We moved to Kissimmee in 1989. We went over to Casting and meet a guy in the parking lot and he asks us, (Wife & I) if we are looking for work. Yes sir.
He takes us inside and gets us set up for interviews, than takes us over to the Poly. We meet the GM and the Executive Chef. They interview us and lock us into jobs before we even get interviewed at Casting.
I went to work in the main kitchen, restocking all the supplies used in the cafes and alike. I spent time down at the Luau, restocking the food for the show that night. I got to go over to DC3 and pick up fresh fruit. I picked up enough pineapple for every room at the hotel for the Hawaiian Kings Birthday Party.
One day they sent me over to Living Seas to get some fresh lobster. The EC goes in his office as he has a tank in there full of them he rolls up his sleeve reaches in and pulls out around 24. He pulls out this big one and looks at me and says," he stays here, he’s too big for you". I just laughed.
My shift started at 3am but I never grew tired of being at WDW, I had a blast.
My wife was to work at one of the cafe's, but all the Disney Day Care places had a waiting list for baby's. My youngest was only 3 months old at the time. Now 17. So she could not start. Well things did not work out so we ended up moving back to MN.
We always wished we would have stayed in Florida. We return when we can.
