Day Five: The Crazy Bus (A new ride!!)

I was so happy when Jill and Katie led me to the crazy bus. We took the back way into the big kid side of the park, across the foot bridge and came out behind Boppers. The big kid side of the park! Finally, I was in a completely new environment! I was shocked to realize that a lot of the big kid side of the park was rearranged. New rides were present, old rides gone, and everything in a new place. As I walked I looked around, trying to figure out what rides went where and what rides got the boot. I walked over to the bus and Lindsay--I think that’s what her name is--was waiting to train me. The bus consisted of three different buttons to push, no foot petal, and a key to unlock each of the doors.

The bus was supposed to go around three or four times forwards and then I was supposed to push the “backwards” button at a certain point so the bus stopped at the top. Then it was supposed to go backwards three or four times. One thing that bugged me about the ride was the release bars. There was a foot petal at the back of the bus for me to push to release all the retrain bars. Thing is, before I hit it I was supposed to yell “arms up!” to warn everyone. The bars would then come flying up. I think they came up way to fast for a kiddie ride, and hurt if you got hit with them. Then people were also baffled when they couldn’t figure out how to open the doors and didn’t know I had the key. Other than that, the ride was fine. The day went really fast for me. I rarely was just standing there bored. I always had kids riding, which was a great time passer! Before I knew it, it was already almost three o’clock. I had my breaks and went back to work. Only towards the last half hour, forty minutes was I standing for a period of time. This day, out of all the days I worked so far, had been the fastest and most enjoyable. This is the kind of day where I end up thinking “this job isn’t so bad.” Then I remember all the other days and think “Yes, yes it is!.”