Gone but not forgotten.

Hello!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been working lots and sleeping a lot because I got Tonsillitis again, and because doctors and medicine are so expensive over here, I've had to beat it on my own!

What's been happening I hear you ask?

Aside from working lots and then sleeping when I get the chance not much. A room mate moved out and now we are waiting to see if we get a new one, not sure if we will though, time will tell.

We have our first inspection on the 13th March. That will be fun...

In spare time, I've been visiting the parks and just seeing my friends. I went to Animal Kingdom for the first time, I can now see why I hadn't gone earlier, defiantly not one of my top parks to visit on my days off. I found it a little boring and very very small and crowded.

I've finally been allowed to hang out with my good friend Sweetums, I think he missed me because he gave me a present and the past 2 days he has been like a big bother and mucking around, although he did hide my shoe in a place I couldn't reach, so I hid his bucket where he couldn't see because he is so tall. I get to hang out with him once more this week and then it's back to my good friend Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers. I'm sure they have missed me as I have missed them, but I have enjoyed seeing Sweetums. :)

On Tuesday I begin my class, Exploring Disney Heritage which will be fun, it has a scavenger hunt, and I will also be attending an audition for the Star Wars Weekends to see if I can be friends with anyone in my height range. Fingers crossed, but I'm not going with the intention of getting a new friend, more just for the laughs of all the crazies I will see there.

Aside from all that, nothing has been going on. It's basically just the same old stuff just on a different day. Next post will have some new pictures hopefully.

Until then,
Stay Magical
xx

A Whole New World

Hello.

Long time no talk, what's been going on?

For me, not a lot, just working ever Friday - Tuesday like I did at Dreamworld, so my body is used to that, sort of.

Once again, my body is being attacked by tonsillitis, so I received an early release (ER) yesterday and was given today off to recover before my next shift on Sunday. I'm pretty lucky. So my day will be much like my day on Thursday, spent in bed, sleeping, eating soup and drinking tea. Unfortunately the doctors over here will cost me $130 + including my medicine so I either go see them and not be able to eat for a week or I battle this with salt water, honey, lemon etc and I eat. I like the latter.

Also my roommates went out shopping yesterday and they got me a t-shirt that they created and it has Peter Pan on it and underneath it saws "Peter Pan makes my heart crow" (Which they came up with) and another Peter Pan pin, because they thought I needed a pick me up! Love them both to death. We also had a girls night in last night and ordered Chinese and watched the Sound of Music - which I went to sleep in the last 5 minutes off. Whoops. 

As you saw in my last post it was just photos with friends of mine so I will leave you with some more.

Until next time when I'm healthier hopefully.
Stay Magical
xx

Meeko 

Scaring with Mike and Sully 

Pinocchio

Mary Poppins and her Penguin 

Chip and Dale 

Goofy 

Mulan 

Hook and Smee

Sweetums attacked me - AGAIN...

Belle 

Yes, I'm on my tippy toes and I'm still no where near tall enough.

You've Got A Friend In Me

Hello All, 

Just a photo update.

Belle 

Singin' in the rain

My friend "Sweetums"
He is pretty cool, I like hanging with him.

My other "friends" Vader and his Stormtroopers
We hang out quite a bit now.

Mary Poppins

Green Army Man

Sweetums ate my head

Pinocchio

Smee and Me

The Queen from Snow White

Chip and Dale :)

It's nearly been a month.

Hello!

Can you believe that it has nearly been a month since I left the life I have known and began this new adventure? I can't.

So what has happened since last Sunday? 

Not a great deal, I have been working a lot and visiting the parks any chance I get. On Australia Day though I created a Magical Moment (since we don't have a set one I made one up) and I got not one, but TWO "You Made A Difference" Cards. Pretty Magical since I have only been their working just over a week.

I went to Magic Kingdom the other night and stayed until Midnight when they closed. I was exhausted the next day (which was yesterday) but I got up and went to Hollywood and met Eeyore, Woody and Sully finally - yay for their short lines. I then went to Walmart and got a few more things with the little money I have left. Eek. And I'm working on Aaron's present any chance I get. This Wednesday I have the day off, so I will be working on it alot then to start finishing it. It will be AMAZING!

I have also been trained on Jedi Training Academy, and I have all those shifts this week which will be interesting. Other then that not much is going on, I only have one Muppets shift coming up and that is on the 6th of Feb. So far away before I see the family again. :(

On Wednesday which I have off before 6 days straight of work, Magic Kingdom is changing their slideshow "The Magic, The Memories and You" to fit Valentines day in, so I'm going to go and watch that, and probably have a few tears as well.

Aside from that not much is happening, I'm still homesick but each day it is slowly getting better so we will see what February brings. Oh, I also found out I'm in the height range for some characters, so I'm going to go speak to some people and see what we can do, because it is something I really want, and according to my Boss if I believe and wish, it will come true, and anything is possible. So I will keep you updated.

That's it for now, so I will leave you with some pictures.
Stay Magical
xx

The life of a muppet

Hello there!

So a bit has happened since my last update.

I am a Lab Technician at Muppet Vision 3D!
It's pretty cool, I get to wear a lab coat, so I feel like a scientist again. (My official role title since I hadn't previously mentioned it)


So let's jump into what has happened over the past week. . .


Training Day 3: Tuesday 17th January 2012:
Today we spent working on Theater and Photocell as well as greeter. Was a cruisy day. Feeling fairly confident. :)

Training Day 4: Wednesday 18th January 2012:
Today was my final day of training before my assessment, so we spent a bit of time spieling in Pre-Show and Theater, before doing exit and going over the exam. Was an easy day and the time flew by.

Assessment Day: Thursday 19th January 2012:
Today was assessment day, and I passed, I only got 3 questions wrong on my exam and I did all my speeches correctly. I was so worried for nothing. That finished at 2:15pm and then at 2:30 I was put on for my first official shift until 5:00pm. At 5 I went and helped out with fireworks and got paid to dance and sing and watch the fireworks :) Hehe, easiest 3 hours pay ever.

Hollywood Studios: Friday 20th January 2012:
Today I went to Hollywood Studios with Ashley and we rode Tower of Terror which I loved! Rock 'n' Roller which was amazing. Backlot Tour which was boring in my opinion. Watched Lights, Motor Action! And met: Mr Incredible, Frozone, Pooh, Mickey, Phineas and Ferb. Was a great day and we are off to Magic Kingdom on Tuesday :) Yay. She also took me grocery shopping. Also mum's care package arrived today! YAY FOR VEGEMITE, MILO and an UNDERLAY for my bed. :)

Work: Saturday 21st January 2012:
Today I worked 11:15am-6:30pm. Was a good day, I went okay, remembered my spiels. Remembered my ques. It was easy and I'm pretty comfortable with everything. Hooray.


Work: Sunday 22nd January 2012:
Today I worked 10:30am-6:30pm. Was a really long day, I spent most of the day on photocell which sucked, but I got through it eventually. I came home, did my washing and ate a frozen meal. Whoops. But I did cook curry last night so it evens out. Sorta. Not really. :/

Until next time,
Stay Magical.
xx

Hello Dear

Why Hello There!

Sorry I haven't posted but things have been pretty hectic since check in, which is where I left off last time. Get ready for a nice big update.

Check In: Saturday 7th January 2012: 
So this morning we checked out of our hotel and caught a shuttle across to Vista Way arriving just before 12. Amy and I were put in the same apartment and in Patterson Court. Yay. We got to our apartment to find it was a 3 bedroom, now filled as another Aussie moved in with us, and on the 3rd floor. I will be fit by the end of this program!

Like I said in our apartment we have 3 bedrooms which means 6 of us live here.
We are;

✩Aussie: Myself, Amy and Kirrily.
✩American: Lauren, Kelly and Stephanie. 

A nice little bunch. After checking in we went to Walmart, got some basics and that was it. The next day were ours to do whatever we pleased and we just relaxed. Kinda.

Orientation Day 1: Monday 9th January 2012: 
Today we got up and went to Vista Way to get our housing id's printed and sign our rent agreement forms and some other forms before waiting to board a bus to Casting to find out where we would be working. Our casting appointment was for 2:30pm. We left Vista at 2:45pm. Not a good sign. We arrived at casting and joined a line, 40 minutes went by, we got through and joined yet another line. We waited, and waited, and waited and before we knew it 2 hours had passed and we had barely moved! We all eventually got through and found out where we would be working. Yay... Because they told us it would be done by 4, not one of us had lunch before hand, so we all went to CiCi's All You Can Eat Pizza for $5 and pigged out. Then went home to bed for the next day.

Orientation Day 2: Tuesday 10th January 2012: 
Today we got up and went to the Commons for our Immigration talk that went for half an hour. (All the starts we had up to today were all early. I was falling asleep in the talk :/ ) After that talk we walked across to the outlets and had a look around to see what we could find, if anything. Before we knew we headed on back to the Commons for our housing meeting. It again took forever, and ran overtime - we don't get paid for casting or the meetings.. -.- After that we once again were free to do what we pleased before Traditions the next day.

Traditions: Wednesday 11th January 2012: 
Another early start - 8am. Blergh! That meant a 6:30am bus. BLERGH. Traditions was okay, boring, fun then a bit emotional. Today was the day I first stepped into the Magic Kingdom and into Walt Disney World. I almost cried, I got so overwhelmed. We then went back and Mickey came and surprised us with our name tags. Again, almost cried. At the end of the session the trainers told us a story about a guest that visited the park and again, almost cried. Was good to leave because straight after we went to Hollywood Studios before I saw Wishes for the first time. AMAZING. Then it was home to bed, because I had training the next day.

Training Day 1: Thursday 12th January 2012: 
I had my first day of training at Hollywood Studios. Was pretty basic. Walk through of the park, talking about different points and Magical Moments that can be created, at the end we went into a classroom and watched a slideshow with the basics and some beliefs of Hollywood. After that at 2pm our coordinators came and got us and we did e-learning until 4pm. Talk about going to sleep. I breezed through and was okay. I got home and went to bed to prepare myself for the next day!


Magic Kingdom Visit 1: Friday 13th January 2012: 
Time to visit a park properly I think. So I went to Magic Kingdom by myself and went character hunting. I found a heap of characters, watched the shows and had a great day not going on rides. I found my favourite character Peter Pan so I was a happy child. :) Not much happened, I was there from 9:30-4pm, just walking around and exploring.

✩ Pioneer Donald

✩ Fairy Godmother

✩Aladdin and Jasmine

✩ Tinkerbell and I 

 ✩I got to give Stitch a kiss. He then melted. Tehe

 ✩ Rapunzel

✩ Peter Pan 1

EPCOT: Take 1 and Magic Kingdom Day 2: Saturday 14th January 2012: 
This morning Amy and I went to EPCOT to explore there and we ran into almost every character you could possibly imagine, I'm not even kidding!

✩Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger

✩Alice In Wonderland

✩Mary Poppins

✩Marie 

✩ Belle and Beast

✩Aurora

✩ Rafiki

✩ Chip and Dale

✩ Pluto

✩ Stitch

✩ Daisy

We had the best time unintentionally character hunting! We also went on Test Track, Space Mission: Green and Ellen's Energy ride. All were good, but Test Track wasn't what I thought, too high hopes from previous cast members I think.  After that it was off to Magic Kingdom again for the afternoon. 

At Magic Kingdom, Amy went to see the Pirates show and I went to find Peter Pan and he had just gone out as we arrived. I lined up and had the BEST conversation with him. I can't wait to go back again, he is defiantly my favourite character out of all. Amy had her pirate boots on and I pointed them out to Peter who replied with "I've never met a girl pirate before ... Do you smell like a boy pirate? They smell of fish. But that wasn't it, Peter went over and started sniffing her! It was a tad awkward but she survived and smelt good and not of codfish, at least according to Peter. 

 ✩ Peter <3

After that we went and rode 'It's a small world' and got our fast passes for Peter Pan's Flight! YAY! We then watched Dream Along With Mickey for the 2nd time, watched the Electrical Parade! AMAZING! Amy told me Pan wasn't in it and I got a bit sad, but then when Hook's ship came around Pan was there!!!! YAY! Best night ever! Then a dragon came along and the boy who was on top riding him sounded very familiar, I think he must be friends with Pan. He should introduce us sometime.

Electrical Parade:

We then decided to get hot chocolate. Bad idea! When we got it and walked out all the lights went out for the photo show on the castle, I led us however to a spot where we could see and then to an even better spot for Wishes. If there is one thing you need to do before you die, it is watch Wishes. It is amazing and emotional and everything inbetween. After that we went and met the Princess's and Mickey and Minnie, who both loved my Mickey key necklace. 

✩ Belle and I 

✩ Cinderella and I 

✩ Mickey loved my necklace

✩ My new boss!

When we came out the electrical parade was on again and I got a good shot of Peter. Yay. It was this time we also met Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. DROOL. 

✩ Tiana and Naveen. 

(His face cracks me up)

After that it was off to Peter Pan's flight which was FANTASIC, I loved it and want to go again!

Then it was time to leave. 10:45 we caught our bus, got home at 11:15, then caught a cab to Walmart to buy a few things and my work shoes. :/ 12:30am we got home and I fell asleep at 1am! Not too good when I had to be up at 5:30! Which now brings me to today.  

  

Training Day 2: Sunday 15th January 2012:  Today was training day 2. I got shown around Muppet Vision 3D. Learnt the basics of all the roles, 2 we will go over more detail on Tuesday. It is fairly easy, after coming from a theme park and having worked in our cinema. I'm not too stressed about it. The uniform is horrid and I may post a picture if I ever get a nice one. Highly doubtful though. I have some pretty cool workmates who are friendly which is a plus and my trainer was pretty awesome. I also found out I'm getting trained in Star Tours which can be either the ride or Jedi Training. I'm pretty excited, more so because my brother will be incredibly jealous! Tehe. Today was a long day, 7:30am-4pm but time flew by, because I had fun, so hopefully the rest of my days will be like that, and I'm slowly learning the different muppets. Hooray.
I got home, had a nap, then woke up and did my washing with Amy before I cooked us dinner. Which brings me to right now. 9:40pm.

Shortly I will be going to bed, because tomorrow Amy and I are going to Hollywood Studios where I will finally get to go on Toy Story Mania and meet Buzz and Woody, I'm doing it first thing so I DON'T miss out or have to wait 120 minutes for the ride!

Hopefully blogging will become easier now that the big stuff is out of the way.

Until next time,
Stay Magical
xx