Just a follow up on my son's experiences. He has gone through the basic of training, (safety, etc.), and has been given his role. He is working at "The Magic of Disney Animation". At first he was a little disappointed, he wanted Toy Story, but who doesn't. But after his first day of training for his role, he feels a lot better about it. He is nervous about learning the script to interact with Mushu, but that is not unexpected. There are a lot of different rolls in that attraction so it is less likely to get monotonous. I had told him it was better than the Lights Motor Action, there is hardly any shade at all, if any, and he has never really been that interested in that attraction. Where he is at now is almost all inside and the only outside role for crowd control is under a huge shade. He likes his costume too so that is a plus. I think that he has been there a little over a week so the combination of adjusting to being away from home, combined with an attraction he was not expecting just hit him all at once. He said he was unsure about the whole thing the night before because let's face it, working at Disney is huge. He felt like he was way out of his element. This is also his first job ever. There was really nothing around here for him, he applied but no one was hiring. So he was feeling overwhelmed. But he said his trainer is really really nice and that always helps. So he hit his first rough spot but has seem to come out of it. His first day with his trainer went great. and he is starting to get hours so he will have money. Being broke is never a feel good time either. So we are all starting to feel better. We were concerned that he would not adjust and be just miserable. But he is adjusting pretty well. The way his schedule has worked out, he has been easing into his roll as well and that is good. He gets along wonderfully with his roommates, they visit the parks together when they are off at the same time. So things are looking up. To anyone else, your child will go through a doubting, rough spell, it's just part of it. But if they hang in there it does get better.
