Phone Interview: Round Two!

I had my phone interview for spring this morning! I think it went super well, especially compared to my interview for fall! I honestly don't know how I'm here right now, I thought I did awful! Haha! The interviews this time around seem to be a lot different. They don't ask for your top roles, they ask what you think you're most qualified for. I said quick-service and retail sales clerk! I believe I put no interest for quick-service though just because I want to experience more! I made it quite obvious retail was my first choice, haha. I didn't put interest in very many roles, I was very picky this time around! I was told I would hear by the end of October, so fingers crossed!

Last Minute Decisions...

I made quite the quick decision a couple of days ago. If you follow my social media, you know what the decision is already. I decided to apply for the DCP in Disneyland for the Spring Advantage 2015 season. I wasn't going to apply until after I graduated, but I saw apps had dropped and it just happened. I was almost immediately offered a WBI but was able to make a call the next morning to surpass it because I'm a current Cast Member. My phone interview is Tuesday the 26th! Wish me luck!

I have Monday and Tuesday off this week and then I officially start my job at Pizzafari! My assessment was moved to Wednesday, so fingers crossed that I pass and I get to remove that little red ribbon from my name tag!

It's been really hard to keep up with things since my schedule is still crazy. Hopefully this week it will start to settle down and I'll get a routine going. I really have to do laundry, I've been putting it off for so long! I also have to apply for an early release from housing because of school and then go to AK Costuming to get the correct hat for my uniform! We also STILL haven't gotten an apartment check list and we've been here almost three weeks...oops!

Where Has Time Gone?

I haven't even been here for two weeks and it feels like it has been two months. I have been BUSY. If I'm not at work, I'm sleeping. I haven't been to the parks in a few days because OJT is very tiring. My shifts are long and I'm on my feet all day. Quick-service is really hard work to be honest, but I love my job. Pizzafari and the cast members who work there are amazing. My managers and coordinators are the nicest people ever. It feels like a family. I finally have the day off tomorrow, which is much needed! Then my last day of training and my assessment is on Sunday! Wish me luck!

More Orientation and My Birthday!

It's hard to remember what I've posted about and what I haven't. All the days seem to run into each other and I can never remember what day I did what. Last time I wrote was Friday, only two days ago. It feels like it's been a week.

Yesterday was my birthday! It was weird not seeing my family or friends from home, but I still had a good day. I started the day off with training from 12:00 to about 3 or 4-ish in the afternoon. I got my free shoes for QSFB yesterday! After that I came home to eat and change out of my business attire before I really got my day started. I've been talking to a girl over text for a while now and she doesn't check-in until Monday. We've become really close in the time we've been texting, which is pretty much 24/7 now! Her parents surprised her with park hopper passes so I finally got to meet her and her family yesterday! I think we hugged for like five minutes, haha. We spent the rest of the night in Magic Kingdom and it was a blast. I'm glad I spent my birthday with them, I felt like I had some family!

Today is my last day off until next Saturday. I have DAKlimation on Monday and then start on-the-job training on Tuesday. I'm really nervous, especially since all of my OJT days are 9.5 hours long! Wish me luck!

Busy, Busy, Busy

I've only been in Florida for a week and it feels like a month. I had the housing meeting on Tuesday - which wasn't as bad as everyone says it is. It got boring at the end, but it's not awful and the ladies who ran it were entertaining and fun. Wednesday was my day off so 3 of my flatmates and I went out for tea to celebrate my birthday early! We went to the Grand Floridian for the Afternoon Tea and it was so cute! They even gave me a rose for my "birthday"! My flatmates and I also went to Universal Studios' City Walk together!

Alyssia, Hannah R, and I just got back from Magic Kingdom. I was going to stay in for the day and take a nap because I haven't been feeling well lately and have had long days, but I'm glad I decided to go out. I tried my first Dole Whip, yum!

I started my first day of training this morning, it was called Welcome to Operations. It was...interesting. It was mostly about safety, really. Our leaders tried to make it fun and interesting, bless them. I have training again tomorrow early but thank goodness I don't have to wake up a five a.m. for a third morning in a row!

But with that, I'll leave you with some pictures of some things I've done so far. Sorry about the lack of order in this post, it's late and I'm super tired!

Weekend With Mom, Check-In, and More!

My last post was only a few days ago and I feel like I've done so much since then, so this may be a long post!

Last time I posted it was about my mom and I's first day in Florida - Friday. On Saturday we spent all day at Downtown Disney and met up with two of my roommates for dinner that night! After dinner, my mom, one of my roommates and her nana, and I tried to catch a bus to the Polynesian to watch Wishes on the beach, but just as we got to the Poly, the fireworks ended. Oh well!

On Sunday my mom and I spent the day going all over the place. We went to the Boardwalk, so that was exciting!

Monday morning was check-in! My arrival time was scheduled to start at nine, but my mom decided we should leave early because we both thought there would be a lot of traffic considering the first check-in time starts at 7. We left at around 8 and got there at 8:20 with no problem, oops. I felt bad going earlier than I was supposed to, but I wasn't going to have my mom make another trip. Check-in was about an hour long, I was done around 9:30 and had Casting at 10, so I waited for a bus. Casting was about an hour/hour and a half long. After Casting I was done for the day so we got to drive to my apartment. My group got our top choice of a Chatham 3 bedroom! It's really nice, however, it was pretty gross when we moved in. The carpets were barely cleaned and my roommate and I's shower and bathroom was pretty dirty.

After checking in, a group of four of us went to take my mom to the airport. It was sad to see her go, but I know I'll be okay. After that, we went to Walmart. It was quite the adventure getting there! We spent almost three hours in Walmart with all of our groceries and a few hiccups, but we got a lot of stuff that was necessary!

Today at 13:00 my roommate and I had our housing meeting. I've heard that it was awful and boring, but ours wasn't too bad! The beginning was easy to listen to, but towards the end I think we all got a little bored sitting there. It was about an hour long.

So now I'm still getting settled. My roommate and I are going to head to Walmart for round two because we need some little stuff. After that, my apartment is going to have a little family dinner and we're all going to help cook and sit down and eat together; I'm so excited! And after eating it sounds like we're going to head to City Walk!

I absolutely love the girls I live with and I love our apartment! I can't wait until we decorate some!

I'm Here!

As of last night, my mom and I arrived in Florida! Yesterday was pretty long and stressful so hopefully from now on it'll go smoothly!

I had emailed our airport and called the TSA on Wednesday asking about a gate pass for my dad so he could sit with us at our gate before I left. Both the TSA and airport said we could get a gate pass upon arrival. Well, upon arrival we were told by the man checking us in that we had to specify we wanted a gate pass when buying the plane tickets. That was the first little bump. After going through security a second time (went back out to say goodbye to my dad), one of my bags was stopped going through the scanner. The TSA agent asked if it was my bag, I said yes, and he pulled me to the screen. He was smiling as he said, "Well, that's either an apple or a peach" and I was confused at first because I thought he meant my Apple phone. Turns out, round fruits look suspicious in baggage! My mom, the agent, and I all started laughing when we said it was an apple and he pulled out the bag with my food in it just in case. I got my apple back (and I have yet to eat it) and had a good laugh.

For some reason there was no non-stop flight options from Detroit Metro to Orlando International so we had to stop in Chicago Midway. I was expecting our first flight to be about an hour and ten minutes but not even twenty five minutes after taking off in Detroit, we were landing in Chicago! I was amazed by how close Lake Michigan was, it was an amazing sight seeing it from the plane!

After an hour and a half in Midway, we took off for Orlando. My mom and I watched Now You See Me and the plane landed before we could finish the movie. There was a little turbulence on this flight, but nothing big. We had to fly over the storms in the South!

After landing we had to face getting all of our luggage (about eight bags combined) to the shuttle to get our rental car. My bags were NOT light! One of them even had a caution tag put on it! After taking the shuttle to the rental car place, we realized our car is TINY. The trunk fits one bag and the other ones are piled to the roof in the back seat! Thank goodness it's only the two of us!

Our next little bump came when we tried to get to the resort. It turns out that when you type the address in the GPS, it takes you to some spot in the middle of LBV that doesn't exist. So I tried again but typed in the resort name and it worked. We took a lot of wrong turns but finally got there. We were intrigued in finding out that you can make U-turns on freeways in Florida!

I think this next part was the worst. It was almost 8 p.m. when we finally got to the resort, we had been up for over 12 hours and most of those hours we were on our feet carrying a lot of luggage that was 20-45 pounds each. Resort check-in. This took what felt like forever. We were probably in line for 35 minutes, and there wasn't even that many people in line! There were probably only 5 parties in front of us in line. And there were only 3 people checking people in. It was frustrating.

After parking the car in a different lot, we had to get all of the luggage to the room. This was hard. I'm not exactly the strongest person and my mom doesn't like lifting things. After getting all of the luggage in the room, we immediately went to get food from the resort. After eating we went and watched the end of The Princess and the Frog (I didn't understand what I was watching at all) and went back to the room and ended the day.

Let's hope we have better days!

My Last Day

Well, this is it. Today is my last full day in Michigan. I get to say goodbye to the chilly weather, the bad roads, and all the farm land. However, I also have to say goodbye to the fall colors, the night bonfires in shorts and sweatshirts, my Detroit Tigers and Michigan Wolverines, my dog, my friends, and my family. It seems as if that list displays more cons than pros, but it'll be the adventure of a lifetime. Tomorrow my mom and I hop on a plane (or two) to Florida and start this wild ride. I can't believe it's almost August 11th already. It still hasn't hit me yet that it's that late in the year.

This is "The Week"!

"The Week" being the week I depart for Florida. I leave in 5 days for the journey of a lifetime. I'm excited, nervous, scared, afraid, giddy, stressed, and many other synonyms for those words. I'm a whole mix of emotions right now! I'm officially in the single digits for both leaving Michigan and my actual check-in date. Crazy how time flies.