MAY 12th-19th!! THESE ARE THE MAYS OF OUR LIVES! Part 4

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WOW Sulley! Thanks for the great update. Congrats on riding BTMRR!!! You have a great area to host at EPCOT. Can't wait to hear more!

 

[JoBird]

Sulley! You are awesome to be giving us a report when you are feeling crummy and have so much to do. Thanks so much for keeping us up to date on your progress.

I have to say that I am a daredevil. I always have been. Been riding anything and everything I could since my Mom put me on the swings at our local fair at 18 months old, followed imediately by the double ferris wheel.

HOWEVER...
I have never had the nerve to ride M:S!!!!!!!! I am a big chicken as far as that ride goes. I have vowed to ride the less intense one this October. Mary Cat has my sense of adventure and has been dying to ride it. So, just for her, and in honor of you, I WILL RIDE. Woo- Hoo!!!!!

The champagne was a lovely disaster...looked, um, foamy!

So glad you are having a great time, but sorry you are feeling a tad sick. Take care of yourself- you don't want to be sick when your parents come.

Have fun and congrats on riding BTMRR! Before long, you will be riding R'N'R and TOT without even blinking. Yay Sulley!!!!!

Have a good day and week if you can't check in sooner.


JO

 

[huggiebear23]

Hey MAYERS!!!

So sorry for not checking in with a full reply sooner, I had a nice one all ready to enter on Wednesday and the site signed me out and made me lose it all

So here's 7 days in short....

Day 1 - Check-In to Housing/CP

I started my day by taking a Taxi from CR to Vista Way to get everything checked in. I arrived there around 8:45, and there was already quite a line going, even though officially check-in was from 9am - 1pm. It took me about an hour or so to move through all of the stations of check-in. One of the first ones was housing assignments. I had really wanted to be in a 3-bedroom at Chatham, which is the newer of the two complexes. I figured a 3-bed would be ideal 1) because each bedroom has its own bathroom 2) it's cheaper than a 1 or 2-bed and 3) with a 5 other roommates, you're bound to get along with at least one of them. I got what I wanted for housing and was assigned an apartment in Chatham Square.

After finishing all of the stations, I made my way to where the busses were transferring from one complex to the other and waited for about 45 minutes while the drivers discussed how best to load the busses. Now if you're one of the ones who think that resort transportation can be a bit hairy....These guys had nothing on the resort buses. The bus I was on got lost in the 2 mile drive from Vista to Chatham, and turned the wrong way into the complex, thus going the wrong way down a one-way street. I arrived at the apartment to find that my other 5 roommates had already arrived and were getting unpacked. I met Jody, who I share a room with, and started meeting the others. I was totally surprised that one roommate was someone I was friends with on Facebook. While I was meeting people, other people from the apartments around me started coming in, and again, there were more people that I had already befriended from Facebook.

Just an aside, in our building there are three floors, with six apartments on the first floor and two apartments on the top two floors. The top two floors are basically one big group of people who pretty much all knew each other from Facebook before arriving. We all pretty much come and go from each others apartments at random now.

Now we weren't supposed to get our assignments til the next day, but a group of us had figured out how to access the computer and see where we were that morning. I didn't have a particular attraction assigned but I found out that I would be in Epcot! After getting my stuff unpacked, a group of us decided to go grab some lunch before going to our housing meeting. We went to Steak and Shake which was a new experience since we don't have those in NE, and then went to our housing meeting, which basically was to give us the rules and do's and don'ts. After getting back from the housing meeting, we all went our separate ways for a while. I rode the bus to Walmart. The buses are very convenient, but I overestimated just how much stuff I could manage to carry back from Walmart and ended up having a hard time getting it back to my aparment.

Day 2 - Work Assignments

The first day required signing a lot of documents, but day 2 was really signing your life away. The first stop was filling out all of the government paperwork required to legally work. After that we were given our work locations. I was assigned to Epcot Future World East Attractions, which is Test Track, Mission: Space, Universe of Energy and Spaceship Earth. I kept moving through the stations until I met one of my coordinators (bosses) for Epcot, who informed me that I had been assigned to....




Mission:Space




I was nowhere near thrilled that this was my assignment, because as all of you know, I am not a fan of big, scary, fast rides (but it's much better now). My roommates include a Jungle Cruise Skipper, a Hostess at Spoodles, a Hostess at Tony's Town Square, front desk at CSR, and attractions at Voyage of the Little Mermaid and Playhouse Disney

After finishing up with all of our stations, we went back to our apartments. I was puttering around in the kitchen and was wanting to cool off my bottle of water, so I opened the freezer door to find this...

Someone had left two bottles of champagne in the freezer overnight! Oops!

That evening our apartment hosted a dinner party. At one point in the evening there were probably 20 people in and around our apartment. Our apartment has basically become the hangout for a number of people and we have a few honorary roommates that are basically welcome at any hour.

Day 3 - Traditions

Traditions was fun, except for the fact that we had to be on the bus at 6:55am after staying up really late the night before. I rode the bus with Liz (roommate), Brad, and Guy (honorary roomies). I was glad to have Liz in the group I was in, it was nice to have someone I already knew to sit with. Traditions lasted until noon, and at that point we all had our IDs, so we could all get into the parks for free. We went back to our apartments to change. Liz and I made a run to Walgreens and while we were gone, the boys decided to do laundry, so we waited for them to finish before heading to the parks.

Around 3:15, we finally arrived at DHS. The first order of business was to ride RnR, I walked the queue with them, but exitted before the ride and did the same with ToT which was next. After that we went on GMR and then the Muppets 3 show. We wanted to catch up to a few more friends that had the late Traditions class and see Wishes, so we headed over to MK. We all got there around 6:30, so we had an hour and a half to play before Wishes. We rode HM and then BTMRR! I actually rode it!!!! It scared me senseless and it took me about 10 minutes after exitting to get my footing back, but I survided it. We made our way back to Main Street and stood there in awe of Wishes as a group.

At that point, none of us had eaten since noon-ish, so we decided to grab dinner at Denny's. We had an awesome waiter, who kept bringing us soda even though we didn't order it and biscuits, and just random things. Most of us had to work the next day, so we piled back into the cars and came back to get some shuteye.

Day 4, 5, 6 - Training!!

Everyone in my apartment that was scheduled for Thursday had a morning schedule, except for me. I was scheduled to work from 1:15 til 10 that night at Mission:Space, so I took the opportunity that morning to do some laundry (yay for clean clothes!).

I arrived at the Cast building at Epcot to meet my trainer around 1, the first thing we did was get my costume....Now for those of you who have ridden M:S, did you notice how "interesting" the costumes are? They're light blue and grey with red ribbing and made completely of polyester! After suiting up, we went on a tour of the backstage areas that I am around and then went through the building as a normal guest. My trainer wanted me to go on the ride, but didn't force me to, so I managed to get as far as the loading bay and then decided to not actually ride.

We went over some of the more technical stuff regarding rides and then since the ride was slow and there was a bay that wasn't loading guests, I got to train on it instead of using the online simulations, which was a lot better. I also got to see the whole ride show without all of the ride in motion, which was nice and made me realize that I didn't ever want to ride the ride for real .

Friday and yesterday, I opened and got to operate different stations of the ride with guests, with my trainer standing by.

Day 7 - Free Day!

Today's my only day off until next Saturday (when my family gets here!), so I'm dealing with some housekeeping things around the apartment and might go to the parks later if I feel better. I started feeling sick on Wednesday with a sore throat and cold and now its just a nasty cough which nothing seems to be kicking. Other than that today's plan is to be pretty mellow.

That's my first week in a nutshell (albeit a rather large nutshell )

Sulley- Congrats and I am glad you checked in with us. I can't wait to meet you in May. I remember those outfits on Mission Space. CoOL

Hope you feel better. Maybe you should get some Airborne. I love that stuff. Keep checking in. .

 

[mari360]

Hey MAYERS!!!

So sorry for not checking in with a full reply sooner, I had a nice one all ready to enter on Wednesday and the site signed me out and made me lose it all

That's my first week in a nutshell (albeit a rather large nutshell )

Hey Sulley.... I"m glad you checked in... I'm happy that you are having a good time.... Enjoy yourself... but take care of yourself....

Hey maybe your roommate that got assigned to CSR front desk can get me a good room in May!!

Have a great week!

I'm with Shelly on this one.....

 

[mari360]

Hey all.... I had a fun day today.... i was at home all morning with the DH and DD... then I went to a Tricky Tray with one of my friends.... all i ended up winning was a tupperware set and carwash... hey it's better then nothing... now i'm relaxing at home... Well not really relaxing... My lovely DH decided to do laundry and now that i got home i have to fold everything... So i'll be off folding clothes...

 

[CleKait]

Cool update Sulley!
Mission Space is the one ride I'm not sure about riding when I go down.
Congrats on riding BTMRR
The champagne in the freezer made me laugh, how did your roommates ever get the big ice cube of champagne out?

Mari what's a Tricky Tray? Congrats on your prizes. Speaking of car wash, mine needs one bad, thanks to all of the salt and dirt from the road.

Sunday was uneventful here. My mom made Lasagna and I made some chocolate chip cookies, which turned out much much better than the last time I made them.

We're are almost in the single digits for our countdowns!

 

[mari360]

Mari what's a Tricky Tray? Congrats on your prizes. Speaking of car wash, mine needs one bad, thanks to all of the salt and dirt from the road.
We're are almost in the single digits for our countdowns!

Hey well a Tricky Tray is when an organization gets together and basically raffles off things at a sitdown lunch. For ex the one i went to for today was a catholic school... so the parents and different sponsors donate things and the school sells tickets for the event this one was $30 a ticket. WIth it you get a couple of tickets you can put in a basket for individual prizes. THey give you the option of purchasing more tickets if you want. And throughout lunch or dinner they just call of numbers and you win the prizes... its all for the school... it was nice...this was the 2nd one i've been to... Some lady won a 6day/5night trip to WDW... I was SOOOO Jealous here i am having to pay for mine she gets it for free....

 

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Hi guys...the worst weather recent history in Los Angeles this weekend and what did we decide to do???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUASFhM_HUU

 

[huggiebear23]

Hi guys...the worst weather recent history in Los Angeles this weekend and what did we decide to do???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUASFhM_HUU

Another great video.

 

[NewCrew42]

Hi guys...the worst weather recent history in Los Angeles this weekend and what did we decide to do???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUASFhM_HUU

Nice video. I love to go to dwd when it is raining. We love the rain.

 

[mari360]

Hi guys...the worst weather recent history in Los Angeles this weekend and what did we decide to do???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUASFhM_HUU

Hey Sea.... a True Mayer even rain won't keep this man away from WDW.... Love the video.....

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Hello!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Hey well a Tricky Tray is when an organization gets together and basically raffles off things at a sitdown lunch. For ex the one i went to for today was a catholic school... so the parents and different sponsors donate things and the school sells tickets for the event this one was $30 a ticket. WIth it you get a couple of tickets you can put in a basket for individual prizes. THey give you the option of purchasing more tickets if you want. And throughout lunch or dinner they just call of numbers and you win the prizes... its all for the school... it was nice...this was the 2nd one i've been to... Some lady won a 6day/5night trip to WDW... I was SOOOO Jealous here i am having to pay for mine she gets it for free....

Sounds like fun Mari! Except for watching someone else win a trip to Disney.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

We're are almost in the single digits for our countdowns!

I know, isn't that awesome?!?

By the end of this week we will reach a new month and be in the single digits!! YAY MAYers!!

 

[mari360]

OH Yeah Dis is almost here.... I can't wait.... WOOHOO... the boards have been slow since friday....what is going on....

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Not sure what everyone is up to. . . .

I'm just hagning around the house FOR THE NEXT 3 MONTHS!!!

I started working on our taxes today. Hoping for another big refund like last year so I can pay for this trip!!

 

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Good morning.

Well it isn't raining yet. I am so tired of the rain, but it is still in the forecast for today and most of this week.

We saw so many accidents on the freeways and the streets over the weekend. I am glad I wasn't one of them!

 

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Taxes...I hate doing my taxes! Oh well, this is the first year I got my wife to help me out with all the paperwork.

 

[sulleyfan]

Mornin' Mayers! I had park orientation today, so it's a short day for work yay! (it's weird having park orientation after being trained, for most of the other people there, it was their first time in the park as employees).

Hi Sulley!

So good to hear from you!! I was wondering when you were going to check in next.

WOW you have been a busy girl! Sounds like so much fun!

Glad you got the housing assignment you wanted. How did you like Steak & Shake? I love that place!

Will you be assigned to Mission Space for your whole stay? Or will you get to do different things? We've never ridden Mission Space before. I was thinking about DS8 & I trying the newer less intense version in May. Maybe you will get to work at Test Track next! That is one of our family's favorites!! DH is like you and doesn't like the fast rides, but last May I talked him into trying TT and he absolutely loved it!! It really isn't that scray, I promise!

Hey maybe your roommate that got assigned to CSR front desk can get me a good room in May!!

Can't wait to hear more of your exciting adventures! Until then, well I'm stuck here in PA in the snow and cold.

Have a great week!

Steak & Shake was good, something new to try. As of right now, I'm only going to be at Mission:Space, but I may cross-train at something else on that side of the park before May, my trainer suggested Test Track....I'll definitely let y'all know where I'm at when you come. I am missing the snow back home a little (very little, but I do).

Sulley! You are awesome to be giving us a report when you are feeling crummy and have so much to do. Thanks so much for keeping us up to date on your progress.

I have to say that I am a daredevil. I always have been. Been riding anything and everything I could since my Mom put me on the swings at our local fair at 18 months old, followed imediately by the double ferris wheel.

HOWEVER...
I have never had the nerve to ride M:S!!!!!!!! I am a big chicken as far as that ride goes. I have vowed to ride the less intense one this October. Mary Cat has my sense of adventure and has been dying to ride it. So, just for her, and in honor of you, I WILL RIDE. Woo- Hoo!!!!!

The champagne was a lovely disaster...looked, um, foamy!

So glad you are having a great time, but sorry you are feeling a tad sick. Take care of yourself- you don't want to be sick when your parents come.

Have fun and congrats on riding BTMRR! Before long, you will be riding R'N'R and TOT without even blinking. Yay Sulley!!!!!

Have a good day and week if you can't check in sooner.


JO

I bet you and Mary Cat will like it if you like rides, especially the less intense version. Saturday when I worked front of the house I had more than a couple people come through on the Green side first, then go for the Orange.

Sulley- Congrats and I am glad you checked in with us. I can't wait to meet you in May. I remember those outfits on Mission Space. CoOL

Hope you feel better. Maybe you should get some Airborne. I love that stuff. Keep checking in. .

Those outfits are....interesting....I've never worn so much polyester in my life, but they are pretty comfortable.

Cool update Sulley!
Mission Space is the one ride I'm not sure about riding when I go down.
Congrats on riding BTMRR
The champagne in the freezer made me laugh, how did your roommates ever get the big ice cube of champagne out?

Mari what's a Tricky Tray? Congrats on your prizes. Speaking of car wash, mine needs one bad, thanks to all of the salt and dirt from the road.

Sunday was uneventful here. My mom made Lasagna and I made some chocolate chip cookies, which turned out much much better than the last time I made them.

We're are almost in the single digits for our countdowns!

If you don't want to ride the ride, and the line's not long, I'd walk the queue at least and see all of the pre-shows. We are very well set up for opting out of the ride and the pre-shows are really cool. I've done that on RnR and ToT, since I really wanted to see the RnR pre-show w/ my friends and it apparently happens all the time.

The champagne was cleaned up by using our huge metal cooking spoon and scooping it out of the freezer into a trash can....We tasted some of it, thinking it'd be like a champagne Icee, it wasn't.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Hi Sulley!

Are you feeling better today?