Traditions!

So basically, today was Traditions! And it was really boring and I didn't learn anything. I feel awful, but it's true. Like, it'd probably be more helpful if I worked in the Magic Kingdom or a park, but they didn't talk about how any of the resort things work. Do we have utilidoors too? Do we have lockers? I have to take two busses to get to the poly? HOW DO THE BUSSES WORK. All I can say is thank god I have my car. Today after traditions we used the bus to get to the magic kingdom. It was fine going there because we just took the bus to the TTC. Then afterwords, we had no idea how to find the bus back. Luckily we found some other girls from the program who knew. So it worked out.

So, I'm all over the place because I feel awkward sitting in my room just typing and not talking. It's weird. I haven't had the apartment to myself yet to make a vlog. It's going to be forever until an update. I'm glad I have a couple days off. It looks like I'll be getting Tuesdays and Thursdays off because of my classes. So, if that's steady, I think I will like that routine.

My schedule is kind of all over the place. This week I work mornings...like Friday I work 8:30 to 14:00 which is my shortest shift. Then next week I start working 15:30-00:00 (3:30 to midnight....yuck!) But if midnight is the latest I will be working, I'm not going to complain. This means that the 24 hours on Feb. 29 doesn't apply to me :) Depending on my schedule, I want to hit that up!

Oh, while this blog is jumping everywhere, I'm going to post what all my roomies got! They still don't know their exact location, they should find out tomorrow at training I guess.
Caitie works Outdoor Foods in EPCOT, Jakki works merch on Main Street USA, Jen works attractions in tomorrowland, and of course I am merch at the Polynesian Resort. So, we have some variety. Jen works a lot of hours... I guess that's just a magic kingdom thing.

So, traditions....it is so long. I was in the morning group which started at 8, the bus leaving at 6:45, resulting in me waking up at 5:25. I got on the bus, and it left at 6:30, so we hung in Disney University lobby for a few minutes. Then we were divided into groups depending on your numbers on your portal book. Luckily, I was in the same room as Kim, who is also working Poly with me. You watch a really really long video about human resources, narrated by a computer animated/voiced dude named Chris. It drags on forever and ever. Our leaders Luis and Lori-Ann were amazing. They were really funny and efficient, and made Traditions slightly less painful. The tour through the utilidoors was short, but it was really cool to think about how you are right below the castle.

After traditions, me and the roommies just sat on facebook for about 3 hours. Then we decided to hit up the magic kingdom, and we walked in on the flag ceremony. THEN we saw that there was a 5 minute wait for pictures with Mickey. How could we refuse a picture with the boss?! Then there was basically no lines for anything. The longest line was 25 minutes for Peter Pan. I ended the night with my very first dole whip (which was AMAZING) and wishes! It was a really good day that I really hope we have more of. We're hoping to hit up EPCOT tomorrow.

Anyway, I wanted to vent about the bus systems and how nobody explained to us how it works in any other park but magic kingdom, but I'm pooped. Thank god I have off tomorrow. I have to buy new shoes for my costume. Oh wells. Hopefully I'll have time to edit my vlog.