Hello! It has been a few days now... Here is what you've missed :)
Two days ago was Traditions! Here is a picture of my professional clothing for the big day!
The dress was super comfy and word to the wise... just wear flats... just do it! You think you can handle the heels but just don't! Even in flats everyone's feet were hurting and getting blisters so just choose the lesser of the two evils. Also, a little tip is to wear bicycle shorts under dresses. It changes EVERYTHING. So much better and whenever I mention it to people they immediately say they are going to do the same!
Above is a picture of Disney University and this is where traditions is held, right next to the Magic Kingdom. It's almost set up like a small building at a university, lots of small classrooms inside. Below are a few of pictures of the inside of my classroom.
The class is a mix of cool Disney things you never knew, rules, surprises, regulations, policies, and a field trip ;)
At break one they make everyone leave the classroom and when you reenter you see this on your table...
They had everybody at each table open the box as a group and when we opened them up we found these...
Our first ears as Disney Employees!!! Yay!!! And it wasn't until our second break that the real magic started to happen. Field trip to Magic Kingdom! We're not aloud to take pictures in the utilizers but let me just tell you it is really neat! And when we returned from Magic Kingdom we had a couple more surprises waiting for us... The first one being...
The Mouse himself! and shortly after, we got these bad boys.
This is when is became so much more real for me, to see my name on a Disney cast member name tag was mind-boggling. After Traditions I had to race back to my apartment in order to make it to my disney class on time. From now until late august I am enrolled in a class called "Creativity and Innovation: Gaining the Edge". The first day we went over the syllabus and did all the little things in order to get to know one another and let me just say I am super excited. I feel like I am going to learn so much from this class that will help me with Art and everything else I love that is creative. Immediately following my 4 hour long class I came back to my apartment and took a pretty amazing nap. I had been up since 5 am and I had been going non-stop until 5:30 pm with barely any food. And after the lovely nap, me and my roommates went to the Magic Kingdom for the first time as Cast Members. Little tidbit, before you get your official main gate you will have to go to guest services each time before entering the park. Here is a shot of main street...
We watched wishes and had a really great time riding rides that only had a wait time of like 10 minutes at the most! Here is a cool shot of the castle!
To wrap up the night we got our Mickey ears engraved and since I already have a pair with my name I decided to go with something else that was just as fitting.
It was quite an amazing day! Then moving onto the next day, yesterday, I had the day off and since it was the last day before my family headed home the majority of it was spent with them. We had breakfast/lunch at Fresh, which is a buffet style restaurant in the Swan and Dolphin hotel. It was absolutely wonderful thanks to one server in particular! His name was Louis and he made me quite the pancake but I was sworn to secrecy of what he made for me and said he would deny it if I ever told anyone what it was. So if you ever read this Louis, your secret pancake will remain a secret and it will be forever called "The Louis Special". and Thank you for being so nice! After breakfast/lunch we all went to the hotel room to rest and be together, some of us fell asleep... but that person will go unnamed... (it was me!!!!) haha but after that we all loaded up into the van and went to Downtown Disney.
We played at DisneyQuest for a while and I left from there to go to Epcot with my roommates. Here a couple o-so-lovely photos of me and my Roommate Becca on Spaceship Earth.
We all meet up there and rode a couple rides and watched Illuminations which never gets old! I also found out that CP's do not get in for extra magic hours... which is kind of sad but you can't complain when you get the benefits we do. I then rode the friendship boats back to the hotel with my family, we were exhausted so we all went to bed! But it was the next morning, today, that was most difficult. We all woke up and got breakfast at Pikabu's before my family got on the road back home to Georgia. We had plenty of laughs over our vacation but it ended with tears but that's not always a bad thing. They were tears of joy, tears of excitement, and some "I'll miss you until next time" tears. Let me just tell you that when I say I couldn't do this without my family, I literally mean I would not be here in the Disney College Program without them. They are some of the most incredible and influential people in my life and I love them beyond belief. I am counting down the days until your next trip down here! I love you guys!
After my family headed home I went back to my apartment. I had a great day just relaxing at the apartment with my roommates. We adventured to some stores, did laundry for the first time in our complex, and we ended it with a pizza party with a big box from pizza hut! It was awesome, I had never had one before. Tomorrow is another orientation day at Disney University, so that means 6 AM bus and an alarm set at 4 AM and Hollywood Studios Star Wars Weekend after my orientation is aver at 2. So I shall go to bed and let you know how things go tomorrow!
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