I now have an account on all three mini blogging services. First off, all 3 are basically extremely easy ways to communicate with your friends. For example, I may post “Anyone out there know how to use XYZ?” or “I am currently working on ABC”. The idea is that these short messages are pushed out to your friends to read. If anyone has used Facebook, they are the same idea as Facebook status, but can be updated from anywhere, and is much better in my opinion. But that still does not answer which one is better. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by kurt on July 1, 2007 at 9:19 pm · Permalink
There you’ll find a day-by-day picture-filled written trip report along with pages of videos, pictures, and links. It took entirely too long to put together, so I do hope you enjoy it. The entire experience was too amazing to forget and I felt it was appropriate to try to document as much as possible online for anyone interested to read.
Posted by Ricky on June 29, 2007 at 4:40 pm · Permalink
Be sure to check out this week’s 15-minute video summary of my entire Disney Dream Job weekend, including ride clips and plenty of video of me at the Haunted Mansion. Also included are the other fun events we went to, like the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage VIP party.
I recently had the chance to visit Disneyland and California Adventure for the first time. Being an Orlando resident and Walt Disney World annual passholder, I am very familiar with all of the Disney World parks.
My Disney Dream Job weekend was INCREDIBLE. I don’t even know where to begin to discuss it, so I’ll start today simply by posting the official wrap-up video that was added to the CareerBuilder.com Dream Job site:
Ice cream trucks aren’t what they used to be. I was sitting at home today with my wife and we both heard an ice cream truck in the distance. My wife has had a craving for a Screwball forever now, since she used to eat them all the time when she was younger.
I looked out the window only to see the truck drive by, fairly quickly, without even giving me enough time to make it out the front door to flag it down.
I threw on my shoes, went outside, and listened while I figured out where it was headed. It sounded like the truck was circling around back behind my house, so I went through our back yard, through out neighbor’s yard, and onto the street behind our house. Sure enough, there was the truck. It was headed right toward me!
I waved it down… or at least, I thought I did. The truck didn’t even slow down. The driver just zoomed right past me. She seemed like she was off in another world, not even looking to see if there was ANYONE waiting to buy some ice cream from her. I walked into the middle of the street behind the truck and waved my arms in the air. Still no reaction. The truck finally stopped at the stop sign at the end of the road, turned left, and drove away.
How is this ice cream truck driver planning on selling anything if she doesn’t even look to see if anyone is waiting by the side of the road?
So… my point here is: if anyone out there knows where my wife can purchase a single Screwball, or a pack of them in the Orlando area, let me know. I could go for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle popsicle too. Obviously we can’t depend on the local ice cream truck driver who must think she’s playing Grand Theft Auto.
Posted by Ricky on April 19, 2007 at 4:26 pm · Permalink
The winners of the Disney Dream Job contest were officially released today on the CareerBuilder site as well as via press release from Disney. A few interesting points popped up in the press release…
The most popular videos included a Princess-in-Waiting, who received more than 70,000 votes and a Haunted Mansion Butler/Maid who received nearly 50,000 votes.
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Jungle Cruise Skippers will help provide witty commentary as they entertain guests aboard the attraction and make their way through Disneyland’s adventurous jungle voyage.
Each Pirate will be given a distinct personality, name and “cursed” prop inspired by the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies as they join the Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island. Dream “Job” Pirates will interact with guests, their fellow Pirate crew and, of course, Captain Jack Sparrow.
As the Haunted Mansion Butlers and Maids steadfastly work to create the most chilling atmosphere in all of Disneyland, they will greet and welcome guests who enter the world-famous “expanding room.” The Butlers will also act as “groundskeepers” who walk “ghost dogs” outside and around the mansion, while the Maids perform in the foyer.
Disney’s Princesses-in-Waiting will join the rest of the “Princess Fantasy Faire” at the Fantasyland Theater. The princesses will interact with guests before the “Royal Coronation Ceremony” and help demonstrate how to properly wave and curtsey, as well as teach the guests the Royal Dance.
Disney Parks Parade Performers will play an instrumental role in Disney’s “High School Musical Pep Rally” parade as part of the “EastHigh School” ensemble. Each Parade Performer will participate in the basketball shoot-around and showcase their special Wildcat moves to help spread “Wildcat Fever.”
I hope I get to spend some time in the foyer and “expanding room” and don’t spend my 4-5 hour shift wandering outside the Mansion with a “ghost dog”. ;)
I wonder which winners hit the 70,000 and 50,000 vote marks…
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Posted by Ricky on April 5, 2007 at 8:59 am · Permalink
I found out yesterday that I’ve been chosen as a winner in the Disney Dream Job contest! Thank you to everyone who voted for me for the last few weeks. Thank you thank you thank you!
In June, I’ll be flown to Disneyland in Anaheim to perform my Disney Dream Job as a Haunted Mansion butler! I’m so excited. I’ll post updates on exact times/dates when I get them.
Posted by Ricky on April 4, 2007 at 8:20 am · Permalink
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Ice cream trucks aren’t what they used to be. I was sitting at home today with my wife and we both heard an ice cream truck in the distance. My wife has had a craving for a Screwball forever now, since she used to eat them all the time when she was younger.
