Getting Into the Groove

I'm definitely starting to get into routine being here in Orlando now, both in living here and in working. Work has been very good, I really do love the guest interaction that comes with a merchandise role. I had my first shift floor stocking, and let me tell you, I was NOT looking forward to it...one bit. But I think I have actually found my new favorite part of merchandise...floor stocking the Expedition Everest gift shop. It's perfect for a person with OCD like me, I get to organize a whole store. I couldn't think of a more perfect job for someone like me! Plus, floor stocking shifts FLY BY!

The past couple days have been more of those days that just make me super appreciative that I get to live and work in a place like DisneyWorld. The average family saves 3-5 years just to come to DisneyWorld for a short period of time. I get to go the parks every night after work if I wanted to, it's not something I take lightly. The magic is still there for me and I still love Disney, if anything changes, I'll let you know, but I highly doubt it.

I've been making lots of friends and lots of memories and I know it's all just really beginning!

Female Character Look-Alike Audition

This morning I went to a Female Character Look-Alike Audition. The audition was held at the Animal Kingdom Costuming building which was convenient because I had to pick up some new costumes. The auditions started at 10:00am and sign in was at 9:00am, but being as I have work at 12pm and I didn't know how long it would take, I got there at 8:00am. I did costuming first, which only killed about ten minutes of my time (greeeaaatttt), but with still lots of time to spare I noticed girls already lining up at the door, so I hoped in line. They let us in around 8:20am where we got a number and we got measured. I was measured at 5' 2.25".

After about maybe twenty minutes, they began auditions and took the first fifty of us into a rehearsal room where stood in five lines of ten. Two of the Casting Directors stood at the front of the room while they played music, so we couldn't hear them talking. They looked at each line of people for about two minutes a piece and then we rotated lines. Line by line, this went on for about ten minutes. They shut of the music and thanked us all for coming. After that they told us they were going to call the people who made it to the next round......two. They picked two people out of fifty! I, sadly, was not one of these people. After that we left the rehearsal room, did the walk of shame back through the 200 women waiting in the waiting area and that was it. The end.

I wish I could give you more of an insight into the wonderful world of auditions, but sadly, that's all I got for you people! I'm so glad I went though, and Emily went too! Now I'm off to work!

Epcot

Today was my first day off for the week and I spent it with a couple of the boys at Epcot. I've only been to Epcot twice before this, but I have never experienced it like this before! I had no idea all the things that were in Epcot! My family always gets pretty bored with Epcot because they like riding rides more. But luckily, we have all the time in the world and so we did absolutely everything in Epcot today, and when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING! We went to every country as well as The Land, The Seas, and Future World. We had an absolute blast. We did Kidcot where you get a stamp in every country, that actually made it more fun because you got to see more of every country. I think my favorite country was England where I got to see the Berryhill coat of arms and learn the history of my last name, they have a huge database!

After Epcot and after Emily got off of work (she works late at the Magic Kingdom working Main Street Operations), her and I went to House of Blues! We actually had an awesome time and I can't wait to go again! It was crazy and definitely a new experience, I'm not used to being at a place that has 18+ clubs!!

Once again, it was another fun day for the books and I'm know there will be many more to come during my Disney College Program!