JessicaFaye508
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HELLO EVERYONE! So I have some HUGE news.
You all know how it has been my DREAM to apply for the Disney College Program. I have constantly been torn about when to apply because I didn't know when a good time to leave school would be.
However, last Thursday, I impulsively decided to submit an application! I got through the web based interview and I have my phone interview on October 1st!
I don't know if I'm going to go for sure next semester, but I wanted to apply just to see what would happen. My top two roles of choice are Concierge and Fairy Godmother in Training at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, so if I get either of those, I am SO outta here and my dream will FINALLY be coming true!
If I don't get either of those, I am going to have to play it by ear and see if it's worth going this semester or not. If I don't go in the spring, I am planning on going in the fall.
So good thoughts and prayers would be much appreciated for my phone interview/getting either one of those roles! I am SO excited and I have been jumping out of my skin since I have applied! I can't even WAIT to see the results! It's going to seem like forever until I finally find out!
As for now, my phone interview is in 8 days and I am going to Disney in 11 days. I AM SO EXCITED FOR LIFE I CAN'T EVEN CONTAIN MYSELF!
But for now, onto the regularly scheduled trip report! Be ready for some more VERY cool facts coming your way!
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Chapter 98: My Magic Kingdom Tour From a Jungle Cruise Skipper (Part 1)
January 1st, 2012
Clearly, I was very sad about leaving because I took about a million pictures. However, I really wanted to capture the view. Especially when this incredible sunset was happening. Enjoy:
This is my top favorite one:
Absolutely stunning.
So now what?! It was my last night and we were just kind of winging it. I wanted to go over to the Magic Kingdom, but Dad and Jon were watching TV. They wanted to wait until some sports game was over. Ugh.
So I thought I should text Ryan, my Jungle Cruise skipper friend, one more time since I was leaving tomorrow. I hadn’t talked to him since the other day at Jungle Cruise. So at quarter to seven I was like texted him and told him we would be at the Magic Kingdom that night, and if he was around maybe we could say hi since I was leaving tomorrow.
So he texted me back saying he was at the studios, but he asked how long I would be there until.
I told him I didn’t really know how long I was going to stay but as late as I possibly could I was hoping!
He said he would meet me over at the Magic Kingdom in a little bit! He left Hollywood Studios and headed over.
I told my family I was just gonna go because I was going to meet up with him because they were taking way too long. My Mom came with me and then my Dad and brother stayed behind, planning to go over later. (which never happened. Surprise!)
Mom and I went outside, but then we went back up to the room to change into jeans because it was a little chilly.
So we finally made it to Magic Kingdom. It’s disgusting how much less crowded it was. It’s absolutely unbelievable. Compared to the previous night, the place was like a ghost town. Everyone who was arriving there that day was like “wow it’s so crowded!” and everyone who had been there for Christmas week was like “…are you kidding me? You should have seen the place a day ago!”
So Mom and I went into the Emporium and we picked out a Navy Mickey Mouse zip up sweatshirt for Nana. Ryan came walking in right before we bought it and he was able to use his CM discount for us! That was SO nice. Disney CM’s get absolutely amazing benefits between the free park passes and the merchandise discounts. It’s so worth it right there.
We chatted a bit with Ryan and then Mom decided to go meet up with Jon and Dad. Ryan and I headed off into the Magic Kingdom and the fun began!
Ryan did his college program during his freshman year of college and at this point he was a Junior. He kept his Jungle Cruise Skipper job seasonally and he is a HUGE Disney fan! Little did I know, I had a TONS of Disney knowledge coming my way on this night! I wrote it all down so I could share it with you guys!
We walked into Adventureland, and he told me that the Cast Memberss abbreviate it to be “Ad-Lib” because CM’s who work in Adventureland can also be trained to work in Liberty Square. Those are the only two lands in the Magic Kingdom where that can happen.
We started off at Pirates of the Caribbean and walked right on the ride! The place was a ghost town, I’m tellin’ ya.
We got on the ride and we basically were talking about it the entire time. Here are our conclusions/facts I learned from Pirates of the Caribbean:
We both agreed that Davy Jones was WAY better than Blackbeard in the fog at the beginning.
There’s a hidden mickey in the shadow of the cat where the pirate is like “you’re a nice little [kitty] cat!” I never noticed that one before!
The hairy leg pirate in that ride has actual human hair on it.
We LOVE Jack Sparrow being on the ride, he’s absolutely amazing. We also both love the smell of pirates – it’s the best.
There’s new glimmering lights at the treasure room at the end of the ride!
The ride was great, and we entered the gift shop when it was over. On the left side, if you look up, there is the actually the REAL key from the second movie from Davy Jones’ heart RIGHT THERE. That’s awesome.
So we got off of pirates and headed to our next stop, which was Splash Mountain! While we were walking there we heard the Main Street Electrical Parade going on! Ryan told me that Spectro Magic is coming back soon! He doesn’t know when exactly, but the MSE is going away and my beloved Spectro is returning. Thank the Lord. I can't wait.
Ryan told me that on Star Tours, if you go to the Cast Member “I am feeling rebellious” you might just have a great chance at being the rebel spy. He has done it many times!
We made it over to Splash Mountain which was also a complete walk on. We were in the second row of the log. We both used to be super scared of this ride when we were little.
He pointed out a lot of different parts of the ride to me. You basically see Br’er Bear’s butt more than you see his face in that ride.... IT'S SO TRUE hahaha.
There are a lot of speakers in that ride that are completely uncovered. You can see that wire when br’er rabbit is hopping through with his picnic knapsack.
When the gophers pop out at the end, the one who sounds like he’s sneezing is saying “FSU” for Florida State University. One of the Imagineers who worked on the ride actually went there and they incorporated that into Splash Mountain. We didn’t get too wet – Ryan got it worse than I did!
The blue bird at the end wasn’t working that night.
Our next stop was going into the Haunted Mansion.
Did you know that Liberty Square is the only land that doesn’t have any bathrooms? That’s because there were no actual bathrooms in colonial times.
If you look at the sidewalk in Liberty Square, there is like a pebble pathway in the middle and red cement on the outer side. It’s kind of gross, but in colonial towns they didn’t have any bathrooms, so they dumped their waste into the streets. The red cement is supposed to represent the dumping grounds and the sidewalk is the clean part.
Also, there is this little metal bridge in between liberty square and frontierland, and liberty square is supposed to represent the colonial states, while frontierland represents the western states. That little bridge is COMPLETELY camouflaged in, but it’s supposed to represent the Mississippi River! And if you look over the edge, you can see a little trickling “river.” Very small detail, yet very significant. Everything done at Disney is a certain way FOR A REASON.
There is this seating area in Liberty Square, and if you look in the windows you will see this doll in there. That is Lillian Disney’s actual doll!
Ryan also told me about Grad Nights on our walk over there. He once had to work one night on that wooden walkway by Frontierland. His job was to literally stop the kids from hanging off of the sides of the bridges. They were awful.
Also, they stopped opening Jungle Cruise up during Grad Nights because there were rumors of some terrible things happening back there that aren't quite DIS-appropriate. Then when Jungle Cruise was closed, these kids snuck in there and went skinny dipping in the water! Little did they know if you go in that water you need to get a tetnis shot. HAHA! Some awful kids also had BBQ sauce and squirted all inside the Haunted Mansion. Needless to say, for those and for many other reasons, Grad Nights have been discontinued. People really are absolutely disgusting.
Alright... it's Haunted Mansion time. So apparently they’re thinking of trying to remake a Haunted Mansion movie that is way better. It’s supposed to be a “dark movie,” so we will see if that happens/how it goes.
We began our HM journey in the queue and we looked at those five head statues.
I had no idea but if you read the descriptions on the plaques underneath each statue, you can figure out who killed who. The little blurbs say how they died, and then the symbols above the words (gun, axe, etc.) represent how they killed someone else.
It’s AMAZING. I never even knew that was there. See if you can figure them out! (I took these pictures in May so I could accurately show you guys what I'm talking about)
Cousin Maude on the far right, if you go around the back, you can actually see the matches in her hair. She died because she was set on fire.
Then we continued on… only half of the instruments work. You don’t actually even have to touch it to make it work. The sound is triggered by a sensor that is right above the surface.
The one where you plug the water holes is cool – plug up where water is coming out and it will come out of another crack.
Continued in Next Post
You all know how it has been my DREAM to apply for the Disney College Program. I have constantly been torn about when to apply because I didn't know when a good time to leave school would be.
However, last Thursday, I impulsively decided to submit an application! I got through the web based interview and I have my phone interview on October 1st!
I don't know if I'm going to go for sure next semester, but I wanted to apply just to see what would happen. My top two roles of choice are Concierge and Fairy Godmother in Training at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, so if I get either of those, I am SO outta here and my dream will FINALLY be coming true!
If I don't get either of those, I am going to have to play it by ear and see if it's worth going this semester or not. If I don't go in the spring, I am planning on going in the fall.
So good thoughts and prayers would be much appreciated for my phone interview/getting either one of those roles! I am SO excited and I have been jumping out of my skin since I have applied! I can't even WAIT to see the results! It's going to seem like forever until I finally find out!
As for now, my phone interview is in 8 days and I am going to Disney in 11 days. I AM SO EXCITED FOR LIFE I CAN'T EVEN CONTAIN MYSELF!
But for now, onto the regularly scheduled trip report! Be ready for some more VERY cool facts coming your way!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 98: My Magic Kingdom Tour From a Jungle Cruise Skipper (Part 1)
January 1st, 2012
Clearly, I was very sad about leaving because I took about a million pictures. However, I really wanted to capture the view. Especially when this incredible sunset was happening. Enjoy:
This is my top favorite one:
Absolutely stunning.
So now what?! It was my last night and we were just kind of winging it. I wanted to go over to the Magic Kingdom, but Dad and Jon were watching TV. They wanted to wait until some sports game was over. Ugh.
So I thought I should text Ryan, my Jungle Cruise skipper friend, one more time since I was leaving tomorrow. I hadn’t talked to him since the other day at Jungle Cruise. So at quarter to seven I was like texted him and told him we would be at the Magic Kingdom that night, and if he was around maybe we could say hi since I was leaving tomorrow.
So he texted me back saying he was at the studios, but he asked how long I would be there until.
I told him I didn’t really know how long I was going to stay but as late as I possibly could I was hoping!
He said he would meet me over at the Magic Kingdom in a little bit! He left Hollywood Studios and headed over.
I told my family I was just gonna go because I was going to meet up with him because they were taking way too long. My Mom came with me and then my Dad and brother stayed behind, planning to go over later. (which never happened. Surprise!)
Mom and I went outside, but then we went back up to the room to change into jeans because it was a little chilly.
So we finally made it to Magic Kingdom. It’s disgusting how much less crowded it was. It’s absolutely unbelievable. Compared to the previous night, the place was like a ghost town. Everyone who was arriving there that day was like “wow it’s so crowded!” and everyone who had been there for Christmas week was like “…are you kidding me? You should have seen the place a day ago!”
So Mom and I went into the Emporium and we picked out a Navy Mickey Mouse zip up sweatshirt for Nana. Ryan came walking in right before we bought it and he was able to use his CM discount for us! That was SO nice. Disney CM’s get absolutely amazing benefits between the free park passes and the merchandise discounts. It’s so worth it right there.
We chatted a bit with Ryan and then Mom decided to go meet up with Jon and Dad. Ryan and I headed off into the Magic Kingdom and the fun began!
Ryan did his college program during his freshman year of college and at this point he was a Junior. He kept his Jungle Cruise Skipper job seasonally and he is a HUGE Disney fan! Little did I know, I had a TONS of Disney knowledge coming my way on this night! I wrote it all down so I could share it with you guys!
We walked into Adventureland, and he told me that the Cast Memberss abbreviate it to be “Ad-Lib” because CM’s who work in Adventureland can also be trained to work in Liberty Square. Those are the only two lands in the Magic Kingdom where that can happen.
We started off at Pirates of the Caribbean and walked right on the ride! The place was a ghost town, I’m tellin’ ya.
We got on the ride and we basically were talking about it the entire time. Here are our conclusions/facts I learned from Pirates of the Caribbean:
We both agreed that Davy Jones was WAY better than Blackbeard in the fog at the beginning.
There’s a hidden mickey in the shadow of the cat where the pirate is like “you’re a nice little [kitty] cat!” I never noticed that one before!
The hairy leg pirate in that ride has actual human hair on it.
We LOVE Jack Sparrow being on the ride, he’s absolutely amazing. We also both love the smell of pirates – it’s the best.
There’s new glimmering lights at the treasure room at the end of the ride!
The ride was great, and we entered the gift shop when it was over. On the left side, if you look up, there is the actually the REAL key from the second movie from Davy Jones’ heart RIGHT THERE. That’s awesome.
So we got off of pirates and headed to our next stop, which was Splash Mountain! While we were walking there we heard the Main Street Electrical Parade going on! Ryan told me that Spectro Magic is coming back soon! He doesn’t know when exactly, but the MSE is going away and my beloved Spectro is returning. Thank the Lord. I can't wait.
Ryan told me that on Star Tours, if you go to the Cast Member “I am feeling rebellious” you might just have a great chance at being the rebel spy. He has done it many times!
We made it over to Splash Mountain which was also a complete walk on. We were in the second row of the log. We both used to be super scared of this ride when we were little.
He pointed out a lot of different parts of the ride to me. You basically see Br’er Bear’s butt more than you see his face in that ride.... IT'S SO TRUE hahaha.
There are a lot of speakers in that ride that are completely uncovered. You can see that wire when br’er rabbit is hopping through with his picnic knapsack.
When the gophers pop out at the end, the one who sounds like he’s sneezing is saying “FSU” for Florida State University. One of the Imagineers who worked on the ride actually went there and they incorporated that into Splash Mountain. We didn’t get too wet – Ryan got it worse than I did!
The blue bird at the end wasn’t working that night.
Our next stop was going into the Haunted Mansion.
Did you know that Liberty Square is the only land that doesn’t have any bathrooms? That’s because there were no actual bathrooms in colonial times.
If you look at the sidewalk in Liberty Square, there is like a pebble pathway in the middle and red cement on the outer side. It’s kind of gross, but in colonial towns they didn’t have any bathrooms, so they dumped their waste into the streets. The red cement is supposed to represent the dumping grounds and the sidewalk is the clean part.
Also, there is this little metal bridge in between liberty square and frontierland, and liberty square is supposed to represent the colonial states, while frontierland represents the western states. That little bridge is COMPLETELY camouflaged in, but it’s supposed to represent the Mississippi River! And if you look over the edge, you can see a little trickling “river.” Very small detail, yet very significant. Everything done at Disney is a certain way FOR A REASON.
There is this seating area in Liberty Square, and if you look in the windows you will see this doll in there. That is Lillian Disney’s actual doll!
Ryan also told me about Grad Nights on our walk over there. He once had to work one night on that wooden walkway by Frontierland. His job was to literally stop the kids from hanging off of the sides of the bridges. They were awful.
Also, they stopped opening Jungle Cruise up during Grad Nights because there were rumors of some terrible things happening back there that aren't quite DIS-appropriate. Then when Jungle Cruise was closed, these kids snuck in there and went skinny dipping in the water! Little did they know if you go in that water you need to get a tetnis shot. HAHA! Some awful kids also had BBQ sauce and squirted all inside the Haunted Mansion. Needless to say, for those and for many other reasons, Grad Nights have been discontinued. People really are absolutely disgusting.
Alright... it's Haunted Mansion time. So apparently they’re thinking of trying to remake a Haunted Mansion movie that is way better. It’s supposed to be a “dark movie,” so we will see if that happens/how it goes.
We began our HM journey in the queue and we looked at those five head statues.
I had no idea but if you read the descriptions on the plaques underneath each statue, you can figure out who killed who. The little blurbs say how they died, and then the symbols above the words (gun, axe, etc.) represent how they killed someone else.
It’s AMAZING. I never even knew that was there. See if you can figure them out! (I took these pictures in May so I could accurately show you guys what I'm talking about)
Cousin Maude on the far right, if you go around the back, you can actually see the matches in her hair. She died because she was set on fire.
Then we continued on… only half of the instruments work. You don’t actually even have to touch it to make it work. The sound is triggered by a sensor that is right above the surface.
The one where you plug the water holes is cool – plug up where water is coming out and it will come out of another crack.
Continued in Next Post