tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78523418865805685822024-03-13T22:21:21.000-07:00The Wildest Blog in the WildernessLife as a Cast Member in the Disney College ProgramBetsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-44235590900326806692012-10-08T09:45:00.001-07:002012-10-08T09:45:51.453-07:00It's Really Not So Scary
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">October has arrived and with October comes
Halloween.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This only means one thing: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s time for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween
Parties!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been to two parties and they
are so much fun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really love working
during them too because you get to see everyone’s costumes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite so far has to be the family dressed
up as the Main Street Electric Parade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One was dressed as a dwarf in a mine cart and the other two were turtles
complete with lights and music; they were so legit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the parties there is a Villain Dance
Mix and Mingle, which is a show on the castle stage complete with a meet and
greet afterward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parade is
incredible as is the fireworks; definitely some of the best entertainment that
Disney offers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition there are a
ton of special character meet and greets (the seven dwarfs, the princes,
Captain Jack Sparrow, Tarzan), lots of candy, and the Cadaver Dans sing in
Frontierland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since there is so much Halloween
nonsense to see, most every attraction has little to no wait, which can
definitely get boring when you are working.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Another special event also recently
started:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Food and Wine Festival in
Epcot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went on September 27th for the
preview and everything was heavenly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
food is absolutely amazing, but kind of expensive; you definitely have to pace
yourself when you go, so you don’t spend absurd amounts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gave out little festival booklets that
have all the countries listed along with all the food and wine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you go to each booth you can get your
booklet stamped at each country so you can keep track of where you’ve been and
where you need to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh yes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of food, Earl of Sandwich in
Downtown Disney has brought back their Holiday Sandwich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is turkey, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry
sauce all served in their artisan bread… it is hands down the best sandwich I’ve
ever had in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You must try it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">In terms of Splash, work is the same old same
old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not as busy as the summer,
which is nice but can get dull at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have also gotten plenty of new CP’s, so I don’t have as many closing
shifts; winning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since there is a candy trail in our queue
during the Halloween parties, we can also pick up treat shifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have one on Thursday and am so looking
forward to it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve always wanted to
hand out tons of candy :D<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">In terms of housing, we recently had another
inspection and won the White Glove Award! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looks like a few hours of cleaning definitely
paid off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also recently got new
buses; switched from American Coach to Transtar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think that they new buses could be
any worse than the old ones… turns out that they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are much smaller and have fewer seats
and they tend to break down pretty often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The drivers are also still getting used to the routes, so they tend to
run late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully they will start
running better soon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My classes are also
starting on Wednesday, so I’m very excited for those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be sure to let you know all about them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Oh yes… Speaking of October, this means that
I’ve been down here for about four months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s so sad that my program is almost over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have made so many incredible friends and
love my job; I just don’t want it to come to an end!<span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Well that’s all for now folks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try and include a post of pictures soon,
but for now I have to finish my laundry and get ready for work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take care and have a magical day!<span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-61613981107309947272012-09-08T12:59:00.000-07:002012-09-08T12:59:15.927-07:00Change Has Come
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Well blog readers, September is finally
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel like time is flying down
here in Florida and I wish it would slow down!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve been working quite a bit and spending time off in the parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week I went to Typhoon Lagoon (I have a
bit of obsession with the lazy river), went resort hopping (love Animal Kingdom
Lodge – it’s gorgeous!), and visited Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood
Studios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow my days off are always
very busy, haha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since school has
started the crowds have let up considerably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most afternoons we have about a 10 minute wait or less; it’s insane!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can actually walk through the parks now
and most attractions don’t have too long of a wait, which is a beautiful
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With September comes Fall and
with Fall comes Halloween!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Magic
Kingdom has been completely decorated with scarecrows and pumpkins and lots of fall
decorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will have a separate post
with some pictures for you all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Parties will be starting, which I’m so looking
forward too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">In housing news, we are no longer run by
Price Management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We now have Lincoln
Property Control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t noticed any
differences by the switch yet, but will let you know if anything arises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have also had two roommates self-term and
go home and have since gotten two new International College Programers from
Panama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in more exciting news:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we have a television and dvd player!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hello food network and all your
wonderfulness…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is a glorious thing. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I guess I shall wrap up this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m working from 6:45 – 1:30 tonight during
Night of Joy, a contemporary Christian music festival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should be called Nightmare of Joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a ton of teenagers, lots of
screaming and yelling, and much more craziness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So glad I get to do it again tonight…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well folks, have a magical and joyous evening!<span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-35776101238279313062012-08-21T10:22:00.001-07:002012-08-21T10:23:52.503-07:00Random Nonsense <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hello loyal blog readers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorry I haven’t posted too much in a
while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working and living in Disney is
definitely time consuming to say the least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Over the past couple of months, I’ve worked quite a bit; usually
starting late afternoon till closing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
actually don’t mind these shifts, since it’s much cooler than it is in the
daytime and we aren’t too busy near closing time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve had some interesting days – plenty of
resets and the occasional evacuation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wish guests would just learn to stay in their logs… haha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Other than work, I’ve spent lots of time in
the parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve become addicted to
collecting Sorcerer cards from the Magic Kingdom; I have a binder with the card
holders (nerd alert).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily I’ve
passed the addiction on to my roommates as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My 22nd birthday was on July 31st, so I went
to the Magic Kingdom with my roommates and had lunch at the Crystal Palace,
which was absolutely amazing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only
bad thing about spending time in the parks is all the delicious food that calls
my name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">In recent news:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cast members can now get into the water parks
for free!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so excited for this,
since I’ve never been to either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I recently went with some friends to Typhoon Lagoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t spend too much time there, but I do
love that lazy river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the wave pool…
dang that’s powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wouldn’t recommend
going out too far unless you love to be knocked over by very powerful waves
(learned that the hard way haha).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">In food news, I got to met Iron Chef Cat Cora!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a
huge food network fan, so this was such a wonderful experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was very sweet and quite tiny in person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I shall finish out this blog post with some
pictures for you all to enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to
work at 3:45, so I’ll talk to you all again soon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-90599073308833687542012-08-13T21:39:00.000-07:002012-08-13T21:40:19.222-07:00Disney College Program Classes<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">There are three different types of classes:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong>Collegiate Courses</strong> – these are taken for
credit (if approved by your school).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are going to involve purchasing a textbook, writing papers, and
doing assignments.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong>Exploration
Series </strong>– these will teach you more about the Walt Disney Company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They require a lot of participation, but have
no homework or tests.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong>Professional
Development Studies</strong> – these are major-specific and are reserved for students in
these majors (engineering, business, finance, theater, law enforcement, etc).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will have homework, exams, and the like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Since I have already graduated, I don’t need
to take any of the classes for credit; aka, hello exploration series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we first arrived, we have received
multiple emails stating that course registration would begin on June 25th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just kidding everyone, registration actually
started a few days before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I
wasn’t on my computer as soon as registration opened, the class I really wanted
to take, Exploring Disney Heritage, was full :(<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I did request to be placed on a waitlist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the exploration series is
free, I decided to sign up for another class just in case the other one didn't
work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose Exploring Guest Service!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This class is held once a week for 2 hours in
Chatham (very convenient!), starting in October and ending in December right
before the Christmas rush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Fast forward to August 6th... I opened my email and discovered that there is an empty seat in the Heritage class!!!!! I was so pumped when I read that! This was the one class that I really wanted to take, so I was ecstatic that I got in :D </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Any class is
definitely going to be an asset and skill builder, so I’m very excited for
both of these to start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This is a great opportunity to network and meet Disney leaders, so I would definitely recommend taking classes if you have the chance. </span>If anyone has any
questions about classes, let me know!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-84874114422561990392012-08-07T08:34:00.001-07:002012-08-07T08:36:54.095-07:00The Things People Say<br />
<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">FASTPASS</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Fastlane</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">2.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Fasttrack</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">3.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Speedpass</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">4.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Speedlane</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">5.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Speedtrack</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">6.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flashpass (my
personal favorite)</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Maybe we should start calling them Splashpasses?</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Rider Switch</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">1.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Baby Swap</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;">2.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Baby Exchange</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">4. Switch-A-Roo</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Was this ride based on the Jungle Book? Isn’t that where
all the giraffes and elephants are from?”</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Where was the big drop?”</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Was that Bugs Bunny?”</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"Am I
going to get wet?" (I love this question, especially when it's raining
outside...)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"Since
when did you change the track? I liked the other one better."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"Are they
building Everest over in Fantastyland?"<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">"Do you work here?"</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yup, these were all serious questions. And then you get
to play the lovely game of charades with all the people that don’t speak
English. It’s quite a sight. Haha </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I was at
Fastpass return the other day and needed to measure a little boy.He stood up
nice and tall for me and I told him that was good to go.He looked so happy and
said “I’m so tall because I’ve been eating allllll my vegetables every
night!”It was so adorable!You should have seen all the parents waiting in line…
that boy totally melted their hearts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">From the always reliable Wikipedia:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Indentured
servitude</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> refers to the historical
practice of contracting to work for a fixed period of time in exchange for
transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities during the term
of indenture.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Some refer to CP’s as slaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I prefer to say that we are indentured
servants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live and work on Disney
property, are provided transportation, and put all our paychecks back into the
company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously though, we are the
only cast members that are basically living out Walt’s original dream for
EPCOT:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Experimental Prototype Community
of Tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live, work, and play in
Walt Disney World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty neat if you
ask me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-38621293352556627612012-08-06T00:00:00.000-07:002012-08-07T08:28:12.001-07:00Cast Member vs. Guest<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I find it really east to switch from Cast
Member mode to Guest mode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure I still
want to say happy birthday or happy anniversary to everyone with a button and I
want to compulsively check people’s heights and occasionally pick up trash, but
other than that I’m good to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
some people think that working at Disney will ruin the magic, but I don’t think
it does at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure you may see a
princess putting her dress on backstage or see Woody putting his boots on, but
when you visit as a guest, that’s still Cinderella and that’s still Woody.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I absolutely love the fact that I can go
visit the parks whenever I want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
honestly can’t even tell you the last day that I didn’t go to the Magic
Kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though I work there, I
still go there on my days off or even in the mornings before work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love just walking around, getting ice cream,
and playing the Sorcerer game (way too addicting).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only bad thing about visiting the parks
is that I usually end up spending money, haha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most people I know spend their paychecks away and don’t save anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you budget wisely, however, and only go
out to eat once a week and don’t buy too much merchandise, you can easily save
money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far I’ve saved about $500 in a
month and a half; not too shabby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
this talk about the Magic Kingdom makes me want to go there for a nice,
refreshing ice cream sundae from the Plaza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh look – I don’t work until later this evening, guess I’ll make a quick
stop there before work. ;) See you folks later!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">These are two stores only for cast
members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are located near Magic
Kingdom costuming in the back of the parking lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Property Control sells damaged merchandise
from all around the Walt Disney World Resort and lost and found items that were never claimed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of the time, there isn’t much wrong with the items and everything
is 75% off!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can buy a ton of
nonsense and only spent a few dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
love this store and so does my wallet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cast Connections sells merchandise that is out of season or outdated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also sell items for their regular price along with groceries,
dishes, Christmas trees, furniture, and so much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This store is much bigger and offers a lot more, but is more expensive
than Property Control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can still get
some great deals and buy groceries all at the same time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk about productivity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the past month I’ve bought the following
items…</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Pretty awesome, eh?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love CM discounts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-17626493647846095822012-07-29T08:37:00.000-07:002012-07-29T08:37:01.391-07:00Otitis Media, Serous Pharyngitis<br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sorry
for the holdup folks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The inevitable
finally happened…. I got sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:(<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had the works – sore throat, achy body,
fever, cough, ear aches…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It finally got
to the point that I needed to go to the doctor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But where to go when you’re in Orlando and don’t have a car?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well luckily enough there is a place called
Centra Care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not too far away;
right across the street from Crossroads in fact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they have complimentary
transportation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I called them it
only took 15 minutes for them to arrive – very speedy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it is an urgent care place, they also
have medicine right there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does cost
more than purchasing it from a pharmacy, but the convenience is definitely
worth it, especially if you don’t have a car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thankfully I’ve been feeling much better and am almost back to 100%
health!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yay for amoxicillin. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-31349549784414387572012-07-20T13:01:00.000-07:002012-07-20T13:01:00.993-07:00Apartment Inspections<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once every few weeks or so, our apartments
get inspected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means that everyone
starts grabbing cleaning supplies and borrowing the vacuum from the clubhouse,
which creates a bit of a frenzy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had
our inspection on the 5th, so the majority of us cleaned on the 4th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of our showers were clogged (ew), so we bought a huge thing of draino.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was pretty funny when the draino even
wouldn’t go down the drain… we let it sit there for a while and it finally
started to unclog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We scrubbed the
bathroom and kitchen, then vacuumed and dusted everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our apartment was very clean, but not sparkling
(where is Cinderella when you need her? Haha).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I was home when the inspectors stopped
by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They come in, walk around, spray
some bug nonsense, and fill out a form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The three of them were probably in here less than 5 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since our apartment was in pretty good shape (our oven needed more cleaning apparently),
we were given these…</span><br />
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</span>Next time I’m aiming for the chocolates though… :D <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-27310375265563644532012-07-14T12:44:00.000-07:002012-07-15T09:24:23.989-07:00I'm Singing in the Parks...<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">It was July 8th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to work at 8:45 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s there to do in the meantime?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go to the Magic Kingdom of course!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So off to MK for opening with two of my
roommates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went on Space Mountain,
met Tiana, got some sorcerer cards, and had a waffle sandwich from Sleepy
Hollow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One roommate left for work, so
the two of us then went on Pirates of the Caribbean, Magic Carpets of Aladdin,
Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan’s Flight,
Small World, Winnie the Pooh, and Prince Charming’s Regal Carousel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since we were in Fantasyland we decided to
have some ice cream from Storybook Treats (great lunch, don’t you think?).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a chocolate soft serve cone in hand we
headed to Main Street and danced in the Move It!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shake It!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Celebrate It!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Street Party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some other attractions we went on were the
PeopleMover, Carousel of Progress, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin,
Tomorrowland Speedway, and Dumbo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few
weeks ago the Casey Junior Splash area opened, so we decided to walk
through…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dang, you get soaked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So smart of Disney to sell towels right
nearby!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few days ago Dumbo started
using Fastpass and the inside of the tent opened up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The play area inside is legit – I haven’t
looked around too much yet, but it seems pretty awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My roommate and I stopped at Cosmic Ray’s for
a bite to eat before heading back to POTC to buy a few things…</span><br />
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roommate had to go to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took the
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all day in here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once my credit card had
been significantly abused I grabbed a bus home, got ready for work, and turned
right back around to the Magic Kingdom for work until 2:45 am!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A tiring, but fantastic day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">On the 11th my roommate and I went to the
Orlando Premium Outlets nearby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
pretty close to our apartment; only about a 15 minute walk and it’s right
across from Publix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a ton of
nice stores there – Nautica, Ralph Lauren, Coach, Juicy Couture, etc… Here is
the link: <a href="http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=17">http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=17</a></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I went to American Eagle and bought 3 shirts
for $14 – love the clearance section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Afterward we went to Animal Kingdom and rode
Dinosaur and Primeval Whirl and watched Finding Nemo:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Musical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We also went on Expedition Everest twice; once in the front, once in the
back… boy you can really feel that force when you’re in the back seat – such a
great attraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By this point there was
only one hour left before the park closed, so we decided to grab some
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily Yak and Yeti was still
open and had plenty of available seating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have always wanted to eat here and was not disappointed!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food was absolutely delicious, although
the service lacked a bit; still a great experience nonetheless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once dinner was over we hopped on a bus to
the TTC and went to MK to watch the Main Street Electrical Parade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime we went on the Magic Carpets
of Aladdin, Haunted Mansion, Small World, Mad Tea Party, Dumbo, and the
Barnstormer twice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We each had a sundae
from the Plaza and enjoyed it while watching the parade on Main Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What an ending to a wonderful day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">My last day off for this week was the
12th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a very special day
because we had lunch reservations for Restaurant Marrakesh in Morocco; there
were 6 of us total; me and three roommates and a girl from France who works
with one of my roommates, along with her friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girl from France is also part Moroccan,
so she speaks fluent Arabic and could talk right along with our servers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the 6 of us walked into Epcot it began to
pour… thank goodness none of us brought ponchos and were too cheap to buy some.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we decided to walk all the way there in
the pouring rain so we wouldn’t miss our reservation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just say we were a little bit wet by
the time we got to Morocco… we tried to dry off as best we could and made
ourselves presentable before checking in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were seated in a nearly empty restaurant, close to the stage where
the belly dancer performs – she was insane!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have no clue how anyone can move like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the reason we came to Marrakesh… the
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had the chef’s lunch special and
it was delicious!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would definitely
come back here because the food was divine and the service was fantastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">We had finally just started to dry off, until
it began raining again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stopped at
the store in Japan (no purchases for me!), where my roommates and I split up
from our other two friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then proceeded
to create our own rollercoaster at the Sum of all Thrills and ride Spaceship
Earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way out we made the
spontaneous decision to go to the Magic Kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got off at the TTC, decided we were
getting very tired, and went to Property Control instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent a whopping 1 dollar and 34
cents!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we were back home, I heated
up leftovers from Yak and Yeti, made potato soup, picked up my room, and
entered all the money I’ve spent into my budget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the Magic Kingdom!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went and got my
sorcerer cards for the day and defeated Cruella on Main Street. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily I also ran into the Dapper Dans and
Citizens of Main Street!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Some of my favorites were working, so I was really excited to see them. </span>How
I love knowing Dapper Dans….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then went
to Adventureland and watched Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Tutorial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end when everyone is singing he
totally came over to the side where I was standing and propped his foot up on
the barrel next to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He starred into my
eyes and sang, while I about passed out….</span><br />
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</span>I then had lunch at Pecos Bill (yay for kid’s meals), walked through
Swiss Family Treehouse, and then got chocolate cake from the Main Street Bakery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was eating my cake in the alley way on
Main Street, the Philharmonic came out and decided to play Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I then hopped on a bus from the Grand
Floridian to costuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went and got
milk and bananas from Cast Connections, returned a costume and got two new
ones, and made it just in time for the bus back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bus came at 4:20, so I still had plenty of time before I had to leave for work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Speaking of work, I’m working straight through until next Wednesday… yay for working 45 hours –
can’t wait for that paycheck!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hope you
all have a magical night and enjoyed reading about my days at the parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-44962418676503765012012-07-07T12:17:00.000-07:002012-07-15T09:25:06.030-07:00The King Has Returned<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sorry for the lack of updates!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been working quite a bit lately and
yesterday I had my first 12 hour shift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Luckily it wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work goes by very quickly, especially when
you are in rotation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the past week
I’ve gotten to talk to some very nice folks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I met a family while I was standing at the exit; the grandparents had
brought their granddaughter for her first time (well technically it was her
second time, but she was very little when she first visited so it doesn’t
really count)!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She just finished her
freshman year at college, so I told her about the college program and that she
should look into it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
grandmother was SO excited and definitely wants her granddaughter to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their whole family are Disney
fanatics, so they were so happy to learn more about the program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also had the pleasure of talking to
families from England and Ireland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
just love their accents and could listen to them all day!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely a much needed
break!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My roommates and I spent the
majority of the 4th cleaning because inspections were the following day (I’ll
let you know about that in another post).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I made a cake for us and four of us ordered pizza and had a “family”
dinner in the living room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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night, three of us went to the Magic Kingdom!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kind of a poor decision because it was PACKED.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You literally couldn’t walk through
Fantasyland right before the fireworks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And speaking of fireworks… they were
amazing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was lucky enough to watch
them on the 3rd from Splash Mountain; 360 degree fireworks… absolutely
stunning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also went to a Pirate
Tutorial because they were having them in the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So in love…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Afterward we tried to leave and go to Epcot
to see their fireworks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the park
was packed, everyone decided to leave at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were going to take the monorail or ferry
over to the TTC, but the lines were insane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead we took a bus to the Boardwalk, but didn’t arrive until
10:15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No worries though, we ended up
getting ice cream so it was worth it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Worth it until the bus never arrived to take us home… there were four
buses that passed us, so we ended up waiting almost two hours to get home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gotta love the bus system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dream Come True Parade, played the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game (I got
some ridiculous cards… Flynn Rider’s frying pans, Tiana’s hot sauce,
Pocahontas’ colors of the wind, Aladdin’s magic lamp – so awesome), saw the
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an ice cream cookie sandwich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then
caught a bus from the Contemporary, dropped off some costumes at Costuming, and
went to Property Control (but that’s another post folks).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we were back home we went to Walmart and
made a fabulous dinner of pork chops, baked potatoes with bacon, scallions, and
cheddar cheese, and spinach dip with Italian bread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yup, so those were my days off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were a lot of fun and surprisingly
productive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m working today from 4:45 –
10:45 (love it when MK closes early), so I’m going to sign off, fold laundry,
and get ready for work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a magical
day everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-62907395201778615832012-06-28T09:55:00.000-07:002012-06-28T09:55:13.332-07:00First Day + Best Question Ever<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“First day of
school! Wake up! Come on. First day of school.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> - Nemo<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yesterday was my first full day of work by
myself!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, I definitely
felt a bit like Nemo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only had to work
6 hours yesterday (4:45 – 10:45), which was very nice indeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took an early bus which came at 3:20 and
got to the Magic Kingdom around 4:15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This gave me plenty of time to walk to Splash Mountain and clock
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Heads up for future CPs:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>make sure you take an early bus to work!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most arrive late or get delayed in traffic
while traveling there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s no fun to
have to run to work only to find out your 5 seconds late.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I clocked in a bit early, so the coordinator
had me help unload guests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday I
ended up grouping guests into the logs, worked Fastpass return and
distribution, helped assist wheelchair parties, dispatched the logs, and
unloaded more guests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work goes by very
quickly because every role is so fast paced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can’t even begin to tell you how many guests I see in a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s also nice that we rotate quite a bit, so
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">There seemed to be quite a few angry guests
at the park yesterday; perhaps it was the heat?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People tend to get very angry when I won’t let them through the Fastpass
line…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One guest tried to return for his
9:10 Fastpass at 6:30. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorry sir, but
you’re going to have to wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got
mad, tried to get through again, and proceeded to say some nasty things before
throwing his Fastpasses at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good
thing that solved all your problems sir!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make up for the bad ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was talking
to a little boy yesterday and this was his first time riding Splash
Mountain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so excited! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He kept asking me questions:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s your name? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How long is the ride?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you been on the ride before?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Then came the best question ever:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you help build the ride?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yup kid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was testing logs at the ripe old age of 3. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I’m working every day until July 4th, mostly
closing shifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually like working
later in the day because<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can sleep in<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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sun isn’t out <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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can sleep in<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span>Sometimes I can catch the Main Street Electric Parade on my way out<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I mention that I get to sleep in?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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magical day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-67668388884581516752012-06-27T10:51:00.001-07:002012-06-27T10:51:35.441-07:00Florida Mall and Grocery Bingo<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I had
yesterday off, so I went to the Florida Mall with two of my roommates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow, this mall is huge!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t end up buying too much – just a new
screen cover for my iPhone and two bottles of nail polish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found this super cute bag at forever 21
that was navy blue and covered with anchors (LOVE nautical themed stuff), but
it was $20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might buy it later once I
have saved up more money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Oh, and the buses only go to the mall once a week on certain days, depending on the month. </span></span><br />
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Bingo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an event held at The
Commons, which is the international housing complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is open to all college program participants
and it is FREE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got there 20 minutes
after it has started and the entire place was packed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All the seats inside the clubhouse were taken and there were a ton of
people gathering around outside the door in a patio type area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p>Once we had made our way through the crowd, w</o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">e grabbed our bingo cards and proceeded
to play!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They did some classic bingo, fill the entire card, make a plus sign in the middle, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
kept coming very close to winning, especially on filling the entire card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we were playing some of the Cast
Members running the program came out and gave away water bottles and little
wallets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My roommate was lucky enough to
grab one – they were so cute!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to end, we started a game where we had to make a square around the outer
edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we got closer and closer to
someone winning people started cheering and making a lot of noise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually I only had one more spot to
fill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I heard the girl call out a
number, but I couldn’t quite hear her due to all the noise, especially since
someone had just called out a bingo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
asked the girl next to me what was called and she said B12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, guess what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was my final spot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made my way to the front of the clubhouse,
had the CM check over my card, and proceeded to get my free groceries!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two other people actually won with me, so we
all had our picture taken together – maybe I’ll end up on one of their
slideshows, haha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>If you are a CP make sure you check out Grocery Bingo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s free and a great way to meet people and
win some free food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-83779438071017485192012-06-26T19:39:00.000-07:002012-06-26T19:39:41.151-07:00Earned My Ears<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Watch out Frontierland…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have officially earned my ears!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s right folks; I can now operate and
perform all the roles at Splash Mountain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Quite exciting if you ask me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even though the “earning my ears” badge is a bit of a safety net, I’m
glad that I’m finally able to remove it and start working on my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Training was fun and all, but I’d like to get
into a normal routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Oh, and something funny I forgot to
mention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday in the middle of my
assessment Splash Mountain decided to breakdown (what luck!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Due to technical difficulties the entire attraction had to be reset, but
since it was taking too long the managers actually made the final decision to
evacuate the guests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, breakdown, ride
reset, and evacuation… all during my assessment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made for an interesting morning let me tell
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once I had passed my assessment and met with
a manager I actually started my first rotation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I ended up grouping guests into boats for 30 minutes and it went very
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:D</span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-57064548916536180452012-06-24T20:56:00.000-07:002012-06-28T09:55:33.964-07:00Park TimeS<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">ince I’ve had some time off, I have finally
been able to spend some time in the parks!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On Friday I went to the Magic Kingdom in the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to catch a bus around 2:00 so I could
watch the Celebrate a Dream Come True parade; this however didn’t quite work
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see, President Obama decided to come to a
conference at the Contemporary and when he
was ready to leave they actually closed I-4 so he could get to the airport,
naturally causing a huge delay in traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After waiting an hour for three buses that never showed up, I jumped on
a bus to the Caribbean Beach Resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we
made our way over there it began to pour…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Once we arrived I took the internal shuttle to one of the bus stops and
only waited about a minute for a Magic Kingdom bus to arrive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yay!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
finally arrived around 4:00, 2 hours late… No worries though!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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donned my poncho.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I entered the park
through the Cast Member entrance (so legit) and browsed through some shops on
Main Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately I had missed
the parade and since it was raining I figured there wouldn’t be any pirate
tutorials or the flag retreat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I headed
over to Adventureland and went to the Enchanted Tiki Room; I am really glad
they restored this to its original version (let’s all sing like the birdies
sing – so good!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards I went to
Pirates of the Caribbean, but was deterred by the 30 minute wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead I walked back through Main Street and
went to the Carousel of Progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I
was in Tomorrowland, I also went on the Peoplemover – a great attraction to get
out of the rain or to just take a break from the park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I had gotten off I went over to Space
Mountain and got a Fastpass for later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was almost 6:00 at this point, so I declared it time for dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Columbia Harbour House it is!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of my favorite quick service
restaurants because the whole place is nautical themed and you really feel like
you’re inside a ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite place
to sit is on the second floor above the walkway from Fantasy to Liberty
Square.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ordered the Lobster Roll here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>This show is full of puns, so I loved it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards I took the back walkway to
Fantasyland and rode the WDW Railroad all the way around while I waited for my
Fastpass time to roll around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
riding Space Mountain it was time for dessert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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sundae it was time for the Main Street Electric Parade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love this parade, especially since Pete and
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by the time I reached my apartment, so I went to bed immediately because I had
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roommates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why would we get up early on
a day off?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because we had reservations for
Kouzzina at The Boardwalk!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was my
first time dining here, so I was very excited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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strapped in, we all took our roles very seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m happy to report that we made it to Mars
safe and sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then went to The Seas
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countries in only a few hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While in
Italy we met the Ziti Sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess who
got dragged into the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yup, this
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headed back to The Boardwalk and caught a bus home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a bit I went to Walmart, had some
dinner (tomato soup and a sandwich!), and then went to Downtown Disney with
another roommate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We both bought some
pins and then had some ice cream before coming home for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Productive day wouldn’t you say?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Unfortunately there is a tropical storm
headed our way, so it has been raining all day long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That ruled out the parks for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I caught up on sleep, cleaned the kitchen,
made a chicken broccoli braid and chocolate pie, and uploaded my pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to work at 9 am tomorrow, so I’ll
probably head to bed soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a
magical night!<o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-89484943944248166252012-06-22T10:27:00.002-07:002012-06-22T10:35:02.961-07:00Chatham Apartment<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I love living in Chatham! It is so nice to have a bus stop right nearby; especially if you're running a little late to work. Also, the buses are not completely reliable. Make sure you find the bus that will get you to work on time and take the one before it. Yesterday the A bus never came, so I had to wait and take the B bus (both go to MK). Since I was going to work early, I got there with plenty of time to spare. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Another thing about the MK bus is that you have to take the bus to one of the resorts, then take the monorail or boat into the MK if you want to visit the park. Since we can't use the utilidor to enter the MK unless we are working, we have to go there the roundabout way. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">If anyone has any questions about housing or the bus system, let me know! Have a magical day! :D </span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-4874711194293323432012-06-22T09:11:00.000-07:002012-06-22T09:11:39.373-07:00Training: Check!<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yesterday was my last day of training!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve gone through all the positions required
for this attraction and feel very comfortable with all of them and I know the
majority of show scenes, doors, and staircases in case of emergency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have my assessment on Monday, so hopefully
I’ll be fine with a bit of extra studying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Life in the Disney College Program is
tiring!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have worked for the past 7
days straight (usually 8 hours per day), mostly starting before 7 am…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I go to work, come home, surf on the internet
for a bit, make dinner, and go to sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wake up and repeat, multiply by 7 and you have my life for the past
week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely
love it here; I just don’t want anyone to come here and think they are just
going to play in the parks all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, I’ve only been to Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios once, for
a few hours each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I started
working, I figured I would be going to the parks whenever I had a chance; but
in reality it just isn’t feasible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thankfully I have today, tomorrow, and the next day off – Sweet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I slept in today and plan on going to the
Magic Kingdom later; even though I work here, I love this park!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow I’m going to Kouzzina at the
Boardwalk with 2 of my roommates, so I’m very excited about that:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hello cast member dining discount!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Did you see what I did there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely in character, wouldn’t you say?)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>For the past two days I’ve been having my
Splash Mountain Training… gosh, that’s weird now that I think about it – it definitely
feels like I’ve been there for a week at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Anyway, my Frontierland group was split up, so now there are only two of
us in our group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have learned how to greet people, how to
maintain the Fastpass line, how to load and unload guests, the basics of
wheelchair assistance, where strollers go, proper attire for riding the
attraction, and the height requirement (40 inches).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday we learned the opening procedures
and today we took a walkthrough of the attraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to know all the scenes, the drops,
stairwells, and exits for the safety of our guests and for ourselves,
especially when powering up the attraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wouldn’t want to be in the way of an incoming log, would you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all there is a ton of information to
learn, but I still have a few days of training left to master it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got a pretty good idea of the layout, so
that’s good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow I have training at
6:30 followed by a 5:30 shift, so I definitely need some sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working at WDW is a tiring job;
tiring, but satisfying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I’m done
training I’ll have worked for 7 straight days, but thankfully I have Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I can finally go to
the parks!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Well, t</span>hat’s all for now folks,
have a magical evening!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-88844824267632169222012-06-16T15:23:00.000-07:002012-06-16T15:25:20.657-07:00Frontierland Training - Day 2!<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Well howdy there folks!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today was another day of Frontierland training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am finally starting to
learn my way around the Utilidors, thank goodness!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Our day started by w</span>alking around our area and traveling around the Rivers of America on one of the
rafts that go to Tom Sawyer’s Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One neat thing about the Rivers of America:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when the Magic Kingdom first opened, guests
from all over the country brought a jar of water from a river near their home –
thus this literally has water from rivers all across America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neat, isn’t it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also rode Splash Mountain (we need to be
able to inform guests about our attraction, of course).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was also trained on the FASTPASS machine
and how the greeter role works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
group then had to go through some modules on the computer (safety and whatnot),
and then we actually got to go out into the park and interact with guests!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had such a good time; I absolutely love
talking with guests and helping them, even if the Fastpass machines are a bit finicky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just in case y’all don’t know how Fastpass
works, I shall outline it for you ;) </span><br />
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must return within that window)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tomorrow our Splash Mountain training starts
bright and early at 7:00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the
early time, I can’t wait to learn more about my attraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hope you all having a magical evening!<o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-83107104795737801472012-06-15T19:37:00.001-07:002012-06-15T19:37:20.857-07:00Once Upon a Time…<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Today was my first official day of
training!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Once Upon a Time Is Now” is
the Magic Kingdom park orientation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
went to Disney University for training at 7:15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I took the 6 am bus, so I reached DU around 6:40.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the training started we clocked in, split
up into groups, and headed over to the Magic Kingdom. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Oh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gosh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I absolutely loved this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly, what could be better than training in the Magic Kingdom?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had two wonderful Cast Members lead the class, and then we were handed off to our separate role trainers. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">We also got our lanyard and found out our work location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Drum roll please!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… … … </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The next exciting part of the day:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>getting our lovely costumes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be sure to post a picture soon, so you
can see how wonderful it truly is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We then clocked out at Disney University and I was able to catch the 4:05 bus home. </span>I have
training at 7:30 tomorrow, so I’m going to head to bed soon; just thought I'd keep you all updated first :)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a Magical Night!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-20046351271763439532012-06-14T10:54:00.003-07:002012-06-14T10:54:23.803-07:00Traditions<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I had my Traditions class yesterday at 2
pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We needed to be by the bus stop at
12:45, but the bus didn’t actually arrive until around 1:00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Disney University is quite a lovely building;
one that I’ve wanted to go to for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The walls are filled with Disney Legends and some of the work they have
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checked in and given our Disney ID!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hallelujah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are then brought to a classroom where you
sit at a table with four other people and at one point I even became our Team
Leader (pretty spiffy, huh?).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t
talk about too much that we did here, but I will tell you that part of it is informational
(safety, ethics codes, company guidelines, etc.) and kind of dull, but the rest
is amazing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know some people don’t
like Traditions, but I loved it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few
tips:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>make sure you wear good walking
shoes and participate in class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near the
end, our name badges were delivered by a very special guest!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all I’d say Traditions is definitely something
to look forward to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once the class ended I caught a bus back to
Chatham, which arrived around 7:00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
ate a quick dinner of Kraft mac and cheese, then went to the Magic Kingdom with
a couple of my roommates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also met up
with another girl that I met at Traditions after Wishes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only had time to ride a few attractions
(Barnstomer, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Big Thunder Mountain), but had a
fantastic time nonetheless!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
great feeling to enter the Magic Kingdom as a Cast Member for the first
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today I’m going to go to Hollywood
Studios with one of my roommates, then wake up extra early tomorrow for
training, which starts at 7:15. So pumped.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hope you all have a very magical day! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-44298689934410345902012-06-13T08:52:00.000-07:002012-06-13T08:52:46.000-07:00Check-In!<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hello all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I apologize for the lack of updates, but things around here have been
pretty busy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family and I spent last
Saturday evening in Richmond, so we left there around 6 am Sunday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We arrived in Florida at 6:45 that evening;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> i</span>t was a long journey, but we were all
incredibly glad to be back in Walt Disney World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After arriving, we checked into Pop Century
(this was our first time staying here; it’s pretty nice, but definitely not my
favorite resort).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all went to bed
early because the next day was check-in and we were going to have to wake up
really early, aka 5 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Alrighty, so Monday morning – June 11th!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day we’ve all been waiting for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family and I all woke up and got ready,
left Pop around 6:15, and arrived to Vista Way at 6:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my roommates was already in line, so I
was able to join her; she was our lifesaver!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Apparently the first people in line arrived at 4 am – way too early for
me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, my advice for check-in:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>get there early; the earlier the better because
the line will get incredibly long really quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I was in line, my family left to go
explore some resorts and ride the monorail (we didn’t buy any park tickets, so
this was there entertainment, haha). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check-in is a long process, so if your parents
are coming I would suggest that they go do something else, and then you can
meet up with them later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now we were told that check-in would start at
9 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully, they began to let us
in the gates around 7:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, we
all went to the back of Vista Way, where you could drop off your luggage (if
you brought any).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we walked through the
line we were given a cute little name sticker before being checked off in their
computer system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After discussing some protocol
and signing some documents, we got to choose our housing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They send one person from your group to sign
up all of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five of us were in line
together, but our other roommate was going to arrive a little later because her
flight wouldn’t land in Orlando until 8ish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thankfully the cast member was able to put us all together even though
one of our roommates wasn’t with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were all placed in a four bedroom apartment in Chatham!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I’ll do a separate entry about our apartment,
so be on the lookout for that.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once we had the housing nonsense settled, we
were given our keys and had to sign (you guessed it) more forms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we had our picture taken for our housing
ID; none of the pictures look good by the way – they take your picture and then
expand it on the card, so you look like you’ve exploded haha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there you get to go to Casting, which is
definitely the most exciting part of the day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">By this point it was only a little after
9:00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were all put on the 10:00 bus
to go to Casting, so we had about an hour to chill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything ran like clockwork; they
definitely have this process down to a science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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at the building you get in yet another line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is here that you learn where you’ll be working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So… I bet you all are anxious to finally
learn my location… wait for it, wait for it…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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KINGDOM<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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</span>How awesome is that??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m so
excited to work in the Magic Kingdom, since it is my favorite park. Plus,
Frontierland is home to some of my favorite attractions, namely Splash Mountain
and Big Thunder Mountain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to
say, I was (and still am) incredibly pumped to work here!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Also, the Casting building is incredibly
beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take time to savor where you
are standing and take in your surroundings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you’ve ever seen the building from the outside, you’ll notice its diamond
pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll never guess where it
came from – Walt Disney’s socks!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty
cool, huh?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Back to the check-in process!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there you are sent into another room
where a cast member will talk to you about the Disney look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then you sign some more paperwork and get
fingerprinted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then you are all
done!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had my housing meeting the next
day, so I was completely free for the rest of the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took a bus back to Vista Way, where my
parents picked me up so we could go check out my new apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since
there were four of us we made fairly quick work of unpacking the car and
decided to go have lunch at Earl of Sandwich in Downtown Disney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it was around 1:30 by that point, so
the entire check-in process doesn’t last too long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Soon after lunch, I got a call from Casting
(begin slight panic mode).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully I
only had to go in to fix my address on my I-9 Form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family recently moved, so it got switched
on all the other forms except that one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
we headed back to my apartment to unpack and have my brother fix our router and
internet nonsense (thanks again!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I spent the remainder of the day and next
morning hanging out with my family since they were only going to be here until
Wednesday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Tuesday morning we got up
fairly early again and went shopping for groceries and cleaning supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dang, it takes a lot of stuff to get
situated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family then dropped me off,
along with all my stuff, at the apartment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I unpacked and got situated, then went to the
housing meeting at 3:00 in The Commons, which is the housing for international
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was about a 10-15 minute
walk over there, so be sure to leave early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This meeting was pretty boring for the most part, although they did
their best to make it fun and enjoyable (aka strobe lights, music, games,
skits).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all it was just more
information about our apartments, security, how to check visitors in, safety, roommate
disagreements, and where to go for certain resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That finished a little bit before 5:00, so
after walking back to our apartment my family came to pick me up again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least that was their plan until a huge
thunderstorm began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily it didn’t
last too long, so they arrived a little after 6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had our last dinner together for a while,
bopped around Downtown Disney, and had some ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since my family was leaving really early the
next morning I was going to spend my first night at the apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At around 10:00 my family dropped me off and
we said our goodbyes :(<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks for
everything – you guys are the best!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hopefully they are going to come visit me this fall (yay for cast member
discounts!). <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Two of my roommates were home, so we sat outside
and chatted for a while and they had our first experience killing a very nasty,
large bug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite the sight!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">So, that brings us to today, Wednesday June 13th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have Traditions at 2:00, but the bus comes
at 12:45.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even ironed my clothes and
everything (mother would be so proud!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today is the day that I officially become a Cast Member!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to wrap up this post for now, but will
keep you updated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a Magical day! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852341886580568582.post-67562901861733529472012-06-11T02:45:00.000-07:002012-06-11T02:45:32.872-07:00Let the Memories Begin!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Well readers, I am about to finally embark on
this magical journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this quote
from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tangled</b> sums it up nicely: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Rapunzel:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What if it’s not everything I
dreamed it would be?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flynn:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It will be.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Rapunzel:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And what if it is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do I do then?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flynn:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Well, that’s the good part I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You get to go find a new dream.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">And so my Disney College Program
experience is about to begin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you all will climb back
aboard this vessel as I weigh anchor and set sail for the most magical place on
earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, bring me that horizon…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Drink up me hearties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yo ho! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Favorite Character:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Captain Jack Sparrow<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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</span>And not just any pirate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pirate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you
can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to
watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something
incredibly... stupid.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to
commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage,
plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out. “<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“A wedding? I love
weddings. Drinks all around!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“When you marooned
me on that god forsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing,
mate: I'm Captain Jack Sparrow.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“You need to find
yourself a girl, mate. Or perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is
that you already found one, and are otherwise incapable of wooing said
strumpet. You're not a eunuch are you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“You seem somewhat
familiar. Have I threatened you before?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Why is the rum
gone?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Captain Jack
Sparrow, if you please sir.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“This is the day
you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“No. You want you
to find this, because the finding of this finds you incapacitorially finding
and or locating in your discovering the detecting of a way to save your dolly
belle, ol' what's-her-face. Savvy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“I got a jar of
dirt, I got a jar of dirt, and guess what's inside it!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“'Ello, beastie.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“No. If we don't
have the key, we can't open whatever we don't have that it unlocks. So what
purpose would be served in finding whatever need be unlocked, which we don't
have, without first having found the key what unlocks it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Oh bugger.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Did no one come
to save me just because they missed me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Cuttlefish. Eh?
Let u”s not, dear friends, forget our dear friends the cuttlefish... flipping
glorious little sausages. Pen them up together, and they will devour each other
without a second thought... Human nature, in'it? Ooor... fish nature...”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Up is down.
That's just maddeningly unhelpful. Why are these things never clear?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“We must fight...
to run away!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Love, that is a
dinghy. My vessel is magnificent and fierce and huge-ish. And gone. Why is it
gone?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“I have no
sympathy for any of you feculent maggots and no more patience to pretend
otherwise. Gentlemen, I wash my hand of this weirdness.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“My peanut!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Why would he do
that? Because he's a lummox, isn't he? Well, we shall have a magnificent garden
party, and you're not invited!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Ladies, will you
please shut it! Listen to me. <br />
Yes, I lied to you. <br />
No, I don't love you. <br />
Of course it makes you look fat. <br />
I've never been to Brussels. <br />
It is pronounced *egregious*. <br />
By the way, no. I've never actually met Pizarro, but I love his pies. <br />
And all of this pales to utter insignificance in light of the fact that my ship
is once again gone. Savvy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“NOBODY MOVE! I've
dropped me brain.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">If I may lend a machete to your intellectual
thicket.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Now we're being
followed by rocks. Never had that one before.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Never actually
been one for tradition...”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“My hands are
clean in this, figuratively.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Were I in a
divulgatory mood, what were I to divulge?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“You may kill me,
but you can never insult me. Who am I?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">I'm Captain Jack
Sparrow!”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“There should be a
"Captain" in there somewhere.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“You know that
feeling you get when you're standing in a high place... sudden urge to jump?...
I don't have it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Did everyone see
that? Because I will *not* be doing it again.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“You've stolen me.
And I'm here to take meself back.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Why is the Black
Pearl in the bottle?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“You lied to me by
telling me the truth?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“The crime in
which you have been found guilty of, is being innocent of being Jack Sparrow.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Mistook it for a
brothel. Honest mistake.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Clergyman, on the
off chance that this does not go well for me, I would like it noted here and
now that I am fully prepared to believe in whatever I must, so that I may be
welcomed into that place where all the "goody-goodies" get to go.
Savvy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“I've actually
never been that drunk.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“We shall need a
crossbow, an hourglass, three goats, one of us must learn to play the trumpet,
whilst the other one goes like this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Face is familiar.
Have I... threatened you before?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Death lies before
us, as we sail to the Fountain of Youth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Captain, I wish
to report a mutiny. I can name fingers and point names.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Who's to say I
won't live forever, eh? Discoverer of the Fountain of Youth. I've no say in it,
Gibbs. It's a pirate's life for me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Better to not
know which moment may be your last. Every morsel of your entire being alive to
the infinite mystery of it all.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sorry, mates… I couldn’t help meself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:P<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I do hope you enjoyed my countdown to
Disney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since we’ve reached the final day
that can only mean one thing: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><strong>I’M GOING
TO <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Walt Disney Script"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">DISNEY WORLD</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></span>Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992156137072761246noreply@blogger.com0