Close Encounters of the Third Shift Kind
This morning I had to catch the bus at 5am for my 6am opening shift at coaster. Thus I had to wake up at 430am. Not the best way to start off a day. I arrived at the MGM parking lot at about 520am. It was eerie. Empty and quiet. I was sure a gremlin was going to jump out and maul me. I got into the park as as I made my way through it, I encountered a world I'm not very used to: MGM starring Third Shift. These are the people that come in after hours and do those jobs that keep the park in working order. They do landscaping stuff, cleaning stuff, fixing stuff, painting stuff. These people live in a different world that the rest of us Cast Members. First of all, alot of them don't have to wear a costume. Some of them look a little rough around the edges. As I made my way up the road a guy driving a truck leered in my direction. Another guy said hi to me, he was old tho. Well like 30's old.The nice thing about MGM at this time of day tho is that it's at it's nicest. By this time it's been power washed within an inch of its life and everything looks so fresh and new...and it's relatively empty which makes it very cool.
I started my shift at 6am. You must understand that I haven't actually opened the building since my training like 14 months ago. So it was kind of daunting. I opened Launch Base, which is evidentally the hardest one to open. I didn't know this when I got my assignment. I was very prepared to be the cause of a delayed opening but miracle of all miracles we opened on time. It was sensational.
This morning a good cast was working. We had some good times. Some great moments of efficiency. We got like almost 15oo people in there in one hour, which is like uber good as we usually average like 1000-1100. Our OHRC (Operational Hourly Ride Capacity) is somewhere around 1300 I think. Tim and Danny were at load and were like running. Nick was back grouping like a champion and Kelly was over there at unload...unloading like a champion. I'm not sure who else was involved, but like i said, awesomeness. I myself was alley rat, but I'll take some credit because I fashioned a bandaid for Danny out of tape and guaze which helped him in his loading. I also had people moving down that alley....
I got off at noon. I waited around an alley for Kelly to get an ER, then we took the bus home. We're going to see Bourne Ultimatum later tonight with Danny and Tyler.
Yesterday was a really good day. I went to Epcot with Liz and Jamie. It was uber fun. We were only there for like 6 hours but we did alot, including getting stuck on Maelstrom when the ride went 101. We sat there near the end of it for like 15 minutes watching at the Norweigen chick walked back and forth to this little room. She didn't acknowledge us at all to tell us what was going on. It was awesome.
We also had lunch in the Mexican Quick Service. That was amazingnly good.
We also did Test Track, Figmennt, Honey I shrunk the Audience, Where's the Fire and the Mexican Boat Ride. Fun times. Oh and of course we got Fastpasses for Soarin' and did that at the end of the day, as we had to wait like five hours to use them. Awesome as always. We finished the day by getting dessert at Season's. I had the richest brownie on the planet. The brownie that has made me not want brownies for a very long time....Good times tho.
I went to bed last night at like 930pm. Didn't fall asleep for three hours tho. Even after I took two nyquil and one tylenol pm. I think I've built up a tolerance. Time to move on to the heavy stuff. lol.
I gotta go shower and get ready to meet Tyler for dinner. Bennigans. Yummmm.
Brynna