From: rjf@cbnews.cb.att.com (robert.j.fredette)
Subject: Re: Injured Daughter (was disabled guests)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:10:29 GMT
Summary: Typhoon Lagoon

In article <9208271529.AA27992@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu>, jmcginn@UDCPS3.CPS.UDAYTON.EDU (John McGinn) writes:
> 
> In Message-ID: <1992Aug27.145806.13907@cbnews.cb.att.com> Joe Fedenyszen
> writes:
> >   Having returned from WDW Sunday after visiting our ankle injured, college 
> >program, Typhoon Lagoon, lifeguard daughter(phew), I thought that a few words
> > [rest of article concerning wheelchairs deleted]
> 
> Just curious, did she get injured on the group raft ride, and on August 6? I
> was at Typhoon Lagoon, and was going up the longer single person tube ride
> when I noticed someone just kinda there in the bottom of the group tube
> ride. They thru neck braces into the water, and other things. But when I
> finished my tube ride we, my friend and I were heading towards the water
> slides when some other lifeguards kept us out of a main walkway, and within
> 5-10 minutes the injured person was taken out of the park on a stretcher.
> I was amazed at how they handled the whole situation. 
> 
> BTW, at the top of the single raft ride I was on I passed over the group
> raft entrance into the water area, and there was a high pitched tone going
> off in increments, and I believe it is the way the person on top know that
> something is wrong on the ride. Interesting!
> 
> -- 

      She got injured after guest hours. At clean-up she was stacking while
someone else was tossing chairs. Her timing was off. Second shift guards clean
up the Lagoon. They empty the creek of tubes and stack them, they stack 
and line up beach and lounge chairs, empty the trash containers, wax slides,	
walk the beach(sift sand), sweep pools clear of sand and then do one hour of
in-house training. In-house training consists of swimming laps across the 
Lagoon with a victim while chop water is on and doing chin-ups on the walls of
the Lagoon. If during the day an emergency was not handled up to the leads 
expectations, that procedure was drilled at in-house. Work ends at 10:00 PM.
First shift guards arrive at work at 7:00 AM for a 9:00 AM opening. They also
due in-house training and further prepare the Lagoon for opening. During the 
peak of the summer season the Lagoon had a guard staff of around 100. They have 
a rotation where they spend 30 min. at each post. Most of the them left two  
weeks ago so last week was a mess. This week, operating hours were reduced
so everyone worked one shift. This made for an 69 hr. week. A new crew has 
been training for a couple of weeks now so she'll have a rookie at her side. 
Her last day is Sept, 2. She said she's gonna' miss it.

Now, aren't you glad you asked?   

            No e-mail cause thats not me above, this is me below.
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