No longer Earning my Ears!

That's right, they're all grown in! After a month of waiting I was finally character trained today and can say that I'm done with training one-hundred percent! It's an exhilarating feeling but terrifying at the same time. Now that I don't have that silly red flag on my name tag anymore I can't get away with not knowing things such as "Where is the popcorn stand?" or "Where is Rafiki's Planet Watch?" I know that these are silly little things but working in Disney I feel the need to know where absolutely everything is and what time all of the shows are going on, etc. I know that I'll be just fine but as of right now it's a bit overwhelming!

Anyway, on with my day of character training! We were in Epcot and started at 8:30 this morning. By 10:30 we were out with our first character of the day, Pluto! It was very nerve wracking but time went by so incredibly fast while out there with the guests. The next character that was up for us to take photos of were Stitch and Daisy. I did end up with Stitch and there wasn't much of a line so there was a lot of waiting around for guests to come up. It was pretty laid back though. Next up was Mexican Donald over in the Mexico Pavilion at World Showcase (duh! :p). By this point I was almost at the point of not being nervous, but not quite there yet. This one lasted for ten minutes and there was a constant line so it felt like it was only two minutes, I didn't believe it had already been ten minutes. After Donald we went over to Mulan which was AWESOME and I can't wait to pick up shifts in other parks and hopefully be able to take photos of all of the different princesses! After Mulan it was almost time to clock out and go home for the day, the 9 hours that I was there felt like 3, it was so much fun! I'm still not 100% confident yet but I'm pretty close. I think once I'm in my home park working with the characters I'll feel a lot better and a lot less nervous. :)

So, now that I've been character trained I'll probably be posting a LOT more, because there are the most adorable little kids that RUN up to the characters to hug them with HUGE smiles on their faces. It's really the most precious thing I've ever encountered in my life. :D

Well that's all I have for today, thanks so much for reading!