Wenches Party with the Pirates! Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirate named Jack Sparrow for me!

[SRUAlmn]

Hey! My sister is an operations manager for Staples in North Carolina

 

[wannabePRINCESS]

loving the trip report! Can I have one of those easy buttons too??
I'm interested in knowing how you got a job there at Disney. I really really want to get out of the COLD here . we were there in Jan. and I think I would LOVE it there. esp. working at Disney. can you tell me anything you think might be helpful please? feel free to pm me.
THANKS!

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

My DH works for Staples Inc, you know! We've got Staples stuff everywhere! It pays the bills! He'll be at the corporate offices in MA this week. My DH's favorite saying is, "That was easy!" Staples brought us to Florida! Gotta love that Easy button! It really works!

We had one of those Easy buttons at the hotel I work at- we'd been playing with it all day when some guests came up to the desk to ask directions. I leaned over the desk to highlight their map, and in doing so, my stomach hit the Easy button, and it said "That was easy!" It was several minutes before I could explain to the poor people why I was rolling on the floor laughing!

I am SO jealous that you Florida people can mini golf this time of year! For us it's dashing from the car to the door as fast as possible to avoid freezing! I MUST move to FL soon!

 

[Fairy_Tale_Bride]

I can't wait to come and find you at Disney World. My youngest ds will want to find you too, he says anyone who has a squirt and stitch is his buddy. Your home is totally wicked my older ds says. He wants all of our house to be disney! Can't wait to see more!

Awww...that's cute! I hope you do manage to run into me! Who doesn't love Squirt and Stitch!? My DH will love that comment! He thinks everything is wicked! He's in RI right now and I'm sure he's using wicked in every other sentence!

Hey! My sister is an operations manager for Staples in North Carolina

In Charlotte!?

loving the trip report! Can I have one of those easy buttons too??
I'm interested in knowing how you got a job there at Disney. I really really want to get out of the COLD here . we were there in Jan. and I think I would LOVE it there. esp. working at Disney. can you tell me anything you think might be helpful please? feel free to pm me.
THANKS!

Hi! I don't work at WDW. My DH and I just moved to central Florida recently because he got a job promotion. I'm obviously a Disney fanatic and was ready for the move!

We had one of those Easy buttons at the hotel I work at- we'd been playing with it all day when some guests came up to the desk to ask directions. I leaned over the desk to highlight their map, and in doing so, my stomach hit the Easy button, and it said "That was easy!" It was several minutes before I could explain to the poor people why I was rolling on the floor laughing!

I am SO jealous that you Florida people can mini golf this time of year! For us it's dashing from the car to the door as fast as possible to avoid freezing! I MUST move to FL soon!

I'll hit the Easy button sometime when I'm on the phone and it freaks the person out on the other end. It is a creepy voice in that button! It's been cold here too! I'm ready for the Florida weather!

 

[wdwgirl03]

I want to go to the Pirate and Princess Party!!!

Wow, I am really missing Disney World lately. Of course it doesn't help that I just found out my friend and her fiance are going over our spring break (along with my family and another friend who's going down with her high school for Grad Nite...so unfair!! ) It'll be her first time...and I will admit I was kind of having fun being the Disney "expert" when she called me yesterday about park tickets and had all these questions...hehe!

 

[SRUAlmn]

In Charlotte!?

No, she is actually in Wilmington, but I wonder if they've ever met each other at meetings and things for the state??

 

[Fairy_Tale_Bride]

Hello Love


We were early for our dinner reservations at the Crystal Palace, so we made our way through Adventureland, where I planned on spending most of the evening. I saw a crowd gathered over in the corner and realized they were waiting for the Pirate Tutorial given by Captain Jack Sparrow!

Our entire night's focus was Captain Jack Sparrow and that's why the Wenches were coming out to party! I knew the tutorial would be going on during the Pirate & Princess Party, but figured I might as well join in the fun a little early! I had to wait for my Captain!

I was on the look-out for the hottest Jack Sparrow there is, well, excpet for the real thing, of course! I had told my Mom all about him and I was hoping for an encounter with him this evening!

I joined in with the crowd to wait for the arrival of the Captain and I suddenly felt a heavy arm around my shoulders and a whisper in my ear, "Hello Love." He obviously had just gotten into the rum and needed a little help standing on his own. I turned quickly and it was Jack, not just any Jack Sparrow, but the one I was waiting for! I grabbed his arm and turned to him, by this time we were in an embrace and I said, "Well, hello there Jack," as sexy as I could, of course!

Captain Jack stumbled up to his position and my Mom and I turned to eachother and began freaking out! We were in awe and could not believe that just happened! I only wish my Mom had the camera ready or I had brought my video camera! It was such a magical moment!

I was enjoying every moment of watching Captain Jack's performance. It was fantastic! He looked and sounded just like Johnny Deep and for all purposes, he was the real Jack Sparrow for me at that moment! If I couldn't get the real thing, I'll take this one any day!

I was so happy to finally be able to see and enjoy the Pirate Tutorial and we just happened to be at the right place at the right time! It was now time for Jack to pick his crew to take the pirate's oath!

Who wants to join my crew!?

I shot my hand up in the air as quickly as I could! Jack turned to me and pointed, he gave me a sly and sexy look and said, "you're definitley joing my crew Love and all these children can then return to their parents, but you're staying with me." I was going nuts and totally crushing on this pirate! I was like a giddy school girl up there!

It was time to recite the oath to my Captain and I sure was ready to join him on his ship any day!


Be it Known and Beware!
The bearer of this article has earned the rank of
Apprentice Pirate
and is pledges to the crew and, therefore,
under the shelter and protection of the one and only
Captain Jack Sparrow.
Those failing to accord the bearer safe passage and their due respect will answer
personally to me and may expect swift retribution for insult or injury inflicted.
Cordially,
Captian Jack Sparrow

We were now really prepared and ready for the Pirate & Princess Party! I was a true pirate now and I wear that badge with honor! Arrrr! I will follow my Captain anywhere!

I have my Certificate from Captain Jack framed and hanging proudly on the wall!


These Wenches know how to get a party started!

 

[Maggimus]

WOW!! Thats so cool!! What a great experience!

 

[emememem]

Yep, saw that Captain Jack Sparrow too. Made my day...could be Johnny Depps twin (if he had one)...Glad you had a good time!! Enjoying your trip report.

 

[luvfigment]

That sounds like so much fun!!! I would have a been just as excited if Jack came up to me like that also!!

I can't wait to read more!! Hope your DH is enjoying Lil' Rhody and all the cold weather...I will be back there in April...at least by then it will be warmer.

You will have to keep us up to date on the CM job!!! Do they have a posting on what is available? Oh I am so jealous some days I just want to quit my job and move down there to work there. I would def try to find you if you are working there when I go for my Disneymoon. Oh I like your office also from the pictures...it is somuch fun to talk with other Disney fans other people just don't understand.

 

[JJClemson]

Oh wow! How exciting to have the almost real Jack put his arm around you and choose you to be part of his crew I know you were loving that!

 

[tinkerbell87512]

OH MY GOSH!!! You couldnt have had better luck! Maybe Jack Sparrow was crushing on you too?!?! ya never know. Thats so exciting though, you look so happy in those pictures to be part of his crew! What an exciting thing, thats disney magic for ya! lol

 

[ReAnSt]

Sounds like you are having an awesome time down in Florida. I would have been super excited if Cap'n Jack did that to me. I am jealous I lived in Orlando for 4 years while I attended the University of Central Florida and am now living in PA and miss FL immensely. I plan on moving back one of these days.

I also worked at the WDW All Star resorts. It was a great experience and loved interacting with all of the guests. Here is the link to the WDW jobs site. Your best bet is to call the The Walt Disney World JobLine at (407) 828-1000, then listen to the menu and select what you are interested in. It is open Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. They sometimes have job fairs as well, especially the sooner you get to summer. From my experience they like to promote people from within, so you might not get exactly what you want right away, but after a few months you can put in for a transfer.

If anybody has any questions let me know. I will do my best to answer them.

 

[Mic_n_Min]

What a great beginning to your P&P night! I kept scrolling for a picture of you and Jack together, but no such luck. Keep writing Lindsey- this is great!

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Oh, the jealousy! I want a Captain Jack whispering in MY ear, too!!!

 

[LouDisney]

How exciting!!

 

[J.C.&ALI'SMOM]

Great!! We got to see the pirate tutorial as well and Jack and Mac worked so well together. They really ad-libbed a lot and were hilarious. Jack came over and touched my cheek during the tutorial and called me 'luv' and my girls tormented me all day joking that Mommy was flirting with Jack!

I recommend that anyone take time to go see the pirate tutorial, it is so much fun, just like Lindsey wrote. Great pics of it, btw.

We did go to the P&P too Lindsey, but we were there on the 5th (I think ).

 

[Belle83007]

OMG!!!! I saw that same Jack when we were there, and all i kept doing was staring at him he was sooooo HOT Lindsey I love your trip report so far. I have to tell you that i am just so jealous because you are living my dream life We want to move there so bad and i want to work for disney I cant wait to hear where you will be working that is so exciting.We will be there Aug 27-Sept 12th for our wedding and honeymoon so we will have to meet up or somethingIs it definate that you have a job with them or do you have to interview and stuff? Do you know what exactly you want to do there? I cant wait to hear more i will be anxiously waiting
PS~You seem to feel the same as i do about Jack Sparrow
PSS~ You seemed to have a very romantic Valentines Day, that is soo sweet I soo wish i was you right now!!!!!!!
Heres a banana dance for the next part of the TR LOL!!!

 

[Fairy_Tale_Bride]

Piglet Problems: Where is that Pig!?

Us Wenches had worked-up quite an appetite after drooling over Captain Jack for quite some time! We had dinner reservations at the Crystal Palace and it was the first time I had ever been there! My Mom had been there back in the 70's when she remembered it being cafeteria style. I heard it was the best buffet at WDW, so I was eager to check it out for myself.

This also meant dinner with Pooh and the Gang! Now, I have never been a big fan of Pooh, eventhough I did watch "Pooh's Corner" as a child. I always liked Tigger, but was not too fond of the rest of them. The last time I saw Pooh was back when I was four and he still had a honey pot on his head and walked around the Magic Kingdom. I was kinda looking forward to seeing the new Pooh Crew and meeting Piglet & Eeyore for the first time!

We got seated to the right, as soon as you enter the restaurant, up in the corner. We had great a great table because we weren't crowded by the large groups of people. The restuarant was crazy with large groups there! We could barely make our way over to the buffet. The buffet wasn't crowded, but the people around the center of the seating area had no concern for others around them at all!

I was pretty pleased with the buffet and there were many items for me to choose from. My rule is to always fill-up two plates because I don't like having to make a second trip back there so quickly. Our favorite item was the cornbread mush stuff, you can see on the right plate. It was very yummy, but I have no idea what it was called.

We saw Pooh & Piglet enter our side of the restaurant and we were the fourth table in line for the characters to meet on this side of the restaurant, so we had to be ready! This was also the first time my Mom had met Pooh, since his new make-over! He looks to much better now and without that ugly honey pot on his head!
Pooh before the much needed make-over!

This will also be the first time you see Mickey in the Trippie! I know, I know, I have kinda left him out so far. Of course, Mickey goes on every trip with me and there was no way he'd be missing this Pirate Party! I even went out and bought him another pirate costume for the party! When I told Chip 'n Dale that I heard that "Big Chip 'n Dale" would not be attending the Pirate & Princess Party, they said there is no way they would go! You know how demanding my Boys are! Don't worry, I brought them plenty of candies and goodies home, so they were happy about their decision not to go and get free candy out of the deal. That just meant more quality time for little Mickey & me! We were both feeling the pirate spirit!

Well, here is where the problem began! We saw Piglet going the wrong way on his table route because he was being attacked by the mobs of rude large group tables! The next thing our section realizes is...Piglet has left the building! There was no pig in sight! By this time, Eeyore & Tigger had entered our side of the restaurant.

My Mom was thrilled to meet Eeyore! She told him that she has never seen him at Disney World before and Eeyore was so happy she finally got to meet him!

I gotta say that Eeyore was pretty cute and we couldn't help, but say, "Awwww...don't look so sad!"

It was time for dessert, so I made my way back up to the dessert counter area of the buffet and they had a great selection! They had red velvet cake, which is my favorite and they even had tiramisu!

Okay, so I went a little heavy on the desserts, but when in Walt Disney World... They also had carrot cake and key lime pie! These are all my favorite cakes and pies, so I had to try each one! It is only fair!

That's right! They had ice cream too! Did you notice I also follow that two plate rule for the desserts?

Tigger has made it over to our section and he was the last character! I knew it was not looking good for me to ever meet Piglet! The characters all make their rounds and this took over a hour and that's not including the little parade that they do at the end. Then, they all leave and don't come back for a few minutes. The two tables next to us with young children were asking where Piglet was too and a little boy at a table with his Mom behind us.

We did get to meet Tigger and I was thrilled about that! There was a cute little boy in a Tigger costume at a table near us and him and Tigger spent a good five minutes jumping around! It was adorable!

We had already gotten our check by the point and paid the bill, no Piglet! The two families at the tables next to us had already left without meeting him and we informed our waiter about it too. He just kinda laughed it off and I decided to take matters into my own hands. I went and found the Character Handlers, who were busy not doing their jobs and told them Piglet had skipped our entire section, we paid the bill already, families have left dinner, etc, etc. All I got was a, "Oh, he'll be there. Give him 20 minutes." Were they just not listening to me!? He skipped us! We paid the bill, we are done eating, the parade with all the characters has already occured!

I walked back over to the table irritated because they said nothing helpful and I could hear the Mom and her little boy complaing behind us to their waiter about Piglet not coming around to our section. I then stopped the waiter and told him we were having the same issue. The waiter took off over to the Character Handlers and I guess he told them the issue as well. The waiter returned to say that Piglet was making his rounds and would be here in about 15 minutes. I went on to explain that he had skipped us to begin with because Pooh meets everyone first and he is followed by Piglet. Piglet never came over here and we've been done eating for 15 minutes already. He then went on to tell me that Piglet is first, blah, blah, blah. I was pretty sure I was right and he was wrong because I had seen how this happened just a hour ago when we were skipped.

I did not want to see Pooh again! Why should we have to wait for the second round of character meet and greets!? I just wanted to see Piglet and we have been sitting here with no food and a paid bill for 20 minutes. I was busy giving "the look" over at the Character Handlers, who were not helpful at all. Then, sure enough, here comes Pooh strolling into our side of the restuarant to begin the character meet process all over again! I knew I was right! I then glanced over to the waiter, who I knew had given me wrong information and got up from the table. I said, "forget this!" and my Mom and I walked away irritated. The poor little boy and his Mom had been sitting there done with their meal for over 20 minutes and still hadn't met Piglet!

On our way out I looked over to the other side of the restaurant and saw Piglet still over there, way in the back! It would have been another 15 minutes before he arrived to our side and who knows, he could have skipped us again! So, we saw no Piglet and my Mom and I have still not met Piglet to this day!

Yes, that is my sad ending to this story.

 

[momrek06]

Oh, Lindsey, that is too bad you and Mom missed PIGLET. My son, Chris and his DGF, Diana, (like you) are madly in love with the World and here, I will share their PIGLET pic's with you!!! I love the way PIGLET copied Chris the way he was standing!!!