Turtle Talk

Today was all about Turtle Talk with Crush. This is the highlight of the pavilion and as far as I'm concerned one of the best attractions in all of the parks. It's a live show where the little ones can interact with Crush, the sea turtle from Nemo. Now when I say interact I mean really interact, its very Kids say the Darnedest Things-Esq. Crush really talks and asks and answers questions. It's so cool, and very funny, very well done. We got to watch the shows for about an hour, which is very entertaining, kids are never boring. Then we went around and started to learn all of the positions at the show. In the one role you basically answer questions and interact with guests, which is fun, but I'm still a little shy about it. It's hard to jump in, especially when there's a bunch of other people watching. This is where I have the spiel to learn, I've got it down I think, and then I can assist Crush with the show which I think is the best job of all.

Then we went over the test, oh yes there is a test you have to pass in order to be able to run anything. We only went over part of it, but I did well on that part, the rest comes tomorrow. Also tomorrow Travis is going to let us try a Turtle Talk show if we get the spiel memorized, so needless to say I was doing it before I even got home.

We also got to go on a tour of the aquarium. It was so cool, I remember going in as a kid and just staring at all the animals. I got to see the manatees up close, the coolest part. We couldn't see the dolphins because they were doing some kind of training, but we got to see the entire aquarium from the top. We were visiting just before feeding time so a lot of the animals were coming up to the surface which made for some great views. I also got to see some baby stingray. The girl gave us so much information, which I loved hearing, but there's no way I'm going to remember any of it, at least not well enough to inform others if they have questions. Luckily we have specialists around until 5:00 every day, so at least for the busy times I've got help.

The highlight of my day, however was the very beginning. I got to participate in the rope drop ceremony. The characters come out and mingle with the crowd, then they send off the family of the day in one of the Test Track vehicles. Now all of the attractions cast members (anyone who isn't needed to run the ride) in future world have gathered in the area and mingle with the guests. Then we count down and let everyone in. The main purpose of this is because about 95% of the people who are standing in that line are going to Soarin and they don't want anyone getting hurt by people running. So we walk over to our stations and the crowd follows the soarin cast members over to the ride. They of course play some of that classic Disney music to welcome everyone. It was just very overwhelming. I mean, I can't believe that I really am here doing this, it still hasn't hit me. I'm not sure when it will.

But I am very excited, I have a great group of people working with me, everyone seems to get along great and they're all a lot of fun. The people at the other attractions are also great. I haven't met a bad person yet, which pleases me very much. You walk through the backstage areas and everyone smiles and says hi. It's such an amazing environment. What other job lets you create magic?

I am pretty excited because I get to sleep in a little tomorrow. I dont work until 1:15, so that will be nice. But then it's 7:30 for the next 2 days, so I'll have to enjoy it while I get it.

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Cosmic Rays Cafe in Tomorrowland of Magic Kingdom

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