So, basically, I work at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
I'm a CAST MEMBER! And I kind of got all tingly just from typing that out, because I'm pretty sure if I knew what I would be doing now about a year ago, I would be screaming out of excitement every day. This is seriously a dream come true for me. It's nice to have a JOB where I smile pretty much the entire shift.
So today I fully benefited from the perks of being a cast member. First of all, I woke up at 1:40 pm this afternoon (don't ask me how that happened, since I specifically remember looking at the clock and actually starting to do things at 9am). My roommate, Ashley, told me she was leaving in 20 minutes with roommate Jocelyn to go to Animal Kingdom. Of course, I wanted to go too, so I got ready to go and went! That's one of the best perks about being a cast member.
A typical conversation:
Actor 1: "Hey, you wanna go to a park?"
Actor 2: "Sure, why not?!"
Actor 1: "Ok! Let's go!"
That's it! We get in free, and it's no big deal! I LOVE that!
So we went to Animal Kingdom and got there as soon as a HUGE rain/wind storm hit. We were absolutely soaked! I had never been so wet from rain before in my life!! It was one of those moments you wished you had a boy with you so you could... well let's just say the rain was very movie-esque.
Anyways, we got to get out of the storm when we saw the soul-stirring show, The Festival of the Lion King! Can I say two things? First, I think every man should learn how to do a fire dance. Holy Hannah Montana. Second, I wish I could sing like a black woman. There is just something about a black woman's voice that is just warming to the soul and makes you want to go change the world. For realsies.
After that we went and watched It's Tough to Be a Bug. I screamed when the scary bug part came and I closed my eyes and definitely covered my face with both of my hands and whimpered until my roommate assured me that the spider part was over. We also went on Dinosaur where I screamed my face off the whole time. Goodness! I don't think I will ever get used to that ride!!! Sooo scary!!!
After watching Finding Nemo: The Musical and riding Expedition: Everest a couple times, the park was officially closed. But here's the exciting part! The cast members were having a special cast members only go at Kali River Rapids! We went on it once with a group of people from the Singles Ward and I got drenched. Like, we're talking, to the point where you couldn't tell by looking at me from a distance that I was wet at all (except my hair) because there wasn't a bit of dry clothing to compare the color of the wet part to. I. was. wet. WOW, I've never been so wet from a ride. But the good part of it was that at the end of the ride, and on our way out of the park, a lot of higher-up manager-type cast members gave all us cast members ice cream bars!!! I got a chocolate covered, Mickey shaped ice cream bar :D It was muuuuy bieeeennnnn :D
Other big perk of the day, and one of the BIG things I was looking forward to all summer: exclusive cast preview night #1!!!
So the big summer promotion: WDW's "Summer Nightastic!" is starting on June 6th! aka, this Sunday. Starting that night, a ton of new things will be happening in each of the parks. The BIG thing they've been talking about for ages is that the famous Main Street Electrical Parade has come back!!! It finally reached Florida after traveling across the United States from Disneyland in California and there was a cast members-only preview to watch it tonight!!!
We had to be seated by officials because, get this, they were filming that night with tons of cameras for marketing! Like, they are working on tv ads and stuff and i know for a fact i was in some of the footage! EXCITING! I doubt I'll be in the final commercial, since the footage of me was by a small electric caterpillar, but you never know I guess... I just felt like a movie star for a second, with all the camera lights and things!
Anyways, that's one of the many reasons I absolutely LOVE being a cast member :D
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