It's been awhile!

Let's see, what have I been up to lately. Well, a couple of days ago I was scheduled for Grad Night Screening, which was interesting... So I had to show up wearing the Parade Guest Control costume, which is just royal blue pants, a white polo, and a black peacoat. For the first hour or so they talked to us about how to do pat-downs and what kinds of things to look out for. Then we did some stretches, and then we went out to the front of the park, where one of the shuttle lanes was completely blocked off for us to do our screening...

At first it was quiet. A couple buses arrived and the recent high school graduates trickled down the lane until they got to one of the MANY pat-down entrances. We weren't just looking for marijuana and alcohol - if they had logos on their shirts, we had to have a "runner" escort them to the bathroom and make them turn it inside out. If they had medicine, a runner would take them to the nurse table to get it inspected. If they had dangly earrings, they had to take them off, ETC.

Then things got CRAZY. Swarms of them came. I'm not a fan of mobs in general, but mobs of teenagers are the WORST. I tried to be a runner for as long as I could, but eventually I got roped into doing pat-downs. Let me tell you, some of those girls were sooo sassy, I just wanted to smack them and tell them to get over themselves. But I didn't, because I work at Disney :) During the pat-downs we have to squat to check their pants and shoes... If grad night was on Thursday, and today is Monday, then it took four days for my thighs to no longer ache intesnely. :(

And since I'm sure you're all wondering, I didn't find any illegal contraband on the kids I checked, but I know that a few other people did. And you know what happened to those kids? They got turned over to our on-site Anaheim Police Officers. Sucks for them.

Otherwise, work has been smooth. I've decided to start tallying how many guests tell me I look like Snow White or that I should be Snow White. So far i'm at 5, and 3 of those were today - I guess I must have looked extra white or something. At one point I turned to let a family out of the ferris wheel and the little girl pointed at me and said "Snow White! Snow White!" :) Made me smile.


Other than being pale with black hair, there's not a lot of resemblance...

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming

Wow! I've been busy lately. Not only am I at finals time at school, I have been working five days a week. All of my shifts have been at the Fun Wheel and Swings. I haven't had any WoC shifts since that last one, which is cool because most people get scheduled a lot of them and only a few attractions shifts. But being College Program, we get all the good shifts ;) Some people will kind of resent you for it, but for the most part people are cool.

Anyways, I've really gotten the hang of my job! And I really enjoy it :) I'm glad that I got trained on TWO rides instead of just one, because it gives me even more positions to rotate through, so I get a good variety and work stays interesting. I've had a few hiccups operating the rides, but nothing that couldn't be fixed quickly! The BEST part of my job is interacting with the guests. Yeah, you get a couple boogers every now and then, but for the most part the people are really nice! I've gotten so many random compliments, it's the sweetest thing.

Apparently older Asian women think I'm really pretty... I had one tell me I was "very beautiful" and I had another take a picture of me.. It was kind of awkward, but nice. Oh, and I also have a fan club of 12 year old boys. They went on the Swings three days ago, and today they were at the Fun Wheel. They kept calling my name loudly which was kind of uncomfortable because there were a LOT of people there, and they asked me if it hurt when I fell from heaven...

Other than that, not a lot to report! I'm having a great time, even if my feet hurt :) I'm really looking forward to my first class (The Blended Learning Series) starting soon! And next week I'm working one of the Grad Night shifts, from 8pm - 1:30 am. I'm going to be screening all the high school graduates for drugs and alcohol.... fun stuff...