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Stories of the Magic, Episode 35
Sponsored by Leaving Conformity Coaching.
Welcome to Episode 35 of Stories of the Magic! I’m Randy, your host. Thank you for joining me! And thank you for 1 year of Stories of the Magic!
OK, apparently I need to stop promising when I’ll get the next show out. Every time I do, something interferes. So instead, I’ll just say that new episodes will come out as often and as regularly as I can get them out. I value every single one of you who listens to Stories of the Magic, and I want to provide a quality product to you, and I’m doing my very best to do exactly that.
In this episode, we head back to the wilds of Adventureland for a fun conversation with Kyle Crocker, a former skipper on the World Famous Jungle Cruise at Disneyland, and current host of the Tales from the Jungle Crews podcast.
- In this episode, Kyle talks about:
- How he got started working for Disneyland and what he did there;
- The special memory he has of the Jungle Cruise as a little kid;
- Being a Disney California Adventure CM first—at the Maliboomer and the Orange Stinger;
- Telling Shaq that he couldn’t ride the Maliboomer;
- The difference between a “ride” and an “attraction”…sort of;
- Starting on Jungle Cruise, including some of what training was like;
- The most fulfilling thing he did while working at the Disneyland Resort—and what made it so;
- What makes a good Jungle Cruise skipper;
- How he kept the attraction fresh and interesting for himself and his guests;
- Dealing with “off” days, both personally and from environmental challenges;
- A funny story about doing “tours” with hearing impaired guests and their interpreters;
- The Tales from the Jungle Crews podcast that he hosts;
- And moving from Jungle Cruise to several other attractions.
Find Kyle and Tales from the Jungle Crews:
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Thanks for listening!
Music and voiceovers provided by Rick Moyer.
