Fun in parks

Today, after sleeping till 1pm I went to 3 of 4 parks. I went on Pirates of the Carribean and got to see Captain Jack Sparrow. I was amazed by how much the Audio Animatronic looked like Johnney Depp. You can really see how far Disney technolgoy has come since Pirates was 1st made.
I then went to Disney MGM Studios and rode Star Tours and wandered through the gift shop outside. I think I might have to break down and buy a new T-shirt...

I then made my way to EPCOT. I was planning to go on Soaring, but it had a 110 minute wait and no more fast passes, so I just went inside and had some dinner and went on Living with the Land. Then I went over what used to be the Living Seas but is now "the Seas, with Nemo" it was pretty good. I then went over to Japan for shopping, both window and real. After that I took a trip on the Monorail back to my car. Now, I'm just chilling out in my apt. Tomorrow night I might go to to downtown disney for a bit.

“Traditions”

Today I became a real cast member. I got my name tag and my ID and went through Traditions, Disney’s “this is what our company is all about” thing. The two women running it were nice and both had the Disney “perkiness” but the one, Cheryl, seemed like after she woke up in the morning took some Speed. She was waaaaaay to into everything. After class I set up an account with Disney’s bank, to avoid fees. Them I found out I had missed the bus back to my apt. I asked around and found out that I needed to take the staff bus to Magic Kingdom, go through the park then I could get where I wanted to go. So I hopped on the bus and when I got off I was in the back of Magic Kingdom so I got to go through “The Tunnel”. For any of you that know about Disney, you may have heard about the underground city below Disney, well that’s where I was, it was awesome, I got to see all sorts of things during my short trip, but I signed a “Non-disclosure” thingy so….

After leaving MK, I went to Downtown Disney to see my boss from home before she left. We had a nice chat about work and I told her some tricks to use next time she came. I warned her if she left quite a few people would follow; she said she knew and that kind of left her in a bad position. I told her I’d get people to lay off staying stuff like that. I said good bye to her and then did some shopping. Got some cool stuff and saw a lot of other cool stuff I’ll be buying later. I had planned to come home, change, take a short nap, and then head to a park, but I went to sleep at 5 and did not wake up till 8, so the parks will have to wait till tomorrow….

Day 2/3 in florida

Went to a boring orientation yesterday, got my housing ID, got all nice and moved in. My roommates seem nice and 2 of the 3 are geeks. We are going to start up a D&D game. Got to go swimming. Went to Wal-mart at 11:30, which is the latest I've ever been to one.

Today I found out where I'll being working. I will be cooking in Epcot at the Conventions they have there. Spent some time online today, going to go swimming again and maybe hit the weight room. Also going to install some games on my lappy, gotta get my KOTOR in.

Tomorrow I become a real cast mamber and get to go to the parks for free. YAY!

Travel day 2

Left earlier this morning by about an hour. Some funny things about the roads in the carolinas. 1st off, for those of you back in the Baltimore/DC area, we're used to I95 being four lanes on both sides with what seems like just poured yesterday pavement. Not down south, no way. Two lanes both sides, and the roads seem like they are the original form the fifties. And yet with the speed limit being 70, 85-90 is easy to do. So to recap, we get great roads, but with all the traffic get to do 25mph on them, while in the south the roads suck but they can do 90 if they feel like it. Next, going back to the two lane thing, everyone drives in the right lane they only use the left lane to pass and without a turn signal. So it's, line of cars in the right lane, nobody in the left...
I also learned a trick, Find someone going at the speed you want and then follow them at about 1/6 mile. That way you can speed and if the cops are on the road, they pull over the guy in front of you.

I'm now in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Staying at a Holiday inn(they gave me a kids room...) Tomorrow is check in with Disney, meanwhile going to be bored in my room....

Travel day 1

I started out a lot later then I wanted but still made it half way in 7 hours. I think the biggest thing to happen while driving was going over the river "Ni". I'm staying in hickville...err....Dillon, SC. over night at a faded Econolodge.(I say that because everything in the place is faded even the sign.) The biggest thing in Dillion is, in my opinion the closed movie theater ;) or maybe the place that was selling "Real Chicken". With all the breaks I went 420 miles in 6 hours.

I couldn't admit it this weekend but it was really hard for me to say goodbye to all my friends and family. Last night and the night before, when I was saying goodbye everyone was getting all emotional and I kept saying "I'll see you in..." but I was just trying to be strong for them. I'm not going to see most of the people that are really important to me for 2 months and that really scares me.


I have to admit though, the person that I had to hardest time saying goodbye to was my dog, Ginger. I won't see her till july and she doesn't really understnad that. This morning when I said goodbye I was almost in tears, because she was all happy, having no idea whats going on.

But change is life and I need to change into my Pjs. :)

P.S. If you don't like Hip-hop or Country music, there are no radio stations in VA, NC, or SC.

Why I made this

Hello, if you're reading this you might be shocked as I have on many occasions stated my hated for blogs, and yet here I am writing one. Well, my reason is simple. I talk to most of you in person or online and with my internship, I don't know when I'll be online or what times, so i figured I'd make this to keep you all up to date on me, because I know you have nothing better to do then read what I did in Disney today ;).

~~~Slave of the Mouse