Making magical moments for everyone that I meet....

whether as myself or as some one else that I may be portraying. Either way, I want to be an positive impact  with anyone and everyone I come in contact with. I will find out if I work at "one more Disney Day" this week. It's where the park is open for 24 hours!! How fun to be part of!

Today is my Disney Anniversary. I have been here for exactly one month today. This experience so far has been such a great learning experience for me even if it's just life lessons. Those are the ones to be learned. I have met so many people that work for Disney, some are very pleasant, some are not so nice to be around. But the thing with Disney, is that you keep a smile no matter what. I am in the Happiest Place on Earth. Even after the 12, 16 hour shifts and the 8-10 shifts that we have, the sweat, the aches, the sleepiness. You keep going because you have a show to put on for the guests who have come here from around the world to see the castle, or mickey mouse for the first time, or to watch the shows of shows. Everyone has a part to play. And I'm lucky enough to be part of it for a short time. I miss my family and friends and work but 7 months out of the rest of my life doesnt seem like that much time.

Today I encountered a "make a wish" guest. I have had a few so far. These children and families are so brave and strong. Disney is so amazing to give them this once in a lifetime experience for them. After 8 sets that day, and 10 hours, I was ready to go home. My neck hurt, I was tired and hungry.  Then this little girl around 7 or 8 years old I met today was wearing a Minnie Mouse baseball cap who had suffered through chemo recently came waking up to me. She was noticeably skinny but the smile lit up her whole body. Her mom said she was looking around all day to meet Minnie Mouse. I wish someone would have taken a picture of me at the time. I think I was happier to see her than she was to see me. Here I was complaining about how bad I wanted the day to be over and here she is waiting to see me after all the troubles life has thrown her way.I can't imagine the pain and problems that she had endured but I think she did it with a positive outlook on life just the way she glowed. She was polite as ever and gave me the best hug. This little girl reminded me why my job is amazing and how with just a simple hug, I can make someones day or week or even month. It's something they will treasure for the rest of their lives. I get the opportunity to make peoples dreams come true every day.

Some little girl colored this for me!
-Becca

The magic continues...

Hello All! Sorry that I suck at this blogging thing. I have been crazy busy. The schedule so far has been pretty constant. Good hours, but very tiring. I still absolutely love it here. My days are all jumbled so my thursday seems like a saturday. But the schedules always crazy. Some weeks I will work weekends and others I wont. Just depends on what you receive.

I have worked in Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom so far and both are excellent. Everyone is so helpful to new people. I meet new faces every day which is good and bad. I never work with the same group of people like in other jobs. The other day I was scheduled for 11 hours and ended up working 15!!! From 6:15 am to 9 pm. But all my work days go by so fast because I'm always busy and having fun. It gets hot and tiring at times, and there are times that I'm sore but its so worth it at the end of the day. My job makes me feel accomplished. Especially when I'm able to make magical moments for kids with special needs or the middle aged woman that starts to cry when she is in Disney. Those are the moments that I live for. I am so lucky to love my jobs.

Honestly besides work, their is never a dull moment. I don't know what the work bored means anymore. There are so many things to do here and there is always someone to hang out with, bonus of having 5 roomies. I love the roommates, we have already gotten so close. I think I wouldnt have as good of time if I didnt have them. Their is always a park, outlets, clubs to go to no matter what day of the week. I have only been here for two weeks but it seems much longer. I'm all settled in.

Well tomorrow is an early day and I need dinner. thanks for reading and all of your support :)

love for disney.

There are so many secrets of Disney in Entertainment. Being part of the Disney family now requires me to keep up their integrity as well. So So sorry to any of you if I had to delete your post or comments. I need to start changing my account settings and going through friends list.

Today was an extra long day at training 830-630. It was rough but still a lot of fun. I learned so much from my trainers. We were able to see what exactly we will be doing. Unfortunately I can spare any details on here. But it was awesome experiencing everything first hand. If you ever get to go on a disney tour, DO IT! It makes Disney even more magical! My job is so cool. I go to work with no make up, hair up in a pony and sweats. best job ever. ANDD I got to meet Dale today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I miss my family especially Teddy :( But I'm enjoying every second of being here. My roomie lauren made us dinner today and it was better than all the frozen skillet meals that I have been eating lately.

It's 78 degrees here and sunny. I am able to go swimming at 10 pm. Yes, be jealous you Ohioans!.

<3

"Welcome to Entertainment"

I had my first real training class for entertainment, it was amazing. It was from 830-5, but we were able to explore magic kingdom and watch a show in front of the castle. The entertainment class was actually incredibly fun. We did some self learning on the computers and a lot of basic information. I can't wait to be part of changing peoples lives through Disney and making their dreams come true for the young and the old. I love it here so far. The people are amazing, and I have amazing roomies. I really believe that God has brought me here for a specific purpose. I'm hoping I will have plenty of cherished memories and touch a lot of people through my actions.

 Yesterday after the class we all went to Magic Kingdom. It's still so awesome to walk down main street and ride the monorail as a guest.I could go to Disney a million times and still get the chills when I see the castle. I had today off thankfully, it was so pretty. We all went to Hollywood Studios and rode Tower of Terror and Rock and Roller Coaster.

I bought a OSU Disney pin! Hope to find a steeler one too!This week will be very long but exciting. I have training from 8-5ish Monday-Thursday and my first shift is Friday. & then next week I only have a day off. Busy Busy Busy. But I'm sure I will love it. I will be sure to put a video up of my apartment soon :)

"It's Tradition!"

Sorry to be posting so soon, I just wanted to update everyone on my day at Traditions! Which is like training for all new Disney CAST MEMBERS! ( Employers) We had to wear professional business clothes. The whole class was around 4 hours. Had to be at the bus stop around 6:45 am, started at 8:00 and didnt get done til about 12:30 pm. Our trainers were so nice and fun. Everything in Disney is upbeat and always entertaining. They went over the history of disney, normal standards, safety procedures and a tour of the undergrounds of the Magic Kingdom called the Utilidoors! Magic Kingdom is on the second level, they have a whole underground system where the trash gets taken away, cast members enter and deliveries get brought in. It was genius. Walt thought of everything. The traditions class really got me excited for what I'm going to be a part of, Disney makes peoples dreams come true and go out of their way to do so! I am one lucky girl to be part of such an amazing company and family. I get to make families dreams come true just like Disney did for me and my family as well. I finally received my name tag and Disney employee card to get into the parks for FREE and Discounts :)

This is Disney University where the cast members go to train

To the up left is my housing Id, then the upper right is my Disney Cast Member Id and the bottom had my name tag!

Tomorrow I begin my training for entertainment at 8:30-5! It will be a long but rewarding day. Thank you for being part of this wonderful journey with me.

first few days!

So I arrived on January 17th at 11 am with my brother in law who helped me drive. It was 16 hours long! We went and saw the area, drove around to get acquainted with the area, then I dropped him off around 3.  I finally met my roomies. There are 5 of them: Brenda, Amanda, Lauren, Audrey and Cheryl. They are all so sweet. I'm very lucky to have such laidback nice roomies. We got up the next morning on the 18th around 5 am and got to check in around 6. The line was long and we waited forever to register, get room key, and for the bus to casting.We got the 3 bedroom apt in Chatham which is very nice and spacious. I will post a video later. Casting was next, I was on the 10 am bus and we didn't get done til noon. The day dragged. The building at casting was so pretty. We stood in line and got our assignment.  I am very lucky and so privileged to get such an exciting role. So at casting, it was just a lot of waiting and giving them your on boarding paperwork. We did fingerprints and direct deposit and disney look as well. Then we got back to the check in place, Vista Way and drove our cars to our new home and moved everything in! The apartment is so hotttt. The air conditioner is capped at 72 degrees.  Bring a fan!!!! Chatham is about 10 minutes from Vista Way. But the apartment is spacious and wonderful. We had to go to a house welcome meeting for about an hour and a half where they talked about security, rules and maintenance. It was pretty boring but necessary. We then went back to the apartment and finished settling in. We ordered pizza, it was the longest day everrr. Luckily we had the next day off and shopped! We needed so much stuff. I ended up spending around $130.00 on food and random accessories for the apt. We needed a fan and bathroom stuff. I suggest bringing a Bath mat, and a plastic bath mat to put in the shower. But tomorrow is Traditions where we learn about disney history and take a tour of the undergrounds. We have to be in the Disney look. Bus stop around 6:30 am. So Good night. Miss all your Ohioans friends and family! <3

Disney CP Entertainment Auditions!

I just recently auditioned in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this past Saturday 10/8/11. It was an awesome experience! There were about 95 of us cramped into a small room. We all sat down and the casting director and choreographer talked to us about the audition process. The two ladies were super nice and helpful towards any questions we had. They told us that everyone would start out as fur characters and to not expect to get a face character or dance position right away because very few cp's get them since we are down there for such a short amount of time. We then filled out an application asking basic information and got into a line. We were given a number and our photo and height were taken. I was number 53 and my height was 4'll (perfect mouse height) We were told it would take 2-3 weeks to find out. I know some other groups were told that only 150 people would make it out of 1500-2000.

We started out learning a 6-8 8 count dance that consisted of a few technical dance steps that could be confusing if you have not danced before other than that it was step claps and jumps. Just smile. We learned the dance and practiced for about 40 minutes. We then began to practice animation which was "a day at the beach" and the ladies gave us a few pointers to help us out. Auditions went by groups of 4 so I had a wait. When we went in the room, we danced twice and the choreographer did it with us. Then we did animation for about a minute. Simple as pie :)

Counting down the days to get out of Ohio.