Today was my first official training at the EPCOT theme park where I will be working for the next 5 months. It was exciting to clock in for the first time and see the back stage areas of my new home away from home. In this "Introduction to EPCOT" class we were given a tour of the park, a lesson in it's history and Walt's original Dream for it (it was actually suppose to be a real live, living, breathing, working community; not a theme park,) and what the mission is for the park and how it is to provide to it's guests. This tour was a lot of fun and very interesting. If anyone had any uncertain feelings about working in this park, they were soon done away with and replaced with some extreme park pride! Working in, literally, the Heart of Disney World is a really cool place to be.
While participating in discovery day we ventured out into the park itself, rode some rides, cheered for the marathon runners that were making their way through the parks (Disney holds an annual Half Marathon and Marathon once a year through it's parks) and then walked to the geographical center of the Walt Disney World Resort where, with the large crescendo of music that resonated throughout the entire park, we were welcomed into the EPCOT family and cheered for by the entire park community. It was a really cool feeling as we all stood there in our new home.
The exciting part of this day, other than all of the little surprises that they had in store for us here, was that I was able to find out just exactly where i was working! I am joining the team under the sea in The Seas aquarium in the east side of the park. here, in this large 5+ million gallon tank are the two attractions that I will be working with, one is "The Seas with Nemo" in a cute little sit down ride where the guest is taken through the aquarium in search for Nemo who has wandered off again, getting to see all their favorite friends from the movie Finding Nemo, and I will also be working with the show "Turtle Talk with Crush" which is an interactive show for guest to sit down and enjoy a few minutes with Crush the Turtle, asking him questions and answering a few of his own. This show is actually really really cute and I am excited to work with it because the little kids just get so excited when they participate in it. It's a lot of fun.
My Training starts on Tuesday the 12th and I can't wait to see and learn just what I will be doing in this area. It's a lot to learn and take in, but I'm up to the challenge!
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