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Pirates, Poohs, and Payrolls: The Disneyland Office Guide with a "Celebration Special" French 70
Have you ever noticed how certain coworkers remind you of specific Disney rides? That's exactly what we explore in this episode while sipping on our homemade version of Jazz Kitchen's French 75 cocktail from Downtown Disney.
The comparison starts with a bang as we match Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout to that coworker with unpredictable energy who keeps everyone on their toes but somehow makes the workplace more enjoyable with their great music choices. Then there's the lovable but dim "Mater" of your office - the person you assign menial tasks to because they're just not cut out for the important stuff.
We tackle twenty different ride-to-coworker comparisons across both Disneyland and California Adventure, from the always-injured colleague (Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) to the workplace drama queen (Fantasmic!). Our personal favorite might be Small World representing that person who can't stop talking about work during break time - truly "always a punishment, never a pleasure."
The episodes take hilarious turns as we discuss the perpetually late Pirates of the Caribbean personality, the dependable but overlooked Golden Zephyr employees, and the adventure-seeking Indiana Jones types who are always climbing mountains or hunting lions "with chopsticks" on their days off.
Whether you're a Disney Parks enthusiast or simply someone who's had to navigate workplace personalities, you'll find yourself nodding along and laughing as you recognize these character types from your own professional life. Listen in and discover which Disney ride matches your workplace personality!
Here's who we are and what is in store for you
Hello and welcome to Cheers to Ears. Where today we're drinking from a different place. A different place. And all we've talked about is this place the past 10 minutes and all their drinks. But this one we're having is the celebration special French 70 from Jazz Kitchen in downtown Disney. Yep. Have you ever eaten there? I've used to be Ralph Brennan. Just the Express Beignet. Okay. I've been there, but I've never eaten in the restaurant. Okay.
SPEAKER_01:And I ate there once. Yeah. For my birthday. Oh, back before they shut down. It was like 10 days before they shut down. In the old Ralph Brennan days. Yeah. And had their shrimp and grits, and oh, it was so good. Yeah, I think we're gonna eat there when we go.
SPEAKER_02:By the time this airs, we will have already been there. But as we record this, we have not been there yet. Yeah. So this has Empress Gin, Prosecco lemon juice, lavender simple syrup, and it's$17. That's not bad. No, that's pretty good.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:How do we make it, Eric?
SPEAKER_01:So we did one and a half ounces of Bombay sapphire gin, three-quarters of an ounce of lemon juice, half ounce of lavender syrup shaken over ice, poured into a coop glass, and then topped with prosecco. So overall, very lemony, slightly bubbly gin drink.
SPEAKER_02:So at first I didn't know what to think of it. My wife and daughter love gin. It's Christy's favorite. I like gin a lot too. So she loved it right away. What I'm comparing now to is like a gin old fashion. So like the old fashioned where you take really taste the whiskey in the old fashioned right? You taste the bourbon.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, you can taste the gin.
SPEAKER_02:You can taste the gin. It's there. The lavender's there too.
SPEAKER_01:Right in the lemon. And it well, so the lavender enhances the floralness of the gin. Right. And the syrup softens the lemon juice.
SPEAKER_00:Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01:So kind of a very Tom Collinsy type of drink. It's a classic beverage, I would call this. Yeah. This is in the realm of classic drinks. I could very much see this as a New Orleans drink.
SPEAKER_02:Right. New Orleans, it's total New Orleans, like a boardwalk empire-y kind of that era. 1920s era drink.
SPEAKER_01:I could see this, and I'm trying to picture it with would you be eating anything? And I think it would be something that would cut through maybe heavier spicy foods, potentially. You can have this with some grits.
SPEAKER_02:Some shrimp and grits, the spicy, the spiciness of the jumpalaya.
SPEAKER_01:That or maybe as a starter drink with whatever appetizers you're having. I don't know what particular appetizers they have. I'm on their menu right now. So yeah, let's check out their menu and see what we would have.
SPEAKER_02:Right off the bat. First thing a starter. Crab beignets. Yeah. Savory crab beignets on a bed of lemon aioli. That sounds tasty. I kind of wonder, though, if they have a calamare. Fried shrimp lettuce wraps. Okay. What else are we looking at? And they have soups and salads. They have a jambalaya. Their main dish is jambalaya, black and salmon, your usual New Orleans fare. So yeah. Yeah. This is, I mean. Ooh, a coastal seafood martini. I saw that on that. That's a starter. That's on their starter menu.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Any place that has a beverage on the start on the appetizer.
SPEAKER_01:I think it's probably just served in a martini glass. It is. Blue crab.
SPEAKER_02:It is just served in a martini glass.
SPEAKER_01:Crawfish tails, gulf shrimp, toss in red onion, bell peppers, jalapeno, cilantro, and fresh lime. That sounds like a ceviche. It does. I could that could go with this one. Yeah. Yeah, boy. We're going here. I think that settles it. I'm looking at that menu and I'm like, we gotta eat there. Is that our whole episode? Are we done? All done.
SPEAKER_02:Took a drink. Thanks for listening today.
SPEAKER_01:Googled the menu there, and I think we're good to go. Anyway, we went with this particular drink because it's at downtown Disney. It is. And we're going pretty soon, but we went with the Disneyland Resort for our next theme for our podcast for this one. Disney ride co-workers. So I took 10 rides from California Adventure. You took 10 rides from Disneyland, and we described them as what kind of co-worker they would be for that particular ride. Would you like to start or should I start? You started them on the last one. I should start this time. I'm making sure I did good. Okay. Actually got all Disneyland. Okay. Perfect. There was discussion before the episode started. Aaron just thought I would do Disney World because I've been doing that a lot. Right. But I because you're like a Disney World fanatic now. Yeah, because there's I know Disneyland so well that yeah, I'm just enthralled with Disney World. But anyway, we're going to Disneyland. Okay. So my first ride, Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout. So this coworker has chaotic energy about them. They're up, they're down, and you never really know when the change in direction is going to happen. You eventually get used to it, and while it's a very noticeable change in direction coming from them, you adapt and you learn, just be ready for it. Okay. You'll find this person usually working in a warehouse or shop setting where they're just kind of frantic all over the place. But the plus side is, is they choose the music that's playing in the warehouse, and it's always really good.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, that's good. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you really deep dove into the employee. That's very good. You have all this stuff. My first one is an actual employee that I know. The other ones I have are types of employees. Okay. So this person, and I'm going to tell them afterwards that that they're the first one I mentioned, and so they can listen to this. This person doesn't like flying or floating on anything. Doesn't like boats or air travel. Won't go on a ship, won't go on a plane, won't go on a heavy ride, won't do a coaster. Anything thrill-based, he's doesn't want to do it all. So his ride is Haunted Mansion. Because it's slow. I mean, you can you walk on it. You don't have to strap in or anything. Onto the ride.
SPEAKER_01:You don't even have to close it the You don't have to do anything. The lap bar against you. It does it for you. Right. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:You just sit there. It's slow. And plus, he's a huge horror movie fan. Ah, okay. So it just fits him.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Right? It fits his whole personality. It might be the only ride he likes in all of Disney. Oh. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I don't think he's been, I think he's been as a kid, but I don't know. We'll we'll find out more later. So, yes, I've been trying to talk him into going to Disney. He needs to go. He has many kids he could take, and they would love it. But I'll take his kids if he doesn't want me to. He can just pay for his kids and I'll go. Take him. Yep.
SPEAKER_01:So here we go. That's number one. Okay. So my second one is Maider's Junkyard Jamboree. So this is the village idiot in the office. But everyone loves him so they don't fire him. Yeah. You know the type.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_01:Just the nice guy. You love him, but he just is a moron. Yeah, just that's his only downside. But what you do is you find the more menial and monotonous tasks for them to do because it frees you up for the important work.
SPEAKER_02:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:So you need to go make 5,000 copies of something. Hey, mater, come on over. You call him mater at work. You know, they're typically just going around circles over and over. And you just wait for them to come by and you have something ready for them to hand them some work, and then he can go take care of it. And then next time he swings by, he's got your work for you. And yeah, it's just you're passing off these tasks to him. Something he can handle, but yeah, you just know you don't give him anything important at the job.
SPEAKER_02:I'm so using this. I'm gonna call every person that worked like this. I'm gonna call him a mater. Okay, mater. You're such a mater.
SPEAKER_01:Hey, mater. Come here, mater. Love it. But the thing is, it can also give out the occasional nugget of wisdom, or they can tell a good story. On occasion. Not often, but on occasion. Like maybe once every hour and a half to two hours. Yeah. One time. Hilarious. So Mater's Junkyard Jamboree.
SPEAKER_02:Hilarious. My next one's Disneyland Railroad. Okay. This is for the person that calls in sick all the time. Oh. Because you just hop on anywhere. Yeah. And you just sit there. You just ride around. There's no responsibility whatsoever on the ride. There's no, here's what I have to be in line. There's no lightning lane. There's no anything. You just show up at a certain place and there's a big, there's not even a queue. There's just a gathering area. And you get on and you ride around. And you get off when you want. You don't have to ride the whole thing. Yeah. It could be a long ride, it could be a short ride. You could get off because you're just too train sick.
SPEAKER_01:I've been here for like a quarter of the ride. I'm done. I'm going home.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. Or you could be in the waiting area and then leave.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Because you you just don't want to do it anymore.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, like, no, I don't want to do that. Right. I changed my mind. Yeah. Seven seconds in. Those beignets smell good. Those beignets, yeah. Mini beignet and a drink. Yeah. What? So my next one is the credit coaster. This guy gets it done in the fastest and most efficient way possible. He's not for everyone, and many can get sick of him right from the get-go. It can be thrilling to see them work their way through the workplace. This is the guy who's best suited and most often found in high-pace, fast-paced sales jobs. That's the Incredicoaster. That's that type of guy.
SPEAKER_02:I think you almost just unfortunately describe me as the part where I get a little bit I'm a bit much, is what people say about me all the time at work.
SPEAKER_01:You might be another one.
SPEAKER_02:I don't know. Okay. I'm one of I put me on one of mine.
SPEAKER_01:Full disclosure, I did not have you in mind for any of these. I have mean in mind for my last one.
SPEAKER_02:Okay. This is Mr. Toads. Okay? This is for the complainer. The person complains all the time because Mr. Toads, just the ride only, there's too much going on. You don't have time to complain during the ride. I'm not saying before or after the ride. Because the complainer's gonna complain the rest of the time.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:I'm talking about just ride, ride specific time only. You're turning corners, doors are opening, you're in hell.
SPEAKER_01:You don't have time to complain about being in hell.
SPEAKER_02:Death, you die, you die, and then it ends, right? So you don't have time to complain. You just gotta get on and take the ride and blah, blah, blah. And those two or three minutes or 30 seconds that you're on that ride gives you no time to complain. So that's why it's perfect for the complainer.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. Because they can't do it. They can't complain. Nope. Okay. My next one picks our pal around. So that is the big Ferris wheel for those who are not aware. So you get one of two people with this person. Okay. The steady and dependable co-worker or the coworker that's all over the place and makes you want to vomit. The steady coworker can take you to unbelievable heights and show you things you never thought you'd see in the workplace.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:That all over the place version, yeah, they leave you terrified and only focus on what's in right in front of you. Because you just like what is going on? And basically, I just said this schmuck is usually your boss. They're one lifting you up, or they're just nightmarish hell. And they can be one and the same person. Things get stressful in the job, and yeah, you're plummeting. Or if things are going smoothly and it's all fantastic. Yeah. And so that is Pixar Pal around. Nice.
SPEAKER_02:So my next one was Phantasmic. Oh. Phantasmic is for the drama queen. So always has drama in their life, right? Because Phantasmic is loud, colorful, stuff's going on everywhere. And you can take a total selfie in front of it, post it on the social medias, and say, look at me where I'm at, right? Everyone like this post because Mickey's behind me. Yeah. Total drama queen. There's that person we work with. I mean, this is this is one of the main ones that always can you believe that there's always the same people have all the drama at work all the time. Yeah. It's the same exact people. Drama, drama, drama. It's always something different, too. This happened in my friend's nephew. And always something. Always something. Fire starting. Never like, how you doing today? Oh man, you know what a day I have. Right? And I should have used the person that's always tired. There's always that person, too. Everyone has the same people at work.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, they do. But that's one of them is always drama all the time. So my next person is Goofy Sky School. Okay. They're focused and dependable. And thin. But yes, very thin and they don't they don't weigh anything. Yeah, they fit into small places. But you only use them when they're needed for whatever reason. This isn't an always go-to type of person, but they're very focused and dependable. You only need them for an occasion. They stay in their lane and move through tasks with lightning quickness and efficiency. It's hard to believe how they can pivot on a dime. Very hard to believe. These are typically your IT people, but can also be found in HR on occasion.
SPEAKER_02:I like that.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. I like how you put the job task to the person.
SPEAKER_02:That's very well done. So my next one's Small World. I knew this one was coming. Yeah, but I didn't use it as well as I thought. I should have used it for the guy that you hate at work. Yeah. This is for the person that work is their hobby. We all work with that person that when you go on break, they talk about your work. At break time. Yeah. They continue to work. They don't have a conversation about other stuff, non-work subjects in the break room. Like Disney. So if we worked at Disney, we would talk about Disney in the break room.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. Right? I talk about Disney while I'm working in the break room. Yeah, you would talk about Disney, but it's the guy who won't talk to you about Disney. He'll just talk about work. He'll talk about Safeway.
SPEAKER_02:Right. Yeah. He'll talk about work the whole time. So we're working as a hobby, small world. Because he works so much. Stop working so much, and you can actually be rewarded.
unknown:Right?
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. Because he works so much, he doesn't get rewarded. He has to go on small world. Stop. That's your punishment. It's a punishment for overworking.
SPEAKER_01:That's a good punishment.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. Yeah. Small world always a punishment, never a pleasure.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. That's a good motto. But pleasant, somehow pleasant around Christmas.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, I can't wait.
SPEAKER_01:I was actually thinking about talking about because so have you been down there during uh Halloween decorations and Halloween film? No, this is my first time. And that's the world during Halloween. Disney. Oh, so Disneyland during Halloween. So now you get to see it. I'm thinking next year we plan the Christmas trip. Yeah. Hardcore plan it. Nobody else goes, that's fine. But me and you are going to Disneyland. I'll tell Christy now. Christy, thank you. We'll book it now. Thank you. Because 26 dates are out. Yeah. 2026 dates are ready to be booked. So that's we're going for Christmas.
SPEAKER_02:We need to go for Christmas. And she'll she should go for Christmas. I would like to get Eli to go to Christmas too, because he's off for a few weeks during Christmas. He actually gets to come home every year. There's certain dates. There's a little times he actually gets to come home. Like we know for sure ahead of the day. For sure.
SPEAKER_01:Okay. We'll talk about that later. Yep. But for right now, let's talk about Grizzly River Mm.
SPEAKER_02:Let's keep with our episode.
SPEAKER_01:You never know who's going to be the victim of their chaos. These people are a bumpy ride throughout, and you need to position yourself so that you don't get covered in their chaos. There's never a dull moment with these people. Be warned, at some point you might come to a complete halt with them. And you might think things are finally over, but then you're greeted with a plummet of WTF, and nobody is safe from the fallout. You'll find these people everywhere in every job imaginable. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. So crazy how you find these people everywhere. Mm-hmm. Grizzly River Random. My next one is the person that's always injured. They're always hurt. Something's always happening to them. Right? Either at work or off work. Something always happens to them. That's the mini adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Oh. Is their ride. Because it's smooth. Yeah. It's slow. Okay. It's cute. It's calm. And it's indoors. So they have the opportunity. Yes. I mean, it's hard to get hurt on Winnie the Pooh. It is. Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:It just does that slow rocking.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, this is a person that might go to Aerials and drown.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. See, when you said injured, I thought you were going to talk about the Matterhorn. Because you do get injured on the Matterhorn. Oh, you get in getting injured. Yes.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, I was talking about for them to go to Disney. Yeah. So everything but the overworker is a positive, I think, for them. The overworker just gets punished for talking about work in the break room. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Don't do it. My next one, the Golden Zephyr. They're boring but dependable. They're not the fastest of what they do. You never have to worry about anything that's going to blow up in your face and shut things down. They are always there and often get overlooked because they're quiet in meetings and don't really stand out in any way. They get their job done and follow the motto slow and steady wins the race. If you have a problem, you only go to these people as a last resort because everyone else is too busy. And that's the only reason you ride the Golden Zephyr. Everything else is more than a five-minute wait, and Golden Zephyr never is. They can be found anywhere that fast paced isn't a job requirement or in the job description. Boring but dependable. The Golden Zephyr people.
SPEAKER_02:Why haven't they? Let's talk about Golden Zephyr.
SPEAKER_01:Okay.
SPEAKER_02:Why haven't they reimagined that thing? Why is it still there like it is? It could be something different.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, so the whole end of that park could be raised to the ground.
SPEAKER_02:And that like triangle of rides.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. Because there's three of them right there in a row that suck.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:So, and including my next one.
SPEAKER_02:But yeah, I was just thinking we just there's so much they've done to make it more Disney.
SPEAKER_01:See, and I thought back whatever episode, the Disney Forward episode we did a long time ago, they should change Aerials to Monsters Inc. because it's Pixar and just do a completely Pixar area. Is Coco Pixar? It's going in there.
SPEAKER_02:I'm thinking no.
SPEAKER_01:An In and Out or In and Out? Coco's Disney. Inside.
SPEAKER_02:I'm not an expert on which is which.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I'm not either. So not.
SPEAKER_02:I know what movie. I know that I call them all Disney.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, they're all Disney. Pixar versus Disney.
SPEAKER_02:Okay. This is next one's Pirates. Okay. Pirates. R. R. Captain Hook. This is a person's always late. Okay. Because Pirates has a massive line capacity. Yeah. No lightning lane.
unknown:Oh.
SPEAKER_02:And it's a 15-minute ride time.
SPEAKER_01:I thought it was longer.
SPEAKER_02:Is it fit?
SPEAKER_01:It was like 22.
SPEAKER_02:I thought Rise was like 20 some, and that was the longest. Okay, maybe. We'll get back to you on that. Yeah. Yeah. For the purpose of this, that's a very long ride time. Say that for now. It's a very nice and long ride. So yeah, if you're always late, you don't have to show up at any time. You can show up anytime you want. Hop in line, has a huge ride capacity, so there's lots of people on the ride every time. The line moves pretty fast. And you get a good story while you're riding. And you think you're on time. You don't have a oh, I got I'm at it. I'm good. It's all good. We're good. I'm close to go. I'm close to on time. Yeah. Why are you bugging me up on time here? I have stuff going on. When you show up, it's let's go. Come on. I'm a busy guy. Yeah, hurry up. Let's get this ride going. I'm in line now.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. That's right. You're right.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:I'm here. Let's go. You're four hours late.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, I am here now. Let's go. Why are you wasting time? Jeez. You're the one late now. I started already. Well, not working now.
SPEAKER_01:Halfway to the door. You're just standing there. So my last one, Silly Symphony Swings. Which is a ride that I've never done, never will. Nope. So these are terrible co-workers. They make no sense as to why they're even there. They never stay in their lane. Their work is terrifying and leaves you wondering how it's even possible to do what they did without carnage being the result. Up and down, all around, listening to a soundtrack in their minds, it makes you want to stay as far away as possible. Fortunately, they can be stuck in a corner and ignored for the most part. And they're content with staying in their own little world. And they can be found at any job. Yeah. Just like all those rides. Just stick them in a corner. And that's what they did. Like, look, we gotta have three rides that we can kind of put over the water a little bit, stick them in the corner, ignore them, whatever. Shut up and leave me alone.
SPEAKER_02:So we should have some kind of bet. A bet? Some kind of bet we do. We gotta think about this afterwards. Okay. Where if you lose, you have to ride silly symphony swings. Oh hell no. And if I lose, I have to like ride Small World twice in a row or something. Oh. Right? Something like that. We gotta think of it. Have some kind of gamble on something Disney.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I'm not riding those.
SPEAKER_02:Okay, well, that's not a bad thing.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. I was trying to come up with something clever for fun. Because that's like Small World is boring and annoying. But silly swings would just be terrifying.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. You're hilarious. Okay. Never mind. Yeah. It was a good effort. My next one's Indiana Jones. Okay. And that's for your adventure seeker. Yeah. At work. Because it has the dart traps, the fireballs, the collapsing bridges, the cursed idols, and way too many snakes. And that makes it one snake's too many.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, snakes. Yeah. I thought you said stakes, and I was like. They might have stakes. Yeah, they have stakes.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. That's like your adventure secret work. It's always like, this weekend I'm off, I'm going to go climb a mountain and go skiing this weekend. Tomorrow I'm I'm taking a couple days off. We're going to go climb Mount Olympus.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. Go whitewater rafting. Go to Australia. Sears of Waves. I'm going to go whitewater rafting. Oh, really? Class three or class four? Put them together. Yeah. Class 34s. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Class 34s. Yeah. Rap. I'm going to raft Niagara. Yeah. Tomorrow. And that's that guy. Without a life jacket. Yeah. Go hunt a lion.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. With my bare hands. With chopsticks. Bring down a lion. Yep. He's mine. Trying to find a lady to go with.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Got some feelers out of the internet. That guy. I'm on. I'm on all apps. Yep. So, ladies, if you need a date. We have the apps. He's one of our co-workers. Jamaica.
SPEAKER_02:Ooh, I want to take you.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, yeah. And that's the adventure seeker. Little Kokomo. Ending with the Kokomo. So, anyway, we know you have those coworkers, enjoy them, but now you got a name to call them. Cheers. Cheers.
