I've been very much enjoying all of the new things that I've been able to experience while not being crunched by a limited amount of time like when you're on vacation. I've found out things about Disney that I never would have known before and I'm learning more about the Central Florida area and what there is to do around here. And meeting all of the amazing people I work with from around the world.
When I moved down here I told myself that one of my goals was to be able to work at as many different locations as possible, to be able to see what each area has to offer and how they are managed. Recently I have picked up shifts at both Blizzard Beach and ESPN Wide World of Sports. I will NEVER pick up another shift for ESPN WWS ever again because it was such a mess and unorganized. It didn't feel like Disney ran it. No one really knew who was in charge or how to get things set up. It looked like the area I was working in hadn't been seen by any human in months it was so dusty. I couldn't wait for that shift to be over with. I also picked up a shift at Blizzard Beach, which I'm not sure how I feel about working there again. It wasn't a terrible experience and I think I could like it if I was able to know some of the people I was working with. When working for the largest single site employer in America with 70,000 employees strong, it's hard to be able to know people you are working with.
I'm also quickly enjoying all of the restaurant offerings there are in Florida that I've never heard of before. It helps being friends with someone that's from the area, as he knows where all the good places are and all the cool secrets. Since moving, I've learned to enjoy spicy food, as most of the food here has a kick to it. I went to Tijuana Flats, which is what I would describe as a combination between Chiptole and something else, but I'm not sure what. It's all tacos, burritos and food of that style. But they have a hot sauce bar with 15 sauces to taste and use. It was a wonderful late lunch after a long day of classes. All I could imagine while I was at the hot sauce bar was my Dad just taking a spoon full of each one and tasting them. It brought a nice smile to my face.
On a recent day when most of my roommates and I didn't have to work until later in the afternoon, we decided that we wanted to go to Epcot for the morning just to hang out in the park. That is when we found that Coke was doing their Share a Coke promotion there and allowing guests to make two personalized cans of Coke for free. We all really wanted to do it, so we got in line right when they opened the line. And since we all have brothers, we all made the other can for them. I thought the whole concept of the promotion was genius and since I'm interested in that aspect of business I really wanted to learn more about the promotion, but no one higher up in the marketing team was there to talk. After making our cans we walked over to the Boardwalk and the Yacht and Beach Club for lunch at The Captain's Grille since right now Cast Members receive 40% off the bill. It was a wonderful meal and I was craving a burger and I found an amazing one. It was an angus chuck burger with crab meat on top. Delicious. And the price wasn't bad either. We all left happy from that meal.
Today was my day off for the week and after my 4 hour class in the morning I was able to meet up with my friend from my work location, Alex, and we went over to the Boardwalk and ate lunch at the ESPN Club. I once again found a wonderful burger that I want to know how they made it and a nice glass of Sam Adams. We walked over to Epcot for a little bit because it was the middle of the day and we didn't want to be in the Magic Kingdom during peak hours when everyone is there and it's the hottest. We walked over to the Rose and Crown and I had a Carl's Combo and Alex had a Leaping Leprechaun and after talking to Carl for a little bit and explaining how I knew about Carl's Combo we continued on our walk of Epcot. Once we noticed that all of the lines for rides were too long for use to be willing to wait in we decided that we would devote our time to finding Cast Members to pin trade with. Once we got bored with Epcot we took the monorail over to Magic Kingdom and continued to pin trade there as well as get fast passes for Peter Pan and Space Mountain. We both still had not rode the Mine Train which just opened just over a month ago so we stood in line for 75 minutes to ride it. It was a cute ride and a cute concept, but I don't think that it lived up to the hype. I did enjoy the engineering aspect of it with how the train actually rocks back and forth as the ride moves. All I hear about, being a Cast Member, is how often it breaks down, which is expected for a new ride. And how long the queue line is.
Some fun Disney gossip that has been in the news recently that is always fun to hear about at work:
-A British man decided to stick his hand in the water while going down the first drop of Pirates and it cut off the tips of two fingers. There's a reason why they tell you to keep your hands, arms, feet and legs, inside the boat at all times.... They took him to the hospital, had to completely drain and sanitize the whole ride, and find his fingers. Gross.
-Monorail Red was struck by lightening early this week and lost power. Disney had to call in Reedy Creek Emergency to evacuate the monorail from the top hatch in each car. I think that would have been really cool to either be on that monorail (imagine what Disney did for those guests to make up for that) or watch from the sidelines and laugh.
Off to bed for me. I have a nice 10 hour shift tomorrow.
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