“I mean, it’s crazy, we finish each other’s-” “Sandwiches!” Tonight was a beautiful ending for #frozensummerfun. I got to stand on the “beach” in front of the stage and watch the dream team in action. There was an overenthusiastic dancing Canadian, a girl who yelled “HI HI HI” till I turned around and posed for her camera, a coterie of snippy cosplayers (no, the rope did not “keep moving” and you could have given that little girl one of those beach balls), a mom who asked “where Frozen?” in the middle of the fireworks, and a trio of precious girls who chatted and sang with me and showed me their nail polish and told me I was beautiful. DJ Chill laughed and called me out when I got hit in the face with a beach ball, but then he put me up on the big screen. And I got to spend time with so many people I love (like @seanmocha and @a_lucc and the lovely ladies in my photo). Hands down one of the best 14 hour shifts I’ve ever worked. (at Frozen Fireworks)

It’s my first and last fireworks shift for the summer. And no, I didn’t do eight hours in gangster and come straight to fireworks, what are you talking about? #frozensummershenanigans

Seven hours down, eight to go, and I sound like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. Thank goodness for hot tea. (Also, I’ve made four kids cry so far today.) #greatmovieride #astheanubisdoorturns #thelittlestmugsi (at Gangster Alley)

I love my job. (at Gangster Alley)

That’s right. Beware. #thelittlestmugsi #thuglife (at The Great Movie Ride)

17Aug2015

PRAISE BABY JESUS I DON’T HAVE TO WORK THE FROZEN PARADE TODAY!!!!

This means I’m spending all fourteen hours of my shift in gangster but OH WELL NO FROZEN PROCESSIONAL!!!

2Aug2015

Posted in cast member life, Disney, theme park life, work by themetaphorgirl

themetaphorgirl:

I have been in gangster since 7:30 this morning and I REALLY NEED COFFEE so if anyone wants to bring me a venti iced caramel macchiato that’d be great k thank

I JUST REALIZED I HAD MY SHIRT BUTTONED WRONG ALL DAY OH MY GODDDD

1Aug2015

Posted in cast member life, Disney, theme park life, work by themetaphorgirl

themetaphorgirl:

I’m sitting in gangster right now. It’s wonderful. So wonderful. Sure, the shows can be exhausting (ALL THE RUNNING IN HEELS!! ALL THE SHOOTING OF FIREARMS!!) but right now there’s a delay on the track so I’m just camping out.

Now we’re singing the Rugrats theme song. It’s magical.

28Jul2015

so I am now officially gangster trained at GMR

Posted in cast member life, Disney, theme park life, work by themetaphorgirl

themetaphorgirl:

oh my god. I have not breathed in days.

I trained on Saturday morning and passed my assessment that afternoon. Then on Sunday and today I got up to go to work for my tour guide shift, only to get phone calls telling me I was pulled to gangster. This means full costume change, different makeup, wearing contacts, the whole shebang. (I don’t like doing gangster with glasses because OH MY GOD THE SMOKE IN ANUBIS I cannot see a thing.)

And then being in gangster means doing a bunch of shows in a row; I’ve been doing between 5-7. Which doesn’t sound like much, because I’m only on the vehicle for 8 minutes. But that means performing the hijacking scene, running up and down stairs in heels while shooting a gun, jumping on the vehicle and driving/performing through western and Alien and Raiders, doing the Anubis scene which requires running up more stairs, and then immediately unloading/reloading my gun and DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN. For like SEVEN TIMES IN A ROW.

Like it’s so much fun, but also I’ve been falling asleep at 8pm every night. I have muscles that I didn’t know existed that hate me right now. My right arm (and only my right arm) is going to get super buff from hoisting my firearm and cocking the hammer.

Also heels. Running up and down stairs in heels. While wearing a wool costume that doesn’t breathe.

I kind of want to get pulled again tomorrow just because gangster really is that fun, but I also want to stay in tour guide because it really is that exhausting.

and on a related note, I’ve been collecting nicknames. So far I’m:

Mugsi Toccata

alias Babyhands O’Brien

alias Tater Tits McGee

alias Dooneese DeNiro

I love my job.