What's Your Disney Retirement Dream Job?

PureDisney · Post by **PureDisney** » Jul Tue 28, 2009 5:21 pm

The only ride I wouldn't want to work in is It's a Small World.

Clusty - Good Point I wouldn't want to work either...except maybe at Christmas time.

Clusty · Post by **Clusty** » Jul Tue 28, 2009 5:52 pm

PureDisney wrote:
The only ride I wouldn't want to work in is It's a Small World.
Clusty - Good Point I wouldn't want to work either...except maybe at Christmas time.

I've never been on it at Christmas. What's it like?

Post by **Len90** » Jul Tue 28, 2009 6:52 pm

Clusty wrote:
PureDisney wrote:
The only ride I wouldn't want to work in is It's a Small World.
Clusty - Good Point I wouldn't want to work either...except maybe at Christmas time.
I've never been on it at Christmas. What's it like?

I know for one thing, that they change around the music a bit. They might also decorate the attraction... I personally don't know since I have never been there during the holidays.

As for my ultimate retirement job, I would have to say Haunted Mansion. I could work on the attraction and then become the 1,000th happy haunt.

Brian845 · Post by **Brian845** » Jul Wed 29, 2009 7:31 am

David wrote:My absolute Disney dream job would be to sing with the Dapper Dans on Main Street. I sing in a Barbershop Quartet and whenever we visit WDW, I always find the guys and will sing a song with them when they have finished their set.

My wife and I are quite serious about moving to Orlando when we retire in about 8 years and working for the Mouse. From time to time there are auditions for the Dans and I hope to give it a shot when retirement comes!

Gotta have a dream.....

I'd like to do that myself, but I'm not sure I can handle all the other things they do beyond singing (tap dancing, organ chimes, and such).

I'm looking forward to singing with them some day (maybe my next visit), but I should probably join the BHS first and find a group to practice with.

PureDisney · Post by **PureDisney** » Jul Wed 29, 2009 11:50 am

I've never been on it at Christmas. What's it like?

It's really beautiful, It's lit up all over and they change the song to include Christmas music so you're not hearing the same tune through the whole thing. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oq2E-ysPiU

and a picture of the outside:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2411/215 ... d481_b.jpg

disneylizzy · Post by **disneylizzy** » Aug Sun 23, 2009 7:46 pm

This is a fun thread --- I've actually thought about this a couple of times.

I would like to be a disney princess, but since I'd be retired I guess I'd be too old for that! Instead I would like to be one of the drivers on the Safari ride at AK...I think it would be nice to be outside and seeing the animals all day. Plus that ride really is better when you have a good driver.

Diebolds · Post by **Diebolds** » Aug Sun 30, 2009 10:58 am

I would like to drive a float in a parade or be a street character.

disneylizzy · Post by **disneylizzy** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 8:06 am

Diebolds wrote:I would like to drive a float in a parade or be a street character.

Good one! Put me down for driving a float too, that would be fun.
Or driving one of the Main St. vehicles would be good too!!

wwwalsh · Post by **wwwalsh** » Sep Wed 02, 2009 6:27 pm

I don't know exactly what they do (does anybody?) but it seems like it would be cool to work in the Space Mountain control tower ... ya know the one right after you board.

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Sep Wed 02, 2009 6:34 pm

I always wanted to drive the little bugs they used to have in the main street electrical parade. I wouldn't mind working tending to all the food in the Land. Maybe I'd get to eat some of it...

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Sep Wed 02, 2009 6:57 pm

hockeygirl wrote:I always wanted to drive the little bugs they used to have in the main street electrical parade. I wouldn't mind working tending to all the food in the Land. Maybe I'd get to eat some of it...

I thought we decided you were working Jungle Cruise??

That would suit you.

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Oct Thu 29, 2009 10:44 am

Here's one no one seems to have mentioned yet, which is good for me because that means there won't be much competition for my dream job: I want to be a guide for one of the charter bass fishing excursions that run out of Fort Wilderness!

Just think: I would get to cruise around in a bass boat and teach people how to fish, and get paid for it! Oh, yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about....!
Barring that, I would want to work with the imagineers in some way involving creating and maintaining attractions.... you know, McGyver/Bob Villa kind of stuff.... that's me all over....

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Oct Thu 29, 2009 11:00 am

Hmmmmmmmm, I would love to be one of the Spectromen twirling around on one of those orbs in Spectromagic...

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Oct Thu 29, 2009 11:33 am

PureDisney wrote:
The only ride I wouldn't want to work in is It's a Small World.
Clusty - Good Point I wouldn't want to work either...except maybe at Christmas time.

If you work on IASW for any long period of time couldn't you get a mental disability?

I have a very close friend who has been with WDW for almost 20 years now. I told him about this thread. His dream retirement is getting away from WDW and living in Indiana!! How that Babe? Is he sick or what? I must say he is an Indiana native.

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Oct Thu 29, 2009 2:01 pm

Go Hoosiers....