Um… oh wow, over 1000 hits… Thanks everyone for visiting! It’s time for me to update then. This one shouldn’t disappoint, no more sitting around on the couch being sick for me!!
I warn you though... this one is lenthy... seven pages in Word. Yikes.
Pictures will be added to this tomorrow (Saturday), as there are too many people online right now, which means Photobucket won't work :(
Day 26 – June 20th
Very awesome! Slept in to catch up on some sleep that I had lost from being sick the previous night. Kelsey and Carol decided to brave the 45 minute bus ride and go to Publix to get real food, of which they took a taxi home because they got more than they could carry home on the bus. They got me salade and cheese! Yums! I miss real food! I also did laundry while they were away. Also made a dinner reservation.
After that we decided we’d hit up the Disney MGM Studios to see Indy! There was only one more show when we got there, so we quickly obtained our Fast Passes for it (and yes, the fastpasses we get do day Cast Member on the bottom. Muahahaha.). We had only about 20 minutes to wait until the show, so Kelsey and I went and got Slushies (Disney Slushies are awesome). We also checked out some merchandise. I got an Indiana Jones Mickey to add to my collection.
Indiana Jones was awesome! Kelsey and I tried our best to be picked as volunteers, but alas we were not. Some guy in this outrageous Hawaiian shirt was chosen instead ;) After that we went and watched Muppet Vision 3-D, my favourite 3-D show by far. I love the Muppets. Perused a few more shops before we decided we needed to catch the boat to Epcot.
Only Carol had taken the Friendship before, and that was from Epcot to MGM, so we weren’t sure how long it would take. It was fun, but we realised it probably would have been just as fast to walk it, as there’s a path that goes along the water.
We made it to Epcot. I’ve never been into Epcot that way, via the International Gateway, so that was cool. We made it on time for our dinner reservation at the Rose & Crown. They gave us a beeper, but we only had to wait 5 minutes until we could sit. The food was soooooo yummy. We were all very happy to have real food.
Kelsey got a call from Ryan, and we were going to meet him and Crystal (another character attendant friend of Kelsey’s) at the Magic Kingdom for Wishes later. We wandered around. The World Showcase the long way, stopping in at Norway to have a berry cup for dessert. And let me tell you, when you haven’t had fresh fruit in a while…. That was the best thing ever!! Will definitely be going back there.
Then we headed out the front entrance so we could hop the monorail to the Magic Kingdom. The only bad thing was that we had an extra passenger join us, a cockroach! It was so gross… but then, this is Florida. We’ve had two dead cockroaches in our apartment, so a live one… just ick.
We got there in time to catch up with Ryan and Crystal and watch Wishes. It was so pretty as always. Next it was over to Tomorrowland! We went to Stitch’s Great Escape, no lineup. I don’t think the spray worked on my chair, because I didn’t have to suffer through the chilidogs. Hopped right onto Space Ranger Spin after that. 80,100 points for me ;) Then we caught the TTA around Tomorrowland, for one nice nighttime view of the park.
Finally it was home via the A bus for Carol, Kelsey and I.
Day 27 – June 21st
Still getting over my stomach bug, so I ended up sleeping in a little bit again.
In the afternoon I headed out to meet up with Kelsey over at Animal Kingdom. Saw her doing her CA thing over in the Oasis.
Went and caught Expedition Everest via the single rider line. I’m not sure if I saved time compared to the Standby line, but oh well. It was a lot of fun anyway!
After that I managed to catch the Jammin’ Jungle parade! That was really neat. It would be fun to be one of the guests selected to sit on the floats. Then I wandered the park looking at the attractions. Got a chocolate ice crème cone as I waited for Kelsey to call.
She finally did, and we met up and headed over to Kali River Rapids. On the way we stopped in and got our photos taken with Pooh and Eeyore. The wait for Kali was 40 minutes (had been 50 minutes when I had checked before, which was a longer wait than EE!!), so we waited in Standby. It was really only a 20 minute wait. I love that ride, even though it’s fairly short.
Then we wandered over to Dinosaur. Kelsey decided to try it. She was scared, but survived! Woo! It was a lot of fun, but manages to scare me on it every time! In the afternoons the park gets really quiet, the line for Dinosaur was only 5 minutes!
We were both really tired, hot, and hungry after that, so we caught the bus back home to Vista. It was Thursday, so we went and got our cast member discount at Chik-fill-A.
Day 28 – June 22nd
This morning Kelsey and I trekked it off to Epcot. We wanted to go on Test Track, however the standby line was too long, and the fast past times wouldn’t work because we both had to work later that day.
Decided to go on Mission: Space Green, which had a nice short line. Next we had a bite of lunch at the Electric Umbrella, since we hadn’t had breakfast. The food there isn’t that great, just typical burgers and fries etc.
We then wandered over to Journey into Imagination with Figment. I love that attraction, even though it isn’t as good as it was. But a good tidbit: in Epcot Cast Services, there is the Hallway of Echoes. It’s called that because if you stand at one end, people at the other can hear perfectly clearly what you’re saying. In it are all these paintings done by cast members. One of them is a Figment one, with the word Magic lit up in fibre optics. It also has voices speaking… its the original Figment and Dreamfinder sounds from the original Imagination!! I was very excited the first time I heard it. I really miss the old attraction.
Next we did the Seas with Nemo and Friends. The new clam cars are very neat, but I do miss the old Seabase Alpha. And the fact that the hydrolators are gone? Very depressing. At anyrate it’s still neat to go and see.
Spaceship Earth was next on the list. Unfortunately the car we got in had a wonky sound system that kept cutting out on us, so it was difficult to hear the words. Wandered around the Art of Disney store a bit, before trekking across the park to go on The Grand Fiesta Tour in Mexico. I was a little iffy about how the refurb was going, and I have to say I was really impressed! While they did change a few things, what they mostly did was take what they had before and adding the Three Caballeros! It was good :)
We went backstage and over to Epcot Cast Services after that because Kelsey had to go off to work and she had put her stuff in my locker. Then we split ways, she – heading for the monorail, and I – heading for Mission: Space orange. It was good as always, though this time around I was the Commander.
The wait had been a long one, so it was time for me to go backstage and change into my costume. Did that and went to work, but found out… Maria had told me the wrong start time! I was supposed to start at 330, not 530! I was very sad, because had I known I could have started earlier, I was in the park already! Tomas, the manager who was on felt bad for me. Luckily I had clocked in early, so it was only half a point instead of a full one, but still. Maria felt really bad when I told her, but oh well, nothing we can do.
Day 29 – June 23rd
Nothing overly exciting. I worked at 845 so I got to do the wave again!:)
Day 30 – June 24th
Worked at 530, which meant I had to be up at 430 in the morning. Not nice. It’s not bad though, I actually like this shift. You get to do stock, get hot chocolate, and get to do the wave. I was off at 2, except I was so tired that I just went home and vedged. Got a movie out from the Learning Centre and watched it. It was pretty cute. Angels in the Infield. It’s a sequel to Angels in the Outfield, except this one has the guy from Soarin’ and Sienfield.
Day 31 – June 25th
Worked another shift bright and early. Getting used to it, but still, 430am should not exist. Tonight when I came home I watched Oliver and Company. I hadn’t seen it in ages, it was really cute.
Day 32 – June 26th
Yet another early early shift. I really enjoy this shift, except that all my roomies have been working nights so I don’t get to see any of them!!! Today Grace and I made plans to go get groceries! Yes! Real food! We took the bus to Publix, and spent about two hours going through the store. I was so giddy and excited to see real food!! We took a taxi home since there was no way we could carry all that we bought home on the bus. YAY for Real Food!!!
Day 33 – June 27th
We’ve officially been in Orlando for a month now, since we didn’t arrive until May 27th! The three of us happened to get the day off together, so we decided to get another thing off our list: all four parks in one day.
Some said it couldn’t be done, but we planned to do just that. We slept in a little bit, then got up, grabbed a quick breakfast, and then caught the bus to the Animal Kingdom. We decided we would each choose 1 thing in each park to do. We headed over to Kali to get fast passes, then over to the Kilimanjaro Safaris. The wait was an hour and a half already!! We decided it would take too long, so instead we back tracked and managed to get on It’s Tough to Be Bug.
We still had time to wait after that, and somehow managed to get in line just in time to catch the Finding Nemo musical. That show was absolutely adorable! Definitely recommended, though it does fill up very quickly!! Go with the floooooooow.
Next we hit up Kali. Kelsey and I barely got wet, but Carol got fairly wet. It was the other side of the boat that got really drenched. Which was fine by us, because after that we went over to catch the Disney Transport bus over to…
…Disney MGM Studios! Stop number two on our 4 parks 1 day event. First we grabbed a bite of lunch at the ABC Commissary. Their chicken curry was really good!
Next we hopped over to the Backlot Tour. Unfortunately we weren’t able to be picked as the volunteers for Harbour Attack, so we’ll have to go back and try again some other time. We think that our tour guide was new, because she fumbled a few times on her spiel. It was still fun :)
I bought my Indy hat, then we caught the High School Music Pep Rally. It was cute, the music is really good. Next we grabbed some of the yummy Disney slushies and then headed to the Friendship Boat Launch.
2 parks down, 1 to go.
We had dinner reservations for Alfredos at 745, which was really good for calling in that morning for a reservation. The food was sooooo yummy! We split a cesar salad, then each of us ordered fettuchini alfredo (the original creator of alfredo is the owner of the restaurant). It was so good! Best alfredo I’ve ever had. We each ordered dessert. I had the cannoli, which had chocolate chips in it. We were also serenaded by two of the Italian waiters. It was a lot of fun!!
We wandered over and caught the Maelstrom, which was a tonne of fun as always. Short lineup. The movie wasn’t playing, so we hopped right on through. We headed to Mouse Gear to look, before heading out and catching the Monorail to…
Park number 4!! We went to the Magic Kingdom next! We got to see Wishes from the Monorail, which was really awesome! :) I have some great videos of the MK with Wishes in the background, but unfortunately I can’t upload them with my slow connection. When I get back home I will.
We got off the monorail, and Kelsey knew a shortcut backstage to bypass the post-Wishes crowd. We went to Tomorrowland and hopped right onto Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. My best score yet at 173,900! Muahahaha.
We caught a nice ride on the TTA and got to see the Magic Kingdom all lit up for the night. It’s so pretty :)
Our last ride of our long day was on the Astro Orbitor. It was good fun. I’ve never been on it before, and I didn’t realise how scary it was! I’m glad I’m not afraid of heights, because that was very high up!
We caught a very packed A Bus home. So to any non-believers out there (and yes, we did talk to a few that day who didn’t think we’d able to do it). We did all four Disney World parks in one day !!
Day 34 – June 28th
We came back and went over to Walgreens as she needed some groceries and a phone card, and then came back. It was a dayoff for me, so I just lounged around trying to recoup from all the running yesterday. Went and read my book by the pool, which was so nice.
Day 35 – June 29th
Worked bright and early again. Didn’t do much… again.
Day 36 – June 30th
My last early morning shift for a while. I’m kinda sad, they’re a lot of fun.
Day 37 – July 1st
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!
We all booked this day off, so we could celebrate! Wearing our red, white, and maple leaves, we decided to head off to Epcot to see the festivities at the Canadian Pavillion. Met a Canadian on the bus who works at Le Cellier, Corey, who had the day off as well. He tagged along with us throughout the day which was fun.
At the Canadian pavilion we walked around a bit and saw the shops, and then watched the (very outdated) O Canada movie. It was cute. We were all from BC, so we cheered at those bits. They had a little thing outside with Canada day trivia and prizes, so we filled that out and got bracelets.
They had a celebration backstage for Canadian cast, so we slipped back there and had POUTINE. It was so terrific and yummy. Not as good as home, but when you’re deprived of it, it tastes so good. They also had goodie bags and such. Also ran into Matt, who works in Le Cellier who I run into on the bus when I work lates. We wandered around Canada a bit more.
With a brief stop in at Morocco (as Kelsey had forgotten her umbrella backstage there from a previous shift), we headed over to Mission: Space Green. I love it. =D After that we debating on riding Universe of Energy. Had planned to go to Cast Connection, so we left Universe of Energy and instead went to the Monorail. Change our minds again as it was getting late.
It started raining (POURING, I should say). So we jumped onto Spaceship Earth in hopes that the rain would stop by the time we were done. Wrongo. It was raining even worse. Blech. So we dashed across to Innoventions and Carol grabbed her poncho from her locker. Kelsey had her umbrella, and Carol and I shared her poncho (which was an XXXL, so we just draped it over the two of us). Corey didn’t have any rain protection, so first we dashed to the Pin Station and he grabbed some bags and made an impromptu poncho, and then we ran to Mouse Gear and he bought a poncho.
After that, we decided that the rain wasn’t going to be letting up anytime soon, so we decided to suck it up and trek to the Beach Club nonetheless. We’re from Vancouver, what’s a little torrential downpour?
We made it to the International Gateway eventually, and the nice Friendship drivers told us it would be faster for us to just walk to the Beach Club, so we did the short jaunt there, eventually getting lost and then found again in the Beach Club Resort. It’s very nice. Though I think I took the brunt of the rain, as the capris that I was wearing were soaked. No way I was going to eat dinner with wet pants. We went to the resort gift shop and I bought new shorts. Yay shiny!
We finally made it to Beaches and Cream, and the wait was an hour! We decided to wait it out, as we were there anyway. There was an arcade next door, so we went and invested our time and money with the games of videos. Kelsey and I tried to play some ripoff DDR, but it wouldn’t let us challenge each other. So we did that. Then we played some air hockey. Good times. We played two rounds, and then Corey played against me. I am the supreme champ. Muahahaha.
Actually, my air hockey skills are pure, dumb luck, but anyhow.
We went to check on our wait time after that, and found out they could seat us right away! So we went in and order the… KITCHEN SINK!
It was good. Massive, but good. They flashed the lights in Beaches and Cream and made this big announcement for us. Very cute. The thing is, this actually comes in a kitchen sink. With all the toppings they offer. And lots of ice crème. It was good, but we no way finished it.
Another thing checked off my Disney to do list. :)
We wandered back to Epcot Cast Services and then caught the bus home.
Day 38 – July 2nd
Working late again. Did not do much but sat on my tush on the couch and surfed the web. I think I slept in. Aren’t I the exciting one?
Day 39 – July 3rd
Today I tackled my course planning for fall semester. It needed to be done, as my course registration is coming up quickly. Did I mention they denied giving me the dayoff for course registration? Not a complete and utter woe of mine, but it would have been nice. Now I just need to hope they give me an evening shift, or the very early shift. Oh well.
Worked until 2 am. Very tired.
Day 40 – July 4th
Happy Independence Day to my American friends!
Surprisingly they gave me a short shift, in the middle of the day no less. It was very busy there today! Was on register, so got to interact a lot with guests and all that good stuff.
Was off at 845, so I met up with Kelsey, Grace, and Meredith. We went and grabbed a quick bite over at the Electric Umbrella (now with non eyesore costumes!). The park was open later tonight, due to being a holiday. We wandered over somewhere near Canada and watched the fireworks. Just. Wow. They were awesome!
Illuminations made me misty, as per usual. The addition for the holiday was great too. I’ve never seen so many fireworks set off at once. Really. The finally for the extra stuff was so loud, you could feel it making your skin shake. We were all very deaf after that.
Of course, trying to get out of the park after that was miserable. We eventually managed, but of course trying to catch the bus back to Vista was even worse! Grace tried asking a few people in cars if they’d drive us, but no help. It would have taken us 4 bus waits to get home, since lots of people went to Epcot to watch the fireworks since we couldn’t get into MK that day.
Luckily, Ryan was nice enough to come and get us and give us a ride home. Yay Ryan!
Day 41 – July 5th
Worked until 2 again. Get very tired from this. Called Mom and Dad, which was nice. Wish I could call more, but internet is free. Phone is not.
Day 42 – July 6th
DAY OFF! Woo. I have been very tired from working such late shifts, as the previous week I had such early ones. We had an apartment inspection today, so we did much cleaning. Grace went and got the vacuum from the Clubhouse, so I vacuumed Kelsey and I’s room, and we all pitched in (minus one roomie, who never does a lick of work). We did well! We passed with flying colours, except apparently our walls weren’t clean… because you know we’re all for throwing our food and stuff against the walls and dirtying them. Oh well. They still gave us chocolate for our pass! It was a delicious victory indeed.
Sat around on the computer due to my lack of energy of not getting to bed until 3am from working the night before.
Grace and I walked to Bahama Breeze for dinner. It was so so. I enjoyed the appies, but the entrée wasn’t all that great. Oh well. Got me out of the apartment, which is all good.
Came home, did some drawing since I was bored, and more reading of the comics and generally sitting on my tush. Oh, and now blogging.
And now I am officially caught up!
I warn you though... this one is lenthy... seven pages in Word. Yikes.
Pictures will be added to this tomorrow (Saturday), as there are too many people online right now, which means Photobucket won't work :(
Day 26 – June 20th
Very awesome! Slept in to catch up on some sleep that I had lost from being sick the previous night. Kelsey and Carol decided to brave the 45 minute bus ride and go to Publix to get real food, of which they took a taxi home because they got more than they could carry home on the bus. They got me salade and cheese! Yums! I miss real food! I also did laundry while they were away. Also made a dinner reservation.
After that we decided we’d hit up the Disney MGM Studios to see Indy! There was only one more show when we got there, so we quickly obtained our Fast Passes for it (and yes, the fastpasses we get do day Cast Member on the bottom. Muahahaha.). We had only about 20 minutes to wait until the show, so Kelsey and I went and got Slushies (Disney Slushies are awesome). We also checked out some merchandise. I got an Indiana Jones Mickey to add to my collection.
Indiana Jones was awesome! Kelsey and I tried our best to be picked as volunteers, but alas we were not. Some guy in this outrageous Hawaiian shirt was chosen instead ;) After that we went and watched Muppet Vision 3-D, my favourite 3-D show by far. I love the Muppets. Perused a few more shops before we decided we needed to catch the boat to Epcot.
Only Carol had taken the Friendship before, and that was from Epcot to MGM, so we weren’t sure how long it would take. It was fun, but we realised it probably would have been just as fast to walk it, as there’s a path that goes along the water.
We made it to Epcot. I’ve never been into Epcot that way, via the International Gateway, so that was cool. We made it on time for our dinner reservation at the Rose & Crown. They gave us a beeper, but we only had to wait 5 minutes until we could sit. The food was soooooo yummy. We were all very happy to have real food.
Kelsey got a call from Ryan, and we were going to meet him and Crystal (another character attendant friend of Kelsey’s) at the Magic Kingdom for Wishes later. We wandered around. The World Showcase the long way, stopping in at Norway to have a berry cup for dessert. And let me tell you, when you haven’t had fresh fruit in a while…. That was the best thing ever!! Will definitely be going back there.
Then we headed out the front entrance so we could hop the monorail to the Magic Kingdom. The only bad thing was that we had an extra passenger join us, a cockroach! It was so gross… but then, this is Florida. We’ve had two dead cockroaches in our apartment, so a live one… just ick.
We got there in time to catch up with Ryan and Crystal and watch Wishes. It was so pretty as always. Next it was over to Tomorrowland! We went to Stitch’s Great Escape, no lineup. I don’t think the spray worked on my chair, because I didn’t have to suffer through the chilidogs. Hopped right onto Space Ranger Spin after that. 80,100 points for me ;) Then we caught the TTA around Tomorrowland, for one nice nighttime view of the park.
Finally it was home via the A bus for Carol, Kelsey and I.
Day 27 – June 21st
Still getting over my stomach bug, so I ended up sleeping in a little bit again.
In the afternoon I headed out to meet up with Kelsey over at Animal Kingdom. Saw her doing her CA thing over in the Oasis.
Went and caught Expedition Everest via the single rider line. I’m not sure if I saved time compared to the Standby line, but oh well. It was a lot of fun anyway!
After that I managed to catch the Jammin’ Jungle parade! That was really neat. It would be fun to be one of the guests selected to sit on the floats. Then I wandered the park looking at the attractions. Got a chocolate ice crème cone as I waited for Kelsey to call.
She finally did, and we met up and headed over to Kali River Rapids. On the way we stopped in and got our photos taken with Pooh and Eeyore. The wait for Kali was 40 minutes (had been 50 minutes when I had checked before, which was a longer wait than EE!!), so we waited in Standby. It was really only a 20 minute wait. I love that ride, even though it’s fairly short.
Then we wandered over to Dinosaur. Kelsey decided to try it. She was scared, but survived! Woo! It was a lot of fun, but manages to scare me on it every time! In the afternoons the park gets really quiet, the line for Dinosaur was only 5 minutes!
We were both really tired, hot, and hungry after that, so we caught the bus back home to Vista. It was Thursday, so we went and got our cast member discount at Chik-fill-A.
Day 28 – June 22nd
This morning Kelsey and I trekked it off to Epcot. We wanted to go on Test Track, however the standby line was too long, and the fast past times wouldn’t work because we both had to work later that day.
Decided to go on Mission: Space Green, which had a nice short line. Next we had a bite of lunch at the Electric Umbrella, since we hadn’t had breakfast. The food there isn’t that great, just typical burgers and fries etc.
We then wandered over to Journey into Imagination with Figment. I love that attraction, even though it isn’t as good as it was. But a good tidbit: in Epcot Cast Services, there is the Hallway of Echoes. It’s called that because if you stand at one end, people at the other can hear perfectly clearly what you’re saying. In it are all these paintings done by cast members. One of them is a Figment one, with the word Magic lit up in fibre optics. It also has voices speaking… its the original Figment and Dreamfinder sounds from the original Imagination!! I was very excited the first time I heard it. I really miss the old attraction.
Next we did the Seas with Nemo and Friends. The new clam cars are very neat, but I do miss the old Seabase Alpha. And the fact that the hydrolators are gone? Very depressing. At anyrate it’s still neat to go and see.
Spaceship Earth was next on the list. Unfortunately the car we got in had a wonky sound system that kept cutting out on us, so it was difficult to hear the words. Wandered around the Art of Disney store a bit, before trekking across the park to go on The Grand Fiesta Tour in Mexico. I was a little iffy about how the refurb was going, and I have to say I was really impressed! While they did change a few things, what they mostly did was take what they had before and adding the Three Caballeros! It was good :)
We went backstage and over to Epcot Cast Services after that because Kelsey had to go off to work and she had put her stuff in my locker. Then we split ways, she – heading for the monorail, and I – heading for Mission: Space orange. It was good as always, though this time around I was the Commander.
The wait had been a long one, so it was time for me to go backstage and change into my costume. Did that and went to work, but found out… Maria had told me the wrong start time! I was supposed to start at 330, not 530! I was very sad, because had I known I could have started earlier, I was in the park already! Tomas, the manager who was on felt bad for me. Luckily I had clocked in early, so it was only half a point instead of a full one, but still. Maria felt really bad when I told her, but oh well, nothing we can do.
Day 29 – June 23rd
Nothing overly exciting. I worked at 845 so I got to do the wave again!:)
Day 30 – June 24th
Worked at 530, which meant I had to be up at 430 in the morning. Not nice. It’s not bad though, I actually like this shift. You get to do stock, get hot chocolate, and get to do the wave. I was off at 2, except I was so tired that I just went home and vedged. Got a movie out from the Learning Centre and watched it. It was pretty cute. Angels in the Infield. It’s a sequel to Angels in the Outfield, except this one has the guy from Soarin’ and Sienfield.
Day 31 – June 25th
Worked another shift bright and early. Getting used to it, but still, 430am should not exist. Tonight when I came home I watched Oliver and Company. I hadn’t seen it in ages, it was really cute.
Day 32 – June 26th
Yet another early early shift. I really enjoy this shift, except that all my roomies have been working nights so I don’t get to see any of them!!! Today Grace and I made plans to go get groceries! Yes! Real food! We took the bus to Publix, and spent about two hours going through the store. I was so giddy and excited to see real food!! We took a taxi home since there was no way we could carry all that we bought home on the bus. YAY for Real Food!!!
Day 33 – June 27th
We’ve officially been in Orlando for a month now, since we didn’t arrive until May 27th! The three of us happened to get the day off together, so we decided to get another thing off our list: all four parks in one day.
Some said it couldn’t be done, but we planned to do just that. We slept in a little bit, then got up, grabbed a quick breakfast, and then caught the bus to the Animal Kingdom. We decided we would each choose 1 thing in each park to do. We headed over to Kali to get fast passes, then over to the Kilimanjaro Safaris. The wait was an hour and a half already!! We decided it would take too long, so instead we back tracked and managed to get on It’s Tough to Be Bug.
We still had time to wait after that, and somehow managed to get in line just in time to catch the Finding Nemo musical. That show was absolutely adorable! Definitely recommended, though it does fill up very quickly!! Go with the floooooooow.
Next we hit up Kali. Kelsey and I barely got wet, but Carol got fairly wet. It was the other side of the boat that got really drenched. Which was fine by us, because after that we went over to catch the Disney Transport bus over to…
…Disney MGM Studios! Stop number two on our 4 parks 1 day event. First we grabbed a bite of lunch at the ABC Commissary. Their chicken curry was really good!
Next we hopped over to the Backlot Tour. Unfortunately we weren’t able to be picked as the volunteers for Harbour Attack, so we’ll have to go back and try again some other time. We think that our tour guide was new, because she fumbled a few times on her spiel. It was still fun :)
I bought my Indy hat, then we caught the High School Music Pep Rally. It was cute, the music is really good. Next we grabbed some of the yummy Disney slushies and then headed to the Friendship Boat Launch.
2 parks down, 1 to go.
We had dinner reservations for Alfredos at 745, which was really good for calling in that morning for a reservation. The food was sooooo yummy! We split a cesar salad, then each of us ordered fettuchini alfredo (the original creator of alfredo is the owner of the restaurant). It was so good! Best alfredo I’ve ever had. We each ordered dessert. I had the cannoli, which had chocolate chips in it. We were also serenaded by two of the Italian waiters. It was a lot of fun!!
We wandered over and caught the Maelstrom, which was a tonne of fun as always. Short lineup. The movie wasn’t playing, so we hopped right on through. We headed to Mouse Gear to look, before heading out and catching the Monorail to…
Park number 4!! We went to the Magic Kingdom next! We got to see Wishes from the Monorail, which was really awesome! :) I have some great videos of the MK with Wishes in the background, but unfortunately I can’t upload them with my slow connection. When I get back home I will.
We got off the monorail, and Kelsey knew a shortcut backstage to bypass the post-Wishes crowd. We went to Tomorrowland and hopped right onto Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. My best score yet at 173,900! Muahahaha.
We caught a nice ride on the TTA and got to see the Magic Kingdom all lit up for the night. It’s so pretty :)
Our last ride of our long day was on the Astro Orbitor. It was good fun. I’ve never been on it before, and I didn’t realise how scary it was! I’m glad I’m not afraid of heights, because that was very high up!
We caught a very packed A Bus home. So to any non-believers out there (and yes, we did talk to a few that day who didn’t think we’d able to do it). We did all four Disney World parks in one day !!
Day 34 – June 28th
We came back and went over to Walgreens as she needed some groceries and a phone card, and then came back. It was a dayoff for me, so I just lounged around trying to recoup from all the running yesterday. Went and read my book by the pool, which was so nice.
Day 35 – June 29th
Worked bright and early again. Didn’t do much… again.
Day 36 – June 30th
My last early morning shift for a while. I’m kinda sad, they’re a lot of fun.
Day 37 – July 1st
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!
We all booked this day off, so we could celebrate! Wearing our red, white, and maple leaves, we decided to head off to Epcot to see the festivities at the Canadian Pavillion. Met a Canadian on the bus who works at Le Cellier, Corey, who had the day off as well. He tagged along with us throughout the day which was fun.
At the Canadian pavilion we walked around a bit and saw the shops, and then watched the (very outdated) O Canada movie. It was cute. We were all from BC, so we cheered at those bits. They had a little thing outside with Canada day trivia and prizes, so we filled that out and got bracelets.
They had a celebration backstage for Canadian cast, so we slipped back there and had POUTINE. It was so terrific and yummy. Not as good as home, but when you’re deprived of it, it tastes so good. They also had goodie bags and such. Also ran into Matt, who works in Le Cellier who I run into on the bus when I work lates. We wandered around Canada a bit more.
With a brief stop in at Morocco (as Kelsey had forgotten her umbrella backstage there from a previous shift), we headed over to Mission: Space Green. I love it. =D After that we debating on riding Universe of Energy. Had planned to go to Cast Connection, so we left Universe of Energy and instead went to the Monorail. Change our minds again as it was getting late.
It started raining (POURING, I should say). So we jumped onto Spaceship Earth in hopes that the rain would stop by the time we were done. Wrongo. It was raining even worse. Blech. So we dashed across to Innoventions and Carol grabbed her poncho from her locker. Kelsey had her umbrella, and Carol and I shared her poncho (which was an XXXL, so we just draped it over the two of us). Corey didn’t have any rain protection, so first we dashed to the Pin Station and he grabbed some bags and made an impromptu poncho, and then we ran to Mouse Gear and he bought a poncho.
After that, we decided that the rain wasn’t going to be letting up anytime soon, so we decided to suck it up and trek to the Beach Club nonetheless. We’re from Vancouver, what’s a little torrential downpour?
We made it to the International Gateway eventually, and the nice Friendship drivers told us it would be faster for us to just walk to the Beach Club, so we did the short jaunt there, eventually getting lost and then found again in the Beach Club Resort. It’s very nice. Though I think I took the brunt of the rain, as the capris that I was wearing were soaked. No way I was going to eat dinner with wet pants. We went to the resort gift shop and I bought new shorts. Yay shiny!
We finally made it to Beaches and Cream, and the wait was an hour! We decided to wait it out, as we were there anyway. There was an arcade next door, so we went and invested our time and money with the games of videos. Kelsey and I tried to play some ripoff DDR, but it wouldn’t let us challenge each other. So we did that. Then we played some air hockey. Good times. We played two rounds, and then Corey played against me. I am the supreme champ. Muahahaha.
Actually, my air hockey skills are pure, dumb luck, but anyhow.
We went to check on our wait time after that, and found out they could seat us right away! So we went in and order the… KITCHEN SINK!
It was good. Massive, but good. They flashed the lights in Beaches and Cream and made this big announcement for us. Very cute. The thing is, this actually comes in a kitchen sink. With all the toppings they offer. And lots of ice crème. It was good, but we no way finished it.
Another thing checked off my Disney to do list. :)
We wandered back to Epcot Cast Services and then caught the bus home.
Day 38 – July 2nd
Working late again. Did not do much but sat on my tush on the couch and surfed the web. I think I slept in. Aren’t I the exciting one?
Day 39 – July 3rd
Today I tackled my course planning for fall semester. It needed to be done, as my course registration is coming up quickly. Did I mention they denied giving me the dayoff for course registration? Not a complete and utter woe of mine, but it would have been nice. Now I just need to hope they give me an evening shift, or the very early shift. Oh well.
Worked until 2 am. Very tired.
Day 40 – July 4th
Happy Independence Day to my American friends!
Surprisingly they gave me a short shift, in the middle of the day no less. It was very busy there today! Was on register, so got to interact a lot with guests and all that good stuff.
Was off at 845, so I met up with Kelsey, Grace, and Meredith. We went and grabbed a quick bite over at the Electric Umbrella (now with non eyesore costumes!). The park was open later tonight, due to being a holiday. We wandered over somewhere near Canada and watched the fireworks. Just. Wow. They were awesome!
Illuminations made me misty, as per usual. The addition for the holiday was great too. I’ve never seen so many fireworks set off at once. Really. The finally for the extra stuff was so loud, you could feel it making your skin shake. We were all very deaf after that.
Of course, trying to get out of the park after that was miserable. We eventually managed, but of course trying to catch the bus back to Vista was even worse! Grace tried asking a few people in cars if they’d drive us, but no help. It would have taken us 4 bus waits to get home, since lots of people went to Epcot to watch the fireworks since we couldn’t get into MK that day.
Luckily, Ryan was nice enough to come and get us and give us a ride home. Yay Ryan!
Day 41 – July 5th
Worked until 2 again. Get very tired from this. Called Mom and Dad, which was nice. Wish I could call more, but internet is free. Phone is not.
Day 42 – July 6th
DAY OFF! Woo. I have been very tired from working such late shifts, as the previous week I had such early ones. We had an apartment inspection today, so we did much cleaning. Grace went and got the vacuum from the Clubhouse, so I vacuumed Kelsey and I’s room, and we all pitched in (minus one roomie, who never does a lick of work). We did well! We passed with flying colours, except apparently our walls weren’t clean… because you know we’re all for throwing our food and stuff against the walls and dirtying them. Oh well. They still gave us chocolate for our pass! It was a delicious victory indeed.
Sat around on the computer due to my lack of energy of not getting to bed until 3am from working the night before.
Grace and I walked to Bahama Breeze for dinner. It was so so. I enjoyed the appies, but the entrée wasn’t all that great. Oh well. Got me out of the apartment, which is all good.
Came home, did some drawing since I was bored, and more reading of the comics and generally sitting on my tush. Oh, and now blogging.
And now I am officially caught up!
- Mood:
chipper - Music:a blowdryer
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!
Day Three
We got up early, after about 5 hours of sleep. Our upstairs neighbours were very VERY noisy. They have a tendency to walk really loudly, and it kept us awake until 230! The beds are very uncomfortable.... ick.
Were bussed off to The Commons to attend a housing and property meeting. Was very long and boring in a very cold room. We got a free pen and a free calendar, which was cool :)
After that they bussed us back to Vista. We had time to kill, so Kelsey, Brynna, Brynna's roomie, and I walked over to Wendy's for lunch. It was very cheap! $5! I was happy. Simple thing eh? After that Kelsey and I went to Walgreens to pick up a few things we'd missed from Walmart (our closet has this funky smell, so we got Febreeze).
We wandered back and relaxed a little while, then went over to the Pavilion to do sign in. We got our Property ID cards with our photos on them (they stretched the photos, so everyone looks 10 llbs heavier), so no more yellow papers! We also had to go through the Disney look process (I passed), and various other registration things.
Back at our appt for a while to kill some more time, before going back over to the Pool to pick up some other paperwork. Good stuff :)
Then we were all tired, so we made a quick dinner and just relaxed around the apartment. Good times. It's tough when there are 4 internet ports, and 6 computers. There's also wireless, but not nearby, so the connection is really weak. At least we have it :D
Day Four
Today was another round of meetings, but at a more decent time. This time we were carted off to the Yacht and Beach Club for our Immigration meeting. Vista Credit Union and talked to us. We got these cool ICP drinking cups as souvenirs. Woo! We were brought back here for lunch, so we all relaxed (they do give us lots of free time).
Me, Geoff, and Emma at today's orientation session.
Carol, Karen, and Meredith at orientation day 2.
Then in the afternoon we had to go to the Vista Pavillion to find out where we'd be working.
I'LL BE WORKING AT EPCOT!!
Very excited. I'll be working in MouseGears at Epcot, which is the park that I wanted! To me it didn't matter where exactly in Epcot, but Epcot (thus Epcot-Andy ;) ). Muahahahah so excited.
My other roomies were happy with their assignments as well. Kelsey is a Character attendant, so she'll be all over the parks. Carol is doing Ops at Innoventions in Epcot (we're Epcot buddies). Karen and Meredith are Quick Serve Food & Beverage at the All Stars Resort. Grace is Full Serve Food & Beverage at Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary. So it's so cool!
To celebrate we decided to take the bus up to the Transportation and Ticket Centre, so we could ride the monorail (Kelsey was so excited!). We hopped it to the Polynesian to get Dole Whips in Celebration (we can't get into the parks quite yet). The Dole Whip was sooooo yummy! :) The Poly is very nice to see! So pretty!
Carol at the TTC, waiting for the Resort Monorail.
Kelsey and I riding the Monorail to the Poly.
Can you say... DOLE WHIPS? Karen, myself, and Carol dig in. Yummies!
Karen and I infront of the Polynesian Resort pool.
Hopping back onto the Monorail, Kelsey and Karen managed to get into the very front car! Was so cool! We jumped off at the Contemporary again and wandered around it for a bit to see the menu for the California Grill. Prices were high, but not nearly as high as we were expecting. Phew. Would be cool to eat there.
Took the bus back home, and had intended on going to the Outlet Mall but I had a horrible migrain. Blech. There was a Patriotic Pool Party going on, so we stopped and grabbed some pizza first. I came home to just relax, while the girls enjoyed the party. They were nice roomies and brought me back a Mickey Mouse ice creme bar, since I missed it. Kelsey stayed, and the others went out again.
Meredith, Karen, Carol, and Kelsey enjoy Mickey Ice Creme bars.
So now here I am, uploading lots of pics for you. I will have my roomies pics to, so TONNES of pictures for you. However the gallery that I had planned to used is being silly, and not letting me link them. So I have a photobucket account now :)
Go see more Day 3 & 4 Photos!
Oh, and pictures added to my last entry if you're interested!
Talk to you soon!
We got up early, after about 5 hours of sleep. Our upstairs neighbours were very VERY noisy. They have a tendency to walk really loudly, and it kept us awake until 230! The beds are very uncomfortable.... ick.
Were bussed off to The Commons to attend a housing and property meeting. Was very long and boring in a very cold room. We got a free pen and a free calendar, which was cool :)
After that they bussed us back to Vista. We had time to kill, so Kelsey, Brynna, Brynna's roomie, and I walked over to Wendy's for lunch. It was very cheap! $5! I was happy. Simple thing eh? After that Kelsey and I went to Walgreens to pick up a few things we'd missed from Walmart (our closet has this funky smell, so we got Febreeze).
We wandered back and relaxed a little while, then went over to the Pavilion to do sign in. We got our Property ID cards with our photos on them (they stretched the photos, so everyone looks 10 llbs heavier), so no more yellow papers! We also had to go through the Disney look process (I passed), and various other registration things.
Back at our appt for a while to kill some more time, before going back over to the Pool to pick up some other paperwork. Good stuff :)
Then we were all tired, so we made a quick dinner and just relaxed around the apartment. Good times. It's tough when there are 4 internet ports, and 6 computers. There's also wireless, but not nearby, so the connection is really weak. At least we have it :D
Day Four
Today was another round of meetings, but at a more decent time. This time we were carted off to the Yacht and Beach Club for our Immigration meeting. Vista Credit Union and talked to us. We got these cool ICP drinking cups as souvenirs. Woo! We were brought back here for lunch, so we all relaxed (they do give us lots of free time).
Me, Geoff, and Emma at today's orientation session.
Carol, Karen, and Meredith at orientation day 2.
Then in the afternoon we had to go to the Vista Pavillion to find out where we'd be working.
I'LL BE WORKING AT EPCOT!!
Very excited. I'll be working in MouseGears at Epcot, which is the park that I wanted! To me it didn't matter where exactly in Epcot, but Epcot (thus Epcot-Andy ;) ). Muahahahah so excited.
My other roomies were happy with their assignments as well. Kelsey is a Character attendant, so she'll be all over the parks. Carol is doing Ops at Innoventions in Epcot (we're Epcot buddies). Karen and Meredith are Quick Serve Food & Beverage at the All Stars Resort. Grace is Full Serve Food & Beverage at Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary. So it's so cool!
To celebrate we decided to take the bus up to the Transportation and Ticket Centre, so we could ride the monorail (Kelsey was so excited!). We hopped it to the Polynesian to get Dole Whips in Celebration (we can't get into the parks quite yet). The Dole Whip was sooooo yummy! :) The Poly is very nice to see! So pretty!
Carol at the TTC, waiting for the Resort Monorail.
Kelsey and I riding the Monorail to the Poly.
Can you say... DOLE WHIPS? Karen, myself, and Carol dig in. Yummies!
Karen and I infront of the Polynesian Resort pool.
Hopping back onto the Monorail, Kelsey and Karen managed to get into the very front car! Was so cool! We jumped off at the Contemporary again and wandered around it for a bit to see the menu for the California Grill. Prices were high, but not nearly as high as we were expecting. Phew. Would be cool to eat there.
Took the bus back home, and had intended on going to the Outlet Mall but I had a horrible migrain. Blech. There was a Patriotic Pool Party going on, so we stopped and grabbed some pizza first. I came home to just relax, while the girls enjoyed the party. They were nice roomies and brought me back a Mickey Mouse ice creme bar, since I missed it. Kelsey stayed, and the others went out again.
Meredith, Karen, Carol, and Kelsey enjoy Mickey Ice Creme bars.
So now here I am, uploading lots of pics for you. I will have my roomies pics to, so TONNES of pictures for you. However the gallery that I had planned to used is being silly, and not letting me link them. So I have a photobucket account now :)
Go see more Day 3 & 4 Photos!
Oh, and pictures added to my last entry if you're interested!
Talk to you soon!
- Mood:
tired - Music:various apartment sounds
We made it! Safe and sound, being up almost 48 hours, but we're here we're here!!! =D
Last night we left Vancouver at 2330 PST, for our lurvley flight to Montreal. Kelsey, Carol and I met up at the airport, and they ended up making us hike over to the International Terminal, as they're doing work on the domestic terminal (but it was still a domestic flight). I had a window seat, Kelsey was in the centre seat next to me, and Carol was in the window seat behind me. The airplane was killer hot, and finally they came and brought us drinks and water!!! Was soooo thirsty. Carol fell asleep before the plane took off, and Kelsey and I had troubles falling asleep. We chatted for an hour, before attempting to sleep.
Kelsey showing the "beloved water" that we waited for forever!
Carol has this innate ability to fall asleep anywhere. She's under the sweater somewhere...
No turbulence, just a crummy picture of myself and Kelsey.
We landed in Montreal a few minutes early. We had been told in Vancouver that our baggage would be cleared right to Orlando. WRONG. On our sprint from the domestic terminal to the opposite end of the airport to the US Connections terminal (we only had 25 minutes to do so), we found out that we did need to go through customs! Unfortunately, Carol was missing her second boarding pass, so we talked to an Air Canada lady, and she got the pass and showed up to US Connections.
We did a mad airport dash (a la Home Alone) to US Connections, where we filled out our US Customs Declaration form and our I-94 form. Then we had to pick up our luggage (our hands were already full with the Visa, and other such paper work). We headed to customs, and luckily the customs agents we got were very nice. I warned mine that I had lots of paperwork, and he said "No worries, I get this all the time." He went through it all for me, then stapled my visa into my passport and I was on my way :)
We crossed through these doors, about 5 metres away, just to drop our bags off again! :P Then it was through security again, where they were far more picky than the Vancouver people, making us take off our shoes and sandals. We were already late for our departure, so it didn't help.
Carol and Kelsey in the Montreal airport.
Then of course, our Montreal departure gate had to be at the farthest end of the terminal, so we're dashing there. Then we find out that our plane is delayed. Thank goodness!! Finally we board, and find out it's the exact same aircraft we had flown on to Montreal (Kelsey had broken the seat pouch, and we were in the same row and broken seat pouch. Also, the TVs in coach were screwy, so we knew it was the same plane). That's why it was delayed I guess.
Another long flight to Orlando (though not as long as the last one). We all managed to get into the same row! That was great :) Carol and Kelsey watched the movie, while I tried to sleep. Found out there's something wrong with my mp3 player, which is annoying. It's stuck on the welcome screen. Grrrr.
Landed in Orlando (bumpy landing)... Twas hot, about 20, and overcast. Went to pick up our baggage and ran into more people on the program. Then we all lugged it to the Welcome Desk where there was a sign... "Back at 1230". It was 1145 :P Luckily the welcome crew came earlier! We were given our welcome packages, and found out that Kelsey, Carol and I were all in the same apartment at Vista Way!!! We also met our other roomie, Karen from Canada. She's very outgoing and very talkative!
Upon arrival at Vista, I spotted Brynna about to catch a cab for a Walmart run. Stopped to say a quick hi before she went off on her way. The four of us roomies lugged our baggage to our apartment, where we found out that our other roomie is Grace from Vancouver! She was on the Seattle flight.
After unpacking, Karen had a friend who lives in Orlando, so he gave us a ride to Walmart. We all stocked up lots. Yummy food and all that stuff. Though Karen's friend's trunk was already full, so Kelsey, Carol, and I had all the stuff piled onto us into the backseat. It was hilarious! Upon returning to Vista, they just let us go through, not bothering with the passes.
Unpacking all our groceries, we decided a trip to Downtown Disney would be in order! We caught the bus there. It was crazy busy (memorial long weekend). We were going to try and eat at Earl of Sandwhich, but the line was crazy long. Forgoing that, we went to Wolfgang Puck's Express, which the line wasn't nearly as long. Yummy food. Their homemade potato chips are amazing!! Then we wandered around for a while.
Then we went to Virgin Megastore so I could buy a cellphone with a local number, but they were sold out! Oh well, I have my BC phone with me.
We wandered around the World of Disney store, and a few others (free Ghiradhelli chocolate), and then caught the bus back. Now just blogging, before getting ready for bed! We've got our welcome meetings tomorrow early so I shall be off... Though I wanted to say hi to people on MSN, it's being a pain in the butt to me tonight. Oh well :P
Miss everyone at home!! Hope to talk to you soon.
ps... I do have photos, they're just being a pain in the butt right now, so I'll get them up tomorrow (plus I have to be up in 6 ish hours)...
Last night we left Vancouver at 2330 PST, for our lurvley flight to Montreal. Kelsey, Carol and I met up at the airport, and they ended up making us hike over to the International Terminal, as they're doing work on the domestic terminal (but it was still a domestic flight). I had a window seat, Kelsey was in the centre seat next to me, and Carol was in the window seat behind me. The airplane was killer hot, and finally they came and brought us drinks and water!!! Was soooo thirsty. Carol fell asleep before the plane took off, and Kelsey and I had troubles falling asleep. We chatted for an hour, before attempting to sleep.
Kelsey showing the "beloved water" that we waited for forever!
Carol has this innate ability to fall asleep anywhere. She's under the sweater somewhere...
No turbulence, just a crummy picture of myself and Kelsey.
We landed in Montreal a few minutes early. We had been told in Vancouver that our baggage would be cleared right to Orlando. WRONG. On our sprint from the domestic terminal to the opposite end of the airport to the US Connections terminal (we only had 25 minutes to do so), we found out that we did need to go through customs! Unfortunately, Carol was missing her second boarding pass, so we talked to an Air Canada lady, and she got the pass and showed up to US Connections.
We did a mad airport dash (a la Home Alone) to US Connections, where we filled out our US Customs Declaration form and our I-94 form. Then we had to pick up our luggage (our hands were already full with the Visa, and other such paper work). We headed to customs, and luckily the customs agents we got were very nice. I warned mine that I had lots of paperwork, and he said "No worries, I get this all the time." He went through it all for me, then stapled my visa into my passport and I was on my way :)
We crossed through these doors, about 5 metres away, just to drop our bags off again! :P Then it was through security again, where they were far more picky than the Vancouver people, making us take off our shoes and sandals. We were already late for our departure, so it didn't help.
Carol and Kelsey in the Montreal airport.
Then of course, our Montreal departure gate had to be at the farthest end of the terminal, so we're dashing there. Then we find out that our plane is delayed. Thank goodness!! Finally we board, and find out it's the exact same aircraft we had flown on to Montreal (Kelsey had broken the seat pouch, and we were in the same row and broken seat pouch. Also, the TVs in coach were screwy, so we knew it was the same plane). That's why it was delayed I guess.
Another long flight to Orlando (though not as long as the last one). We all managed to get into the same row! That was great :) Carol and Kelsey watched the movie, while I tried to sleep. Found out there's something wrong with my mp3 player, which is annoying. It's stuck on the welcome screen. Grrrr.
Landed in Orlando (bumpy landing)... Twas hot, about 20, and overcast. Went to pick up our baggage and ran into more people on the program. Then we all lugged it to the Welcome Desk where there was a sign... "Back at 1230". It was 1145 :P Luckily the welcome crew came earlier! We were given our welcome packages, and found out that Kelsey, Carol and I were all in the same apartment at Vista Way!!! We also met our other roomie, Karen from Canada. She's very outgoing and very talkative!
Upon arrival at Vista, I spotted Brynna about to catch a cab for a Walmart run. Stopped to say a quick hi before she went off on her way. The four of us roomies lugged our baggage to our apartment, where we found out that our other roomie is Grace from Vancouver! She was on the Seattle flight.
After unpacking, Karen had a friend who lives in Orlando, so he gave us a ride to Walmart. We all stocked up lots. Yummy food and all that stuff. Though Karen's friend's trunk was already full, so Kelsey, Carol, and I had all the stuff piled onto us into the backseat. It was hilarious! Upon returning to Vista, they just let us go through, not bothering with the passes.
Unpacking all our groceries, we decided a trip to Downtown Disney would be in order! We caught the bus there. It was crazy busy (memorial long weekend). We were going to try and eat at Earl of Sandwhich, but the line was crazy long. Forgoing that, we went to Wolfgang Puck's Express, which the line wasn't nearly as long. Yummy food. Their homemade potato chips are amazing!! Then we wandered around for a while.
Then we went to Virgin Megastore so I could buy a cellphone with a local number, but they were sold out! Oh well, I have my BC phone with me.
We wandered around the World of Disney store, and a few others (free Ghiradhelli chocolate), and then caught the bus back. Now just blogging, before getting ready for bed! We've got our welcome meetings tomorrow early so I shall be off... Though I wanted to say hi to people on MSN, it's being a pain in the butt to me tonight. Oh well :P
Miss everyone at home!! Hope to talk to you soon.
ps... I do have photos, they're just being a pain in the butt right now, so I'll get them up tomorrow (plus I have to be up in 6 ish hours)...
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So yesterday I went up to campus to meet (again) Kelsey, who's from Vancouver too! We remembered each other from the interviews. She's really nice, and very into Disney like me! We talked about how we were both anxious, waiting for our Visas. What we'll do in the parks, tried to figure out some things about the trip. We, along with the third girl from my university who applied and was accepted, all booked the same flight out. I also did a little plug for Sorcerer Radio, and found out she already knew about it and was a fan of Character Breakfast! :)
Today I was talking to Brynna, a girl from Vancouver Island who's been on the College Program before and is going again this summer. We were talking about Vista Way, one of the Disney housing complexes. Originally I didn't want to be in Vista, because apparently it's party central. While I can party once in a while, from the sounds of it the partying happens frequently. Anyway, looking at Vista Way from Google Earth, I noticed something familiar...
... My parent's time share is RIGHT NEXT DOOR to Vista Way!!!
For that, I was thrilled! So now I'd really like to get into Vista.
Today I was talking to Brynna, a girl from Vancouver Island who's been on the College Program before and is going again this summer. We were talking about Vista Way, one of the Disney housing complexes. Originally I didn't want to be in Vista, because apparently it's party central. While I can party once in a while, from the sounds of it the partying happens frequently. Anyway, looking at Vista Way from Google Earth, I noticed something familiar...
... My parent's time share is RIGHT NEXT DOOR to Vista Way!!!
For that, I was thrilled! So now I'd really like to get into Vista.
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