Cleaning the Kingdom Quotes

“belonged (Tomorrowland,”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“It is my (Ken’s) opinion that it took over 43 years of operation before there was a guest killed at Disneyland who did absolutely nothing to bring about his own death. Then, less than five years after that first instance, there was a second one.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“Not believe in Disney Magic! You might as well not believe in Santa Claus! You might get your papa to hire men to audit The Walt Disney Company (and there are plenty of people who would like to!), but even if they did not see Disney Magic, what would that prove? Nobody can bottle Disney Magic, but that is no sign that there is no Disney Magic. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor adults can prove exist, but can only experience.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“Disneyland used to have many other companies with employees working at Disneyland, and those companies had their own hiring practices. As for Disneyland itself, the minimum age to be a cast member fluctuated. Sometimes applicants had to be 18 to be considered, sometimes 16 and 17 year-olds could work for Disney.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“By the way, sleeping during your shift, even on your break, was officially grounds for termination. With some people we let it slide, but in other cases it gave us the justification we needed to get rid of a bad apple.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“Annually on NYE, Disneyland would usually have fireworks at 9:00 p.m. to coincide with Midnight on the East Coast, where ABC’s New Year’s Eve broadcast was based.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“parks.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“every”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“restrooms”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin was, at one time, going to have a second level to it. You can still see the balcony where the cabs would have passed by outside. During the early days, there would be a band playing up there.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“If a roll was very low, rather than waiting for it to become a cob, it would be removed, replaced, and used for cleaning paper. The rolls were always placed with the "waterfall" toward the seat rather than the partition.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“Parents: don't be ashamed if your child wants to be a Disneyland Custodian. They know more than most cast members at the park, and get plenty of exercise. It is a good way to learn to talk with people, too, from all over the world. I think one can get many things out of Custodial as one applies oneself and works hard.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless

“For hourlies like us, management usually avoided having us work a closing shift and then bringing us in for an opening shift the next day if it would give us less than eight hours between shifts.”
― Ken Pellman, Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless