Monthly Archives: April 2015

HIYA! Do you have any advice for someone about to take traditions next week?

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Hello, my darling!!! Welcome to Disney!! 🙂 Traditions is long but super fun and you are going to be drowning in pixie dust by the end of it and it’ll be wonderful.  

-You’ve gotten the guidelines about how to dress nicely, but make sure it’s something comfortable!! You’ll be walking in the utilidors and onstage in MK, so now isn’t a good time for shoes that are too tall or pinch or give you blisters. If you bought new shoes, break them in and spritz some hairspray on the bottom if they’re slippery. And beyond shoes, make sure your clothes are comfortable! For my second Traditions I wore a dress that looked GREAT but was ever so slightly too small, and after sitting for so long I was like OH MY LORD GET THIS THING OFF ME. But still, leave the booty shorts and tube tops at home- they will send you home if your clothes don’t meet guidelines. Additionally, if you were already told that your hair/nails/etc. needed to be fixed to follow Disney look, go ahead and get that taken care of.

-Leave early! If you’re taking the bus from CP housing, get to the stop about 10-15 before the bus is scheduled to arrive. If you’re driving, allow enough time for both traffic and for potentially getting lost. You’ll have a map and Google Maps is generally reliable, but better to be safe than sorry. If you’re too late, they’ll reschedule you.

-Be prepared to meet a lot of people! Traditions classes host about 30-50 new CMs on average. It can be a bit daunting for someone who’s shy or introverted or anxious (like me) but everyone’s a little nervous too and it’s a great time to meet people! I ended up meeting two girls that ended up in my next orientation class, and then we all started in the same area, so it was great to start out already knowing people! (plus @katiegiraffe is literally like the nicest person in the world.)

-Bring a water bottle! It’s Florida. It’s hot. Stay hydrated. They have coolers in the classrooms, but this way you’re not constantly getting up to get a drink. You’ll also want to bring a lunch or money for food in the cast cafeteria.

-Study up on your Disney characters. Know as many as possible. I won’t say why, but it may come in handy.

-Bring tissues in case you cry when a special guest arrives to bring you your brand new cast member nametag.

So yeah! Here are my best tips on acing Traditions. Good luck, and welcome to the company!!

the signs at disneyland

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zodiac-galaxy:

aries: refuses to let anyone take a break so they can do everything
taurus: spends all their money on mickey mouse shaped foods
gemini: belts disney songs the whole time they walk around the park
cancer: starts crying because their mickey balloon floats away
leo: asks everyone to take 23824793 pictures of them in front of the castle
virgo: looks in all the shops for souvenirs for their friends
libra: gets mistaken for a disney princess by a little kid
scorpio: spontaneously kisses you during the castle firework show
sagittarius: the fast pass queen 
capricorn: knows every fact about disneyland and doesn’t even need a map to get around the park
aquarius: waits two hours to get a good spot for the parade
pisces: becomes starstruck when the characters talk to them

The signs as writers

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Aries: Spends weeks coming up with complex characters, their motivations, histories, likes, and dislikes, but has no idea what world to put them in or what plot to use
Taurus: Works on one project for hours every day for about a week then spends two months with a horrible case of writer’s block
Gemini: Constantly talks about their characters like they’re real-life people
Cancer: Has a propensity for breaking the fourth wall at every opportunity
Leo: Uses stand-in names for every character and place until they think of something better; half of them stick and are never changed
Virgo: Writes drunk, edits sober
Libra: Writes drunk, edits drunk
Scorpio: Intense worldbuilding with extensive culture notes and giant maps that could take up their entire wallspace
Sagittarius: Puts dragons in every single story no matter what
Capricorn: Metaphors. Metaphors everywhere.
Aquarius: Writes a lot of fanfiction with AUs so different from the source material that they could probably be original pieces
Pisces: Creates characters based on real-life enemies, kills them off in creative ways

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Sometimes I just really miss Nashville. Like I’m super glad to be where I am and I love my job and I LOVE my friends and this is exactly where I need to be, but…sometimes I just want hang out at my family’s house and watch a movie with my little sister and be surrounded by things and landmarks that I remember, you know?

The best way I combat that is by eating southern food, so I’m trying to psych myself up to go to KFC so I can get some fried chicken and sweet tea (which isn’t real southern food but it’s the closest I can get) but I’m just…

Then again, all I’ve had to eat today was a tortilla at like 11 am this morning.

Who wants to bring me food? I’ll pay you with hugs and sewn things.