Today began my seven day training for the Conservation Education Presenter Team. There are twenty of us total... which is a lot more than I had originally thought. The goal of this training is to get us acquainted with the policies and procedures of everything having to do with DAK operations, as well as within the Animal Programs itself. This was a very long training (8 hours) but it went by really fast. I also learned some very bad news... Disney has over TEN different species of spiders and tarantulas, all of which I will have to present to the guests... I do not have a choice :-( ... I really do not know how I am going to do it. Besides that the conservation education team will provide conservation messages to over one million guests within the six month time... that is a lot of people, but it is good the we have the ability to provide conservation messages to do many people, and apparently people actually go home and do some of the actions to make the earth a better place for wildlife and wild places.
I also learned a little more about the numbers, as far as employees go... Disney cooperation employs over 115,000 people world wide. Of those 115,000 people about 60,000 (after the "staffing reductions") work solely at Walt Disney World Resort... which includes all four parks, Down Town Disney, and all of the Disney Resort Hotels... which is apparently the only company world wide to employ so many people in a single location. Part of the Disney guest experience is because of the large number of cast members Disney does employ in their parks.
Other than that I learned over the past few days that people in Florida do NOT know how to drive.... there is no such thing as defensive driving down here... whether they are residents or not, as soon and you cross the boarder something much trigger to become a bad driver. And no one (for the most part) obeys the speed limit... and that is included on both sides of the spectrum. There are those who go incredibly too fast, and those who just poke along... enjoying the scenery I surmise. I, of course, obey all traffic laws, which makes me a target it seems for getting the toot of the angry horn blown at me... and of course the one finger salute.... I surmise there is still a learning curve for me down here. :-/
But I will continue my training none the less, and continue how to convey conservation messages and provide the Disney level of customer service.
Those drivers just wish they had your car. I am speachless about the spiders. Good lord.
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