First in Park shift

Okay I had my first in park shift at DCA and lets say it was an interesting experience. I was suppose to be sheduled for Hollywood Pin Cart in Hollywood Backlot.

So I got to parking lot and parked my car and hour before I clocked in and thought I'd given myself enough time to figure out everything. So I go to costuming at Harbor Pointe and this is a new experience. For World of Disney, I am so use to get my costume underneath Grand California Hotel, and there you go to a window and the CM's there get the costume for you. For park shifts in Disneyland and DCA you have to get it yourself. Well I go up to a CM there and say unsure of my costume so they look it up and it says I need the Greeting California shirt and khaki pants. So the CM directed me to where they are and then I'm left to pull my own size.

So I get dressed and then realized I have no where to put my stuff. Once again at WOD we use clear lockers where you input a code to lock it. (You create your own each use). Well the lockers there use combination locks so I had to go ask about getting that one. And let me say I'm terrible at using combination locks for some reason so it took me a bit to figure it out so my stuff wouldn't get stuck in the lockers lol. So by time I put my stuff away. It somehow became like 5 mins are so 'till I clocked in. I was like oh crap. So I exit and had to figure out where DCA backstage entrance was which I figured on my own. But then I was lost and confused and some fellow CM's told me how to get to Gone Hollywood. So I finally get there and ended up late for my shift which ugh had a goal to avoid getting any points this month and was doing good too. :\

But anyways I go in the store and was directed to the backroom and the lead there told me I had the wrong shirt on but she let me clock in but I had to go back to costuming to get the correct one wich she showed me what it is. So walked back and got the right shirt, came back and by then it's like 3:30, 30 mins after my shift start. Terrible I know. But then they set me up in the system there and walked me to Pin Cart and all of a sudden could not log in over there. I was like great really? So after 10 more mins figuring out what to do, they finally put me in the outdoor kind of shop called Studio Store right across from the Muppet 3D show. Wasn't too bad there just wow the Hollywood Backlot is like dead man zone. Working over there reminded me when I worked at the Aquarium of Long Beach, and out back they had a store called Shark Shack in Shark Lagoon and that would be a dead zone during weekdays.

But yeah started off a little crazy but everyone was so nice including the leads in helping me out. And it helped that another CM I've worked with at WOD was in Studio w/ me for a little so someone to talk to. But hopefully if I get another in park shift it won't be this bad because I'd like to give it another try. Definitely a different atmosphere then being in Downtown Disney.

Now tomorrow morning I start my 2nd class, Leadership Speaker's Series class. Hope it's a good course and I learn something from hearing people from different lines of business share their stories.