Magical Moments

I worked a double yesterday and today :)
Yesterday I was on podium for lunch, then for dinner I was a seater for a bit and breezeway greeter as well. It was fun! I love being breezeway greeter even though you get the same questions over and over again- "what is this?" "can we go in the castle?" "Why is the door shut?" "where are the bathrooms?" "How do we make reservations?"
Last night we all went to Nicki's apartment and got dressed up and hate a little goodbye celebration. The other girls who work at the castle are all unique and beautiful and I am very happy to have met them.

Today I was greeter for lunch, and for dinner I was updater then greeter again.
Tonight was very emotional. It was my last night working with some of my best friends at the castle, and I had to say goodbye. We all got to watch Wishes together from underneath the castle, and Cinderella even joined in.  I had many tearful hugs goodbye tonight.
This experience has been unreal, and the end seems even more unreal. I normally struggle with transitions- this one is gonna be a douzy. I'm excited to go home and I truly miss Nova Scotia and my people so to speak- but I'm leaving a piece of my heart here for sure.

Bye bye Universal

Yesterday I worked 2:45-10:15. I went to Magic Kingdom early to get Sorceror's Cards. I ended up having a lot of time so I watched the Country Bears, ate lunch at the Colombia Harbor House and collected some fast passes :) My fast pass collection now includes all Fantasyland fast passes which I'm pretty happy about. Big hearts for FanLand.

I had a random room mate last night! For some reason some girl needed a room for one night before her flight back to her home country (Moracco!) today.. so she slept in our apartment in my bedroom. She was nice, but it was just so random!

I went to Universal today for the last time this summer. The good news is I ended up going to Universal 4 times so I got my money's worth for the annual pass :)
I went today with Sara, Alex and Sara's bf from Canada Ryan. Great crew, we had a great time :) Said goodbye to Hogwarts and the Rip Rocket Roller Coaster and the Mummy and all the good rides. :(

I work two doubles in a row starting tomorrow. Going to get my full of CRT before having to leave it! :(
Two doubles in a row = Lindsay going to bed early tonight.

Lately.

The past few days have been crazy! My friends left for Canada :( I miss them already but I'll see them soon!

I lost my wallet in the Magic Kingdom the other day, with all my IDs and $80 in it.. but IT TURNED UP THE NEXT DAY AT LOST AND FOUND. Thank goodness for honest people :)

I worked at the Plaza today, just a random shift :) It was fun to be on Main Street and to watch the parades and stuff. The Plaza only has 33 tables and no characters or anything so it was relatively stress free compared to CRT. I decided to wear my Acadia University name tag today and somebody recognized it! They were from Toronto.

The costume is identical to the Crystal Palace one with a different apron.

I am officially ready to make the most of my last work week!! I'm going to see Marc hopefully, go to Universal one last time, and of course, the parks one last time. Let's do this.

Imagination with Figment!

I went to Epcot today with the girls from home :) It was fun! Epcot is really what you make of it I guess. We did Imagination (haha one of my new favorites), Club Cool, Soarin', Mission Space, Living with the Land. Ellen and I got to meet Stitch :) Ellen had to leave early so she's back in Canada :( I had to say bye to her but I will see her soon :)

I worked 2:45-10:15. It was a good shift :) I got to help out our special events manager and help prepare balloons and stuff for our special packages which was fun. I was a seater for the rest of the night. Jill drove me home and we stopped at Wawa a new gas station. It has amazing hoagie subs for really cheap! It was nice to be able to have some food and spend time with Jill :)

I'm going to visit with Alex soon then go to bed. SO TIRED.

PS Our last schedule came out today.... I am so devastated. The more I reflect on this experience the more I love it and I just appreciate literally every second I spend here. I'm going to soak it all in, dig my in my heels.. I don't want to leave. I know leaving is inevitable though and leaving will only make me grow even more fonder of this place if that's even possible. I know there are more adventures to be had as well :)

Big Life Updates

Hey!
I haven't blogged in sooo long! Here's what's new:

Work:
Work has been going tremendously :) I quite like my job in case you haven't noticed. I worked a double today.. I've had a few days off too. I did set ups one day and was magically bumped to podium which was like a miracle. Today I did some random tasks for a bit- lately it's been like I don't get actual positions, just do random stuff. It's cool though. I'm going to miss CRT cast so much when I leave :(

Life:
My friends from home came to visit me!!!! Lidia came in Tuesday and Ellen/Shelby came the next day. Lidia and I stayed at Coronado Springs the first day. It was fun! We rented a boat at the Contemporary Resort and got to drive around Bay Lake. We got to see where the old abandoned water park River Country was. After that we went to Downtown Disney and watched the Katy Perry movie with Alex :)
When Ellen/Shelby got here we located to Pop Century and we played Tower of Terror Clue then we went to the pool and swam. The evening consisted of going to the Polynesian resort and getting Dole Whips, and watches Wishes from the beach <3
The next day was our Animal Kingdom day. It was fun! I got to spend the morning with them before I had to go to work.
Yesterday was Magic Kingdom day. Boy what a marathon. It was the hottest day everrrrr. But it was fun- we ate at CRT which was like.. two worlds colliding with them there.
Today they did Hollywood Studios but I worked a double so I wasn't with them.

So that's life!
I'm so happy to see them again- it's weird they're here (like the world colliding thing) but it's also quite amazing.

stocka stocka stocka

I worked 11:30-10:15 today. Lo and behold I got pulled to be stocker again. This time from 1-7.
It's physically hard work. You're in charge of stocking ice (involves shoveling ice.. it's heavy), trays, plates, spoons, lids, straws, cups (big one), hot bread, waters, watching the soup, preparing butter, preparing lemons among other things. It's just a lot to balance and all the stuff is all around the kitchen so it's a lot of walking too.
I didn't mind though.
Other positions I did were breezeway greeter (love of my life), greeter assist, podium for a bit, seater, seater/setter. I guess I'm not important enough for a real position these days!
Now I'm watching Big Brother and anxiously awaiting tomorrow!!! :D Lidia comes!

whistle while you work

Not sure if I posted yesterday or not.. I was extra hands at work (2:45-10:15) so I folded a lot and helped set tables. I like doing that! I love the rush of trying to get everybody up before fireworks and having to finish off the last tables... Wishes now makes me stressed out but I love the adrenaline!

Today I worked mornings.. It was such a weird morning since our systems were down.. I was breezeway greeter, greeter assist, seater/setter, covered podium AND I got pulled to cover stocker's break. It was my first time stocking since I was trained for it in May but it went well. It's physically exhausting though.

I went to Hollywood Studios tonight with Alex and her friend Bill. It was fun! We did rocknroller coaster and tower of terror (LOVED the drop sequence, it was sickkkk).

Now I'll probably just watch Monsters Inc and go to bed. I work 11:30-10:15 tomorrow.

PS Big Brother has started.... Officially love it!

if you had the chance to change your fate twice... would ya?

This morning I went to the AMC dine-in movie theatre at Downtown Disney with Alex, Emily, Amy and Victoria! It was a really neat experience, a dine in! Great idea. We watched Brave again... turns out I slept through some important things the first time and I actually really enjoyed it the second time. Who knew.

I had to leave early though to head to the Magic Kingdom for work! I work 2:45-10:15 and was on podium all night. Other than our computers acting funny all night, nothing was too exciting. Reeeeally routine shift. but I love CRT.

The fam got home okay ! I miss them already!

famjam

Yesterday I worked 2:45-almost 12, and I was greeter all night :) It was a good day!

Today I did Animal Kingdom with the fam: Mum, Dad, Jake, Molly. They were very brave and went on Expedition Everest TWICE! We ate at Tamu Tamu and Tusker House for dinner. We got to do most of the rides and even went to Rafiki's Planet Watch and met Rafiki!

Tonight was grocery bingo at Chatham.. I went with the Dangerfields and Alex :) I WON GROCERIES!!!! YAY!!

It was sad saying goodbye to my parents today. We had a fantastic experience. I didn't get to see them 24/7 obviously but the time I spent with them was wonderful :) I love them very much! <3

poohfectly wonderful day

Today I let the fam into Epcot.. I got to ride a few things with them before I had to monorail to work.
I worked at Crystal Palace today- it was amazing :) Such a great shift!! So very happy with it :)

DHS and family

Today was our DHS day :) (Disney's Hollywood Studios)
We got a lot of it done surprisingly. Great Movie Ride, Star Tours, Walt Disney's One Man's Dream, Lights Camera Action motor stunt show (first timer for that one.. AMAZING), American Idol, Toy Story Midway (TWICE!!!!! We're pros), the Voyage of the Little Mermaid (it broke down though.... very weird), Muppets. We met Mr. and Mrs. Incredible. Jake, Molly and I did Rock'n'Roller Coaster.
We had lunch at pizza planet and a buffet dinner at Hollywood and Vine. Then got our socks blown off at Fantasmic! Amazing show as usual :)
Fantastic day all around!!! :)

Magic

Today my family did Magic Kingdom.
I'm exhausted because we went from 9am to after Wishes..
but it was absolutely amazing.
We did most of the rides, ate at CRT (yummmm, I had the grilled chicken pasta, and it was so amazing to be a guest and not have to seat!) and our picture was on the castle during the Magic, the Memories and You!

What a special day :)

Reunited

MY FAMILY IS IN TOWN!! :)

So Friday I worked 11:30-10:15. Long shift but it was a really really good one :) I then took a bus to the Pop Century resort and was reunited with my fam <3 :)

Yesterday I went to 1900 Park Fare with Alex and company for Alex's birthday :) 1900 Park Fare is a full service restaurant at the Grand Floridian and it's character dining with a bunch of British characters! It was soooo good! We had an all you can eat breakfast. Then we all went to Magic Kingdom to play for a bit.

Afterwards I went back to chill with the fam. We went to the Premium Outlets near the Commons and went shopping. Afterwards, we went to Downtown Disney and I ended up having a nice dinner with just Jake and Molly. It was nice to be able to catch up!

Today is our Magic Kingdom day! I can't wait to share my favorite place on Earth with them! :)

Sand and Safety

Hey bloggers

So Alex's parents are in town and they're staying at the Yacht and Beach Club- and so Sara and I pretended to be Alex's cousins and we went swimming at that resort :) It's pretty impossible to get in there without actually staying at the resort (or having the keys) so it was a really neat experience! The pool has an actual sand bottom which was super cool!

I had a safety class at work today. Now I know how to safely lift boxes. Helpful!
I was breaker at work after that- meaning I literally did every single position possible while breaking people. This was fun but a bit of a headache!

My family comes to Orlando tomorrow and I could not be more excited :)

Independence Day

I worked yesterday morning. It was a lot of fun, a really solid shift. I was greeter then podium. I had a few weird questions and a few angry guests but other than that it was a really smooth morning shift! Yay!

After work I got changed and went upstairs to play :) I met up with Nicki, Kim and Grace from CRT and we all visited CRT together (can't get enough of that place!) We also rode Big Thunder and the train. The exciting part was riding the new Dumbo!! Storybook Circus is AMAZING!! Instead of waiting in a regular line you wait inside an interactive play tent and they page you when you're ready to ride. Very cool.

I also only have one ride left to do before I'm done the Magic Kingdom!

We also stayed to watch the Fireworks. They were the special July 4 America fireworks even though it's July 3. Alex G came to join us :) Well a freak thunder and lightning storm delayed the fireworks considerably, we just waited in the Hub in front of the castle. The fireworks were well worth the wait! They were shot off from all areas of the park and not just from behind the castle (FanLand). Yay America!

So today is July 4. I'm spending time talking with LIDIA SIMOES the best friend in the world. Can't wait to see her and the crew soon!!! :D. I just want to be able to share the happiest place on earth with them and also just to see their faces again haha. 

I work 2:45-10:15 tonight. Should be absolutely crazy and I absolutely can't wait! :)

Edit: tonight I was podium! It wasn't too crazy surprisingly! It was just really weird cause fireworks were at 9  instead of 10, and so our fourth turn and fifth turn were both affected by fireworks. We also got some tasty July 4 food :) And I got to watch the fireworks again cause I was downstairs!

Friendship Day

I have really amazing friends! At home, and here in Florida. I just wanted to say that to all my blog followers. I miss everybody from home very much. I am having a fantastic time here in Florida but I do miss and think of everyone back home every single day.

Tonight I hung out with the CRT crew :) We went to the outlets, then to Magic Kingdom to visit people who were actually working. We also met Cinderella :) We ate at Cosmic Rays for supper.
We went to Beaches and Cream afterwards for ice cream :)

Great evening.
I love the people I met here, I love the people back home, I have a lot of great people in my life!!

Happy Canada Day!

Yesterday was THE best Canada day I've ever had and I wasn't even in Canada!

We started off the morning by meeting up in Alex's room- Alexis, Emily, Danielle, Sara and I. A few of us had some Canada paraphernalia so literally got all decked out in Canada stuff- tattoos, stickers (for those of us who don't hate stickers...), and Alex even had a Canada flag cape. I've NEVER gotten so dressed up for Canada day!

We took the C bus to Epcot. During the day we'd see a bunch of people (some we knew, some we didn't know) dressed up for Canada day and they'd be like HEYYY and we'd yell back HEYYY. That was kinda cool! The first thing we did was go to the Canadian pavilion. They had a bunch of flags up for Canada Day.

The Canadian pavilion features a 5 star restaurant called Le Cellier. Normally it's by reservation only I believe but Sara talked our way into getting in! (Alexis, Alex, Danielle, Sara and I). It was so cool! I FINALLY got to have poutine (it has been a long hiatus from poutine). At 1pm the whole cast of Le Cellier sang Oh Canada and we stood up and joined them.

Afterwards we met up with some more Canadians and watched the Oh Canada 360 degree video. That was fun, because every time we saw where we were from exactly we all clapped and cheered. After this, we were invited by some cast members to go backstage and have some free ice cream for Canada Day!! Thanks Disney! :)

After this, we pretty much attacked Epcot and did all the rides. We did Journey into Imagination, Living with the Land, the Nemo ride, Turtle Talk with Crush, then ventured into World Showcase to do the Mexico boat ride and the Norway boat ride. We were losing a lot of energy at this point but we decided to stay at Epcot to do Spaceship Earth, then Character Spot. We met so many characters today- Br'er Bear (SOOOO excited about that), Baloo, Alice in Wonderland, Duffy the Bear, and at Character Spot: Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Goofy.

The day at Epcot ended with watching IllumiNations (my first time this year!) at the Canadian pavilion!

So it's a CP Sunday night tradition to go to House of Blues at Downtown Disney. Sara and Alex convinced me to go with them so we ended up going there afterwards. It was super packed!! The music was great though and it was a really neat experience to say the least.. We were really tired so we didn't stay too long but I'm glad I went.

I have another day off today (jeez, I know! So many days off!) but I'm back at work tomorrow for the rest of the week!

Lots of love for you and for Canada!

Oh... one more thing.. you'd be surprised how many Americans do not know what Canada Day is! So many of them were like "Is this a special day in Canada or something??" We know about their July 4! Come on guys!

... and I can't believe this is my first July post. WHERE IS MY SUMMER GOING :(