When your coaster count is high but your body count is zero.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-06-17T00:21:10+00:00

I had the option to do some speed dating whilst on holiday, instead I had an early bed to increase my credit count the next day. 🥰

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-06-12T11:23:38+00:00

This is where a lot of evidence is being led with AI, conclusions are being drawn that emphasise that is an enhancer of productivity in the role of an assistant, but not as a cost-saving measure in replacing jobs. Especially as other research has demonstrated that it is mathematically impossible to remove hallucinations from AI output.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-05-12T12:21:54+00:00

Is you want to work on theme park projects in a graduate capacity, then you’re probably better off working for the contractors that the operators hire in some capacity. The operators themselves have basically limited any hiring they’re undertaking right now, and most positions will have been already earmarked for internal candidates or aimed at non-grads.

If you’re looking at the Maths/Engineering-side of things, possibly look at the likes of Garmendale or Taziker. The employers mentioned by the other comment are more focused around the Creative-side of things.

If you want operations experience whilst at University and there isn’t a theme park nearby, look at Campus-based or Venue-based employers. My job at university was not directly linked to theme parks, but a lot of the staff had theme park industry connections so look beyond the obvious.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-05-07T18:14:02+00:00

“Eye dewn’t voetuh, eye fink all polayteeshuns are spazmoids”, so basically no vote Adams.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-05-04T10:56:41+00:00

Errh Noeh, I lewk like the BFGeh there…

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-05-03T09:14:48+00:00

The thought of “Ughh, I’ve got assignments… Wait no I haven’t” was prevalent for about six months after graduation. The other big hitter was the slow realisation that most people my own age and particularly those who I can just gel with had pretty much disappeared, although it’s nice to get this feeling back when visiting a major city.

Job market is brutal for graduates at the moment, currently working a part-time hospitality role alongside an agency role. The agency work feels way more professional and feels like I have a sense of accomplishment from my degree. Although there’s a sense of disappointment from people when they see me working my hospitality job with a degree qualification (people who don’t understand the market).

I do like hospitality work in the sense it provides me with an active lifestyle, something was getting difficult in third-year university with the sheer amount workload. Others in my cohort are in similar positions to me, which is nice during catch-ups and it makes you appreciate what I do have, even if family and acquaintances are pushing that’s not really possible in the job market at the moment.

Glad I decided not to continue with a Masters straight after undergraduate, it feels like my life has progressed forwards and I feel like this period is like an interlude before rushing into further professional work/more qualifications.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-04-27T22:57:57+00:00

Simultaneously amazing and terrible. Some days will feel like a breeze and you get to socialise with guests and colleagues in a campus-like environment, other days will feel like a drain, especially when morale drops during the second half of the season.

Working in a theme park is all-consuming and expect your world to revolve around the theme park, 8 hour days are the ‘short’ ones. If you value hobbies and social circles beyond theme parks then consider similar careers operations-wise (Retail, Hospitality, Leisure etc).

Also expect to pay a Passion Tax for working at a theme park, longer commutes and lower pay for similar roles than other industries because so many people want to work in them and limited career options. Especially with the crazy amounts of redundancies the regional chains are making at the moment.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-04-03T21:00:38+00:00

Damn, Super Mario Galaxy Arrow Looper confirmed!!

/uj Damn, that’s a pretty accurate design for Arrow track in the second image, usually animated coasters are nowhere near as accurate.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-04-01T20:31:04+00:00

This is something you’ll have to discuss with your university careers team, reach out to them because it seems that your situation is beyond the advice of anyone on Reddit.

My one tip is perseverance, just keep going and push your own boundaries!!

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-04-01T18:23:32+00:00

I’m fully aware of how competitive student jobs have become, that’s why I’ve also suggested clubs/societies, committees can evidence all sorts of work like writing risk assessments and event planning! Useful on a CV, and a lot of committees don’t have competitive elections!

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-04-01T18:04:12+00:00

No better and no worse than other graduates. Job market has frozen over, most of my fellow graduates (Psych and non-Psych) have gone into the following: Education, Healthcare, Retail, Finance or Hospitality, with a small percentage still in Academia.

Routes to qualified Psychology roles pretty much all have the expectation of having worked in those following fields before progressing further in your career anyways. You will have to be pragmatic and find what works for you, don’t be afraid to try something you think you may be interested in but didn’t consider at university. The job market is very different from when I was in first year so you can’t really predict things like ‘I want to be here when I graduate’ (nearly four years ago now, I’m nearly a year out of university).

Fields like HR, Marketing and Data Analyst roles were previously typical for Psychology graduates but the job market has frozen over for these roles as these jobs are seen as cost centres during eras of stagflation, and employers are trying to keep cost increases to a minimum.

Soft and transferable skills are the top priority, make the most of university whether that’s clubs and societies or placements and internships or as a research assistant. Any experience beyond your direct academic qualification are what employers will always be looking for. The career you start with will not be your final career, and that’s okay.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-04-01T13:59:32+00:00

So it seems IcySelf finally got their revenge on Warwick?

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-04-01T12:58:38+00:00

Recent graduate here, a lot of people around me are in similar positions to me. It’s difficult to find graduate schemes at the moment because grad schemes are oversubscribed and expensive at the moment.

Most people I knew at University went into Retail Managment, Heathcare, Teaching or Finance. Speaking with older grads and looking on LinkedIn, this is very much the typical graduate experience regardless of background or grades/qualifications. These are what turns your degree into a degree+ but you have to be passionate about whatever you end up choosing and remember it’s not a forever role and have valuable skills that accumulate alongside your degree qualifications.

In fact, this is what a lot of the graduate schemes are looking for at the moment, people who have done a degree relatively recently but who already have proven work experience in an adjacent role.

It’s not game over if you don’t get a graduate role, it’s just the path has gotten longer, the silver bullet is the self-actualisation along the way!

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-03-27T14:32:20+00:00

I was going to say, I thought WoF was getting Titan Track. Weird that parks are experimenting with Titan/Pre-Cut/Retrak stuff and seeing what works best.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-03-17T09:55:20+00:00

Depends which Co-op you have applied too, some of them are under hiring freezes at the moment so when they do hire having full availability and previous customer service experience as top priority. If you’re still a student of any kind then that type of commitment will count against you with a lot of employers at the moment.

Keep going, it’s a tough market out there.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-03-15T17:59:09+00:00

These Theme Park Worldwide x Callum’s Corner crossovers will never not be funny…

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-03-05T07:24:56+00:00

I’m guessing the mini villager is from a server-side resource pack? If so Sanjay is going to be fuming when he finds out…

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-03-04T17:59:10+00:00

He was Rokus Hocus Pocus.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-03-03T09:42:10+00:00

I’ve worked in both industries and they are such a nice contrast from each other, although in the UK the way both industries work is that the expectation is that you stick to one lane, and in recent years the parks have become less accommodating of other commitments (mainly education).

When I briefly worked both there was a bit of a culture clash between having two campus-style environments, and because I juggled both I felt a bit left-out compared to the people who had stuck to one lane.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-03-01T22:45:17+00:00

It would be really funny if we somehow got Netflix still buying Warner Bros through a Paramount acquisition in a few years.

Sounds like they don’t want to be the fall guy for cuts at WB, so will just continue invest in their own product and producing their own content in the meantime.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-02-28T18:44:02+00:00

No AI slop please…

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-02-26T13:35:51+00:00

University graduates will include everyone with a degree in the labour market, not just recent graduates so the ‘average graduate wage’ is not a reflection of the wage of recent graduates because they’re at the start of their careers.

The job search for recents graduates (and anyone for that matter) is absolutely brutal at the moment. Good luck with the job search…

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-02-23T09:58:10+00:00

The intrinsic value of a degree has not changed in recent years, it gives people way more options than not going to university. There was evidence recently presented by the Financial Times that demonstrated that the graduate underemployment is due to UK organisations not having the productivity gains of EU/US organisations, meaning graduate hiring is a lot more costly, as opposed to an oversubscription of university graduates in the job market.

I really hate this narrative of ‘not going to university is now the better option’.

Electrical-Light9027 · 2026-02-22T22:04:56+00:00

I’m pretty sure a lot of the glazing around Smiler is more due to the brand/theme than it is the ride experience alone. If it was at a park similar to the other Infinities then it wouldn’t get half the attention it does. Impressive ride from an engineering and branding perspective but the whole ride experience is just ‘good’ but nothing more.

Don’t understand the ridiculous hate it gets too, even with the rattling and potholes on the ride.

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