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!