There's no taking the Mickey when education is spelled fun 101
Giving new meaning to the phrase Mickey Mouse degree, Disney's university is fun 101.
Laden with textbooks - the Donald Duck pop-up books, the $30,000 children's English instruction DVD and the Snow White doll for good luck - Lai See was privileged to join an orientation class for its new cast members (the Disney way of saying frontline staff), bringing back a flood of golden memories from his kindergarten days.
A dozen teenagers just out of high school sat in a mini classroom, listening to a short history of the Walt Disney family followed by a quiz (with small Disney gifts as prizes) and a discussion on some of the more creative ways of serving David Beckham on a trip to Hong Kong Disneyland.
Learning is serious fun too
The serious learning, however, came in the interactive lecture on how to remember the names of the thousands of Disney characters, as well as their distinguishing colours and features.
