MK Costuming, My Location, Dinner in Italy, and Magic Kingdom Again...
My schedule today was a little unclear because it had said that I was supposed to meet at MK Costuming, which is behind Disney University, but it had said to wear my costume, so I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to pick up my costume before training that day or if I would be getting my costume that day. I had asked someone at my Merchandise Operations training the day before and he said to just show up in business causal clothing and that I would be getting my costume there. So that's what I did. I forgot to take a picture of what I wore that day, but I wore black straight dress pants with a beige shirt and black sweater and black flats.
So, I caught the bus from Chatham about an hour or so before my scheduled training time. Luckily, there were a few other people going to the same place as me on my bus so we just followed each other into the MK Costuming building. The building was huge and there were rows and rows filled with costumes for every attraction, merchandise location, quick service food and beverage restaurants, and so much more!! There were about 10-15 CP's who met there and we all waited for our specific trainers to guide us and show us exactly which costume we needed. There were people working on Main Street, Storybook Circus, and I was the only working in Tommorowland. My trainer's name was Hortencia and she was the sweetest lady. She helped me pick out at least two costumes and I checked out a long sleeve white undershirt, bought black shoes at the costuming place, and got a heavy jacket to wear if it's ever freezing when I'm working. I also checked out a black belt and a satch with a poncho for when it rains. Apparently, CP's are allowed to check out up to five costumes at a time, but I might just check out three and wash them myself. I haven't decided yet, but I'll need to go back to the costuming place to get one more costume just to have.
After trying on several pieces of my costume, I found the sizes that worked the best for me and she showed me how to checkout each item. Each item must have a barcode, so when you walk through the scanner, which looks like something you would walk through in airport security, each items barcode would be recognized and the machine tallies up how many items you have in your hand when you walk through. I thought it was pretty neat!
My trainer and I then boarded the West Clock bus, which takes you to the tunnels of the Magic Kingdom and the first thing we did was go into the Training Center Office and she grabbed my file and then we went into the Women's Locker room, so that I could change into my costume. I wasn't allowed to change at the Costuming building, so I had to wait until I got under the tunnels to do so. Once I changed into my costume, we then went to another office where I received my pin trading landyard, my Earning My Ears ribbon, and a black landyard with a white sleeve that I could put my cast member blue ID inside of. We then walked towards Tomorrowland and I placed my lunchbox inside a separate locker. My trainer showed me some different things around the backstage area of my location and then we also took a trip on stage starting in Mickey's Star Traders. We walked around in all of my locations and she pointed out where certain things were such as the stock rooms. We had gone back into Mickey's Star Traders to go backstage, but while she was showing me different things behind the cash register, one guest came up to us and wanted to pin trade!! It was so exciting for me, so I trader two pins with her and one with her mom, so that's a total of THREE pins that I traded on my first day! Definitely something that I'll always remember. I trained from 9:30 - 18:00 and as soon as I got off, I waited for the bus to take me back to my apartment so that I could quickly change into something more comfortable.
Sherri, Catherine, and I drove over to Epcot to meet up with Emily, Bonnie, and Kristen at Via Napoli in Italy where we had dinner reservations for 8:30 PM. Via Napoli is one of MY FAVORITES! We ate two pizzas and just about finished both of them with a couple of pieces left. The park was closed once we left and Catherine and Sherri had to be up early for training the next day, so they headed back to the apartment and me, Bonnie, Emily, and Kristen took the monorail and headed to Magic Kingdom for a couple of hours. We rode the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and the Haunted Mansion. The castle looked so pretty that night and we had a great time! I can't believe I've almost been here for a whole week! It seems crazy!
PIZZA, PIZZA, & MORE PIZZA
Bonnie, Me, Kristen, & Emily
~ Krista Lauren Girod
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