Super Long Update

I am just going to copy and paste from Live Journal. I managed to keep that up to date more. It is long, sorry about that everyone. Things will start getting shorter now that I am working.


Sorry about the delay. I will get you caught up now. It has been a busy past two days.

Day 4

This day Krystal went to the Canadian Pavilion to be on TV. They were filming for the Disney Christmas Parade on ABC Christmas Morning. So if your going to watch it, keep your eyes out for the Canadians.

I could not go unfortunately so I stayed at the appartment I posted the stuff you see in the previous post and drew some pictures, and got caught up on facebook. When Krystal got back we got ready and went out to MGM. OMG we went on Tower of Terror 5 times. We also went on a bunch of other rides and saw "One Man's Dream" show. Really neat and interesting. Helped me out a lot at Traditions... but I will get to that in a minute.

Anyway, if you don't know already I have a unhealthy obsession with Tower of Terror. So I will now go back and explain why for those who think I am crazy... Unfortunately I cant get into the real magical part but at least the first thing that drew me to it. When I was a kid there was two main things I was afraid of. Elevators, and being trapped on them, and the feeling of falling. So Tower of Terror seemed to only loom in the distance but as a kid I had such high respect for this ride that we bought a pin... nothing like the trading pins now days. But it was really neat. Sadly it is at home in Canada otherwise I would get a picture. It is pretty old school as it was for when the ride first opened. The next time I came I was a little older and my Cousin's had been on it and loved it. I decided this time I would just do it. But once there again I chickened out. I think we got to the gate before I decided I did not want to go, this time I was also afraid of Spaceship Earth cause I thought it was Space Mountain. I was actually really afraid and nervous that year going down that I did not do a lot. Then many years passed and I was going again with my Grandma and Aunt for my 18th birthday. At that time I decided I had to face my fears and go on all the rides. THANK GOD for fast passes. I went on Space Mountain, Spaceship earth, and on our second last day I made it to Tower of Terror. Doing it myself was even more scary but I was so determined to see what I had feared and respected so many years. One time on turned into two that day... which the next day it turned into 9 times. I soon found myself loving the ride, and it became my new favorite ride. (Like I said there is a real magical moment with the ride, but cant quite say on here.)

Anyway so ya 5 times of my fav. ride yesterday. I finally got Krystal to love it just as much. You go on enough and you will find really cool Bellhops. Some just have so much fun with it which I think is another reason so many love the ride. Some of the cast members they picked for that ride really do get into their part. Some just put you on and start it but some have their own character they created for that ride. So Krystal and I found a new fav. Bellhop. (My old favorite must have finished his contract.) Wont say who it is cause there really is so many good ones. Best thing is to see them on the bus on the way to or from work. I love going on the E bus.

Ok... well AFTER our day at MGM (or well Disney Hollywood Studios) we caught the bus over to Epcot and I got to go on Sorin' THAT is such a neat ride as well. I have never experienced anything like it. Krystal introduced me to the Sorin' crew cause we share a break room with them. Then we began to walk around the world. Krystal Introduced me to the people in Canada and people in the UK. And then we walked around stopping in Morocco, Japan, Germany and Norway. We were pretty sore by Mexico. My friend Ely was working but I could not see her. Plus it was like SUPER PACKED. So I don't know if I just couldn't see her or if she was on break.

I went backstage then and headed over to the bus. Wont say what Backstage is like. But believe it or not you can actually get a peek of our backstage from one of the rides. But you will have to guess what ride.

We caught the bus and came back here then went out to Wal Mart. I got lots of food. Well not LOTS but enough. I cant buy a phone till after my first pay check. I only have like 40 something dollars. Unfortunately it was not till we were both on the bus getting ready to go back that I forgot my hair dye. :(

Day 5

OMG waking up at 5:30am after the night before was brutal. I cant remember much. I took a shower and then garbed some pop tarts and then headed out to the bus. Got on and waited till we left. We went to Disney University which is located behind Magic Kingdom I believe. Once there we got out and waited to be inspected. I still don't understand how my hair is different then anyone else's hair. So many girls have hair worse then mine. Oh well, I am slightly pissed off but I don't feel like arguing. Not like they are asking me to jump off Spaceship Earth or something. I just find it a little unfair.

Then we headed into the cafe there till they picked our groups out. We were Group Peter Pan. We went up to our class room place... round tables sort of thing. Like a presentation thing. I sat down and it began. OMG part of it we were laughing so hard. The guys I was with were really funny at times. But I am sure a lot of the silliness was from lack of sleep from everyone. OMG there was one part we were all almost asleep for. It took silly videos or games to keep our attention, when we were not laughing at that or struggling to get our team win a game. It was a LONG day though. Even during the fun parts. But there was a great surprise for us at lunch. We were going Under Magic Kingdom for lunch in the Cafe there. (Most of you I am sure know of the tunnels under Magic Kingdom. For those that don't, Magic Kingdom the theme park is actually like 14 feet over the ground yet you cant even tell your not right on the ground. Under Magic Kingdom is the tunnels that almost create a city of that allow cast members to get to their workplace without being seen in the park.

Then we went back and watched the rest of the presentation. It helped to have eaten. When we were done we were taken in groups to meet some managers and get our time tables. I am happy with my timetable.

Then we got on the bus and headed back. On the way I met a lady from the same place as me. It was neat. She was excited to go to Magic Kingdom so I we decided we would meet at the bus stop at 6pm and head out to Magic Kingdom. I then went back to the appartment had supper with Krystal and then we went out to meet her. And then off to Magic Kingdom. OMG MK at Christmas was unbelievable. If you have seen the castle lit up with the new Christmas lights on TV or pictures... it is no where near as amazing as seeing it in RL. Just amazing. We went on Pirates of the Caribbean and then we went on Haunted Mansion and then onto 3d show. I forget the name. I will update it with the name when I think of it. LOL. I know it is sad. Such a nice Disney thing to watch. It is like your right there in the Disney Movies.

Then we saw Wishes. OMG I was so happy it was not the Holiday ones. It was the original one. I want to see the Holiday ones but the regular ones just fit better with things now. Like having my wish come true to be a Disney Cast Member. It was just amazing. And I could not help but think that most of the other new cast members were also probably watching it with us somewhere in the crowd bringing in their first night as a cast member the only way cast members should.

Then we went on Splash Mountain and saw SpectroMagic the parade. Really nice ending to the day. We then caught the Mono Rail back to the bus and off to The Commons for the evening. We watched some BS and then went to sleep.


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Today is going to be fairly easy. Krystal has to be at work for 10:30 or something like that. I have my first training at Disney University today, so I have to dye my hair this morning, and then I will get caught up with online stuff. I have to be at Disney University at 1pm today. But it is only a 4 hour class or something so I am happy about that. So it is the last sort of relaxing day. And I found out this week is the ONLY week I have the same days off as Krystal. So I am happy with that. I was going to get up and go ride TOT this morning but I don't think I will today cause I have lots of morning stuff to do. So I will probably do it on Thursday cause I don't have to be in till 4:30pm.

Anyway I will keep you updated as things go. Things will start getting uneventful every day. I mean it will be different each day but writing every day might be crazy. So you may not see it updated as often. It will be updated AT LEAST once a week is my goal. But there could be more then one a week so check back when you can. Of course there will be one when I get home from my first day of On the Job Training.



Day 6

Another early day. I had to be back at Disney University (at 8am) for my training day. The first part was fun. The ladies who taught us were a lot of fun. We were learning about food. I was starving. At least Tracey brought hot chocolate to share. THAT was awesome. After that we started computer classes. YUCK. OMG the most boring day ever. I was last to leave and so missed the bus and had to wait 20 minutes for the bus. I also forgot to clock out so I RAN back and clocked out and then ran back to the bus stop. I was still hungry... we never did get a break that day. When I got home I threw down some pillows, and went to sleep on the floor in fornt of the TV. My head hurt. I woke up a bit later and moved up onto my bed. Krystal came home and we watched some BS and I still passed out before it ended.

Day 7

We had to meet at Epcot for 8am now. I got over there and almost got sucked into the wrong group but DJ found me in time to get me to the meeting room. We then headed around back stage till we got to one of the big buildings. I wont say which one, and had another few computer classes to do. There was not enough computers so some had to wait. They were rather loud too. LOL. But I had some good laughs. After that we went to the Canadian Pavilion and got our pictures taken. Photos will be posted privately later so only friends on mine on here can see. Then we met with our manager, Brandon and set up some stuff with our folders for the afternoon. When we got done I decided to take Tracey around the world, cause she had never been to Epcot before. So we walked though the pavilions. Man I could be a tour guide. I had so much fun. We got home fairly late but still before Krystal, I was still too tired to do much. Not sure why. I guess when I get back to the appartment I feel tired. I convinced Krystal to go out to the girls drinking party that night so I could watch what I like to watch on TV and fell asleep.

Day 8

Another meeting at 8am at Epcot, this was FINALLY our discovery day. I was so happy. I missed the bus though cause as I was waiting I realized I did not have my ID to get on the bus/clock in and show security. So I RAN back to the appartment, got up here and started looking, only to find out they were in my beg I had with me all along. So I ran as fast as I could back downstairs and to the bus stop but had missed the bus. :( So I caught the bus that would get me there 10 minutes I was glad the lady was waiting for me, and then we went into a room to watch a movie about Walt Disney's vision of Epcot. It was really cool. After that we split up into teams and did a tour of Epcot. Mainly future world. But we got to go on Spaceship Earth. The new part to it was pretty cool. We had some good laughs. I will go with someone this weekend maybe and e-mail some online and not so online friends of mine our picture thing. :) We took the boat around World Showcase which is not as cool as walking. We got welcomed into the Epcot Family, and unless you have witnessed it, cause we do do it with guests around, I wont tell you what it is all about or anything. All I can say it, it was weird after knowing about it for so long to actually be there. Like living a dream that has gone on for so long. After we took a tour of some back stage areas which were really cool And to finish it off we went and watched a welcome thing and then went to get our costumes. Man did that ever take a long time. It was funny cause the guys took longer then the girls but complained the girls were taking too long. Yet we said nothing, lol always seems to be the way eh. Well then we got lockers and I put my stuff in there. Tracey and I were going to go on Test Track and Sorin' but Test track was a long wait. Then a guest out of no where came up and offered us some fast passes. Unless he saw us at the wave, he must have had no idea we were actually cast members. Tracey and I laughed after, It is very magical when a Guest give the Cast Members Magical Moments. We then got to go over to a Pop store and we drank pop from around the world and we toasted to our becoming Epcot Cast Members. Then we checked out the Disney Store, and then back for Test Track. What a ride. Lots of fun. I of course yelled out "BACK STAGE" when we went back there... The ride drives us crazy I am so glad it is not Tower of Terror that went half back stage right by our eating place. I would lose my mind. But Test Track had taunted us for two days we were glad to get on it. Then we went on Sorin' which was neat. We had to wait but the guests were a lot of fun to wait with. Then we went on the Living Seas with Nemo. Tracey loves Nemo. The ride stopped a lot but it was nice. We then went to the bus stop and Krystal met us there. Once back home Krystal and I went to the outlet mall across from our home and had supper. Then we got back, watched some BS and then went to bed.

Day 9

First day on the job. Had to be at Epcot for 9am. So I took the really early bus this time. I had lost my belt. I think someone took it. It is weird. Or maybe I did not pick it up, I don't know. So I got a belt on loan for two days and got it on and headed over to the Canadian Pavilion, and walked though the park. Met a few guests along the way and greeted them. Then I waited back stage with Spencer. It was a long boring wait but then Ashley our trainer arrived. We went though our papers, she gave us a bit of a tour and then we waited some more. Finally we got to start seating people. The first group of guests were awesome. They even took Spencer's and my picture cause we were new. Man they were awesome. About two times we watched Ashley seat and then started into our own and next thing you know both of us were seating on our own cause there just was not enough cast members to seat everyone cause a few people called in. So we certainly jumped right into our work. Almost everyone I seated that day were just wonderful people. I love talking to them. I am not a people person but these guests were so happy and excited. I loved meeting them and talking to them and almost wished each table I did not have to leave. I really hope they all enjoy their meal. Even more so the really nice ones. In one day I met so many wonderful people who touched my heart. How awesome is this. I cant believe I work here. Lunch we walked over over to the big cafe area and had lunch. It was nice. And then we got back over to work and jumped right back in again. Time flies by and soon we were done. Then I headed home and hung around on the computer for the evening and then off to bed once Krystal got home.

Day 10

Well this is the day I am writing this. OMG it is POURING outside. Like... Wow. How do you get to work in this kind of rain... I will be soaked. Like I have never seen this much rain fall in a short amount of time. It is literally like the skys opened up and here it comes. I work from 3:30pm till 10pm. So shorter day but late day. Tomorrow I have the day off, as well as Saturday. That will be nice. Tomorrow is pretty much full but I am hoping to see Ely on Saturday cause I have not seen her for a while.




NOTE: If you read all that your amazing. LOL. I will be posting pictures in my next one I think. It will just be a short one about work this week. So I will add some pictures to this blog finally. :) So keep your eyes open the end of this week.