Candlelight

 Sorry for the lapse in posting- my laptop stopped working a few months ago and I finally decided to replace it with an iPad Pro, which I am currently using to write this post.  Lots of fun activities and goings on have been happening here, but the most notable and exciting is that I have been performing in the Candlelight shows here at Epcot for the past two weeks.  Auditions were held in August and I was accepted as a Soprano 1! I went to over 10 rehearsals over the course of a few months to prepare.  I was fortunate enough to perform in the first show of the season with Josh Gad as narrator.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Candlelight show, it is a retelling of birth of Jesus with a choir singing Christmas carols.  I had the pleasure of singing in the Disneyland Candlelight show which takes place on Main Street USA when I worked at Disneyland.  Here at WDW Candlelight takes place at the American Garden theater at Epcot.  So far I have performed with the following narrators: Josh Gad, Nico Santos, Whoopi Goldberg, and Chrissy Metz.  I attended Candlelight as a guest for Brenden Fraser and I worked tonight cleaning the theater when Gary Sinese was narrating.  Tomorrow I will be performing with Gary Sinese as the narrator.  Other than that I have been keeping busy with work and playing in the parks.  

For WDW Candlelight we wear gold robes, pictured below.  

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Settling in

 Hi friends, 

I have had time to settle into my new place and new role with Disney.   I am a custodian at Epcot and I am global, which means I work everywhere in the park.  I have not had a day that I am working in the same area, so every day I have learned a new area.   I have been able to clean mostly Canada 🇨🇦 in the World Showcase, along with the Ratatouille restrooms in France,  the area near test track (which is currently closed right now! Will be for a while!) and the American Adventure restrooms in America.  The largest restroom is the American restroom with 44 stalls. So I got to beat my personal record of how many stalls I cleaned when I worked at Magic Kingdom.

I had the opportunity to go on a backstage tour of the Parade Building.  We got to see where the characters get ready and dressed, as well as how they are lifted onto the floats (forklifts!).   We got to see and touch the parade floats and see the set up for the drivers (some have visibility whereas other float drivers utilize cameras).  They also pointed out a few hidden mickeys on the float and they pointed out the emergency stop buttons on each side of the float.  Try and look for those next time you watch a Disney parade!  

After the tour, our leaders spread some pixie dust on us and we got to ride the newest ride at Disney, Tianas Bayou Adventure!  

I have been going to a few other cast member events, such as a cinema trivia night, where my team won first place!  

Our cast member discount was up to 40% until yesterday, so I was able to buy a few items with a great discount.  Our cast connection store was also discounted as well and I was able to buy 4 spirit jerseys for the retail price of 1! 

I will try and add photos later, since I don’t have a laptop anymore it’s not letting me insert them.  

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-KB 

Epcot Custodial

 Friends, family, countrymen…I have accepted a position as a custodian at Epcot!!  I am currently packing up my stuff to get ready to drive across the US and begin another Disney journey.  

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