A Vacation from Disney...Who Does That??

Answer: I DO!! But this blog is about more than my vacation from disney. Let's go back to... Tuesday (the day before my vacation lol) Tuesday I got to evac the ride!! This was very exciting because I have always wanted to Evac the ride and I have never got to and I have been here since January. I was starting to get worried that I wouldn't get to Evac the ride ever...but I did. The ride went down at 5 (because motors that like to slack so other motors have to kick it up and it just doesnt' work really well so the ride power disconnects) and we got it going again, but then at 5:30 it went down again for the same reason (apparently it also went down earlier in the day, before I got to work) but this time when it went down, well first there was a woman and her child that got off the ride in the ride so we ran into the ride and told people to remain seated and then Laura chased them out...they had actually left the ride, like went outside backstage, and she couldn't find them but here's the kicker... the woman's husband...stayed in the ride. yeah. he just sat there... but when I got back to dispatch they said we needed to Evac so me, laura, alex, channing, and steven went in the ride (we had never evaced before...any of us) and julie was managaing and she had never evaced either lol. yay. but its not hard, you just push the button turn the train and get the people out. So we evaced the ride and then it got started at around 6:30. it was quite an adventure. I loved it. Hopefully I'll get another evac before i leave.... anyway on tuesday we also had EMH (Extra Magic Hours) so I worked until 11 (which isn't bad since usually with EMH I don't get out until like 12 or 12:15) and then I went to TGI Friday's with Margaret and Kyle but I don't do good with the food thing late at night, it makes me sick. So I got a strawberry Daquari and Brownie Obsession. Yummy. :-) Wednesday I had off so I went to Epcot in the morning because we were having a FWW (Future World West: Land, Imag, Innoventions) cast thing to welcome in Captain EO. I haven't had BBQ in so long and it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good :-) Then Randi and I went to Old Key West (A Disney Resort.) Yes, my Vacation from disney was at disney. We chekced in (although we got a little lost in Old Key West...its big, okay??)Then we went swimming. Old Key West has 4 swimming pools and we hit up two of them. The main pool which was awesome!! It had a sand castle that you could go inside and it was a water slide. And it looked like a kinda sad water slide until you went on it and it was AMAZING!! for a swimming pool slide. I mean, it's not a water park slide but it was a lot bigger than we expected. Then we went to another swimming pool that we had mostly to ourselves, which was great. Then we went back to our room and ordered pizza to be delivered and it was so good!! And we watched Sweet Home Alabama, although we had to pause a lot cuz my phone kept ringing. Well, then we went to the swimming pool that was closest to our our room and unfortunately, we didn't have it to ourselves. There were actually quite a few people there, it was like 10 so everyone was getting back from the parks. But we stayed there for a while, and at this pool we hit up the hot tub. We didn't at the other two cuz it was way too hot outside to get in a hot tub, but at 10 it was pretty much perfect :-) SO then we went back and put in Tuck Everlasting and I fell asleep pretty much at the beginning. LIke at the part where Winnie meets them for the first time... and the beds were real beds... pillow top... amazing. I am not looking forward to going back to sleeping on my brick tonight lol. So today we got up at like 9 and went to Olivia's for breakfast, we had Banana Bread French Toast. It was pretty dang good. Then we went to Epcot and played for a little bit. Now I'm watching Star Wars: A New Hope and Haley is making this delicious smelling stir fry thats gonna taste amazing and we are going to go swimming tonight cuz this random outdoor food guy at Epcot wants Randi to go swimming tonight... so we're gonna go. And then I'm going to go to bed and that will be the end of my Disney Vacation. Vacations (even if you are vacationing at your place of employment...a vacation is a vacation) are so essential to your mentality. This is one of the many many things I have learned since moving to Florida. I have learned a lot about life, money, and most importantly I have learned a lot about myself. Randi and I were talking about some of these things, and she said that she could have told them to me a long time ago, which is probably true, but I realized them. Like... kick in the face kind of realization. So thats good. A Vacation from Disney...at Disney... sounds kinda crazy, but it's all good :-) Hasta!!

It's Been a While...

I know its been a really super long time since I blogged, so here we go, quick recap. Nothing to report. I go to work I come home I watch Grey's Anatomy, I sleep. At the end of May Paul and his family came to Orlando so I got to see/meet them and that was a lot of fun. :-) We have a lot of new people at work: Cat, Erick, Alex, Channing, Emiko, Calvin, and Andrea. I like them all, they are a lot of fun. Today I got pulled a 10 minute task and didn't clock back in until over an hour later. Why you ask?? Becasue i was helping a woman who spoke very limited (but not bad) English, and fluent Russian, find her "man" and although she still hadn' found him by the time I left her at guest relations (I had been trying for an hour, there wasn't anything else I could do. I had tried to call her "man" I had called a translator so we could talk better, we looked around Image, and went to Soarin' I had tried everything I could think of.) I am hopeful that she found him. He had her bag: money, phone, everything. All she had on her was a Russian/English dictionary, a notebook, and a spray bottle fan. It was exciting lol. So, I mentioned that I watch Grey's Anatomy... it's true, I have become a hopeless addict. I have falled hopelessly/helplessly in love with Alex Karev, he's beautiful and although he comes off as a jerk, he is really an absolutely amazing guy. (I am fully aware that he is a fictional character). I have also been delving into the Star Wars saga (since apparently it's vital to my existance to watch Star Wars) So far i have watched 1 and 2 and I'll get 3 from netflix on Thursday and then I'll get into the origionals. This month at Hollywood Studios has been Star Wars Weekends. As part of this they do the Cyber Space Hoopla which involves Dancing with the Star Wars Stars. and it's pretty amazing. Can I just tell you... Darth Vader can DANCE!! I'll post my movies soon, or as soon as possible...which could be a while... but I'll post them. Oh yeah, I now officially have my ticket home from Florida. I fly home on August 7. I am of course super excited to see my family and friends from home and everything, but I am going to be devestated to leave Florida. I'm going to be a blubbering mess. Oh well, it's part of life right?? I'll just enjoy the month and a half that I have left here I suppose. :-) Okay, that's all for now. Hasta!!

The Boston Saga and a few other things

First off, we had our last day of Honey I Shrunk the Audience on Sunday and it was way fun!! I got to close photocell (where people come into the theater) and then I got to go in and watch the last show. Then I went to Davey Jones and that was a super fun concert!! then a cast party and Iron Man!! how I love that show!! Then on Monday Louisa asked if I wanted to go to Boston. WE had $10 flights it was super awesome!! So we decided to go. Then Monday night I was Iron Man 2 with Margaret and Keith and it was super awesome!! I love that show!! I got home at about 1 and had to leave at 3:30 so I didnt even go to sleep...

just stayed awake got to the airport, got on the plane which left at 6:30. Could I sleep on the plane?? no. stayed awake. We got to Boston at like 9:30 and figured out the bus/subway system and found our hostel. I had never stayed at one before so it was very interesting but it was pretty nice. Louisa said it was nice for a hostel so that's what I'm going with lol. Then we walked to Boston Common and got on the Trolley!! We went all around Boston, to Fenway park past Copley Place to MIT and then to Harvard!!
We ate at Harvard and bought "Oh the Places You'll Go" in the bookstore. I have officially bought a book at Harvard. I feel cool. Then we went on the Freedom trail which took us around more of Boston and we gotta see some pretty cool historic sites. By then we were exhausted so we walked back Berkely and hit up Newbury Street...didn't buy anything of course. We were really hungry but there's pretty much only pricey resturaunts on Berkely so we just stopped at the coolest 7-11 you'll ever see that was right across the Hostel. We were in our room by 6:30 and asleep by 7. Then we woke up at midnight cuz Louisa fell out of bed. It was super funny. And then went back to sleep and got up at 8. We were in Boston for like 36 hours and we slept for 12 lol. So we went back on the Trolley Tour and got off at at Copley Place. This has lots of stores like Tiffany's...where I ate breakfast!! I needed to buy new jeans but jeans cost like $100 and i didnt wanna spend that much money on a pair of jeans.
So i bought a new outfit!! It's so cute!! and it cost less than the jeans!! Then we went back past Fenway park, it was game day, the game was starting in 15 minutes and I couldn't go!! it was sad :-( Next, we went on the Boston Harbor Cruise it was 45 minutes and we saw some way cool things there. Then it was back to the airport. We got on the plane at 5:55 the plane was meant to live at 6:25 but sadly it got delayed thanks to weather down in D.C. area so we finally got rerouted and left at about 7:30ish and finally we got home. Margaret was nice enough to come pick us up at the airport and after a quick stop at Dairy Queen for Blizzards and then home. It was a super whirlwind trip but it was super duper fun. Then today I went to walmart...yuck. and then to Cirque du Soleil it was so amazing. Worth every penny. Now im chillin at home blogging. Tomorrow I'm doing an audience control shift for the Chubby Checker concert and Saturday back to my real job. I have had lots of fun but it'll be good to go back. Well, thats pretty much my life right now. luvya!!

Updating My Blog

So apparently I need to update my blog. Megan pretty much yelled at me for not updating it last night lol. So this is my update...The only problem with updating it is... not a whole lot has happened so I don't really have much to update...so I'll post pictures instead!! :-D

This is the Imagination Institue where I work! Back in the day there were some really awesome things to do inside the pyramids but due to ADA regulations, the upstairs is now closed and we have the Kodak ImageWorks downstairs instead. And it is not nearly as cool as what used to be upstairs. These pyramids look way awesome when they are lit up at night. I'll try to get a picture of that.


This picture is of 3 Aussies, a Kiwi, and me!! I love them all and I'm gonna miss them as we all leave and they go back to Australia... so far away. But it's okay, I'm gonna see them in 2012

The only thing that really happened this week, well after the day we had the signal 25 I had to evac the theater cuz the floor was making a weird noise and then of course, maintenance shows up and the floor behaves wonderfully. stupid floor. HISTA just knows it is on the way out and so it is going to give us as many problems as it possibly can. But only 3 more days!! If we are on set shows (running every half hour instead of every 10 minutes) then there are only 69 shows of HISTA left. Actually, less cuz they have been running shows for a couple of hours already today wahoo!! Captain EO here we come!! I have been practicing my moon walking. I learned the technique about a year and a half ago from CJ and Hayden but I always sucked at it. Now, I am decent and you can tell what I'm doing so thats very exciting!! and I'm learning Thriller. Oh Michael Jackson, you're getting to my head. I love it!! Haley, one of the coordinators, wants people to sneak as many michael jackson references into their HISTA spiels as they can. Technically we aren't allowed to talk about Captain EO over the mic but we can say things like it's a "thriller" of an attraction or "I want you back" all the way to the stage "Enjoy yourself" in the movie, I need everyone "off the wall" on the right hand side as that walkway is an emergency exit and so on. On Wednesday night there was the formal and I was totally not going to go I was gonna make dinner, watch a movie, go to bed, but then I randomly ended up going anyway. I decided I was going, got ready, and ran to the front of Chatham in stilettos in about 15 minutes. It was impressive. anyway, that was pretty fun it was just really chill and there was good food, music, people and of course, drama. cant have a dance without drama!! Isn't it amazing what happens when you start blogging?? you just can't stop. here I thought i didnt have anything to write about and then... i just keep going and going like the energizer bunny. So megan, i hope this blog keeps you happy for a while lol. One more thing. I have decided that I am going to Australia in June 2012. Why you may ask?? Well, I have my aussie and kiwi friends (see picture above)and i want to visit them!! and i want to go to australia, i always have!! Well, i have decided that most people get a thrill on their 21 birthday by drinking their way into oblivion. I want a thrill on my 21 birthday too, but not from drinking. I have decided that I will get my thrill by jumping 14000 feet from an airplane and land on the white sands (the place im looking at jumping says white sand) of an exclusive (it also says exclusive) beach in Australia!! It's gonna be a pricey trip but it will SO be worth it!! So thats my plan, and thats all I have to write about... luvya!!

A Blogworthy Day

What an amazing day it was today!! I woke up... chilled for a couple of hours and then headed to EPCOT with Louisa (my Kiwi friend) we just kinda chilled... got some delicious food in France and then met up with Tyler (whose blog, by his own words, is much better than mine ;-) its all good, it really is...) and we watched the American Adventure, which was pretty cool although a little scattered, hard to follow. but the animatronics were AMAZING!! Then to work... it was way awesome tho!! Lou and I got to do the wave (thanks ryan and keith (coordinators)) and that was so much fun!! i got to wear an awesome mickey glove and wave goodbye to thousands of people :-) way fun. and then we had a signal 25 in the building!! so we took everyone out and waited for everything to be all clear and it was great. and today i had an old man ask me if i was going on the ride with them and telling me he has a soft lap. uh... great. so after everything was all clear we were going back into the building I did a cartwheel cuz i was in such a good mood!! i loved Extra Magic Hours tonight!! I was so energetic!! lol i made myself energetic so that i wouldnt fall asleep cuz those were my only two options. Oh, I said i would dedicate a blog to Tyler (old tyler. new tyler is the one whose blog is better than mine) so, ill dedicate a sentence of a blog. Tyler, you are awesome, I will miss you when you leave. done. obligation fulfilled. Awesome, well thats it for now!! luvya!! :-D

Movie Reviews!!

So lately I have watched lots of great movies. Sisterhood of the traveling pants one and two, there is defs some great eye candy in those movies!! I love the stories of the 4 friends and the very typical teenage things they go through are very relatable. I watched Wall-e and although i wasn't 100% watching it, what i did pay attention to i liked. i thought it was cute and had a good message. I was very apprehensive about watching it becasue the commercials drove me crazy!! Today I had a total "me day" I went to magic kingdom and EPCOT and I bought the most amazing perfume in france called "pure poison" it smells so good!! and i got a great deal!! then i went to downtown disney and ate at earls and bought the great mouse detective which i havent seen for YEARS and im so excited to watch it!! now, onto the movie i saw... I went to bounty hunter and it was great!! it was way funny and not dirty(which i was worried about) i mean there was the one scene where they were in a strip club so you got a little butt shot... but close your eyes for like 2 seconds and you're good. but that movie really made me laugh and it was such an awesome end to my "me day." yay!! and i am SO excited for iron man 2 to come out on may 7!! yay!! and apparently im going to watch chocolat now... well, as soon as we find out who wins Iron chef america!! go bobby flay!! luvya!!

Annie LaMae's Lovely Life :-)

What a lovely couple of days it has been!! Thursday me and haley went to Vista and got movies and went home and we had a sleepover!! Becca joined us, but Katey wasn't there :-( we watched James and the Giant Peach and ate lots of junk food lol. On Friday I called in and bought massive amounts of music, including a lot of oldies. Janie Frickie, Peter Paul & Mary, Johnny Cash, Old Time Rock and Roll, Michael Jackson... it was great. I chilled with Randi for a little bit and then we and haley went to walmart. I got my nails done!! :-) I love it!! :-) We came home and made a delicious dinner and started a fire in the kitchen... i was pouring pasta into the pan and some of the noodles were too short and ended up going in the burner so a fire started, which i blew out like it was a giant birthday cake :-) and then the fire alarm started to go off, so we fanned like crazy and got the stupid thing to turn off, thankfully we got it off before the sprinklers went off. that would have been bad...all our computers were sitting on the floor, open. Then we watched Pinocchio and ran mission impossible, although we didnt actually watch it and randi and I swapped more music. i got glee music :-) Saturday was rather uneventful, work and then chilling bed. Sunday, today, I actually got to go to church!! It was so nice to go, I haven't been in over a month!! And it was the first time I have been to the new building!! It was so nice to be in a church building instead of a hotel. i mean, the spirit was the same in the hotel, the building doesnt matter so much, but it is still really nice to meet in an actual church building. Then I went to work, I had to go through the Utilildor at Magic Kingdom and I havent been there since Traditions, but thankfully I got amazing instructions from katey and her friend hannah and I found my way just fine. :-)I was at work until 9:00. But at 7 when I was going outside to tell people that we were closed there was a tornado watch, and massive thunder and lightning and sheets of rain so I had to go inside. So I was inside a small space for 2 hours. I found games on the radio...that was fun. And thats pretty much all. It has just been a really fabulous couple of days and I thought I would share. :-) Luvya!!