Disney Days

Saturday, February 23, 2013

WOOT WOOT

I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11 DAYS WOOT WOOT!!!! Can't believe I made it through 11 days of working in the mornings! It was a long 11 days but having the afternoons off helped! Also creating magical moments helped too! On one of the mornings I have a little girl a mickey sticker and she was soooo excited!! She ran around and was saying mickey, mickey!!!! Made my day and it was a nice finish to the end of the long haul..Also sorry that I have not kept up with my blog, its been crazy and sometimes I'm just at a loss for words. So much happens here and its hard to put those moments into words.... Otherwise life is going well and my bulletin board is filling up with all the little moments I have throughout my Disney Days! My legs are getting stronger, I'm getting better at my job and I have even started my Disney class!! My Disney class is on Saturdays and it is called Marketing You. Its a great class!!!! The class is meant to help you focus on your life, become aware of your strengths and weakness, how to utilize them, how to act professionally and of course how to market or network yourself!!!! Even though its long, it's helping me think about my long term goals and how to reach them!!!

Well today I have my day off and.... NEXT WEEK MY GRANDMA AND AUNTS ARE COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just need to get through these next 5 days!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT WOOT

and remember... "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

P.s Lent is here!!!!! I gave up coke and pizza and some chocolate........(working on the chocolate but working night shift we get unlimited coke and we get pizza so without those it will be a challenge!) Also I encourage those who participate in Lent to give up more than just the physical stuff...Lent is a time for both and I gain so much more when I dig deeper... transcending the physical things in life :) ...anywho Have a great day!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

4 Days of Freedom...

HAVING FOUR DAYS OFF WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made sure to take full advantage of my days off!!! Two days of parks and two days of relaxing!!!!

Some sweet desert in France!!!

Italy!!!!

Magic Kingdom at night <3

Having a great time with an awesome friend!

Tea Cup Ride!!

Soda from around the world!!! Italy is the best!!!

Bell's Castle!!! Magic Kingdom Castle changes color!!! Did not know that!!!

Animal Kingdom!!!

RAWRARAWRAWRARWRWAR

HHaving a fun time at Beaches and Cream!! Ice cream!!

So we ordered the Kitchen Sink!!! Its 8 scoops of ice cream, a whole can of whipped cream and all the fixings!!! THey announce it to everyone with the lights on the right!!! So much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful last day off of work!!! Love all these guys!!!!

Unfortunately because of my four days off, I have to work 11 days in a row :/ Ill make it but i'll die..So i'm going to have...' 2 mondays,' '2 tuesdays,' '3 wednesdays,' '2 thursdays' and '2 fridays'.......if you break it down....GAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAG

HAVE A MAGICAL DAY!!!!

Friday, February 8, 2013

One Month Already!!!

Hello Everyone!!!! Sorry its been a while but I'm just having the time of my life!! Things are going great and I'm finally getting the hang of work!!! (After all I Greeted/was at the Podium for three days in a row :p) Next week is going to get busy so I can't wait to see Kouzzina at full action!!! Oh and guess what?? I found out that Kouzzina by Cat Cora is ranked 3rd of all Table Service at Walt Disney World!!!! Makes me so proud :) Loving being with a great team/family ( I admit that going to work is a struggle but once I'm there its all good :P ) What also is amazing is that I got 4 days off in a row!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA So you WILL see lots of pictures soon!!! Going to fill my days with fun and trying to do everything at the Parks!!! Also my Disney class called Marketing You starts tomorrow and wish me luck!!!!! Talk to you all SOON!!!!! OH AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A MONTH ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time flys by so fast and I need to just take in every moment!!!!

" Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language." Walt Disney

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Earning My Ears.....AND MORE!!!

So I HAVE OFFICIALLY EARNED MY EARS!! (Which means I'm not in training anymore) But even if you have worked for years you are always learning something!!! Its hard not to be able to pull the excuse of..'oh i'm sorry I'm still training'(while holding up the little red piece of fabric that is under my name tag) but everything is getting better, and what better way to learn!

As FOH (Front of the House) FSFB (Full Service Food & Beverage) there are three positions i'm doing..(well more likely just two of them because one - the assigner- is so stressful.) So far I have seater down!!!!!! I love being a seater because all I have to do is talk to people and tell them about Kouzzina!!( and of course seat them :P) Also seaters have to close the Front of the House which is really easy!! As a Greeter I'm still learning and to be honest it is one of the more stressful positions. There is a lot to do...You have to communicate with your Assigner, look at the availability sheet, tell people the RIGHT wait time, make sure you have them on a Call List in case they go outside....I HATE making people upset and as a Greeter it's our responsibility to get them checked in efficiently as possible!!...I guess it's not that bad, its just i'm still learning and I get stressed when a lot of people come in at once!!! Oh and for any of you reading this..

STILL MAKE A RESERVATION FOR KOUZZINA!!!! hahahah it gets busy around 6 and 8 when people are most likely to eat. Oh and the PIZZA WINDOW!!!!! I feel confident now and it's actually fun but when it's slow IT'S SLOW -_- and working at the Pizza Window is soo long because it closes at 12....Anyway on the bright side, if I have a stressful day at work we have a sweet shop next door!!!!!

On Monday I was Greeter and it was very stressful..thank God the Managers are so nice and it wasn't busy because THEN we'd have a problem...So i went to Seashore Sweets and run to the bus stop... Unfortunately I was late but I and this other CP got a ride from a wonderful women whose son is in the College Program!! She gave us all these tips and places we needed to go to!!!!! She said look at these two sites... AllEars.net and easywdw.com; she was wonderful and to top it off I didn't have work!!! What a wonderful day!!! Ride home!!!!! Ice cream Sundae!!! All my girls up!!!!! YAYAYAYYA

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

RELAXING!!!!

Oh wow.. I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO Here is what I have been doing with me free time so far!!!

Paddle boating!! Close to Chatham is something called Mickey's Retreat, exclusively for Cast Members!!1

Mickey Ears, first time at Magic Kingdom!!!

Magic Kingdom with a friend from New Zealand!!!

Show at Magic Kingdom!!

Clap Your Hands!!!!!

Having fun!!!

Carousel at the Magic Kingdom

Murals that are inside the Castle at Magic Kingdom

Even Mickey is tired after a long day of having fun!!!!!!!

Saturday, January 19, 2013

ON THE JOB TRAINING!!!!!

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR FSFB (Full Service Food and Beverage)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! It was a bit nerve racking to meet new people and making a good impression but I LOVE WHERE I WORK!!!!!!!KOUZZINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone is so nice and helpful and Kouzzina's theme is Greek family and although...no one is greek we make up for it!!!! Kouzzina only has breakfast and dinner; so I started out on breakfast because its a bit slower and not too overwhelming as dinner. And guess what???? I GET TO TRY EVERYTHING ON THE MENU!!!!!LOVE TH MORNING CAST!!!! ( we aren't called employees, we are called cast members because we are putting on a show for the guest!) I follow the cooks around and then they give me a little plate and I go to my little secret spot in the back and try it!!! They come plate after plate and its sooooo delicious :DDDD So I have 6 days of training and each day I shadow someone different. On Wednesday I shadowed a cook and a seater. For a whole hour I ate the breakfast food and thought I was going to combust. Knowing the food will help me describe it to the guest and studying the menu before I tasted it really helped!!! Afterwards I shadowed a seater and it's not hard at all!! You have to be confident and loud and know your tables!!!!!! On Thursday I shadowed a Greeter and I was in the Pizza Window. Yes Kouzzina has a Pizza Window!!!! That was scary because I'm not very fast but I will learn!

I will be working FOH (front of the house). I will be a seater, greeter and eventually a assigner. A greeter is the one at the podium saying hello and asking how many are in the party and an assigner is the one who manages the tables and tells us wait times. It's easy you just have to always be confident, informative and of course smile :) Yesterday Friday Jan 18, was my first day working at night...I LOVE THE NIGHT STAFF!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone is so nice and it was great training with them! They embarrassed me a little bit ( all of a sudden one of the main chefs pulled me in front and I had to announce myself, more surprising then embarrassing lol ) THEN EVRDAY BEFORE WE OPEN AT NIGHT, everyone goes outside and does this little cheer! Of course I was pulled into the middle by one of my cast members but I didn't have to do anything so thank God! Then back inside!!!!!

This time I ate all the dinner menu! I ATE FOR THREE HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg I thought I was going die!!!!!!!! I WAS SO FULL!!!!!!! Everyone was like yeah you will get so full that you will be sick, and I hit that point very fast, OMG!!!!!! GAHHHHGAGAHHGAHHH...I actually wasn't able to try everything because it got busy but thats okay because I was so stuffed. I told one of my managers if I didn't come in today it was because I died of happiness. lol :P

Around 8 I went to the bar and although I could only drink the smoothies and kiddy cocktails it nice to talk and ask so many questions; I learned so much about wine!!! It was cool and he was very nice!! It has been a great past 3 days (flown by so fast!!!!) and can't wait for tonight!!!!