Overnight with Disneyland's cleaning staff

Overnight with Disneyland's cleaning staff: The LA Times spends a night in Disneyland with the custodial staff and details the insane attention to detail used to make the park picture perfect. My favorite bit is the non-black-light-luminescent saliva-cleaning solution to clean spit off of Indiana Jones:

Sometimes, the jobs require ingenuity, even for some of the more distasteful chores. For example, the Indiana Jones Adventure ride relies on nearly 1,000 black lights that shine on painted mesh screens to create floating ghost images.

But the effect is marred when guests sometimes spit at the ghosts, and the saliva ends up on the screens where it glows under black lights. Because typical cleaning products bleach the screens, David Graefen, the ride's service manager, said his crew created a special saliva-cleaning solution.

Park workers have also found a resourceful way to remove other unwanted guests -- rodents.

Years ago -- no one seems to know when -- feral cats began to sneak into the park, living among the park's trees and shrubs during the day. At night, they venture out, and an estimated 200 cats now prowl through Disneyland and neighboring California Adventure Park.

But instead of evicting the cats, Disneyland's animal wranglers work to control the feline population by spaying and neutering the adult cats and finding homes for all kittens born in the resort. The cats eat at five permanent feeding stations installed throughout the two parks.

After dark, the dirty work at Disneyland begins (Thanks, Will!)

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