Another Week

Welcome again to another entry in the life of Robert. There hasn't been too much exciting things going on which is why I haven't posted anything in a while. Work is fully underway and I believe I'm doing a very good job, now I don't know everything and I probably won't ever but I am doing my job well. The guest seem really pleased and I do enjoy getting the chance to talk with them and the other co-workers that I have.

Let's see now the main topic of this post will be the one thing that I am definitely learning the most. That is how to speak of course. My ability to talk to people about anything has definitely expanded since I started working here. I am always out talking with the guests when I can be and working with them to help solve their issues which is quite satisfying. I am also learning a bit of how to run a business which is good and definitely revealing. Now I can't reveal all of the wonders to you but let's just say things are as things are.

Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful day and soon enough I will post again!

My First Day

Well all howdy again as we continue through this adventure. Yesterday was my first real day of work after training. Today I got to put on my third and final costume the stocker costume that allows me to stock things! It is the only one that I can wear with an untucked shirt and it brings happy moments but stocking does not. Far too much back and forth but that is fine I suppose. I must admit work is glorious when it is in the morning, but by he afternoon one runs out of energy far too quickly. Anyway the day was good I got to help a child find his mother which was grand we strolled through the park. It was quite a nice and uplifiting walk. Stocking isn't too much work as much as it is back and forth action which I mildly expected. Today and for the rest of the week and next week I will be on the register supposedly all is always subject to change but we can hope that it doesn't. Let's all get excited as we embark on a new day. How are you all doing?

Happy times and good moments,

Robert

SpectroMagic!!!

Here are some images from the SpectroMagic Parade. It definitely was better than I thought it would be. They first turn off all the lights in the area, which just happens to be Magic Kingdom. Then you get to see thousands of lights as the parade moves on. Quite amazing indeed.

Final Day of Training

Now I'm a full fledge Disney employee I suppose. Today was my last day of training and as such I am now able to stand without my trainers around me. I did excellently today but what is more important is that I got to put on the second of what was two but is now three costumes. Anyway take a lot and be amazed at what Dino Institute puts out...I think it is far better than Chester's & Hester's but that could just be me. And no I wasn't wearing a belt mainly because the one casting gave me was a bit too small...

Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade

Okay here are a few pictures from the first parade. I'm posting the video on Youtube being that it is too big for Blogger...once it is ready I will supply links here and on facebook. In the mean time enjoy Mickey.

Reflection I: My Nonexistent Job

Howdy again all, I hope you all are having a fantastic time indeed.

Well as it says this is my first reflection on my time so far. At the start of this hole ordeal sometime early this year I think I was fond of thinking of my Disney job as something stupid, dumb, and lame. I saw me a college graduate working on a cart selling mess which a high school student could do as a mild slap with a green glove covered in olives.

Now it has been a bit over a week since I landed here in Orlando. This is the first week that I was actually in the park working though I am still in training I was behind the register and in front of it doing what I was assigned to do. All I really have to say is that since I started I don't really want to stop at least not soon. I am part of something amazing and I can now see just what it is. When I'm on-stage I'm not at some sort of job. I don't come in there to with the idea of this is what I need to do to get this done. When I'm on-stage I'm not me. I'm merchantainment man Robert from Kansas State Universiy. I am both a show man and a character on a very grand stage. And what is this so called "job" well it is to follow the basics and to bring out the smiles of those adorable children. Everytime I'm out on-stage my smiles is ready something that definitely isn't a norm for me or at least I don't think it is that normal. It is great to be like an actor and to walk out on stage and be acknowledged as well as to stop a child from crying with simple talk and pins.

It is priceless to be able to give a person with a birthday a phone call from Goofy, to be able to see when a child drops his/her ice cream cone and you just give them a new one. People show so much more appreciation for you when you actually count back their money rather than hand them a wad of bills and coins. It is also exceptional to call a person by their first name during a simple transaction and to see just how much joy it brings them. The guests here feel a lot more important than a customer in a store and I'm glad to be able to bring them that level of happiness. The way that we "work" is so different from the way I've seen and invisioned work. And basically I've come to one conclusion.

I have no job. What I do have is a chance to make a small difference at least in a person's day. A chance to make a child smile and in turn make their parents/guardians happy as well. A chance to go above and beyond and bring service with the utmost pleasure and happiness possible. That is my day and I'm very happy about it and all that I can do for my guests.

Enjoy all that you have before you,

Robert

The First Day...Back to the Basics

Hi again all,

I hope you all have had a lovely time since my last entry. Well to give you a pretty decent update I would suppose, I must admit that today was my first day of training and it was amazing. As you can see from the first bit of this message you are getting pictures along with it. Pictures that I would say I'm mildly distrubed about but at the moment I'm in such a content state that I don't care. This is the Dinoland Chester & Hester merchandise costume. I'm sure it is the most hideous costume in all of Disney's Animal Kingdom but nonetheless with this costume came many moments of smiling happy children and their happy parents/guardians/older people.

I ventured into the park today to look around Dinoland U.S.A. with a trainer today and the thing around my neck spoke volumes to children. Pins are the name, and trading is the game by which I played. Today I got the chance to trade with at least 4 kids and the light on their faces was just amazing. The number one rule is to smile and...don't tell anyone but I was smiling all day until close. Disney's Animal Kingdom specifically Dinoland has a number of attractions, if you haven't been you really should because it is intense. I met a good number of workers today as well all were energetic, fun, and happy. I have found that everyone loves a Disney cast member, I was getting questions that sure enough I didn't know the answer too. I was able to talk with people and see if they needed help, which was for some odd and unknown reason extremely gratifying and pleasing to the soul.

Aside from the park adventuing I had another piece of pumpkin pie today! Which always brings a smile to my stomach and I got the wonderous schedule of when everything happens in Disney's Animal Kingdom. I'm pretty sure that there is no other place that I would be this pleased and still have energy after a full day of work in the sun and all.

It seems as though I will be selling things all over Dinoland instead of just in the main shop which is fine with me. In fact I do kind of hope to be outside for at least a bit, closing isn't too bad at all and the fact that I can interact with hundreds of people a day is just astonishingly satisfying. Well I've typed like a book of mess here, so if you want and the pictures aren't good enough for you there is a video of me and this here costume. Take it as you want and enjoy it all. And you won't get any Disney fun facts because it hasn't been a week yet. Though I might change that we will see.

Wishing you all the best,

Robert