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Day 13 – June 7th
My first day off since I’ve been here! Woohoo!
Kelsey and I headed off to Animal Kingdom this morning. We wandered through Dinotown and I showed her where Dinosaur was. Then we went through Asia and passed Expedition Everest. Grabbed Fast Passes for Kali River Rapids, then headed to find some lunch. Go some foot long hotdogs, and found this really great place to sit near the water that over looks the Tree. It was so pretty.
Went back to Asia to make our Fast Pass return. Kelsey wasn’t feeling up to going on Kali, but insisted that I go. So I went and had a blast. The cool thing was that there was a guest that I talked to the previous day in Mouse Gear on there. I don’t think she recognized me, but I remembered her. She had come up to the register I had been working with some art supplies. She mentioned how her son loved learning how to draw, so the Mickey how-to art kit was perfect. I asked if she had been to Disney Quest yet, and that there was a small Animation school in there that teaches you how to draw the characters. She was so excited, saying how her son has autism and a program like that would make him so happy. I was glad that I had filled her in on that =)
I didn’t get very wet on Kali, which was kinda disappointing because it was SO HOT out.
We wandered over to Africa to catch the Kilimenjaro Safaris. The standby was 60 minutes, so Kelsey and I both got frozen lemonaids with the Pluto straws in them, and then headed to the queue. We were kinda worried about the time, because Kelsey had to work later that day. Luckily we made it in time. The Safaris were so great! There were a few changes since the last time I rode it, no more Big and Little Red!! That was really depressing.
Kelsey waiting for the Kilimenjaro Safaris
The safaris again.
Then we caught the bus home so Kelsey could go off to work. Waited for Carol to come home and went to Epcot. Rode Mission: Space, the extreme version, and then went to France for dinner. Warning, don’t eat in France. She and I were both sick afterwards =(
Came home and slept.
Day 14 – June 8th
Was still feeling a bit off from last night’s food, so hung around the apartment for most of the day.
In the afternoon I caught the bus to Disney-MGM Studios. It was Star Wars Weekends! Was supposed to meet Carol under the big hat, as she was going there from work. Unfortunately, she’d forgotten something back at Epcot so she called to say she would be late.
I wandered over to Star Tours and got on after only a 5 minute wait (not even that!). It felt kinda silly saying “one” when they asked how many people, but it was still fun nonetheless.
R2D2 on the Starspeeder at Star Tours
Wandered around to see if I could spot Kelsey doing her Character Attendant thing, but no luck. Was getting hungry, so I grabbed a pretzel to munch on while waiting for Carol. Went over to the Tip Board, and there Carol was just coming up the street!
Myself and Carol infront of the big hat in MGM.
Convinced her to go on Tower of Terror. Poor girl was petrified, but all the guests around us were very nice and helped me to comfort her that it would be alright. It was so much fun, and she enjoyed it! YAY Carol!! =)
We then went back to Star Tours, because she wanted to go on that. So we did. MUCH longer line this time, which was strange. It was 30 minutes this time around, which was alright.
Went back over to the Fantasmic area, and were intending to go on Rock n Rollercoaster, but it was temporarily down. Instead we grabbed dinner at the little eating area there. Kelsey called, and joined us for dinner.
At 730 while we were eating, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched. We could see it from the park. It was so cool to see it launched!!!!
Space Shuttle Atlantis taking off. It's that white smoke trail.
After that we went over to the Hollywood Hills Amphetheater to get our seats for Fantasmic. After an hour and a half of waiting the show finally started. It was so pretty. I’ve never seen it before. But then, halfway through …. it stopped due to technical difficulties!! That was a bummer.
We headed off towards the bus and came home.
Day 15 – June 9th
Woke up miserable. I’ve come down with a cold!! Spent the morning trying to relax and get fluids into me so I could get better. Also did my laundry.
Went to work feeling miserable. It wasn’t fun being so sick at work. My voice was so froggy and gross.
Interesting happening though. A guest was asking how you spell Jibbitz, which are decorations you put on Crocs shoes. So I replied “Jay-eye-bee-bee-eye-tee-zed.” They gave me a cofused look. “What’s zed? Is that like ‘zed-ee-dee’?”. This confused me in turn. “You know, the letter of the alphabet? X-Y-Z?”
It was quite humourus. I’d forgotten that Americans say “Zee” while Canadians say “Zed”. However, just because we say Zed, we do know what Zee is. It was kinda silly that they hadn’t even heard it pronounced Zed before.
The 1230am bus coming home was a no show, and eventually a bus came at 1245. Went right to bed, because I was so tired.
Day 16 – June 10th
Another day off. Work up worse with my cold. Ick. Definitely didn’t have the energy to do much. Wandered over to Walgreens to get some cough medicine and some more groceries for the day.
Now it’s thunder storming out (again), pouring rain, and hailing. Joy. And here I thought Manitoba had a lot of storms lol.
Oh, and American food is way too salty.
My first day off since I’ve been here! Woohoo!
Kelsey and I headed off to Animal Kingdom this morning. We wandered through Dinotown and I showed her where Dinosaur was. Then we went through Asia and passed Expedition Everest. Grabbed Fast Passes for Kali River Rapids, then headed to find some lunch. Go some foot long hotdogs, and found this really great place to sit near the water that over looks the Tree. It was so pretty.
Went back to Asia to make our Fast Pass return. Kelsey wasn’t feeling up to going on Kali, but insisted that I go. So I went and had a blast. The cool thing was that there was a guest that I talked to the previous day in Mouse Gear on there. I don’t think she recognized me, but I remembered her. She had come up to the register I had been working with some art supplies. She mentioned how her son loved learning how to draw, so the Mickey how-to art kit was perfect. I asked if she had been to Disney Quest yet, and that there was a small Animation school in there that teaches you how to draw the characters. She was so excited, saying how her son has autism and a program like that would make him so happy. I was glad that I had filled her in on that =)
I didn’t get very wet on Kali, which was kinda disappointing because it was SO HOT out.
We wandered over to Africa to catch the Kilimenjaro Safaris. The standby was 60 minutes, so Kelsey and I both got frozen lemonaids with the Pluto straws in them, and then headed to the queue. We were kinda worried about the time, because Kelsey had to work later that day. Luckily we made it in time. The Safaris were so great! There were a few changes since the last time I rode it, no more Big and Little Red!! That was really depressing.
Kelsey waiting for the Kilimenjaro Safaris
The safaris again.
Then we caught the bus home so Kelsey could go off to work. Waited for Carol to come home and went to Epcot. Rode Mission: Space, the extreme version, and then went to France for dinner. Warning, don’t eat in France. She and I were both sick afterwards =(
Came home and slept.
Day 14 – June 8th
Was still feeling a bit off from last night’s food, so hung around the apartment for most of the day.
In the afternoon I caught the bus to Disney-MGM Studios. It was Star Wars Weekends! Was supposed to meet Carol under the big hat, as she was going there from work. Unfortunately, she’d forgotten something back at Epcot so she called to say she would be late.
I wandered over to Star Tours and got on after only a 5 minute wait (not even that!). It felt kinda silly saying “one” when they asked how many people, but it was still fun nonetheless.
R2D2 on the Starspeeder at Star Tours
Wandered around to see if I could spot Kelsey doing her Character Attendant thing, but no luck. Was getting hungry, so I grabbed a pretzel to munch on while waiting for Carol. Went over to the Tip Board, and there Carol was just coming up the street!
Myself and Carol infront of the big hat in MGM.
Convinced her to go on Tower of Terror. Poor girl was petrified, but all the guests around us were very nice and helped me to comfort her that it would be alright. It was so much fun, and she enjoyed it! YAY Carol!! =)
We then went back to Star Tours, because she wanted to go on that. So we did. MUCH longer line this time, which was strange. It was 30 minutes this time around, which was alright.
Went back over to the Fantasmic area, and were intending to go on Rock n Rollercoaster, but it was temporarily down. Instead we grabbed dinner at the little eating area there. Kelsey called, and joined us for dinner.
At 730 while we were eating, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched. We could see it from the park. It was so cool to see it launched!!!!
Space Shuttle Atlantis taking off. It's that white smoke trail.
After that we went over to the Hollywood Hills Amphetheater to get our seats for Fantasmic. After an hour and a half of waiting the show finally started. It was so pretty. I’ve never seen it before. But then, halfway through …. it stopped due to technical difficulties!! That was a bummer.
We headed off towards the bus and came home.
Day 15 – June 9th
Woke up miserable. I’ve come down with a cold!! Spent the morning trying to relax and get fluids into me so I could get better. Also did my laundry.
Went to work feeling miserable. It wasn’t fun being so sick at work. My voice was so froggy and gross.
Interesting happening though. A guest was asking how you spell Jibbitz, which are decorations you put on Crocs shoes. So I replied “Jay-eye-bee-bee-eye-tee-zed.” They gave me a cofused look. “What’s zed? Is that like ‘zed-ee-dee’?”. This confused me in turn. “You know, the letter of the alphabet? X-Y-Z?”
It was quite humourus. I’d forgotten that Americans say “Zee” while Canadians say “Zed”. However, just because we say Zed, we do know what Zee is. It was kinda silly that they hadn’t even heard it pronounced Zed before.
The 1230am bus coming home was a no show, and eventually a bus came at 1245. Went right to bed, because I was so tired.
Day 16 – June 10th
Another day off. Work up worse with my cold. Ick. Definitely didn’t have the energy to do much. Wandered over to Walgreens to get some cough medicine and some more groceries for the day.
Now it’s thunder storming out (again), pouring rain, and hailing. Joy. And here I thought Manitoba had a lot of storms lol.
Oh, and American food is way too salty.
- Mood:
sick - Music:Tapestry of Dreams - Epcot
Sorry for not keeping up! Yikes. Been working a lot of night shifts, and since I’m a morning person, it’s been really rough. Fun, but rough.
Day 8
My first day of training at Mouse Gear! Got up and lounged around the apartment for a little while, before heading off to Epcot Cast Services. Met up with my trainer Sabine. She was really nice =) My training buddy was Maria, who is really nice too. She’s also an ICP from Mexico. We went to costuming and got our Mouse Gear costumes. It consists of old lady tan cargo pants, this pinkish zippered shirt with an interesting collar, and a blue vest with these silver buttons that look like gears.
It’s really awesome to see backstage Epcot. How fun is it to be waiting for the Cast East shuttle and to see Test Track going?
Did a bit of on the job cashing, which was a little intimidating. It’s funny, because I always have the urge to do my Safeway training, not my Disney stuff. Thank by last name, escort to item? Hehehehe. With my Earning My Ears on my name tag, guests are very nice to me and very patient. So it’s all good. Didn’t get my pin trading lanyard yet however, because they were out of them.
After work at 730, Kelsey met me in Epcot Cast Services, and I quickly changed out of my costume. We headed onstage to find something to eat. After much debating (we stopped at the Land, Mexico, China), we finally stopped at Germany. Got sauerkraut and bratwurst on a bun for dinner. Sucked it up and got an American iced tea. I think I was so happy to drink something that wasn’t a soft drink (Americans drink a lot of pop) that the iced tea actually tasted decent for once.
Kelsey and I took our food and wandered over to the World Showcase Lagoon to grab our spot for Illuminations. Because of a rain warning, there were lots of spots left (this was about 830ish). Illuminations was amazing. More misty eyes on my part, especially when Canada was all lit up. It was absolutely spectacular.
A blurry me eating my bratwurst and waiting for Illuminations to start.
Day 9
Got up early to go to the Magic Kingdom. Carol, Karen and I caught the bus to the TTC, where we were supposed to meet Kyle (a guy we met on our previous visit who’s on the US college program, and very obsessed with Disney… ie: knows the words to HM like Kelsey and I). He was going to be late due to his roomies falling asleep in the shower, so the girls and I headed to MK on the Monorail.
First thing was to get on the WDW Railroad and get ourselves to Frontierland. Decided to do Splash Mountain first, so we would have time to dry off (at least, so I could dry off since I had to go to work). Carol & Karen sat together, and I sat behind them. We all got drenched. Not like last time were we only got a little wet, but all out soaked! The funny part was is that it wasn’t on the large drop, but as we were going around it. Another boat was coming down and splashed us. Heheheh.
The Walt Disney World Railroad.
Carol and Karen on Splash Mountain.
After that we met up with Kyle finally, and then headed onto Big Thunder Mountain. Requested the back, and got it. It was so much fun! Spotted the guy in the bathtub again.
After than we headed to Haunted Mansion, my last time on it before it closes for refurbs. So classic. Then we hit up Pirates of the Caribbean. I have to say that I was very disappointed with the new version. I miss the talking skull, and the addition of Jack Sparrow wasn’t all that exciting. Though I will say Barbossa was really good (but probably because he was so similar to the old captain on the ship), and so was the Davy Jones affect. Oh well.
Had lunch at El Pirate Y El Perico. Very salty tacos, but not bad generally. Stopped in Adventureland on the way out and grabbed a Dole Whip. =)
How many people can say they rode the Monorail to work? In MK we parted ways with Kyle, who wanted to go on Space Mountain. Carol and Karen came with me to Epcot via Monorail, as they wanted to go on Test Track. Stopped in at Cast Services, changed, and off to work! Spent most of the day training on Cash, and then after the last guest left we started to do put backs and floor stocks. Worked until midnight, very tiring. Caught the bus home with my fellow ICPs from Mouse Gears. The bus driver was going to bring us right to Vista, but a Canadian CR jumped on at the last minute, so we had to stop at the Commons first. That was alright, because the Canadian was cool. He worked in Le Cellier and told us to eat there at least once.
Came home, relaxed for a little bit then went to bed.
Day 10
Was very tired from work the previous night (jet lagged still, plus working late not good). Went to Walgreens to get some groceries since I want to take a lunch to work, because I don’t think I can run to the Discovery Diner everyday in only half an hour, eat lunch, then run back.
Went to work again, my first day without a trainer. Was a little intimidating, but generally I survived. Made a few errors, but it’s expected of a newbie. My coworkers are really nice, so they helped me out lots. A girl from Mouse Gears drove some of us from Vista back home so we didn’t need to take the bus. Yay!
Day 11
Happy Birthday Kelsey!
Was really tired from the last two days again (depressing, I know). Stayed around the apartment, tried to get my energy up. Decorated Kelsey’s birthday cake, and made some soup for lunch. Shipped off to Epcot Cast Services for work.
Happy Birthday Kelsey!
They had Maria and I scheduled for Floor Stock, something we hadn’t trained for yet. We talked to the coordinator and manager on duty, and they were confused. Typically new people stay on register for a while to learn it before they’re trained for floor stock. But, everyone on register were new people too! So we got trained in Floor Stock. I got to do Kids 1, which is where all the stuffed animals were. It was fun, but A LOT of work. I would straiten something up, a few minutes later it would be all messy. Plus I started dancing to the music playing in the area, which was fun. Carol also stopped in to say hi to me when she was off work, which was great!
It was extra magic hours, so I didn’t get off work until 2am. Very tired. Got another ride home, which was very nice.
Day 12
Got up around the same time, was deadly tired from the night before. Haven’t been able to stay in bed very late though. Kelsey had the dayoff (human contact, yay!). We spent the morning around the apartment, then wandered over to Chik-fill-A for lunch. On the way we stopped at Wallgreens for some groceries.
Then it was off to work again. Went early so I could go to Costuming and get new costumes for the week. Was on register the entire time. It started pouring outside, so all the people came into Mouse Gear. It was absolutely nuts! Sold a tonne of ponchos and umbrellas.
Luckily for me the rain stopped when I was done work, so I didn’t get wet while I was waiting for the C bus to take me home. They were testing out Test Track, so it was fun to watch the cars go zooming by as I went to the bus. Called Mom and Dad while I was waiting, was good to talk to them again.
And that was my last few days… woo!
Day 8
My first day of training at Mouse Gear! Got up and lounged around the apartment for a little while, before heading off to Epcot Cast Services. Met up with my trainer Sabine. She was really nice =) My training buddy was Maria, who is really nice too. She’s also an ICP from Mexico. We went to costuming and got our Mouse Gear costumes. It consists of old lady tan cargo pants, this pinkish zippered shirt with an interesting collar, and a blue vest with these silver buttons that look like gears.
It’s really awesome to see backstage Epcot. How fun is it to be waiting for the Cast East shuttle and to see Test Track going?
Did a bit of on the job cashing, which was a little intimidating. It’s funny, because I always have the urge to do my Safeway training, not my Disney stuff. Thank by last name, escort to item? Hehehehe. With my Earning My Ears on my name tag, guests are very nice to me and very patient. So it’s all good. Didn’t get my pin trading lanyard yet however, because they were out of them.
After work at 730, Kelsey met me in Epcot Cast Services, and I quickly changed out of my costume. We headed onstage to find something to eat. After much debating (we stopped at the Land, Mexico, China), we finally stopped at Germany. Got sauerkraut and bratwurst on a bun for dinner. Sucked it up and got an American iced tea. I think I was so happy to drink something that wasn’t a soft drink (Americans drink a lot of pop) that the iced tea actually tasted decent for once.
Kelsey and I took our food and wandered over to the World Showcase Lagoon to grab our spot for Illuminations. Because of a rain warning, there were lots of spots left (this was about 830ish). Illuminations was amazing. More misty eyes on my part, especially when Canada was all lit up. It was absolutely spectacular.
A blurry me eating my bratwurst and waiting for Illuminations to start.
Day 9
Got up early to go to the Magic Kingdom. Carol, Karen and I caught the bus to the TTC, where we were supposed to meet Kyle (a guy we met on our previous visit who’s on the US college program, and very obsessed with Disney… ie: knows the words to HM like Kelsey and I). He was going to be late due to his roomies falling asleep in the shower, so the girls and I headed to MK on the Monorail.
First thing was to get on the WDW Railroad and get ourselves to Frontierland. Decided to do Splash Mountain first, so we would have time to dry off (at least, so I could dry off since I had to go to work). Carol & Karen sat together, and I sat behind them. We all got drenched. Not like last time were we only got a little wet, but all out soaked! The funny part was is that it wasn’t on the large drop, but as we were going around it. Another boat was coming down and splashed us. Heheheh.
The Walt Disney World Railroad.
Carol and Karen on Splash Mountain.
After that we met up with Kyle finally, and then headed onto Big Thunder Mountain. Requested the back, and got it. It was so much fun! Spotted the guy in the bathtub again.
After than we headed to Haunted Mansion, my last time on it before it closes for refurbs. So classic. Then we hit up Pirates of the Caribbean. I have to say that I was very disappointed with the new version. I miss the talking skull, and the addition of Jack Sparrow wasn’t all that exciting. Though I will say Barbossa was really good (but probably because he was so similar to the old captain on the ship), and so was the Davy Jones affect. Oh well.
Had lunch at El Pirate Y El Perico. Very salty tacos, but not bad generally. Stopped in Adventureland on the way out and grabbed a Dole Whip. =)
How many people can say they rode the Monorail to work? In MK we parted ways with Kyle, who wanted to go on Space Mountain. Carol and Karen came with me to Epcot via Monorail, as they wanted to go on Test Track. Stopped in at Cast Services, changed, and off to work! Spent most of the day training on Cash, and then after the last guest left we started to do put backs and floor stocks. Worked until midnight, very tiring. Caught the bus home with my fellow ICPs from Mouse Gears. The bus driver was going to bring us right to Vista, but a Canadian CR jumped on at the last minute, so we had to stop at the Commons first. That was alright, because the Canadian was cool. He worked in Le Cellier and told us to eat there at least once.
Came home, relaxed for a little bit then went to bed.
Day 10
Was very tired from work the previous night (jet lagged still, plus working late not good). Went to Walgreens to get some groceries since I want to take a lunch to work, because I don’t think I can run to the Discovery Diner everyday in only half an hour, eat lunch, then run back.
Went to work again, my first day without a trainer. Was a little intimidating, but generally I survived. Made a few errors, but it’s expected of a newbie. My coworkers are really nice, so they helped me out lots. A girl from Mouse Gears drove some of us from Vista back home so we didn’t need to take the bus. Yay!
Day 11
Happy Birthday Kelsey!
Was really tired from the last two days again (depressing, I know). Stayed around the apartment, tried to get my energy up. Decorated Kelsey’s birthday cake, and made some soup for lunch. Shipped off to Epcot Cast Services for work.
Happy Birthday Kelsey!
They had Maria and I scheduled for Floor Stock, something we hadn’t trained for yet. We talked to the coordinator and manager on duty, and they were confused. Typically new people stay on register for a while to learn it before they’re trained for floor stock. But, everyone on register were new people too! So we got trained in Floor Stock. I got to do Kids 1, which is where all the stuffed animals were. It was fun, but A LOT of work. I would straiten something up, a few minutes later it would be all messy. Plus I started dancing to the music playing in the area, which was fun. Carol also stopped in to say hi to me when she was off work, which was great!
It was extra magic hours, so I didn’t get off work until 2am. Very tired. Got another ride home, which was very nice.
Day 12
Got up around the same time, was deadly tired from the night before. Haven’t been able to stay in bed very late though. Kelsey had the dayoff (human contact, yay!). We spent the morning around the apartment, then wandered over to Chik-fill-A for lunch. On the way we stopped at Wallgreens for some groceries.
Then it was off to work again. Went early so I could go to Costuming and get new costumes for the week. Was on register the entire time. It started pouring outside, so all the people came into Mouse Gear. It was absolutely nuts! Sold a tonne of ponchos and umbrellas.
Luckily for me the rain stopped when I was done work, so I didn’t get wet while I was waiting for the C bus to take me home. They were testing out Test Track, so it was fun to watch the cars go zooming by as I went to the bus. Called Mom and Dad while I was waiting, was good to talk to them again.
And that was my last few days… woo!
- Music:WDW Express Monorail - WDW
There's something to be said about being able to go and watch Illuminations: Reflection of Earth after work. Wow. Just, wow.
Day Five
Today was so much fun! The morning started out with sleeping in! It was nice. I ended up getting the afternoon Traditions class, like all my roomies except Kelsey. She had the 8 am one. So I just tried to catch up on all my emails and talked to people back home.
Next got all dressed up and going to Traditions class at the Disney Univesity. The videos they showed about Disney and the park made me cry, particularly the last one which was about the Year of a Million dreams. And don’t worry, it wasn’t a sad cry. It was a very happy cry, as working for Disney has always been my dream. The class was a lot of fun, and I did learn a lot about Walt Disney and the parks.
All dressed up (with my new Disney name tag too!) after Traditions. Keep in mind this was at the end of the day lol.
After that we bussed it back to Vista, quickly changed, and then caught the bus to the Magic Kingdom. Carol's innate ability to fall asleep struck again. She fell asleep sitting on the bus, and then flopped over onto the seats and it didn't even wake her! Silly girl! We then met up with Kelsey (who had gone just an hour before us). As the monorail approached the MK station I started getting misty eyed, to finally be there. Then when we got off it I was bouncing and dancing! It was so great! We headed to Pecos Bills for our first meal in the parks. It was soooo yummy. I had the barbeque pork bun.
Carol's innate sleeping ability strikes again.
View of the Magic Kingdom from the Monorail.
First Magic Kindgom meal! Mmmmm Pecos Bills.
After that Carol and I went on Splash Mountain. First ride. Was amazing as always. Since it was dark, we got an amazing view of the Castle. Carol and I didn’t get very wet, which was nice. We were singing all the songs as we went through it, it was great!
You can just make out Carol and I waving from Splash Mountain.
We met back up with Kelsey and Karen, and be lined it to the Haunted Mansion, as it will be closing for refurbs in a few days for the rest of the summer! Kelsey and I both knew all the words, even from the ghost host! Nice to know I’m not the only Disney geek like that ;) After that we attempted to find the bride’s ring in the pavement, but Kelsey thought that it was possibly removed but we wanted to look just to be sure. We went back on the ride, and met another Disney geek like us Kyle. He’s on the College Program doing Custodial. He didn’t think the ring was there anymore either.
Once the ride was done we realised Spectromagic was on, but we wanted to go on something else. Since we couldn’t make it to Pirates, I led them through Fantasyland to Mickey’s Phillharmagic. Amazing as always. Despite having seen it, I still jump at certain parts.
Carol and Kelsey being geeks at Phillharmagic.
Carol and I then made our way through the maze of a crowd to go home (I had a class the next day) while Kelsey and Karen stayed for Wishes. We had just missed the bus back home, so we perused a shop where I got the light up Year of a Million Dreams Mickey ears, and a keychain for my apartment key.
We made our way back, and went to bed. Though I was still excited, so it took me a while to fall asleep!
Day Six
I had to get up early to go to my Epcot Discovery Day. SO MUCH FUN!!! Oh my goodness it was good. We learned about the history of Epcot, and had a fun tour of the park. I have to say, Epcot is definitely the best park. ;) More misty eyes on my part during it, it was just so great.
Caught the bus back home, but got off at the Commons so I could walk to the Outlet Mall (by crossing this HUGE church parking lot). I needed to get shoes and socks for my uniform. You have no idea how hard it is to find solid black runners in an outlet mall. Yeesh. My feet got all blistered from my dress shoes from all the walking! Finally I found a pair. Met up with the roomies briefly as they came for shoes and pants, but went home so I could get some lunch.
The roomies eventually made it back, and then Kelsey and I headed out to Downtown Disney to see if attempt number 2 at getting a cellphone would work. We stopped in first at Goofy’s Candy Company to get slushies there, then at the World of Disney as Kelsey wanted to get a watch.
Headed through the crowds at Pleasure Island to get to the West Side. Virgin was sold out of the Marbl phones, but they did have the Oystr ones, so we both got those. Realised another bus was coming soon, and if we missed it we would have to wait an hour. So we rushed it all the way back to the Marketplace. Had to stop in at Ghiradelli’s for the chocolate, and then rushed to the busstop. We made it :)
Got back home, and attempted to activate our phones. Virgin wouldn’t take our Canadian credit cards. So need to buy Top Up cards from Wallgreens. Oh well. It was really frustrating, because our house phone is all fuzzy and not working great.
Day Seven
Got up early to clean the Apartment, as we were supposed to get an inspection. Three of my roomies had gotten up even earlier to do some of it, so I just had to finish up what they missed before they rushed off to their various training (my two other roomies had the day off, so they were still sleeping). Wandered across to Walgreens to get Virgin Top Up cards, and then came back and got my phone activated.
After that I caught the bus early to Disney University as there’s a Vista Credit Union branch in there and I wanted to start an account. The only thing was that I didn’t have my passport with me, and they need it for ID. Oh well. Sat in the cafeteria for a bit, before clocking in and going to class.
It was fun, but it was Merchantainment. Learned how to do customer service and how to use their registers. During our break, I got a pop from the vending machines, and opening it up back in the classroom. HUGE mistake. The thing fizzed up and exploded everywhere. And I mean A LOT. My trainer remarked that it was a bigger show than Fantasmic. I was so horribly embarrassed!! That totally deflated me, as I felt so horrible about it. :(
When class was done it was all raining out (Tropical Storm Barry, we have a thunderstorm and tornado watch going on). Caught the bus back home. We had all planned to go to Epcot, but traffic had been miserable and now it was pouring rain out. So we decided to stay in. Kelsey and I were too tired to make dinner, so we put on the rain gear, grabbed the umbrella and went out to Chik-fill-A (which is apparently pronounced Chik-fill-EH, not Chik-fill-ah, as we had been calling it). The chicken was really good (better than KFC), though their fries were a bit salty. I had a coupon, so for a $3 dinner I was really happy.
We got back to the apartment soaking wet. After changing it was just a night of vedging with the roomies and talking on the phone. I need to get another Top Up card for my phone, as I used them all talking to people since it was the first time I could call anyone. Oh well.
Go see more Day 5,6 & 7 photos!!
Bye for now everyone!
Today was so much fun! The morning started out with sleeping in! It was nice. I ended up getting the afternoon Traditions class, like all my roomies except Kelsey. She had the 8 am one. So I just tried to catch up on all my emails and talked to people back home.
Next got all dressed up and going to Traditions class at the Disney Univesity. The videos they showed about Disney and the park made me cry, particularly the last one which was about the Year of a Million dreams. And don’t worry, it wasn’t a sad cry. It was a very happy cry, as working for Disney has always been my dream. The class was a lot of fun, and I did learn a lot about Walt Disney and the parks.
All dressed up (with my new Disney name tag too!) after Traditions. Keep in mind this was at the end of the day lol.
After that we bussed it back to Vista, quickly changed, and then caught the bus to the Magic Kingdom. Carol's innate ability to fall asleep struck again. She fell asleep sitting on the bus, and then flopped over onto the seats and it didn't even wake her! Silly girl! We then met up with Kelsey (who had gone just an hour before us). As the monorail approached the MK station I started getting misty eyed, to finally be there. Then when we got off it I was bouncing and dancing! It was so great! We headed to Pecos Bills for our first meal in the parks. It was soooo yummy. I had the barbeque pork bun.
Carol's innate sleeping ability strikes again.
View of the Magic Kingdom from the Monorail.
First Magic Kindgom meal! Mmmmm Pecos Bills.
After that Carol and I went on Splash Mountain. First ride. Was amazing as always. Since it was dark, we got an amazing view of the Castle. Carol and I didn’t get very wet, which was nice. We were singing all the songs as we went through it, it was great!
You can just make out Carol and I waving from Splash Mountain.
We met back up with Kelsey and Karen, and be lined it to the Haunted Mansion, as it will be closing for refurbs in a few days for the rest of the summer! Kelsey and I both knew all the words, even from the ghost host! Nice to know I’m not the only Disney geek like that ;) After that we attempted to find the bride’s ring in the pavement, but Kelsey thought that it was possibly removed but we wanted to look just to be sure. We went back on the ride, and met another Disney geek like us Kyle. He’s on the College Program doing Custodial. He didn’t think the ring was there anymore either.
Once the ride was done we realised Spectromagic was on, but we wanted to go on something else. Since we couldn’t make it to Pirates, I led them through Fantasyland to Mickey’s Phillharmagic. Amazing as always. Despite having seen it, I still jump at certain parts.
Carol and Kelsey being geeks at Phillharmagic.
Carol and I then made our way through the maze of a crowd to go home (I had a class the next day) while Kelsey and Karen stayed for Wishes. We had just missed the bus back home, so we perused a shop where I got the light up Year of a Million Dreams Mickey ears, and a keychain for my apartment key.
We made our way back, and went to bed. Though I was still excited, so it took me a while to fall asleep!
Day Six
I had to get up early to go to my Epcot Discovery Day. SO MUCH FUN!!! Oh my goodness it was good. We learned about the history of Epcot, and had a fun tour of the park. I have to say, Epcot is definitely the best park. ;) More misty eyes on my part during it, it was just so great.
Caught the bus back home, but got off at the Commons so I could walk to the Outlet Mall (by crossing this HUGE church parking lot). I needed to get shoes and socks for my uniform. You have no idea how hard it is to find solid black runners in an outlet mall. Yeesh. My feet got all blistered from my dress shoes from all the walking! Finally I found a pair. Met up with the roomies briefly as they came for shoes and pants, but went home so I could get some lunch.
The roomies eventually made it back, and then Kelsey and I headed out to Downtown Disney to see if attempt number 2 at getting a cellphone would work. We stopped in first at Goofy’s Candy Company to get slushies there, then at the World of Disney as Kelsey wanted to get a watch.
Headed through the crowds at Pleasure Island to get to the West Side. Virgin was sold out of the Marbl phones, but they did have the Oystr ones, so we both got those. Realised another bus was coming soon, and if we missed it we would have to wait an hour. So we rushed it all the way back to the Marketplace. Had to stop in at Ghiradelli’s for the chocolate, and then rushed to the busstop. We made it :)
Got back home, and attempted to activate our phones. Virgin wouldn’t take our Canadian credit cards. So need to buy Top Up cards from Wallgreens. Oh well. It was really frustrating, because our house phone is all fuzzy and not working great.
Day Seven
Got up early to clean the Apartment, as we were supposed to get an inspection. Three of my roomies had gotten up even earlier to do some of it, so I just had to finish up what they missed before they rushed off to their various training (my two other roomies had the day off, so they were still sleeping). Wandered across to Walgreens to get Virgin Top Up cards, and then came back and got my phone activated.
After that I caught the bus early to Disney University as there’s a Vista Credit Union branch in there and I wanted to start an account. The only thing was that I didn’t have my passport with me, and they need it for ID. Oh well. Sat in the cafeteria for a bit, before clocking in and going to class.
It was fun, but it was Merchantainment. Learned how to do customer service and how to use their registers. During our break, I got a pop from the vending machines, and opening it up back in the classroom. HUGE mistake. The thing fizzed up and exploded everywhere. And I mean A LOT. My trainer remarked that it was a bigger show than Fantasmic. I was so horribly embarrassed!! That totally deflated me, as I felt so horrible about it. :(
When class was done it was all raining out (Tropical Storm Barry, we have a thunderstorm and tornado watch going on). Caught the bus back home. We had all planned to go to Epcot, but traffic had been miserable and now it was pouring rain out. So we decided to stay in. Kelsey and I were too tired to make dinner, so we put on the rain gear, grabbed the umbrella and went out to Chik-fill-A (which is apparently pronounced Chik-fill-EH, not Chik-fill-ah, as we had been calling it). The chicken was really good (better than KFC), though their fries were a bit salty. I had a coupon, so for a $3 dinner I was really happy.
We got back to the apartment soaking wet. After changing it was just a night of vedging with the roomies and talking on the phone. I need to get another Top Up card for my phone, as I used them all talking to people since it was the first time I could call anyone. Oh well.
Go see more Day 5,6 & 7 photos!!
Bye for now everyone!
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