Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Disneyland Lands Vs. Your Character

Hilary and I had a conversation a couple days ago about her time she worked at Disneyland and how Disney picks where you will work based on your look. ie. Rockabilly Kids and the like are usually placed in the Haunted Mansion and for some reason Peg-Leg Hilary was placed at the Blue Bayou. Arrr.
Anyway we decided that I would end up being a tour guide at Innovetions in Tomorrowland because Hilary says I have "futuristic hair" (don't ask, I have no idea).
So now I want to know where you think you would end up. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
  • Tomorrowland
  • Adventurland
  • New Orleans Square
  • Pirates of the Carribean
  • Main Street USA
  • Haunted Mansion
  • Twighlight Zone Haunted Hotel
  • Indiana Jones Adventure
  • Tom Sawyer Island
  • Mark Twain River Cruise
  • Mad Tea Party
  • Toontown
  • Tarzan's Treehouse
  • Jungle Cruise (Katie?)
  • It's a Small World
  • Space Mountian
  • Splash Mountian
  • ?

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

First of all, Hilary is right - you do have futuristic hair. Either I have been living too long with Hilary or I understand her.

Next - Hilary's placement has everything to do with her huge tracts of land..think serving wench!

I think because of my unique look - I would have to be in the Mad Hatter's area because I am the Queen of Hearts, hands down!

Anonymous said...

Well, that depends.

With beard: probably Frontier Land or Adventureland.

With just goatee: probably Critter Country.

Katester said...

I'm wondering why you pinned me into the Jungle Cruise.
a) my out of control wit
b) my affinity for the outdoors and water
c) and fake animatronic Disney animals
d) my love for shooting guns
e) my love for making children cry (when the village is being plundered and everything is on fire - that would be scary)

I think I would want to be someone on a zipline - whether that would be in the Fantasmic show, the fireworks show (Tinkerbell) or any place I could just fly around and amaze people.

However, I think I would get stuck manning a ride like Buzz Lightyear because I absolutely cannot beat Doug, and Disney would somehow inherently know that, and just to rub it in my face, they would put me there to remind me of it daily.

That or the churro stand.

Anonymous said...

well let's see...
pretty much the only place at disneyland i wouldn't want to work would be in one of the full body character costumes... my old dance teacher told us a harrowing tale of dressing like pluto in mid-orange-county-august and having to puke down the inside of her suit because you were absolutely FORBIDDEN to take the head off "on-stage".
yuck.

other than that, though, i'd probably want to work on either the haunted mansion or the tower of terror so i could just stand there and say really creepy things like "enjoy your... trip" with really creepy eyes and cool looking dead peopel make up. but really anywhere in new orleans square or adventureland would be cool, cause you get to wear the old fashioned costumes. fun!
or maybe work at pirates of the carribean. pirate costumes... cool.
like, really really cool.
arr, matey.
; ))

Jennifer said...

I would be working alongside Wendy in the Mad Hatter simply because I love Wendy... and because I seem to have the right body shape for that... Oh if only I could be tall and skinny instead of short and squat!

By the way, tonight I went out exploring Shanghai and it is a beautiful place. I took a billion pictures and after borrowing P'Max's tripod, discovered that I don't know how I have lived without one until now. I should have listened to you sooner about the tripod...

Love you!

Katester said...

I think Jen should change her name to something like P'Max; i.e. J'Tron, D'Max, or J'Money. Then, with a name like that, she could work at space mountain (or at least the churro cart in Tomorrowland).

Tamara said...

I absolutley agree.
PJen could start at the churro stand and then move onto the Star Wars ride. She'd look pretty awesome with her hair done in those futuristic ear muff braids.

Jennifer said...

To Katie and Tamara:

According to Thai tradition, because I am older (and obviously wiser) both of you should already be calling me P'Jen.

And I'd much rather hang out with Wendy than have to wear those stupid ear muff braids!

Katester said...

Changed my mind. I want to be the Little Mermaid with turrets.

Tamara said...

Katie: YES!!!! That's what I thought...

Hilary said...

Jen- now that I think about it you and Tam would make excellent characters... they like shorter people for those jobs. I even think there is a height max of 5'2. Despite it's negative reputation, this position carries a lot of prestige in the park, and I have heard they equip those things with AC now! I say go for it when you come home!