crazy week!

Saturday:
Saturday was my official Downtown Disney orientation called "Our Town." It was alright but boring at times. We basically learnt the past, present and future of Downtown Disney and walked around. Walking around was not the best because it was like 492487589 degrees out!!! and a lot of it was just explaining what was in the stores and after you've been there so many times  you pretty much already know what is inside the stores.
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Sunday:
World of Disney training!! My roommate went through this while I had a day off and she absolutely hated it. She said her trainer was and the group was annoying. But we had some great trainers!! We pretty much just toured the store and did a little bit of e learning stuff! World of Disney is slowly becoming a lot smaller!

Monday:
Merchantainment! Probably the boringest part of my training so far! It was a class on how to work the regiesters and on loss prevention. They say working merchandise at Walt Disney World is a lot harder than working retail anywhere else but the register is really quite simply. The only good thing was I was being paid for this because it was just so long and boring! It was also at 8am but thank god my friend had a car because I would have had to get up at 5am just to be there on time.

Tuesday:
Register training at World of Disney! I had the most awesome trainer for this! Her name is Seema and she seems to be friends with just about everybody! I love how friendly she is because she makes it a lot easier to meet new friends! The first half of my training was pretty much meeting new people and talking to them! The second half was all register which I am not too bad at thank god! I also got put into the Great Hall North room which is the room with the entrance right behind the waterside stage. When the DJ dance party was going on Seema kept encouraging me to go out and dance on greet which I was totally okay with and loved every second of it! I enjoyed my shift a lot and met a few great people!

Wednesday:
Wednesday I worked with Alicia (my roommate) and before work we went to Earl of Sandwich. I normally wouldn't buy lunch but NONE of our stovetop burners were working and we still didn't have half of the supplies for the kitchen so we couldn't cook anything in the stove. This shift was even better because not only did I know exactly what I was doing on cash but Seema also made sure that I had at least an hour and a half outside on greet for the DJ dance party. The only thing that wasn't so great about my shift was as a mom and her little girl were walking out of the store he daughter felt dizzy and fainted. Her mother was screaming out for help so myself, Seema and a manager went to help her out. While the manager called for 911 and Seema calmed down the mother I was trying to distract the little brothers. They both looked around the age of 7 and were completely adorable. One of the boys clearly had cancer but was wearing a button that said "remission rules!" My manager made sure she took note of it and congratulated him and told him she was proud before he left. I got the brothers up and dancing with me to the music, talked to them about their favorite rides and characters and gave them their first pins for pin trading! We also took care of their purchase with a no strings attached card. This card basically means Disney has taken care of it and the customer doesn't need to purchase a thing. Before going to bed Alicia was telling me she didn't like her training and was really considering leaving like she had been talking about all week.

Thursday:
Thursday morning I wake up to find Alicia's side of the room completely packed up and the first words she said to me were "oh good, you're up. I'm leaving tomorrow morning." I was sooooo shocked she had made a decision so fast! So I woke up and hung around the pool and then went to Walmart with Alicia to return a bunch of her stuff. And we went out for dinner at Cici's with our friends Hailey, Kellie and Katie! That night was the night in lights welcome party that the Disney Housing offered. It wasn't too bad but I only knew a few people going. Alicia was too tired and others just weren't interested so I went with a girl I knew from home and her friend which ended up being a lot of fun!

Friday:
I woke up to an empty apartment and it was weird! This was also the Monstrous Summer All Nighter at Magic Kingdom. Unfortunately all cast member IDs were banned from the park and everyone was working. I had nothing to do so I figured I would pick up a shift. I worked Fantasyland Zone 2 which includes the Seven Dwarves Mine, Enchanted Grove (the cart outside of the Merida meet and greet), and Pooh's Hundred Acre Goods. I LOVED it. It was a little weird at first. I couldn't find lockers or anything/anywhere to put my stuff so I asked a manager who put it on her desk in a locked room. This made it pretty hard to get to on breaks so I ended up buying lunch in the Mouseketeria. I got to know the utilidoors a lot better and I really hope I pick up more shifts around there. I loved the atmosphere, guests, and cast members. Lucky for me I picked up an easy shift. Just 5-12!! Most people I talked to had crazy shifts like 5-6:30am or something like that. It was kind of scary coming back to an empty apartment but I learned to love it. I got off of my shift really late and ended up getting back around 2:30 or 3.

Saturday:
I woke up to the sound of someone walking into my apartment.... how scary. Turns out I got a new roommate! Her name is Lauren and she is from Alabama. I am happy that she moved in because she is super nice. I had my stock training on this day which was 330-12 and it wasn't bad at all I loved it. I love everything about my job!!

Sunday:
I had the day off and Julia and I hit up Hollywood Studios for a reservation at 50's Prime Time Diner. I LOVE this restaurant. The themeing, the drinks, the food everything. This time unfortunately I was not as impressed. It may have been that we were just a party of two teenagers or it could be that is was lunch time I'm not sure. The food was delicious but not worth the money because really you pay for the atmosphere which wasn't all the impressive. It was Sunday of memorial day weekend and Star Wars weekends so the park was absolutely PACKED. The wait lines at one point were 180 for TSM, 130 for Rock'n'Roller coaster and 70 for Tower of Terror. It was crazy. So we met up with our other friends Katie, Haily, and Kelly. We were all waiting in front of the stage for the Hoopla! The Hoopla was hilarious  It probably would have been better if I knew who these Star Wars characters were but either way it was hilarious. While we were waiting I overheard a conversation behind us. A tween went up to the guy behind us and said "Has anyone ever told you, you look like Macklemore?" He said yeah and the kid asked if he really was Macklemore and the guy answered yeah. The kid ran over to his friends and then went onto to get pictures. EVERYONE around us old and young were asking for pictures. We were the only ones around who knew he wasn't actually Macklemore. It was hilarious watching him take pictures with his "biggest" fans. When the Hoopla started playing Thrift Shop everyone turned around and he just went along with it. After that we waited to watch the 10:30 Fantasmic viewing and got front row! It was a little wet but we loved it.

Monday:
We got another roommate!!! Her name is Alex and she is from California. She is super nice and I love her! I got so lucky with roommates! I also had my assessment at work which I passed :D 60/62 not to bad at all :D buuuuuut today (Tuesday) is the official day I earned my ears!! I am so excited to be..

AN OFFICIAL DISNEY CAST MEMBER