cAST mEMBERS dAILY dIARY

[Don L Duck]

:hammer: This ? is for any cast member's out there from any park.Would any of you be willing to give us poor sap's stuck at home something to dream about.:zipit: My idea is can you give us a diary of sorts, tell us what you did today and if anything interesting happened.Just take us through your day:sohappy: Anything would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[Invero]

Let's see here... This is a typical Sunday at the Grand Floridian Monorail Station for me. It's a ROUGH day.

5:00am... Alarm goes off... mumble something about wanting to call sick
5:15am... cat starts licking my hair...
5:30am... roll out of bed, shower, and get ready for work
5:50am... Head out the door
6:00am... Clock in... (Ain't it grand living behind Cinderella Castle! No commute... hehe)
6:15am... Monorail 3 (coordinator) drives me out to Monorail Shop to pick up my train
6:30am... "10-4, I copy my rear strobe is 10-8, clear to MAPO override in forward out of shop to the north side of the chiller plant, hold and notify shop. Purple clear." (Monospeak for Yep, I'm bringin 'er out!)
6:45am... Do our morning MAPO checks (testing of the anti-collision system)
7:00am... Begin driving around in circles.
8:30am... Take my break with Minnie, Pluto, Cap'n Hook, and Mr Smee.
8:45am... Go chill on the platform with the guests. Open a gate or two... load/unload a wheelchair ("special door").
10:00am... Get back into my train, and drive around in circles.
11:15am... Go to lunch. But not with Pluto
12:00pm... Get back into my train, and drive around in circles.
1:15pm... My relief is finally here to take over.
1:30pm... Clock out.
1:45pm... I'm home

Such a stressful day... lol... it's fun though. Gotta love 'rails.

 

[2much2do]

Okay, I know to you it's all ho-hum, yada, yada, yada. But to me:

That was so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! :sohappy:

 

[mickeyman]

not to be rude but is working on the monorail one of the better paying jobs at disney or is it the same as if you worked in the parks. I've always wanted to be a monorail driver.

 

[Don L Duck]

:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy: Excellent ,thanks Monorail Pilot that was great:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by mickeyman
not to be rude but is working on the monorail one of the better paying jobs at disney or is it the same as if you worked in the parks. I've always wanted to be a monorail driver.

Transportation is a higher paygrade than most other departments at Disney.

 

[WDWCook]

exept for culinary

 

[tinkrbel]

Fantasia Boi thanks!!!

w0w I loved it ..thanks so much for that !! I hope more CM's will do post like that for us lowly people who dont live and work at the World.
and hey Mickeyman .. we would all love to be a monorail driver!!!! some of us would even clean up the ________ behind the horses if that was our only choice .. to name a job at WDW that you wouldnt do would be harder!!

 

[David]

Fantasia Boi,

I was wondering if seeing behind the scenes stuff as much as the public areas, does this lessen the magic to you. And you mentioned that you live behind the castle. Are there apartments for CM's? What's it like to be in the park when it has closed for the night and just the after hours crews are there, or have you been there then?

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by David
I was wondering if seeing behind the scenes stuff as much as the public areas, does this lessen the magic to you. And you mentioned that you live behind the castle. Are there apartments for CM's? What's it like to be in the park when it has closed for the night and just the after hours crews are there, or have you been there then?

I live in an apartment complex that is located off property, but right across the street from the MK Cast Parking/Disney University. Anyone could live here I suppose, but my guess is that 90% of us are cast members and family.

As for lessening the magic... I wouldn't say it lessens it. I still love Disney. I've driven through the streets of the MK in a van during after hours... actually, that was pretty cool... lol... But suffice to say, I've seen a lot of things that might "ruin" the magic. But instead, it just enhances it for me. It just amazes me what goes on in this magnificent place. And that is the true magic...