Enchanted Tales with Belle

Between long days of training, crazy 12 hour shifts and non stop busyness, I realized i never updated to say where Im working!! I got placed at Enchanted Tales with Belle!!!! :)

Im loving it SO MUCH I cant imagine being happier anywhere else!!! Being only a year old, and an extremely unique attraction, it is high energy and almost always busy, I love working there!!!
I get to do many different roles, some of the best ones are casting, where I select kids or adults to play certain parts in the show! I also work the portal room, where I deliver a fun spiel to everyone and open to the portal and send everyone through!

Watching the expressions on kids AND adults faces when i open the mirror portal never gets old... its an incredible feeling sharing something so magical with new people every day!!!

I also do the basic greeter/stroller positions and also do the Gatekeeper at Be Our Guest Restaurant! I work with incredible people and i get to watch Wishes almost everynight from the perfect spot... Im loving every minute of it.

although the hours are super late, its so worth it. Working in the Magic Kingdom is incredible, I love the constant busyness and that magic of it, especially being in Fantasyland. I couldnt be happier :)

My roomates are still wonderful, we get along so well, and life at Vista Way is great!!! I feel like this program has already topped my last one, and im not even a month in yet!!! everything is perfect <3

Home Sweet Home!

Well this is slightly delayed but i made it through check in!!! :) Ill start from the beginning….

So check in was wednesday, i met my roomates in the walgreens parking lot in front of vista and we walked over to vista from there! We got in line around 8am, later than we wanted but the line wasnt bad at all! The whole check in process at vista only took an hour and a half. For those of you checking in soon, make sure to have your DORMS paperwork printed and your two forms of ID!

The first thing you do is get your program guide, AKA the DCP bible! you will find this extremely helpful and will need it at almost every event for the first few days! Then from here, after a long wait, you find out where you are living… we got a 3 bedroom in Vista! Vista was our first choice, but we were hoping it would just be the 4 of us, but we got 2 random girls thrown in! (one which has not even showed up yet, so we wil be getting our 6th roomate on monday with the next checkin date) but the other girl is great!!! :)

From here you get your housing ID, they take your picture so make sure to look pretty :) then you move on top find out your work location!!! Keep in mind you may not find out EXACTLY where you are working, but simply a location. and drumroll please…I am working in….

ATTRACTIONS IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM IN FANTASYLAND!!!! :D

Im SUPER excited to be working here, although the hours will suck most of the time, the Magic Kingdom is the busiest park, and i love working when its busy :) not sure which attractions yet, but i will find that out soon!

At this point you also find out what time you are going to be going to casting. My time was 1pm, the time frame seemed to range from 1-3, and they provided transportation of course! also, some people have to do a drug test, so you find out your drug test time as well, depending on your role…it seemed like all attractions and lifeguards had to.

so from finding out your work location you hop around at little tents, where they talk about education and safety. From here you get to move your stuff in and wait to go to casting!

So at 1pm i headed over to casting. this process took almost 3 hours, it was long and boring, although seeing the casting building is always fun! Basically here you do 3 things, fill out I9 paperwork and talk about perks, get fingerprinted and sit down with a trainer. Sitting down with the trainer is most important, this is when you find out your traditions time and when your orientation is and of course, go over the Disney Look!!!

After casting you head back home, and some people get a free day from there or have a drug test etc… but the housing meeting was the next day, thursday one was at 11am and there was another in the afternoon but all housing meetings are held over in the commons! this is just a fun 2 hour meeting where you learn about expectations and all that fun stuff!!!

So that is the check in process!!! My traditions is this afternoon in a few hours, then my orientation for MK is bright and early tomorrow morning and is about 6 hours long! Im excited to find out where specifically i am working, i cant wait!!!

I am loving my roomates and loving vista way so much! although its not the best apartment space and cleanliness wise, i LOVE being so close to everything, it beats chatham and patterson by farrrr! :) And we got lucky and our building in vista is RIGHT in front of the bus stop and the pool is right outside our building as well! we have it MADE here!!!

Things are already settled here in Vista, we already made new friends that came over last night and we played games for hours and just hung out… this program is honestly the best thing ever, and its only just beginning :) I will do another update after traditions and orientation, so follow meeeee if you would like to keep up on everything <3

Twas the night before Disney....

THIS IS IT!

My last night here in Michigan.... cant believe the day has finally come for me to leave for the DCP...

its so unreal! Just yesterday i was saying, only 60 days left! and next thing you know, its HERE. im so excited to hit the road tomorrow morning with my dad. It will take us around 22 hours to get to Florida, and we will be checking into All Star Music monday evening!

We plan on spending the day in the Magic Kingdom on Tuesday, and then Check in is on wednesday!!! my dad plans on staying till thursday, it will be hard saying goodbye to him, but i will enjoy every moment ive got while he is there!

I honestly cant wait to set foot into the Magic Kingdom again, let alone be on Disney property!! I have missed it SO MUCH!!! and being able to road trip down there and see all the southern states i havent seen in yearsssss... its going to be amazing!!!

I cant wait to be all settled into Vista and start my new job and find out where im working!!!!! im ready for the memories to begin <3