WDWCP97 Journal. Days 100-103.

Date: December 19-22, 1997 

Places: Marketplace, Pleasure Island, Hot Dog cart (Splash), Turkey Wagon, Magic Kingdom

People: Roommates, Vinny, Germane, Ryan, Will, Brian, Jamie, Cristina, Jeff, Dan, Jason, Holli, Kim, Erika, Ting

Sights: 8 Trax when it's 70s, full Spectromagic Parade, Veranda kitchen

Dining: leftover Wolfgang Puck, Dinosaurs, grilled cheese in Fantasyland

Lodging: Vista Way

Expenses: $13.25, $11.11 - Walgreens; $6.79 - Pooh Corner; $2.97 - Team Mickey; $47.49 - World of Disney

Friday I called in sick. What I did during the day isn't worth mentioning. Slept! I only left the house 2 times. 1 - to take in film & get Nyquil & get fries at Wendy's; 2 - to pick up film & get Diet Pepsi. Boring!

Saturday after work I decided to go to the Marketplace & find Vinny a present. Jamie was at the bus stop, so we went together. We shopped - I got the needed presents - then hit Pleasure Island. It was the last day we could go free any time. Despite being sick, it was fun. 8 Trax is so cool on non-Thursdays. The Beach Club DJ put a flood light on me after yelling "Kodak Moment!" when I took a picture of him. I could have died. Fun fact - I have since tracked down that DJ and we tweeted each other ... courtesy of freaking Radio Margaritaville! Small, small world! Jamie almost had that happen again with Panama. I love PI on a Saturday!

The Kodak Moment photo!

Sunday was my 1st day on Hot Dog cart.  It was so fun. I worked with Ryan (from Counter) & Germane at the base of Thunder Mountain, I got a bank (short $7) and it isn't that bad. 

This just means at the cart I was the one in charge of all the money. And we did all that in our heads. No calculators. No cash registers. Just me in a belt with cash in the pockets and my brain! Ryan and I always did the hot dog cart together. When we didn't have guests, or backstage, we would repeat our prices to each other just to drill it in. 2.25, 4.5, 6.75, 9....

NOT a skirt! So ridiculously comfortable.
So Fronteirland.

Jeff, who let me use his coat

After banking out I prepped turkey legs with Jeff (counter) & it was so cold. You are stuck in a cooler. BURR!!! I was layered in shirts and coats and gloves in that freezer! And they are NOT emu legs. They ARE turkey, I swear. I also took Yaritza's spot and puled turkey legs. Gross - but not as bad as I thought. That means I was taking them out of the warming display thing and handing them to customers. I loved seeing their faces when I wrapped it like an ice cream cone and handed it to them. Grown men instantly looked like little boys with big eyes, ready to dig in! 

I got to talk to Christine (my cousin) Saturday night. Everyone (my Oregon family versus Disney family) celebrated Christmas Sunday.

Monday was so much fun. Our cart was between Splash & Thunder Mountains. I was there with Ryan & Jeff. The band came & played - so we got to be the cool, perky Disney people. So you know that means over the top happy and getting guests to dance along with us. My bank was perfect! I am awesome, what can I say.

I did Turkey Wagon at night - got extended because the parade trapped me on the other side of the road. We ran out of legs, so all I had to do was run to Westward Ho to talk to Ting & Jason, talk to Erika (not CP), watch the parade, and eat stolen character cookies. I actually pocketed a box for me for home. Bad girl!

Oh my gosh, I cannot believe I did that! I was seriously The Good Girl there. Wow! I'm sure it was peer pressure, no way would I think to do that.

Only 3 pages left in my journal. This life changing experience is sadly approaching its end. Next time we meet.... it is Christmas!! And oh boy did I have a one of a kind Christmas experience!

 ~ See ya real soon! º0º ~