Glossary
Amusement Park Attendant Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential amusement park attendant terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key amusement park attendant vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in amusement park attendant training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Accessibility
- Access for people with disabilities.
- Dispatch
- Sending a ride.
- E-stop
- Emergency stop.
- Guest experience
- How visitors feel.
- Height requirement
- Minimum rider height.
- Incident report
- Record of events.
- Load and unload
- Getting riders on and off.
- Lost and found
- Items left behind.
- Opening checklist
- Daily ride check.
- Queue
- Waiting line.
- Radio code
- Short radio phrases.
- Restraint check
- Verifying lap bars and belts.
- Rider rules
- Safety rules.
- Rotation
- Moving between positions.
- Throughput
- Riders per hour.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Amusement Park Attendant practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Amusement Park Attendant training.
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