Hey Everyonee!!
So.. you were right, that is.. if you thought i should stay here. haha.. i'm having such a blast now! I'm enjoying everything so much now! Today, i went to EPCOT by myself.. which i thought was going to suck, but it didn't in the slightest! I wanted to take some pictures of the flower and garden festival thingy before it ended on Sunday. So i started out.. taking lots of pictures and made my way to Canada to start around the world. I ended up running into Lindsey on popcorn cart who wanted me to wait for her so she could go on her break. So i waited like 25 mins for Kristen to come back so Lindsey and i could go to the Odyessy. After we came back i headed around taking pictures in every country except really Canada.. because i've taken so many there already. It was hot, but really nice to see all the countries. There was a shirt that i wanted to buy for Alex, but i didn't get paid that much this week.. so i didn't buy it. It was a sss from the France store. It was really nice. It was also cool to see where these restraunts are that i keep sending guests too. After i went back over to Canada to watch Off Kilter. I killed some time by chatting to Aliyson and Lindsey. I love Off Kilter. They're just soo much fun and random. Took lots of vids and pictures of them. It's kinda nice because we share a break trailer with them.. and they always use are washrooms in the GT office.. so we chat to them a bit. My favorite moment was two of them walking back from there set backstage and they were hudleded together under an umbrella and one of them was like yeah.. i know this would be the perfect youtube moment. I jsut laughed and thought it was hilarious. Another one was the other day the keg exploded on me (which means it was out..) and i was bringing the empty keg backstage to behind the restraunt and had to walk past them playing onstage and they were at a non-singing part of the song and one of them whistled at me and gestured at me to bring the keg over to him. It was funny!!
Today in their last set this crazy guy who no doubt had mental issues was dancing like a lunitic infront of the stage, and after a couple songs.. the lead guy, James.. couldn't take it anymore and just started laughing. And this was right during the song Alberta Bound. He was supposed to be singing but couldn't pull himself together because everytime he looked at the guy dancing he just started laughing again. It was the funniest thing ever. I have some of it on video!!
After i watched 2 sets of Off Kilter, i grabbed some dinner at the refreshment port and then bugged Aliyson and Lindsey some more as i waited for Illuminations to start. Illuminations was great tonight. I love it, and it was nice to see it again while not working.
Hmm.. is there anything else to talk about? well i'm really enjoying myself here, and i'm sooo happy that i decided to stay! like soooooo happy!
Tomorrow Aliyson needs to buy a wetsuit for her scuba class, so i'm tagging along and we're going to get lost togther. But don't worry.. she has a car! haha
Anyways.. that's it for me.. it's almost 3am. I shall talk to you guys soon!
Take Caree,
xox
Friday, May 29, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
2am, figure skating and moulin rouge!
Hey Everyone!!
Haha, so i've been kinda bored for the past couple hours, so i've been watching videos of Jamie and Dave from this years Stars On Ice..and now i'm listening to music from Moulin Rouge! I'm not sure why.. but i just decided to look it up!
So.. what's going on with me? Well i had the worst day ever going back to work last Sunday (i can't remember if i wrote about it or not).. but i was yelled/told off by my manager on stage infront of guests, which didn't make me feel real peachy about staying. Later that evening to asked to have a little "pow-wow" as she put it. It ended up getting put off until the next day because i think was doing inventory or something. She was too busy, regardless..
So she pulled me into her office and we just chatted about everything. How i was feeling, why i did a no call no show again.. and just to kinda see where i was at. She told me a lot about what she went through when she did the program..ages ago and such like that, so it was nice to hear it from someone who's been through sort of what i've been through. Also, she put a lot of things into perspective for me. It was weird, because she was saying the same things that everyone else was.. but i seemed to get it when she said it. I think it was the way she described it or something. Like how she was doing a program and had been working for Disney for 5 years and then went home for a year because she was homesick, but what she thought was going to be home.. really wasn't anymore. It was all just a fantasy. Everyone had moved on with their lives.. and it wasn't the same. Mind you, she's an American and i think only lived like 2 or 3 states away from Florida...but i knew where she was getting at.
There were other things that she said that just kinda clicked.. so i think i'm down here for quite a bit of time. Although, who knows?? haha
On an awesomley awesome note... i got paid double time today! Apparently the US really likes their holidays. So it was Memorial Day yesterady (Equivelant to our Rememberance Day)..and we all get paid 8 hours of straight normal pay, and then if we work.. it's paid on top. Just a little different and much nicer than in Canada!
So i worked six hours today.. so that means 8 hours of reg pay and 6 of STAT pay! Yay me!!! Hopfully it'll make up for all the lost popcorn shifts from the dumb rain!
Hmm.. what else? Oh yeah.. because i'm an idiot and did two no call no shows (since i've been down here) i have two points. Anddd!!! on Sunday night, i thought i had clocked out.. but it was pouring with rain and i pressed the button and swipped and then i noticed it didn't look like it usually did.. but i figured it worked.. but it didn't of course, so now i have 2.5 points. If you get 3 in your first 3 months.. you get termed!
And by Disney standards.. i should be terminated by now. A no call no show is supposed to be repremandable..and i have two, and if you get one in your first 3 months.. you're supposed to get termed... so i'm thankful that they're being so great to me as i figure my crap out.
Is there anything else really worth mentioning? Well.. oh yeah.. A LA CARTE is coming out tomorrow! It's our new reservation system. It's going to crash.. and oh yeah.. the system has overbooked us by 250 guests!!!!!!! So tomorrow is going to be bonkers. We've all been preparing for months.. we usually close for an hour between lunch and dinner.. but we're not tomorrow because of the overbooking. I think we're also allowing guests to buy drinks from the bar to drink in the lobby if they want because it's going to be a realllly long wait for everyone! We're usually supposed to turn a table in about 6 minutes.. but tomororw night we have about a minute and a half-two minutes to do it, so wish us luck! We're bringing in people just to bus tables all night and then there's tons of seaters/greeters.. i believe we're bringing in 13 servers, we're opening nunavut..and all the managers will be there. I'm super lucky because i get to be on popcorn all night! yay me!! haha But i'm am greeter on Wednesday, so that's going to completely suck!!
Well i guess that is it. It's not 2:30am and i wanna be up by 5am for my jog!
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
Haha, so i've been kinda bored for the past couple hours, so i've been watching videos of Jamie and Dave from this years Stars On Ice..and now i'm listening to music from Moulin Rouge! I'm not sure why.. but i just decided to look it up!
So.. what's going on with me? Well i had the worst day ever going back to work last Sunday (i can't remember if i wrote about it or not).. but i was yelled/told off by my manager on stage infront of guests, which didn't make me feel real peachy about staying. Later that evening to asked to have a little "pow-wow" as she put it. It ended up getting put off until the next day because i think was doing inventory or something. She was too busy, regardless..
So she pulled me into her office and we just chatted about everything. How i was feeling, why i did a no call no show again.. and just to kinda see where i was at. She told me a lot about what she went through when she did the program..ages ago and such like that, so it was nice to hear it from someone who's been through sort of what i've been through. Also, she put a lot of things into perspective for me. It was weird, because she was saying the same things that everyone else was.. but i seemed to get it when she said it. I think it was the way she described it or something. Like how she was doing a program and had been working for Disney for 5 years and then went home for a year because she was homesick, but what she thought was going to be home.. really wasn't anymore. It was all just a fantasy. Everyone had moved on with their lives.. and it wasn't the same. Mind you, she's an American and i think only lived like 2 or 3 states away from Florida...but i knew where she was getting at.
There were other things that she said that just kinda clicked.. so i think i'm down here for quite a bit of time. Although, who knows?? haha
On an awesomley awesome note... i got paid double time today! Apparently the US really likes their holidays. So it was Memorial Day yesterady (Equivelant to our Rememberance Day)..and we all get paid 8 hours of straight normal pay, and then if we work.. it's paid on top. Just a little different and much nicer than in Canada!
So i worked six hours today.. so that means 8 hours of reg pay and 6 of STAT pay! Yay me!!! Hopfully it'll make up for all the lost popcorn shifts from the dumb rain!
Hmm.. what else? Oh yeah.. because i'm an idiot and did two no call no shows (since i've been down here) i have two points. Anddd!!! on Sunday night, i thought i had clocked out.. but it was pouring with rain and i pressed the button and swipped and then i noticed it didn't look like it usually did.. but i figured it worked.. but it didn't of course, so now i have 2.5 points. If you get 3 in your first 3 months.. you get termed!
And by Disney standards.. i should be terminated by now. A no call no show is supposed to be repremandable..and i have two, and if you get one in your first 3 months.. you're supposed to get termed... so i'm thankful that they're being so great to me as i figure my crap out.
Is there anything else really worth mentioning? Well.. oh yeah.. A LA CARTE is coming out tomorrow! It's our new reservation system. It's going to crash.. and oh yeah.. the system has overbooked us by 250 guests!!!!!!! So tomorrow is going to be bonkers. We've all been preparing for months.. we usually close for an hour between lunch and dinner.. but we're not tomorrow because of the overbooking. I think we're also allowing guests to buy drinks from the bar to drink in the lobby if they want because it's going to be a realllly long wait for everyone! We're usually supposed to turn a table in about 6 minutes.. but tomororw night we have about a minute and a half-two minutes to do it, so wish us luck! We're bringing in people just to bus tables all night and then there's tons of seaters/greeters.. i believe we're bringing in 13 servers, we're opening nunavut..and all the managers will be there. I'm super lucky because i get to be on popcorn all night! yay me!! haha But i'm am greeter on Wednesday, so that's going to completely suck!!
Well i guess that is it. It's not 2:30am and i wanna be up by 5am for my jog!
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tough couple of days with a tough decision
Hey Everyone!!
So the past couple days have been mentally and physically exhausting, thinking/debating about staying in Florida or going home. I actually have a flight booked from MCO to YYJ that leaves in abotu 2 hours, but i'm not getting on the plane. I thought long and hard and had soo many friends help me decide, and i finally decided to stay. It was bad, i decided at Magic Kingdom tonight with ROBYN (see i remember your name now!) ;) and Louisa. Robyn called Janice and told her i was staying. But when we were getting connected at Guest Relations i was going back and forth. I was pretty sure i was going home... that was it, i had decided.. but right as she started talking to her i decided to stay. I'm honestly not sure why i am. I think it's because it is what everyone wants to here.. and i don't have anything else really better to do. I mean if i go home.. i have to go back to The Bay at least until i can find something else and i don't know. I'm also really enjoying the people that i'm meeting down here. I'm starting to have fun with some of them and get a little closer to them. I wanna give a shout out to Robyn & Heather if they read this. Both of you were really good to me the past couple weeks and even since i've arrived.. and i've been constantly going back and forth and you guys have been there with me the whole time, being very very supportive and making me dinner, going out for dinner and of course the parks. I really appreciate it!!! =)
So i think i do wanna be here.. but i'm really really homesick. It's mostly the animals right now. All i really wanna do is hug/see Simba and of course Austin. I miss them both soo much.
It's really hard living with out any animals, i've never done it before.
So tomorrow i'm going to wake up early and go to walmart, buy some food for once and open an account at Sun Trust so i can activate my phone because i'll have a credit card! haha
Anyways, i'm dead tired and it's nearly 4am! Ickk and i work tomorrow at 3pm.
I'll talk to ya'll later. P.s - i'm listening to Sound of Music soundtrack and it's not helping the homesickness.. but i love it!!!
Talk to you soon!
Sam
xox
- P.P.S... i have some more pictures. :
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=259880&id=647590552&l=8738e21abc
So the past couple days have been mentally and physically exhausting, thinking/debating about staying in Florida or going home. I actually have a flight booked from MCO to YYJ that leaves in abotu 2 hours, but i'm not getting on the plane. I thought long and hard and had soo many friends help me decide, and i finally decided to stay. It was bad, i decided at Magic Kingdom tonight with ROBYN (see i remember your name now!) ;) and Louisa. Robyn called Janice and told her i was staying. But when we were getting connected at Guest Relations i was going back and forth. I was pretty sure i was going home... that was it, i had decided.. but right as she started talking to her i decided to stay. I'm honestly not sure why i am. I think it's because it is what everyone wants to here.. and i don't have anything else really better to do. I mean if i go home.. i have to go back to The Bay at least until i can find something else and i don't know. I'm also really enjoying the people that i'm meeting down here. I'm starting to have fun with some of them and get a little closer to them. I wanna give a shout out to Robyn & Heather if they read this. Both of you were really good to me the past couple weeks and even since i've arrived.. and i've been constantly going back and forth and you guys have been there with me the whole time, being very very supportive and making me dinner, going out for dinner and of course the parks. I really appreciate it!!! =)
So i think i do wanna be here.. but i'm really really homesick. It's mostly the animals right now. All i really wanna do is hug/see Simba and of course Austin. I miss them both soo much.
It's really hard living with out any animals, i've never done it before.
So tomorrow i'm going to wake up early and go to walmart, buy some food for once and open an account at Sun Trust so i can activate my phone because i'll have a credit card! haha
Anyways, i'm dead tired and it's nearly 4am! Ickk and i work tomorrow at 3pm.
I'll talk to ya'll later. P.s - i'm listening to Sound of Music soundtrack and it's not helping the homesickness.. but i love it!!!
Talk to you soon!
Sam
xox
- P.P.S... i have some more pictures. :
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=259880&id=647590552&l=8738e21abc
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Been in Florida for 1 month
Hey Everyonee!!!
So, oh my god! I'm soaking wet from all the bloody rain! It hasn't stopped raining for soo many days! And the rain is soo hard! Allison drove me home from work today and i was like gripping the seat because i couldn't see out the window because the rain was soo hard and we were on the bloody freeway going like 110!
Anyways, so i'm 100% finished my training, well was last week. I'm definatly staying and i've been in Florida for exactly 1 month today! It's pretty sweet, and has actually gone by really fast.
Hmm, so lots has been going on lately. I'm making a lot more friends in Canada and becoming a lot more closer to them, which i'm happy about because i don't feel so out numbered. They're all pretty supportive and i know most of them have my back. I definatly trust them. And i'm starting to leave my british group behind. Not like i don't like them, but it's pretty hard to spend time with them.. so i tend to drift away. Ohh so i went to games last night! It was soo much fun! No swearing and no drinking. We played pictionary and there was like idk 15 of us there or something. A lot of fun!
There's really nothing exciting happening, ohh except i'm going to Tampa hopfully on Tuesday with Erik & Lindsey! We're staying in a cheap motel (but safe) and going to have a blast because it's Erik's birthday! I'm soo excited!
Anyways, that's about it for now!
Take Caree,
xox
So, oh my god! I'm soaking wet from all the bloody rain! It hasn't stopped raining for soo many days! And the rain is soo hard! Allison drove me home from work today and i was like gripping the seat because i couldn't see out the window because the rain was soo hard and we were on the bloody freeway going like 110!
Anyways, so i'm 100% finished my training, well was last week. I'm definatly staying and i've been in Florida for exactly 1 month today! It's pretty sweet, and has actually gone by really fast.
Hmm, so lots has been going on lately. I'm making a lot more friends in Canada and becoming a lot more closer to them, which i'm happy about because i don't feel so out numbered. They're all pretty supportive and i know most of them have my back. I definatly trust them. And i'm starting to leave my british group behind. Not like i don't like them, but it's pretty hard to spend time with them.. so i tend to drift away. Ohh so i went to games last night! It was soo much fun! No swearing and no drinking. We played pictionary and there was like idk 15 of us there or something. A lot of fun!
There's really nothing exciting happening, ohh except i'm going to Tampa hopfully on Tuesday with Erik & Lindsey! We're staying in a cheap motel (but safe) and going to have a blast because it's Erik's birthday! I'm soo excited!
Anyways, that's about it for now!
Take Caree,
xox
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
First day of rain
Hey Everyonee!!!
So guess what? It finally rained!! It started around 3pm so we closed down the popcorn cart and chilled backstage for like 5 hours. It was pretty sweet. And Jeff (manager) didn't make us do anything which was even more awesome. I kept walking outside and just standing in the rain. It made me think of back home in Victoria. Except the rain here is ridicilous. The drops are like the size of a penny and you get soo wet! Finally around 7pm Jeff came out and told us to close the cart and go home! Yay!!! The even cooler part about it all is there was thunder and lightening all day and night. But they wouldn't let us go outside if there was lightening when it was raining. There were tons of loud sirens sounding telling everyone to get in because it's dangerous and you could get electricuted. lol
When i got home i met up with Edd and we went for dinner at the Food Court and ran into Graeme and David. It was nice to see everyone again.
That really summed it up. We attempted to go swimming in the rain, but security kicked us out due to the lightening. Fair enough. So we all headed back to my place and watched some movies. =)
Today i'm getting ready for work ( 2:30-10:30pm) stocker popcorn, yay!
Tomorrow Graeme and I are going Figure Skating (that's right we found an arena in Florida!!) And then after we're attempting to open a bank account at Bank of America. We're not sure if we can with out our social security cards. And then on Friday i'm hanging out with one of my roomates, Ashley and we're going to Hollywood Studios. So those will be fun days off!!
That's it for now, just because i need to dressed and put on my lame costume. haha
Ohh p.s.. i lost my cell phone the day before yesterday, so don't call/text me pls.
Thankssssssssss
Sam
So guess what? It finally rained!! It started around 3pm so we closed down the popcorn cart and chilled backstage for like 5 hours. It was pretty sweet. And Jeff (manager) didn't make us do anything which was even more awesome. I kept walking outside and just standing in the rain. It made me think of back home in Victoria. Except the rain here is ridicilous. The drops are like the size of a penny and you get soo wet! Finally around 7pm Jeff came out and told us to close the cart and go home! Yay!!! The even cooler part about it all is there was thunder and lightening all day and night. But they wouldn't let us go outside if there was lightening when it was raining. There were tons of loud sirens sounding telling everyone to get in because it's dangerous and you could get electricuted. lol
When i got home i met up with Edd and we went for dinner at the Food Court and ran into Graeme and David. It was nice to see everyone again.
That really summed it up. We attempted to go swimming in the rain, but security kicked us out due to the lightening. Fair enough. So we all headed back to my place and watched some movies. =)
Today i'm getting ready for work ( 2:30-10:30pm) stocker popcorn, yay!
Tomorrow Graeme and I are going Figure Skating (that's right we found an arena in Florida!!) And then after we're attempting to open a bank account at Bank of America. We're not sure if we can with out our social security cards. And then on Friday i'm hanging out with one of my roomates, Ashley and we're going to Hollywood Studios. So those will be fun days off!!
That's it for now, just because i need to dressed and put on my lame costume. haha
Ohh p.s.. i lost my cell phone the day before yesterday, so don't call/text me pls.
Thankssssssssss
Sam
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Hot, Hot, Hot!
Hey Everyonee!
So i don't really have anything to report on other then it's freaking hott!! OMG, i'm going to die.
All i do is sweat here. Infact i'm currently sweating up a storm.
Ohh and i have some pictures from the Throw-In.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=254656&id=647590552&l=9706e38fd0
Well i'm outie,
Goodnight
xox
So i don't really have anything to report on other then it's freaking hott!! OMG, i'm going to die.
All i do is sweat here. Infact i'm currently sweating up a storm.
Ohh and i have some pictures from the Throw-In.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=254656&id=647590552&l=9706e38fd0
Well i'm outie,
Goodnight
xox
Friday, May 8, 2009
What a crazy couple of days!
Hey Everyone!!!
I'm sorry that i havn't updated in a few days, but i've been crazy busy. I think i last bloged on Tuesday? Anyways, work has been intersting. I really do enjoy it, but it's stressful working in a restraunt with that good of a name. Like it's always so busy that you can't screw up and i accedntly sat a party of 4 at the wrong table and my are assignor freaked and told me i screwed up her whole night. It was fine, but she made me feel like shit after. Luckly i was off about 15 minutes after that. My managers are constantly telling me i'm doing really good and are glad that i decided to stay, which is good. I have two more shifts in the restraunt and then i'm out of popcorn, yay! lol
I love greeting. It's a lot of guest interactions, but i just stand there with my little computer and check guests in. I'm trying to decide if i wanna speil or not. I probably will, but it's pretty stressful (the speiling aspect).
Anyways, so i am really enjoying myself here, but it doesn't feel real. Like it feels like i'm in this alternate universe. And i supose that's what it's supposed to be like for the guests. It's an escape for them. But i was thinking and it's May (almost half way) which means June is next month and that means i graduated a year ago. It's crazy, it just feels like life has stopped in general. I'm sure it'll feel a little different when big holidays and birthday arise.
So yes, Wednesday was definatly a down day, well until i went out for dinner with my 'big sister', Kate. It was soo nice talking to someone who knew everything about Victoria! Like talking about the restraunts and malls and stores back at home. lol
Ohh yeah, did you know they have White Spot's in Alberta now??? CRAZY! lol
Umm.. what else, oh yeah.. we had the throw in for Melanie! She's such a cool girl! The throw in was a lot of fun and well everything that happened with it. The part that sucked was some of us partied until 4:30am ish.. and us newbies well now exnewbies had social security day the next day. We had to be at the bus stop by 6:00am the next morning. lol So i basically didn't go to bed. I went over to Erik's place and sorta slept, but it was for like an hour, then headed for the buses. It was pretty boring but we went. Never in my entire life do i have to appy for a social security card. (Aka...Canadian SINs). So after that we got back to The Commons and went to McDonalds for breakfast, went back to commons and got ready fro Typhoon Lagoon. Had a blast there. It was Edd, Graeme, David and I. I loved the wave pool. You get swallowed by the huge tsunami wave they drop. Soo much fun. Their slides were okay, but Blizzard Beach has better ones. So we spent from like 11-4 there and then went home for an hour and Edd, David and i went to Hollywood Studios. We went on Rockin' with Aerosmith (of course) and did the Muppets 3-D. The David ditched us cause he was tired and went back home. Edd and I stayed and did the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (where it drops you in an elevator 13 stories) It was Edd's first ride on it, so it was fun freaking him out. lol After the long 40 minute wait to snuck/blended in with the Fantasmic line and saw Fantasmic. We had such crappy seats. First row at the very left of the ampathetre, but we still saw it and it was so nice. It hit me then that i'm working for such an amazing company that makes so much magic everyday! Love it! I have a few goals down here. To go on every ride, watch every show, see Canada 360 movie 100 times (98 more to go) and to see Fantasmic 100 times (99 more to go). The park closed after Fantasmic so we left but were really hungry so we went to downtown disney to eat at Planet Hollywood. But the bus was incredibly crowded so we ended up taking a resort bus to The Old Key West Resort and caught another resort bus from there to Downtown Disney. I love how us cast members can do whatever we want. lol
Ohh but the best so far is Planet Hollywood. Disney cast members get priority seating. I just flash them my ID and they take us upstairs within 30 seconds. No joke, i was like seriously??? That's amazing. haha
And then we went home after this. I believe i got in around 2:30am this morning. So i was pretty sleep deprived. I slept in unil 1pm today and now i'm just cleaning my room a little, hofully fixed my internet and meeting up with Edd last after he's off and we're going to go watch Illuminations and do some stuff at Epcot.
It's bakc to work for me tomorrow! I'm a stocker in the restraunt, so it's not too bad. Just do my own thing and get yelled at by servers. lol Ohh well.
Next Thursday can't come soon enough though! lol
Other then that, there's nothing really going on. lol
Ohh i guess i should say that FYI, Erik is gay. I'm sleeping over at thee random guys apartments. He's the other canadian in my arrival group so we're close. But he's such a partier. lol Ohh well.
I guess i should go.
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
I'm sorry that i havn't updated in a few days, but i've been crazy busy. I think i last bloged on Tuesday? Anyways, work has been intersting. I really do enjoy it, but it's stressful working in a restraunt with that good of a name. Like it's always so busy that you can't screw up and i accedntly sat a party of 4 at the wrong table and my are assignor freaked and told me i screwed up her whole night. It was fine, but she made me feel like shit after. Luckly i was off about 15 minutes after that. My managers are constantly telling me i'm doing really good and are glad that i decided to stay, which is good. I have two more shifts in the restraunt and then i'm out of popcorn, yay! lol
I love greeting. It's a lot of guest interactions, but i just stand there with my little computer and check guests in. I'm trying to decide if i wanna speil or not. I probably will, but it's pretty stressful (the speiling aspect).
Anyways, so i am really enjoying myself here, but it doesn't feel real. Like it feels like i'm in this alternate universe. And i supose that's what it's supposed to be like for the guests. It's an escape for them. But i was thinking and it's May (almost half way) which means June is next month and that means i graduated a year ago. It's crazy, it just feels like life has stopped in general. I'm sure it'll feel a little different when big holidays and birthday arise.
So yes, Wednesday was definatly a down day, well until i went out for dinner with my 'big sister', Kate. It was soo nice talking to someone who knew everything about Victoria! Like talking about the restraunts and malls and stores back at home. lol
Ohh yeah, did you know they have White Spot's in Alberta now??? CRAZY! lol
Umm.. what else, oh yeah.. we had the throw in for Melanie! She's such a cool girl! The throw in was a lot of fun and well everything that happened with it. The part that sucked was some of us partied until 4:30am ish.. and us newbies well now exnewbies had social security day the next day. We had to be at the bus stop by 6:00am the next morning. lol So i basically didn't go to bed. I went over to Erik's place and sorta slept, but it was for like an hour, then headed for the buses. It was pretty boring but we went. Never in my entire life do i have to appy for a social security card. (Aka...Canadian SINs). So after that we got back to The Commons and went to McDonalds for breakfast, went back to commons and got ready fro Typhoon Lagoon. Had a blast there. It was Edd, Graeme, David and I. I loved the wave pool. You get swallowed by the huge tsunami wave they drop. Soo much fun. Their slides were okay, but Blizzard Beach has better ones. So we spent from like 11-4 there and then went home for an hour and Edd, David and i went to Hollywood Studios. We went on Rockin' with Aerosmith (of course) and did the Muppets 3-D. The David ditched us cause he was tired and went back home. Edd and I stayed and did the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (where it drops you in an elevator 13 stories) It was Edd's first ride on it, so it was fun freaking him out. lol After the long 40 minute wait to snuck/blended in with the Fantasmic line and saw Fantasmic. We had such crappy seats. First row at the very left of the ampathetre, but we still saw it and it was so nice. It hit me then that i'm working for such an amazing company that makes so much magic everyday! Love it! I have a few goals down here. To go on every ride, watch every show, see Canada 360 movie 100 times (98 more to go) and to see Fantasmic 100 times (99 more to go). The park closed after Fantasmic so we left but were really hungry so we went to downtown disney to eat at Planet Hollywood. But the bus was incredibly crowded so we ended up taking a resort bus to The Old Key West Resort and caught another resort bus from there to Downtown Disney. I love how us cast members can do whatever we want. lol
Ohh but the best so far is Planet Hollywood. Disney cast members get priority seating. I just flash them my ID and they take us upstairs within 30 seconds. No joke, i was like seriously??? That's amazing. haha
And then we went home after this. I believe i got in around 2:30am this morning. So i was pretty sleep deprived. I slept in unil 1pm today and now i'm just cleaning my room a little, hofully fixed my internet and meeting up with Edd last after he's off and we're going to go watch Illuminations and do some stuff at Epcot.
It's bakc to work for me tomorrow! I'm a stocker in the restraunt, so it's not too bad. Just do my own thing and get yelled at by servers. lol Ohh well.
Next Thursday can't come soon enough though! lol
Other then that, there's nothing really going on. lol
Ohh i guess i should say that FYI, Erik is gay. I'm sleeping over at thee random guys apartments. He's the other canadian in my arrival group so we're close. But he's such a partier. lol Ohh well.
I guess i should go.
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
2 weeks!!
Hey Everyone!!
So guess what? I've made two weeks. Well, not offically. It's only 11: 52 and i didn't land until 1:19pm, lol but i think it's close enough.
I'm starting to really enjoy myself down here. I had my last training shift in the restraunt last night. I really didn't like greeting at first. Greeting is when i get the cool walkie and ear piece so i can communicate with the assignor. I get to play with the computer and check guests in for their reservations, as well as book reservations for guests to accomodate them for not having any space left at Le Cellier. I was soo sick of saying "I'm sorry but we're fully booked tonight and for the next 3 months!" lol Pretty much everyone showed up last night too.
So i've been trained on seater, greeter and stock. I think i enjoy seating the most. It's more guest interaction and they're not freaking out at you. Hmm, what else..
So i have my first shift by myself today. Pretty excited about that, on greeting. I'll do my best. My trainer left me half way through my shift yesterday because she kept having coughing fits. So they gave me to Craig, who isn't a trainer but he's awesome. Craig just coached me for the rest of the night and it was great. So i think i'm ready for today. I'm trying to study the menu so i can speil ASAP. I think my trainer was making it up a bit. I doubt i can speil in 2 weeks, but i definatly don't have to wiat 3 or 4 months.
There's not really much else to report on. Graeme decided to stay last night!! I'm happyabout that. He was going to self term, but we convinced him. =)
So last night Edd and Graeme and i sat by the pool and ordered pizza. We attempted to go to 'Girls' but they chickend out and waited outside as i went in the apartment reaking of alcohol to find Kate. I got overwelmed by all the drunk people and couldn't see her, so i left. I talked to her this morning and she was okay with me not staying. I just don't feel comfortable in that environment quite yet. Games night it is for me.
Anyways, i'm going to wrap this up so i can striaghten my hair, have some lunch and studying the menu before i go into work.
Ohhhhh yeah!! We're no longer the newbies!!! YAY!
Melanie and Lindsey arrive today!!! So excited to meet them!!
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
So guess what? I've made two weeks. Well, not offically. It's only 11: 52 and i didn't land until 1:19pm, lol but i think it's close enough.
I'm starting to really enjoy myself down here. I had my last training shift in the restraunt last night. I really didn't like greeting at first. Greeting is when i get the cool walkie and ear piece so i can communicate with the assignor. I get to play with the computer and check guests in for their reservations, as well as book reservations for guests to accomodate them for not having any space left at Le Cellier. I was soo sick of saying "I'm sorry but we're fully booked tonight and for the next 3 months!" lol Pretty much everyone showed up last night too.
So i've been trained on seater, greeter and stock. I think i enjoy seating the most. It's more guest interaction and they're not freaking out at you. Hmm, what else..
So i have my first shift by myself today. Pretty excited about that, on greeting. I'll do my best. My trainer left me half way through my shift yesterday because she kept having coughing fits. So they gave me to Craig, who isn't a trainer but he's awesome. Craig just coached me for the rest of the night and it was great. So i think i'm ready for today. I'm trying to study the menu so i can speil ASAP. I think my trainer was making it up a bit. I doubt i can speil in 2 weeks, but i definatly don't have to wiat 3 or 4 months.
There's not really much else to report on. Graeme decided to stay last night!! I'm happyabout that. He was going to self term, but we convinced him. =)
So last night Edd and Graeme and i sat by the pool and ordered pizza. We attempted to go to 'Girls' but they chickend out and waited outside as i went in the apartment reaking of alcohol to find Kate. I got overwelmed by all the drunk people and couldn't see her, so i left. I talked to her this morning and she was okay with me not staying. I just don't feel comfortable in that environment quite yet. Games night it is for me.
Anyways, i'm going to wrap this up so i can striaghten my hair, have some lunch and studying the menu before i go into work.
Ohhhhh yeah!! We're no longer the newbies!!! YAY!
Melanie and Lindsey arrive today!!! So excited to meet them!!
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Cannot think of a good title..
Hey Everyone!!!
So i don't have very much to report on. Funny, when i was back in Victoria i thought i'd be able to blog everynight, but there's not much to talk about.
I worked today at Le Cellier. I was being trained on Stock, which was really boring but not completley terrible. I also found out that if i wanted to i could spiel in two weeks. I'm thinking about it. Get into service within a month of being hired, prettty sweet!
It's stressful though. I was freaking a little when i was bussing tables tonight, but i think it's more because i have no idea what i'm doing and my trainer kept dissapearing on me.
Um.. not really anything else to say. I have my schedule, so for those who are interested.
SCHEDULE:
-MONDAY 4: 1:45-10:15 (Train-Greeter)
-TUESDAY 5: 2:15-10:15 (Greeter)
-WEDNESDAY 6: 11:00-6:00 (Seater)
-THURSDAY 7: OFF (Social Security Day)
-FRIDAY 8: OFF
-SATURDAY 9: 2:00-9:00 (Stock-Popcorn)
-SUNDAY 10: 3:00-9:00 (Seater)
MONDAY 11: 10:00-6:30 (Train-Popcorn)
TUESDAY 12: 2:00-10:00 (Popcorn)
WEDNESDAY 13: 2:30-11:30 (Popcorn)
THURSDAY 14: OFF
FRIDAY 15: OFF
SATURDAY 16: 1:00-6:00 (A la Carte - Disney University)
So that's about it.
Take Caree,
Sam
So i don't have very much to report on. Funny, when i was back in Victoria i thought i'd be able to blog everynight, but there's not much to talk about.
I worked today at Le Cellier. I was being trained on Stock, which was really boring but not completley terrible. I also found out that if i wanted to i could spiel in two weeks. I'm thinking about it. Get into service within a month of being hired, prettty sweet!
It's stressful though. I was freaking a little when i was bussing tables tonight, but i think it's more because i have no idea what i'm doing and my trainer kept dissapearing on me.
Um.. not really anything else to say. I have my schedule, so for those who are interested.
SCHEDULE:
-MONDAY 4: 1:45-10:15 (Train-Greeter)
-TUESDAY 5: 2:15-10:15 (Greeter)
-WEDNESDAY 6: 11:00-6:00 (Seater)
-THURSDAY 7: OFF (Social Security Day)
-FRIDAY 8: OFF
-SATURDAY 9: 2:00-9:00 (Stock-Popcorn)
-SUNDAY 10: 3:00-9:00 (Seater)
MONDAY 11: 10:00-6:30 (Train-Popcorn)
TUESDAY 12: 2:00-10:00 (Popcorn)
WEDNESDAY 13: 2:30-11:30 (Popcorn)
THURSDAY 14: OFF
FRIDAY 15: OFF
SATURDAY 16: 1:00-6:00 (A la Carte - Disney University)
So that's about it.
Take Caree,
Sam
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Back to work..
Hey Everyone!!
How's everyone doing? I hope everything is well with everyone else!
I'm doing pretty well. I've come to learn that i much perfer working then having days off here. It's the days off that make me lonley and homesick. I was managed to be ditched 5 different times today. Ohh well. Cest le vie.
Tonight was a lot of fun. Around 11:00pm, Graeme, Edd and I headed to the pool and were just chilling outside of it and eventually Edd got in. After maybe 10 minutes of him swimming i couldn't take it any longer so i just jumped in, fully clothed with jeans and all. It was terrible! lol Really didn't think that one through to well. I ended up walking back to my apartment dripping wet when security kicked us out at 1am. Earlier today i hung around Graeme at his apartment. He got pissed by 2 in the afternoon as he was cleaning his kitchen. We were listening to my I-Pod singing soo loudly to lame Disney songs! Haha Soo much fun though. I'll never forget it. He ended up sitting in his kitchen sink at one point. Very classy. LOL
Um.. ohh and later on i went to Hollywood Studios with David. That was pretty fun. We only had a couple hours until the park closed so we just did Twilight Zone tower of terror, star tours, and the great movie ride. Not too bad. lol
I'm going back on Thursday with Edd and some others and we're also going to see FANTASMIC! Omg, so excited!
Ohhh Melanie arrives on Tuesday, which means there's a throw in on Wednesday! Yay, it'll be nice to go to one so i can take pictures and videos and not be in the middle of the room with 30 Canadians starring at you!
I'm trying my best to hang out with Canadians now. I'm going to Girls on Monday night mainly because it's Kate's birthday. Gotta go, what little sister would i be if i didn't. haha
Crap, well my internet has shit off now, so i'm not sure how i'm going to post this but we'll figure something out.
Talk to you soon!!
Ohh yeah, i work 1:30-10:00pm today, so excited! Nice 9 and a half hour long shift full of stocking! haha
Goodnight
Sam
xox
P.s - some pictures i've added! :
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250866&id=647590552&l=531eb4f676
EPCOT with Edd
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=251587&id=647590552&l=4e1147ec65
Hollywood Studios with David
How's everyone doing? I hope everything is well with everyone else!
I'm doing pretty well. I've come to learn that i much perfer working then having days off here. It's the days off that make me lonley and homesick. I was managed to be ditched 5 different times today. Ohh well. Cest le vie.
Tonight was a lot of fun. Around 11:00pm, Graeme, Edd and I headed to the pool and were just chilling outside of it and eventually Edd got in. After maybe 10 minutes of him swimming i couldn't take it any longer so i just jumped in, fully clothed with jeans and all. It was terrible! lol Really didn't think that one through to well. I ended up walking back to my apartment dripping wet when security kicked us out at 1am. Earlier today i hung around Graeme at his apartment. He got pissed by 2 in the afternoon as he was cleaning his kitchen. We were listening to my I-Pod singing soo loudly to lame Disney songs! Haha Soo much fun though. I'll never forget it. He ended up sitting in his kitchen sink at one point. Very classy. LOL
Um.. ohh and later on i went to Hollywood Studios with David. That was pretty fun. We only had a couple hours until the park closed so we just did Twilight Zone tower of terror, star tours, and the great movie ride. Not too bad. lol
I'm going back on Thursday with Edd and some others and we're also going to see FANTASMIC! Omg, so excited!
Ohhh Melanie arrives on Tuesday, which means there's a throw in on Wednesday! Yay, it'll be nice to go to one so i can take pictures and videos and not be in the middle of the room with 30 Canadians starring at you!
I'm trying my best to hang out with Canadians now. I'm going to Girls on Monday night mainly because it's Kate's birthday. Gotta go, what little sister would i be if i didn't. haha
Crap, well my internet has shit off now, so i'm not sure how i'm going to post this but we'll figure something out.
Talk to you soon!!
Ohh yeah, i work 1:30-10:00pm today, so excited! Nice 9 and a half hour long shift full of stocking! haha
Goodnight
Sam
xox
P.s - some pictures i've added! :
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250866&id=647590552&l=531eb4f676
EPCOT with Edd
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=251587&id=647590552&l=4e1147ec65
Hollywood Studios with David
Friday, May 1, 2009
Soo scratch that.
I put all my photos on Facebook, and i know some of you don't have it, but i can post different links to the albums, even if you don't have facebook. So here we go:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=247742&id=647590552&l=c42fea4510
Arriving in Orlando
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250858&id=647590552&l=3dd9ad3922
My new home - THE COMMONS
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=247748&id=647590552&l=80b96a4413
Welcome to Disney
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=248053&id=647590552&l=b27640a31c
Life around The Commons, including some of the throw-in pictures
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=248336&id=647590552&l=513496caf8
Blizzard Beach - Disney Water Park
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250864&id=647590552&l=51c2f22450
Random Magical Moments 2009-2010
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250860&id=647590552&l=64add84a8e
Magic Kingdom - With Edd, Heather, Robyn, and Louisa (First trip to a disney park)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250861&id=647590552&l=5c8016d82d
Magic Kingdom - With the Brits ;)
So that's all i have uploaded online for now. If my internet starts to work soon, i'll post more.
I must go because i think i'm hogging up too much time in the computer lab.
Ohh and i need to look up some good canadian facts. (I realized last night that i know nothing about Canada)
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=247742&id=647590552&l=c42fea4510
Arriving in Orlando
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250858&id=647590552&l=3dd9ad3922
My new home - THE COMMONS
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=247748&id=647590552&l=80b96a4413
Welcome to Disney
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=248053&id=647590552&l=b27640a31c
Life around The Commons, including some of the throw-in pictures
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=248336&id=647590552&l=513496caf8
Blizzard Beach - Disney Water Park
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250864&id=647590552&l=51c2f22450
Random Magical Moments 2009-2010
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250860&id=647590552&l=64add84a8e
Magic Kingdom - With Edd, Heather, Robyn, and Louisa (First trip to a disney park)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=250861&id=647590552&l=5c8016d82d
Magic Kingdom - With the Brits ;)
So that's all i have uploaded online for now. If my internet starts to work soon, i'll post more.
I must go because i think i'm hogging up too much time in the computer lab.
Ohh and i need to look up some good canadian facts. (I realized last night that i know nothing about Canada)
Take Caree,
Sam
xox
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