Idiot of the week:
This wasn't actually while I was at work but while we were standing in line at Hollywood Studios to buy food.
Man: (Looking at the menu) What the hell is a chicken curry? (Enough said!!)
I went back into work after my days off last week and it had turned into christams overnight at Epcot! There is the biggest most beautiful tree I have ever seen in the park and there are decorations all aorund out shops. It really does look pretty and i'm loving the christams music, I feel very festive!
There have been lots of birthdays recently in Florida. It was Rachel's 20th birthday last week. The poor girl was working the whole day so we decided to arrange a little suprise! Kirstie and I bought lots of decorations and a cake in the morning and we borrowed Rachel's roomates key so we could let ourselves into the apartment. While she was at work we put up balloons and banners etc. When Rcahel came home from work Beth, Kirstie and I were hiding and we pulled party poppers as she came through the door. She was really shocked but very happy I think. She liked our present too! Because Rachel is the youngest out of us four we feel like she's our little sister and we have to look after her! After she's opened the rest of her presents and had spoken to her family etc. the four of us and some others went out for dinner to celebrate. We went to T-Rex in Downtown Disney which is a dinosaur themed restaurant. It was pretty cool, we were seated in the cave which changed colour throughout the night. Rachel wasn't looking forward to being away from home for her birthday but I think she enjoyed herself in the end!
Three days after Rachel's birthday it was Kirstie's 23rd birthday. Kirstie was also working for it and unfortunately we all were so we couldn't suprise her like we did to Rachel. We did get her a cake and present though. We all went to TGI Fridays in the evening to celebrate and it was delicious! When we got back to Kirstie's apartment we lit the candles on the cake to sing happy birthday, however Rachel had bought re-lightable candles so when Kirstie tried to blow them out they just kept re-lighting. It was hilarious because we all started panicking because -one- it was going to set the fire alarms off and -two- we're not allowed candles of any shape or form in the Commons and could have all been termed if security had turned up! We all ended up outside Kirstie's apartment all trying to blow them out!
I had a really lazy day on my day off, it's the first day since I arrived here that I actually slept in and didn't go anywhere so I felt I deserved it! I got up around half 11 and didn't get dressed until about 2! I spent the afternoon straightening my hair which was soooo nice because I can actually do it now the weather has cooled down! In the evening I had the best night. Beth's ex-boyfriend and his twin brother are visiting so she booked a table at the California Grill which is one of the very posh Disney restaurants at the Contemporary Resort. It was an amazing meal, it was nice to get all dressed up and we also got 50% off with our cast christmas discount! This resort is a Magic Kingdom resort so it overlooks the theme park, they have viewing towers which you can go out to and we were able to watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks from the restaurant, it was fantastic. I had a great night. It made me decide to book a resort restaurant for when my family are here at christams so on our last night we are going to Citricos at the Grand Floridian.
On Monday Rachel and I decided to do some christams shopping. we headed to Epcot first of all so I could get a few bits and take some photos of the stores looking christmassy and then we headed to Downtown Disney to take full advantage of our 50% discount! I managed to buy all my christamas presents in one day which was great! It's so surreal that there are christams bits everywhere and christamas music playing and yet it's sunny outside and we're walking aorund in shorts!
In the evening to make ourselves feel even more festive we went to Hollywood Studios to see The Osbourne Lights. I didn't know what to expect from these but The Osbournes were a family that used to decorate their house with lights every christmas and make them dance to music, until the council put a stop to it and that's when Disney stepped in and bought them from them. All I can say is it is possibly the most amazing and breathtaking thing I have ever seen at Disney World. My explanation and photos just don't do it justice! Basically they decorate some of the streets at Hollywwod Studios with these lights and when I say decorate I mean cover every bit of building from the ground upwards! They have fake snow and then every so often they start the music and the lights dance to it. I can't explain how utterly incredible it is, I actually had goosebumps and tears in my eyes. if you ever come to Disney and only get to do one thing, see the Orbourne Lights.
As if we weren't feeling festive enough, last night we went to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom. Like at Halloween they have a special parade and fireworks. Not only that, throughout the park they have places where you can go to get complimentary snacks like hot chocolate and cookies! At the beginning of the night we watched a show on the castle where the Fairy Godmother lit up the castle with glitter, it looked beautiful. Then we watched the fireworks and parade which were fantastic but I was really annoyed with myself because the battery on my camera ran out at the beginning of the parade so I missed loads of photos :-( Lastly we watched another show on the castle which had all the characters singing along, it was so fun. As we left the Magic Kingdom snow fell down on main street and it couldn't have felt more like Christmas!
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The fam comes to visit!
Idiot of the week: (From fellow cast members Beth and Charlotte)
Man: Do you have any German football shirts?
Beth: Er, no sorry, this is the UK, so we only sell shirts from the UK.
Charlotte: You could try the German Pavillion though, they sell football merchandise.
Man: I tried there but they didn't have my size so I thought Id try here. (It's the UK PAVILION for a reason you moron!!!!)
Possibly one of the best weeks i've had out here so far was my family arriving last week. I was so ready to see them and on the Saturday they arrived I told them a little porky and said I was working when really I had booked the day off! Jackie drove me to Sanford airport where we had abit of an issue because it's such a small airport that they don't have an arrivals gate! We had to just hang around in the waiting area which was outside! Fortunately they came out after about 15 minutes and the shock on my mum's face was classic! They were so suprised but it was so fantastic, I even had butterfies! I went back to the villa with them and then I took them to The Commons to show them where I live. I introduced them to Golden Corral buffet for dinner and they were very impressed!
On the Sunday I had work but I finished at 4.30 so the fam met me from work and we went straight to Hollywood Studios. It was very fun using my maingate pass for the first time which lets me get 3 other people into the park for free! We went on Tower of Terror, Rockin' Rollarcoaster and the new Toy Story Ride. I made them watch Fantasmic in the evening and they loved it! It was the first time id been in a Disney theme park with my family for four years so it felt special! :-)
I had the next three days off so we spent them at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Downtown Disney. Mum had a ball spending money in World of Disney with my 40% xmas discount! She bought loads of xmas pressies. I also had a hospital appointment so the whole fam came along and mum met Doctor Selsky. We also had dinner at the Outback one night and dinner at Olive Garden with jacki and Randy.
On wednesday night I treated Luke to Halloween Horror Night at Universal Studios, I bought us our admission tickets and express tickets so we could skip the lines! It was probably the most frightening night of my life but totally fantastic too. Universal has a different theme each year and this year was 'ripped from the movies' so each house was based on a horror film. There were eight houses and a number of scare zones. The scare zones were what you had to walk through to get to somewhere else with monsters and zombies chasing you! These were themed too and the best one was the cannibals one- they actually had a broken down school bus, loads of fog and helicopter lights overhead. There were actors walking around bloodied and asking for help and of course weird cannible monsters! It was so well done and just so realistic! The houses were so scary, 'Wolfman' made me jump the most which is based on the new film coming out. 'Saw' was really well done, it had replicas of exact scenes from the first three films. The end scene was the worst, we walked into a room with a strobe light and standing against the wall were about 6 people dressed in the pig mask who all ran towards us! I tell you what I've never run so fast and that's the only time I saw Luke really freak out all night- he ran for his life as well!
The next two days I had work but I managed to get an ER both days. Beth came round for dinner on the thursday evening and stayed as we both had work the next day which was nice. Unfortunately mum wasn't feeling well at all and we were actually concerned she had swine flu symptoms. On the friday she felt better so I got the fam into Epcot before I went to work and I bought them a $25 gift card to spend at the food and wine festival. I met them after work and we went back to the villa to pack my case and we drove to The Commons so I could drop it off. We went for a last supper at Golden Corral which I found hard to enjoy because I knew I had to say goodbye at the end. Saying goodbye to my family this time was possibly the hardest thing I've had to do, I could see mum and dad were trying to hold back the tears and so was I but as soon as I walked away I burst into tears! I cried all night and found it tough to keep it together the next day at work, it was horrific lol.
Fortunately as it was Halloween that night two of the guys had a Halloween party at their apartment. I dressed up as a black cat and went along and it really cheered me up. We did silly stuff like apple bobbing and 'pin the broom on the witch!' It was really fun and just what I needed. I'm absoloutly fine now, it's funny how quickly you get back into the Disney bubble! Mum, Dad and Luke are coming in six weeks for xmas so it's not that long anyway!
Not much has happened since the fam left. We had a free lunch at work yesterday for getting through a whole year without any accidents! Beth and I went to the mall on monday because we desperately needed our hair cut, i haven't had it cut since I first got here and had to dye it! lol. I also bought some xmas pressies. Now Halloween is over xmas starts at Disney!
We were so lucky with the weather while my family was here, it was ridiculously hot and humid, I'm talking about the 90s in late October! Even that is unusual for Florida, it's usually cooled down by now. Since the fam has left it has started to cool down and it looks like the hot weather has well and truely gone now. just as well I asked my mum to bring my Uggs over! ;-)
We had an interesting day today, the managers arranged a trip to the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom for a backstage tour. We had to be on the bus at 6.00 this morning as we had to finish the tour before the park opened at 9.00am. It was really fun, we actually walked through the whole ride and at one point were inside the ride! They explained all the tricks and technical stuff and showed us all the hidden mickeys and secrets too! I had work from 10.15 until 6.45 so that wasn't fun! I've spent the evening cleaning the apartment as we have an inspection tomorrow so now i'm shattered!
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. As it's Bonfire Night we celebrate it in the UK Pavilion all day. I'm not sure what to expect but we're going to have decorations, a pretend bonfire, guys etc. and we will all be given a special UK Mickey pin to wear. It's going to be so much fun. Oh, and we also get another free lunch! Ha!
Man: Do you have any German football shirts?
Beth: Er, no sorry, this is the UK, so we only sell shirts from the UK.
Charlotte: You could try the German Pavillion though, they sell football merchandise.
Man: I tried there but they didn't have my size so I thought Id try here. (It's the UK PAVILION for a reason you moron!!!!)
Possibly one of the best weeks i've had out here so far was my family arriving last week. I was so ready to see them and on the Saturday they arrived I told them a little porky and said I was working when really I had booked the day off! Jackie drove me to Sanford airport where we had abit of an issue because it's such a small airport that they don't have an arrivals gate! We had to just hang around in the waiting area which was outside! Fortunately they came out after about 15 minutes and the shock on my mum's face was classic! They were so suprised but it was so fantastic, I even had butterfies! I went back to the villa with them and then I took them to The Commons to show them where I live. I introduced them to Golden Corral buffet for dinner and they were very impressed!
On the Sunday I had work but I finished at 4.30 so the fam met me from work and we went straight to Hollywood Studios. It was very fun using my maingate pass for the first time which lets me get 3 other people into the park for free! We went on Tower of Terror, Rockin' Rollarcoaster and the new Toy Story Ride. I made them watch Fantasmic in the evening and they loved it! It was the first time id been in a Disney theme park with my family for four years so it felt special! :-)
I had the next three days off so we spent them at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Downtown Disney. Mum had a ball spending money in World of Disney with my 40% xmas discount! She bought loads of xmas pressies. I also had a hospital appointment so the whole fam came along and mum met Doctor Selsky. We also had dinner at the Outback one night and dinner at Olive Garden with jacki and Randy.
On wednesday night I treated Luke to Halloween Horror Night at Universal Studios, I bought us our admission tickets and express tickets so we could skip the lines! It was probably the most frightening night of my life but totally fantastic too. Universal has a different theme each year and this year was 'ripped from the movies' so each house was based on a horror film. There were eight houses and a number of scare zones. The scare zones were what you had to walk through to get to somewhere else with monsters and zombies chasing you! These were themed too and the best one was the cannibals one- they actually had a broken down school bus, loads of fog and helicopter lights overhead. There were actors walking around bloodied and asking for help and of course weird cannible monsters! It was so well done and just so realistic! The houses were so scary, 'Wolfman' made me jump the most which is based on the new film coming out. 'Saw' was really well done, it had replicas of exact scenes from the first three films. The end scene was the worst, we walked into a room with a strobe light and standing against the wall were about 6 people dressed in the pig mask who all ran towards us! I tell you what I've never run so fast and that's the only time I saw Luke really freak out all night- he ran for his life as well!
The next two days I had work but I managed to get an ER both days. Beth came round for dinner on the thursday evening and stayed as we both had work the next day which was nice. Unfortunately mum wasn't feeling well at all and we were actually concerned she had swine flu symptoms. On the friday she felt better so I got the fam into Epcot before I went to work and I bought them a $25 gift card to spend at the food and wine festival. I met them after work and we went back to the villa to pack my case and we drove to The Commons so I could drop it off. We went for a last supper at Golden Corral which I found hard to enjoy because I knew I had to say goodbye at the end. Saying goodbye to my family this time was possibly the hardest thing I've had to do, I could see mum and dad were trying to hold back the tears and so was I but as soon as I walked away I burst into tears! I cried all night and found it tough to keep it together the next day at work, it was horrific lol.
Fortunately as it was Halloween that night two of the guys had a Halloween party at their apartment. I dressed up as a black cat and went along and it really cheered me up. We did silly stuff like apple bobbing and 'pin the broom on the witch!' It was really fun and just what I needed. I'm absoloutly fine now, it's funny how quickly you get back into the Disney bubble! Mum, Dad and Luke are coming in six weeks for xmas so it's not that long anyway!
Not much has happened since the fam left. We had a free lunch at work yesterday for getting through a whole year without any accidents! Beth and I went to the mall on monday because we desperately needed our hair cut, i haven't had it cut since I first got here and had to dye it! lol. I also bought some xmas pressies. Now Halloween is over xmas starts at Disney!
We were so lucky with the weather while my family was here, it was ridiculously hot and humid, I'm talking about the 90s in late October! Even that is unusual for Florida, it's usually cooled down by now. Since the fam has left it has started to cool down and it looks like the hot weather has well and truely gone now. just as well I asked my mum to bring my Uggs over! ;-)
We had an interesting day today, the managers arranged a trip to the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom for a backstage tour. We had to be on the bus at 6.00 this morning as we had to finish the tour before the park opened at 9.00am. It was really fun, we actually walked through the whole ride and at one point were inside the ride! They explained all the tricks and technical stuff and showed us all the hidden mickeys and secrets too! I had work from 10.15 until 6.45 so that wasn't fun! I've spent the evening cleaning the apartment as we have an inspection tomorrow so now i'm shattered!
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. As it's Bonfire Night we celebrate it in the UK Pavilion all day. I'm not sure what to expect but we're going to have decorations, a pretend bonfire, guys etc. and we will all be given a special UK Mickey pin to wear. It's going to be so much fun. Oh, and we also get another free lunch! Ha!
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