One Week In!

I figured that this would be the best way to answer everyone's questions about what I'm doing and how things are going, so I'm going to try my hardest to keep up with it as I go! You'll probably be lucky to get one post a week from here, but here is one giant week long recap post!

So I got to Florida...um...last Tuesday? The days seem to run together here. So let's go with that. Wednesday the 8th I checked into my apartment and began settling in to my new 4 bedroom, 8 person home.

5 of my 7 roommates

Mary, Dominique, Leah, Laura, and Vitria (Ostyn and Keya are the other 2)

The whole day was just full of chaos, running around, and standing in long lines. After moving in, we were shipped off to casting where we found out our work locations! I am a merchandise cast member in the Ink and Paint Shop (gift shop) at Disney's Art of Animation Resort, which will be fully opened as of September 15th!

The resort is absolutely beautiful and one of a kind. It puts you inside the movies (four of them to be exact: Cars, Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King) like you've never seen before. It focuses on the process of animating a movie from start to finish, and I absolutely adore everything about it.

I have been so busy since I got here that it feels like I've been in Florida much longer than a week. We had Traditions class a couple days after we got here (complete with a tour of the utilidoor at Magic Kingdom! I was wearing heels. Bad idea.), then we've been in training classes at Disney University, Cast Services, and our work locations. I love pretty much everything about it (minus the online learning), especially getting to go to the parks for free on my days off!

Even my costume is growing on me!

I definitely love it here. My co-workers seem great so far, I love all of my roommates, and I get fabulous perks like getting to test out the Little Mermaid section of our resort before it opens in September! I am so excited for that. The pool at our resort is amazing. And so is the food court. Now I'll actually be able to test them out. I can't wait to not be in training mode anymore and get out there and interact with my guests, too. I love being able to play with children and see the same guests come in day after day.

I love my job. I'm so blessed to be able to do this, and I thank God every day that He gave me this opportunity.

Can't wait to see what next week holds!