Wow it has been a long long time... SOOO much has happened, I do not even know where to begin...
Firstly a little bit more information about Training...
Traditions... that was a long day, we had to be up at the bus stop at 6.30am...
So of course we were all very very tired, but the room looked amazing, the two people we had us our trainers were quite funny and very interactive.. lots of people won little critters, but me :(
We learnt a lot about the history of the company and of course the present values we must uphold.
We also had a little tour of Magic Kingdom during the class and then we got our name tags :)
Officially a Cast Member!
and with that we got our shiny blue cards which allow us access into the parks, YAY
That afternoon my apartment went to Hollywood Studios and went on the Great Movie Ride, and watched The Voyage of the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast Live.
We were all pretty buggered and so headed home.
Which brings me to my first day of training, Magic Kingdom has your first day of training called, "Once upon a time is Now" were we learnt allll about the wonderful park we would be working in.
That afternoon we split into our different lands so we could have a land tour, so we had 7 Australian Girls and One American "Man" in our group haha, it was lots of fun and we learnt all about Fantasyland.
Skipping to where I left of on my last post, the afternoon shift was rather chilled, we had to learn how to close both attractions and also had more practice at both.
Sadly this whole time I had so far been in America I had been sick and the next day I was meant to have a Support shift.. Which basically means you will be doing strollers all day. I was so ill I actually called in sick :( My firrst point.. but it was worth it because I got a little bit better and the next day was my Assessment and so I wanted to be on my A game.
Assessment was rather Chilled, my Assessor was so nice and jut made sure I knew everything I needed too, I then went into rotation for 30 minutes before going home for the day.. YAY
The next day I did not start until 4.45pm and I closed, however I cannot recall what I actually closed that night, and that was my last night shift for over a week... which would be nice now... but everyone else in the apartment was doing night shifts and so I was lonely haha.
So Sunday & Monday I had the same shift 11-17 and went and played in magic Kingdom after work because I could, before my two days off! yay
on the 21st of August I went to Animal Kingdom with Shelle, Kali River Rapids.. I GOT DRENCHED and it was pouring with rain so it was not too busy, we didn't stay for too long, but we definitely saw what we wanted to.
On the 22nd we had to be up SUPER EARLY again as we had our Social Security Apointment, so at 630am we hopped on a bus and headed out, that afternoon was a welcome Party called "Tea Time" in which there was food, tie dying, and meeting english characters such as Alice/Mad Hatter and Mary Poppins/Peguin.
Thursday was back to work for 7 straight days But I was sooo ill that I again called in.. it turned out I actually had chest infection and so I started taking antibiotics at the end of this week.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday I then done day shifts at work and then Monday I started night shifts, On Monday I was what is called "Castle Back" which I had no idea what that meant, but I literally just stood at the back of the castle after the fireworks and told people they were not allowed to enter into Fantasyland.
On Tuesday I was working for a little bit, but then had WISHES Training :)
On wednesday I then closed the Merge Point in Philar,, easy and we had our Fantasyland Cast Party in which we got free food and got to ride the Barnstormer and Dumbo when the park was closed and then had a raffle.. it was lots of fun and then 4 people from work were going to Maccas and so I tagged along and we then went out to Buffalo Wild Wings (Bdubs) for some drinking and dancing.. FUNNN
Thursday and Friday I was off, Thursday I went to Florida Mall and then Friday I went to Universal!!! Soo much fun.. Friday was the last night I was really going to get to see Tiffany and we watched Brave and swam in the pool. Tiffany was Self-Terming in two days and heading back to Australia.. so it was sad
the 1st of September I again closed and then Sunday I started at 11 am, so that was a little bit of a killer! and I had to say goodbye to Tiffany before work as when I finished she would be on the plane waiting to take off.
So by this point I had gotten over my chest infection and had gotten laryngitis.. joy!
I was supposed to start at 930 that morning but woke up feeling horrible and went I started talking on the phone, I had NO VOICE hahaha,,, terrible
the 4th and 5th I closed, on Wednesday (5th) one of the girls had Wishes and didn't want to do it so I swapped and I finally got to do Wishes, in which I stood near Sleepy Hallow in Liberty Square and answered Guest questions and informed them that the area was closed for Wishes.. easy work
on Thursday I was meant to start at 8.30 but one of the girls wanted the early start so I swapped for a later 1030 start but then got ER'ed haha
I was meant to then have Friday and Saturday off, but I picked up a shift on Saturday, luckily as I had called in during the week so it had even'ed out my hours.
Both nights the park officially closed at 7pm but we had an event called the 'Night of Joy" in which Christian Music was played and live Bands etc... I actually really enjoyed the night as we had lots of staff doing nothing and so I got three of us to entertain Guests by singing, dancing and just being super silly.. I had such a ball
Sunday the 9th was Jess's Birthday and I did not start work until 1830 so we went to the Japan Pavilion and had Teppan Edo (pretty much Teppanyaki but without them throwing stuff at you) it was nice and seemed very high class, we then headed to France for some Dessert and meet Aurora.. Then went of Soarin' and Spaceship Earth, before catching the Monorail over to Magic Kingdom where we went on Space Mountain and then I took them in Mickey's Philarmagic because I could haha
Work was quite hard that night as I finished at 0045 due to extra magic hours and it was the latest I have had to work.. I closed exit glasses, breeze... the next day, Monday 10th, Justine, Dayna and I went to Chick-fil-a and then to Dollar Tree (amazing store) before Dayna and I headed to Magic Kingdom where we went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and then I got changed super quickly again for work. I had forgotten that I actually had some training that day, it actually just turned out to be a CP Welcome Session where they gave out free stuff and because we are all awesome we got Toy Story 3 on Blu-Ray and DVD for freeeee :)
Then I worked from 1800 until 2245 in my attraction and I ended up closes exit glasses again.. I also found out during my shift that we had gotten a new roommate and had not really been informed, so the house was an absolute mess!
I then had the next two days off! YAY
On Tuesday Justine and I went to the outlets up the road and then we went to Downtown Disney to the AMC Dine-in Theatre, Our new roommate Alyssa came with us and we saw "For a good time, call....' it was hilarious and we had some delicious food for not that much..
That finally brings me to yesterday where I went to Florida Mall and actually brought three tops this time, and then was broke until this morning but you know, I love shopping.
Last night was Oktoberfest at Chatham Square were I met Snow White and her Snow Prince, Daisy Duck and Goofy :)
Currently two of the girls in the apartment are on a cruise in the Bahamas, so they get back tomorrow night and today I have work tonight at 4pm until 11pm and tomorrow is a girl from works birthday, so we shall be partying it up before work at 1830..
Ohhhh and Mickey's not so scary Halloween Parties started up the other night and I cannot wait to work one of them!
Wow that was a long blog, I hope you stuck with me...
Until my next blog,
Natalie :)
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