Hello friends! This holiday season was the first time I spent it away from my family, but I did get to experience Christmas at the Disneyland Resort, and I spent it with some awesome cast members and in one of my favorite places in the world!
The most amazing experience I got to be a part of this holiday season was the Candlelight Processional! I was honored to be part of the Cast Choir for this performance on Main Street, U.S.A! The performance was invitation only and sadly only those working the event or invited were able to view it, so not many of my friends were able to see, but some of them did! We sang a number of Christmas carols, then the guest celebrity, Chris Hemsworth, started narrating the story of the night Jesus was born. Then the chorus would sing traditional Christmas songs such as "The First Noel" and "Silent Night", with guest soloists. Although I was sick during the performance, I gave it my all! It was such a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I could not pass it up! We ended the performance with Handel's "Hallelujah" from The Messiah. I wish you all could have been there!
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| Chris Hemsworth, and me right behind him a little to the left! |
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| "The Living Christmas Tree" I am in the center in the 2nd row |
Some other awesome things that I have been able to do is to Tour Walt's Apartment inside Disneyland that is above the Fire Station. It was so cool and a humbling experience to get to see a place that is so rich in Disney history. Another great experience that I have been able to do is to clean Club 33, the most prestigious place in Disneyland! I had a lot of fun seeing the goings on at Club 33 and I am hoping to get to work another shift there before I leave! Speaking of leaves...Although I was not able to earn my Water Art license, I have been sweeping up the leaves on the ground and making magic for the guests by making Mickey leaves! It's sooo much fun and I love to see the guests's reactions! They also love to take pictures of the finished artwork and even like to take pictures with me!
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| One way Custodians can make magic at the resort! |
The parks have been very busy this past week. They ended up extending park hours and they have on a case by case basis been adding an extra viewing of "Fantasmic!". I have not had a great chance to visit the parks recently, but I enjoy working there and getting to know my fellow custodians. I am going to miss it here! Especially the weather! I love the weather because it doesn't get too cold!
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| We had an awesome view of the rocket launch in Disneyland along the Rivers of America! |
Our time as College Program participants is coming to end! We had a pretty cool celebration held at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. They served us a meal and gave us our certificates for completing the program and even Mickey Mouse, the boss himself, showed up and took a few pictures with us. Not sure how I managed this, but even after three college programs I still have not taken a picture with Mickey Mouse. Oh well.
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| The Disneyland College Program Custodians at the end of program celebration. |
I hope everyone reading this has had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you all have a happy new year! If you would like to see more pictures of my adventures working at Disneyland and of my life in general, please follow me on Instagram. My username is sweeping.beauty
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