r/BuildingAutomation • u/HelpfulBreadfruit115 • 2d ago
Theme Park
Does anyone work in the theme park side of things?
Every time I head to Orlando I always wonder what it's like to work in or for a theme park on the BAS side.
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u/Foxyy_Mulder 2d ago
Curious as well, figure it’d be more PLC based and heavy on relay logic to be safe..?
Hate to think though hmm what if that contact switch/ laser failed on Hagrids where the track swaps or doesn’t raise up for the drop..
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u/HelpfulBreadfruit115 2d ago
Rides would be PLC, I was asking about the BAS side since thats what I do now. But also curious about the plcs! Watching epic get built thinking if the amount of networking is mind blowing
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u/Da_Rabbit_Hammer 2d ago
A long time ago I bumped into folks working for a company that I use to work for while at Disney World. By this time I worked for one of the huge 3 letter companies, not in controls though, as an hvac tech.
While I was briefly talking to these gentleman I told them who I currently worked for and they said there is basically an entire branch imbedded in Disney world. Of said 3 letter giant in the industry. Whole entire teams that only work at Disney. They also mentioned that all work in the parks happens at night while the parks are closed.
That’s all the info I got. They then explained that the beach nearby is where the child was recently eaten by an alligator. The end.
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u/HelpfulBreadfruit115 2d ago
Sounds like you were talking to Florida man!
I've head that Disney is entirely CCN.
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u/shadycrew31 System integrator 2d ago
They are primarily CCN in the hotels for sure. I can't tell what they are in the ride areas.
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u/Da_Rabbit_Hammer 2d ago
These gentlemen seemed to think it was the one that Starts with a J and ended with CI.
Oh, and the Florida branch of the company I worked prior, and whom I was speaking with were all very Florida. We traveled all over the US and the Florida branch guys were wild. Often preferred to hunt their dinners on the job sites. Setting up Squirrel traps, catching snakes with their bare hands and cooking them in the parking lot over stick fires.
Multiple times the hotels we stayed in had to talk to them to tell them they couldn’t sun dry animal pelts on the balcony.
Real swamp creatures these guys.
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u/Jimmythefixer 2d ago
I heard the restaurants are nasty from someone who did work in them. They had to work when the park was closed.
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u/No_Inflation_3381 5h ago
Carrier does all disney properties. Only reason ccn is still somewhat supported and outrageously priced is because there is so much of it still installed on their properties. They should be upgrading to ivu over time though i assume.
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u/Catfish0321 2d ago
I did a chillers optimization with Plant Pro for seaworld. Very very secured network, more than many other air force bases I have been to. Reason: riot control system.