Disney Cast Side

Well, I said I would get better with blogging but here I am almost a month later with another post. I'm going to be so mad at myself for not keeping up better when i'm back home. The thing is I am always SO busy! Since my program is so short I am basically only ever home to sleep, aside from that I am usually out playing or the obvious-working.
Work is great, but keeping me super busy. I've got to set up in a Poly bungalow which was heaven. I've definitely learned my favorite resorts (Grand Flo will always be my number 1, I didn't need this role to decide that).
Fun wise I finally went to the Animation hall at Studios which I am now extremely sad about. I got to draw Rapunzel and I was so stoked. We've had plenty of nights where we go to the park to watch Wishes or whatever and to no surprise, being Florida in the summer, it rains here EVERY SINGLE DAY! And not just rain, like a huge storm. Like thunder that shakes the apartment and lightning that lights up the whole sky. Its beautiful yet terrifying.
One night I met Sara, Alexia and Molly at Studios after work. Molly used to work Fantasmic her first program and still has connections so she got us all these fast passes and then we got to sit VIP for Fantastmic, which was a blast! Frozen Summer Fun has also started and it's amazing, the fireworks are the cutest thing ever! Way better then the Star Wars fireworks.
I've got sent out with the drivers at work a few times (the drivers are the ones who drop off the baskets to the different resorts) and they've shown me backstage all the different parks which is really cool to see. One of the girls I work with even took me to the Wedding Pavilion and it was absolutely gorgeous!
 On the 4th I went to the beach with some friends from work. I was in heaven, it was my first time going to the beach aside from the pacific ocean. The water felt like bath water, it was heavenly. After that we went to Epcot and ate in France (naturally) and our waiter was the cutest thing. Like beautiful. Like I thought all the beautiful men where in Germany but everyone in France was beautiful. I might have attempted to take a snap of him and he caught me. "How did your picture turn out?" I was so embarrassed,  my face went bright red, but I think i played it off pretty well.
One night Sara and Alexia and I went to watch Inside Out. I hopped on a Port Orleans bus for Downtown Disney to meet them there and due to the horrible construction going on down there I was literally in stopped traffic for over 20 minutes, thus resulting in me having to rush to the OTHER side of the area. My calfs burnt so badly I wanted to cry by the time I sat down. Another night I was on Twitter and saw that Downtown Disney had the Little Mermaid Tsums Tsums so being 1030 at night we literally went to DD to get them-another night of sprinting from one end to the other.
The sister missionaries have come over to visit and by some miracle I have been able to attend a night church and a full block of church, so I am very grateful for that!
Anyway, I've been here a little over a month and have a little over a month left, so that's crazy.

IIIIIIIIII'M BACK!!!!

Wow. I never thought I would be writing in this blog again about my DCP adventures. But alas, here I am!!
A little background. In late February the Disney Alumni page I am a part of on Facebook announced that for the first time in 7 years they would be doing a Summer Alumni program. I couldn't believe it, everything got spun around. Was I going to apply? I graduate in December so this was my only chance. Finally I decided what the heck and I applied! I went through the same interview process as the first program and they told by come the end of March I would find out if I got it or not. I didn't tell anyone outside my immediate family I was applying because it was an alumni program and I knew it was a very limited program. I didn't want to not get it and have everyone asking me about it. Well, fortunately for me I found out less than a week later that I had been accepted! The timing could not have been more perfect because the next day was the deadline for my College housing to know if I was resigning my contract or not.
May 26 was my check in day. I live in Patterson this time around in a 5 person apartment. I am in a room with 2 other girls, and we have a bunk bed! The 2 other girls in my room I connected with on Facebook and there are 2 other girls we wanted to room with but couldnt who live in Chatham that we hang out with. Sara, one of the girls in my room worked Fantasyland with my during my program and then we are both currently in the same role.
On that note, my role is currently floral, and in the floral department I am doing In Room Celebrations. This is where I travel across property to the different resorts and set up packages in rooms such as a love package or a welcome package. Yesterday, Saturday, was my first day working. It was an orientation with the 7 other CP's in floral (all girls) and then today was my first day in IRC and we went to Contemporary, Wilderness, and the Grand Floridian. Then when i'm not setting up in rooms and back at the warehouse we are making sure everything is in the baskets that need to be or creating new baskets for the next day.
Going back (Remember this I use as my journal so sorry if it becomes a bit of a bore) But, Monday night at 11:30 was my flight. I landed in Orlando at 5:50 AM and hung out at the airport until 7:30 where I got a taxi that took me to Vista Way for check in. I didn't get back from casting until about 4 and Alexia, Sara (My 2 roommates in my room) and Hannah and Sam (the other 2 we wanted to room with) we went to Downtown Disney and ate at T-Rex. Wednesday we had a housing meeting and went shopping at Target and Publix and Sara had us try Panera (Alexia and I) for the first time. Thursday we had nothing going on so Sara and I went to the pool then we went resort hopping. We then went to the Poly to watch Wishes as we ate Dole Whip, it was pretty perfect.
I've left this post in my draft box for almost two weeks so i've forgotten what happened next. I've started work and have had a couple of days to play at the parks as well. As i've mentioned i'm floral and I do In Room Celebrations so I travel to the resorts and set up packages in the rooms that have been ordered. It's kind of fun to be the behind scenes of making the magic, I would just love to see some kids faces when they go into their rooms! It's pretty good so far, i'm just nervous to have to start driving on my own because I don't have the property down yet. There are 7 other CP girls and they are pretty cute, I enjoy them. I don't see them a whole lot, in fact I don't see about half of them most of the time but those I do see in passing are pretty fun. Six of us went to Epcot last night to eat an hang out briefly. They're pretty funny! Unfortunately my schedule has kept me from getting to Church yet which is a bummer and something I really want to do. On the bright side my schedule is constant with hours, 11:30-20:00 (8, sorry that Military time has gotten to me).
Lets see, my roommate was on a bus a motorcyclist flew through the window and she was the only one calm enough to call 911. So that was a pretty interesting story to get from her. ALSO I ride the Epcot bus home and i've discovered the German boys are attractive so thats neat!
Anyway, I know i've been crap with updating which sucks because I love reading through my posts of my first program so hopefully I can pick up my slack!

25 things you learn as a CP

25 things I learned as a CP (in no particular order)
1. You're never to old for Disney
2. Sometimes you get stuck living in the ghetto, and it is indeed ghetto
3. You quickly learn enough about Celsius when the air conditioning panel falls off the wall and the Norweginers set it to Celsius instead of Fahrenheit.
4. Pixie Dust is hard to remove
5. The world still believes Mormons practice polygamy
6. Florida's weather is more bipolar than Utah's weather.
7. Just because you're a cast member people expect you to know EVERYTHING about Disney.
8. Stickers help make a little kid stop crying
9. The buses are bound to  break down or be late
10. A sleep schedule doesnt exist. Especially if you work in the MK.
11. You can count on a lot of CP's being at IHop at 3 AM on any given night.
12. It's totally appropriate to be the only adult without a child in line to meet a character.
13. Force extensions suck
14. Aladdin is and always will be a total babe.
15. Main Street has the best break room.
16. It's totally normal to stay up late discussing which little girl princess dresses are cute and which ones need changing.
17. Guests get frustrated if you dont speak Spanish....i'm sorry, I thought we were in America?
18. It's not weird to beg families from England to take you back with them. Instead they tell you all about their country!
19. Touch to Pay is either so helpful or a pain in my behind!
20. Nothing brings me and a guest together more than their 1D merch
21. The best guests are always the little kids. They are so much fun to talk to.
22. Dont let your roommate put things on your side of the dresser apparently.
23. The shuttle likes to play Walking On Sunshine when its 1 in the morning AND raining.
24. I think i'm gonna be a pretty rocking mom the way i've dealt with drunks....
25. It's pretty incredible to create friendships with people from all over the world!

So long. Farewell.

I'm back home! :( Oh my gosh how the past few months have been a spectacular journey and i honestly just cant believe its over!
Thursday Kristen and I went to MK to play where Barb met up with us a few hours later. We were there from park opening (give or take a little bit) to park close. We had a blast and was trying to squeeze in everything one last time. It rained a little bit but that didnt put a damper on our parade. No seriously...the parade still went on. thank goodness. I was terrified the rain would cause my 3 0'clock parade to become the rainy day parade and that wouldnt be good for my last time ever. But my parade still went on. I got to see my Adventureland hottie one last time. (most heartbreaking thing walking away knowing I will never see him again...seriously people...total babe!) and was heartbroken once more when Wishes was finished. A lot of cast members -especially those of us who work in the MK grow tired of Wishes, but no no no. Not me. Goosebumps every single time. Unfortunately Tinkerbell didnt fly this night and we were all shocked, we were making up some huge thing like oh its a sign that its time to go home. Time to go grow up. But that just made me sad so we had to go ride Thunder Mountain instead and forget the real world for a few more hours. Barbs mom came and picked us up from the park and once back in 1102 Barb finished packing and left. One down from the original 3 and now all that was left was Kristen and I. It was about 1 in the morning at this point and we had a shuttle to catch at 4 so we planned not to go to sleep. I showered and finished packing while Kristen finished up her stuff. Finally about 230 we were done and ready to go so we sat around until 330 when we went out and waited for the shuttle (plus we didnt want to hold a conversation much longer with a certain person.) Kristen got off the shuttle before I did because her airline was in a different part of the airport than mine so we made our goodbyes quick and away she went. Really sad. Then I sat around and waited for a few hours fighting sleep because I had been up since 730 the previous day. Finally I got on the plane and was asleep while the plane was still taking off. I slept clear until Denver where I had a layover. My flight got delayed an hour so that was super boring. Luckily one of my close friends from Florida was texting me so that kept me occupied for a while.
My family was there to meet me at the airport and they even had signs. I was so excited to finally see Easton in person and to see Kennadi. Lets be honest, the two people I missed the most while I was gone was those two.
My family then went out to dinner and Kennadi, Cami and Austin then came and stayed with us until today so i've had a blast playing with Kennadi.
I'm constantly snap chatting Barb about our post-Disney life and how sad it is and getting texts from Kristen stating "It was only a dream!" [a running joke among 1102] And to top it off for whatever reason we always quote a certain part in Princess Diaries and tonight it was on TV following Cinderella-with WDW commercials like every minute. Like alright world-enough! I'm trying to cope with my life not Disney centered.
I'm still trying to get used to saying normal things because a lot of things arent okay in the real world. Like casually bringing up a character in a conversation isn't normal or breaking out into a Disney song.
I've learned a lot over the past few months though and am definitely not the girl I was when I left. But I think its for the better possibly? :)

Meeting Wendy and Peter together? Amazing. And this Peter>>

Carousal like champs! "I"M ON A LITTLE KID HORSE!"

You've gotta commit!

Conga line!!

This picture is greater than other Disney pictures I have

Love these girls! [And love the castle we're infront of!]

Who took this photo? Adventureland Hottie. Who begged everyone not to embarrass me infront of him? Me. Who buckled in their backpack? Kristen. Who asked him to take our photo? Barb. 

Barb had to pull me away from Adventureland hottie. My last ever look. So depressing.

Cast Member no more?

Nooooooo. I cant believe it! I am officially done working! I have one full day left in Florida! Where the heck has this year gone?
This past couple of days was a tad bit sad. Obviously. Sunday I worked until a quarter after 3 in the morning. THE MORNING! Ah. I work Magic Kingdom it's not out of the ordinary. The park was open until 2 for Extra Magic Hours and Danny and Bianca were the other two who stayed late with me (only one store in the zone I was in is open for EMH) We had a blast. Bianca was thugging up all these Disney songs then Danny would opera-fy them. I was dying. (clearly the park gets a little slow that late into the night.) Monday I closed and Tuesday i closed. Tuesday the parks hours got extended from 11 to 12 so us closing shift was force extended until 1:30. That was kinda annoying because I had to be back in exactly 8 hours to start my next shift. Tuesday was my last day in Zone 1 meaning the stores meaning...my pixie dust! Hopping on the shuttle to go back to West clock the Adventureland glow peeps were on the shuttle. I saw Haley who funny story one day I was sitting with her on break and realized she goes to BYU-ever since then I've seen her at church and what not but anyway shes in Adventureland and she was like "Umm I heard you leave soon" and I was like "Yep tomorrow is my last day" and so we made plans on how we have to hang out when she goes back to school because shes working until August. Then once the shuttle pulled into West clock an Adventureland coordinator spotted me and she was in the back and I was about in the middle and suddenly I hear "MADISON!" and so i look around and as the doors open and people start piling out of the bus I spot her just waving away and I get all excited and wave and suddenly the back half of the shuttle decide to join in by calling my name and waving to me. I'm such a rockstar! Today was my last day and I was in my least favorite zone but it was fine. It was a rainy day so I got to spend my last day doing my ever so favorite poncho selling. *insert lots of sarcasm!*
I have hated saying goodbye to people though as the days go by. I've made such fantastic friends and I dont want to say goodbye!
Tomorrow i'm playing at the park all day and I have to say goodbye to my parade and Wishes. A tear may or may not get shed. :(
I'm so excited to get home and see my family and get out of this ghetto I have been living in. But so not ready to give up the Disney life and friends!! :(

Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirates Life for Me....

What a week. I had 60 hours of work this week. Let me tell you this, I am exhausted! I was yet again in Adventureland and the working long shifts there is the most miserable thing because it's so slow. And then long shifts in Pirates sucks because you are in the same place hours on end. All in all the week went by really fast and my paycheck is going to rock!

Monday night I got off work a quarter to 8 and Barb and Kristen were off so we decided to hit up MK obviously. We had plans (I had plans) to research the ever so attractive Adventureland hottie. We joked around we would be doing the Tikki Room at least 7 times but lucky for the other two and sadly for me, no sight of Adventureland hottie. So we rode some rides, watched some Wishes, the usual. We then decided to hit up the fairies and there was absolutely no wait so we sat and chatted with Tinkerbell and Rosetta for a few minutes. Talked about Vista Way and how we worked there. 

Tuesday Kristen and I had a day off so we started it with a trip to Downtown Disney to research a boy. We got the response "no one here by that name works here" Kristen was like....uhh i've seen him here. That's how I met him. Anyway so he's a figment of her imagination so we ventured to the MK once more to watch my fantastic 3 0'clock parade. The day had been a little rainy so I feared they would do the rainy day parade and not my parade. We were at the starting point but as soon as it started it started to sprinkle so I was worried the dancers would bounce but they stayed and I saw my parade. Wahoo. But Cinderella's float was MIA so it's a good thing I will see it one more time! :) We then got in line to meet Merida and she was so cute. I was wearing my paper plane necklace and while waiting the character attendant was like it reminds me of the Paperman and I was like oh my gosh yeah! and then thats the first thing Merida said and she was like maybe if I met someone like him i would let him shoot for my arm. Then she points to another character attendnat and she was like what about him? Do you think I should let him and I was like "ehh.." and she leans in and was like "it's alright, he plays for the other team" hahaha I couldnt stop laughing. She was fantastic. Then we went to meet the Princesses cause Kristen needed Rapunzels autograph and as soon as we walked in the room Rapunzel was in the front corner greeting a guest so we couldnt see her so Kristen stopped and was like "WHERES RAPUNZEL?" like about to have a meltdown. It was hilarious. Then she came into view so all was right in the world again. We then ventured to Adventureland to see the ever amazing Aladdin and it was hilarious! Aladdin was hiding from Kristen and Jasmine was like he thinks you're a sandwhich and Kristen was like "WHAT?" and Jasmine was like oh not the edible kind and then she went off on a story of what a sandwhich was and I was cracking up. 

Kristen then got the great idea to go ask a cast member if the Adventureland hottie was working. Yeah, no he was off. Apparently he was the only one in all of Magic Kingdom to have two days off this week. Then we went over and met Tiana and Naveen and Kristen had been using a Rapunzel pen to get the autographs so when Kristen was up she was talking to Tiana and Naveen was like how do I use this pen? so I call out you have to pull the hair off, meaning the end of the hair but he thought the head so he starts pulling at the head and Kristen, Tiana, and I all call out "NOOO!" and once again I couldnt stop laughing. Naveen was tramatized. When I went up for a picture he was like "Suddenly just three girls were yelling at me!"

Kristen and I then did some adult like things like ride rides and then got in line for some ice cream before the projection show and it was our lucky day because we got free ice cream! YAY! The cast members were practicing how to twirl it so bam! Free ice cream for us! Celebrate the Magic was amazing. Wishes was amazing. 

Wednesday-Saturday I brutally worked. Thursday night I was working in Agrabah right by the CDS and Katie was stocking so she was sitting there talking to me and Adventureland hottie walked back to the cds when we didnt see because honestly, we had been playing with a bubble gun. hahaha. Anyway Katie goes to the back and comes out and goes "Maaaaadison you're boyfriend is at the CDS!" The door was still cracked open so he obviously heard. I yelled at her. Friday the park was open 24 hours for Monstrous Summer. What a disaster. I got stuck at the dumb cart hours on end and I hate that cart. I was there for fireworks which I loved and I met some great guests who I really enjoyed talking to. but besides that I felt like I was holding up a sign saying "HI! Come complain to me about the parks crowd!" So annoying. I was scheduled to get off at 1 AM but not enough people showed up for the land so we had to close at 1 so I was there till 2 helping close up. Saturday I was in Pirates all day and the managers and coordinators were coming up to me and was like "Is this your last day with us?" And I would be like "Yup. Forever." and they would be sad because they love me! :) there is also one coordinator who everytime he sees me he calls me Madison square garden. Like i'll walk by and he'll just be like "Madison Square Garden." and i'm like..hi. 

Today was my last Sunday in Florida and I really cant believe how fast time has gone. It was great to see the missionaries because let's be honest, they have been a huge blessing in my life while here in Florida. I'm so glad I get to spend my last couple of days back in Fantasyland.

Casual research on The Magic Carpets

Hottie Mc-Hot Hot

Well this past week I was in Adventureland and it was whatever. Nothing cool, nothing exciting. JUST KIDDING. I love when I show up in Adventureland and the managers are like "Oh hey! Welcome back!" or i'm talking to another cast member and make some comment on being deployed and they are like "But i've seen you here before" My favorite is when the thailand girls saw me and they just started laughing and were like "oh my gosh. You came back." (in their thick accent) haha so funny. One night I walked down to the Utilidor and my glow friends were down there and they were like "MADISON YOU'RE HERE!" And I just glared at them and they were like "IN ADVENTURELAND..." And I was like uh ya i'm back next week too and then we all had to try to compare schedules to see if we ever work together. But not really because they are all glow. All the time. Everyday all day. Just kidding I think it got solved I do get to work with a couple of them thank goodness. Anyway on day this week besides stocking Pirates I also stocked Adventureland (the land as they say) a few days later and it was so boring. My Fan-land friend was stocking squeeze breeze in the Utilidor so I would just take my sweet time talking to him each time I had to go down. Then some Adventureland friends had the day off and stopped by and one friend had all these Happy Birthday buttons but they were random like they had Mulan and Hannah Montana and just the most random names and it was hilarious. He then made me make him 5 new ones...one for each member of One Direction. Of course I was happy to oblige! Also on Thursday (this stocking day) I was in the back stockroom right by where Aladdin and Jasmine hang out when they are off stage and in walks Jasmine. in walks Aladdin. and....in walks the Genie. I about jumped 10 feet it scared me. I've never seen the genie outside the parade before. I was like what in the world. Then on Friday Jasmine was flying solo and it was heartbreaking...not for her for me! BUT....I did see my Adventureland hottie and thats always an amazing time. Later that night Kristen gave me this huge pep talk on how i needed to talk to him and blah blah blah. Because all we do is walk past each other and smile. Which I mean that sounds like a pretty solid relationship just saying. So Saturday came and I had a 12.5 hour shift. I'm sorry but in Adventureland thats miserable because it's so slow! I wasn't by the register where Aladdin's meet and greet is once while he was there but I did see him in the back a few times and he would wave to me so i'm just saying...we're in love. I finally got by that register at night though and that register is by the door that people use to get to the computer. I waited patiently for Adventureland hottie to walk by and nothing...just standing there because there were no guests even near me. Oh hey...what up there comes a guest wanting to check out some pins. and oh hey..to my right, there goes Adventureland hottie to the back. Perfect timing. I smiled at him as he walked by cause obviously I was talking to a guest..I couldnt shaft her. She then left because the pins were a disapointment and I stood there and out walks Adventureland hottie. He walked right past me, smiled and said hi. Solid. Talk about being in love. No but seriously-he's a total babe. Then I sat and played with a fake snake that makes everyone think is real and I was scaring like a billion people and it was hilarious and I would like pretend to make it jump at little kids as they would come to pet it to see if it was real and I was finding way too much joy in this. THEN...I was sitting there bored outta my mind with my pet snake and this little boy just sat staring at me and his mom was like oh you see the snake. So I sat and talked to him (well mostly his mom because he just sat and stared at me) He did finally tell me he was 4 years old though and shared the story about how he was swimming and grabbed a shark by it's tale. I was like uhh..you wont pet my rubber snake but you can grab sharks? And the mom was telling me how they just watched Indiana Jones and Indiana is scared of Snakes so I kept calling him Indiana jones. He would sit and like almost glare at me though and it was hilarious so I would be like "dont smile. Dont you dare smile" and he was start smiling and it was so cute. Finally after a good 15 minutes they started walking away but he got stopped by the cool music instruments we have. He picked one up and ran over to show me. He then gave me one and we put together a band. The mom and I were just cracking up so much and other cast members would walk by, stop to talk to him (but mostly the mom cause she was the only one who would talk) and then go on their way. Oh man he was killing me. I asked him if he would please stay in Disney with me and he just shook his head like girl you're crazy! Finally the mom got him to go on the Magic Carpets which is right across from the store and said they could wave to me as they went by. We started closing the store but I watched them as they got off the ride. The mom as they walked by was like "Mason wave bye to your friend" and he just started running away but then looked back waved and kept running. haha such a fun kid. Oh then I finally got to go home and I was sitting on the bus and the Adventureland hottie got on and BAM started talking to someone and yeah...he's got an accent. It's Australian and well I also said I needed a Brit but i'm willing to make this sacrifice.
Anyway-My life is clearly a joke.