On Sunday, I began Parade Audience Control (PAC) training. It was three days of setting up and breaking down for parades. I enjoy it because I get to be out in the park and can interact with the guests a bit more than I can at turnstiles, but it is a lot of pressure and pretty intense. The floats are extremely heavy and if someone was hit by one, it would cause a lot of damage. I was in a training group with three others plus our trainer. It was easy to do everything with the five of us, but once I get a shift of my own I will have to do it all by myself! That makes me very nervous. We learned how to put ropes up, when to clear streets, where people have to be standing, what walkways to keep clear, how to initiate crosswalks during a parade, etc. We were the first trainee group that my trainer had ever had so there were somethings that she made kind of confusing and hard to understand, but overall I was able to grasp most of the concepts. Over the next two weeks, however, I have all park greeter shifts so I'm nervous that if I ever get a PAC shift on my schedule, I will have forgotten how to do everything. One of the best parts of training was when we got to go to the Production Center backstage and see where all of the floats are stored. We saw where the float drivers sit - it's amazing how tiny their little area is inside. Another funny part of training was when I was talking to some guests and a little boy told me that he had ridden the Pirates of the Caribbean ride that day. I started rambling on about the ride and talking about it and didn't realize until I walked away that I had been talking about some other ride! I'm sure the little boy didn't realize but his grandfather definitely did! My mistake! I'll have to spend more time at the parks to really get to know everything about the attractions haha.
My PAC training group! We had so much fun together.
Back (L-R): Victoria (Trainer), Becca
Front (L-R): Jessica, Me, Jeff
Yesterday, I had two of my classes. During the Marketing seminar, we discussed all of the different themes that Disney has had over the past few years. We learned about how they brought all of the parks together to market them as one and how they were able to take a global approach towards it all. It was really cool to see how they implemented ideas like A Year of a Million Dreams and What Will You Celebrate? My Leadership class was pretty interesting as well but I don't like that one as much as I enjoy the marketing.
After class, Stacey and I headed over to Epcot. We rode Spaceship Earth which was kind of like a mini history lesson - I enjoyed it! We also were able to create our own rollercoaster and ride it in a simulator! That was one of the coolest things I have ever done at Epcot. They have the Flower and Garden Festival going on until May there. It was a little too cold last night to walk around and see all of the topiaries, but we are going to try to do it one day! Then we headed over to Hollywood Studios. The wait on Tower of Terror was only a few minutes so we rode it twice! We saw Fantasmic afterwards. It's a half an hour show involving a ton of characters and scenes from different movies that they project on water. It's kind of hard to explain but it was really cool.
The Buzz Lightyear Topiary at Epcot Flower and Garden Festival!
As I'm sure most of you all know, I signed up for the WalkMS event in Orlando on April 7th. Thank you so much to those who have already donated - it means the world to me! I am almost halfway to my goal of raising $500. If you know of anyone who might be able to help out, please tell them about the cause and see if they'd be willing to donate just $5! Below is my link. Feel free to read my participant page and make yourself more aware about what exactly Multiple Sclerosis is.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=11789894&fr_id=19766&pg=personal
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