I'M BACK AT DISNEY, BABY.

I had Disney brainwashing Traditions on Tuesday! Lots of snore-inducing policy stuff, and a few sweet videos... but then I got my ID! WOO! FREE ADMISSION BRINGS THE WIN. Oh, and their sexual harassment video is TOTALLY the same one we watched at Half Price Books. XD And I got my work location... *drumroll* SPLASH MOUNTAIN! WOOOOOOOO!!!! I was totally excited, that's like my favorite ride in the park.

Soooo, had Wednesday off and took advantage of the new ID and played at MK! :D It felt AMAZING to be back there! I just wandered through the park for awhile, re-familiarizing myself with it all. I mainly went for the stuff I hadn't seen yet:

Mickey's Philharmagic: Cute, even though I'm not a big 3-D movie fan, it was well done. LOVED the fly through Agrabah! :D
Stitch's Great Escape: I love Stitch, but Alien Encounter was better. :P Was glad to see Skippy still around! The lack of intensity made it a bit of a snore for me, though.
Dream Along With Mickey: CUTE show. Cinderella's Surprise Celebration still reigns supreme in my mind, but the finale for this one is great. And the new articulated heads will take some getting used to.
Disney Dreams Come True Parade: That music is DAMN catchy! A pretty well-put-together parade! I think the only thing that could really have made it top Share a Dream Come True was if they put the show stops back in. Other than that, they're on par. Glad to see the princess float is all one big unit again! And OMG, Giselle pre-parade! Enchanted needs more love in the parks. I totally rocked out to "Ever Ever After" and took lots of pics.
Refurb'ed Haunted Mansion: LOVE. The new effects are great! I got stopped next to the bride for a minute or two, and she's FREAKY. I mean, even freakier than Disneyland's new bride. The endless staircase is cool, too!
Revamped Pirates: Revamp or no, WDW's still sucks in comparison to DL's.
Wishes: Beautiful show! It definitely pales in comparison to Remember, but it's a great show. It would have been even better if I hadn't had the most obnoxious, arguing, gigantic, loudmouth Brooklyn family in the entire world behind me. GRR. (For the record, my Disney fireworks hierarchy: Remember... Dreams Come True > Illuminations: Reflections of Earth > Believe in Holiday Magic > Believe... There's Magic in the Stars > Wishes > Imagine... A Fantasy in the Sky > Fantasy in the Sky)

And of COURSE, I had to go say hi to Mickey! He was AWESOME, and doted on me a lot when I told him I moved back here just for him. I took LOTS of photos! All located here! (It feels so good to be able to load up my Smugmug page with Disney theme park photos again! :p)

I had my MK orientation yesterday, and got out to my work area in the afternoon! It was like a day of getting paid to go on rides. (Two at MK orientation, and then Big Thunder and Splash as part of my Frontierland orientation) And holy crap, they've moved EVERYTHING around at MK! It's like having to relearn backstage! Entertainment costuming moved, labor operations moved into Ent. costuming's old space, the Adventureland/Frontierland base doesn't exist anymore, Property Control has a real building now instead of the ghetto tent, main costuming has ITS OWN FREAKIN' BUILDING now out at West Clock, and you can actually take your costumes home from MK now. At least the locker room, Mouseketeria, and Frontierland haven't moved! XD It's all coming back to me, though - it's much easier getting around when I already know my way around the tunnels and won't get hopelessly lost again. ;) (although now there is a map on the wall down there like every 50 feet so people don't get lost anymore, LOL)

I was gonna go to the Block Party Bash cast preview last night, but it was POURING, so I stayed home 'cause I figured it'd get canceled anyways. But I'm really curious how WDW's version is going to compare to DL's, and what they've had to change to fit within all the Actor's Equity Association regs here. I'll have to check it out once it opens! (I think a bunch of days at Studios coming up are blocked out to CMs, though, because of the holiday and the new show)

Sunday morning I start training at Splash! Eep! And what's more... according to CDS, I'm working mandatory 7 days next week. ILU, DOUBLE-TIME! XD I've never gotten double-time before because they NEVER let us get it on my CP. So I'm psyched. XD

(And apologies, to those who weren't on my f-list five years ago and who aren't CMs, if I lapse into Cast Member speak and acronyms. Old habits die hard. ;))

And one a totally random note: White killer whale! too cool! Reminds me a bit of Chimo. (Was Chimo a full albino? I don't THINK so, but I don't recall for sure)