Earning My Ears

Started training ,or "Earning My Ears", on Sunday Aug. 21 at Spaceship Earth at Epcot. After being fitted for costumes we began "E-learning" for the first part of our training. After learning the safety requirements and reading the work guide for the attraction operation we began hands on training. For the next five days we were trained in all 12 positions including Load 1,2 & 3, Unload 1 & 2, Wheelchair 1,2 & 3, Greeter 1 & 2, Body Builder (arcade style games) and Photo edit. A couple of 6:45am mornings of walking the track all the way up 180ft and testing all alarm systems. One day we even got to go halfway up the geosphere and walk between the two shells and look out over the park and see downtown Orlando. After five full days of 40+ hours of training I had a 6 hour assessment to pass my training. If we "fail" the assessment we either are given more training or moved to another location such as food service or merchandise. August 28th I was assessed for 6 straight hours including opening procedures, every work station, a written test and an interview. I passed all of my assessment and have officially Earned My Ears to complete my training and begin full hours starting Wednesday morning.

Have A Magical Day!

-KT

Trained Cast Member of EPCOTs Spaceship Earth