Catvondita
A Quirky Strange Girl in a Disney World
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2015
I am LIVING for your trip report. My husband and I are planning to go to DL in December which is so far away so your TR is helping hold me over until we actually go!
I just adore Heimlich I'm glad you got to ride his train!! You certainly were able to use up every minute of this day so far!!!
The Newsboy show is the best, Suitcase & a Dream always gets stuck in my head!! You got some great pics. And I love the pic with Groot!
I am LIVING for your trip report. My husband and I are planning to go to DL in December which is so far away so your TR is helping hold me over until we actually go!
Oh Timmy...of course you would!Understandably I was a bit ticked off and when I'm ticked off I don't flip out, I pull out the receipts then I take to snapchat and expose you to the world for your incompetencies.
That's so annoying!Well, after taking that vid, Raven & I sat around waiting for the News Boys show to arrive since it was still scheduled... but they didn't show up. Five minutes went by and still not there. Goofy had come out by Carthay Circle so we were about to head over when all of the sudden we could hear "Side By Side" playing down the street signaling their arrival. We quickly ran back to the fountain to find out something odd was happening. Raven noted that Mickey was on the Trolley which doesn't happen since he makes a surprise appearance later in the show (no more surprise for me). I said maybe they just needed to bring him over or something rather than something else, which what Raven was suggesting was a cancellation of the regular show. Well, her suspicions were confirmed as the Trolley made its round then went directly back down to Hollywoodland where it came from. The showing we had come to, after skipping out on a ride that we were about to get on, was CANCELLED.
I love the animation building and don't go there nearly enough! The clips are so gorgeous especially how they are all coordinated!Luckily this building had a cool montage of Disney clips and art playing, which was very entertaining to me to the point where I totally was no-shame singing along.
Oh Timmy...of course you would!
That's so annoying!
I love the animation building and don't go there nearly enough! The clips are so gorgeous especially how they are all coordinated!
Best place to nap for me is in Grand Californian Lobby. There is the fireplace alcove/room with plenty of rocking chairs. The light is low and you can just stare at the fire and rock and fall asleep so quickly! Even if it is hot outside, it is a delightfully peaceful place!They are. Oh I can't wait to just start napping in there this summer because yeah totally will.
The One In Which Timmy Eats And That's All That Matters
I found out Raven, a WDWCP alumni, NEVER SAW STUDIOS'S VERSION. I was shocked, but said it wasn't a big deal. She was only missing out on a real messy and pretty whitewashed Poca section. Yup, moving on...
For those of you who DON'T know, Jungle Cruise Skipper is my DREAM role! Like even above Haunted Mansion butler, I want to be the teller of all the corniest jokes in the jungle and if you don't laugh at them, your swimming instructor. Or not. I think we all know I'd leave you to drown if you didn't laugh at my jokes. SAVAGE.
I can't remember all of the jokes, but they were so nuanced and many I had not heard before or were such clever spins on jokes I liked. It was literally an entirely different Jungle Cruise from what I remember. He did ask early on in the ride who was not from California to which I raised my hand. He then said, "Welcome aboard, SUCKER!" It was HILARIOUS. The best one was when Kinzie asked about his gun to which he went off on her about. It was so funny. Later, during the rock jokes sequence, he ROASTED her with the rock jokes about the gun thing. It was UNREAL. Raven and I could not BREATHE, we were dying. Unfortunately, the cruise had to end and we had to breathe, but I made sure to @DisneylandToday on Twitter with the #CastCompliments hashtag to let them know how awesome John was. I really hope he saw it and continues to be a bomb skipper. I'd honestly DIE if I ever got him again during my CP.
If you didn't know, although I'm sure you do since most of you far exceed my Disney nerdiness, Walt used to have an apartment above the Main Street firehouse for when he was alive and would visit his park regularly. He would invite special guests up there as well as his family all the time. The way he would let people know he was there though was lighting the lamp that stood in the window looking out over Main Street. So way back in the late 50s and early 60s, if you saw the lamp on, Walt was around, if it was off, he wasn't around. After he passed, it was decided to keep the lamp on for good as long as Disneyland existed, for if Disneyland exists, Walt's spirit lives on. *wipes away single tear*
A little side announcement here, but Raven, my park buddy on this trip, just got into the DCP at Disneyland too! She's doing the Fall Advantage program because she graduates this spring so it seemed a better choice than summer. She'll be working in retail once again. She arrives a little less than a month after me, however she is already local so she'll be around and I'll be getting to see her a lot even before her check-in date. But OOOOOHHHHH, I can't stand this waiting, this is shaping up to be the MOST. MAGICAL. SUMMER. EVER.
For the record, I'm not a big fan of Cars. Like I've only managed to see the first one as I thought the sequels were super unnecessary. I know I used to listen to the soundtrack for the first one a lot one summer (primarily just Sheryl Crow's "Real Gone" on repeat), but that's about all the emotional connection I have.
In my haste, a big family had crept on us and was near cutting us in line. Normally I don't make a fuss, but they weren't being friendly or accidental about it, they were obviously trying to cut us. When the line inched forward a bit, Raven & I stealthily blocked them off and reclaimed our spot. I know they were going to be talking smack, but I ignored it. I used to meet characters a lot and once had to deal with the whole "I have children so I have precedence over you greedy adult" argument from a mom (I'm not even joking, this mom went off on me wow). One of these moms in line behind us also TOTALLY had the "I'd like to speak with your manager" hair-do that's a dead giveaway for being the type of person to go off like that. Soon Raven tilted her phone at me to let me know they were talking about us. Oh the song of my life. Bless their entitled souls that this line probably didn't have a cut off since it's a continuous M&G and they weren't getting shoved away by the character attendant for being both insufferable as well as probably not being smart about M&Gs in general (as most are since they never know when they should get in line to meet a character BLEH).
My immediate thought was Anna had an incident or something. She is a total klutz ya know.
Raven knew better and we peeked around the corner when Anna jumped out from behind the curtain on the other side of the doorway.
Changes the names and this title describes my life at Disney.
Ooops! Also, woah! Little backstage tour for free here. lol
Oh my gosh I wanna see it so bad yay!!
Yep. Accurate.
This is totally my dream role, too! Or safari truck driver at AK!
You are a postcard. 100%
Just incase you wanted my opinion, the first Cars movie is good. The second is terrible and was a waste of 2 hours of my life. The third is decent.
I'd like to see Cars land in Disneyland though just for the theming!
Your excitement meeting characters is legit pulling at my heartstrings!
You spent a lot of time around CMs and characters during your DCP. What are your thoughts on how characters and attendants typically feel about adults who are living for M&Gs? Are they typically super on board for that? Weirded out? Feel like you're taking time away from kids? Etc? Because I'm a big fan of the M&G, and expect I always will be.
OMG uggghh! I can not stand this kind of family. It always happens in queue lines!!
Super cute!
This show looks amazing!!
Groot looks so cool!! I've only ever seen baby Groot at DHS!
To answer your question, as a cast member, you are taught that there isn't adults and kids. Everyone is a kid when you're at Disney and we try to treat you as such. In terms of if characters and attendants follow through, generally they do. My roommate was an attendant and I became friends with a few performers as a result of meeting them and they love having adults who come meet them often, sometimes more than kids. It's just a nice break from certain things they have to do with kids that can be a bit taxing. I had an incident when I was the last one to meet Belle for the day at Epcot during a really busy time. It was me and another CM about the same age as me who were the last in line. A bunch of families had come up while the attendant was away and got mad for a multitude of reasons, but thought that they could have priority over us two because we weren't kids. The attendant completely defended us, we planned out our day properly, that family did not, their loss.
The only issue any of them will ever have is adults acting inappropriately with characters (which happens A LOT). Kids are known to do this too and that's really all that upsets them understandably.
It is! I can't wait to go see it again on the daily this summer.
Oh I still want to meet Baby Groot and Starlord so bad. They need to bring them out for meets in DCA, although Groot is fabulous, but I want those two too!
Now, I found out in my planning for Disneyland, that there is a carbon copy in DCA. The carbon copy I came to find out is called Red's Apple Freeze and can be found at the Cozy Cone motel. In hindsight, I probably should've looked for a new drink to lust over, but LAWD HELP ME IF I'M GOING TO GET MY BREW FIX. So in Cars Land, we went straight for the Cozy Cone Motel to get me my Red's Apple Freeze. When I went up to the cone where they sold them, I saw that it came in a souvenir mug and was like "What the heck? Why not!"
Before long, I was walking away with a big cup of Marshmallow Fruity goodness mmmmm
Epcot's Soarin' is kinda just plopped in the land and doesn't give off huge vibes as to what it's about minus the costumes and the aviation games. Here, you know you're walking into an airplane hangar where all the decor inside is about celebrating aviation, still with the classic Soarin' theme playing in the background.
Long time lurker, just binge read. Are you my spirit animal, because we’re basically the same?
I'm jealous of your Cars Land souvenir cup, it's adorable!
Such cute pics with Pluto!
No way, I didn't realize they had basically the same drink at DLR! Yum!!
That's really cool! A stark difference from the queue at Epcot, which looks kinda neat but has very little to do with the actual theme of the ride.
Aww Pluto! Also, I'm just noticing how cute your little backpack is.
This is awesome!
Sass. Love for theatre. You also got me hooked on Drag Race. There’s more!Hello Glad to see you've come out of hiding.
Omg WUT Me? A spirit animal? Well, idk. How the same?
Sass. Love for theatre. You also got me hooked on Drag Race. There’s more!
MY IMPACT. Aaaaahhh. I feel like a proud mom for getting you into Drag Race.