Proccesing Day Schedule

I know there have been topics on when everyone is checking in. But I would like to know what goes on that day, what kind of training do you do. Do you go to your ride that first day and get to know it? Just let me know what the schedule is for the first couple days at CP as an employee. Thanks.

One thing you do is watch three movies that desperately needed an update 10 years or so ago. :)

The process will be explained in detail when your Job Net is updated. The extent of "training" that goes on when you process in is watching those videos.

Like Craig and Nick said, your training on the day you process in is pretty much just watching videos, and yes, your JobNet page will offer more details to the whole process when they get updated.
However, it basically goes something like this...Go to HR, get ID and fill out paperwork, go to Park Op and get drug test form, go to First Aid, take drug test, (if you pass) go back to Park Op and give them the form. At this point you'll watch the outdated training videos and then head to Wardrobe to get your uniforms, then you go to the tolls to get your parking sticker,and then finally head off to whatever housing unit you're staying at and fill out some paperwork there.

After that, you're done 'processing in' and you won't really do anything else that day. I just kind of walked around the park last year with some friends, though if you do that, be careful. ;) The week before the park opens, there are a ton of vehicles driving around like mad men on the midways trying to get last-minute preparations completed....and THEY get the right-of-way!

The day after you process in, you'll head to a department-wide meeting/training and after that is completed, you'll head off to your ride. More than likely, your first day at the ride will be spent filling out paperwork.

Anywho, you wanted to know the first couple days, so there you go! It's a lot of paperwork! :) But, use that first week to really get to know your crew, because they're the ones you'll be spending the whole summer with! I read countless posts and heard from countless people before last season that the people you work with will be like your family. I didn't think I would be the type of person to feel that way to co-workers, but that all changed really quickly, and now, I miss my crew more than anything, and it breaks my heart that some of them aren't returning this year.

Meet your crew before you have to process in:
http://www.tideblue.com/cp08/

Be sure to send your ride assignment.

Gomez said:
One thing you do is watch three movies that desperately needed an update 10 years or so ago. :)

That doesn't look like White Water Landing..... Holy crap, it's Mill Race! :)

My processing in didn't involve much of anything. I just had to go to Human Resources for a short time, then to Park Operations to fill out a couple papers, and then to wardrobe and that was it, the whole thing took about an hour. It depends on where you work too.. but I'm assuming your at a ride so it will be a little different!

How long it takes to process-in also depends on how busy HR and your department is on that given day. This year, it looks like May 4th will be the hectic day.

Well good, Im going may 7th ;-) So do you get to test out the ride your working to get to know it better, I don't know, may be a stretch.

Rides get test ridden every morning. During training week (the week before the park opens, it looks like you'll be there for half of it) you'll start learning your ride. Once the ride gets its state seal, part of learning the ride is test riding so that you can get an idea of what it normally feels and sounds like

Gomez said:
One thing you do is watch three movies that desperately needed an update 10 years or so ago. :)

What are you talking about, those are the best movies ever! I personally enjoy the go-kart scene, as well as the cooler one. :)

shimmyshimmyxo said:
...as well as the cooler one. :)

I was just going to say, "the cooler video is my personal favorite." :)

Why Ride Hosts need to deal with coolers and not Park Admissions, I'm not sure. :)

The videos are a fun way to test your knowledge of "recent" history of Cedar Point and other big parks (not all of them were shot at the Point). And yes, some of the scenes are so stupid they're funny, but you'll feel like you're back in high school watching old educational movies in class.

Must...resist...falling...asle... ;)

I love the cooler scene! The employee in it reminded me of "Saved by the Bell"...

What's even more fun than watching the videos is the thought of owning your very own personal copy! Yes, that's right, First Steps in Ride Operations, Concession Go-Kart Operations, Coping with Difficult Guests, and Disability Etiquette, can all be yours! :)

$166?!?! Negative, Ghostrider!

Guess I'll just have to wait until May...

I'm so tempted Doug, but I think I'll pass.

Haha now I wish I would have gotten to see some of these videos! I don't know why admissions people didn't have to watch any videos about dealing with guests.. or I didn't anyway.. but really I never knew what to do with coolers when people brought them other than to say they couldn't come in the park. One guest had left their big cooler inside the office by the resort gate all day and I didn't even know what to say I was just thinking okay I guess it won't hurt to leave it here.. another time someone left theirs outside the door and it was there for a whole week one time.. I kept forgetting to take it to park op!

Maybe someone can answer this. If im contracted to work weekends in may but not the first one. Do you think I will process in and be able to train during training week?

You cannot process-in more than 24 hours prior to starting work.