Finally a break!

Needless to say, they've kept me VERY busy these past few days. But they've been a lot of fun!
Traditions was incredible! My park orientation was long and my feet were covered in blisters, but fun! Then, I finally found out what attractions I'm working! Splash Mountain! Yeeeeeeeehaw! It's super exciting! I've totally geeked out a few to many times, and I think my trainer thinks I'm a little bit crazy, but it's all been so exciting!

Sorry I haven't updated sooner, tomorrow is my first day off since I've been here. Boy, am I grateful for that! Tomorrow is one of my roommates' birthdays, so we're going to the Magic Kingdom all day! YAY!

So anywho, now that I have some time, lets see where to begin!

Traditions was a 4 hour class that seemed pretty boring at first. The leaders made it fun though. Very interactive, and they take you on a little bitty park tour. It's pretty fun. Nothing too terribly exciting, except for the awesome surprise near the end, but I won't say a word. It's held in Disney University which is a very intriguing building. Lots of art and pictures all over to look at. I could spend all day there and be perfectly happy finding new things.

Then I went to my second day of training, which was Once Upon a Time is Now. Smaller group, toured some more of the park. We were on our feet ALL DAY, which is where the 4 blisters came from. Note to any future Magic Kingdom CMs, WEAR COMFY SHOES! We actually got to ride some rides and they really talked a lot about some of the history of the park and why things are a certain way. They also talk about different park wide policies and those kinds of things, but make the boring stuff fun. Then you split into even smaller groups that are just your role and your area. For me, it was just people who are doing Frontierland Attractions, so about 6 of us. This is where they give you some more specifics. Found out I was at Splash and was VERY excited. Then the group of us and a trainer went to the area and got to ride the rides and talk more about the specifics of our role in out location.

The next day was what some people call "For Our Guests". This was our first day in costume. It was slightly overwhelming, but we got to do a lot of the fun CM stuff. We started off the morning with Walkdown, where we basically walk in a line so the guests can run to the rides (it's for their safety!). IT was our first guest interaction as cast members. It was incredible. We got to explore Tom Sawyer Island and Watched Country Bear Jamboree, and of course rode Splash again.

Today was my first day of training. Unfortunately Splash has a mind of her own and is upset she's not going down for refurbishment this year because it's Thunder's turn, and she was down all day, or at least up until 3:45 when I left. So it was a pretty chill day.

I've been exhausted these past few days, but I have found out that BandAid blister bandaids work miracles!

Can't wait for tomorrow! We're going to spend it in the Magic Kingdom for one of my Roommates' Birthday!

I leave you with Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust!