April 8, 2024 • 8 mins
The Brand Ambassador to Atlantis Bahamas, Kool Aid, stop by to tell us all about his fun and exciting job.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Yes, it was just a spur of the moment thing.
We all met at the airport and flew down to Atlantis. Yeah,
Atlanta's paradise island in the Bahamas. Go to Atlantis Bahamas
dot com. Look, you know what, we keep talking about,
what it's like and how much fun it is to
bring lots of friends or.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Your family here. I've seen a lot of single people
here as well.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, it's a great safe way to have time on
your own if you want to get away from those
people that you usually travel with, like you people here. Hey, So,
years and years ago, there was a kid who was
raised right over there across that water, see where the
ships are there.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
He watched them as they were.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Building this incredible, incredible fortress that we call Atlantis, and
he said, one day I'm gonna work there. And here
he is. Please welcome the brand ambassador at Atlantis.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Kool Aid.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Hi cool aid, you said, gentlemen, it's kool aid, hash thog,
But no, fantastic mister at Atlantis. What's more, get step
Let's make.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Some Okay, thank you for being here.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Is so fascinating. His story let's.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Get into it. It isn't true.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I mean, as a kid, you fantasized about working here
and now you are the magic or you introduce us
to the magic of Atlanta's. Talk about how you started
here and what and where'd you get name kool Aid?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Is it like your born name? Do you know the
name is Aid?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yeah, the first name Cool, the last name Aid, kool Aid.
You're a mix of a splash.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Talk about your history here and what you do.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Now, because I think it's fascinating.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I'm the brand ambassador now for Atlantis, Mister Atlantis. I
started off as a buyern engineer and switched on over
to lifeguarding, moved on up ran over to be a
behaviorist at Dolphin Keys. I trained the sea lions, work
with the dolphins and birds, move over its gas activities,
then into marketing. I did some leisure tour sales for
(02:05):
Atlanta's and now I'm with one of the greatest apartments
public relations.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Look at that. Yeah, and they're so lucky to have you.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Yeah. And I also, if you guys are following, yes,
I do run the TikTok socials, So do you follow
us on Atlanta's Bahamas. I'm on TikTok and I run
the TikTok.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Social and he's just telling me before about all the
celebrities that are in his dms. He's like, if I
forget to mention a celebrity, they DM me and say, well,
why didn't you mention me?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I'm like, oh, hello, they get jealous. Hey, So this
is a matter of fact.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Let's start with the suite we're at the they call
it the Bridge Suite.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Yeah, the Bridge Suite.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
So a lot of.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Celebrities have stayed in this suite. So some of the weeks.
I know, Oprah was here the week after I was here.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
It was weird.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
But Michael Jackson stayed here. When you were a kid,
you saw Michael Jackson like waving the people.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Just waving coming over the we had that one bridge.
He came over waving. I was like, mom, that's Michael Jackes.
He's like, come back, and you can't go over there here.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
And now you run the place. And celebrities love hanging
out in Atlanta, right.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Yeah, so a lot of celebrities come down. You have
worked for so many I don't want to call it
too many names, but I got the Vanni Maddie Monroe,
the McClure Twins, and the list goes on the Jason
de Rulo So I heard you guys got Jason Yeah,
Jason rulers tomorrow. So I've seen Jason Derulo and so
many more, the future King of England, the future King
of England.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Right, absolutely, right, like William.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Yeah and Kate Yeah. Well I worked a part of
that team.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, yeah, okay, very nice. So you know that's the
thing about Atlantis. You can be royalty or you could
be slubs like.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Usson Gay if you're out there, Yes, Tyson Gay, he's
one of my favorite dude track runner to Tson k Yeah, okay, excellent.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
So you're meeting all these people, So what is it
that Okay, when they created this position for you, kool aid, Yeah,
they said, here's what we want you to do.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
So what is it you do do as a brand ambassador?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Live bit of everything, A little bit of everything.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Like a typical day.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
A typical day is I'm doing some Atlanta's social and
then there if there is anything happening on the property,
like going to another school or sometimes orientation, celebrity fast
passed around the water park or educational tour or scouting
with you guys to see which is the best room
(04:17):
to stay at? What can you do here at? To
Atlanta's what's your top five top ten bucket list to
go to? Where's the best spot to take an Instagram photo?
Where's the best off to take a wedding photo? Where's
the best spot to meet me when I'm here on
the property.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And he also does a lot of the television spots too,
so if they do an interview, he was just in
Washington doing stuff for them.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. So last week Thursday and Friday
was on Good Morning Washington.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Yeah, loved two questions. One what do they call you
kool Aid?
Speaker 4 (04:46):
One? Oh, oh, it's a long story. I was a
lifeguard and I went to a local store, went got
to some shoes. There's some rebots into the bottom of
it had kool Aid. Now I didn't know kool Aid
worked along with Rebox. I came to work and everyone
wear on their favorite shoes called Jordan's. So I came
(05:07):
to lifeguard department and I went walking. The guy was
like what are those? And I was like, Oh, they're
Rebox and they're like, no, they're not Reboxing. And it
was like knockoffs. I was like, oh, man, so everyone's
like kool aid. And I was like, oh yeah, but
now it's ash like but notin a fan fantastic.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Okay, that's a good thing.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
A question, and then the second question.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Say somebody were to get fired from their day job
asking for a friend and they wanted to become a
behaviorist and work with the animals.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
How would they do that? She wants to do that, Oh,
you got to sign up the video behaviors, uh with
the animals between here, or we teach her. It's operating
addition and positive reinforcement. It's just doing something good and
you get something to return. It's basic human and child psychology.
So it's the easiest thing to learn. But it's still
don't work on my sister. Okay.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
So even though, by the way, i'mter seeing you at
work last night, behavior is not your foretee.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Not with humans, but I think I would be great
with animals.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
I think they would be great.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
So you, of course, we've been to Atlantas a million times,
but you basically live here.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
What's the magic about this place that you like to
share with people who haven't been here. Like if someone
said Hey, kool aid. In a sentence or several sentences,
what can you tell me it's going to convince me
to hop on a plane and get down to Atlantis
as fast as possible.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
First thing I want you to do is gold Side,
pour some water inside a wine glass and point straight
up to a blue sky. That's our water. That's going
to make you want to come. Crystal clear water. We're clean,
green and pristine on land and around our water, we're clean,
blue and pristine. We're conservationists where we believe in keeping
(06:45):
sustainability around the property. We don't like plastic because you
know what plastic does to the ocean. And when you
come here, we create a memorable moment every step of
the way. So from the front door straight onto the beach,
there is something just for you and the family. So
even if you're an adult, you can go at the
Cove Pool. If you got kids, you got the Kids Club,
but they're straight on over. You got the adult club
(07:07):
club called All Up. You got the casinos. So it's
there just everything for every family. Because we have different brands.
There is the coll Towers, the Royal Towers, the Cove
and the Reefs, so each is special gest for you
for different class of families. So just it'll fit the
right buck for the vacation.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I love it well. You are a spark plug, and
they're again they're so lucky to have you here.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Don't forget the book at Atlantis Bahamas dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
It's right okay, Atlanta's Bahamas dot com. That was That
was culator as well. He has different voices, yea different
different personalities.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
You gotta come believe, be ladies and gentlemen if you
want to have a vacation. That's old. This world the
best vacation. The largest water park in the Bahamas, one
hundred and forty one acres. We also have the leap
of fake sixty feet high goals at sixty five miles Borrow.
It's the best screamer ever. There's nothing like Atlantis. He's
the best.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
He said.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Once you go on the water slides with him, you
never want to go with anyone else again because he's spent.
He screams, yellsy, has a great time.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I wish we could stay several more days. We're coming
back Atlantis Bahamas dot com. Koolaid everyone, We'll be back
a live good line us right after this
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Yes, it was just a spur of the moment thing.
We all met at the airport and flew down to Atlantis. Yeah,
Atlanta's paradise island in the Bahamas. Go to Atlantis Bahamas
dot com. Look, you know what, we keep talking about,
what it's like and how much fun it is to
bring lots of friends or.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Your family here. I've seen a lot of single people
here as well.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, it's a great safe way to have time on
your own if you want to get away from those
people that you usually travel with, like you people here. Hey, So,
years and years ago, there was a kid who was
raised right over there across that water, see where the
ships are there.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
He watched them as they were.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Building this incredible, incredible fortress that we call Atlantis, and
he said, one day I'm gonna work there. And here
he is. Please welcome the brand ambassador at Atlantis.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Kool Aid.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Hi cool aid, you said, gentlemen, it's kool aid, hash thog,
But no, fantastic mister at Atlantis. What's more, get step
Let's make.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Some Okay, thank you for being here.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Is so fascinating. His story let's.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Get into it. It isn't true.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I mean, as a kid, you fantasized about working here
and now you are the magic or you introduce us
to the magic of Atlanta's. Talk about how you started
here and what and where'd you get name kool Aid?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Is it like your born name? Do you know the
name is Aid?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yeah, the first name Cool, the last name Aid, kool Aid.
You're a mix of a splash.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Talk about your history here and what you do.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Now, because I think it's fascinating.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I'm the brand ambassador now for Atlantis, Mister Atlantis. I
started off as a buyern engineer and switched on over
to lifeguarding, moved on up ran over to be a
behaviorist at Dolphin Keys. I trained the sea lions, work
with the dolphins and birds, move over its gas activities,
then into marketing. I did some leisure tour sales for
(02:05):
Atlanta's and now I'm with one of the greatest apartments
public relations.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Look at that. Yeah, and they're so lucky to have you.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Yeah. And I also, if you guys are following, yes,
I do run the TikTok socials, So do you follow
us on Atlanta's Bahamas. I'm on TikTok and I run
the TikTok.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Social and he's just telling me before about all the
celebrities that are in his dms. He's like, if I
forget to mention a celebrity, they DM me and say, well,
why didn't you mention me?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I'm like, oh, hello, they get jealous. Hey, So this
is a matter of fact.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Let's start with the suite we're at the they call
it the Bridge Suite.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Yeah, the Bridge Suite.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
So a lot of.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Celebrities have stayed in this suite. So some of the weeks.
I know, Oprah was here the week after I was here.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
It was weird.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
But Michael Jackson stayed here. When you were a kid,
you saw Michael Jackson like waving the people.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Just waving coming over the we had that one bridge.
He came over waving. I was like, mom, that's Michael Jackes.
He's like, come back, and you can't go over there here.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
And now you run the place. And celebrities love hanging
out in Atlanta, right.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Yeah, so a lot of celebrities come down. You have
worked for so many I don't want to call it
too many names, but I got the Vanni Maddie Monroe,
the McClure Twins, and the list goes on the Jason
de Rulo So I heard you guys got Jason Yeah,
Jason rulers tomorrow. So I've seen Jason Derulo and so
many more, the future King of England, the future King
of England.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Right, absolutely, right, like William.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Yeah and Kate Yeah. Well I worked a part of
that team.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, yeah, okay, very nice. So you know that's the
thing about Atlantis. You can be royalty or you could
be slubs like.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Usson Gay if you're out there, Yes, Tyson Gay, he's
one of my favorite dude track runner to Tson k Yeah, okay, excellent.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
So you're meeting all these people, So what is it
that Okay, when they created this position for you, kool aid, Yeah,
they said, here's what we want you to do.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
So what is it you do do as a brand ambassador?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Live bit of everything, A little bit of everything.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Like a typical day.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
A typical day is I'm doing some Atlanta's social and
then there if there is anything happening on the property,
like going to another school or sometimes orientation, celebrity fast
passed around the water park or educational tour or scouting
with you guys to see which is the best room
(04:17):
to stay at? What can you do here at? To
Atlanta's what's your top five top ten bucket list to
go to? Where's the best spot to take an Instagram photo?
Where's the best off to take a wedding photo? Where's
the best spot to meet me when I'm here on
the property.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
And he also does a lot of the television spots too,
so if they do an interview, he was just in
Washington doing stuff for them.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. So last week Thursday and Friday
was on Good Morning Washington.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Yeah, loved two questions. One what do they call you
kool Aid?
Speaker 4 (04:46):
One? Oh, oh, it's a long story. I was a
lifeguard and I went to a local store, went got
to some shoes. There's some rebots into the bottom of
it had kool Aid. Now I didn't know kool Aid
worked along with Rebox. I came to work and everyone
wear on their favorite shoes called Jordan's. So I came
(05:07):
to lifeguard department and I went walking. The guy was
like what are those? And I was like, Oh, they're
Rebox and they're like, no, they're not Reboxing. And it
was like knockoffs. I was like, oh, man, so everyone's
like kool aid. And I was like, oh yeah, but
now it's ash like but notin a fan fantastic.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Okay, that's a good thing.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
A question, and then the second question.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Say somebody were to get fired from their day job
asking for a friend and they wanted to become a
behaviorist and work with the animals.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
How would they do that? She wants to do that, Oh,
you got to sign up the video behaviors, uh with
the animals between here, or we teach her. It's operating
addition and positive reinforcement. It's just doing something good and
you get something to return. It's basic human and child psychology.
So it's the easiest thing to learn. But it's still
don't work on my sister. Okay.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
So even though, by the way, i'mter seeing you at
work last night, behavior is not your foretee.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Not with humans, but I think I would be great
with animals.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
I think they would be great.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
So you, of course, we've been to Atlantas a million times,
but you basically live here.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
What's the magic about this place that you like to
share with people who haven't been here. Like if someone
said Hey, kool aid. In a sentence or several sentences,
what can you tell me it's going to convince me
to hop on a plane and get down to Atlantis
as fast as possible.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
First thing I want you to do is gold Side,
pour some water inside a wine glass and point straight
up to a blue sky. That's our water. That's going
to make you want to come. Crystal clear water. We're clean,
green and pristine on land and around our water, we're clean,
blue and pristine. We're conservationists where we believe in keeping
(06:45):
sustainability around the property. We don't like plastic because you
know what plastic does to the ocean. And when you
come here, we create a memorable moment every step of
the way. So from the front door straight onto the beach,
there is something just for you and the family. So
even if you're an adult, you can go at the
Cove Pool. If you got kids, you got the Kids Club,
but they're straight on over. You got the adult club
(07:07):
club called All Up. You got the casinos. So it's
there just everything for every family. Because we have different brands.
There is the coll Towers, the Royal Towers, the Cove
and the Reefs, so each is special gest for you
for different class of families. So just it'll fit the
right buck for the vacation.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I love it well. You are a spark plug, and
they're again they're so lucky to have you here.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Don't forget the book at Atlantis Bahamas dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
It's right okay, Atlanta's Bahamas dot com. That was That
was culator as well. He has different voices, yea different
different personalities.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
You gotta come believe, be ladies and gentlemen if you
want to have a vacation. That's old. This world the
best vacation. The largest water park in the Bahamas, one
hundred and forty one acres. We also have the leap
of fake sixty feet high goals at sixty five miles Borrow.
It's the best screamer ever. There's nothing like Atlantis. He's
the best.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
He said.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Once you go on the water slides with him, you
never want to go with anyone else again because he's spent.
He screams, yellsy, has a great time.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I wish we could stay several more days. We're coming
back Atlantis Bahamas dot com. Koolaid everyone, We'll be back
a live good line us right after this
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