I moved to Anaheim alone to pursue a career at Disneyland. Moved some stuff down on October 16th, went back again for a week, drove my car down with the rest of my stuff, and then started at Disney on October 29th.
First day of training…Traditions. What an incredible day! I shared my inspiring story and one of the facilitators made me a button 😊Mickey brought us all our badges at the end Couldn’t get into the parks that first weekend which made me sad but I was able to take a photo of me in front of the park. My apartment is really close to Disneyland. I can crawl out my window onto the roof and watch the fireworks!Spent the first weekend getting my room all set up. I rent a room in a 3-bedroom condo in a gated community that is a 5 minute drive (10-minute bike ride) from the park. My roommates also work there is it has been fun talking to them about their experiences Since I couldn’t go play, I ate in downtown Disney and played with the free photo lenses. Later I did the ones that you had to be in the park for. What fun!I brought something from each member of my family to help keep them with me in a way. 💚 Alex’s Iroh bobble head, Tingo who Mars loved for so many years, the jar that I made Ada in Young Women’s, and one of the sticky animals that Steve sticks up all over the place. They sit on my bedside table. 😊I went home for the week after my first weekend of training and the snow painted me a beautiful scene. My first costume. Guest Interaction and Show Operations training. Still didn’t have an attraction assigned. Christmas decorations start going up Enjoyed a rainy night in the parkI love the new magic bands!Cast preview for the new Christmas parade. They gave us free peppermint suckers. It was freezing cold, but still so much fun! Santa of Color 😊My place is a gated community with a pool. Too cold to get fully in except on the sunniest days since it’s not heated but I do some kicking stuff in the hot tub 😊Teri was here for a couple of days with her work so I spent a little bit of time with the group and then each night stole her to go do the parks in a better, more magical way. We had a lovely time. She didn’t get to go on small world so I went in her honor later. They added some characters in wheelchairs. Love it 💚Found some of the hidden 25s fur the 25th anniversary of the holiday version Went camping at Doheny beach on Nov 16-17It was a bit cold but nothing was keeping me from going out of my paddle board! Didn’t stay up but had a wonderful time. I love the ocean especially at sunset Put up a tent but ended up in my car. So cold!Spent a beautiful morning And had a beautiful experience doing baptisms at the Newport Beach temple. I was the only one there!Got the highest score I have ever gotten. Hit zurgs chest like 8-9 times!I love coming into the park as a guest. I do it most days. Fireworks are awesome reflected off the water in front of the edelweiss seating area I had thanksgiving dinner alone. I ate turkey dinner. Just without the turkey. and the apple pie at carnation cafe is unforgettable. That night getting off the parking tram, I twisted my knee so bad that I couldn’t walk. Security found me a wheelchair and pushed me to my car. Went to the instacare the next day. Didn’t the weekend on bed rest. Had to call out of my shifts. I went home for a few days the next week. Hobbled around. Went to the doctor on Thursday and she said that I should just wear a brace and work like normal 🙁Went to the festival of trees with Gary’s fam and alex and ada. So fun!With the permission of my kids, we used a chunk of our Christmas money to buy gifts for a family in need that our Disney group sponsored. I decorated a gingerbread nativity since I left all my Christmas decorations at homeAlex and mars came down in December and we had a good time at the parks. I wasn’t working but my friend Jocelyn took us up into the Twain wheelhouse. They loved it!Alex’s friend Sasha was with us that day and he thought it was the highlight of the day! I’m proud of my boat 😊That night, Alex and Sasha stayed in the park while mars and I drove out to the beach. The traffic was bad though so we didn’t get there until after dark. One of the things that I love about my job is picking up shifts from all the different lands. This costume is for Main StreetMy lovely boat, ColumbiaFantasmic and NOCC guest control Adventureland GCLove the Twain costume! And the awesome pocket watch Steve got me for Christmas Fantasyland GC. The greatest coat on the planet!Tomorrowland GC. My least favorite. Had some great Christmas treats. Peppermint sundaeSnowman cinnamon roll cheesecakeGingerbread shake Bananas foster cream puff. The most amazing dessert currently at the park. The crème brûlée in the background is also greatPear oat cobbler. YumAnne and Teri created a Christmas box for me. The sweetest thing. Now I have 2 decorations The boats CMs do a secret Santa trade. I didn’t actually get mine until after the new year. HahaOn Christmas I opened and built my 1 presentAnd made Chinese food for my dinner. I talked to the fam on Christmas Eve while they were at hq but it made me sad so I got off the call pretty quickly My family held Christmas for me. My flight home on the 26th got cancelled so I drove. Stopped to sleep for a few hours and made it on the 27th. The kids had already been hanging out for days so I’m really sad. Ada likes her Hercules blanket I got her Carrot cake stayed too so that ada could stay longer.I had to drive back home on the 30th. Ace turned over 400,000 miles on the way down! The trip home took 14 hours! I was 2 hours late for my fantasmic shift 🙁New Year’s Eve was a soggy mess. Rained the whole shift. Everything got cancelled but we still worked. The dance party must go on. I talked to ada and Steve when they had their midnight. I wear my turtle necklace all the time. Helps me feel close to steve. That’s how much it rained!Built the Lego castle that echo gave me 💚
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