Sorry there hasn't been a post in a while but I'll try to sum up all the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The bad....I had and still am working 10 days in a row and my license plates came late so I had to take the bus...I hate the bus.
The ugly, your face...just kidding nothing is ugly in Florida :)
The Good :)
So Nella and I decided that we wanted to do something after work one day. No one else was home and we didn't want to just sit around so we went to Downtown Disney to check out Disney Quest. Well DQ was not free for us and with only two hours left before it closed we didn't want to pay for only two hours of fun. So we walked around because Nella had never seen the whole place. So we walked through Pleasure Island and got to the Marketplace and stopped for something to eat. We grabbed a bite and sat outside in the open pavillion and watched this guy teach the audience all these different famous dances one after the other. I immediately hopped up and started dancing. When Cotton Eye Joe came on I was so excited and I turn to Nella and tell her to hop up and she says that she's never heard of this song! WHAT?! Who has never heard of Cotton Eye Joe? Apparently the west coast. So my new mission is to teach her the ways of the east. Anyway, so after I was appalled and we finished eating we walked back toward Pleasure Island and another DJ started playing music and the host walked out and started getting a crowd together and doing the cupid shuffle. So we joined in and did a few other dances before a huge crowd joined in or watched. So then he asked for the best of the best dancers to volunteer for a dance competition. I point to Nella and Nella points to me and the host goes "we have two volunteers" and pulls us both in. We look at each other and I start thinking, what did I get myself into. So there is about 20 of us of all ages from like 5 to 75. They play 3 songs for 45 seconds and then 3 judges (random audience members) choose the top 4 contestants for a dance off. So they play the first and second song and they are all older cuter music like twist and shout etc and I keep it pg not knowing how to dance to that in a family oriented atmosphere. Then Boom Boom Pow comes on. Thats my jam. I can dance to that. So I break out the heal toe and the two step for the whole 45 secs. The host goes " oh know she didn't! get it girl!" and his back up dancers start following me! So then the competition is over and the judges must decide. Nella's convinced that I'll make it and I just need to catch my breath. So they pick two little girls around 6 dressed as princesses from the day at bibbiti boppiti boutique, an older man in his 50s, and the girl in the black hat....i was the girl in the black hat. Wow. I beat out everyone to make it to the finals. That was my whole arsenal though. What was I going to do now? Well the final before they crown the winner was one more song for 45 secs and of course its an oldy. So I throw the competion to the little girls and dance my little pg heart out. So both girls tied of course for the win, but I still got a cool little button that says dance finalist :) Score!
This week was also the grand opening of Kouzziana, the Greek and Mediterranean resteraunt by Cat Cora on Disney's Boardwalk. Our next door neighbor, Sam, had a reservation for 4 and invited "the girls next door" to accompany him to the opening. So Courtney and I were the only one's who had the night off, so we got all dressed up and Sam took us out to eat. The resteraunt was really nice and had an open kitchen where you could watch all the chefs fix your food no matter where you were sitting. We all tried something new which included lamb burgers, cinnamon chicken and rice, and a vegetarian lasagna. After our amazing meal and service we got a picture with all the chefs saying OPA! We actually just missed meeting Cat Cora herself by just an hour. But it was still an amazing night.
So one of my fellow co-workers, matt, is leaving Pizzafari (lucky) to go become a coordinator at Epcot. Part of his departure and farewell was to take a bunch of us out to Beaches and Creme to conquer.....THE KITCHEN SINK! Now the kitchen sink is not for the feint of heart. It consists of 6 scoops of ice cream, a whole can of whip cream, chocolate and caramel syrup, chocolate chips, sprinkles, nuts, cherries, and even a few oreos all in a huge bowl shaped like a kitchen sink, faucet and all. So five coworkers and I went to challenge the beast and the lights dimmed and the flashing lights came on, the kitchen sink came out, and we demolished that whole thing. There was no need for dinner because that was a meal in itself. We celebrated the destruction of the sink by telling jokes, roasting co-workers, and watching EPCOT fireworks before retiring home.
Oh and i got thrown into the pool with all my clothes on and I'm seeking revenge on the 3 culprits. Ill let you know how that goes down :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Whatever You Do, Don't Look Left!
If you have never seen a Cirque du Soleil show, put that on your Bucket List because you have to go see one. Saturday night was La Nuba night. It was in a giant white tent at Downtown Disney. You walk into the arena find it unusually small but very personal. The stage looks small at first but it has tricks up its sleeve. Our seats are a category 3 out of 3 being the farthest away but even a category 3 is like floor seats for a regular rock concert. It was pretty amazing. Every seat had an amazing view. The show started with these two older clown guys just messing around with the audience which was pretty funny and kept us occupied until the show started, but once the show started, the mouth dropping and awe struck faces began. They had tight rope walkers and at one point the girl was hand standing on the guys head as he walked across the rope. Insane! They had two bicyclists who did tricks throughout the audience and on different levels. They had 4 little asian girls who were around 5 years old doing mind blowing tricks with these big yo-yo things. It made me feel like I was wasting my life because they were so talented and the audience loved them. They had the typical trapeze artists, balancing act, swinging cloth rope artists, and trampoline act which weren't typical. No words can really describe that show, you'll have to see it for yourself when you come visit :)
So the next two days I had off. My first day was really relaxing and I just lounged around and ran errands because I was the only one home. When Courtney came back we went to Hollywood studios and watched Fantasmic again which is always a good show. The next day I wanted to go to the beach but the weather was supposed to be bad so I stayed home and Courtney and Danielle and I went to Magic Kingdom to continue our quest for every character's signature and picture. We entered main street right as the Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It block party began. It had all sorts of characters and music and basically you could go on the street with them and dance and celebrate. We got to party with Goofy and Genie and they taught us dances and even started a conga line around Main Street USA. After our fiesta we started our quest which was very slow. We couldn't find any characters that either we didn't have or they had a long line or weren't out yet. We got Tigger and Pooh first and Tigger was literally bouncing off the walls with energy and was all over the place which was fun. We then walked over to Adventure Land and saw Peter and Wendy. I was really excited to meet them but Peter kind of had an attitude and Wendy just wasn't as cool as I thought she would be. She did have a British accent though so that was kind of authentic. We found Alice but her line was closed so we'll have to go another day. So after being there 3 hours and only getting 4 signatures we started to head out and ran into a billion characters. There was Chip N Dale, Pluto, Daisy Duck, Snow White, and Pinnochio. Pluto and Daisy's lines were incredibly long so we got Chip N Dale's and then went over to Snow White's line but her line was closed too FAIL! So we hopped into Pinnochio's line and as we finished Mary Poppins came out and we nabbed her as well before we left. She was one of my favorites because she talked just like her. She said " All right ladies, spit spot, stand up straight and no slouching. Lets put on our best smiles." It sounded just like her. It made me happy. We left Magic Kingdom to get Courtney to work at Hollywood Studios. So Adam and I drove her and we just stayed to hang out at HS. We walked over to the Toy Story Mania but it was over a two hour wait so we went to the Back Lot Tour. As we walked up to the entrance one of the cast members who worked the attraction asked if we wanted to be volunteers. We looked at each other and said sure, why not. We walked through the back door with another couple from Nebraska and they had us put on these big blue wet resistant jump suits and giant black boots. I was thinking..."what did we get ourselves into?" Once we are dressed she pulls out onto the "set". Its a giant water scene they like to call Harbor Attack; there is military boat and a control looking room on the other side and a huge maching beside the room that looks really intimidating. We each have a part in the show and I was dubbed the mechanic, Adam the captain and the couple are the deckhands. There were rules to our role....mine was to remain seated and whatever I do, don't look left! So they let the audience in and what we were doing was demonstrating how movies were made to the audience. They all walked in and we were placed in our positions and my scene was going to be filmed first. So I was placed in the room next to the scary huge machine and the "director" came over and introduced me to the audience said that I was playing the mechanic and what I would have to do is in a minute the phone was going to buzz, I had to pick it up and look distraught because were we just hit by a torpedo and 1,000 gallons of water was about to come crashing down on me from my left side....WHAT? His last comment was " you might want to put your hood up" So I put my hood up and tightened all my clothes and prepared for the scene. He called action and I picked up the phone and pretended to panic when I hear a rumble and all of a sudden I'm pounded with 1,000 gallons of water in ten seconds or less. Lets just say that I don't think i'll have to take a shower for a month. So the others we playing on the boat and pretended to see incoming planes and they were "shot" at and steered the boat away, then there was the torpedo and fire and it was pretty dramatic. Afterwards the audience and us got to watch the 30 second harbor attack movie we made and it was pretty hilarious. So I got to star in a little film and get completely drenched in the process. It was so much fun. We continued our Hollywood Studios adventure and played in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground, saw all 5 power rangers, Mike and Sully, and Buzz and Woody but my camera died so I'll have to go back. We even went to Tatooine and did Star Tours. When we came back, Cameron came over and talked to us about all the new stuff thats going to take place at the Magic Kingdom. If you love Fantasy Land and Toon Town you might want to come visit before it gets demolished next year. The are completely getting rid of Toon Town and expanding and re-doing the entire Fantasy Land. When they rebuild it there will be a castle, house or cottage for each princess where you can go and visit them and participate in an activity with them. So for instance, if you go to Belle's house you can go through her library, read her books, and participate in her story time. If you go to Aurora's house, she never had a 16th bday party so you can make her a bday card and have cake etc. They are building Beast's castle and making it "Be Our Guest" Resturaunt and Gaston's Tavern with Antlers and horns decorating all the walls. Dumbo's ride will double in size and be under a big top. Its going to be amazing but take pictures of the old place because it won't be there for long.
So the next two days I had off. My first day was really relaxing and I just lounged around and ran errands because I was the only one home. When Courtney came back we went to Hollywood studios and watched Fantasmic again which is always a good show. The next day I wanted to go to the beach but the weather was supposed to be bad so I stayed home and Courtney and Danielle and I went to Magic Kingdom to continue our quest for every character's signature and picture. We entered main street right as the Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It block party began. It had all sorts of characters and music and basically you could go on the street with them and dance and celebrate. We got to party with Goofy and Genie and they taught us dances and even started a conga line around Main Street USA. After our fiesta we started our quest which was very slow. We couldn't find any characters that either we didn't have or they had a long line or weren't out yet. We got Tigger and Pooh first and Tigger was literally bouncing off the walls with energy and was all over the place which was fun. We then walked over to Adventure Land and saw Peter and Wendy. I was really excited to meet them but Peter kind of had an attitude and Wendy just wasn't as cool as I thought she would be. She did have a British accent though so that was kind of authentic. We found Alice but her line was closed so we'll have to go another day. So after being there 3 hours and only getting 4 signatures we started to head out and ran into a billion characters. There was Chip N Dale, Pluto, Daisy Duck, Snow White, and Pinnochio. Pluto and Daisy's lines were incredibly long so we got Chip N Dale's and then went over to Snow White's line but her line was closed too FAIL! So we hopped into Pinnochio's line and as we finished Mary Poppins came out and we nabbed her as well before we left. She was one of my favorites because she talked just like her. She said " All right ladies, spit spot, stand up straight and no slouching. Lets put on our best smiles." It sounded just like her. It made me happy. We left Magic Kingdom to get Courtney to work at Hollywood Studios. So Adam and I drove her and we just stayed to hang out at HS. We walked over to the Toy Story Mania but it was over a two hour wait so we went to the Back Lot Tour. As we walked up to the entrance one of the cast members who worked the attraction asked if we wanted to be volunteers. We looked at each other and said sure, why not. We walked through the back door with another couple from Nebraska and they had us put on these big blue wet resistant jump suits and giant black boots. I was thinking..."what did we get ourselves into?" Once we are dressed she pulls out onto the "set". Its a giant water scene they like to call Harbor Attack; there is military boat and a control looking room on the other side and a huge maching beside the room that looks really intimidating. We each have a part in the show and I was dubbed the mechanic, Adam the captain and the couple are the deckhands. There were rules to our role....mine was to remain seated and whatever I do, don't look left! So they let the audience in and what we were doing was demonstrating how movies were made to the audience. They all walked in and we were placed in our positions and my scene was going to be filmed first. So I was placed in the room next to the scary huge machine and the "director" came over and introduced me to the audience said that I was playing the mechanic and what I would have to do is in a minute the phone was going to buzz, I had to pick it up and look distraught because were we just hit by a torpedo and 1,000 gallons of water was about to come crashing down on me from my left side....WHAT? His last comment was " you might want to put your hood up" So I put my hood up and tightened all my clothes and prepared for the scene. He called action and I picked up the phone and pretended to panic when I hear a rumble and all of a sudden I'm pounded with 1,000 gallons of water in ten seconds or less. Lets just say that I don't think i'll have to take a shower for a month. So the others we playing on the boat and pretended to see incoming planes and they were "shot" at and steered the boat away, then there was the torpedo and fire and it was pretty dramatic. Afterwards the audience and us got to watch the 30 second harbor attack movie we made and it was pretty hilarious. So I got to star in a little film and get completely drenched in the process. It was so much fun. We continued our Hollywood Studios adventure and played in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground, saw all 5 power rangers, Mike and Sully, and Buzz and Woody but my camera died so I'll have to go back. We even went to Tatooine and did Star Tours. When we came back, Cameron came over and talked to us about all the new stuff thats going to take place at the Magic Kingdom. If you love Fantasy Land and Toon Town you might want to come visit before it gets demolished next year. The are completely getting rid of Toon Town and expanding and re-doing the entire Fantasy Land. When they rebuild it there will be a castle, house or cottage for each princess where you can go and visit them and participate in an activity with them. So for instance, if you go to Belle's house you can go through her library, read her books, and participate in her story time. If you go to Aurora's house, she never had a 16th bday party so you can make her a bday card and have cake etc. They are building Beast's castle and making it "Be Our Guest" Resturaunt and Gaston's Tavern with Antlers and horns decorating all the walls. Dumbo's ride will double in size and be under a big top. Its going to be amazing but take pictures of the old place because it won't be there for long.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Surprises Around Every Corner
So I had a pretty good day off with my roomie Courtney. We got to sleep in which is always amazing and neccesary on a day off. We were slow to start but once we got out of the house we headed to Magic Kingdom for some shopping and character hunting. We parked at Disney University and walked over to Property Control and Cast Connections. Property Control has all the lost and found that goes unclaimed after a certain amount of time and slightly broken or outdated Disney Merch for really really cheap for cast members. Cast Connections is basically just a discounted Cast Members only store. So I went there and got a wand for Madison's bday which is today!! After that we headed to the Cast VIP bus to go meet up with Danielle who walked us through the underground tunnels. Once again it was an......interesting walk :) We emerged on Main Street and so began our character hunting. We had our autograph books and cameras in hand set off toward Adventureland. We ran into Aladdin and Jasmine first and got in line right before the character attendant cut off the line. When it was our turn to meet them I was really excited because they actually took time to talk to you and make it really personal. They asked Courtney and I if we were sisters and we said no that we were roomates. Aladdin asked where we were roomates and we said Chatham Square and he looked at Jasmine and goes, "oh so they are CPs, I don't think we are allowed to talk to CPs" jokingly. Then he said "they must be O-F-F today". It was really cool that they were in character and weren't all at the same time. They talked to us like real people but stayed as Aladdin and Jasmine. Any other character would say something like "I've never heard of that Kingdom before". When we left Aladdin said "see you around Chatham" so I wonder if he's a CP? But they were my favorite of the day. We continued on our trek and met Captain Hook, Ariel in her grotto, Princess Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, Silver Mist, Tinkerbell, Fawn, and Minnie and Mickey Mouse. It was weird seeing the princesses because Aurora had a twitch and studdarded a lot this time. I felt really bad for her, she looked like she was having a rough day. Silver Mist and Fawn are friends of Tink and we had to be "shrunk down" to fairy size to meet them and we weren't disappointed. They were some of the most amazing characters we met. It was like we were meeting the actual characters, so if you come to visit, go to Pixie Hollow. All the characters retired after that and we headed to the last Fantasmic show at Hollywood Studios and it never ceases to amaze me. I love that show :)
Of course it went downhill the next day when I had to return back to work. I had a lovely long day and the Clumsy Moment of the Day was when I rested my arm on a 510 degree oven and now have a nice burn line going down my left arm. 510 degrees = searing pain. But now I have a mark that resembles Lacey's and we really can be twins :) When I got home, I watched Glee and Vampire Diaries which I'm now addicted to even though Vampire Diaries seems like a little bit of a rip off of Twilight. But it has Boone from Lost in it so it can't be that bad. I met up with Adam a little later and we headed over to Downtown Disney to go bday shopping. It was difficult to shop because everything I recommended got shot down or I didn't think would be a good present, but I did find something I hope she likes, we'll find out. Overall, It was very relaxing and a lot of fun just walking around, watching side acts, and messing around in the stores. Gets your mind off of work.
Work today wasn't that bad. It was very slow because it rained...like every other day, so there weren't a lot of people. I was a busser to begin with and it started off pretty well. Since it was raining out, a lot of characters cant be outside so Flick from Bugs Life came into Pizzafari and interacted with the guests all day, stealing their food, wearing their rain ponchos and of course posing for pictures and autographs. He even helped me clean up tables and did the "its clean" dance with me. It made my a day. Since it was so slow, I got an ER and went home early for my two days off. Tonight I get to go to Cirque De Solei's La Nuba and I'm soooooo excited! Its the only place in the world to see it and I heard its pretty amazing....I'll let you know :)
Of course it went downhill the next day when I had to return back to work. I had a lovely long day and the Clumsy Moment of the Day was when I rested my arm on a 510 degree oven and now have a nice burn line going down my left arm. 510 degrees = searing pain. But now I have a mark that resembles Lacey's and we really can be twins :) When I got home, I watched Glee and Vampire Diaries which I'm now addicted to even though Vampire Diaries seems like a little bit of a rip off of Twilight. But it has Boone from Lost in it so it can't be that bad. I met up with Adam a little later and we headed over to Downtown Disney to go bday shopping. It was difficult to shop because everything I recommended got shot down or I didn't think would be a good present, but I did find something I hope she likes, we'll find out. Overall, It was very relaxing and a lot of fun just walking around, watching side acts, and messing around in the stores. Gets your mind off of work.
Work today wasn't that bad. It was very slow because it rained...like every other day, so there weren't a lot of people. I was a busser to begin with and it started off pretty well. Since it was raining out, a lot of characters cant be outside so Flick from Bugs Life came into Pizzafari and interacted with the guests all day, stealing their food, wearing their rain ponchos and of course posing for pictures and autographs. He even helped me clean up tables and did the "its clean" dance with me. It made my a day. Since it was so slow, I got an ER and went home early for my two days off. Tonight I get to go to Cirque De Solei's La Nuba and I'm soooooo excited! Its the only place in the world to see it and I heard its pretty amazing....I'll let you know :)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I Earned My Ears!
So I haven't really updated in the past few days because there was really nothing really to update on. I've been working a lot and finally have a day off tomorrow. But I know some of you are asking..... " But Amanda, what do you do at Pizzafari?" Well my friends, I will tell you the answer. Everything. I've been training with a Pastry Chef named Jamie from Nebraska and our trainer is a short funny lady who is really sweet but has the most diabolical laugh that makes me laugh on the inside and shiver at the same time. Everyday we do something different and learn something new. We could start out by setting up the front half of the serving section by stocking the refridgerators cleaning/sanitizing, putting in trash bags, adding ice etc. We could make a lot of deli's meaning huge sandwiches for the entire day. We could be kitchen stockers and make sure there is always lettuce for the salad station, pizzas for the hearth, deli's made and in the fridge, plenty of pesto and tomatoes, taking out the trash (which has the worst smell in the entire world and makes me want to throw up everytime). When you are stockers of any kind a lot of the stuff is kept in huge walk in coolers and freezers. These freezers are huge and packed with tons of food so if you are ever hungry and working in the back, don't go in the freezer or you're terminated for eating a piece of cheese. That reminds me. We can't eat the food there. Its not free and if we want to purchase it we have to change our clothes go out to the front and order it like a guest. If we get caught eating the food or taking it home, even if its leftovers, then we immediately get terminated. Its a bit scary when you're starving. Anyway back to jobs. Those are just some of the jobs in the back or backstage is the official Disney Term. Onstage we have Trash duty....self explanitory but it goes to one person because there are 21 trash cans that you are in charge of and trust me, you are always changing bags. There are greeters which stand at the doors and...well....greet people but you also answer questions and get to pin trade. Pin Trading, for those who don't know, is the exchanging of pins. Disney has many pin stations where they sell hundreds of different pins to put on lanyards and guests can purchase them and trade with anyone that has pins. So tons of guests come up to our bulletin board full of pins and like to trade. Its a lot of fun, well the most fun at Pizzafari. Then you can also be a busser which basically means keep your area clean like sweeping floors and wiping tables and talking to guests. Thats basically it for the jobs. At Pizzafari our entire resturaunt is hand painted with tons of animals in their habitats. We have four dinning rooms and all of them are themed. We have the upside down room where all the animals are upside down, the nocternal room, the house room where it has all animals that carry their own homes like turtles and kangaroos etc, and then the camo room. We have a bunch of hidden Mickeys which are mickey mouse shaped figures hiding in the painting and we like to point them out to guests, we have a tail but no body hanging from the ceiling and two zebra's with 9 legs. Its an interesting restaraunt.
So I think I forgot to mention that I'm not made for food service at all. I spill things and drop things and mix up orders and constantly have to be corrected. Me and food service are like oil and water...we just don't mix. For instance, I set a bucket of ice on the ground forgetting that everything has to be set off the ground at least 6 inches or thrown away, I dropped just washed pans on the ground that have to be rewashed, I let a crate of orange juice slide into my trainer, spilled trash juice on my boss's shoes, flipped pizza on the ground trying to get it out of the hearth, its just not for me and my co-trainee, since she's a pastry chef already knows this and I just feel like an idiot. Why can't they make me tech somewhere else where I can be more productive and less of a bother?
Today was my first day not training, and it started off amazingly. On my way to work I was rear ended by another cast member. She thought I turned and accelerated right into me. I went flying forward and almost hit the stearing wheel. It was more then a bump and I thought my bumper was smashed in. We checked it out and the girl was really apologetic but my tank of a car didn't even have a scratch and neither did hers. But that was the first accident I was in and it scared me half to death. I'm really surprised I don't have whip lash, but I guess we'll find out later. Onto better things, I got to work early because it was the Fall Festival at DAK and they had a liquidation sale of 75% off for cast members on 3 rooms full of merch. I walked out with $165 worth of goodies for $45. Yay Christmas presents. I went to work and got kitchen stocker and trash duty for the whole day. That sucked big time and clocking out couldn't come fast enough. Came home to an empty apt because everyone else had the day off to go play and shop and I had to work. Luckily I have the day off tomorrow and I might be going to Fort Desoto Beach or more liquidation sales :) Going to be a good day tomorrow...hopefully
So I think I forgot to mention that I'm not made for food service at all. I spill things and drop things and mix up orders and constantly have to be corrected. Me and food service are like oil and water...we just don't mix. For instance, I set a bucket of ice on the ground forgetting that everything has to be set off the ground at least 6 inches or thrown away, I dropped just washed pans on the ground that have to be rewashed, I let a crate of orange juice slide into my trainer, spilled trash juice on my boss's shoes, flipped pizza on the ground trying to get it out of the hearth, its just not for me and my co-trainee, since she's a pastry chef already knows this and I just feel like an idiot. Why can't they make me tech somewhere else where I can be more productive and less of a bother?
Today was my first day not training, and it started off amazingly. On my way to work I was rear ended by another cast member. She thought I turned and accelerated right into me. I went flying forward and almost hit the stearing wheel. It was more then a bump and I thought my bumper was smashed in. We checked it out and the girl was really apologetic but my tank of a car didn't even have a scratch and neither did hers. But that was the first accident I was in and it scared me half to death. I'm really surprised I don't have whip lash, but I guess we'll find out later. Onto better things, I got to work early because it was the Fall Festival at DAK and they had a liquidation sale of 75% off for cast members on 3 rooms full of merch. I walked out with $165 worth of goodies for $45. Yay Christmas presents. I went to work and got kitchen stocker and trash duty for the whole day. That sucked big time and clocking out couldn't come fast enough. Came home to an empty apt because everyone else had the day off to go play and shop and I had to work. Luckily I have the day off tomorrow and I might be going to Fort Desoto Beach or more liquidation sales :) Going to be a good day tomorrow...hopefully
Friday, September 4, 2009
Oh and in case you were interested about auditions...
So yesterday was really long and very interesting. Its so far been the worst day at work with me just constantly making stupid mistakes and just being regularly clumsy. I'm pretty sure I'm not made out for food services and once I'm done with training....look out Pizzafari. Why couldnt' they just put me in attractions or somewhere that I would at least be good at or even mildly interested in. Now for the part you've all been waiting for
So I got out at around 3:30 and registration for auditions was from 3-4 and only a 5 minute drive. So I hoped on a bike from work and rode like Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France to the parking lot (we have bikes behind the scenes to get to place to place faster). I got to the parking lot of the auditions and striped down to my work out clothes because the place online said to wear comfortable clothes to move in for routines. So I follow all the signs getting more and more excited and I go around a corner and all of a sudden a woman comes out of a room and says hello and asks me if I'm auditioning. I said yes and she proceded to ask me if I was a CP (college programmer). Thats when I knew it was the end of the road. The whole time I've been hear everyone I've asked has said something different about whether kids in the college program can audition, some say yes and that they will change your contract and others say no and that the only way you can audition is if you extend your time here to next spring semester. So back to the story, the woman basically tells me that because I am a part of the college program I cannot audition. If I extend and wish to stay in the spring semester then I can come back and audition in November, but as of now....NO CPs :( So My dreams were crushed but I knew going into it that I would most likely not get it for one reason or another. I look at it this way....at least they didn't dismiss me because I had an ugly face :)
So I had a bad day of work and was immediately sent home from auditions but it got better later that night. I went to Epcot and rode Test Track with the roomies and then rode a boat over to Hollywood Studios to hunt down our other roomies at work. We only found one but that was good enough for us. We met up with Adam, and had dinner. The roomies were really tired but I wanted to see Fantasmic and so did Adam so we stayed while everyone else went home. We got front row seats to the most amazing fireworks, waterworks, and over all technically advanced show ever, that I have seen at disney. They had disney princesses I never knew existed in character on light up water floats, like Meg from Hercules, Pocahontas and John Smith, and Mulan. I've never seen them before in character so it made might night. And they were all on a boat driven by Steamboat Willie. If you are a film lover or disney fan you have to appreciate that. So hanging out with Adam and seeing Fantasmic turned my really bad day into an amazing night :)
So I got out at around 3:30 and registration for auditions was from 3-4 and only a 5 minute drive. So I hoped on a bike from work and rode like Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France to the parking lot (we have bikes behind the scenes to get to place to place faster). I got to the parking lot of the auditions and striped down to my work out clothes because the place online said to wear comfortable clothes to move in for routines. So I follow all the signs getting more and more excited and I go around a corner and all of a sudden a woman comes out of a room and says hello and asks me if I'm auditioning. I said yes and she proceded to ask me if I was a CP (college programmer). Thats when I knew it was the end of the road. The whole time I've been hear everyone I've asked has said something different about whether kids in the college program can audition, some say yes and that they will change your contract and others say no and that the only way you can audition is if you extend your time here to next spring semester. So back to the story, the woman basically tells me that because I am a part of the college program I cannot audition. If I extend and wish to stay in the spring semester then I can come back and audition in November, but as of now....NO CPs :( So My dreams were crushed but I knew going into it that I would most likely not get it for one reason or another. I look at it this way....at least they didn't dismiss me because I had an ugly face :)
So I had a bad day of work and was immediately sent home from auditions but it got better later that night. I went to Epcot and rode Test Track with the roomies and then rode a boat over to Hollywood Studios to hunt down our other roomies at work. We only found one but that was good enough for us. We met up with Adam, and had dinner. The roomies were really tired but I wanted to see Fantasmic and so did Adam so we stayed while everyone else went home. We got front row seats to the most amazing fireworks, waterworks, and over all technically advanced show ever, that I have seen at disney. They had disney princesses I never knew existed in character on light up water floats, like Meg from Hercules, Pocahontas and John Smith, and Mulan. I've never seen them before in character so it made might night. And they were all on a boat driven by Steamboat Willie. If you are a film lover or disney fan you have to appreciate that. So hanging out with Adam and seeing Fantasmic turned my really bad day into an amazing night :)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Internet back + free time = new post!
Wow, there is a lot to catch up on....lets see.
Well I went through traditions and training and it was all about learning the past, present, and future of disney and all about how it involves me. Basically just sitting in a class room for hours with the occasional trip to the computer lab to take online seminar type things to get us ready.
Being a new cast member has you getting lost pretty frequently, but that doesn't always mean its a bad thing. I was trying to get to the cast entrance to Magic Kingdom and hopped the A bus to Disney University and ended up following the whole crowd in MK uniforms off the bus and onto the VIP cast members only bus. And yes I was able to get on and backstage. This bus took us behind the magic kingdom and dropped us off at the infamous underground tunnels! Everyone got off there so we just once again followed the crowd and wandered into the tunnels pretending we belonged. Due to the "Preserving the Magic" clause, I am not at liberty to tell you what I saw down there, but I will tell you that it blew my mind. I also found out that if I get caught down there and I'm not working then I could be terminated and be forced to leave so I'm pretty sure I wont see those tunnels anytime soon.
I've been to every park at least twice and know a lot of the ins and outs and terminology. Everest, Soarin' and Toy Story Mania are my two favorite rides and highly recommend to anyone coming to visit especially toy story mania. Its like walking into andy's room as a toy! Its so cool have a night light as big as you hang on the wall above your head and be a life size player for the candyland board game. Rockin Rollercoaster and Tower of Terror are pretty amazing too, if they are working and not breaking down on you when you are the next person to get into a car.....just saying.
Hollywood Studios is quickly becoming my favorie park. Not only do they have my favorite rides but they have some cool characters wondering the streets and the Beauty and the Beast Theater show. We ran into one of the characters named Les Manly and he was a "police officer" on hollywood blvd. We talked to him and he began writing on his notepad and quickly issued me a ticket. I looked at it and he wrote me a ticket/warning for "stealing hearts". He told me I had to be careful and watch what I do to the boys because I could just look at them and BAM! they drop like flys. Best ticket I've ever gotten :)
The theater shows here are pretty amazing. I've seen Finding Nemo the musical and Beauty and the Beast. Finding nemo was really cute and Beauty and the Beast had me singing right along. Of course the Preston Posse in me kicked in and pretty soon I was counting the source 4s and par cans, looking at the gels, dreaming I could play with the sound and light board, and wondering how they got the subs that high up. Pretty much being a nerd :)
Speaking of Theater tech..... At our apt complex we live on the 3rd floor with one other apt on the floor. We finally met our hallmates and the boys are pretty cool. One of them, Cameron, has done the college program before and he was in food service also. He quickly became tired of flipping burgers and always vented to his manager how he was not here to be flipping burgers and didn't plan on doing this the rest of his life. So his manger arranged a meeting with a few of the head honcho's of the Disney Corporation! Some of the biggest names in Disney running the entire franchise today! They told him that he was moving up to an internship in Special Events basically help coordinate the parades, concerts, etc. He has met basically anyone associated with Disney so yes he has hung out with the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cirus. But we get along really well and I vented to him how I'm in the same situation. I'm basically in an entertainment major and I'm here in the College Program to expand on that but I can't do that when I'm serving Pizza. So he pulled some strings behind my back and left me a note on my door that said he contacted the head guy for the Theater Tech Dept at Disney and he wants to meet with me! So who knows, I might be working on the Nemo Show instead of serving pizza or who know where it might take me but its a foot in the door. Thank you Cameron!
Tonight is the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Parade Preview for cast members only. The weather is supposed to be bad and its supposed to be chaos so I don't think I'm going to go. But thats probably a good thing because I have to be at work at 7 and I'm also auditioning for a face character, meaning, a Princess! I'm really nervous and I have no clue what they will be asking me to do but I'll never know unless I try and its been my life long wish to become Belle. So you never know, maybe dreams do come true
But I'm not holding my breath.
Well I went through traditions and training and it was all about learning the past, present, and future of disney and all about how it involves me. Basically just sitting in a class room for hours with the occasional trip to the computer lab to take online seminar type things to get us ready.
Being a new cast member has you getting lost pretty frequently, but that doesn't always mean its a bad thing. I was trying to get to the cast entrance to Magic Kingdom and hopped the A bus to Disney University and ended up following the whole crowd in MK uniforms off the bus and onto the VIP cast members only bus. And yes I was able to get on and backstage. This bus took us behind the magic kingdom and dropped us off at the infamous underground tunnels! Everyone got off there so we just once again followed the crowd and wandered into the tunnels pretending we belonged. Due to the "Preserving the Magic" clause, I am not at liberty to tell you what I saw down there, but I will tell you that it blew my mind. I also found out that if I get caught down there and I'm not working then I could be terminated and be forced to leave so I'm pretty sure I wont see those tunnels anytime soon.
I've been to every park at least twice and know a lot of the ins and outs and terminology. Everest, Soarin' and Toy Story Mania are my two favorite rides and highly recommend to anyone coming to visit especially toy story mania. Its like walking into andy's room as a toy! Its so cool have a night light as big as you hang on the wall above your head and be a life size player for the candyland board game. Rockin Rollercoaster and Tower of Terror are pretty amazing too, if they are working and not breaking down on you when you are the next person to get into a car.....just saying.
Hollywood Studios is quickly becoming my favorie park. Not only do they have my favorite rides but they have some cool characters wondering the streets and the Beauty and the Beast Theater show. We ran into one of the characters named Les Manly and he was a "police officer" on hollywood blvd. We talked to him and he began writing on his notepad and quickly issued me a ticket. I looked at it and he wrote me a ticket/warning for "stealing hearts". He told me I had to be careful and watch what I do to the boys because I could just look at them and BAM! they drop like flys. Best ticket I've ever gotten :)
The theater shows here are pretty amazing. I've seen Finding Nemo the musical and Beauty and the Beast. Finding nemo was really cute and Beauty and the Beast had me singing right along. Of course the Preston Posse in me kicked in and pretty soon I was counting the source 4s and par cans, looking at the gels, dreaming I could play with the sound and light board, and wondering how they got the subs that high up. Pretty much being a nerd :)
Speaking of Theater tech..... At our apt complex we live on the 3rd floor with one other apt on the floor. We finally met our hallmates and the boys are pretty cool. One of them, Cameron, has done the college program before and he was in food service also. He quickly became tired of flipping burgers and always vented to his manager how he was not here to be flipping burgers and didn't plan on doing this the rest of his life. So his manger arranged a meeting with a few of the head honcho's of the Disney Corporation! Some of the biggest names in Disney running the entire franchise today! They told him that he was moving up to an internship in Special Events basically help coordinate the parades, concerts, etc. He has met basically anyone associated with Disney so yes he has hung out with the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cirus. But we get along really well and I vented to him how I'm in the same situation. I'm basically in an entertainment major and I'm here in the College Program to expand on that but I can't do that when I'm serving Pizza. So he pulled some strings behind my back and left me a note on my door that said he contacted the head guy for the Theater Tech Dept at Disney and he wants to meet with me! So who knows, I might be working on the Nemo Show instead of serving pizza or who know where it might take me but its a foot in the door. Thank you Cameron!
Tonight is the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Parade Preview for cast members only. The weather is supposed to be bad and its supposed to be chaos so I don't think I'm going to go. But thats probably a good thing because I have to be at work at 7 and I'm also auditioning for a face character, meaning, a Princess! I'm really nervous and I have no clue what they will be asking me to do but I'll never know unless I try and its been my life long wish to become Belle. So you never know, maybe dreams do come true
But I'm not holding my breath.
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