😄

[@ulisesjuarez8422]

Fun story from when I worked in six flags Mexico. I was station at tdk. the Batman ride that simulates to be Gotham train. I was at the entrance of the ride and I saw this 2 kids, no older than 11, running towards me, that was normal, Batman is popular among kids but then both of them stop get undress, they had nothing on but their underwear and they jump in the fountain that's in front of the ride. who needs Batman when you have a fountain

[@strongsadventures]

LOL. Never run in a park! #8 for you. Haha. It was so instilled in us when we would go to the big park “Six Flags Over Texas “ for our vacation on a Monday and Tuesday. We would actually yell at kids and then realize we weren’t in our park. LOL.

[@stlouisrocker100]

Another thing to add, don't spit off the side of a ride, especially when it looms over a walkway or there are people down below. It's disgusting and half the time the spit comes right back at the ride and onto another rider. There have actually been 3 incidents where I've been on the receiving end of someone else's saliva. The first time was when I was riding Mamba at World's of Fun when the guy in front of me spit off the side and it came right into my face. At least the guy apologized in the end and we talked everything out. Unlike the kid who rode in front of me on Screaming Eagle in the second incident. He actually had to be led out by security. The third incident was when I was operating Sky Screamer at SFSL when I was working the Enable switch. Ride was in the middle of it's cycle when I felt something wet hit my arm. Had to dump my cup of water out to wash it off. And it was a hot day and our fan was busted and our line was backed up. Chances to get water were limited. Just please people don't spit off the side of a ride. It's revolting and no one wants your bodily fluids splattering all over their face.

[@deannasebik2530]

On my trip to WDW in September,my husband and I were on Pirates and we had gotten stuck. There was akid in our boat that kept standing up and then pit his hand in the water and the parents didn't say anything to him. Sit down and keep your hands in the boat!!!

[@QueenShireen]

at the Efteling, in the Netherlands, we have rapid ride too [with the round boats] .. We do not have belts but they ask people to stay seated in their place. Sometimes people incl. me jump up a little bit when they get splashed, but I alwasy sit down asap after a reflex-jump, as i like to reffer to it

[@robertcop2159]

Don’t run in the park. Back in 2011 I went to WDW and was running around to meet my party, and nearly ran into Alice. She took it well and told me to slow down very in character. Now I will never run in a theme park.

[@theendofit]

Did she make a comment that you were very much like a rabbit she once knew that was always late?

[@socialmoth4974]

Would you say she gave you "very good advice."?

[@dkwebberful]

Hello Sir Willow... how about staying off and away from Railroad tracks? I'm an engineer at a theme park with a 100 ton narrow gauge steam train. We have guests all the time up on the tracks or running the crossing gates. My favorites are the parents with strollers with their small children in them or guests in the electric scooters that get caught between the gates while the train is coming.

[@SirWillow]

I'm actually a bit surprised by that. At Busch, Disney, and SDC the tracks have barriers of some sort all the way around them, with the only exceptions being crossings (one at SDC and if I remember right one on stage and two backstage at BGT), and the on stage ones are manned and have barriers that block them off. I'm really curious as to how your guests are getting to the tracks without going over barriers, and if they don't have them, why not.

[@dkwebberful]

@@SirWillow I think alot of the newer safety rules dont apply due to when the rr was built, would be part of my guess as to why we aren't fenced off. We have signs posted that no unauthorized people are to be on the tracks. I assume that meets safety requirements. like you said, some people just dont think -, even around a 100 ton propane fired steam locomotive. Oh the stories I could tell....

[@MPunky666]

People in line who sit on the metal line divider things. I've seen people fall off them and break bones. Don't do that!

[@chrisw2963]

On the subject of fountains, recently a kid in the Disney College Program was fired and banned from the park for posting a TikTok video where he went around the park and drank water from the fountains. Not the drinking fountains, the decorative fountains. The video is available here on KZbin.

[@itsmejenny1]

Great video!

[@KrysMagic56]

This kinda reminds me of that incident at California Adventure where someone pulled a selfie stick on California Screamin right before the launch and they had to E Stop the attraction 🤦‍♂️

[@CyborgCharlotte]

7:58 “Ah, Centripetal force. Bet you wish you’d paid attention in physics class now, eh?”

[@tdadp]

PAC’s and standing on fence siting the garage can. My favorite is the guest that decides they want to cross in front of move it shake it ..

[@TheSamNightmare]

Wait. Sir Willow. Is that a LEGO Darth Vader's Tie Fighter on your shelf? (set number 8017)

[@SirWillow]

Not sure if that's the exact model number, but yes, yes it is. :-)

[@greysonrome8727]

@@SirWillow I can confirm that the Lego Darth Vader set is definitely set number 8017, due to a lego star wars visual dictionary I have.

[@alyssarouso]

Something that has BAFFLED me since I started my college program is that some people think that they can relieve themselves wherever they would like. I can understand little kids having accidents, but a few weeks ago, the Flight of Passage attendants and custodial had a real great day because some ADULT GUESTS decided to LITERALLY POOP in the queue. The whole attraction had to close because of it. As a guest, I saw a boy probably close to ten years old drop pants and pee in a fountain. People just change their kids diapers wherever they please! Come on, there are restrooms for a reason! Even if there's a line, most people will be courteous enough to let you skip it if it's an emergency.

[@theannechann642]

Let me just say. Yeah no kidding. Just listen to the employees and all.

[@itsamystery1212]

my common sense rule, I learned the hard way... waiting in line at mr toads wild ride, while on a trip to Disneyland with some of my dance students, we did what bored dancers do and started doing tricks nothing crazy, some handstands, back bends, splits on the rails were having a grand old time as I keep encouraging this behavior (like the idiot i was being), occasionally throwing out the comedic "don't break any thing", and there I go to do a backbend trick between the line rails and I fell. Eyebrow meet curb. i wasn't badly injured but my face was now dripping blood in front of all these children and I'm desperately trying not to traumatize anyone. it all turned out ok but I'm never gonna get to live that one down and we all learned an important rule- no gymnastics while waiting in lines.

[@mariantotopos6983]

I agree! People should stop doing these things so they don’t need to put signs that look weird

[@movieandvideogamefanatic9848]

i got a few stopping in the middle of the walkway, cutting in line

[@frozenicequeen7]

Rule 7 reminds me of a video I saw from Disneyland a year or 2 ago. This was when there was a small fire behind Small World and the cast members were trying to get traffic away from the ride and there was some dumb guy with a camera who just wouldn't leave. They had to tell him 3 or 4 times before he finally got the point.

[@TimeNerd]

Awesome video as usual

[@kathygoodman6159]

I've seen Asian children pooping in the garden at Disney. I understand that this is the norm in Shanghai, but ewwww! There are restrooms everywhere, that's what they're for! And people who undress their children to let them play in the fountains or the water areas drive me crazy. Little children in just their underpants is really not cool, especially the girls who are about 4 or so (and I've seen older). Cell phones are a real problem too. Never mind just ringing. Don't talk on your phone on the lines or attractions. I know the lines can be boring, but I don't want to hear your conversation! A lot of people (my husband is really bad) get really loud when they talk on the phone and it's so annoying to have to listen to that on a line. And people who use their tablets to videotape shows! I am only 5 feet tall. I constantly have cameras in my face that I have to look around. At the Rivers of Light show the woman sitting in front of me was using her tablet. It was right in my way and I couldn't see a thing. I tapped her on the shoulder and she ignored me. I tried 3 times. So I got juvenile (I was really tired and had never seen the show) and I poked her through the whole show and kept whispering "Please move your tablet, I can't see". She just ignored me the whole time. I hope she got a bruise lol.

[@babalon7778]

Kathy Goodman I can think of SO many (almost as bad) ways to express my disgust with these people, I would want to (without the kid hearing me) ask them "how much for the kid?" I mean, you know, since you're obviously putting them on display for people who enjoy seeing it. I'd wanna ask them if they had any movies, are they making good money, whatever it takes to freak them out and wake up, as long as it doesn't backfire on me. That would ruin my career as a situationist performance artist for sure!

[@richardstrainsandmore]

At Disneyland Paris when they had a parade on Main Street a bunch of park guests hopped the fence to get a seat on the grass lawn and garden area. Even the employees noticed it but did nothing, guess it's a common occurrence.

[@SirWillow]

Might be a Paris thing... :-/

[@riddle4284]

Biggest thing I dealt with as a ride operator was people not listening about the height requirements.

[@AngryGumball]

The amount of times I have to tell guests not to play on the stages and point to the signs that are fastened to the stage. Don't need folks jumping off and hurting themselves, or messing with tech equipment that may be present.

[@davematthews8520]

In the uk. A child moved across the boat and got thrown out. Unfortunately the child was killed by another boat. Look up drayton manor rapid ride death for more information on this.

[@SirWillow]

so sad

[@courtcourt2]

One time I was at Cedar Point waiting in line for the Magnum and it was the afternoon which is when Cedar Point is most busy and there was a 30 minute wait. That’s not bad at all. There’s lockers right outside the entrance because you can’t take anything on that right not even a small purse. I was waiting in line and some guy had taken his phone on the ride and it fell out of his pocket while riding and long story short he demanded that they go find his phone even though the policy is “Cedar Point is not responsible for lost or stolen items” and the employees eventually decided to go look for his phone and that’s how a 30 minute wait turned into a 2 hour wait.

[@StamfordBridge]

Courtney That story doesn’t sound right. Sorry to be a doubter.

[@courtcourt2]

StamfordBridge It’s okay

[@StamfordBridge]

Courtney :-)

[@brickherostudios1070]

On the Bizzaro ride at SFNJ the wait was an hour since the ride operator refused to run the ride because the guests were clicking their seatbelts... he was all like " WE CAN WAIT HERE ALL DAY" and kept saying jokes into the mic while everyone was on the ride ready to go/annoy him.

[@chriscalvin5083]

great video

[@colinwhalen4852]

Do you know when you going to post your Disney Vlogs?

[@SirWillow]

Colin Whalen Spread out over the next couple months. It's going to take me a while to get all of it Done. I have over 2000 pictures and a few hours of video footage to all work on

[@artfullyrandom8479]

I had people try to get out of their bumper cars while the ride was operating. This was a ride that had floors that conducted electricity and you would get crushed by the cars. Stay in your seat!

[@corrincorrin3055]

GINGER, LAY DOWN!!!

[@z_channel_3334]

The most annoying thing at Silver Dollar City are the groups of people who stop and take up the entire walkway to look at their map or discuss something.

[@SirWillow]

they're everywhere! not just at all of the theme parks either. lol

[@CouponsPixieDust]

Don't Stand on the Trashcans or Don't Have your Kids Stand on the Trashcans! I know people think Disney when someone says this, but I've even seen this at Busch Gardens Tampa!

[@jessicaburdell7779]

This kinda also goes along with what people sometimes think is okay in my own line of work to flatten pennies under the weight of the trains I crew for them to ride. Um, I do hope ya'll know those are practically like bullets to bystanders when we come by at track speed... 😳

[@dontdriveat88]

We were at Universal Studios and you know how there's this fountain outside Wizarding World. My Aunt started scooping up water with her hands and throwing it at people.

[@jerseyforhawks]

Key tip off that you should not be somewhere - roped off gardens and fenced off 'no-go' zones.

[@Lameashellcosplay]

My friend and I were at the fair the other day and she wanted to take her seatbelt off on the swing ride, idk if she just wanted to freak me out or if she was serious but ughhh.

[@robertvirginiabeach]

Once I saw another theme park guest drinking water out of a decorative trough beside a walkway. As I suspect the water was recirculated, Ewww!

[@StamfordBridge]

Sadly, just in this last season an unsupervised child stood up on the raft ride at Drayton Manor (UK), and she was immediately thrown, trapped under the raft, and drown.

[@SirWillow]

such a sad thing

[@Joe-yl8dh]

How's the weather back home?

[@SirWillow]

Nice this week! Lows in the 20s or 30s and highs in the 40's or 50s. it was 55 yesterday. Beautiful weather.

[@JohanMsWorld]

Here is one: "Learn youre kids (of all ages) good park (and theatre) maner and keep a look out after them while you are in the park (or on a theatre)." And the most important rule should be youre rule number seven: If a employee says something - Do that and do not come back doing the same thing you were asked not to do a second ago! You would be crazy if you have seen how ignorant some parents are to theyre kids behaviour once they are inside a park or a theatre. Johan.

[@fifthrider]

I used to get mad when I saw people doing this. That was before I got cynical and gave up on humanity. Now I get my phone out and start filming. If someone's going to die of their own stupidity, I intend to have the footage to sell to the news media outlets.

[@ohiocoasteraddicts4244]

Do a video of Kings Island.

[@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789]

First don’t bring go pro or phones or anything onto rides. Unless the park says it’s ok don’t it’s only a way for u to get talked to by park police or kicked out. Another is don’t complain about food and drink prices. U know it’s not gonna be cheap. Thirdly. Don’t leave your trash on the table when u leave. Take your plate or boat or soda cup and put it in the trash. Another one is don’t line jump. All parks have cameras to see if u do. Lastly listen to all park staff incase u need to know something

[@rfd06]

I remember at Walt Disney world when a lady with a stroller got caught in the tracks .when there was a trolly was coming and the lady didn't move. I had to grab her and her child before it got clobbered by the trolly . and the lady was like why did you do that . OMG are guest brain dead?

[@captcurt31]

These things apply to other places like... Historical Properties. I don't know how many times I've seen people wade in the WWII Memorial in Washington DC or sitting on Tombstones or other monuments. Have some respect. There are almost always signs... yet people continue to do it.

[@thecrazydisneyparksfanatic921]

What’s the stupidest things you seen people do at a theme park overall as an employee or visitor at any theme park

[@SirWillow]

watch my videos and you'll see a bunch of them.

[@therandomcuriositiesofrae.2001]

WTH!!! PEOPLE TRIED TO SWIM IN MOATS, PONDS AND FOUNTAINS WTH THATS INSANE lol ... Ohh I've just seen a disney vlog of someone allowing their kids to eat the park's flowers what the heck lol ... I thought Brits were mad and crazy rofl! haha... ok why just why would u even do any of that... ok them rose bushes look cool underneath if ur a kid lol... Hey they might be on the 'fence' thinking about a ride lol.... Ohhh question i dont know if you've ever explained it and in one of the vids or not as im still a newbie to um. Why Sir Willow?? Due to the film with Warwick Davies?? Yup love that one too! My friend down the roads obsessed with it lol. OH MY GAWD!!... YES THE SAFTY RESTRAINTS!! on our news there was a roller coaster at a famous theme park here in the UK and on one of the rides one of them broke down and went on the loop the loop and some other things apparently a few people got killed for not wearing the seat belt thingies properly! Question Sir Willow: The safety restraints / Lap bars that come down on a ride .. I don't know about disney but i've been in places before and even happend with me, where they've brought the bars down but there not staying down and the bloomin supervisor for the ride just walks away and im there going hey...hello??? can y- nope hes gone! What would you do?? I've had to hang on for dear life!

[@SirWillow]

You're on the right track on the nickname. :-) You can find that answer and more in my FAQ at facebook.com/notes/sirwillow/faq-answers-to-frequently-asked-questions/691097057737198/ The lap bars depend on the ride. Sometimes they are to hold you in, other times they are to give you something to hold onto, other times they're simply a reminder to not stand up. It varies from ride to ride and how they are installed.

[@cmauthor]

Can confirm people try and swim in non-swimming areas. I work at a theme park and I can't even count the number of times I've had to ask someone (usually an unsupervised child) to stay out of a body of water (once on my very first day, there was a kid who actually fell in and I happened to be the first employee that the parents saw so they were like "Help us!" but luckily I was on my break at the time so I just said, "uh, I'm sorry, I'm on a break right now." and radioed for my boss to come help) Also will never forget the kids who came on Halloween, whose parents spoke limited English and were not supervising them at all (I think they were Finnish or Swedish) who went beyond a clearly-marked "no entry" point and tried to shimmy up the 8-foot tall gate into our goat pen (because we have several farm animals in addition to rides) Due to past incidents of children being so rough with the animals that they got nippy, we are very strict about not letting kids stick their fingers through the fence/climb over fences to try and touch the animals--we do offer days when the kids are allowed to touch the animals, supervised very carefully by our animal caretakers, and only the smaller ones are brought out (usually the hamsters or the bearded dragon, but once they brought out one of our sheep for the kids to see) but otherwise the guests have to stay outside of the animal paddocks and satisfy themselves with just looking. Luckily the kids seemed to understand English enough for me to tell them to get out of there and no climbing the fences, but multiple times that day, I saw them running around and breaking rules and their parents were not watching them.

[@samanthabond3772]

I can't buckle my seat belt on a ride without help, and why that is I do not know.

[@TweetsieRailroader]

How was your Disney trip?

[@SirWillow]

awesome. Look for a livestream tomorrow where I'll talk more about it and sort of wrap up

[@SEJ101]

This is why Wild About Safety exists

[@SirWillow]

Not familiar with them. Is it a company or a safety program?

[@SirWillow]

When I was there, it was "SafeD begins with me"

[@SEJ101]

It's a safety program with Timon and Pumbaa. There's still a few signs on property that sport SafeD begins with me

[@thundermcking6969]

(about #4) Huh. It's still common in the coaster community to leave the restraint up a couple of clicks for extra airtime. However, most restraints are hydraulically operated and lock in place, which means that leaving the restraint up is not dangerous as long as ride ops make sure you fit in the seat. Besides, whenever most enthusiasts do this, it's only an inch difference.

[@StamfordBridge]

KYLE KIMBROUGH I am always nice and still the inexperienced ride ops think they always have to staple. They ruin A LOT of rides.

[@StamfordBridge]

CarolinaCoasterFan Yes, it’s common and acceptable for coaster enthusiasts to gain an inch or so, by scooting forward or just not forcing down restraints. But I think Sir W was talking about open defiance of basic safety measures, just to push the envelope and have a wild ride. Some enthusiasts will get away with whatever they can, but it’s considered terrible park etiquette - not to mention dangerous - and all coaster clubs really condemn such behavior for many reasons, especially because they’re always trying to maintain good relations with the parks and have their members be model park guests at all times.

[@thundermcking6969]

StamfordBridge i understand

[@SirWillow]

StamfordBridge gets what I'm saying. A click above your waist to give you a little breathing room isn't a big deal. But when you only pull the bar down one or two clicks total so you have several inches between the bar and you- that's not cool. And it's downright dangerous. As I found out with a good scare on SFGrAm's Viper (yes, I'll tell that story at some point)

[@mermaidciara6609]

Or stop on space mountain 🏔 the escalator they used to have

[@cindernote9693]

what about don't climb on the statues or signs?? seriously how does that happen??

[@fyphfoko]

one draft horse pulling that thing uphill, is that altogether kind?

[@SirWillow]

it's not a big hill, they do it for only a couple of hours a day, and that's what they're bred and trained for. It's honestly not hard work for them (and it's also what they did for centuries)

[@kennethturner7482]

iam a ride oper. for a traveling show and i would have issue with parents and kids. lile unlock a gate and walk right in

[@chewydewok]

Unfortunately, common sense isn't always common.

[@bloodyblast288]

6 flags New Jersey

[@brickherostudios1070]

I was there during the Solar Eclipse and saw A LOT of idiots staring into the sun with no protection then checking with the how many fingers trick.... it was mania.

[@rj1982ii]

Old saying is common sense is sometimes not so common.

[@mrredeyes7021]

Ok something I've been wondering for a while why not the name father willow since you're a priest

[@SirWillow]

+Mr Redeyes Not a priest. I'm a pastor. It is a little different. And I was using sir Willow before Pocahontas came out

[@Vex3133]

Do you like Star Wars

[@ZoeKitten84]

Elizabeth Hedlund yes he does, I think he said that in a Q&A

[@SirWillow]

Love it. As you'll see when I eventually get the Hollywood Studios video(s?) done

[@Vex3133]

Cool I figured considering the lego tie fighter

[@jonvidds7638]

#7: SitDownShutUp

[@Mulerider4Life]

Rule #10 Don't change your baby out in the open on a trash can topper.

[@xenianino6851]

Like were is the bahtroom and you say one behind you At what time is the parede They pick the roses and they put this in the hair Why they parent let the kids pee in the grass the are bathroom all over,why they let the kids kick the ducks

[@TinyTucan]

DON’T spit gum on the floor!

[@jdb2002]

Stay out of employee only areas.

[@xenianino6851]

People jump in to the place were the aramotomic kid are One time I was behind the 'catle and the moter put the kid pant and this one star pooing he fihish mother put pant up and keep on walking

[@skyegibbs4955]

*HELLO?*

[@jjsavage9537]

Common sense isn't so common

[@branfeather]

If you are not an employee, don't go into places marked Employees Only

[@chewydewok]

Unfortunately, common sense isn't always common.