Week One

It has been almost a week since I made the long driving trek down to Florida with my family. We had an awesome time at Universal and the beach the days before I moved in on August 5th. We spent some time being wizards, met the Lorax, Cat in the Hat and the Grinch but also caught a few rays at St Augustine and Clearwater beaches. It was great to spent some time with family before starting my new adventure with the Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney World.
The night before move in day my roommates and I decided to meet around 7-730 at Vista Way to check in for our program. We got in line bright and early, received our apartment assignment (Building 20 in Chatnam Square) one of the four places we could have lived and found out where we worked. I was placed as a shallow water life guard at the Caribbean Beach Resort, which means I will work in that region. The Caribbean Beach Resort, Pop Century and Art of Animation are also included in my region so I will work as a guard at all three resorts. On check in day we spent a while learning about different opportunities while we were on program like educational things and housing events. We spent some time moving in our things and then my roommate and I went and took our Lifeguard test at Mickeys Retreat. Mickeys Retreat is a cast member exclusive pool, volleyball, fun things, etc place where we can go. We both passed our tests but mine was really easy since I was a shallow water guard (50 yard swim, pick up a 10lb brick in 5 feet of water).

Our place is a nice sized two bedroom, two bathroom apartment with a larger living room and kitchen then I was expecting. My roommate and I were lucky to get the room with the larger bathroom and walk in closet. You could sleep in there!
The next day we went the Housing Meeting and they told us the housing guidelines, do's and don'ts. No light sabers.. we were crushed! :) It was your typical meeting but it was way more fun to meet other people in Chatnam. That Thursday we had our Traditions class that taught us a lot more about Disney as a company and told us some secrets I am not allowed to share. We did get our name tags though!

We also got our employee cards that lets us into the parks for free so we went to Magic Kingdom that night and spent the rest of the day and night there. My roommates and I are consistently meeting new people everyday and it is so cool to be able to experience the program and parks with other people. Some have never been to Magic Kingdom. It was awesome to see them as riding new things and seeing the characters for the first time. I don't remember ever seeing the Electric Parade so that was a new one for me. I am consistently impressed with Disney everyday with everything they do. The attention to detail is amazing.


Wishes is still one of my favorite things Disney does at Magic Kingdom. I will never get tired of Magic Kingdom, EVER!

I'm still going through training for my position and had the whole "this is the boring stuff we have to do"  training yesterday for 8 hours. It was riveting.. pause not. I have training at my resort on Tuesday and then guard training next week. Wish me luck!
That is all for now! Have a magical day!