Wow. I just randomly went on here via FB. So here's a rundown to what has been going on since I got home. I'm seasonal and going back this weekend, I picked up a shift, not at PC but at ....wait a minute...let the suspense build....ADVENTURELAND BBY! Me, being the worry wart, was really nervous about the whole thing, because I've never picked up a shift before, I didn't know how things worked, but I was like hey! Sarah ask yourself? Do you want to work at Adventureland? Yessss... THAN DO IT! If you can dream it, you can do it :) So because PC couldn't get me a shift, I got one at Adventureland in MK through the EHH. I can't wait. When we (my dad and I) arrive, we are driving to Disney U to get my new ID and costume, and then driving to PC to check in our hotel. AND THEN OFF TO MAGIC KINGDOM! JETRHRJVT! YAYAY! Hahha, I can never get tired of that place. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE PETER PAN! Well anyways. Saturday, I work at 4:30 pm to 11:00 pm. my dad is going to drop me off at the cast parking lot and then I'm going to the utildors and clock in and begin work. I'm still confused about the lockers, because IDK how to get one, well I think I have an idea about getting one, but I'm not sure, I'll ask costuming on Friday. I just need to know to see if I can bring a lunch or something. I heard that they have lockers in other areas besides the biiiiig room (It's HUGE) If thats the case, then I can bring a lunch and won't have to rush back to my work when my lunch break is over.....I wonder how their breaks work? God I worry tooo much lol.


Well tootles. Yes I just said that.

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I've learned to fly

So this is it. Crying while I write this. My program is at is very end, leaving tomorrow, and yes I'm excited to leave but more so, I'm devastated that I have to leave so many friends. I don't want to leave all my fellow cast members at Pop (GO POP!) But this has been such a journey about myself and everything around me. I can't tell you the amount of times I've cried today. I cried when Sonia came in and gave me lessons in life, I cried when my very last shift ended and all the CPs were started their last one. As Robert says, we were two ships passing. And we were, all going to different ports. To Pennsylvania, to Michigan, and to Florida. But the one thing we won't forget is this. This experience. Such a wondrous adventure that has taught us so much. I will never forget. Through this I've learned to have faith and trust myself (and pixie dust) and that this little red feather isn't the only thing that can help me fly, it's me, my growth. So much has happened, from demon bitches in my apartment to waking up two hours late for work, all the tears and stress have been worth it. This is an unforgettable journey that has been custom made for me. Only I could have experienced what I have. And as I write this and listen to Break by Three Days Grace, the seconds are ticking. and my time is almost up. To anyone that will do this program, remember everything about it, live it up, take advantage and most of all, think happy thoughts.

"Take yourself to higher places"

Sarah Cochran

Last day of work tomorrow.

So tomorrow is my last day of work. It will be bittersweet, and I'm not sure that I will cry, I hope not. I will miss alot of people there. I've grown so much during this program, well it feels that way. And it's not all major things, there are some little things that I have accomplished, like talking to a stranger on the phone. I had to call so much places, Splash Mountain, Image Works at EPCOT, W.O.D I think I'm finally over that. and getting around and doing things on my own. I finally can breathe. this whole time my parents didn't have their infamous short leash on me. I did whatever I want, and I think finally my parents can trust me. I didn't go get drunk and have sex and snort shit loads of coke. I did reasonable things. I CAN function without my parents telling me what to do. I bought my own groceries, did my own laundry, managed my own money, I had full responsibility over things. It was my job to get to work, to use judgement, do actually have the fucking initiative to do something, something I've never had before. All I know is when I get home, it kinda will be a shock. Here in Orlando, I've always been on the move, always doing something. I think maybe only twice have I actually just laid around and did nothing. When I go home I know i will be unrealistically bored, and it will kill me. but now there's this part of me that won't let that happen. If I want to do something, by Charlie, I will do it! I won't let idleness kill me. When I go back, I know I'm going back to Publix, but this time, it will be different. I will actually have the urge to work, to get hours. and this time I will be doing stock. Something I found out through Disney, that I actually like. It's just that. Disney. In that word alone, in that stupid fucking company have I learned so much about myself. I love Disney. I always have and always will, but this time it's more than the movies and the history. It's now that they have fucking helped me in so many ways. I don't care about what people say about this program, how they say there are too many rules, which there aren't, or they pay us shitty. I know they do, I know they take advantage of CPs, but I don't care. I took advantage of this program, sucked it fucking dry of everything it could offer, and used it. I enjoyed myself and I know I will be heartbroken when I leave. I know I'm probably rambling but I don't care, I just had Sonics with Diana.

Peace.

Learn from yourself.

Peter Pan!

:)Two weeks left of my program! Can't wait to go home to mom's spaghetti. But today was extra esspecial! I met Peter Pan, the nice one, but not the one I wanted to meet. But OMG SOO NICE I LOVED IT. He called me a Lost Girl < 3 Yaya! I have work at 6:00 PM to midnight, not that bad, and I have off Sun and Mon. Sunday I'm going to HS to see Lotso, a new character from TS3 that's coming out in June, hes a fluffy bear, and on Monday I'm going to MK again because I heard from a little bird, Peter Pan is in the Dream along with Mickey show, and sometimes comes off stage to meet and greet with guests, an attendant said all I need to do is ask someone and they said it would be fine, cross my fingers! Hopefully 5 months of waiting has led up to this wondrous moment! AND IT SHALL BE GLORIOUS! I might cry.

Well toodles, I must take a nap and wake up at 4:00 Pm for work :)

So this is what happened.

BRING YOUR OWN CAR. AND USE IT.

This is what happened
I went to HS and it started raining. The first bus didn't even stop for us, and the second didn't show up.

NOW LETS PLAY A GAME FOLKS!

Who waited a hour for a bus while it was storming outside?

ME. FUCKING ME. ME WITH FUCKING HORRIBLE LUCK.
God has it out for me.

So now, my phone can't do shit, just waste space.
The water dot is pink. and I should just buy a new phone and waste money.

Because of American Coach, they should just buy my fucking phone.

God.

Well

My car has a flat tire. So well. I don't know. I made Sarah love Supernatural and I feel successful! Last night I went to a cast member play, in which my friend, Doug was in, he was awesome. It was Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's dream. IT WAS HELARIOUS AND FUNNY. OMG I LOVED IT. Katie left. :( but I have a new roommate, who's name is KatieLee, it's ironic and upsetting. But she's still really cool. and from Pennsylvania, anyone from Pennsylvania is awesome. I've been working like ALOT of mornings, which I love.

Not much to talk about, all I know is I have almost a month left.

soooo sorry 2 followers!

Well not much is going on...

EXCEPT THE US POSTAL SYSTEM LOST MY DVD REMOTE CONTROLLER AND C28 SHIRT.

Ohh! of course not much is going on. And I'm getting a roommate, who has yet arrived.

And I'm watching High School Musical 3, don't judge me.

I'm angry.
Good bye.

Chinese Food and Alastair

I just finished an episode of Supernatural. Currently Dean is torturing Alastair, I'm mutual on this one. Before the Supernatural episode I was over Yolanda's apartment and met two of her roommates, who are also from China. It was awesome. I was learning a couple of Cantonese words while they were practicing their English, it was enjoyable all around, and Yolanda is amazing at cooking! Before that Yolanda and I went to MK and before that we all cleaned up our apartment, with the exception of Brittney, because we have an inspection tomorrow. Last night Sarah and I had a Supernatural marathon, she now enjoys it, and enjoys Dean even more. :) Sam is still mine, so all is right in the world. I work nine days straight starting tomorrow, but they are all morning shifts, which is better. More tolerable.

Ana just said hello to Castiel.

Well I must go now.

God Bless.

Nothing gold can stay.

My room is depressing and empty. I'm taking Katie leaving hard.
That's all I have to say.


Good bye.

Nature's first green is gold.
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

-Robert Frost

Curtis is scrawny and not my biffle.

I'm updating this for you, so be happy. and I can't find Katie, it's upsetting. I've been receiving morning shifts a lot and did packages twice on my own, took me the full eight hours to do, I just need to get the hang of it. There's a lot of steps and I only got one actual training day. Tues and Wed I'm doing packages as well. OH! My aunt, mom, and grandma are coming up next weekend, I booked their room with the 50% friends and family discount, but it's saying I have to be in the room with them, IDK, but whatever, I'll call tomorrow and figure it out, the telephone number doesn't operate on weekends. Today I had a weird shift, which from what I hear, as been happening a lot to people, it was a 7:45 AM to 1:45 PM. but it's like might as well have me scheduled till 2:00 PM because the bus came at 2:17 PM, so I sat at the bus stop..in the rain, for about 30 minutes. Whatever, and I took a nap and woke up, and by golly my right knee hurts for some reason. IDK. Not much to talk about, Katie and I are supposed to be going to MK to find Peter Pan. Hope it works out :) If only she would call or text back! Katie where are you!

ALL TIME LOW!

I have this one roommate that should just die. So I thought the item below is appropriate:

Please copy and paste this to your status if you know someone, or have been affected by someone, who needs a punch in the face. People who need a punch in the face affect the lives of many. There is still no known cure for someone who deserves a punch in the face, except a punch in the face, but we can raise awareness

She's not aware, and I would like her to know, but uhh, I don't want to get terminated. We are thinking about having a housing meeting about this one roommate, cause well, we hate her, and she's childish, and it's stupid and riduculous, if she can't act civil, then just fucking leave.

But anyways, next morning I have all morning shifts, AND PACKAGES ON TUES AND WED! Not much to update, just thinking about going seasonal, which means I will only have to work 40 hours per year to keep my benefits. Only problem is finding a place to live at for the time I'm up here to work at.

I want real food, can't wait till I come home.

Wowzers

FOR CURTIS BECAUSE HE'S SCRAWNY.

Well last night I went to bed after watching Ninja Assassin, Rain, so hot, my goodness. I knocked out at midnight and then woke up a noon, I was shocked to say the least, didn't think I needed that much sleep, but I guess I did. I was going to visit Sarah at EPCOT but I wasn't in any mood to deal with the bus system, so I just drove my car to Publix and got groceries. Came home and went back on the computer and Katie came home! Her family came in town so she was spending time with them and they left so she came home and then we went to Publix...I went again, so she can get stuff for her dinner and I filled mt gas, and boy was traffic stupid! They really need to fix that issue, like it's all congested because everyone wants to go on Apopka Vineland and the light doesn't turn alot and to add on to it, it's rush hour so it was like gah! they need to widen the roads in our area. If it wasn't for nice people, I would have gotten nowhere. But there are nice people out there. So tada! Not much to update, work tomorrow 5:30 till 2. AHH AND SAW ALICE IN WONDERLAND WITH KILLIAN YESTERDAY, Twas good.

OK The end :)

Katie is right next to me...

Well, not exactly, she's in her bed and I'm in mine. Our other two suite mates are asleep, and one is out at a party, and the other is uhh, not completely sure, haven't seen her today. Well four of us went to Publix today when we all got home from work, got a couple of things I needed, so I'm set for groceries for now. Oh and I got the Neutrogena Wave, it was $13.00, but worth it, my face feels good. I finally had a normal shift in a long time, 800 to 1630, yes military time, Disney uses it as well, so invisible CPers, try and learn it. I love my 2 followers. Been there through thick and thin. well. Katie is next to me and Curtis is easy to make fun of. So I guess they are the best followers someone can have. I was supposed to be trained in packages today, well I was technically, but my trainer was sick today (get well!) so a manager and coordinator trained me sorta. I didn't learn the technical aspects but I learned a lot, it was really easy, I guess the difficult stuff is tomorrow. I would be able to go on runs and go backstage to get packages that we didn't receive or anything of that sort. So it sounds fun, I'm just worried a little bit because I wouldn't have the slightest clue where everything is, but I guess that's part of the adventure. And OMG. I would have to drive a van, very different from my Scion Xb, my lovely baby! About my car... it's been causing problems, the battery dies like all the time and I have to get a guy from downstairs to help jump it. But hopefully, since my dad is in town, well 45 minutes away, in Daytona, he can help fix it when he comes on by. Which reminds me.. I need to find out when he is coming by so I can sign him in. I shall call tomorrow.

Well onward to watching Lost...


Good Night.

Guests....

My personal opinion on guests..

they are utter and complete pigs. I don't understand how hard it is to put stuff back. Like really, it's right in front of you, why do you insist of putting it on the floor? And to be stupid and do it right in front my face? Wow. You see me fixing up the trashed area because of your fellow friends in your friggin Brazilian tour group, yet you insist on making it even more trashed. thanks. bitch. Like last night I was stock and I decided that after my break I would tackle the pins. Well I did, for 30 minutes. EVERYTHING WAS OUT OF PLACE. I spend all the time fixing it up I was too pissed to actually stock the thing, sorry little girl, I won't get you your Ariel pin, should have put Cinderella in the right place. And the excuse of she's too young doesn't work. AT ALL. It doesn't make sense, you would thing that all these people can relate in someway to us and at least put things back, but noooo. since they are on vacation they forget the most simplest things. Sorry for the rant, my two followers, but uhh, I was pissed. Like when you have to stop stocking your area to fix it up, it's a problem. I really don't understand how hard it is to actually bend down to put the Stitch hat back, you bent down to grab it! Like seriously. I know for sure, I am never like that, even as a guest. I PUT MY SHIT BACK. YOU SHOULD TO.

End rant.

Pooblix

So I went to Publix with Bethany today, and yesterday I went with Justine to MK. Still sick though :/ But much better than I was two days ago. I have to leave early, I was starting to feel dizzy and had a monster headache, on top of a cold, not cool. but I bought some Sudafed, whatever it's called, and throat losengers, and now I feel 80% better, after all, I'm still sick. Next week, I'm training in packaging, :) and I get normal hours! Oh and donate to Junior Achievements Orlando! Not much to write, sorry, I really want to go home and make a surprise visit for my mom, not sure when though, but it's in the works.

RESEARCH.

THIS IS FOR YOU CURTIS.

So my 52 hour 8 day trek of work is almost done, just one more day! And it's only a 6 hour day. I'm so sick of people complaining about the program. So I would like to introduce a word to the masses...RESEARCH. My God, people had no idea what they were getting into when signing up for it. You should have known about the hours and the shit pay, after all, you got a paper about the pay, so you accepted knowing it, don't complain, you weren't forced to do it. Yes I'm unhappy I'm working for eight days, but I'm not complaining, I wasn't surprised at all. Angry you're doing menial tasks? GET OVER IT, YOU'RE AN INTERN NOT FULL TIME. Should have known that. Should have talked to the CP reps to get the real information and not the stuff that are in the infomercials the open house provides. I can't stand it, it makes my parade crappy. I'm happy. I don't understand what they are complaining about. working 8 hour days are normal, get over it. They are always complaining on how they can't party, well I'm sorry to break it to you, but this isn't a party internship, it's a work internship. If you're unhappy, leave. God people. Ungrateful bitches. Maybe it's cause I worked at Publix and always had the night shift, and maybe I'm used to it. God. JSADHFJSFD.

7 days to go...

Till my days off.

I'm working 8 days straight starting yesterday and ending next Wednesday. The only motivation is money and... I GET TO LEARN THE HOE DOWN THROW DOWN FOR WORK. Haha yes, the Miley Cyrus song from her movie. It's merchandise's Magical Moment, like for the food court they do the twist at 8 AM and the front desk does the hustle at 6 PM, but usually the food court does that as well. So I got off from work at 1 AM last night, well this morning, and a fellow CP cast member took me home, which I was thankful for, I didn't have to wait for the bus in the cold weather. Everything is going surprisingly well, my managers and coordinators are really awesome, and we are leading in selling the watches and totes that the resorts sell. If a guest purchases more than 25 dollars they can purchase a tote, and if they spend more than 40 dollars they can buy a watch. If we win, we get a pizza party :) Not much to say, just counting down till Thursday and Friday, my days off, then I can do laundry and get groceries and such.

TTFN
God Bless!

EVERYTHING POP!

Well today is my last day of register and merchandise training. I have stock training tomorrow and hopefully I'll train in package pickup/delivery. I have a much better attitude than I had walking into this, yes I rather be in the parks, but you also get crazy hours in the parks, here I have awesome managers, almost everyone working here, excluding CPs, has worked here for more than a year and can answer any question possible. The only thing I can't stand is they want us to stand and wait for the buses backstage behind this certain area so guests don't see us but the problem with that is we can't see when our bus will be here. It's retarded. Even at night time it's like that. It's like come on, really, the guests don't care, they just want to get on their bus and go to DTD or the parks, but whatever, I'll live. The CM cafeteria is ALOT nicer in PC than in PC Cast Services which is in a different area. My shift ended at 1 am, which is the latest, and they start as early as 5:30 am, which I've had one of those shifts, and the only problem with that is, is that it's really boring and dead, I had a 430 pm to 1 am shift, which was a lot better and got a lot more experience in getting the guests their packages, I LOVED THAT PART. I actually enjoyed today. I consider a good day working while listening to Backstreet Boys on the hotel radio. Good Night, well morning.

God Bless!

Ok so.

My trainer Bobbie is awesome and made me a little bit more happy about where I worked. I think like my other trainers from the Dept. of Training and Operations were a little less enthusiastic and all came off like "well this is where you'll work, enjoy it." I met alot of the people that work there and I didn't think you could spend 7 hrs in Pop Everything, but you can. I know a lot of where everything is, which is good. Katie is next to me cause we both took ethernet cords and plugged them into the modem cause if we use wireless and stuff it sucks, it's not the routers fault because Emperor Romulus can never be wrong (the router). and Emp. Rom. is our second router, the first one 5302 was good as well. it's just our internet sucks. And my schedule is quite like Publix because I'm closing almost all the time, well not almost, I am closing all the time. It rotates, 5-1 am, or 7-1 am next week Wednesday to Saturday. I guess it's not that bad, I can sleep in, but I kinda prefer morning shifts so I can do stuff afterward, but I guess that's not going to happen, I can always give my shifts to the hub and let someone take it, but I don't think someone is going to want a 5 to 1 shift. Whatever. I'll live. But my attitude has greatly approved, I just hope I don't have shifts like these all the time, but I probably will, but that's what the hub is for.

...

I feel unsuccessful at everything.

Today..

Well today, I woke up around 10:30 am and all my roommates were gone accept Brittney, so we went to Pop Century to see my costume and it is absolutely boring. I hate it. It's stupid and looks like my middle school uniform... I HATED MIDDLE SCHOOL. It's making me angry, and I didn't see any college aged people there working so that's another thing that made me angry, I don't want to work at a Publix again. Gah, I have training tomorrow and I'm not looking foreword to it. This is so far a bad start. and I know I should have an open mind, but it's kinda hard with this outcome. It's been on my mind the whole time. I remember getting told I was going to work at PC and all my expectations of this program went down. This is horrible. I know my request probably wasn't going to be fulfilled but come on, could they have at least placed me in a theme park instead of a value resort? This is nerve wracking and it's all I could thing about it. I'm not even proud to say I work at PC, I hope no one asks where I work, cause I certainly don't want to say. It's not excited. This is frustrating. I hope I will be proven wrong tomorrow. I really do.

Day Two

I have learned so much in the past two days.

1. Check in day went smoothly and the WDW Cast Members that work in the internships are amazing
2. Chatham is better than Vista and Patterson
3. Chatham may be awesome but the internet sucks.
4. Katie is awesome.

Sorry my only two followers that I couldn't update yesterday, as you read above me internet connection was horrible and flickers on and off. Our room, Katie and I, is amazing and our bathroom is cute. we have rugs and such and our closet, which is in our bathroom for some reason, is in our bathroom and quite organized. Our room is also great, it's clean and colorful, mainly because of our bedspreads are colorful. The walls are white and the floor is like for green and bland, but not anymore :) We are currently watching What A Girl Wants, an super duper movie with Amanda Bynes. Sorry this update isnt long, but I don't have much to say, I'll post pictures though!

Tomorrow!

I LEAVE TOMORROW! It's 1:44 AM and I'm not done packing, 80% done I think. But OMG, my computer got like a crap load of viruses or something, I really don't know, but my computer was acting really stupid. So Curtis came to the rescue and fixed it. Well we think it's fixed, waiting for McAfee to finished scanning my computer. So that's what's going on right now. Later on today is I'm celebrating my birthday two days early because I can't up there. We ordered party things from Pei Wei, and it will be yummmyy!

Three days!

My mom and I got a pair of shoes to go to Traditions and the training days that I need business stuff for. Oh! And I finally got a SunPass for the tolls. This program is making my room a mess with all this crap I have to pack. I have little snacks and stuff because I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to go grocery shopping and my mom is a worry wart and is periodically shoving stuff in the bags we have set aside without me knowing. I'll leave me room and go out with friends and then come back and look at the bag and see it's noticeably larger. Oh dear. Tomorrow I'm going to start packing and putting everything away. we plan to pack everything in boxes because if we used a suitcase and other things like that I would have no place to put them so I'm just going to use boxes and when I take everything out, I'll just flatten the box and shove it under my bed. (THAT REMINDS ME I NEED BED RISERS!) and then at the end of the program, if I don't have the option to extend it, I'll just take the boxes and open them up :) tada!
On a non Disney related note, my birthday is soon! Since my program starts on my birthday, (So I guess it is Disney related) my family and I are going to celebrate my birthday on Saturday. I asked everyone not to give me money and just combine everything so I can get a coach purse from the outlet mall where I live cause I know it's a whole lot cheaper at an outlet mall. but I'm not sure that's going to work out, but whatever, beggers can't be choosers.
Well I'm hooonngree and must attend to my needs and all I wanted to say was 3 more days!

Oh and I got a hair cut, look and see!
Before:

After:

One Week till Arrival!

Today is my second to last day at work! After Monday, I shall dedicate my time getting everything together (I haven't even started packing yet!) and spending time with my friends before I leave. I'm still stoked for the program. My brother, on the other hand, keeps discouraging me, he's trying to make me not want to do the program, he's saying I'm going to hate it and it's going to suck and that I will be treated like crap, and a load of other pish posh. I know I wont be treated like a full time cast member, that's a given, I'm going to be an intern! And I don't have a problem with it either. He keeps saying that on my days off I'm not going to want to do anything cause I'll be working all the time and I'll be tired. Well brother of mine, obviously you don't know me. I love Disney and don't think my legs being tired will deter me from going there with my present and future friends. It's just annoying having people wanting to bring you down and put a damper on your excitement.
The nervousness is also starting to become a problem. I was browsing through one of my CP friends on Facebook and she recently posted pictures of her apartment and the arrival party and I was like "ohh crap. I'm leaving soon" I think I'm nervous about being late and the bus system and doing all the chores like doing the dishes and laundry. But I don't think you can prepare for most of the things. I have no idea what to expect so I know I should just go with the flow and just go with the motions cause I can't do anything right now. It's a thing you learn along the journey. But on the other hand, I'm a complete worry wart. Gosh! Ahh! All I know it's going to be an overwhelming first couple of days in the program, but exciting at the same time.

Good luck to all the other fellow CPs!

God Bless!

Happy New Year

Well I decided to jump on the bandwagon and create a WDWCP blog. I'm doing merchandise and leaving January 18th. I'm so excited it's not even funny. I still need to buy a couple of things but that's not on my mind right now, going to work is. I know when I come back from the program work will be so boring compared to Disney. I know I will grow from the experience and it will be friggin amazing.
I so far have business clothes, a comforter for the bed (which from what I hear, is super uncomfortable), a toaster, and towels. All the other stuff I have somewhere in my house. I'm not really stressing about any of that stuff right now, but I know I will later when the time comes for me to leave me house.
Oh. my. it's raining outside for some reason. Living in SoFla is strange, it's January 1st and it was blazing hot outside, now it's raining.
Back on topic! I think one of the things I'm excited about is meeting new people, I already met my roommate, she's amazing by the way! but there will be more people in the apartment that I'm going to meet. sfkjfdsafsd I CAN'T WAIT.
Ok scratch the part of me not freaking out or stressing about anything, I need to do laundry! My mom has always done my laundry and she's been teaching me how to do it, it's pretty simple, but I know when I'm alone on my own and the time comes, I'm going to freak out and have to call my mom and ask a stupid question.
Well I think I have to go, it's lightening outside and I really don't want to retype this up if my power goes out lol.

I plan to write sooner when I'm closer to my date.

Wish me luck and God bless!