You know, it’s weird to be working here at Disney World.
Molly, Chelsea, and I wanted a snack/lunch the other day – and we were in DHS (Disney Hollywood Studios) – so we decided to go to the Sci-Fi Drive-In Diner. We sat there at our flying saucer table, drinking soda, and eating artichoke dip like nothing was out of the ordinary and Molly goes, “This is weird. Here we are eating a normal lunch while people are sitting near us eating a once in a lifetime dinner…”
Molly and I have been running around the parks lately since we have our cast passes (aka free park admission and free parking) and it’s so weird knowing that we have this access and there are people to the right and left of us who are there for the first time and have been saving up to be there for a long time…. We are so privileged and I hope we never take it for granted while we’re here doing our slave labor. Hahaha (Wikipedia, anyone?)
All right, here’s my update on what’s been going on!
Day 5 – We had our Hollywood Studios day – this day is known as On With The Show. We went to DHS in the morning and started off with a tour of the park with Andrea and John (they totally rocked my socks!). We went around, did map exercises, learned trivia about the park, and then went back to have lunch. We continued a bit with the tours and then went backstage to complete more computer programs …ugh…but Laretta saved us. If you’re doing merchandise in DHS, most likely you will meet Laretta. She seems like a tough cookie but she was a real sweetheart. She helped with costumes, helped with accessories, helped me with a locker lock, and then we talked about hitting it big in Atlantic City. Haha. I hope I see her around DHS.
On Day 5 we received our schedules and costumes – although I have a “training costume”. Laretta said I would be getting two different costumes since I’m scheduled to work in two different areas.
I found out I had two days off, so Molly and I ran around the Parks. On Monday we started out with our first Grocery Bingo. In the second to last round - we WON! I will post pictures of what we won soon, but it was a glorious feeling! Love abounds! Then we went to EPCOT. We rode Mission Space, Test Track, and Soarin’ – all amazing! I think we went shopping … God the days just meld in to one another. This was also the night that we tried to get KOTOR to work for him. Molly’s friend Adrian helped us for at least an hour – and then it worked! We’ve been playing it since.
On Tuesday we went to Animal Kingdom. We went in the morning to go to EE (Expedition Everest), ride the Safari, do It’s Tough to Be A Bug, etc. After that we went to Publix, the comic book store (Uh…let’s discuss for a minute the fact that when you walk in there is a whole display of DOCTOR WHO stuff. The guy sold me a rare Doctor-Christopher-and Rose poster from the first season. Woo hoo), Target, and had dinner – chicken parm. Yum. I can now add that to the list of things I can cook.
Today is my first day of work. I have work from 2:30 – 11 PM. AHHHH! I’m meeting Patricia at the Costuming Building, and then we’re going to SWEET SPELLS. Let’s make some candy! The next few days I have work from 8 – 4:30. Not too bad. Good times had by all.I'll update soon!
