Hello my friends.
I have had an amazing first month living and working at Disney World.
Days off
During my days off I like to spend my time either going to the parks, relaxing (watching movies), or doing chores like doing laundry or going to the grocery store. And yes, it is a chore because I have no car and sometimes I need to walk to the store and carry all my groceries home in my very large backpack.
Water Art
As custodians in Disney World, we have a few ways to pass the time when our zone is show ready. We can be certified to make water art for the guests. This is when the custodian takes their pan and broom and cleans it out and puts water in the bottom of the pan and proceeds to dip their broom in the water and create either Mickey, Minnie, Goofy or Donald. This is a great activity and can even draw a crowd in. We also let the audience participate by letting them fill in the nose and such. Here is a picture of a Mickey water art.
The Tunnels and Backstage
Many of the guests know that there are tunnels underneath Disney World. I use them every day to get to my locker, eat in the Cafeteria/Mouseketeeria and get around to other parts of the park faster. They are very helpful and expansive. Most people walk in the tunnels, but you will see some on their bikes, and of course there are carts carrying a variety of things because there is a lot of merchandise and food storage in the tunnels. When I first got here I would get lost in the tunnels, but I have pretty much got the hang of it now. There is a pin trading station in the tunnels that allows the cast members to trade in their pins that the guests are not interested in with new ones that they might be interested in trading with you.
There are also backstage areas of course, There is a large area behind Splash Mountain that actually has a small lake that is fenced in, and there is a baby alligator living there. He is really cute and people have named him all sorts of different names. I'm not totally sure what he eats, but hopefully he does not die of starvation. I have also seen rabbits behind there as well. Yesterday in the park I saw a mother duck and three ducklings in Liberty Square and they were heading to Frontierland.
