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The Disney Star Wars Cantina You Never Saw! -The WDW News Today Podcast: Episode 87

·1 hr 7 min·4 clips

She ran safari tours with a fake lisp until Brazilians realized it was a bit.

1. The WDW News Today Podcast - without News Today episode centers on Sabrina's Disney career, from Blizzard Beach to Star Wars Rebel Hangar. 2. Eric Morton and Tom Corliss host Sabrina, and Sabrina says she is the company's comic relief. 3. The episode asks what it was like to work Disney roles that ranged from slide operator to themed lounge server. 4. Sabrina says her Disney College Program began at Blizzard Beach, where she was trained as a slide operator and ski-lift operator. 5. She describes carrying a whistle, gloves, and a CPR mouth shield while working outside in the sun. 6. After a month and a half, she moved to Disney Quest, which she calls the opposite of Blizzard Beach. 7. Sabrina says coworkers called her the 'burned girl' because she had first- and second-degree sunburns. 8. She explains that she went to Columbia Basin College in Washington State and transferred to Hofstra University on Long Island. 9. Sabrina says she lived at Vista Way from March through August 2002 because her school schedule was on a quarterly system. 10. She later returned in 2005 and chose Kilimanjaro Safaris after being offered other attractions like the Great Movie Ride, Jungle Cruise, Tiki Room, and Star Tours. 11. On safaris, she recalls a zebra chasing a younger fringe-eared oryx, which led animal care to intervene. 12. She says the truck waited about 25 to 30 minutes while the savanna was cleared and the animal was handled. 13. Sabrina also tells the story of One-Eyed Irma, an ostrich that stole baseball caps from guests. 14. She says One-Eyed Irma would build a nest out of the hats and then return wearing them over her eye. 15. Another safari story involves a greater kudu that escaped and walked back and forth near the Nile River area. 16. Sabrina's best-known bit is her fake safari lisp, which she used to test how guests reacted. 17. She says Brazilian guests initially thought the voice was real, then she switched to plain animal names like zebra, duck, and ostrich. 18. The episode is loose, improvisational, and full of workplace stories, with Eric and Tom interrupting Sabrina for reactions and side jokes. 19. Listeners who like Disney cast-member stories, attraction operations, and backstage anecdotes would enjoy this episode. 20. Listeners who want a tight, structured interview with no digressions may skip it.

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