A New Chapter Begins in My Disney Story

[Big Wallaby]

About 30 minutes before Shorty82 received his call from Casting, I received mine. By the time I got done texting him about mine, he was receiving his.

I am now 10-7 Monorails, 10-8 Frontierland Attractions.

It is with a heavy heart that I make this transfer. You know what the Monorails meant to me. I leave what I believe to be one of the the best management teams on Disney property, I leave people who I love working with, and of course the trains and the operation. I leave all that because, well, I've talked here about some of the ugliness that has necessarily come from me when guests turn ugly. About three weeks ago, I had an incident with a guest and I realized how much I hated what I became, and the way it stuck with me for a couple hours.

So leaving Monorails is an escape from a combination of guests and certain subject matter. There. I said it.

However, I know that a new adventure awaits, and I look forward to pursuing that. I also have two businesses that I am starting up on the side, my hypnosis show and another sales job. Between the three, I have started burning the candle at both ends and I have cut a notch in the middle and lit that spot too. I am excited about the opportunity this brings. I am also excited to be able to work with other members of this board like CycloneMan, and I have always wanted to work an attraction like a coaster... though even if I get Country Bear Jamboree, I will have a great time.

So while there is a darkness in this transfer, there is also a wonderful light.

It has been a hard, at times painful year... yet in a strange way, I am glad that, if it has to be experienced, I did so with the people I experienced it with. But now, it is time to move on.

I came to Disney World to be a part of the Happiest Place on Earth. I know that I have feared people, feared what they might say and how I might react. Now, even though I go to an area that has had a fatality, at least it's one that I was not personally a part of and frankly, it was not the park's, company's or any Cast Member's fault.

Thank you all for bearing with me as I hashed out some things I have gone through personally. Today, I begin to move on. Today begins a new chapter. Where it will lead I know not. But I do know it will be interesting.

[CujoSR]

Good luck, BW. We all know how hard it's been for you. As you said new adventures await you.

[darph nader]

Best of luck in your new endeavors Wallaby.

[delsdad]

Frontierland will be all the richer to have you there. Good luck on your move into the Magic Kingdom!

[BRWombat]

Congrats, BW. You've been through so much... I hope this new chapter will help lift your heart.

[CptnSkippy]

Best of luck on your new Frontier(land).

So... will we get to see Big Wallaby dancing at the Hoe Down now?

[joanna71985]

Best of luck with everything in Frontierland! :)

[ktulu]

Best of luck my friend! I hope to stumble up on you there sometime!

[darph nader]

Best of luck my friend! I hope to stumble up on you there sometime!

Do they allow drinking in Frontierland?

[Zazu]

You'll like Frontierland. You can take performance theming there to heights not possible in other lands. It just ain't possible to be *too* country!

Remind me to tell you how I reacted to news of the death on a certain attraction when asked by guests.