Let the Bubble... Pop

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I have been here so far for 7 months and my experience has been amazing but we here have something called a "Disney Bubble". Because of this bubble we tend to forget about all the things outside of the Disney Parks.

      For the past month or so I have ventured outside of the "Disney Bubble" and visited some incredible places and did some amazing things with awesome people.

Daytona International Speedway

My partner in crime Allison and I headed off to Daytona to take a tour around the Speedway. My dad watches the races back home and I would sit down sometimes and watch them with him. The race track is so big in real life and not like  I thought at all. We were taken on a tour of the grounds that included the VIP boxes, visitors spot and victory lane. We saw so many amazing pictures of the past and present as well as a module of their future plans.
During the tour Allison and I noticed that the clouds were getting very dark and at the end of tour we went back to the tram to head back to the main building and were drenched from head to toe.  After we went shopping so I could get dry clothes. We also finished the day with dinner.

I state the Allison is my partner in crime because we are always having the most awesome time. It was no different when we took a trip to Kennedy Space Center. I was amazed at everything I saw and experienced. There was so much to see I took about a hundred photos. Well we were there we visited the memorial wall which was both sad and inspiring. Like it always does when we decide to go out it rained but thankfully we found shelter and did not get soaked. I bought a new coat and a new sweater. Allison and I also got season passes so we will be going back since there was a lot that we did not see.


Anyone who knows me knows that I love country music. I was so lucky to get to see Luke Bryan with my friends Bry, Zac, Vanessa (F&B) and Jeremy.  It felt so good to let go and enjoy one of my favourite singers.

 One of my favourite things to have down here is my seasons pass to Universal. Most simple reason I love it is because of Harry Potter... of course. Allison, Wiebke (Germany Merch) and myself went there and I had a great time. We went on a couple rides I had yet to go on like ET and Men in Black. I tried Butter Beer for the first time and I have to say the non frozen which I had was really good. We also got to see the Hogwarts performances which I was amazed with since I had seen so many videos on YouTube and was happy that they were even better in person.  We went and had dinner at the Hard Rock Café before the park closed.

 I have not forgot about how much fun Disney is however. Not to long ago Laura from Canada F&B who I arrived with celebrated her 25th Birthday and I one of the lucky ones who got to celebrate with her. I met up with her and Kaylea (my best friend who is a CP at MK) at Epcot where we traveled around the world and had a drink in Mexico and so on. Later on we met up with a few others girls and had dinner in Japan. The food was beyond amazing and the service was one of my best experiences.  After dinner we headed to Jellyrolls which is a bar on the boardwalk.

It has started.... yes you guessed it Christmas has started here in Disney which should be in my next post. On a sad note we had to say goodbye to two amazing girls which will also be in the next post. On a super happy note for me my family will be here in about 21 days.

 

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September was... Spooky

Hi Everyone

So I gave a tiny teaser a few days ago and it got a lot of views so I thought I should not make you wait much longer and put my first post up now.


I have done so much since my last post so this post is going all about Friday the 13th at Hollywood Studios, Mickey's Not So Scary and my Granny and Aunt's visit.

Mickey's Not so Scary

As soon as September came so did the pumpkins, ghosts and goblins at Magic Kingdom. Disney does an event for Halloween called Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween Party which I attended with a couple of my merch and attractions friends. It was so much fun for everyone to dress up and go around the Magic Kingdom and trick or treat. We had so much candy that I still have a bag FULL of it. There
was a Halloween Parade with some amazing costumes and scary characters. In true Florida fashion it rained for a little bit but that did not stop us from enjoying the super cool Halloween Fireworks.



I am so lucky that my family is not so far away that they can come to visit and I was super lucky to have my granny (dad's mom) and aunt visit last month.
   They arrived and I went to Pop Century where they were staying. I saw them checking in at the desk and a very nice cast member let me cut the line to surprise them. It was so amazing to hug them and talk to them in person.  I also got to go with them to Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom as well as watch Illuminations with them at Epcot. My aunt managed to get us into Be our Guest for dinner and since

Beauty and the Beast is my fav Disney movie I was so stoked. It was so cool and at the end we got to meet with the beast which was so cool.

We ordered Pizza one night and I had a sleepover. My aunt and I had a drink by the pool and later had a midnight swim at the pool which was super fun. They also took me to go see Spirit of Aloha which is a dinner show at the Polynesian resort . It had hula dancers, a fire dancer and a great cast with a wonderful story to tell. I would definitely recommend it to everyone of all ages.

On Friday the 13th Disney had an amazing villain night featuring Hades and Meg. It was so cool because there were 13 villains plus Hades. The fireworks were the most insane fireworks I have ever seen Disney do and I was so lucky I could experience them.

September was amazing and with Food and Wine right now October is already just as amazing. Look out for all that in the next post :).


















On a Sad note my bedroom roommate Kimie had to leave :(. I miss her a whole lot but I know I will see her again.

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Time Flys..When you have a little magic

Hey Everyone


I moved here to Florida leaving my family and friends back in Canada 6 months ago! It is so hard to believe that it has been six month.


I was hoping I would have time to write a long post with stories but that will have to be tomorrow or sometime this week since I have been super busy.

I will post some photos of really cool things I have done so far since some of you can not see them on  my Facebook (hopefully more will be in a blog soon).


Daytona(Oct)



Food and Wine(Sep)



Mickey's Not So Scary

if you can dream it... you can do it

Hey All

I know that I did not do a post for August, so since I am stuck inside due to the extreme thunder storm (as always) I thought this would be a good time to sit down and write my post for August.


A lot happened in August but one really import thing happened... My mom and best friend Chelsey came, of course.

I was super lucky and so happy that I had every day off while they were here. It was amazing to see them because lately I had been so homesick.

They arrived on Monday August 19th and I went with Zac to meet them and check into the hotel. We stayed at All Star Music and were placed in the Country Fair bulding, which was way at the back of the resort and was fine for me since I am used to walking everywhere. It was amazing to have my mom and best friend to share this amazing place with.

I am not sure if I mentioned this before but it was Chelsey's first visit to Disney and my mom was celebrating a very important birthday (which I will keep a secret). My mom could not have picked a better place to celebrate her birthday. She had everyone wishing her happy birthday including a diver at the seas in Epcot and a harmonica playing cast member at our resort. It was so cool to see what it is like for the guest since I am normally on the other side of the magic. One of the things my mom and I had planned before she came down was a character lunch at Crystal Palace on the 21st (her birthday). The cool thing about Crystal Palace is that you get to meet Winnie the Pooh and some of his wonderful friends. It was a cool surprise for Chelsey because we kept it a secret till we got there. Chelsey is also a huge fan of Winnie the Pooh.

They were here for 6 full days and we did all four parks including Downtown Disney which was one of our favourite places (shopping and Earl of Sandwich). My mom and Chelsey got to meet a lot friends in the UK pavillion and quite a few in Canada which was really nice.

Chelsey had a very emotional moment during one of the parades which made me think about all of the children and families who come into the store wearing their first visit buttons. It helped me out a lot because I had forgotten about the magic of seeing Disney for the first time and being with her helped me to connect with first time visitors better.

We went on a lot of the major rides and enjoyed so many of the amazing shows. I missed them when they had to leave but it was the best thing ever having them here and I was thrilled that Chelsey got to experience the magic that she thought she would never get to see.


Unfortunately, I did receive quite a bit of sad news from home as well last month.

When my mom was down visiting we received news that my great aunt had passed away. I was very sad to hear this because she was an amazing woman who was always willing to hear one of my crazy stories I would tell as a little girl. It did not matter how the story ended or even if it had an end, she would always listen. She will be missed so very much by my whole family.

A week later I also found that my cat had passed away. Although I did not always get along with my cat since I am more a people person, she was part of my family and it will not be the same without her when I return home.


Sorry it took so long to write this post!

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Happy Birthday.. To All

Hi

So I know that it has been a VERY long while since I posted anything and I promised my mom I would so here it goes.

I will start off by saying that July has been crazy busy and I am not even sure why. Although it may have to do with all the birthdays and having to say goodbye to another amazing person.

So I can not remember everything I did but I will try to write down as much as I can.

I went to Universal for the second time with Zac. We tried to go to the Transformers ride but like all new and awesome rides it was shut down (got to love technology). So instead we decided to go on two of the couple water rides they have. I was soaked and bought a pretty new blue dress. After that we went to see Despicable me 2 (which was super cute). We have also seen Grown ups 2.

July seemed to be the month of Birthdays so I will talk a little bit about those.




Bry had her 20th birthday and of course we had to celebrate in a really cool resort restaurant so she choose Boma which is buffet style at Animal Kindom Lodge and was absolutely delicious. It was me, Mallory, Danielle, Janice ( Canada F&B) as well as birthday girl Bry. We also went out later and celebrated Bry and other birthday girl Alison (Canada F&B) .









My friend Wiebke aka Wiwi (Germany Merch) turned 21 so we had a small but wonderful party for her. It was awesome to get to hang out with her and my friends Gary (UK F&B) Robert (UK Merch) and fellow Canadian merchie Alex. I also got to meet a couple of Wiwi's friends.



Well I am down here my cousin Emily and best friend Taylor both had birthdays in July as well as my Papa on Aug 3rd. I got to Skype with my Papa for his birthday which was so awesome. I love my family and it was so good to see and talk to them.


 On a sadder note we had to say goodbye to Jess (Canada Attractions). I was very lucky and got to hang out with her for her last Wishes and Illuminations. It was so bitter sweet :(.

On one of my days off I went to MK and got pixie dusted ( I am sure it is still in my hair) for the first time which for a fairy fan like me was so exciting. I wasn't the only one though


 Kailei, Laura S and Laura B (new merchie ) also got pixie dusted :)

I am sure that there is a few things I am forgetting but hopefully not much.

My mom and best friend will be coming in 14 days so look for an amazing blog post about that week.

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Canada Day....and 4th of July

 

Last week was Canada Day and 4th of July and both were amazing and packed with really cool fireworks.


Monday of last week was Canada Day and also my RDO (lucky me) so Zac and I went to Epcot where there was a really cool surprise waiting for us (which I will keep a secret).  After we went to the Canadian pavilion and celebrated with all of our other amazing Canadians Zac, Cam and I went and rode Sorin. We also met up with Nicole (Canada Attractions) and went to Test Track however when we got there it started to pour rain so we headed to Magic Kingdom instead where we met up with Allison and Tori. We were all dressed in red and white and had beads and Canada tattoos which must of looked crazy but it was soooo much fun. At MK we went on the people mover and Buzz
Lighter which was so much fun although Nicole and I had the lowest scores :( . We all decided that we wanted to go to Monster Inc Laugh floor since they added a new Monsters U part to it. For anyone who does not know what it is the Laugh floor is an interactive show where the monsters interact with the audience similar to Turtle Talk with Crush. In the show there is a title called "that guy" which a lot of the cast members want to be. Zac really wanted to be "that guy" and he got his wish which was really cool. We were also told that Canada threw up on us (it was funny).

On Tuesday I got to sleep in which was nice. Later on Zac and I went back to MK to watch the special 4th of July fireworks that they had in place of wishes. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

It was also my roommates birthday and we happened to bump into her while we were getting Starbucks which was cool.

Wednesday was my long day of work since I worked 1030 till 9 but I didn't mind although it was a very sad day because we had to say goodbye to another awesome merchie (Zach). It was amazing working with him and I and the rest of merch are going to miss him like crazy. At night I went and saw Monsters Inc  2 which was is such a good movie.

It is very hard to see such an amazing guy leave but we will be getting a new merch member soon (arriving tomorrow) so although we will be missing a member we will have a new girl to get to know.

On Thursday Epcot was packed for the 4th and I really enjoyed working it. I got to see the fireworks from a window in one of the stores which was a once in a lifetime experience.

Yesterday I got off work early and so did Julie so we came home and went in the pool and then ate pizza and watched a movie. It felt so good to just relax.

Canada dressed up for it's special day

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Here Together... Friends Forever

Hey Guys


So I have had a pretty crazy week. I thought I would take some time before bed to write down what I have done so far since I have a busy week coming up with July 1st and 4th.
I will be off Canada Day and will be working 10 hours on July 4th so it will be a good week.


This week was my friend Courtney's (Canada attractions)  last week.  It was awesome because most times I do not get to go to be at anyone's last anything but I got to go to Courtney's last Fantasmic, last Illuminations and throw out.

On Monday I stayed home and relaxed until night time when I went out with girls from the Canadian pavilion.

My Pineapple.. Yum

On Tuesday I slept in which was nice and then I met up with Kailei and Katie at DTD. Kailei went to hang out with a friend so Katie and I went shopping and then headed over to Hollywood Studios for Courtney's last Fantasmic. When I was at DTD I had a chocolate covered pineapple which was so super good. We also took a boat over to Old Key West to take the bus to Hollywood.
     When we got to Hollywood Studios we met up with Kailei, Matt (Canada Attractions), Courtney and Lorin (Canada F&B). We had so much fun and although it was sad that it was Courtney's last I am so happy I got to spend it with her. Afterwards we went back to Courtney's house for her throw out :(.

On Wed I had a very short day at work since I went in at 10:30 and got to leave around 3. I got to leave early so that I could see Courtney do her last spiel at the attraction. I was so happy I got to see it and was very lucky to get off in time for it.

    Afterwards Matt and I went to find a gift for Courtney (which she loved). We went and ate at the American Adventure and then met up with a whole group of amazing people and did a walk around the world where we drank, ate and rode Norway's boat ride. We ended the evening with Illuminations.

Next month we will losing some more really awesome Canadians and it will be tough to say good bye (for now) but we will also be getting some more Canadians so there will be good with the bad.

I am going to be posting my Canada Day blog soon so look out for it :)

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