Are there Bathrooms Inside your Ride?

[Skovdaddy]

I completely surprises me how many guests actually come up and ask me if there are bathrooms inside my ride, Shrek. Then, when I tell the guest that there is no bathroom inside Shrek, they will be surprised or disappointed. I know that my building is just a big square, and half the guests think that there is a roller coaster inside, but since when have you seen a ride where they built a bathroom smack in the middle of it?

At the theme parks I go to, the bathrooms are all located in common guest areas. I'm just wondering, in other parts of the world do theme parks build bathrooms in their rides?

[Notatourist]

Sko-No. At the one international park I have been at (The tagline here should be the clue) the restroom situation is pretty much the same. They should have put one in your building though, for the employees at least...

[Sweetums]

There are bathrooms located (for employees only) just inside the entrance of Star Tours. -but I know they have saved quite a few guests from messy accidents while waiting in the cue. (Even though the nearest restrooms are just across the street.) We also have one in the Sweetums greenroom, which we shared with operations. Guests didn't use those unless they were VIP's already backstage.
(Will Wheaton had to go once, and so did Ann Margaret.)
Great Movie Ride has them on both levels. The operations break room, and the Character break room above. -But I haven't heard of guests being ushered back to use those.
Other locations? I'm not sure.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

There are bathrooms located (for employees only) just inside the entrance of Star Tours. -but I know they have saved quite a few guests from messy accidents while waiting in the cue. (Even though the nearest restrooms are just across the street.)

We also have a restroom in our Star Tours her in Disneyland!!

You don't know how many guests asks if there are restrooms inside of "Honey, I Shrunk The Audience." They seem to think that there are restrooms at every ride or something!! It is funny how there is a restroom in Tomorrowland placed just at the exit of Space Mountain.............hmmmmmmmmmmmm...............hehehe !!

[Karnever]

I love loading guests on the Twain.. and the CM in the wheel house says There are no bathrooms aboard and if you think you have to go within the next 15 to 20 minutes you might want to step off now and join us for a later trip.. sure enough as soon as you leave guests start asking where trhe bathrooms are on the boat... same with the columbia

[Zazu]

Unfortunately, with some guests, there is *always* a bathroom inside a ride. I've seen some guests create a bathroom inside a restaurant ... dining room!

For some folks the whole wide world is their bathroom.

[BRWombat]

I'm just still trying to absorb Sweetum's post above... Wil Wheaton was ever big enough to need to be backstage? :confused: :)

[Sweetums]

Well...that was back when ST:TNG was still on the air. So...kinda/sorta a VIP.

[PirateJohn]

I love loading guests on the Twain.. and the CM in the wheel house says There are no bathrooms aboard and if you think you have to go within the next 15 to 20 minutes you might want to step off now and join us for a later trip.. sure enough as soon as you leave guests start asking where trhe bathrooms are on the boat... same with the columbiaJust wait until you get people going over the side of the boat. We were about to approach the dock and a kid was just about ready to do that until I told him in no uncertain terms that he was going to hold it until he got to a restroom.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

I heard one time at Innoventions, " we have no bathrooms, no restrooms, no sinks, no toilets, no portapotties, etc...." LOL I laughed my butt off at that one!!

[CBeilby]

I heard one time at Innoventions, " we have no bathrooms, no restrooms, no sinks, no toilets, no portapotties, etc...." LOL I laughed my butt off at that one!!

There is (was?) in fact one small restroom on the upper level of Innoventions (DL,) on the upper level, but the CMs don't advertise it because it really isn't big enough to be a public restroom.

[PirateJohn]

There is (was?) in fact one small restroom on the upper level of Innoventions (DL,) on the upper level, but the CMs don't advertise it because it really isn't big enough to be a public restroom.Not only that, but sometimes the lack of restrooms is the only thing that makes people leave, especially when it's a rainy day. Innoventions can become a shanty town on days like that.

[felinefan]

I used to get that one on the Calico Railroad at Knott's. In the coach cars, there are doors across the aisle from each other near the vestible, marked "Men" and "Women", and they were originally restrooms. A couple still have their original plumbing, though it's no longer attached to a septic tank or anything. And more than once I had guests asking if they could use the restrooms/if there were restrooms. I even had a few guests try to open the (usually) locked doors. But they are used to hold janitorial supplies and other items; I would tell people who asked that the bathrooms on the train haven't been used as such in over 50 years, because no one wants to clean them. The closest I've had to someone making their own restroom on the train was a couple of times I would be cleaning the train, and I'd have to deal with a used diaper left on the seat. But one of the engineers told me that they've had to deal with, or heard someone else had to deal with, much worse things, like used tampons and condoms. EEEEWWWWW!!!!

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

I was on the Columbia today and the river driver said, "There is one thing that the captain forgot to mention, even though this is the poo deck, we have no bathrooms. So if you need to use the restrooms in the next 15 to 20 minutes, please leave now and join us for a later trip."

[tenprincess]

Sometimes people invent their own restrooms.

Take for instance I was working at Stitch's Great Mistake one day in Briefing room(the three level room), once the room filled up I exit out the guest entrance and make sure the Recieving room is clear(the first room you enter), however as I was about to go through the door I walked into a woman with her young child. I directed them further into the room so they could watch the preshow and thought nothing more of it. Once the preshow finished I was leading the group into their Teleportation Chamber and the same woman stopped me and handed me a cup asking me to throw it out. But she warned me to be careful with it, and me being dumb asked why. To which she responded, my kid peed in it. :eek: I didn't hold back by saying EEEWWWW!!!!

[Ansem]

Only heard that asked once while in Tomorrowland. Now that I am at GMR, I don't stop hearing it!!!!! :eek:

[tenprincess]

You are at GMR! SOoo jealous!

[Crystal2485]

i was a guest at mgm the other night and right near the entrance to fantasmic was a man standing in front of his son sitting on a potty chair. i did a double take lol. i couldnt believe they had brought their actual potty into the park! i wonder where they stored it all day??? it was quite large. lol

[PirateJohn]

i was a guest at mgm the other night and right near the entrance to fantasmic was a man standing in front of his son sitting on a potty chair. i did a double take lol. i couldnt believe they had brought their actual potty into the park! i wonder where they stored it all day??? it was quite large. lolIf he were to drop it, would it be a potty break?

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

LOL, "it's their potty and they can cry if they want to, cry if they want to, cray of they want to................."

[Main Streeter]

If he were to drop it, would it be a potty break?
Very cool pun. :star: :trophy:

[BRWombat]

LOL, "it's their potty and they can cry if they want to, cry if they want to, cray of they want to................."<GROAN>
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[PirateJohn]

LOL, "it's their potty and they can cry if they want to, cry if they want to, cray of they want to................."You would cry, too, if it was filled with poo.

[Main Streeter]

<GROAN>
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:Come on BRWombat give DLRFantasmic!Dan points for originality :D: Puns take effort after a long DL shift ;)

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

<GROAN>
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

O k, c'mon, my jokes aren't THAT bad??? LOL, what do you expect after working Disney, :D

[BRWombat]

O k, c'mon, my jokes aren't THAT bad??? LOL, what do you expect after working Disney, :D
:D: :D: Okay, it was funny, but still a groaner...

As for originality, no doubt you came up with it on your own -- but Howie Mandel did use the same line in his mid-80's stand-up routine. Saw it on an HBO special way back when.

Yes, I feel old.

[KBFRideOperator]

Puns take effort after a long DL shift ;)

How long is "long"? I'm an RO at Knott's and have had several 9:45a-10:15p shifts, as well as one previously-unheard-of 7:30a-8:30p shift.

So, 12-13 hours is "long" at Knott's...and that's five, six days a week in summer and during Haunt.

[felinefan]

Yeah, I remember those. Dealing with stupid guests on one hand and even stupider managment on the other. I'm amazed nobody left the park in body bags--especially certain managers, shift leaders and co-workers. I felt like I was a magnet for buttholes.

[Smile.Like.You.Mean.It]

I completely surprises me how many guests actually come up and ask me if there are bathrooms inside my ride, Shrek.


I've actually had someone ask me where the Shrek show was while working at DCA. :confused: uh...that's not disney...lol

But as for the bathroom in the ride thing, I've had someone ask me that while at the Maliboomer. I was Grouper and they came up kinda looking around and asked, "Do you have a bathroom up here?" I glanced around and replied with a laugh, "No, we don't." :w/stupids: I mean really, why the heck would there be a bathroom right before you're loaded on!?

[Shorty82]

I can think of only one attraction at WDW that has guest restrooms in it. The Backlot Tour at DHS has restrooms in between the special effects water tank and the warehouse you walk through to get to the tram. AFAIK every other guest restroom is in a public area, not inside of an attraction or gift shop (I get that all the time, especially in Exposition Hall).

[Zazu]

I can think of only one attraction at WDW that has guest restrooms in it. The Backlot Tour at DHS has restrooms in between the special effects water tank and the warehouse you walk through to get to the tram. AFAIK every other guest restroom is in a public area, not inside of an attraction or gift shop (I get that all the time, especially in Exposition Hall).
Actually, there is a set of restrooms in Exposition Hall....

[Shorty82]

Actually, there is a set of restrooms in Exposition Hall....

There are two sets actually. One is for cast and the other is only for guests dining at Tony's. So when someone comes in looking for a restroom we send them across the street to the ones by City Hall.

[kurtisnelson]

There are two sets actually. One is for cast and the other is only for guests dining at Tony's. So when someone comes in looking for a restroom we send them across the street to the ones by City Hall.
For a city, Main Street USA sure doesn't have many bathrooms. Now for the monorail drivers, if I am at the Epcot station (and pretend I can board from either side) what is the closest bathroom?

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

heck I know that, down the ramp, turn to the right back in the direction of the ramp and its on your left!

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

At the theme parks I go to, the bathrooms are all located in common guest areas. I'm just wondering, in other parts of the world do theme parks build bathrooms in their rides?

I believe the Tiki Room has a bathroom, not inside, but just outside the door, eventhough there's another restroom at the entrance to Adventureland! Why?? Anyone??

:D: :D: Okay, it was funny, but still a groaner...

As for originality, no doubt you came up with it on your own -- but Howie Mandel did use the same line in his mid-80's stand-up routine. Saw it on an HBO special way back when.

Looking back, I am thinking, "What was I thinking?!?!!" :D That was long time ago!!!

[drcorey]

they need to make up some maps to poohland.

[hobie16]

I believe the Tiki Room has a bathroom, not inside, but just outside the door, eventhough there's another restroom at the entrance to Adventureland! Why?? Anyone??
It's the Dole Whips. :eek:

[DisneyMom]

they need to make up some maps to poohland.

A "Walk in Walt's Potty" Tour?:twisted:

[Zazu]

For a city, Main Street USA sure doesn't have many bathrooms.I don't know that that's a fair assessment:

1. Outside the turnstiles by Guest Relations.
2. Town Square between City Hall and the Firehouse.
3. Inside Tony's Town Square.
4. Behind Casey's Corner.
5. Inside Baby Care.
6. Inside the First Aid Center.
7. Inside the Crystal Palace.

and even though it's technically Tomorrowland, the one between the Plaza Restaurant and Tomorrowland Terrace is right smack adjacent to Main Street.

What land has a higher count?


And yes, I did used to quiz my trainees on restroom numbers and locations. Great fun, and none of them ever got the complete list.

[kurtisnelson]

I don't know that that's a fair assessment:

1. Outside the turnstiles by Guest Relations.
2. Town Square between City Hall and the Firehouse.
3. Inside Tony's Town Square.
4. Behind Casey's Corner.
5. Inside Baby Care.
6. Inside the First Aid Center.
7. Inside the Crystal Palace.

and even though it's technically Tomorrowland, the one between the Plaza Restaurant and Tomorrowland Terrace is right smack adjacent to Main Street.

What land has a higher count?
But only 2, 3 and 4 are really accessible by the average guest in the park. What is the least bathroomed area of any park? I assume they plan placement based on estimated guest capacity in the area?

[ktulu]

I am surprised there is not a turnstile of the electronic people counters on the bathrooms, or is there...

"Bathroom X has just passed Y visitors, send in the cleaning crew!"

[Shorty82]

I am surprised there is not a turnstile of the electronic people counters on the bathrooms, or is there...

"Bathroom X has just passed Y visitors, send in the cleaning crew!"

No need. The restrooms are cleaned every 30 minutes I believe it is (maybe an hour but I'm pretty certain it's every half-hour). At least they are supposed to be. I'm sure there are times the CM on restroom duty slacks off or gets busy elsewhere and restrooms go longer than they're supposed to between cleanings.

[ktulu]

No need. The restrooms are cleaned every 30 minutes I believe it is (maybe an hour but I'm pretty certain it's every half-hour). At least they are supposed to be. I'm sure there are times the CM on restroom duty slacks off or gets busy elsewhere and restrooms go longer than they're supposed to between cleanings.

I was in a few that were either destroyed in the 30 minutes, or the CM's were busy dealing with another disaster and were late getting to the bathroom.

My biggest surprise was how dirty the queue was for TSMM. I know it was raining and that was a big source of the dirty floor, but trash was all over the place. If it weren't for the awesomeness of the queue and a giant Mr. Potato Head, I would have thought I was at Six Flags!

[Syndrome]

Y'all have seen the Disney bathroom website, right? I even did an article on it: http://www.examiner.com/x-2200-Orlando-Theme-Parks-Examiner~y2009m2d7-I-need-to-go-potty-right-now-A-guide-to-Disney-World-bathrooms

[kurtisnelson]

Is your etiquette series based on our discussions here?

[Cheshire Figment]

For a city, Main Street USA sure doesn't have many bathrooms. Now for the monorail drivers, if I am at the Epcot station (and pretend I can board from either side) what is the closest bathroom?
The elevator?

[KBFRideOperator]

No need. The restrooms are cleaned every 30 minutes I believe it is (maybe an hour but I'm pretty certain it's every half-hour). At least they are supposed to be. I'm sure there are times the CM on restroom duty slacks off or gets busy elsewhere and restrooms go longer than they're supposed to between cleanings.As a former DCA Day Custodial Cast Member who was trained in restrooms, I can answer that. :)

Your restroom is given a "safety round" every hour AND NO LATER. A safety round consists of the following: Removing ALL debris/water from floors and counters, pushing down trash, walking stalls/counters to check paper stock.

A "full round" is given every other hour, or hourly if busy. A full round consists of taking your cart to EVERY STALL and thoroughly:

* Spraying and cleaning ALL toilet surfaces
* Replacing Kotex bags containing ANYTHING
* Replacing/rotating TP stock (in regular stalls, look closely. The largest roll is closest to the toilet. In the ADA stalls, they are opposite, with the smallest rolls closest). Also, toilet paper is to be hung like a waterfall, the paper extending down the front.

After your stalls have been addressed, you then go to the front of the restroom and:

* Throroughly dry the counters and wipe the soap dispensers and paper towel holders. Fill any paper towel holders that need it.
* Check soap levels. If your soap is more than an inch from the screw at the top of the dispenser, it needs to be filled.
* Wipe your baby changing tables and fill table towels.
* Check your Kotex machines and see if they need refilled/are jammed.
* Completely empty all trash cans.
* Make sure floor is mopped free of liquids/clear of debris before leaving.

And for those of you wondering, a restroom list:

Inside DCA:
* Entrance East/VIP (located outside gate to the left, by Guest Relations. Almost ALWAYS empty). VIP is located inside Guest Relations' meeting room, and is considered a "Cast" restroom.
* Entrance West (located just inside gate on the right before Golden Gate Bridge). May include Entrance West Cast (located behind Taste Pilots', backstage). (Also one of two DCA restrooms to use automated towel dispensers). Is frequently the busiest restroom.
*Playhouse Outside/Inside (Located just outside Playhouse Disney behind fountains across from Award Weiners. Inside is inside Playhouse Disney, is listed as "Cast" restroom, but is for Guest use as well).
*Hollywood&Dine and Animation Cast (Located just outside Hyperion theater to the left, behind what was Cruella's trailer, before it was a WALL-E display, before it was a Prop storage area). (Cast is located inside animation building. Ever wonder what that "Cast Members Only" door was in the building on your right heading to tower? Yep, the Animation Studio break room!)
*Condor (located just across from Soarin' Over California, also one of two DCA restrooms to use automated towel dispensers).
*Fliks (right past the cereal box to the left in Bug's Land). (Also includes Flik's Family (or Flik's East), the Family restroom next to the Women's)
*Golden Dreams (used to be located to the right as you looked up San Fransisco Blvd (that little street by the Golden Dreams amphitheater), but has been moved across the street. They just installed new hand dryers (powered by Dyson...love it!)) Also includes San Fransisco Cast, located just on the other side of the fence outside the guest restroom, leading to the backstage area, and includes Dreams Cast, located on the other side of the "Cast Members Only" gate across from the guest restrooms. (Also includes Dreams East, the Family restrooms located just outside the guest restrooms)
*Burger Invasion (located immediately to the right of Burger Invasion, which is now closed, so if you're waiting for a parade and looking for an empty restroom...)
*Winery Upstairs/Downstairs (located inside the Golden Vine Winery. Any guests can access the downstairs restrooms (only 3 stalls though), but the upstairs restroom is limited to guests dining in the Winery). Also includes Winery Cast, located inside the restaurant's backstage area.
*Carousel (restroom located just behind King Triton's Carousel of the Sea). Includes Carousel Cast, located just outside the backstage access door to the guest restroom.
*Tortilla (located just outside the Cocina Cucamonga restaurant in the Pacific Wharf dining area). Includes Sourdough Cast (those stairs leading above the bakery? They go to the offices for the restaurant managers and Cast restrooms).
*Ariel's (located inside Ariel's Grotto)
*Baby (located inside the First Aid Station located just outside the Mission Tortilla Factory. It's a single toilet restroom, so we also take out all the trash in the changing table area as a courtesy to our First Aid and Lost Children Cast Members). Includes Cast First Aid (located backstage inside First Aid).

[KBFRideOperator]

Didn't realize I'd rambled on so long, but there are a couple things I forgot to mention.

*A restroom Cast Member is rarely only taking care of one restroom. Our splits usually contain two guest restrooms, and one to two Cast restrooms. The exception is the (horrible) Tortilla split, which includes: Tortilla, Baby, Ariel's, Winery Upstairs, Winery Downstairs, Cast First Aid, and Winery First Aid. Yes, seven restrooms. So please, be kind when advising your Cast Members about a particular problem that needs to be addressed in their restroom!
*Guests LOVE to steal TP! I guess we use a better brand than you can buy at home! [/sarcasm]

[Teddykeiko86]

I completely surprises me how many guests actually come up and ask me if there are bathrooms inside my ride, Shrek. Then, when I tell the guest that there is no bathroom inside Shrek, they will be surprised or disappointed. I know that my building is just a big square, and half the guests think that there is a roller coaster inside, but since when have you seen a ride where they built a bathroom smack in the middle of it?



I know exactly what you are talking about. I worked at the Shrek in CA.