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Working at Disneyland Paris 2014 - Day 17 to 49 - 6 weeks - Days off, settling in at work and sorting out life

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Working at Disneyland Paris 2014 - Day 17 to 49 - 6 weeks - Days off, settling in at work and sorting out life NEW : Want more detail? Download my book about my 16 months spent living and working at Disneyland Paris now on   Amazon Kindle . Get the full inside scoop on my time as a Disneyland Paris Cast Member. Sunday 22nd June to Thursday 24th July So "time flies when you're having fun" as the old motto goes, and it certainly has flown by. Last time I worked at Disneyland Paris I did a daily blog but that simply wouldn't be possibly as a long-term thing, nor would it be very interesting as some days are pretty much the same as others. So here are some of the things that I have done or have happened over the past month. 1. Cast Member Party Every 6 months Disneyland Paris hosts a party to celebrate how awesome all of the Cast Members are (this may be my own perspective on things). For the party, an area of Backstage is cleared out and the put up all kinds of f

Working at Disneyland Paris 2014 - Day 5 to 16 - Training time

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Working at Disneyland Paris 2014 - Day 5 to 16 - Training time NEW : Want more detail? Download my book about my 16 months spent living and working at Disneyland Paris now on  Amazon . Get the full inside scoop on my time as a Disneyland Paris Cast Member. In my last post, I discussed my first few days in France before I officially started working for Disney. This post is all about the training that got me to where I am today. Day 5 - Tuesday, 10th June 2014 - Traditions Anyone who knows anyway about working for Disney knows that the Traditions class is one of the most highly anticipated pieces of training. This was my third traditions and to be honest, I was not looking forward to it as I expected it to be a lot of repetition of what I had done on my last contract at Disneyland Paris in 2011, and at Traditions at Walt Disney World. I have got to say I was pleasantly surprised, although the content was much the same our formateur was great and he really added life to what could

Working at Disneyland Paris 2014 - Day 1 to 4 - In the beginning...

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Working at Disneyland Paris 2014 - Day 1 to 4 - In the beginning... NEW : Want more detail? Download my book about my 16 months spent living and working at Disneyland Paris now on  Amazon . Get the full inside scoop on my time as a Disneyland Paris Cast Member. It's a cliché but time flies when you're having fun - and oh, how the last month has flown by. So this is my effort to update you on what's been happening. We'll start from Day 1... Day 1 - Friday 6th June After getting the Eurostar to Disneyland Paris, I got the train over to Val d'Europe and checked in for my contract at the Fantasia building. It didn't take more than a couple of minutes and as I had a couple of hours to spare until I had my housing meeting I went for lunch. Then, at about 3:30pm I and a few others got in a van and set off to our new apartments, everyone else was in Les Pleiades, the Disney residences and I was only round the corner from Fantasia. Nevertheless, I was happy for the