What are the biggest secrets of theme parks? At the park I worked for, the games were easier

to win earlier in the day, so that people would carry around the giant prizes and entice

other people to play. Don't ever go in the ball pits. Little kids track all sorts of food and

grime into the pit and regularly go number one in there

since they confuse it for a pool. The balls are only cleaned once a week, and that generally

means just putting them in a net bag and hosing them off. You just keep spraying until the water

stops coming off brown. They're then air-dried and not sanitized in any way. Former Six Flags employee here,

my park is the safest in the country because we call the rides down for rain, for people hurling,

and for lost items. They could just be obstructing the track. So if a ride is down, it's probably

not for a mechanical reason. We even pulled an emergency stop while

I was being trained on one roller coaster because a military official lost his ID and was threatening

my boss if we didn't go get it for him. If people knew how small that issue was, they'd be furious

that we stopped the ride. I could individually control the speed of your go-kart, so if you were a jerk to me, you were going to lose every race you were in.

All I had to do was press the button corresponding to the cart, and then would press a number that would set the max speed.

It was in miles per hour, if I recall correctly. Pretty sure there was also an all-carts button to set

the speed and stop of all of the carts at once. My friend in high school used to work at

Hershey Park, and one day we went together. When we ordered lunch, I was just planning on asking

for a cup of water with my meal, so I didn't have to pay an extra five bucks. My friend told me

to ask the cashier for a cup of magic

water instead of just a cup of water. I trusted this friend, so I did what she said. When I received

my cup of magic water, I took a sip, and to my surprise it was Sprite, so I got a free cup of Sprite

with my meal that day. Worked a churo cart next next to a large pond in the park. At night it was

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