Day 5- Split offs..

Oh baby! Today was a doozy and a half.. I woke up at 4:45am to catch the bus and get to training. I don't know.. but because of the time change I am still used to Calgary time so that was not so fun.. Oh well I got over it fast. I met my friend Megan (she lives below me, goes to my school, and works in Fantasyland attractions as well) at 5:50 and headed off to Disney University. I am getting used to riding buses everywhere. I am realizing how blessed I am to have a car. It is really weird not to. We are also no where near any food places or restaurants so it is hard to even get groceries.  Oh well. We got to our room and separated into two groups. Our leaders were really fun and upbeat so it didn't seem like the crack of dawn. Or in my case the middle of the freakin night! We headed over to the under ground tunnels again and basically that is where we get everywhere as cast members. It is weird to see Cinderella on her cellphone and Rapunzel with jeans and a sweater. But it is still magical. I have now seen every Disney princess backstage.. because I work in Fantasyland where the princesses are!! So that is fun! Some people ask if it ruins the magic.. but it actually seems to be better because I am apart of it and can make others happy. We took the tunnels to the entrance and because we work in the Magic Kingdom park we need to know all about it. So we talked about EVERYTHING important and everything from history to the future plans. A lot of people think that the Magic Kingdom is Disneyworld. But it is actually only a part of it. Everything from the Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, EPCOT and the water parks are apart of Walt Disney World. So you have the whole shabang. They are just sections of it even though the Magic Kingdom is bigger than Disneyland in California and has a lot of the same but different rides. We walked everywhere and learned a lot. We got to see what the imagineers do and  we actually got to ride the Haunted Mansion. I love it!! We then separated into our specific locations of the Magic Kingdom and went to have a training session about our specific area. Megan and I met a wonderful lady names Jeanine. She was so energetic and so fun. We did some online training for a little and then got our costumes!!! I look like a yodeler from switzerland.. it is so funny and we all look like tools but I actually love it because it is so comfortable and is way way better looking than 90% of the other cast costumes! We went on Mickeys Philharmagic ride which was soo good by the way.. and then at the end of the day we got our ride assignments. They finally told us that we were going to be on 2 rides for the duration of our time here. I was confused at first because they were so indecisive about what was going to be happening. So we get an inside ride and an outside ride.. So that is good because you can get some sun and then when your warm you can go inside!
I would first like to point out that I have always VERY VERY MUCH not liked It's a small world. I don't know why but that song basically makes me want to stuff my ears with anything that will make the sound stop. I thought applying for this job I probably would not get it. Out of seven parks over 47 miles long of land there is a huge chance that I would not. But of course with my luck... which is really not good apparently... you guessed it..... I am going to be an attractions CP on It's a small world. oh and also Peter Pan which is cool.. but I can't stop thinking about the other.. We may be switching in our area to cover peoples shifts but other than that... I will be hanging out with singing dolls and flying fairies... is it weird that I am still excited!?
I actually talked to a couple of my leaders and I asked what their favorite ride to work on was. All of them said It's a small world... Because you can't really hear the music and you always hear the lovely sound of water flowing which apparently is peaceful. So bring it on Disneyworld... I am ready. But I still need to be trained more.
We have to get black shoes for our costumes... they are butt ugly with the outfit by the way, I decided to get Shape ups to work out my butt while working.. hahhaa they are soooo gross though.. and they want us to wear WHITE socks! hahahhaa can you say tacky?
I know I sound like I am bitter... but I am actually SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER EXCITED!!!!
Something that is also neat is that I found out Fantasyland is going to be doubling in size and they may ask us to extend our program after we are done.... I will have to see. . but man..
ALSO... our section closes down during the fireworks because we have the castle in our area which is where they go around. We get to be trained with fireworks!! I heard that we get a bonus because of this training... and I just think it will be cool to learn about. We obviously wont be setting them off.. but we will probably be there to help when they do. Now I am sitting at home exhausted. My roommates have all gone out to the parks.... I really want to.. but I still have 5 months here and I have to be up at 4:30am tomorrow to do something like this all over again. I feel good. I am so excited to be trained this week and I hope it isnt as bad as I have it pictured in my mind...