New Roommates, Humidity, and a Great, Big Mouse

It’s been about ten months since I last wrote for this blog! If you’ve been following me on Twitter (or Facebook), you already know that I’m in Florida now, working for the Mouse. I’ve been in Orlando since Monday and I’ve only just begun training for my role at Disney Quest, in quick-service food & beverages. The costume is a bright swirl of aquamarine, blue, purple, magenta and green. Still, I’ve worn worse. Check out this beauty:
I had to wear this for five months in 2006, when I originally did the College Program at the All-Star Sports resort. Thank goodness for extra hours – I can work in other places and pick up new costumes for different roles on occasion; last time, I picked up shifts in the Magic Kingdom quite often. My best experience was the first time I worked in the Main Street ice cream shop, when I was dressed like Alice and came across the Dapper Dans backstage. I made my way there through the underground tunnel system and was a little disoriented; I had to ask them which way to go, and their response was classic: “It’s that-a-way!” (as they simultaneously pointed in different directions). I felt like I WAS Alice and they were Tweedledee and Tweedledum, plus two.

Anyway, I have yet to see the inside of Disney Quest. I’ve heard varying opinions on it, but I’ve kept an open mind.

Also: I’ve got awesome roommates! The six of us have so much in common, it’s like Disney went onto our Facebook pages (or something like that) and matched us up. Three of us have already gone to the Magic Kingdom together (grinning and laughing about 90% of the time… we had a blast), and just last night one of them made dinner for all of us! I plan on returning the gesture, possibly tonight – I may make a roast chicken. We’ve had a few maintenance and inventory problems in our apartment (we live in the newest complex, Patterson Court, by the way); e.g., slow drains, weird spots on the wall, doors that don’t properly close, things stuck in the disposal, a significant lack of kitchen supplies, and most annoyingly, and EXTREMELY slow internet connection. Someone came to all but three of those things earlier today, fortunately.

That’s all for now. I have today off (in fact, I don’t continue training until Tuesday), and I’ll be going to MK to pick up a costume for some extra hours I’ll be doing in Fantasyland on Monday before going to Wal-Mart to pick up ingredients for tonight’s dinner (I wish I didn’t have to shop at Wal-Mart… I don’t like the company in general, and besides it’s not Trader Joe’s in any aspect – but it’s where the free bus takes me, and besides, Orlando is pretty limited).

I’m very likely to continue blogging on a different page, to separate the two experiences of London and Orlando. If so, this will be my last post on this blog, and I’ll re-post this particular entry onto the new one before continuing.

So, as the great Doctor once said: Allons-y, Alonso!