So, since my last post I worked Sunday with Donald at Animal Kingdom, Monday and Tuesday were my days off, Wednesday and Thursday I was friends with Minnie and Mickey at Magic Kingdom, and today I worked Animal Kingdom with Donald. At Magic Kingdom we get to hang out inside, which is nice with this Florida humidity. Animal Kingdom is a lot of fun though because there are so many more people and characters that I get to work with. I haven't worked the other parks yet so I don't have those to compare it to. On my days off this week I went to Blizzard Beach but it started to thunder so they shut down the rides because it's a water park. After that, I went to Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM), and had a great time there riding rides like Tower of Terror and Rockin' Rollercoaster. I know I've said this before but I'll say it again, Disney World is awesome! It takes so much work to bring it all to life but it's amazing how much the production of the park brings happiness to people. Have a magical day!

Training at Disney World often gets interrupted by special guests.

Today I finished my four days of training that I had this week! So now I'm officially a Disney employee. My first real day is on Sunday as a character performer. Today and yesterday we practiced in the park with our trainers present. We basically had a real day of work though because we were with real guests in Epcot. Today I spent the day with Mickey Mouse which was a lot of fun! And yesterday I spent the day with his best friend Donald. I'm having such a great time. It's amazing living in Disney World because it's like being on a never ending vacation! Tomorrow I have the day off, which I am so thankful for because I am pretty exhausted from this week. I miss everyone back home a lot and I am excited to hear about my family that is coming to visit me.

So, I received this weeks training schedule today. I'll be training for character performer Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday pretty much all day. I also got my schedule for next week when I start work! I will be spending a lot of time with my friends Mickey, Minnie, and Donald for the week and hopefully for longer; I'll find out more at training.

Today was my first day of training. I took a class that they titled Welcome to Entertainment! The class had character performers (which is what I am), character attendants, photographers, and costumers. We did a lot of safety information that we had to get done. It was hard to sit in a chair for 8 hours today. Luckily, we got to take a break from sitting and go into Magic Kingdom. There we watched a show that was so awesome! It had Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, the princesses with their princes, Peter Pan and Wendy, and an evil witch. The show was really well done and I can't wait to see it again.

Last night I went to visit Magic Kingdom as a guest. It was so much fun! Disney World is such a wonderful place that I can't believe I didn't get here sooner.

Have a magical day!
Emily

Life in Disney blog: August 16

Hello from Disney World!!!
I finally made it here despite some hold ups on my way here. The flight was pretty easy but it took off at 5:25am so I had to wake up at 3:30 in the morning! That was just really early for me. They ended up making me check my carry on because I had too many bags trying to get on the plane in Houston. The people working were not very nice. I don't know if it was the company was like that or if it was because it was so early in the morning. But, once we got on the plane in Houston we sat on the plane for an hour because they realized the steering on the ground was broken so they had to fix it real quick while we waited on the plane. I arrived late for check in but that worked out fine, they gave me all my stuff anyways.

Yesterday, I had to go to a casting meeting where they told everybody where they were going to be working. So everyone else found out what park they were going to be in but since I'm  a character performer, entertainment has to tell me what I will be when I start training with them. I start training on Sunday so hopefully I will find out what character I am going to be then. Apparently, I'm Mouse height; so maybe I'll end up being Mickey!

Today, we had to go to a housing meeting about what we are allowed and not allowed to do in our new apartments. It actually ended up being a lot of fun and I met a bunch of new people. Tonight we plan on going to Downtown Disney and exploring that area of the park.

My roommates are really nice. Right now we have 5 girls in our three bedroom apartment. It is supposed to be 6 so we might be getting another roommate. There's Katie who is from California, Michelle who is from Montana, Andrea who lives in El Paso, and Krystal from Tennessee who I share a room with. There are a lot of international students here, I've especially met a lot of people from England.

I'll definitely update after my training on Sunday to let you know if I found out what character I'm going to be.

Tomorrow is my last day in San Marcos before I leave for Disney! I'm not excited about waking up really early for my flight at 5:30am on Wednesday, but it's the only flight that would get me there on time. My new roommate is really nice and offered to pick me up from the airport, so now I don't have to worry about getting myself to the park. I can't wait to get there and start working.

I still do not know what character I am going to be. I will let everybody know the moment I find out!

12 days till I leave for Disney and this is about how I feel right now...

I moved into my new apartment where I will be living until I leave on the 15th. Everything is just piled up in boxes and I'm sleeping on an air mattress, but it'll do for 12 days. I've moved a lot of boxes into storage but I still have a lot of stuff to pack or box up. I'm sure once I'm there I will be relieved that I flew, but it's a pain trying to get everything in one suitcase. Tonight is the first night of my dance concert that I choreographed for. I'll work on packing for a few more hours, then I have to get to the studio!