Catch Up...

Well...its been a few days since I updated everyone (aka my roommate since she is the only one who reads this haha).. Let's see what Ive done since I last wrote. 1.) Traditions 2.) Days off- PARK DAYS :) 3.) First day of training. Traditions was not too bad..We first got broken up into separate classrooms (by last name) and spent a while in there answering trivia, learning facts, etc etc... After a while we took a tour of Magic Kingdom, and then back to the classroom. Eventually, Mickey delivered our name tags and at the end we got them! Overall, Traditions was really just a lot of history and facts about Disney overall. Oh...and you get "critters" (little plastic Disney characters) for answering questions, so speak up! ( I got all but Pluto :/). After Traditions I had 3 days off! The first day off we went to the Magic Kingdom, but Emily didnt get off work until 2 so we waited on her and didn't get to spend very long there, but still had a lot of fun getting to spend time with the roomies. The second day Jordan and I went to Hollywood Studios ( my first time), it was a lot of fun...but I wouldnt say my favorite. And finally, Jordan and I went to Animal Kingdom yesterday. Animal Kingdom doesnt have as many "rides" but it was still a lot of fun watching the shows and of course Mount Everest! The roaring rapids ride was closed unfortunately, but will be back up in February! Finally, today was my first day of training or rather orientation to the park. We met at 7:15 am at magic Kingdom and got a full probably almost 3 hours tour of the park. After our tour we broke into our smaller groups having to deal with our concentration. There was only 5 people in my group: 3 were vacation planners, 1 was parking, and one was a transfer from downtown Disney to lost and found. We toured around the facilities we would be working in, I actually found out what I would get to be doing, and also we got to shadow them for a while. Basically, Vacation Planners are the people in the front of the park who take the tickets but we also work parades and greet people at the front of the park! I am really excited about it, everyone seems so close and nice, like a big family rather than a work place. We also got our costumes today, they arent too cute, but not the worst ones Ive seen lol.... I also discovered I will have to become a morning person, because all my shifts will prob begin in the morning and at LATEST be done by 5! I guess I shouldnt complain though, most people would love those hours. Well, I think thats about it for now. I have 5 more days of CORE training, a break on Monday and Tuesday, and then 4 more days of booth training then a final assessment on the 5th day. Ive been told it is a lot to remember and king of overwhelming but very doable, so I am going to do my best and hope I do well. Im going to attach some pictures from our park days, so enjoy! P.S I am going to post an apartment soon, I recorded it a while ago, but we cant figure out how to upload it yet...oh yeah the reason for my slackness on this blog: our internet has been out for 4 days now so I havent been able to get on...anyway...Thats all for now, wish me luck on my CORE training this week!