Do You Have A Brain?

[gurgi]

actually antibacteial soap and the coldest water you can stand is what we are taught here at work. work = hospital. warmth and moisture actually help bacteria grow. but then again, you are probably right. lucky if more than 1 out ofr 20 wash their hands. so what does it matter? :D:

[Euterpe]

I swear I must be from the least Disney resort in Florida. I work at Port Orleans Resort Riverside... and... There isn't really magic to protect at a resort, but... I don't even feel part of Disney sometimes. I work in Quick Service... and we just aren't very Disney. We're nice, and we have costumes and name tags... and that's about it. We only have one manager that ever mentions any magic preserving stuff, most people think he's a jerk. I once got into an argument because a guest asked to see a manager, so I went back and I was new, and I told him "There's a customer that wants to talk to a manager." And he just stared at me. So I was just like "sooo....?" and he was like "I'm sorry we don't have customers." And he wouldn't help the guest until I called them a guest.

That's all I can think of preserving the magic or the Disney legacy. It's a wonderful place to work and I"ll be back at my Riverside home in July.... but I don't feel very Disney. So this talk of preserving the magic... seems weird to me.

Just had to say.
elle.

[AngelEyes]

I swear I must be from the least Disney resort in Florida. I work at Port Orleans Resort Riverside... and... There isn't really magic to protect at a resort, but... I don't even feel part of Disney sometimes. I work in Quick Service... and we just aren't very Disney. We're nice, and we have costumes and name tags... and that's about it. We only have one manager that ever mentions any magic preserving stuff, most people think he's a jerk. I once got into an argument because a guest asked to see a manager, so I went back and I was new, and I told him "There's a customer that wants to talk to a manager." And he just stared at me. So I was just like "sooo....?" and he was like "I'm sorry we don't have customers." And he wouldn't help the guest until I called them a guest.

That's all I can think of preserving the magic or the Disney legacy. It's a wonderful place to work and I"ll be back at my Riverside home in July.... but I don't feel very Disney. So this talk of preserving the magic... seems weird to me.

Just had to say.
elle.

I stayed at Riverside back in December! While the magic may not be as prevalent as it is in the park, we really enjoyed out stay! We used to stay off property at Orange Lake, so at the end of the day, you had the feeling of leaving Disney. That feeling was never there in December. We just felt like we were going to another part of Disney. I've always said that the magic is provided just as much, if not more, by your guys that work there. Everyone was super nice, the maid service made some great towel animals, and we liked the location as well. IMHO, the magic is there, is just feels different, if that makes any sense. :)

[gurgi]

geez, does everybody stay at orange lake? :D:

[AngelEyes]

geez, does everybody stay at orange lake? :D:

It sure seems that way doesn't it? :D: We stayed there 3 out of the 5 times we've been. The condo belongs to a friend. However, the past 2 times we've gone, we've stayed on property. I'm kinda spoiled now. Orange Lake was nice but I doubt I'll ever stay there again.

[gurgi]

we own there (one of the few familes who outright own i believe) anyway, when we bought there, the palce was really surrounded by orange groves. that strip didnt even exsist. its been weird watching thigns spring up over the years. i will stay on property, but for now if i can have the condo for a week for like 500 bucks, i am going to stick with that.
hahaha

[AngelEyes]

we own there (one of the few familes who outright own i believe) anyway, when we bought there, the palce was really surrounded by orange groves. that strip didnt even exsist. its been weird watching thigns spring up over the years. i will stay on property, but for now if i can have the condo for a week for like 500 bucks, i am going to stick with that.
hahaha

For that price, you should stay there! Like I said, it's a great place and we always enjoyed our time there. I'm not really friends with the guy that owns it now, so that plays a big part in not staying there anymore.

[Euterpe]

I stayed at Riverside back in December! While the magic may not be as prevalent as it is in the park, we really enjoyed out stay! We used to stay off property at Orange Lake, so at the end of the day, you had the feeling of leaving Disney. That feeling was never there in December. We just felt like we were going to another part of Disney. I've always said that the magic is provided just as much, if not more, by your guys that work there. Everyone was super nice, the maid service made some great towel animals, and we liked the location as well. IMHO, the magic is there, is just feels different, if that makes any sense. :)

I'm glad you enjoyed your stay. It's actually more important coming from another Cast Member who knows what the magic should be. Of course, being a cast member, you probably knew how to behave, and so got treated better too. I hope for your sake you weren't there when the Pop Warner brats were there. I'm guessing you weren't since you said you did enjoy your stay.

Did anyone else have to deal with the Pop Warner terror? I think it's really more of a resort thing.

I was still there in December, although I was sick on Christmas Eve with tonsilitis. Otherwise... I would have been there. I hope you enjoyed it. The food court is the best place on property, just to let you know. :) Although I read a gues review on some site that said the "only one thing" that made the resort bad was the "over priced and unappealing" food court. I was a bit upset.

Thanks!
elle.

[CM626]

Did anyone else have to deal with the Pop Warner terror? I think it's really more of a resort thing.

I don't know which is worse though, Pop Warner or Cheerleaders.... I worked at All-Star Sports (or as I like to call it ASS) in foods during the first part of my College Program (until Blizzard Beach opened for the season) and holy cow thoes girls are freking annoying. They all had meal Vouchers and I was working in the Bakery/ice cream place.... I so wanted to smack this 15 (+/- 3 years) y/o cheerleader who made the comment "I don't wanna get ice cream, its going to make me fat..."
That was a long few weeks!!! and I was ever so happy when BB opened.. Much better Managers over there.

[hobie16]

We get the annual influx of cheerleaders for the Hula Bowl. Talk about island wide whining!

A year ago one got loose from her chaparone and hooked up with some guys in the hotel hot tub. She knocked back a bunch of margaritas and went to the guys room. After the guys went to sleep, she took off her clothes and fell off the lanai railing eleven floors to her death.