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A Butler's Diary



5/15- Brandy and I drove from New Orleans to Orlando. I start work at Pirates tomorrow, and my training at Haunted Mansion begins early Wednesday morning.

5/16- I had to get a new nametag because I unfortunately left my old one in New Orleans. So for the next two weeks, I am "Steve" from Pennsylvania. It felt great to get back to work at Pirates. I saw some of my friends at work. There were a couple of new additions to Pirates since the rehab: downramp is less steep, pigs oink the song, captain on ship is more animated, new head on animatronic figure in the burning city scene, treasure in treasure scene is more elaborant, also there is a special section by Pirates for people to smoke. I closed Unload.

5/17- My first day training at Mansion was this morning. I had the greatest time. My trainer, Josh Young, is the best trainer. I got to see everything backstage at Mansion. I went through each station in the rotation. Mansion is an easy ride to learn. I also really like my Mansion character. Not smiling is wonderful. My guests were really amused by my character. After work, I went swing dancing at the Boardwalk Hotel's Atlantic Dance.

5/18- Today was my second day of training at Mansion. I basically went through all the rotations today. Tomorrow morning is my check out day at Mansion. I went to Pleasure Island with some of my friends after work.

5/19- I checked out at Mansion this morning. It was very easy and painless. It only took three hours, and I got the rest of the day off.

5/20- The Magic Kingdom was really crowded today. I worked at Pirates, and I picked up a night time parade shift. I found out today that I have some high seniority at Pirates because most of the people that have been there a while have transferred to other places. Most of the pirates are newly trained which gives me some high seniority. Working the night time parade was fun as usual. I tried to convince kids that Peter Pan is the bad guy and Captain Hook is the good guy. I think I won in most cases. I also tried to convince them that I am as big as Gaston. They laughed hard. I did cartoon impersonations, some funny dances, and cartwheels. I had the job of clipping ropes together and Hall of President's crosswalk.

5/21- Today was my first day at Mansion after my training. Everything went smoothly. It was a lot of fun. I closed the Load 1 station.

5/22- Guests kept on making me smile and laugh today. They would come up to me and say,"Hey Steve, Bye Steve!" I thought it was pretty funny. Also some of my own jokes made me laugh. I closed the Unload station.

5/23- It was a very hot day in my Mansion costume. I find it really easy to keep a straight face no matter what the guests say to me. I really love my mansion character. I went to Jungle Jims with my friends after work.

5/24- Today was a very long and exhausting day. People fell on the loading belt several times today. One of the old ladies that fell grabbed a very important body part of mine for support, OUCH! I got to run a mat intrusion. The International College Program started their training at Mansion today. I went swing dancing after work.

5/25- Pay Day! I received a very nice check. I told a funny Ghostbuster joke, and I had to break my chracter face. I closed Unload again.

5/26- I bought a pair of sunglasses for work. I had lunch with Bonnie at Wolf Gang Puck's. The Magic Kingdom overflooded with guests. This was very unexpected so Mansion was short staffed. A girl carrying her full cup of lemonade slushy slipped on the loading belt, and she dumped her slushy all over me. I had a great Mansion face the rest of the night because of that event.

5/27- I worked a double today. The first half of the day took place at Pirates. It was exhausting because I had to key the bottom and the top of the downramp three times. My second shift of the day took place at Mansion. A miscomunication with bumps in rotation caused me to accidently lock sixty people in stretch. OOPPS! I went to Denny's with my friends after work. I picked up a lot of overtime this week so I can't wait to see my check for next week.

5/28- I worked parade tonight. A guest filed a complaint against me because I told her to drag her body behind the tape. I was in Mansion character. My manager, Bernie, made me feel really happy because he thought that he was going to have to be in the parade so he put me in charge of getting everyone where they were suppose to be. He basically told me that I would run the show. Well He ended up not being in the parade so I lost my responsibilities, but it felt great to know that he counted on me and believed in me to get the job done.

5/29- (Memorial Day) The park was unexpectedly dead today. My New Orleans nametag finally came in. I went to a party after work.

5/30- (E-ticket night) It was a very long day and night. I worked Mansion for a few hours, and then I was pulled to Pirates.

5/31- I worked parade tonight. I clipped on the Diamond Horseshoe side, and I worked the Diamond Horseshoe crosswalk. I went swing dancing after work. A lot of people showed up at Atlantic Dance. I watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure at my friend Erin's apartment.

6/01- Pay Day! I received a very nice check for last week. I worked a little over 60 hours last week. Kids ruled the Magic Kingdom today. I closed unload at Mansion.

6/02- I worked a double at Mansion. It was E-Ticket night. I worked the night time parade. The "big ebay winner" pulled stretches at Mansion. The ebay winner won a charity auction with a prize of being a cast member for a day. The auction went for almost ten thousand dollars. I pulled a stretch and to my surprise I saw Kyle Berner, someone who I went to high school with. He is working with the WDW college program. I pulled a tretch with one of the Kids From the Hall and Sandra Bernhardt. I closed Load2.

6/03-6/10 Family Cruise

6/11- The Magic Kingdom was not very crowded today. It rained a lot. I was called in early to work at Pirates because two people called in sick. I closed Load.

6/12- The park was really crowded today. The new disabilities passes came out today. I closed Tower. A family thought that the entrance of Pirates was the exit from the park. I signed an autograph. I went to a great party after work.

6/13- I went to Orlando Ale House for lunch with Bonnie, Bonnie Lou, Brandy, and Ryan. Ryan did his interview at Casting today. My aunt, uncle, cousin, and Bonnie all visited me at work. I closed Load 2 at Mansion.

6/14- Ryan had his Traditions class today. My "Nawlins" nametag arrived today. I worked at Pirates. I closed Tower. I went to Atlantic Dance with my friends after work.

6/15- I went to a Property Control sale. I bought an Indiana Jones leather hat and a present for Lisa. I got my haircut. A woman got stuck in the boat at Pirates so we had to go "101". I closed Turnstiles. I got a big group of people to hang out at Pleasure Island.

6/16- I closed Tower. The reason that I have been at Pirates for the next 2 weeks is because management didn't record that I was trained at Mansion. This will be corrected on the schedule three weeks from now.

6/17- We had two perm greeters today! I closed Tower yet again. I got a really nice show while sitting in Tower. LSU wins the College World Series! Yay!

6/18- I finally worked at Mansion again. I saw my friend from LSU, Toby, when I was at Load 1.

6/19- Lisa arrived in Orlando. I worked both parades. The parades were fun because I convinced guests that Captain Hook was the good guy. I used a guest to help me clear the streets and crosswalks. People took tons of pics of me. I went to a kick ass party.

6/20- Lisa and I watched Austin Powers 2 on dvd. She picked up an E-ticket shift at Haunted Mansion. I closed Turnstiles at Pirates.

6/21- I picked up Wayne from the airport. I worked at both parades. Lisa, Jen, and Greg had the parade shift also. I went to a party. We played the UNO drinking game.

6/22- Wayne, Greg, and I went to Animal Kingdom and EPCOT all day today. We went to Pleasure Island at night.

6/23- Wayne, Greg, and I went to Disney MGM Studios and the Magic Kingdom. I picked up my high pay check. It was for working seventy hours last week. It rained heavily all day. Lisa and I worked Mansion and both parades. I clipped at parade. I went to Brandy's party after work.

6/24- It rained again today. I switched with someone to get a parade shift for tonight. I clipped again. Wayne worked at Mansion. Today is his last day in Orlando. The whole gang went to Jungle Jim's after work.

6/25- I worked both parades. I stantioned the Diamond Horseshoe side. I signed a little over twenty autographs at the first parade. The kids were fighting in line for my autograph. I felt so loved. Lisa and I hung out at Downtown Disney after work.

6/26- A pirate stored guests at storage in tonight. This is a major offense. I worked both parades. I clipped. I signed an autograph and added www.ebay.com in the bottom right hand corner so that they know where they can sell it. I received a Guest Service Fanatic award from Bernie(manager) for seeking out guest contact.

6/27- Lisa and I played in the Magic Kingom. It was a rainy day. I worked both parades. The first parade was rained out. I rolled for the first time. The roller is the guy that straps the big metal harness on his chest and rolls the ropes for the parade. I found out today that I won Adlibs weekly trivia contest. The question was "Name one chracter in Animal Kingdom's It's Tough to Be a Bug that wasn't in A Bug's life." My answer was Chili(the spider that shoots poisonous quills). I also guessed the Termitenator(the termite that shoots acid). My prize was a meal for two at Pecos Bill's restauraunt in Frontierland.

6/28- Ryan, Lisa, and I spent a great day together hanging out at Disney MGM Studios. We had a lot of fun. Lisa and Ryan rode Rockin Roller Coaster for the first time. They really liked it. There will be a big surprise for Friday's entry. Lisa and I went swing dancing.

6/29- Lisa and I went to the Magic Kingdom to pick up our pay checks. We then went to Property Control, and then to Animal kingdom for the rest of the day. At night, we went to Pleasure Island.

6/30- I worked at the TOWER OF TERROR! I had a blast. I was a perm runner. The perm runner's job is to take people down to unload in a regular elevator if they are too scared to go on the ride. I lost my keys somewhere at Disney MGM Studios. Bonnie and David were extremely helpful for picking my car up from the parking lot. I had to take the bus and then the monorail to the Magic Kingdom because I picked up a parade shift. I worked parade with Lisa

7/1- I worked both parades. I clipped. It was a very long day!

7/2- Lisa and I went to see the movie Dinosaur. We went to lunch at Wolf Gang Puck's Express. I closed Turnstiles at Pirates. A big group of people went to Orlando Ale House after work.

7/3- I worked at the Mansion for the first time in a long time. I got to work with Lisa. It was a E-Ticket night which means the park was opened until 2 AM. I got off of work at 2:45. Vanna White was in one of my stretch rooms. I closed Load2 and Load1. I scared the last two guests so much that they ran all the way down the unload belt and out the building.

7/4- (Independence Day!) It was a very long day. I worked the day time parade. Lisa and I were in charge of the Riverwalk section at parade. Guests were very impatient nad mean to us. They didn't understand why we were telling them to move from in front of the crowd that had waited for over an hour to see the parade. I then went to Mansion to work for two hours. I took my skeleton prop from the Madame Leota's Cart through the rotation with me. Guests loved the prop. I was pulled from Mansion to work firework crowd control and night time parade. It rained like crazy, and I had to get a change of clothes. I got a super greeter costume to wear for the rest of the night. Firework crowd control was completely out of control. Main street and the castle closed complete down for two hours. The only exit out of the park was backstage in Tomorrowland. The cast members in Tomorrowland sent all the guests to Liberty Square because they were clueless to where the exit was located. The crowds were very impatient and mean to the cast members in my area. A Disney Security guard was even called at one occassion. I have never been called so many obscenities while at Disney in my entire life. The first parade had around 40,000 people in attendance. I clipped.

7/5- I had the day off. Lisa and I hung out at the Florida mall. Lisa got a Guest Service Fanatic Card for her oustanding performance at parade. I went to a party at night.

7/6- Today is Lisa's half birthday. I bought a chocolate chip cake. We went to Pleasure Island.

7/7- Lisa and I worked parade. I rolled for the riverside. The second parade was cancelled so Lisa and I had to clear the streets for a half an hour. We went to a late movie, Scary Movie. The movie was hysterical.

7/8- I received some packages in the mail of items that I won off EBAY. I met Gina, the woman who sold me the Captain Hook pocket watch, at Downtown Disney. Her family was extremely nice. I closed Tower at Pirates. A big group went to Orlando Ale House after work.

7/9- I was scheduled a long shift for today at Mansion. There were a lot of Brazilian tour groups today. Someone opened up an umbrella in one of my friend's stretch room. I ripped a gigantic hole in my pants when i was doing a ride through. I slipped and ended up doing a split between two doombuggies. I closed Load2. We went to IHOP after work.

7/10- Another long day at work. I signed two autographs. I closed Tower at Pirates

7/11- I worked both night time parades. I clipped riverside. I signed five autographs, and I got a Guest Service Fanatic Card for fixing three ropes that broke during parade. Lisa and I watched Sleepy Hollow after work.

7/12- It was a long day. There were a lot of Brazilian tour groups today. I worked at both Mansion and Pirates. Mansion's singing bust were completely rehabbed over night. They actually look like singing busts now. They are projected digitally now. I closed Load at Pirates. Erin had a big party after work.

7/13- I went to Property Control, and then I went to the Magic Kingdom to pick up my pay check. Bonnie and I ordered pizza, and we played LSU Monopoly. I won of course.

7/14- I heard someone say, "there he is mom I told you he would be here." I turned around and saw two little girls saying , "hi Steven." They asked me if I remembered them from last summer. I was speechless. I must have really made an effect on this family for these two little girls to remember me from last year. I closed Turnstiles at Pirates. Lisa and I went to Bennigan's for our 5th month anniversary.

7/15- Today was a really funny day at Mansion. I scared a lot of people. I went to Disney MGM Studios to turn in my Tower of Terror costume, and I found my car keys that I lost a couple of weeks ago.

7/16- I got two rolls of film developed. Lisa's dad came into town. He took me and Lisa to lunch. It was another funny/scarey day at Mansion today. The rotations were really long. I scared a girl really bad so she took a swing at me; I ducked.

7/17- Today was a funny day at Pirates. The guests were rude today so the Pirate cast members had to make up for the rudeness by being fun. A guests with a motorized wheel chair got passed me at Turnstiles, and took the chain down so that she could get to the ride. When she got to the ride she was told about her mistake. Jennifer had to drive the chair all the way back through the crowded line. It was funny to see her drive that chair. When the people with the chair got off the ride, they wanted me to bring the chair to them. RIGHT! Tower performed unload speil voice overs. My Aunt Debbie, Uncle Dave, and my two cousins(Alyssa and Evan) visited me at Pirates. I went to a party after work

7/18- I closed Tower. Lisa perm greeted at Swiss Family Robinson Tree House. She was scheduled to perm greet at Pirates, but she was pulled to tree. We went to Steak N' Shake after work. Our tables' meals were free because our waiter dropped the tray of shakes on one of my friend's head. The waiter took everything off our table's bill excpet for Lisa's meal, but then we talked him out of it.

7/19-I had the day off. I went to Tampa with Lisa nd her dad. We stayed with Lisa's aunt Nancy.

7/20- Lisa, her dad, and I spent a long but fabulous day at EPCOT and Disney MGM Studios.

7/21- Lisa and I worked the night time parades. I rolled the Diamond Horshoe side. I had a great section for the first parade. My section cheered my name so I did some dance moves for them.

7/22- I received the greatest email regarding a message post about me. A mother ,from a family that I entertained at one of the parades, left a nice message about me on aol's disney message board. I would like to give a nice shout out to Cole, Reid, and Mark. Lisa and I visited with her cousins, uncle, and dad. We both worked at Mansion. I scared a girl and she told me that she was going to tell the President of the United States on me.

7/23- I had a great day off. Lisa and I went to Disney Quest. Pirates of the Caribbean "Quest for Bucaneer Gold" was the best ride there. We went on it twice. Lisa was the Captain of our ship, and we beat the Pirate boss in the end. We were named "Kings of the Caribbean."

7/24- Lisa and I both worked at Mansion today. I got pulled from parade. Michael Jackson was at the Magic Kingdom the past two days. Rob Zombie went on Mansion, but I didn't get to see him. I borrowed the skeleton($75) from Madame Leota's Cart to play with at Greeter. A guests actually bought one after he saw me with the skeleton. We went to T.G.I. Friday's after work. Stay away from the milk shakes because they are really small!

7/25- I closed Turnstiles at Pirates. Jen, Ray, and I took pictures on Pirates after the park closed.

7/26- Rotation at Pirates was great today. I closed Turnstiles. A group went to Atlantic Dance after work.

7/27- I felt sick this morning. I opened Turnstiles at Pirates. I got to participate in the rope drop ceremony. I picked up my paycheck. My parents arrived in Orlando. Lisa and I went to Pleasure Island. We saw Michael Jackson at Virgin Megastore.

7/28- I had lunch with my family at Orlando Ale House. My mom and dad went with me and Bonnie to Property Control. We found several good deals at Property Control. The best find was a one of a kind Haunted Mansion collectible. I worked the night time parade. Lisa and I went to Erin's house to watch a movie after work.

7/29- No tax week began. Lisa and I went shopping with my family all day long. I started reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. We went to a great scary movie, "What Lies Beneath," after shopping.

7/30- I went to the Florida mall with my family. After the mall, I worked at Mansion and the night time parades. I rolled. A woman accidently headbutted me at Mansion because she got scared by another castmember. I got a guy to come out from the crowd at parade to sing a song. He sang "Mickey Mouse Club." A group of us went to IHOP after work. I finished reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

7/31- My parents, Lisa, and I went to Jungle Jim's for lunch. Pirates went "101" for twenty minutes while I was in Tower. A boat got stuck twice in the Dungeon scene. Lisa and I hung out at Erin's apartment after work.

8/1- Congratulations to Scott and Racheal! Scott is now the father of a precious baby girl, Lillian Elizabeth Ripple. The whole family is really excited. So when is Lily's first trip to Walt Disney World? My family, Lisa, and I went to a Chinese Buffet for lunch. We went to Disney MGM Studios after lunch. After hanging out at Studios, we went to the Boardwalk hotel and the Grand Floridian.

8/2- Lisa and I had a great day off. We spent the day at Blizzard Beach. We then went to Winter Summerland miniature golf course to see what it looked like. The golf course is great we are going to go there later this week. To top this great day off, Lisa and I had a great dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.

8/3- Today was the Magic Kingdom's Cast Celebration(Party for Magic Kingdom employees). The free gift was a pin. I scared a woman by doing my Mansion face at Pirates. She got so scared that I almost felt as if she was going to fall out of the boat and into the water. Today was a terrible day for the Magic Kingdom. Pirates of the Caribbean had to be evacuated because a guests shot pepper spray throughout the attraction. I was lucky enough to be the one that put on waders and got in the water to push boats throughout the attraction. I have always wanted to do this. I joked around with the guests as I pushed their boats backwards. Jennifer Knight nominated me for an AdLib acheivement award for entertaining the guests during the evac. Pirates was shutdown for about 2 hours. At the same time, Jungle Cruise, Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, the Riverboat, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, Dumbo, the Barnstormer, Astro Orbiter, the Speedway, and the main Street Electrical parade were all shutdown due to a terrible thunderstorm.

8/4- I got my haircut. I found a red Pirate wig in Tower so I decided to wear it for three rotations. It looked really funny. Pirates had another evacuation today, and yes I was in the water yet again. There was an Automatic Power Disconnect so the breakers had to be reset. Pirates went down again tonight because the loading belt's motor was burning up. I closed Turnstiles. Erin, Lisa, and I went to Bennigan's after work.

8/5- Lisa perm greeted at the Tomorrowland Transit Authority. I worked at Pirates and the night time parade. I had a great moment at work. A guy in his early 20s came up to me and started talking to me in pirate lingo, and then he asked me if I remember him from New Year's Eve. It was the "Pirate of the Day" from New Year's Eve. Flashback: He was the first guest to ride Pirates of the Caribbean after midnight on New Year's Eve. So he is actually the first guest of the millenium. He was in a wheelchair at the time. His whole party was wearing Pirates of the Caribbean shirts. They came to Disney on New Year's Eve just so they could be the first Pirate guests of the new millenium. The Pirate girls that worked at the gift shop gave him a hat that said "Pirate of the Day." He told me that it was the best moment of his life, and that he has a Mickey picture frame that has pictures from that event. I am featured on the "I" in Mickey. Its great to know that someone loves the Pirates of the Caribbean ride as much as I do. Lisa and I went to a really late movie after work, Nutty Professor 2.

8/6- Lisa and I both worked the Main Street Electrical Parade. I brought a sword out to the parade route, and I dueled with several kids. I rolled Diamond side.

8/7- I was scheduled a very long day at Pirates. Lisa perm greeted at the Hall of Presidents. She had a blast, and she even got to do a spiel. My ultimate dream came true when I got to take a picture with Captain Hook while I was in my Pirate costume. Mr. Smee was shocked that I didn't want him in the picture. The picture came out fabulous. We both worked parade. I rolled Diamond side. The crosswalks were exrremely busy. We went to Bennigan's after work. I got a roll of film developed.

8/8- It was another long day at Pirates. I worked parade tonight. I rolled Diamond side. The crosswalks were busy again tonight. Lisa worked E-Ticket at Mansion.

8/9- I worked at Mansion, Pirates, and the night time parade today. Lisa worked at Mansion and parade with me. I saw Dennnis Miller when I was at Mansion, and I also saw him on the bridge. He clapped for me after the parade. I rolled Diamond side.

8/10- Today was my last day at Pirates and parade. I decided that I would wear the purple shirt and red vest costume istead of the red shirt and orange vest costume that I wore all summer. I rolled Diamond side. The whole gang went to Pleasure Island after work.

8/11- Lisa and I had a great day off. We played miniature golf at Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland. We both had really good scores. Lisa won a free drink at Fantasia Gardens for getting a hole-in-one on "the hole of the day." I won a free drink at Winter Summerland for landing "the hole of the day" at their course. After golfing, we went to Disney's All Star Movie resort for lunch. We then visited The Dixie Landings and Port Orleans resort. Our friend Erin had a great party. It was a fabulous day off.

8/12- Lisa and I had lunch at the Dixie Landings resort. We went swimming at the Port Orleans pool. We went to dinner with Bonnie and David at Chevys. After dinner, we went to a movie, Space Cowboys.

8/13- Today was my last day at Mansion. I had a great last day. I scared the crap out of everybody. Speaking of that, a guests decided to let his son use the trash can by load 2 as a restroom. Thanks a lot! I closed stretch. We went to Bennigan's after work.

8/14- As of today, Lisa and I have officially been going out for six months. Congratulations to us. We spent the whole day at the Magic Kingdom, and we both wore Mickey ear hats with our names embroidered on the back of them. We had dinner at Tony's Town Square on Main Street. We are driving back to New Orleans tomorrow. It was truly a magcial last day in Orlando.

12/9- I am back in Orlando. I got a speeding ticket on the way here, DOH!!!! I went to the Magic Kingdom to pick up my WDW ID.

12/10- I spent my day off hanging out with Bonnie.

12/11- I went to work early so that I could see some of my friends that I hadn't seen in months. It was really good to see them again. I worked at the Haunted Mansion during the Very Merry Christmas Party. I was pulled to parade. The parade was a Christmas parade. I rolled on the riverside, and it was the most strenous roll that I have ever had to do. The rolling challenge made the parade a lot of fun. The Christmas parade had some of the best Disney floats that I have ever seen. My favorite was a float entitled the S.S. Disney. The float was a big steamboat with all of the characters from Song of the South and a brass band. They sang a song about a Cajun Christmas. It was nice seeing Brer Rabbit on the parade route for a change. After the parade I went through a few rotations at Mansion. Mansion had a few changes while I was away. Mansion now has fast pass even though it does not need it. There is now a well in front of Mansion which themes the fast pass return line. A coffin and a pumpkin themes the standby line. Mansion has a new roatation system called Deployment. Basically the computer controls whether a castmember is going to have a good night or a bad night. The deployment computer's name is Barney because like the purple dinosaur it annoys everyone and everybody hates it. Barney was dead today so we had regular rotation.

12/12- I opened up Pirates for the first time ever. I had to be at work for seven o'clock. All I had to do was trun off all the work lights, start the ride, and walk the building. The only new change at Pirates is two "stay in the boats" safety signs in each row of the boats. I extended to close Pirates. I picked up my Christmas gift at Magic Kingdom personel today. It was a boxed pin set. I was able to trade it on the internet for a Haunted Mansion pin boxed set.

12/13- I opened Pirates for the second day in a row. Lisa arrived in Orlando. Yay!! We went to Bennigan's for dinner. After dinner, we went to Erin and Lisa's apartment to hnag out and play Atari.

12/14- I worked at both Pirates and Mansion today. My Mansion shift was during the Very Merry Christmas Party. Mansion's deployment, Barney, was very nice to me today. He kept giving me breaks. I scared a girl at Mansion really bad, and the whole stretch room clapped and chanted my name. It was pretty funny. I got trained at Fast Pass and Deployment.

12/15- I worked the Christmas Party again. Barney was good to me once again. He kept giving me the good rotation.

12/16- I worked a mid day shift at Mansion. I put on one of the Haunted Mansion masks, the one with the long beard, when I was at Greeter. I stood like a statue and freaked everyone out when I sarted moving around. I signed an autograph while I was wearing the mask, Steven the ghost, #1,000, Happy Haunting. My friend Chris Bardsley arrived in Orlando. Me, Lisa, Erin, and Chris went to see the Emperor's New Groove. It was a hillarious movie.

12/17- Me, Lisa, and Boonie went to the Florida Mall to shop for a dress for Lisa. We rented a couple of movies.

12/18- I changed shifts with my firend Dayle so that I could got to my sister's department christmas party. I worked at Pirates. There was another Splash Mountain Entrapment. Bonnie's party was a lot of fun. It was held at the Disney's Yacht Club's convention center The food was outstanding. The food showcased were eggrolls, crab cakes, sweet and sour chicken, and roast. Everybody at the party received play money to gamble at the little casino at the party. For every 20,000 dollars won, the gambler received a raffle ticket. I played the slots and Craps. Bonnie won an Eyore watch in the raffle.

12/19-I switched shifts so that I could get off of work in time for Adlib's Christmas party. I worked at Pirates. Guests would not listen to me today. Lisa and Jennifer started their training at Jungle Cruise today. They had a blast. After work, we went to the Christmas party. Lisa had the best dress at the party:) It was a great time. Lisa and I danced most of the time. The party was held at Epcot's Living Seas.

12/20- I picked up a shift at Mansion today. Barney was not so nice today. I was at Load 1 and Unload(two worst positions) forever. I went to Property Control after work. I found a lot of great things there.

12/21- I worked at Pirates. It was very cold.

12/22- I worked at Pirates. It was very cold.

12/23-12/26 Christmas in New Orleans.

12/27- Lisa and I went to Disney MGM Studios. We had lunch at the Sci-Fi Dine In. It was a very nice meal. I worked at Pirates tonight. Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith came on the ride at Pirates. I closed Tower at Pirates.

12/28- Today was a very long day. I worked a double at Mansion. I felt sick. Barney was not very nice to me. It was a very cold and rainy night.

12/29- I worked a double today. My first shift was at Mansion, and my second shift was at Pirates. I closed Pirate Tower. My good friend Greg arrived in Orlando tonight. Lisa, Jen, Greg, and I went to our friend Alvey's place after work. We watched a couple of dvds. LSU defeated Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl. GEAUX TIGERS!!!

12/30- Saints defeat the Rams, 31-28, in their first playoff victory ever. It was a very cold night. I closed Pirates Turnstiles. The gang went to Bennigan's tonight after work.

12/31- (New Year's Eve) I worked a night shift at Pirates. I called Disneyland's Pirates to wish them a Happy New Year and to see how long their line was. I talked to Disneyland's Pirates for almost an hour. The Magic Kingdom's fireworks went off and the new year began. I closed Load.

1/1- Happy New Year! Lisa and I went to an all you can eat Chinese buffet for lunch. We then went to the Disney Village Marketplace, Dixie Landings, and the Wilderness Lodge before we went to work. I called security on some rowdy guests that were splashing the animatronics, standingup on the ride, and jumping out of the boat at the top of the downramp. I closed Load again. The gang went to Bennigan's after work.

1/2- I played my roller coaster theme park game for Playstation 2 all day long. Lisa and I went to Tampa to have a Labuzetta family Christmas. Dinner was fantastic. Meanwhile, Pirates went "101" at 12:30 do to an upramp sensor failure. Pirates was broken down for seven hours. Pirates opened up for twenty mins past closing because there was too many guest complaints about Pirates downtime.

1/3- I came into work early to ride Lisa's Jungle Cruise boat. She was very funny. Pirates went "101" for an hour because there was a stuck boat at Load during an E-stop. We almost had to evacuate the ride. There was a problem with the boat brakes at Load. Lisa and I hung out with her family at the Magic Kingdom. We went to Red Lobster for dinner. The food was fantastic. The waitress got the entire restaurant to sing happy birthday to Lisa and her dad. Lisa's family checked into Disney's All Star Sport Resort. They stayed in the Basketball section of the resort.

1/4- I worked at Mansion today. Pay Day!! Lisa and Erin came over to my aprtment to watch Patriot on dvd. Oklahoma University defeated Florida State in the college football National Championship.

1/5- I worked at Pirates. I got to do a Priority entrance for Al Leiter, Mets pitcher. Oklahoma University was at Walt Disney World all day long. So I guess they wern't kidding when they said, "We're going to Disney World." Jen, Summer, Windsor, and I took some great pictures at Pirates after the ride was closed. Erin threw a birthday party for Lisa.

1/6- Happy Birthday Lisa :)! I found a great watch at Property Control for $10. It was a Villain watch. Lisa, Erin, and I went to Steak N Shake.

1/7- Lisa and I went to Jungle Jim's for lunch. Lisa got on her plane back to California. I was sad for the rest of the day. I am really missing her right now :(