I'll fill in the details of training later, i have lots more to say and dont wanna forget it, but cant do more than one entry at a time, i get bored of staring at the screen. Today is my first day off in a week. Tired but so happy with my job and how everything has been. Tomorrow I have another day off, then friday i'm mickey in toontown, saturday same thing.


So today:
sleep sleep sleep
Pool with Gemma
Chilling with the Chrises
No Sunscreen, ouch factor!
Lobster Steffie and Lobster Gemma
IHOP
Walmart
bed

TRAINING DAY FIVE-- OPENING DAY

Magic Kingdom
Trainers: Vivian and Danielle
tunnel tour
How to do dining experiences
liberty tree
crystal palace
Magical moment
costuming
Stitch!
First set-- LOOK MOM, STITCH!
Stampede!
falling neck fur
Stitch, Friar Tuck, Brer Bear, Gepetto, Pinocchio, King Louis
Assessment
Cast Services Introduction, Cast Support Introduction
golden ticket
Lunch in the Mouseketeeria
Two more sets
tour of the character zoo
colour coding
clock out
home
walmart
thunder storm!
the Chris's
Battle of the Sexes
Apples to Apples
Home
Sleep

TRAINING DAY FOUR-- FineTOONing

Hollywood studios
trainers: Sonali and Danielle
Toy box
costuming
toy chest
warm ups
travel to MK
Costuming
where are Marie's feet!
Heavy, tight costume
first sets in toon town
how to be a GOOD disney villain
"I'm named after you, marie"
Marie, Sheriff of Nottingham, Baloo, Mr Smee, Meeko
Lunch in the Mouseketeeria
faces backstage
ariel and eric
more sets
Back to hollywood
bus stop
RAIN!
Home
Hollywood again
Backlot Tour
Fantasmic!
Home
Pool/hot tub
sleep

TRAINING DAY 3- PREVIEWS

Epcot
Trainers: Jo Ellen and Kristy
behind norway
costume room
American adventure
first sets with guests!
Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Mickey, Big Al, Wendell, Gideon, Mr. Penguin
Bye, Sabina and Trista :(
Face Babies
Give kids the world
Dip
Discovery diner
3 more set
costume return
stories (tears)
home
sleep

TRAINING DAY TWO-- THATS ANIMATION!

summary:
sleep in!
DAK behind the scenes
parade building
early
trainers- Jo-Ellen and Danielle
character basics
costume room
maingate
t-lab
lunch
warm ups
good job video
First time in full costume
head and shoulders knees and toes
character story
3 sets
tired
home
walking macaroni and cheese
quick costume
mk
Pirate and Princess party
Tea Cups
Pooh Ride
Parade
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder
Fireworks
Two Jacks
Buzz Lightyear Ride
home
Sleep

TRAINING DAY ONE- THATS ENTERTAINMENT!

Training day 1 (Friday May 30th)started pretty early in the morning. We had to be at the DAK wardrobe building at 8:15, which meant catching a 7:45 bus. On the bus, Sabina and I met Adam, Jackie and Trista, from Canada and Hong Kong respectively, who had completed earlier auditions and were also in our training class. We waited outside the building, and once again were picked up by a white 15 seater van. Apparently these vans are popular in our department. This one had Jo-Ellen at the wheel, the first of our trainers. She took us to Main Gate, a WDW office building with the entertainment training facility at the very centre of it. There we met Anne, our second trainer, who had the most happy laugh I have ever heard, and Karley, a floridian also in our class who was training to be fur and face characters-- Ariel is her face friend.
We began our training with Anne, who took us through the basics of animation and the importance of our role to many people. We watched a video of a little girl named Maggie who said to Mickey Mouse, "I've been waiting my whole life to meet you". It was touching... most of us cried, cause that is us now.
Halfway through the morning, we were interrupted by a crash at the door. When we opened it, there was no one there. A few seconds after we closed the door again, the door crashed open and the boss himself trolled in, waving a huge white hand. Mickey Mouse had arrived!
After greeting all of us, Mickey helped Anne demonstrate various picture poses and dos and donts of our job. For example, if a woman is in a bikini top the only approved pose is to link arms with her. In any picture, bot of our hands must be visible at all times.
We then went to lunch at animal kingdom's backstage cafeteria, called the Pride Rock caf, and got connected to the cast member website called the Hub in the Disney Learning Centre there. After lunch, we visited an off set location, where entertainers wait for their next set on stage to begin. This was my first time seeing people half in costume and it was a little jarring.
We went into camp Minnie Mickey and watched a set, observing things we had learnt that morning. It was very cool. At one point, mickey posed in a girl pose, and was subtly but instantly corrected by his photographer and attendant. Goofy forgot his hat, and had to go back for it, which was also kinda funny to see.
After our observation, we went back to main gate to practice walking and posing like a girl or boy character. this was cute, when we were boy we walked to I'll make a man out of you from Mulan, and when we were girls it was the Feminine song from aristocats.
Then we went to the T-lab for a bit and did some courses we had to do and then, we played a game called prices please, where we had to guess the costs of each part of a character costume. Lets just say they are expensive, and the buzz lightyear costs more than many cars. Once that was finished, we got to try on our heads, hands and feet for the first time. I was mickey, and the first time I saw the world through mickeys eyes was very memorable, I loved my job instantly.
After that it was time to head home.

We wantedto see Sex and the City friday night, and a bunch of canadians and brits headed out to disney in the hopes of seeing it, but it was all sold out, so we went to magic kingdom, taking a water taxi from downtown disney to coronado springs resort and then a bus to MK.. We went on the Pirates of the Carribean and the Monsters Inc Laugh floor, and didnt watch either spectro or wishes, which was wierd for all of us, cuz it was the first time i'd been in a park and not done the fireworks/parade. Lines are def shorter when everyone else is focusing elsewhere, and you can hear the fireworks inside louder than I would have expected.

And then It was home and sleep for me-- it was a long exhausting day!