Jul 09 2009
Wishes Do Come True
Hey everyone, I know it’s been a while, but hopefully with this new post I can spark some enthusiasm into my dead beat brothers to start posting here again. Have you ever wished for something and hoped that it came true? Around the last couple times I posted, I stated that I got my extension to work in recreation. I’ve enjoyed this new job for the most part, but as any job, it has its ups and downs. The upside is some days I get to either work on the dock with boats all day, or work the “gates” position, handing out wristbands and interacting with guests and kids. The downside is that at a resort, there are “custodial” positions that I have to work as well that aren’t fun at all, very labor intensive, and the other cast members don’t treat you very well because the position has the word “custodial” in it.
Well, since the extension, a lot has gone on. I went home for my brother’s graduation which was amazing to say the least. I also went on vacation for family reunion and I’m going to talk about that a little more extensively in a little bit, and lastly, I got my 2nd extension just a few short days ago to transfer into Transportation. As most of you may have heard, there was a fatal accident recently in WDW on July 5th at 2AM involving a monorail. Two cars were on the same track traveling different directions and unfortunately these two cars collided, killing one cast member, and minor injuries on only a handful of guests. After about 3-5 days of investigation the monorail HAS reopened. Am I worried about my new transfer because being a monorail driver is probably what I’m going to be doing? Of course, but for it to be the first accident in 38 years of the monorails operation, the odds of something drastic happening are very slim.
Now about family reunion. This vacation in general was something I was looking forward to for the last two years, and it couldn’t have gone any better. I started out the vacation by leaving a full 4 days early to drive up to Atlanta to meet up with my brother Kyle as well as surprise my parents. I wasn’t supposed to be able to leave for vacation until the Monday after the festivities began, but I pulled some strings and left directly after work Wednesday night and arrived very early Thursday morning into Atlanta. My parents didn’t have any idea that I was going to be in Atlanta, so when they arrived Thursday evening, I popped out from hiding behind my brothers car and surprised them all. It was the perfect way to start vacation. After garage sale shopping for a day or so, we were off on vacation! After a short six hour drive we arrived! We hung out at one of the towny bars for a while waiting for our vacation homes to be ready to moved into, and once we all moved in the fun began!
I lucked out and stayed in the beach front home, so every night I was able to fall asleep and wake up every morning to the sound of the ocean. The first night I hung out on the beach with cousins, and ended up fishing with them and caught a shark!! It was so exciting! It was about 4 feet long and about 10-12 pounds. Put up a pretty good fight and was so exciting to pull in and hold up close. For the remainder of the week, there was alot of just hanging out, playing in the water, fishing, and then going to the local raw bar called Eddie Teach’s. They had THE BEST old bay shrimp and raw oysters I have EVER had, and with $4 pitchers of PBR, we made that our place for the week. I probably ate about 20lbs of shrimp that week, all at Eddie Teach’s, so if you ever find yourself in St. George’s Island, FL, make sure to check it out!
The last day of the trip we went out on a kayaking trip in the snakelike rivers of the area, got to see some alligators, and just spent some quality time with my relatives. Overall, the trip went really well and was something that I just really needed after 5 months of working for Disney, and not really seeing anyone that I truly knew.
That’s all I really have for now. It’s getting late and I have to be up early in the morning. It’s great to be posting again and hopefully we can get Automaticable back up and as lively as it was before. Who’s with me on getting this blog awesome again?


Well folks, again last week was a very hectic week for me and I didn’t get around to posting again, but that just means I have a lot to write about! The last couple of weeks were a real blast because I got a bunch of days off, and used that time to really treat myself to some fun outings. I have been mainly just chilling with my roommates, but I did get a chance to go mini-golfing at a pretty sweet course during the time between my last post. If you don’t know me, then let it be known that I LOVE mini-golfing and go-karting, probably two of my most favorite things to do to hang out with friends and such like that. The place was kind of expensive, but I had buy-one-get-one free coupons, so it turned out to be about average price. I also got too take some time and actually get some sun down at the pool, and let me tell you, it’s probably the most relaxing sensation in the world to just lay out in either the direct sun, or a partly overcast day and be at peace with yourself and your surroundings.
Well, the first week of my vacation/internship has concluded, and I still have a smile on my face! My first day of training at the Wide World of Sports was cool, but trying to get home was a pain in the butt. It takes me an hour and a half to get to the park by a double bus transfer, but if I had a car to drive there, it would only take half an hour. Going home is where the real problem is, because the bus doesn’t stop at the Wide World of Sports very often to pick up cast members (that’s what they call Disney employees). So I called the bus before I went out to wait, which I then waited an hour, called the bus company AGAIN then preceded to wait another half hour until the bus came. Once it arrived we rode to the Pop Century cast back lot to go over to Costuming to get our Disney Regulated uniforms (costumes). We were there for about a half hour, and were pushing our luck on trying to catch the next bus (which left at 4:00), and we arrived outside at 4:01 and JUST missed the bus and had to wait ANOTHER half hour to catch the next bus. Once that one came it was a half hour ride home, and a fifteen minute walk from the bus stop to my apartment. All and all, it was about three hours from the time I clocked out until the time I stepped back into my apartment.




