So sorry I have not blogged in a while! I have been busy and there wasn't really anything too exciting to report, but I guess some things may not seem exciting to me but are exciting to all of you following my blog!
Since I have finished my training I have been only working at Pirates of the Caribbean. Since the ride exits into the store it is pretty full of people most of the time, but not nearly as many people buying. The kids play with the swords and rifles that we sell and don't always buy. In the past week the park has slowed down so much to the point where pretty much every ride has at most a 20 minute wait. This is not that surprising considering that most American schools started this week or at least start next week. I have heard that after Labor Day you can pretty much walk onto any ride. So, if you are looking for a time to come down here, the time is definitely now because it is dead!
It can be really boring sometimes when I am working on a register and there is no one in the store. This happens especially at nighttime when people head back to their hotels or are eating dinner. This week I have a total of 41 hours working including a training day on stocking which I had today. It is pretty easy stuff. Just putting stuff out on the floor so that it looks full. I also learned leather treaty today which is engraving on leather bracelets. It seems like it would be complicated, but the computer basically does it for me!
This is really scattered, but I am just typing without really thinking.
Here are some interesting things I have learned while working for Disney:
- First of all, I am not sure if I have mentioned this before, but Disney does not necessarily believe in sell, sell, sell as Bath and Body Works did. They believe that by making magical moments for guests and by making sure they are entertained no matter where they are will lead to sales. Just as Bath and Body Works had sales goals, so does each store. It is interesting because some days we make it and some days we don't. I just wonder how high reaching these goals are considering the amount of people in the park on any given day!
- Second, this may seem silly to some people, but I have noticed that a lot of the kids are buying things with their own money and having to budget while in the parks. I know that many parents do this with their kids, but it is just really interesting to watch them pull out their money and count it out for me. It is really cute actually, but I think it makes sense since the parents already paid so much money for the hotel, plane and park tickets!
- Third, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride is haunted! When they were building the ride one of the workers died and he haunts the ride. They have solid facts that if they do not say Good Morning to the ghost (I can't remember his name right now) the ride will break down throughout the day and if they do not say Good Night at night the ride will have problems the next day. I really enjoy working pirates because it is busier than Adventureland and even though I am starting to be able to sing along to the pirates music playing in the store, I like it.
I am enjoying my time here. It can be up and down because I really do wish that I was in entertainment. It has been hard for me to see all of those people and wish I was them. I am trying to stay positive and enjoy what I am doing as much as I can. I have gone back and forth about whether this experience was worth it and I think that in the end it will be. It is just hard starting over again. Things are definitely getting better and I really like my coworkers. So things are looking up.
I definitely miss everyone back home a lot! I know that in a couple months I will look back and think "Why was I feeling this way? I love this place!" It is just going to take some time. I know that things will get better when I am trained on glow next week. (This is selling all of the light-up merchandise during fireworks and parades) I hear that we get a pretty crazy costume for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween parties that I will most likely be working.
I only have Saturday off this week and I am hoping to go to the parks. It is hard because so much of the time I do not have the same days off as my coworkers or friends that I have made and I really want to go to the parks, but I don't want to go alone!
I think Saturday will be fun though because a couple of my friends don't work until later.
Much love! I promise I will start blogging more often!
Seriously am I the only one who comments??? People where are you??? If I bore you just inbox me on FB. I really appreciated the Harry Potter pics. Any review you can give on the venue is appreciated. Look on the bright side-you could be at It's a Small World! I'd have to take the gas pipe after a few weeks of that song. Now I totally would go to the parks alone because you could do what you want when you want and notice things you might not while chatting away!Miss ya!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice! Yeah I think I will definitely go to the parks by myself eventually. Maybe even today!
ReplyDeleteAbout Harry Potter. The look of the park is really cool and the castle is awesome, but there were definitely some things that were lacking. There are only 3 shops that include Honeydukes (which is tiny and has the run-of-the-mill candy), Zonko's (which has the same 5 toys displayed in multiple places, and a generic gift shop that we waited in line to go into and there was not much to buy. My mom, who is obsessed, didn't even buy anything.
What makes it all worth it though is that there is this ride called the Forbidden Journey that is one of the coolest rides are have even been on! The other two rides are lame. One is a kiddie-coaster and the other one is a roller coaster they had before and they just changed the name.
We decided that they needed some advice from Disney. However, it was cool to see everything. The butterbeer and the Pumpkin Juice was really good. Also, the Three Broomsticks was really cool looking and had a random assortment of food you could eat.
So if I had to give it a grade it would be a B-.