Disney History and Traditions

Walt Disney said "You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world. . but it requires people to make the dream a reality." Yesterday March 10 I went to orientation or what Disney calls Traditions, the class that every single cast member at Disney goes through. We learned about how we are expected to work at Disney and the values we have to uphold. As cast members our common goal is that we create happiness by providing the finest in entertainment for people of all ages everywhere. We got to take a tour of Magic Kingdom and pick out other cast members that were demonstrating that goal, but the neat thing was how we got to Magic Kingdom. We rode a bus that took us to the back of Disney property, past where they keep the Christmas decorations, and we went through the underground tunnels. It's like a whole other world down there and you can get to any of the parks. We stood in the middle of the tunnel system and we were under the castle. I saw the entrance to Cinderella's Royal Table, where I will be working. We went out a secret door and ended up on Main Street in front of the castle and walked through the rain on a tour. Then when we went back to the orientation room Mickey came and welcomed us to the Disney family, he brought our name tags for us, and when he was leaving he was shaking people's hands and he came up and kissed my hand! Then we talked about the history of Disney, I won't go into all that but I will say some of the important ones. Mickey Mouse was born Nov. 18, 1928; Disneyland Park was opened July 17, 1955; Walt Disney World Resort was opened Oct. 1, 1971; Epcot Oct. 1, 1982; Tokyo Disneyland April 15, 1983; Disney Hollywood Studios May 1, 1998; Animal Kingdom April 22, 1998; Disney Cruise Line July 30, 1998; Hong Kong Disneyland Sep. 12, 2005.
That was interesting to hear all about that. I got my training schedule for Saturday I train 8 hours and Sunday I train 4 hours. I'm excited!