Cast Members Overheard: Part 2?

I heard this woman talking in the bathroom earlier.  Okay, maybe a more awkward first sentence of a blog post... anyway.  She was talking to some older woman and said, "Oh no! I forgot all about that.  Man I'm just like... that... umm... you know... Dora!"  "Dora?  Who's that?" "You know, the fish from that movie who forgets everything?"  "Oh yeah!  I forgot about that!"

Neither woman seemed to realize there is no fish in "that movie" named Dora.  They're just as bad as Dory...

My friend was telling me about a special projection video in EPCOT.  She told me, "It will be Mike Sassoki!"  I was thinking it was some famous announcer guy... I replied, "Who's Mike Sassoki?"  "You know... the guy from the Monster movie?"  "Mike Wazowski?" "Oh yeah, that's the one!"

I mean, I guess you could almost use the "Pixar Animation" excuse.  But really guys?  Really?

In other news I rode the Mermaid ride again today.  That was a good time.  I still can't figure out the interactive queue where you're supposed to point at the objects on the screen? Ah well.  I still can't wait for the Dwarf Mine ride to be open!!!

Universal Studios

A friend of a friend of mine happens to work at Universal Studios so we just happened to come across some free tickets last week.  Good times!

Mostly.

Well, I don't really have any pictures because we were only there a few hours and I didn't bring my camera.  We were there for the All American Rejects concert.  A band that I remember listening to with my sister in the car while we went joy riding drove responsibly to and from church activities that my parents were always aware of.

In person... these guys were not so good.  Or maybe just the sound quality of the stage killed it.  But the band was difficult to hear and the main guy (I love the band, but honestly have no clue of any of their names) looked just... gross.  Disheveled hair in a wife beater all sweaty and unshaven.  He slipped a time or two saying a swear word and made some jokes about "Oh, oops, family park..."  Great.  So professional.  Ah well, I guess bands just aren't professional.

Man, I feel like I'm talking like an eighty year old.

Anyway, the rides were fun!  We rode MIB.  It's one of those rides where you get a gun and you shoot the aliens to boost the score up.  The average of our ride vehicle was around 356,000.  (six people in the vehicle)  Sami's score was 126,500.  I would have made fun of her... but my score was 7,800.  Yes, only four digits.  Not six.  Not even five.  Shut up.  I suck at those games.

We rode the Mummy which was my favorite.  Incredibly well done roller coaster with a surprise and a twist.  And there was a ride/show thing that was hilarious where they get members of the audience to participate.  Sami and I felt like snobs picking apart and judging every ride and all the details assigning points between Disney and Universal.  It was definitely a good time.  We did all the awesome rides except the really huge roller coaster.  I guess I'll just have to save that for next time!  It's really nice to visit other parks and get that "fresh" theme park feeling of something new again.

But I still love Disney.

And that was my awesome Saturday in Universal Studios.  How awesome was your weekend?

I Work At Disney!

I was really bummed out yesterday about not getting full time, especially after finding out that two people who I thought were behind me on the list to go full time both received full time.  Not cool.

Then I remembered that I work at Disney World.  And I love the people I work with.  And I got free ice cream on my break.  And as I left the fireworks were going off.  Ya know, no big thing.  I just get to see the MK fireworks every day!  And I have awesome friends.  And I live in Florida.  And the weather has been great recently.  And we still have free access to the waterparks, which is always awesome!

However, in case you're wondering, I'm still not going to be full time for a while.  The negative is that I wont have the benefits. The positive is that I will continue to have Sat/Sun off, which is actually really, really nice.  And I know I'm going to lose that if/when I go full time.

Florida Living 101

I went to the gym today, and after a few minutes of running I noticed a sharp pain in my chest.  I was slightly worried, but continued running for a bit.  It didn't seem too bad as I had no trouble breathing (at least, not worse than what's normal for running), it wasn't radiating and it wasn't a tight pain or anything.  Just a sharp, piercing pain in my chest.

After a minute or so I finally reached my hand up to touch my neck just as a natural instinct to the pain.  Immediately, I realized where the sharp pain was coming from.

Stupid sunburn.  My shirt was rubbing against it as I ran and it hurt! It was from my shift at Blizzard Beach on Monday.

First sunburn of the year.  I guess it's time to break out the sunscreen and aloe.  Boy, I love Florida!

Onstage Again!

I got to work on stage this morning.  I've been looking forward to this shift for *weeks* now.  No joke.  I know it sounds crazy, but I miss talking with the guests and having funny stories.  My office gets a little boring sometimes (part of the reason I don't write much about it).

Anyway, I got to work the "lost children" and information booth at Blizzard Beach this morning.  As parents passed by with their kids entering the parks they'd stop their kids and point and say, "This is where you come if you get lost, okay?"

I probably heard that a million times.  The fact is, though, if the kid gets lost it's really the parents who need to know where our hut is, because any lost child will be collected by a Cast Member and taken there.  It's the parent who is expected to find their way back to pick up the lost child.

My favorite, though, was that dad that stopped his son and pointed and said, "Okay buddy.  This is where they're gonna take you when you get lost."

When?  Really?

I love working with the guests!  I really do miss it sometimes!