Sunday 28 July 2013

Saturday, My second Fantasmic! shift

I got a lift in with Dan and Jules to Disney U and returned my costume (trying on the Haunted Mansion costume for fun...) then headed into MK where I got a nice slushy lemonade and tried my first corn dog (corn nuggets are WAY better) and then headed to Studios. As I was leaving the park around 3pm I walked past day parade and the Mickey float had gotten stuck leaving the whole parade at a stand still and all the dancers had given up and stood in a group and the princesses had already waved to those around them and looked bored!
I went straight to costuming, where I managed to find an XXS unisex shirt that fitted much better than the small, and shorts (wooo!!) in a size 6 (needed a 4 or a 2 though as they fell down without my belt) and still no belts in a 26 so kept my gold buckle one. Its funny because in MK im a pant size 8, and shirt size small or xs max, whereas in studios all the sizes seem much bigger!
I tried on a park greeter costume too, much nicer than ours! and turquoise too! They had no lockers left but luckily my locker had not been cleared from Weds. I spoke to some girls in the same costume and walked to the break room with them to clock in, one has just started 6 months here from Manchester, lucky!!!
Best of all, once backstage we got on bikes and cycled to the break room!! Such a novelty you dont get that in MK, it was downhill too and sunny and sooo funny as me and Abi the other UK girl were dodgy on bikes! They didnt have handlebar brakes you just had to peddle backwards!
As this was a full 530-1130 shift we helped set up and walked the wheelchair ramp to check for debris and then we had a 30 min break and Scott thought I should get raingear so once again we got on a bike and this time cycled round the full remainder of the park, in the sun, getting paid to cycle behind Tower, and right by the water tower, Walt's plane and backlot tour was SO cool, and we had a good chat about rides that we didnt like the changes to (star tours...test track) and then i got raingear in a different pouch to MK (exciting stuff) and we went to the cafeteria (Take 5) to grab water and i got a chocolate bar called Muskateer = an english Milky Way yay! (as Milky Way here is UK Mars bar, annoying). We had our track talk at 7 and i was Ursula position (furthest section that seats last) and doesnt have too much to do. We then did our magic moment yay which involves picking a family to come in first, get free popcorn and as they walk we all stand in line and flick out light wands!! I also met a French guy my friend had been hanging out with which was cool. So this time I got to work BOTH shows and there were no medical emergencies woo!
I met loads of lovely CM's and guests (one guy walked past and shouted 'youre so beautiful') haha and I love all the music they play there, all classics remixed and sung by Jonas bros and Miley etc so I had a good dance! I also saw my friend Jess from PAC who came and took a photo with me. Before the show started they got people warmed up by doing quizs etc and one girl was also Emma from England! and then they did the 'flash wave' where everyone holds up something that flashes and the lights go out, very cool. I could also see some of the Epcot fireworks from where I stood and glimpsed the MK ones! One bit of the show I like is when the monkeys come out and i turned to see all the CMs with lightsticks swinging them and jumping up and down in time to the monkeys! I was in charge of the small disabled section at the top of ursula, and answered qs, and apart from one english woman making a scene about people not being disabled (oh the shame that she was english!!) it went great. In between shows I had to pan and broom and I have new respect for people working in cinemas, popcorn is a nightmare!!!
Then finally as I left I got to see an empty Studios, which was awesome!!! Overall, I LOVED it.
I got to bed about 2am and then was up at 8am to go to Trails End with Cherie (CMs get 40% off) at Fort Wilderness for breakfast! We got a bus to contemp, walked to MK and got a boat over to the Fort, we were the only people on it! The sun was shining, there was a nice breeze at the front of the boat, it was awesome. A real 'I am sooo happy right now' moment!
I had 3 rounds; loads of fruit and blueberry yoghurt, and OJ, water and hot chocolate, then the cooked round; 2 types of brek potato, smoked salmon, an eggs benedict pulled pork thingy (yum!) and breakfast pizza (meh). Then finally a choc chip mickey waffle and syrup, so full! and all for $15.
Then we hung out on the beach for a while, we were the only ones around and it did not feel like we were 5 mins from MK, but rather on a tropical island somewhere!!
Then in MK we got sorcerers cards (2 more, only 5 left now) and did some pin hunting including fishing for pins in Frontierland, the Duffy bear and the hat, and the pin stroller in town square that also had Mickey sat in it, wearing a pin lanyard!!
Right now I am packing to move into a hotel for a week with the boyf :D real holiday!!

Saturday 27 July 2013

Fantasmic!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday
Today we got up late and laid around for a while until our inspection (passed but no cookies this time...thanks Chinese girls!!!)
Then we headed to Studios, stopping for a Cachapa (sweetcorn and cheese thing) on the way! Jen and I took some photos around the park then I drew Pluto at the drawing class (they'd done Eeyore that morning damn)

We found costuming, and had a disaster with sizes, only 'small' shirts left no XS but they were unisex so down to my knees! and I think i may have ended up with mens trousers, too large and too short and no belts in my size (26) only 24 or 30! so I had to stick with my gold buckled one from MK rather than silver and then when we got to the breakroom we discovered we could have worn shorts, bum!
But we also tried on the ToT costume :D

We clocked in at the tiny breakroom after heading around the whole back of the park (it felt like) and went for our 'track talk' at 7.
HS is ALOT more laid back than MK You can walk anywhere in the park in any of the costumes, and we were all standing in groups in the street ('clumping') not allowed in MK! But the park is much smaller so you only get 3 mins 'walk time' not 12 (ie the time before you actual end of shift that you can clock out at), so its nice to know we've been thoroughly trained to higher standards, but was great to have the more chilled atmosphere of HS!
So there were about 30 CM's (cast members) at the talk, above the stands at the show. While we spoke the dragon was out and it appeared she had had a leak!! They were trying to clean it up and eventually this lead to the 9pm show being cancelled. So Jules and I spent the first two hours talking to guests on the street and controlling the BTGs! (brazilian tour groups...) Then the 1030 was happening so we went to our positions, mine as Dinner Package Mickey 2 or something, Dinner package is usually only 9pm (3 fanciest restaurants at HS allow you to pay some more money to get into reserved seating basically) but it was moved to the 1030. So I checked peoples green tickets and let them in and held a sign. It was mostly having to tell non-package people to keep moving cos they couldnt sit here! Only drama was a girl nearby from a BTG stood at the back about to throw up for ages but dont think she did.
Then we watched the first 10 mins and had to go clock out (shame). As i went to get Jules she grabbed me and seemed weird, it turned out she was upset... people were crowded behind me and a guy was sat in a wheelchair...it seems that just as the show started he'd had a seizure! She said all the people around him were panicking and sobbing and the CMs were running around asking where the housephone was which was scary as I imagined it'd be a well oiled machine like MK is! But the medics eventually came as we were leaving and I think the guy was OK! Scary.
So we ended up with a very eventful shift!!
We headed to get changed, dump our costumes and get the usually crowded, late E bus home but this time we were rewarded with a lovely coach!
It seems they also do a cool magic moment that didnt happen due to cancellation so fingers crossed it happens next time! Also found out that people refer to the passages on/off stage as 'mouse holes' haha. And it was cool to see a deserted HS!

Thursday

I was woken badly at 7am by a mixture of Jules' scream and huge thunder that sounded like the sky was literally cracking open right above us,  I mean ive never heard anything so mental!! and lightening too, very scary, think it was the effects of storm 'Dorian'. So I had a fitful few hours half-sleep then got up dressed and headed to Universal with Hannah, round 2. We got there at 1pm and went to Islands, on the Carosuessel and then got a PB cupcake yum!

Then we queued to get into the queue on Forbidden Journey in HP world, crazy busy, took 90 mins but we had fun taking photos through the castle. The dementors on the ride made me jump!!
We went to the restrooms after an moaning Myrtle was on the speakers haha then had lunch in the Three Broomsticks, UK food, the worlds smallest cornish pastys and a pretty average shepherds pie! and a Butterbeer obvs!!

Then we lined up to see Ollivanders where a guy got picked to find a wand and did some spells! Then once in the shop we tried on some cloaks and then explored the rest of HP world. After that I did Hulk by myself (front row!!) then went over to Universal.


We did Terminator 2 as I hadnt in ages and I love it. The stunt guy is also a Dapper Dan on Main Street...brill, couldnt be more contrasting. Then next was Transfomers single rider, i got front row at last and that ride is def growing on me! Then finally MIB because I LOVE that ride, Hannah always wins though damn.
We left the park and ate dinner at Hard Rock Cafe in CityWalk (worlds largest woop) where we shared the most amazing 'santa fe spring rolls' which werent like usual ones but more mexican style, and shared fajitas which were lovely but we were SO full, considering we'd just shared one person's meal. As we were leaving YMCA came on and all the staff did a routine!

Then we met Jules and Jen in Latin Quarter a club in Citywalk (the 'boardwalk' of Universal) with free entry and drinks for ladies,theyd already had a few and I felt out of place, being sober, not very dressed up and not Latino!! As we were like the only white people there and everyone was Salsa-ing. I was just not feeling it and wanted to go home. My drinks I got were hideously strong and i was sick of getting pushed around by people, mostly fat tarty girls, so I left and got a taxi home which was fine but expensive. So glad to get in bed though. Apparently the others stayed and got taught salsa by a (creeeeepy) guy who they met as I was leaving, and then went to the karaoke bar when jen sang. I think i would have preferred it if we'd gone to a different club as I heard good music as I was leaving.

Friday

This morning we sunbathed at Patterson, lovely, and I finished Jens book White Wedding I was reading, great trashy read, and then did some washing which was free because the nice laundry guy was fixing the rubbish pay machine.
Then Jules and I headed downtown for JASON DERULO yay!!!! We stopped for food in Paradiso 37, a lovely south american themed place where we sat outside by the lake, with views of the balloon, Saratoga Springs and the queue for JD forming by HoB. There's also a live singers (if a little average) which was nice. Very chilled. We shared mac n cheese bites with jalapeno dipping sauce, wasabi fries and truffle fries! (truffle were best) and I got a white sangria (wine, malibu juice...) and jules got red then we made the mistake of sharing the chocolate stack with rainbow sprinkles! So feeling well and truly sick we headed off to JD. Doors were at 7, we got there at 8 and he wasnt on til after 9. We got a good spot in front of the bar above steps so noone blocked our view and awaited his arrival. Warm up act Kat Dahlia from Miami was not very good but we made some friends behind us and danced the cupid shuffle, the 'wobble baby' song and some others before he came on stage!
He was awesome!!! Didnt so too many songs but all main ones and his dancing and dancers were amazing, plus he is HOT. He also DJ'd for a bit. He did Dont wana go home, Whatcha Say, Ridin Solo, In my head (fav), Other side (slow version), It girl, Other side (real version) and that might have been it!
We stayed and danced for 30 mins after, nice to have it so empty! There were little kids really going for it too, hahahaha. We got invited to go downtown Orlando to the club where JD was headed for afterparty but we declined and headed for a spot of shopping and princess dress trying on in downtown marketplace, then home, sleeeeeeep

Also,

MATT IS GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW :D
and my family are now in the US, but Charleston right now, exciting!

Tuesday 23 July 2013

PAC

So... I'm going to do a little parade explanation. We set up for parades and then 'breakdown' so that its looks as if we were never there. We watch out along the route for people attempting to run across or sit on trash cans etc, and also we work the fireworks and have to move thousands of people around. Some areas are notorious for getting blocked up in seconds with people trying to go different ways, and one bridge becomes one way only during parades which is a challenge. In training you learn about 7 positions out of a hundred or so, so its scary. We can work MISI, day parade, electrical parade at 9 and 11 and fireworks, and also flag retreat at 5pm. I get scheduled 6-12 shifts which covers the 9 and 11 EP and fireworks in between at 10. We set up, work it, breakdown, go to fireworks positions, have a 20 min break then do it all again! Then if there's time after we return abandoned strollers. We can be West (of the castle which is always North) which is frontierland/lib square, or South, main street. South starts at 615 and meeting is at 7 so we break first, and West is 630 meeting at 730! At the meeting we are assigned parade and firework positions, given news, reminders and a pep talk and they are generally a good laugh depending on which leaders are in. Then we set up. We have ropes with clips, stanchions (poles), plugs (that fill the hole where stanchions go and burn your fingers and have to be removed with a pen lid and watched carefully as they roll in the cart tracks or the drain!!) And carts that hold the equipment. We set up whichever ropes are in our area then chat to guests and answer qs til we hear the announcement and start clearing the street or sidewalk. Then at the escort we close the ropes, and then watch guests during parade. At Elliot the dragon we pre breakdown which means place plugs by stanchions and remove any ropes not holding guests back from the street, then at the parade end we breakdown, rolling ropes with the end of it. Its scary because if you get ropes tangled or not tied tight enough and you don't roll your rope in time guests start to climb over or duck under like idiots and its chaos. We also do crossings during the parade which is stressful and have to be timed well to allow guests across and stop them again. We get funky lightsticks for that and for directing guests to keep right or keep moving during fireworks. Overall its more stressful than PG as anything could happen but its a lot freer as we can walk around and chat to people!

Epcot

Last night I laid around while the rain subsided and ventured into MK for about 9. I got Casey's again (fries and cheese and corndog nuggets and coke YUM)

then I watched the fireworks and did space mountain at park close. That night we went to LPs cos his roommate was away for a slumber party!! Was me him Lesley and Cherie and we looked at his pin collections, made popcorn and watched my first ever episode of modern family where they go to disneyland!
Tuesday morning I wondered home in my despicable PJs to find the internet not working and jen jules and I headed to Epcot. So far we've been to Company D and now we've been waiting 90 mins in the Soarin queue! We have lunch booked in Mexico, hungry!!

Soarin' was fun, I do love it! Only 2 hours wait...! Then Mexico restaurant with jen, lovely! It had a Pirates disneyland paris blue lagoon atmosphere!! In front of then mexican boat ride. Food was tortillas and dip to start, shared a starter of tostadas and then chicken veg rice and creamy onion sauce! 
Then we went on the mexican boat, and then Norway and got 'school bread', then some Werther's original caramel from Germany! Watched voices of liberty in America and then got the bus back.

I had a nap and wondered off to MK and met Hannah and we went for  Ghiradellis brownie sundae,
my first one, yummy, and made plans for our last week, and then went to see Turbo! Was good! I got my vanilla coke too :) 

Things I DONT love....

Angry guests
Dumb guests
Crazy rain
Being 101
Falling asleep on the bus
People queue jumping
Dumb questions
Wearing raingear
Tour groups
E-learning
Guests not listening
People in my personal space ARGH
Having to shout at people to move
Breakdown panic
Chatham's tap water
BUSES and everything about them
'Monday' shifts
Lizards near your feet
Position assignment nerves
Crazily squeaky bed
Useless blinds
Smelly people
Saturday night new-schedule nerves
Not having my laptop to stream tv

Things I Love about the ICP....

When I realise my office is the Happiest Place on Earth
Funnel cake
Beach at the boardwalk
Getting a lift to/from work
Seeing characters backstage
Visiting the Confectionery shop
XL radio
Seeing the castle, especially pink and blue
When dads are glittery all over from carrying their princesses 
Trying new foods
Opening a new sorcerers pack
Happy guests
Last minute day-off plans
High-fiving with the pink mickey hand
Pre/post-work CASEYS!!
Ice cream cookie sandwiches
Having a roommate
When I get exits at 10pm so I can see the fireworks
The SUN!!
When its my 'friday' shift
Crazy lightning
Using a light sticks
When guests say 'look she has a light saber'
When guests want a photo with me
Vanilla coke at the AMC cinema
Dinosaur
Rainbows over MK
Dancing at the Dance Hall
Level 3 on turnstiles
Getting cheeky fast passes 
Turning around backstage to watch the finale of Wishes
Dancing in the MiSi parade
How every American repeats me when I say 'rubbish' and laughs
Seeing tinkerbell fly from the castle
Teaching a guest about sorcerer's
Giving out mickey stickers
Getting to hold the rope behind the parade
Crossings now I know how
Rock n roller coaster!
Drawing a character like a pro
Taking photos in front of mickey floral
Wreck it ralph part of celebrate the magic
Making magic moments
Morning Cocopops
All things Despicable
Daily snickers
When security at Chatham say "welcome home"
Trading for a good pin
When guests want my pins
Getting free cookies and sweets from service center all the time
Baking tollhouse cookies and watching carrie diaries
Space mountain before work
Trips to universal
Having a balcony
Kids blowing bubbles
When guests wish me a magical night!

Monday 22 July 2013

Park Greeter

So sunday I had picked up a shift before I had my proficiency's for PAC and therefore had my first Park Greeter (PG) shift in forever! Ive almost missed the ugly costume as the shorts/culottes have a lot more air flow than the PAC costume!

I got a slice of pizza at the Mouse (mousekateria) and then clocked in, I was put on the Vs (new turnstiles), which was slow and boring then suddenly a crazy storm hit, sideways rain, we were under shelter so though I wouldnt bother with raingear, and I got a wet bum and back!! And the rivers began to form around our feet, thank god for ugly workshoes as the guest relations girl with me had ballet pump=puddles in shoes!! The lightning was awesome!! Every few seconds over the lake and so much more visible than english lightning! Guests ran up to us soaking wet, one teenage girl ran up and had taken her top off and was just in a bandeau bikini, she was quite well endowed so you can imagine the sight as she ran up and the top was nearly too far down!!! Not very disney aha so that gave us a laugh. Had fun chatting with guest relations girl. She told me funniest dumb-guest story, they asked her friend; 'so where do you keep the dinosaurs' and the girl answered, you mean dinoland in animal kingdom? And they're like, no the real ones, I know you have them!! Haha the GR girl said to me if she'd been asked she would have replied "Maam, sure I rode my pterodactyl into work this morning, but that's not for you to see, that's mine" LOL.
Then I got my break, and saw the room where the parade dancers get ready, exciting stuff that I can't talk about! Then I got sweeping, and then buttons and I chatted to the monorail guy holding a new huge pinboard they have for guests to trade with on the way out!! Exciting! I found a few I liked on it. Then more Vs, and I was in the first queue from security which is obvs the one all dumb guests join, mental!!! So so busy, two lines for my one area all the way down to bag check in the end a coordinator came and helped with a handheld scanner!
Then I was on exits, then exit redirect when I found a PINK mickey hand to wave with. So MUCH FUN! Guests loved that it was pink and every kid I high fived looked so happy :)

We popped out to HoB after work but was bit lame so we left. This morning I shopped in the mall and now stuck on the bus home in crazy hard rain, but Harry Potter is on on the coach so I'd happily sit here all day!!
Jen heading to work in the rain

Vanilla cake pop!
Sorcerer's Portal

Sunday 21 July 2013

Friday

Today we had work 6-12, my first proper PAC shift since training so I could no longer claim ignorance eek!
We got to the park early (Jules, Dan, Hannah, Jen and I) and they all got me sorcerers cards woop so I only have 10 left that I need!
Then we did Monsters Inc laugh floor, was fun! (E.G. "lady there who's just stepped out of the shower..." cos she had a towel round her neck haha people are strange)
then Stitch's great escape which is awful!Then we shared another cookie ice cream from Edy's on the corner. We went on the Carousel
and then hit the tomorrowland dance party! We did the cupid shuffle with chip and dale (theres a photo somewhere) was fun!
Then to work...
So, it was 101! ie lightning in the area so on our break we watched Hercules and youtube videos then had our meeting and got sent out into the rain! As we stepped outside and been told it was 102 (fine) lightning came down right infront of us!!
We were told how a giraffe was struck by lightning on the Safari the other night! Weather is serious stuff here. And in other news, Winnie the Pooh got his arm broken last week by a horrible guest pulling him around! And just the other day a woman died falling out of a ride in Six Flags Texas because her harness wasn't fully in! Scary.
So Friday was miserable, I was hub corner east near tomorrowland (or as a guest asked, FutureWorld) and we were out in constant dripping-down-your-face rain for 4 hours, 9pm parade was cancelled but the fireworks and 11pm went ok! It was calm for them but i was by myself 2nd parade so a bit nervous! That night we took in strollers (stroller people wear gloves...you dont want to know what parents leave in the strollers!!) then we all cuddled in a line and watched Mickey's goodnight kiss on the castle at midnight.

Panera Bread; this is a 'half size' salad
Saturday we sunbathed at Patterson pool which is nice and clean, then for lunch we went to Panera bread where I got half a salad (huge) and half a panini but they made the wrong sandwich so I got both!
Then I bussed into work and Catherine whose blog I'd been reading got on my shuttle! So I walked down the tunnels with her which was nice getting to finally meet her!
Then I got Casey's fries and some treats from the confectionary, watched the drive-by MiSi and played some sorcerers, then I changed, clocked in and we all went to the Mousekateria.
I love Lumiere!

 I got Confectionary 1 which was fine, and I finally met a family near me, from Norfolk yay!! They were cool and we talked for ages, the dad had come to America for the first time with a few months off work and cycled all the way across!!! And was celebrating by chilling out at WDW. When the parade escort came by with the brand new flashing Mickey hand I got him to high-five my family :)
Good night!

Friday 19 July 2013

Training again

I had a lovely day training yesterday!! Really enjoyed my 'day 2' because I had the one and only Cathy!! I was in for 1.45 and finally got my gross raincoat out of my US style combo locker cos I had to get the code again. Then I got some new pins and headed up where we walked around the West side (frontierland) to observe. It was wet so the parade stepped on in reverse, starting at splash and we helped out my doing plugs stanchions and I held the back rope! Its like you're basically in the parade, behind the end dancers and the managers and rollers (breakdown crew). So it was fun!!! Must be in so many videos, Hub on parade route (by castle) was completely packed!!! Then we took an hour break then came back and watched flag retreat (love it when they say 'on behalf on Main street operations' on the loudspeaker, that's us!!) Then participated in MiSi by walking up behind then dancing around sebastion float then clearing on the way back to town square. The other day Jules and I watched it go out and Lumiere the candle did some awesome dancing for us! Then we had another break (hard life) took our vests off (waistcoats to UK ppl) and went to tomorrowland dance party where jules got picked to dance and did the moonwalk haha!! Then we had 7 pm south PAC meeting. It was wet so they reminded us to tell ppl to keep shoes on incase they get stabbed with pins or something.."Well they might get a free pin but..." haha!! And I like the meetings. We were all on disability crossing where jules and I were the other day but I was helping CALL crossings now ie decide when its safe to cross, scary!! But went brill, great pre breakdown and breakdown, noone died haha. jules was our back rope LP was pivot so was great. Cathy said it was best she'd ever had from a training group!!! :) so I got my proficiency's phoned in and am now PAC TRAINED hell yeah. So last night Jules and I picked up a Fantasmic shift and I am so excited to work at Studios!!!! Next week that is :) 
Raincoats at work!

Wednesday 17 July 2013

Continued....

We chilled then got ready for Ohanas. After a few bus disasters we made it! Aloha! 
The girl at the podium was our neighbour.
It's all you can eat, and Hawaiian themed, and we got a table at 930 overlooking the lake and castle so we could see the fireworks. They were great from the different perspective (and minus angry guests) and they played the music in the restaurant.
We got welcome bread ( possibly pineapple coconut bread!) to start, then salad and satay sauce and sweet n sour sauce to dip everything, and then appetisers of dumplings and chicken wings, then they brought a plate of veg (broc! But also other veg...) and noodles, and skewers of marinated chicken, steak, prawns and pork! SO FULL
And there was hawaiian dancing and leis, then dessert of bread pudding, caramel and banana sauce and ice cream! And free drink too. It was so funny when jules asked for more dessert cos they brought another huge one over when we had half left and we were in fits of giggles! 
Then we popped to the beach and got the bus home. 

Wednesday

Hannah and I were up at 7 to grab the itrolley (25 cents hell yeah!) to universal woo!
We got there about 930. We did transformers, then I did rip ride rockit twice, single rider, I walked right on so I went round again  and this time had to wait 20 mins as a Car was faulty and watched them move the piece of track sideways, take the car into the barn, bring another out backwards and bring it back across! I put limp bizkit Rollin on the second time and got front row!
Then we did Mummy twice, Hannah with her eyes closed! Then MIB which I love, and Simpsons ride. At the Simpsons area they had Moes and Krusty Burger, and were playing 'Do the Bartman!' Then we went to meet the minions and got lunch at Margaritaville on Citywalk and headed home at 2 as Hannah had a silly meeting to go to. We didnt do despicable as it had a 125 min wait, damn tour groups! Must do terminator next time too!

Spent the rest of the day chilling and watching despicable, and I went to Hannah's and chatted with her flatmate who is on the CRP that I might apply for!

Epcot, Ohanas and Universal

Dan picked jules and I up Monday and we went to Epcot. Was fun as he had good music like Kanye but he also played the Disney version of Mambo no 5 I've never heard of!
Everything had long waits so we met mickey Minnie and Pluto, 


and then we went to the coca cola shop where you could try 8 or so flavours of weird fizzy drink from countries round the world! Then we got orange chicken in china, yum!

And wondered through the rest of the countries, stopping for galaxy and dairy milk in England! In fact we walked around the world twice.... We met up with jacob and did the Nemo ride (meh) and then Sum of all Thrills where u build then ride your own coaster, awesome! We created a level 4 of thrillingness coaster,the Gravity Dragon ha. 
We did spaceship earth, the ride inside the golf ball, as I'd never done it, it was narrated by Judi Dench! We shared a double choc funnel cake from 'America'

then headed to work where I got crossings again! Splash this time so only 3 crossings but still had someone yell at me cos his kids couldn't see. 
The guy I worked with has a job working "with Shrek" at Universal! 
Then for fireworks I gotCrystal Palace redirect (ie keep to your right please keep moving please KEEP TO YOUR RIGHT) I still love the part of Wishes when Tink flies from the castle! Then we collected strollers that had been dumped and chatted to guests waiting for mickeys goodnight kiss which didnt happen, have to watch that sometime. We got a lift home from Dan at like 130 with rack city blasting!
My Dopey
Indy!
Studmunk!
One Mans Dream
Rock N Roller!

Tuesday

Jules and I went to HS for the first time together, where she had to main gate herself again as she lost her card! We drew Dopey, watched Indiana jones stunt show where we bumped into rosie and Blair and I made plans for next w
eek, we watched the Star Wars 'youngling' training where kids fight Darth Vader and one poor boy couldn't get his light saber up haha! We met chip n dale (studmunk!) we were by far the oldest in the queue! Then I finally did Walt, one mans dream, which features a show with clips of him and made me realise how happy I am to work 'for him'. 
Finally we used our RnR FP where I caught Jules bag in midair as it fell out!!
Then we came home for the pool party but it rained too much! Sad times.

Monday 15 July 2013

Universal Fail


We ended up sleeping at about 4am and got up at 9, then laid around for ages and Hannah was busy so Universal didnt happen...we are going Wednesday now instead though!
So I got into MK about 2pm with Jen. I got more sorcerers cards (still less than halfway to collecting them and already getting 2 packs in a row with no new ones!) and put our stuff in the lockers then Jen went to meet Merida and I met Hannah, and we got caught in mental rain and had to wait in the Emporium, the Dapper Dans sung for us though! Then about 4pm it calmed down and we ran for it to Be Our Guest to see if they had cancellations, we still got quite wet! They did!! So jen, hannah and I got to eat there!
Background; its the brand new restaurant in Fantasyland themed on Beauty and the Beast, and its meant to be French, and its so popular its taken the heat off of Cinderellas royal table, and rumour has it you have to book 18 months in advance! So we were lucky!

The atmosphere was lovely, great decor, fake snow outside the windows, you didnt feel like you were in MK, but in the Beast's castle! We were starving and wolfed down the lovely warm bread with loads of butter (well, I did!) and took some photos in the mysterious room with the rose, then for mains I had puff pastry with scallops and shrimp and creamy lobster sauce yum! Then a chocolate mousse-y dessert and some 'grey stuff' which was lovely but tiny, and taste like icing!
It came to about $28, not too bad! Then we met the beast, such a gentleman kissing our hand and bowing ha. When he came through the ballroom earlier it was like a celebrity, everyone cheered and he waved! Then Jen went off to work and Hannah and I went exploring. It was still raining so we did Philharmagic, a 3D show with 360 degree screen and featuring good disney songs i liked it!! First song was Be Our Guest ha! Then Winnie the Pooh, hmmm,and Teacups, where we saw Bet working. Then we headed to tomorrow land and did Buzz, (hannah won!)
Deep in concentration!
Hannah's Score!
My pitiful score
and Peoplemover which id never done and loved! We saw Edd working there, and it was like a small train round the land and you got to go inside buzz and Space mountain and other things, awesome! We wanted to go on Space but the queue was too long. We did Carousel of progress too, these two rides were original rides from the Worlds Fair, before Disneyland existed! It was interesting, but had a creepy song.."its a great big beautiful tomorrow..."
It was getting late so we grabbed a monorail and bus to HS, and we did Star Tours (Darth vader was in it this time!)watched the Monsters party (still love it) and finally completed the Great Movie Ride!
Loners on the great movie ride! 

Then best of all we headed to the Animation Class, and drew Piglet!! I want to go again and draw Eeyore.
My masterpiece!

The park closed so we headed to the Friendship (cringe) and got off at Boardwalk, got icecream, walked around and then chatted on the beach for a few hours, lovely!

The other day I got to try Venezuelan food with our friend Gus, was interesting!! I tried wrap type thing made with sweetcorn and a slab of cheese with sour cream (yum) and then a pitta kind of thing with a chicken avacado mayo mix.

Work on Sunday.... Jules and I were given CROSSINGS! This was scary as thats the training day i missed, and if you mess it up guests are in the street with floats coming at them!! I was meant to be calling, ie deciding when they could cross (ah!) but we swapped. We were in Town Square and had to set up ropes then be prepared for 6 different crossings and keeping people under control, then break everything down so people could leave, then we went to the hub to keep people behind tape for fireworks, then back to the same position again to do it all over for the 11pm!! Very scary, but we did it with nothing going too wrong!!!

Also I got an email through confirming my place to go to Everest!!