Sorry for the lack of updates, but a lot of things have happened since my last post: I finished my training at Typhoon Lagoon, my sister visited, I have worked like crazy and lost my roommate!
The training at Typhoon was long especially because we got extended the first two days for a total of four hours, but I got lucky and got an early release on the last day so I could see my sister! She arrived on my last day of training. On the week that she was here, I saw my sister two days, that's how busy we are all the time. I still got to visit Hollywood Studios and Epcot with her. Then, I started working. I worked four days, had one day off and then worked four days again. It doesn't sound that bad, but the days at Typhoon are a minimum of 11 hours. At least we have breaks! While I was working all those crazy hours, my roommate, Allison, broke her wrist. The first doctor that she saw told her she had restrictions for ten days, but, with her job, Disney couldn't accomodate her so she was off work until she saw the second doctor. The second doctor confirmed that her wrist was broken and put a cast on it (it's red and it looks really cool). Unfortunately, he also put her off work for four weeks which, because of our visa, meant that she couldn't stay in the US. For her last days at Disney, we went to Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom. We saw the Star Wars fireworks (they are amazing) and I finally saw Festival of Fantasy (the last two times that we tried it was raining so they canceled it), we also met Anna and Elsa! She left on Monday (June 16), but she is coming back this week with her parents! As you can see, life as been full of ups and downs recently! I am starting to miss home, my family and my friends, even work! It has been a month now and I am very happy with my program so far. Even with all the difficulties and the long hours, we are having a lot of fun, but I am happy it's only two months!
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Today is my first day off since I've been here! I wanted to go to the water parks, but it seems really complicated since our Maingates, which allow us to go to the parks for free, are not activated yet. We can go to the parks, but for the water parks, it's a little more complicated. Instead, I went to Hollywood studios for Star Wars Weekend with Florence. We went to Beauty and the Beast, had lunch at Pizza Planet, went to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Lights, Motors, Action! Later, I went to Walmart with Allison and relaxed because I start lifeguard training tomorrow.
On May 17, we had to be at Disney U for training at 7:30 so we got up at 5 to take the bus at 6 and get there on time. I had Welcome to Operations from 7:30 to 11:30 and then Welcome to Recreation from 12 to 16. Welcome to Operations was long, but kind of nice. I know all of the stuff they taught us is going to be useful on the job. They talked about the four keys again, what is good show and bad show, what we are allowed to publish on the internet about our job and they showed us how to lift heavy boxes and make repetitive movements without hurting ourselves. Welcome to Recreations was just a really long class because we were already really tired. Our teacher was really nice and the first two hours weren't that bad. She told us what Recreation is and what are the different roles. But then we had to do two online "classes", one about how to protect children from sexual abuse and another one about bloodborn pathogens. The second one took me an hour and it was so long and repetitive that I just wanted someone to shoot me! :O I'm glad they take the time to talk about it though because it prouves that they care about our safety. But then I got on the bus to go back home and I was able to relax and clear my head and when I got back to Patterson I was ready to go to EPCOT.
At EPCOT, we saw the Flower and Garden festival and Illuminations. We went to Spaceship Earth and Test Track This morning, we woke up at 5:15 to be at Chatham for 6:45 and take the bus to Disney University. At 8, we had Traditions. Traditions is probably the nicest class anyone could take and Disney University is probably the nicest school with the coolest teachers. We started class with a safety video about how to get out in case of an emergency. Then, they showed us a video about children learning they are coming to Disney and I started crying. They told us that the reason people come to Disney World is for the parks and the reason they come back is the Cast Members! After, they taught us about the four keys to make Disney magical, which are: Safety, Courtesy, Show and Efficiency. They told us how to apply these keys everyday to make magic for our guests like the Disney Point, to get at the children's level when talking to them, etc. Then they read us letters that they received from guests and I started crying again. I don't know why, but it was just so cute! Then, they took us to Magic Kingdom to observe how the Cast Members use the four keys when they are working. We went to the tunnels under Magic Kingdom and they are HUGE! So many things are happening in there it is amazing! Class ended at about 1p.m. and we got back to the apartment to change and eat and then we went to Magic Kingdom! We had to take the bus to Magic Kingdom, but it was our first time so we didn't really know how to get there. The times guide only said there was a stop at Disney U, Westclock and Magic Kingdom so we took that bus and got to Disney U and we were wondering when we had to get off so we asked the driver and she told us we were supposed to get off at the Contemporary and take the monorail to Magic Kingdom. So we got off the bus at Disney U to get on an other bus that took us to the Transportation and Tickets Center where we took the monorail to Magic Kingdom. This is all really confusing, but next time we will know what to do! At Magic Kingdom, we saw Dream along with Mickey, went to Enchanted Tales with Belle, Journey of the Little Mermaid, the Haunted Mansion, it's a Small World and saw the Electrical Parade, Celebrate the Magic and Wishes. We got home really late, but it was so worth it!
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AuthorHello everyone! My name is Marie-Ève. I am from Québec, Canada and this blog is about my summer as a cast member in Walt Disney World. Since most of my family and friends speak French, everything on this blog will be written both in English and French. Archives
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