Cast Wellness Walk

Disney has an amazing health and wellness program, and each year they host a Wellness Walk for Cast Members! This is simply a fun walk through the park to encourage everyone to exercise and stay healthy! This year, the walk was through the World Showcase in Epcot, and themed to Leap Day! The walk was before the park opened so we had to be there at 6:30 AM, but it was so much fun and definitely worth it! It was a great way to start the day!

Cast Member Wellness Walk 2016

Birthday Week

For the first time ever, I got to celebrate my birthday in Walt Disney World! It was definitely the best birthday I've had and the celebrations stretched over the course of a week! Here's some of the fun adventures from the week of my 22nd birthday!

My beautiful birthday button!

Dinner at Be Our Guest!

Professional Internship Networking Event

Tonight, Disney Internships hosted a networking event for all of the Spring Professional Interns. It was located at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. The event started off with a speaker who gave some advice about how to make the most of our internship experience. Then, we rotated throughout tables and got a chance to talk with some of the other interns. It was neat to hear about other people's experiences. I'm very close with the other sales and services interns that work with me, but at this event I got to talk with interns in areas such as engineering, animal programs, and operations. It definitely gave me the opportunity to learn about other areas of the company and see what other interns are experiencing in their roles. Overall, it was a great chance to network with fellow interns!

PI Networking Event at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort!

Park Venue Tours

Today was one of my favorite days of my internship so far! We got to tour all of the convention and event venues at the theme parks! We started off at Epcot, then went over to Animal Kingdom, and ended the day at Hollywood Studios. The venues include events such as fireworks viewing spaces, weddings, dinners, presentations, and park or area buyouts. We also got to tour some of the executive and corporate lounges at different attractions. It was so neat to see all of these exclusive places and learn how they turn different spaces into venues. I loved learning more about how we operate events on every type of scale, and seeing how visions are brought to life. It definitely gave me a better understanding of the process that Park Event Operations undergoes! Events play such a large role within conventions, and no one executes events better than Disney does!

Sorry for a lack of pictures with this post, but I was unable to take any while on the tour!

First Week of PI

My first week of work was wonderful! I felt so welcomed by my team. It was a week full of training, meetings, tours, and meeting new people. The first day started off with tours of my cubicle, floor, and the building, as well as the building nearby that we frequent. We had a lunch with my whole team at Olivia's at Disney's Old Key West Resort, which was so much fun! Then, we took a tour of the convention hotels on Disney property. The rest of the mornings were spent in various training classes. This was when we learned how to use all of the programs for our role. The classes were so helpful in showing us how to best utilize them for our roles. I also loved these parts of the days because I got to become good friends with some of the other interns in the Sales and Services department! Even after just one week, I can already tell that this role is going to provide me with such amazing opportunities. I am so grateful for this chance to grow and learn in such a wonderful department! Here are a few pictures from my first week of my Professional Internship!

Ready for my first day! 

Traditions

Today I had my Traditions, which is the orientation class that every single Cast Member takes on their first day! Even though I had already done Traditions for my DCP, I was still incredibly excited for today! Traditions is such a special experience, and I was looking forward to seeing it from a slightly different perspective this time, having already worked for the company before. I continuously got chills and teared up throughout the many videos that are incorporated into the class, from hearing messages from Walt Disney and Bob Iger, to seeing clips of families enjoying the magic of Disney.

Excited for Traditions Round 2!

Casting

Yesterday afternoon, I had my Professional Internship check-in at the Casting Center! This process was very similar to when I went through it for my DCP, but just as exciting! I did my background check, paperwork, and received my Traditions schedule. I also received the information for my first day of work at the office on Monday. I was so happy to begin the first step in my PI journey!! 

So happy to return to this beautiful Casting Center!

Ready for my Professional Internship check-in!