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It’s actually not The End!

After my first college program in Fall 2014 I had the thought in the back of my head that I would eventually want to come back to Disney and work for them. Little did I know that I would be back much sooner than I thought!

Last week I was accepted into the Summer Alumni Program at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida! It was a little bit of a process and if you know me you know I hate waiting. Fortunately, the waiting game wasn’t as long as last time and I heard within 3 weeks. I am super excited to announce that I will be taking on the role of attractions. I don’t know any of the details on where I will be working or where I will be living, but I do know two of my roommates. Jessica and Lindsey were both women that I met in Fall 2014 when we started work at Storybook Circus. I’ve had the opportunity to keep in touch and cannot wait until we can all be reunited again and living under the same roof.

That’s all I have for updates so far, I can’t wait to get back to Disney and start another magical adventure! :)

#95days #DCPSummerAlumni

The End :(

What they don’t tell you about this Disney College Program is that you will work long hours into all odds of the evening/morning. They also don’t tell you that it’s going to be so packed in the park that you can’t move at all. That your store will be so jammed packed that it will be impossible for you to be able to do your job or even help guests look for the merchandise they are trying to find. They don’t tell you that the wait times for rides will reach upwards of 160 minutes, and that’s one of the lame rides. But what they really don’t tell you is that even though you complain about work and how much sleep you are lacking, or the fact that you’ve lived off of ramen for about half of your program because who can afford anything but that after you buy all the Disney merchandise, is that you are going to make the best friends that you could have ever imagined. You end up meeting your first best friends when you move into your apartment and decide that you need a late night Taco Bell run just because you’re all awake and you are hungry for something other than what’s in your apartment. That you’ll go to the parks with them even if you worked until 3 AM the night before. That you’d do anything with these roommates, even pee with the door open or walk around the apartment half naked because you don’t want to get any clothes dirty before you go to work. You know that you just made best friends for live and know you have three amazing girls that you can always count on and know they will be in your wedding because you couldn’t imagine your lives without them.

And that’s just your roommates. You’re forgetting the people you spend 30+ hours with during a work week. How could you ever imagine that you’d have some of the best laughs during your works hours?! That you’d learn how to make Mickey Mouse caramel apples or Olaf marshmallow wands? OR EVEN THE RICE CRISPY TREATS?! They don’t tell you that you will literally learn every single word to every single Disney song because your 12 hour dishes shift will consist of you and the krispy/mallow person singing and dancing to the songs in the back kitchen! That you will learn so much about so many people in the quick five months you work at your work location. That you will learn to perfectly time your breaks so that you can see the fireworks every night and hopefully you and another coworker can watch them together! That you will take countless trips to the Moose and have to run back so that you don’t get in trouble for clocking in late after a break. But of course, you would never change a single thing because it was more perfect than you could ever imagine.

As I sit here in the Orlando airport listening to the Goofy Movie soundtrack (tears from the circus) I couldn’t imagine a more perfect five months. I can say that I accomplished every single ride and show in 3/4 parks and that I accomplished everything I wanted to. This post is definitely one of the hardest ones I have written only because There are so many things I want to say and I can’t put all my feelings into words. I want to just let everyone inside my brain so that I can take you through the past five months and show you all the ups and downs, the good times and the bad and let you see what kind of experience I had, because it’s something I will never be able to put into words. I’m going to miss all of the friends I have made here at both the circus and in my apartment. To all my circus friends, thank you for making work so much more bearable. If only the people knew half the things we complained about and went through I think they would appreciate all that we do that much more. You all made my time at the Circus beyond thrilling with all our adventures and our shenanigans. I can’t wait for all of us to come home to the circus when we have our reunion ;) To Jenni and Alex and Smallz, I couldn’t imagine living with any other people. You three goofballs made my life so much easier and if it weren’t for you all, I would have left within the first months I’m sure. I’m glad that we all were together and I can’t wait for us to all get together again this summer because I already miss your faces and your loudness. I am so glad that I found three beauties to be in my life forever and who will be with me in the long haul, because if you’re not I’m going to fly and come hunt you down until you love me again. Seriously though.

This isn’t a goodbye, because we don’t say goodbye at Walt Disney World. As Mickey Mouse says “See you real soon!”.

Only 1 month left!

It's so weird to think that I only have one month left here in Orlando before I have to head back home! The time here at WDW has FLOWN by but I couldn't have asked for a more perfect experience.

The week before Thanksgiving I got to go home for two days to see my family. It's weird working through the holidays and not being able to see them for the holidays like I am used to! We did get to have some good family time though and I can't wait to get back and see them<3

Alex had a birthday on November 21 so we went to the parks to play for her big day! We did Magic Kingdom in the morning and rode all of the Mountains (Space, Big Thunder, and Splash). She failed to tell Karisa and I that Splash Mountain actually got you SOAKED. Especially if you sit in the front row. Let's just say that we walked around the park dripping wet for a little bit with sour faces. We went over to Epcot-Japan for her birthday lunch at a hibachi restaurant where they cooked the food right in front of us. It was definitely a great birthday lunch for her! Later that night we went out to Downtown Disney to do some light shopping to end her birthday.

Sadly, Karisa decided to end her program early. We miss you so much and it's so weird not having you here! Wish I could have my roomie back! :(

The next day at work I was there until three in the morning and a few of my coworkers and I went out to Waffle House after work since we were already going to be staying up late! While we were there we ran into the American Idol winner Kris Allen who happened to be sitting at the booth right behind us! He was super nice and let us get a picture with him and talked to us for a little bit. It's crazy that we run into celebrities more often than we really think we do!

Since I went home that last week I decided to pick up a shift at a different location to have some different experiences while I'm here at Disney. I worked in Fantasyland at Sir Mickey's, Castle Couture, and Fantasy Fare. It was so much fun to work there and wear a different costume for a day, but I did miss the circus!

The next morning Jenn, Alex and I went to Ohana for breakfast at the Polynesian Resort. I have never been to either before and it was definitely a cute experience! It definitely reminded me of being back in Hawaii! We got to meet some special characters like Lilo, Stitch, Mickey and Pluto! After breakfast we decided to go resort hopping and see all the different Christmas decorations. Our first stop was Disney's Grand Floridian to see the giant gingerbread house and the big tree in their lobby. It was quite spectacular to see this gingerbread house that was made completely out of real ingredients. Our next stop was Disney's Contemporary Resort to see the Frozen gingerbread house which was designed to look like it's a small world. It was adorable!

Our final stop was at the Wilderness Lodge near Magic Kingdom to see their giant Christmas tree. We definitely spent the most time here because it is a beautiful resort! (And they had a hidden Mickey challenge!) We definitely had a great time going to all the different resorts and seeing their Christmas decorations!

I did get to go and play in Magic Kingdom the other day and continue to cross off some of the things I have never done before! I finally got the chance to do Enchanted Tales with Belle! It was a really fun thing to do! You actually help tell the story of Beauty and the Beast when they first had dinner together. It was a cute interactive show! Another thing I got to do was FINALLY meet Ariel! Yes, Ariel is my favorite princess and I had quite the little freak out when I met her. I also purposefully wore my starfish necklace when I met her so that she would comment on it! That same day I met the man of my dreams, Gaston! He is such a smooth talker and a great photo taker! And a wonderful dipper. Woah.

The next day I went to Epcot to see the Candlelight Processional narrated by Neil Patrick Harris. It was such a great experience to be able to see the Candlelight Processional and be in the presence of the ever talented NPH. It was also a great night because I got to get some beer and caramel corn from Germany so that definitely helped the night!

I was lucky enough to have three days off this past week so of course on my final day off I went to Hollywood Studios with my friend Carl from work! He took me to the Art of Animation area of Hollywood and we took drawing classes to learn how to draw our favorite characters! It is so much fun and something I highly recommend that everyone does when they come to Disney! It is a 20 minute class and they artist walks you through the entire thing. He and I also watched the Disney Junior show which featured Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sofia the First, and Doc McStuffins! Such a cute little show to take guests of all ages! Carl also took me to a show I haven't done in quite a long time, the Beauty and the Beast show! We loved it so much we watched it twice! After a day full of playing, he and I went to Epcot to enjoy dinner at San Angel Inn Resturante and had delicious Mexican food under the beautiful stars! We also got to go to the Candlelight Processional again and saw Jonathan Groff (the voice of Kristoff from Frozen).

Last night I was off work early and Magic Kingdom was open until 1 am so a friend and I decided to play in the parks for a while which was so much fun! If you ever have the chance to stay in the parks until 1 am or later DO IT. It's crazy how quite it can get! I also started the Magic Kingdom game Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, which is an interactive game that takes you around the whole park helping Merlin defeat the Villains before they take over the Kingdom! SO MUCH FUN. No matter how old you are you have to play this game at least once!

It's so weird to think that there is only 30 days left in my program! Hopefully time decides to slow down a little!

It's November...NOT DECEMBER.

I know, every time I say I'm going to update this more often and then I get my work schedule and realize "WOW, I have no time in my life!".

Things have been busy/crazy/hectic/fun since my last post! So much has been happening. On October 14th one of my coworkers from my summer job at Lindy's Landing in Illinois was here in Disney on a family vacation and we decided to take some time and hang out together in Hollywood Studios! It was so good to finally see a face that I had recognized other than just the thousands of random faces I see every day! We rode the usual ride that everyone does when they go to Hollywood Studios, but it was fun because I went on a few rides even I hadn't been on yet there! It's much weirder pretending to be a guest for a day and try to fit everything in during one visit! I have to say that I prefer being able to spread out my time with all the rides instead of trying to fit them all in during one day! It was so nice to be able to catch up with her and hear about what is all going on back at work and to hear about all the latest work gossip of course!

Jenn, Cassandra (Jenn's cousin) Alex, and I all had a night off the next day so we decided to go out and have some fun so we ventured over to Downtown Disney and went to Splitsville, the bowling alley. We had dinner and, of course, being a freshly 21 year old I just had to get a beer! When this GOBLET came out I thought for sure I wasn't going to be able to do it, but I did! I finished that whole beer (I promise I wasn't driving mom!). Instead of actually bowling like we originally planned we went back to Cassandra's apartment and decided to play some card games for the rest of the night, which was just as fun as any other plans we could have come up with.

A few days later it was finally time for some MOMMY DAUGHTER TIME. I have been waiting for this for quite some time now. It was great to have my mom here. You really don't realize how much you really need some family time until you actually have them with you. My mom and I decided to have a little mom and daughter time her first day here and go see a movie together! Something we haven't done together since the summer. Gone Girl was a great movie, it freaked us out a little bit, but it was a great movie! The next day we went and explored around Epcot's Food and Wine Festival! We definitely had some fun trying food and drinks from all around the world. We started with some Mango Rum and Flan from Puerto Rico. We then stopped in London to have our picture taken with some telephone booths and Mary Poppins of course! We then went to Morocco and got the Sangria and I tried on one of the belly shirts. I may have to invest in one just to be the annoying girl that has a loud jingling shirt!! My mom even met the troll of Norway! After a long day of walking around the whole world we stopped at Biergarten in Germany for some delicious food! This restaurant is definitely one of my favorites because DUH GERMAN FOOD. You can never go wrong with good German food! :) To end the night we rode Spaceship Earth and watched our faces appear on the big map! It was definitely a great day in Epcot!

The next day was our "relax" day so we decided to do some damage and go shopping! Downtown Disney has been great for me and shopping lately! We got a lot of great things there and ended the day at T-Rex, a prehistoric dining experience. We sat at the bar (BECAUSE I'M LEGAL) and it was amazing. The bar changed colors and had an aquarium attached. It was definitely a great time!

The next day I had to work so Mom went and got me new tires! WOO! But the next day we went to Magic Kingdom so I could show her where I worked! One of the first things we did was ride Prince Charming's Regal Carousel and who did we see? THE EVIL STEP MOTHER AND STEP SISTERS. They got on the ride right after so of course we snapped some pictures! One of our Fastpasses for the day was to meet Cinderella and Rapunzel and it was so cute! We also got some great pictures with them! We went on the Ariel ride as well, and even the Buzz Lightyear ride! It was so much fun having my mom there with me! I also was able to show my mom where I work and have a red velvet cake pop as well! All in all it was a great trip with my mom and I was so happy to see her!

Alex and I also decided to go around the world one night and we met Cinderella randomly! It was so much fun just walking around Epcot's Food and Wine Festival for one of the last times. I've gotten to play in the park a lot lately with my roomies so definitely check out my pictures to see all my cool adventures there!

I did get deployed to ESPN Wide World of Sports for a day to work the Wine and Dine Half Marathon! It was so much fun to pick up a shift at a different location!

I hope everyone has been enjoying my blog and photos! :)

I'll really try to be better about this! :D

It's been too long...

WOW, it's been such a long time since I last updated my blog! I'm so sorry to everyone that has been waiting and waiting for this. (Especially my mother, I'm sorry!)

Life has been rather busy down here in Orlando! I know in my last post I had talked about how many guests have been told to come and find me if they would like their family member to be embarrassed so on September 25th when a coworker came up and told me that someone was asking for me I didn't think twice. I followed the coworker and asked what kind of celebration it was and she turned to me and said "no, it's someone that went to high school with you!" My mind was racing, I had no idea who would have come to visit me from high school, and then I saw the friendly face and couldn't believe it! Vincent Bedard from East Ridge High School was standing in the Big Top! It was such a surprise to see a friendly face and a total shock because I never thought I would recognize anyone that had come into our shop! We chatted for a while and took pictures together (picture tab) and it was just awesome! Thank you so much for coming to visit and I definitely hope we are able to see each other again!

The next night was another one for the books! I was on production which is our kitchen. I was busy making some treats when a family with a little boy around six years old came up to the glass. I started making small talk with them asking where they were from and just the usual conversation. The mom turned to me and said "just so you know, the reason we came over here was because our son had something he wanted to tell you." So I turned to the little guy and he just turned bright red and smiled the biggest smile I have ever seen and squeaks out in his little voice "you're so pretty! Can we go on a date?!" There aren't many things in the world that are more precious than when a little six year old tells you that you are pretty, let alone when they ask you on a date. His mom continued on saying that he saw me from across the store and had to come tell me how pretty I was and that I had the most beautiful smile. Now of course I had to do something special for this little guy so I asked him if he would like to go on our date right now and he said of course! So he and I decided to walk around the store and talk about all the cool different things we had and afterwards we had "dinner" which was me making him a chocolate covered marshmallow. Those are the experiences that I live for. That little interaction with him was the highlight of my whole day and it was absolutely perfect.

The next few days were just normal days leading up to the BEST DAY EVER. That's right, OCTOBER FIRST. Now for those of you who don't know that special day, it's okay. I will remind you, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. I can definitely say that this birthday will be one to remember. Sierra, Alex, Jenn, and her boyfriend Kyle all went to Downtown Disney with me Tuesday night so that once midnight hit I could get my first drink! We were definitely "those" people making a big deal about my birthday and counting down the minutes until it was midnight. YOU GOTTA HAVE FUN SOMEHOW! Of course everything at Downtown Disney closes at midnight so we just decided to walk around and enjoy the sights! Wednesday morning/afternoon most of the roomies had to work so I decided to head to Magic Kingdom by myself for the day! It was a blast! Especially since I met up with my coworker Jessica and her roommates to play a little bit! Of course I had to get my picture in front of the castle on my birthday! AND I saw my main man, Mickey Mouse. He called me his princess and proposed so we're planning a june wedding. :D After playing at Magic kingdom for about seven hours (yes I was getting a little tired) I met up with my roommates at EPCOT to drink around the world for the evening since it is Food and Wine Season! We walked around the world a few times and I had the most delicious Sangria from Morocco! SO GOOD. We then went out to dinner at Dick's Last Resort and if you've ever been there you know what that place is like! I definitely had one of the best birthdays ever and yes it was because I got to be here in Disney! Also, thank you to everyone that sent me a birthday card/package! MUCH APPRECIATED. They were all absolutely perfect!

One of the cool things about working at Disney is that when they change things in the park we are the first people to know. They had finally released it to the public that Malstrom, the ride in Norway, will officially close down on October 5. My coworker Jessica was completely heartbroken so one day after work we decided we had to go and ride it one final time before it was completely gone. It was my first time on that ride and I have to say it was definitely an educational look on some of the stories from Norway. Not only did we ride the ride, we also took part in the Food and Wine Festival because it's the greatest thing ever! Jessica had food from Hawaii and Germany and I had Leinenkugel's Orange Shandy and wow, that's a new favorite!

My days at work are always filled with new and fun adventures but one that has recently stuck out the most was the other day. I was working our outdoor cart and I had a family come up and they were looking for hats for their son. Working at Disney they tell you to be very sensitive to those families that have children that are wheelchair bound as you don't want to offend them. I asked them if there was anything that I could do for them and they said thank you for asking but they were just browsing. They stuck around for a little while since their daughter was playing in our water area. The dad and son were standing next to me and I was just admiring how much love his daughter had for their son. I turned to him and said "you have a beautiful family" and he turned back at me with the biggest smile on his face and said "thank you, no one has ever said that to me before." I proceeded to ask him if it was alright if I ask what was wrong with his son. The wheelchair his son was is was one I am familiar with since I had a cousin that was wheelchair bound. He was very pleased that I had asked and continued to explain to me what had all happened. He said that his sons brains two hemispheres weren't connected properly and that there was no way that they could fix it. The father and son stayed by me for about 45 minutes just telling me about their vacation and their whole lives. We just continued to talk and the son grabbed my hand and held on to it for a while as well. As the daughter and mother came back I started to say goodbye to them and thanked them for talking and sharing their story with me. As I was saying goodbye to their son he smiled and let out a little squeak and the look that his parents gave me was one that I will forever remember. The dad looked at me and said "he hasn't made a noise in such a long time, I can't believe that just happened." At that point I started to cry along with his parents. THIS is exactly why I love what I am doing. Those people had such an appreciation for what Disney does as a company to make all kids and adults feel welcome at our parks and resorts. I will forever remember Zach and his family and that beautiful smile and squeak.

Jenn and I both had the day off on Wednesday so we decided to go and play at Magic Kingdom for a little bit. It's starting to become the busy season so our tolerance for lines is dwindling! While we rode a lot of rides we also met a lot of characters! All the pictures are up on my pictures tab!

Hopefully I will update this more than I have been! Sorry again for being so slow! As you can see I've been quite the busy girl!

Miss you all and can't wait to be back soon! I can't believe it's already mid October! WHERE IS THE TIME GOING?!

Until the next blog post!

-Amelia

Apartment Sweet Apartment

I am finally home after a much needed weekend away with my parents. I am so glad I got to see my parents and brother and just relax for a few days.

It has been great to get back to work these past few days and get back into my normal routine. The Monday I got back from home my roommates Jenn, Alex, Karisa, and I all went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party! It was so much fun! We spent the day shopping around Orlando trying to figure out what we could possibly put together as Halloween costumes at the last minute and being the crafty girls we are pulled something off! Check out my pictures tab to see our cool costumes!

The party was so much fun! It was an extra ticketed event so a lot less people were there and lasted from 7pm-midnight. We were able to walk around the park in our costumes riding rides and enjoying the fun events that they had going on! One of the events included a Club Villain dance club so of course we were there! We met Cruella deVille and she was so wicked! The rides were so awesome that night too! We really didn't have many lines to deal with which was perfect for us! We got to enjoy the Halloween fireworks show that they only do for the Halloween parties and the Boo to You Halloween Parade which was amazing! This was the perfect event for me because I absolutely DISLIKE anything scary and this was such a cute very kid friendly Halloween party. NO THINGS SCARY! Overall, it was a great night and a great start back to being in Disney.

Of course, I did have to eventually go back to work and I definitely missed it. I'm starting to make more and more friends at my location because we all work every night together. It's nice to know that there are plenty of us doing the College Program and all working together, it definitely makes work a lot more enjoyable. My favorite shifts have definitely got to be during the Not So Scary Halloween Parties because so many people come in with such creative costumes and it's fun to see what people all can come up with! People are always so happy during those shifts as well. I love working in our kitchen during the parties too because who doesn't love coming in and ogling all over the delicious treats we have.

My job definitely has some rough things but my favorite part is when people come in with buttons. If you come to Disney and you're celebrating your first visit, a birthday, an engagement, a wedding, and anniversary, or a family reunion you can ask for a button for any of those occasions! We also have a button that just says "I'm celebrating" and those are my favorite buttons! WHY YOU ASK?! Because when little kids are crying, those buttons are HUGE life savers. I can't tell you how many little kids I got to stop crying by giving them a button that says they are celebrating different things. One little boy came in after seeing goofy and was just so freaked out by him! I saw the tears streaming and ran over and told him that he can't cry at Disney! Especially during a Halloween party and when Mickey told me to deliver a special button to him. We decided that he was definitely celebrating Halloween so we drew spiders and pumpkins on his button and the look on his face when he got that button was beyond priceless. He decided he was going to wear it for Halloween trick or treating at home because NO ONE ELSE would ever have the same button.

Now, many of you know me and how loud I truly can be. So of course I had a just engaged couple in our shop the other day who were buying a Mickey cookie to share. I had them tell me their story and turns out, he just proposed to his new fiancé in front of the Cinderella Castle (men, take notes! Girls really do love that!) What I did next will be no shock to anyone who truly knows me. I yelled at the loudest point I could be and had all of the people in the Circus give the couple a round of applause for their engagement. BUT THIS WASN'T THE ONLY TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME. The next day, I had a gentleman walk up to me and say "excuse me, are you amelia?" and of course I showed him my name tag and said thats me! He turned to me and said "we were told to come and see you because it's my wife's birthday today and we were told you were the girl to embarrass her the most!" So of course I yelled and screamed again and had the whole circus sing happy birthday to this lovely lady and boy was she embarrassed! I can't explain how much I love being able to embarrass people and make them remember their trip to Disney World that much more memorable.

Not to toot my own horn or anything but all of my managers and coordinators have come up to me lately because they recently had a meeting with each other to talk about what's all being going on at the circus and they said they had all talked about me for a good half an hour because they love my energy and know they can always count on me to make people have magical memories while they are in our store! IT PAYS TO BE OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD AND OUTGOING! :)

Today, Alex, Jenn, Jenn's cousin Cassandra and myself all went to Hollywood Studios because in a few days they will be closing the Studio Backlot Tour. We rode that, The Great Movie Ride, and of course our all time two favorites Rockn' Rollercoaster and Tower of Terror! We had such a blast and I always love just playing at the parks!

Thanks for bearing with me! I've been really trying to keep up to date with all my posts but its a lot harder than you would think with working such odd hours at night!

6 DAYS UNTIL MY 21st BIRTHDAY! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT BLOG POST TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY AND MY FUN ADVENTURES!!!!

Love you all!

-Amelia

And away we go!

As I sit here at the Orlando airport getting ready to head home for a cousins wedding I can catch my breath for the first time in eight days! These past eight days of work have been very demanding with running on very little sleep. I can definitely say that streak was a long one and I hope that these next few days can be very relaxing. I definitely need to catch up on sleep though!

Since I've last updated my post I have had some really good hours working at the Circus! I have gotten to make caramel popcorn, caramel apples, cotton candy and even work the registers! I have to say that I love the hours of working registers but I love making different treats throughout the day! There is nothing more satisfying than having a family come up to you and watch you make an entire batch of caramel apples and ask you a bunch of questions about the whole process! I love being able to answer all their questions and give them suggestions of all the different treats. PEOPLE. I CANNOT SAY IT ENOUGH. If you're ever at Disney there are TWO treats you must try! Get ready for this because this is what I tell all my guests that come up and ask for suggestions! DEFINITELY try the Apple Pie Apple! It's a Granny Smith green apple dipped in our homemade caramel which is heavenly to begin with. BUT IT GETS BETTER. We take that apple and dip it again in white chocolate and dust it with cinnamon sugar. And to top it all of and my personal favorite part, we dip the bottom half in white chocolate again and layer the bottom half with a graham cracker dust. (Do I have you all drooling yet?) My other favorite suggestion is out Red Velvet Cake Pop and yes it is as delicious as it sounds!

Other than making food and smelling all the delicious smells of the Circus I have had some great guest interaction lately! One of the days when I was on registers I had the opportunity to create "Magical Moments". This is when we try to make the small amount of time we have with guests the most memorable! I was on the greeter position and as this we have the opportunity to play games, SO OF COURSE I PLAYED GAMES. I brought out our Circus "tight rope" (which is actually tape on the floor) and our Ring of Fire (a hula hoop with red, orange, and yellow ribbons). I would have only the brave guests dare to walk across the highest tight rope in all of the Big Top Circus and jump into the Ring of Fire as the big finish! So many guests loved this and I had all ranges playing. It was such a fun experience having these young children and adults have such bright smiles ones they finished the tight rope. The energy was great and three of my coworkers wanted to tell me how much they loved it. Here at Disney when you do something good coworkers have the opportunity of acknowledging it and giving us a "good grade" on our report card and let me just say I had three in that day! It was so much fun!

There was also another day after that where it decided to be typical Florida and DOWNPOUR for about a good hour. I was working in the kitchen and this little girl came up with her grandparents and ordered a purple Mickey Mouse cake pop. This little one was the cutest little girl ever and she and I talked for a good five minutes in the line. As she left her grandparents said thank you and appreciated that I sat and talked to her. Since it was raining and I knew they weren't going very far I went and got the little girl some stickers and she and I decided to sit on the floor for another hour and she told me per whole life story. This precious little four year old told me all about her vacation and asked how old I was and just kept going on and on. Once she found out my birthday was in October she said to me and I quote "I'm coming back October 16th. I'm going to come to the Circus and kidnap you and we will dress like princesses and go have dinner together at Cinderella's Castle and tell her it's your birthday!" It was the sweetest moments I have had with a guest yet. She also told me that I will see her name in lights one day because she's going to be an actress and I definitely believe it! Rachel, I can't wait to see you again. You will always be the Anna to my Elsa and I can't for our princess adventure!

Other than working, the roommates and I have has some struggles lately with all trying to get along. Of course we worked it all out and are perfectly good now, but warning for all those in the future, deal with the kinks IMMEDIATELY, don't let them boil and aggravate you.

We all work until all ends of the night so our time together is normally around 1 am or later which you can guess normally involved a sweet treat at the end of the night and our latest addiction has been the Pillsbury precut Halloween cookies (duh, who doesn't love those!) So if you're looking to send a care package I mean those would be appreciated! ;) Also Halloween oreos because duh THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER IS COMING UP.

The roommates and I are looking at which nights will best work for us all attending the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party so fingers crossed that we can all go together!

Hoping everyone is doing well and loving life as much as I am! About to take off to see my extended family for the weekend for a family wedding! I can't wait to get back to Disney and continue on my adventure! Coming in the very near future (aka as soon as I interview them) you will all get a chance to meet my roommates!

-Amelia

The cold never bothered me anyway...

and let me say, it is NEVER cold here! We have been in the upper 90's for the past few days and have had plenty of humidity to last me for the rest of my life! Every day that I go to work I shower before and by the time I'm done with work my hair is still wet from my shower that morning! It's so crazy! I really need to get into the habit of blow drying my hair, but let's be honest. Anyone that really knows me knows I do NOT blow dry my hair ever!

This past week at work I had quite a lot of things going on! At my store we not only sell merchandise we also sell food goods! I spent the last week in our "kitchen" learning how to make the signature Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse caramel apples, cake pops, and various treats! If you're ever in Disney I definitely recommend the red velvet Mickey Mouse cake pop and the Apple Pie Caramel Apple! Both are delicious! (And yes, I know because I got to try them!)

Other than working I have just been relaxing with my little time that I have at the end of the day or beginning of the day! I try to spend as much time with my roommates as possible and lately hanging out at our apartment has been our go to hangout! We have all had some pretty busy schedules with still having some training but we have all officially ended training and have "earned our ears"! It feels like such a great accomplishment for all of us!

Alex and I had a day off a little while ago and decided to head over to Animal Kingdom! It was my first time at Animal Kingdom EVER! It was a super fun day for us both! We went on Mount Everest, Dinosaurs, and Expedition which were all amazing! I do have to say that Dinosaurs definitely wasn't the ride for me! I had my head between my knees for most of the ride because it was dark and things would pop out very randomly! You can see the picture that was snapped of me on the ride on my pictures tab and get a good laugh folks!! On the Expedition we saw a bunch of different animals (see pictures tab). It was so amazing how close the animals got to our vehicle! Animal Kingdom is definitely a cute park! I am so excited for them to be adding Pandora from Avatar to that park though! It's going to be so awesome!

The other night after work I did have the fabulous opportunity to catch up with one of my really good friends from middle school, Nick Bueno! It was so great to see a familiar face since I really haven't seen anyone I know lately! We walked around Downtown Disney and caught up on what we have all been doing in our lives! I can definitely say that it is a good thing to keep in touch with people because he and I haven't seen each other since I left Florida in 9th grade and we just started talking again like we saw each other the previous day!

Yesterday, Jenn, Alex, and I went to Magic Kingdom! I finally got to go! :) It was so much fun! We rode a bunch of rides and walked around and got to see the Festival of Fantasy parade! Such a great parade and I highly recommend seeing it! Pictures will be posted of course! It was so fun exploring around Magic Kingdom! We rode the Haunted Mansion and it wasn't as scary as I expected it to be, and if you all know me, you know I do not do scary well at all! We also rode It's A Small World and Peter Pan Flight which are both great rides! That night we also decided to head to Hollywood Studios to watch the Fantasmic night show! WOW! That show was just as incredible as I remember! Of course I have a few pictures from that show as well! :) Another show I highly recommend if you are ever in Hollywood Studios is the Frozen Fireworks Show! My roommates and I were all singing along to the songs as well as the whole crowd, so there is really no shame in knowing the words and bursting them out when watching this show! ;) We also got Jenn to ride the Rockin' Rollercoaster featuring Aerosmith for the first time yesterday! I have to say that is definitely one of my favorite roller coasters! What could be much better than rocking out to Aerosmith while riding in the dark under blacklights?! I can answer that for you all, there's nothing better! Except maybe our picture from the ride! Which of course, with every other picture is on my picture tab!

Today, Alex and I had the day off so we decided to go shopping for groceries and just run out and about! I get to work for the next eight days straight and then I get to go home to see my family for my cousins wedding! Here's to 8+ hours for the next 8 days! Please enjoy all my pictures and as always leave comments, messages or even send me mail <3

Thank you all for the continued support!!

-Amelia

But we have five months!

That seems to be my motto for everything lately! When we go to the parks or are just deciding what to do each night we continue to tell ourselves we have five months to do all of this.

The roommates and I have been quite the busy little bees lately with going on adventures and training at our jobs and TRYING to catch up on sleep!

The last place I left you all was when the roommates all decided to take a fun night and go out to Planet Hollywood for dinner at Downtown Disney! Let's just say since then I have been quite busy! I have officially started my on the job training at the Big Top at Storybook Circus! Not only will I be on the floors with registers and stocking shelves, I will also be in the kitchen making the cotton candy and GET EXCITED the caramel apples that are shaped like Mickey Mouse! I have had such a fun time training and learning about all the things that I can do in the shop! My favorite thing is definitely my guest interaction. I get to play circus games, like ring toss and feed Dumbo, with the guests that come into the store! It's so much fun learning where everyone is from! I had a guest come in and saw that I was from North Dakota and proceeded to tell me that they met at NDSU and eventually ended up getting married! They were so excited so see someone representing the school and the state in Disney World!

Not only have I been training really hard at work, I have also been playing really hard as well! I admit I have been taking some time to just relax around the apartment and explore a bit of the area but I have also been taking the time to go around to the parks and just see what there all is. It's really nice to know that "Hey, we have five months!" so we really don't try to rush around the parks and do everything in one visit! We go until we get bored!

The other day my roommate Jenn and I both had a night off so we went to Epcot with her cousin. It was so much fun! We got our picture taken with Pluto and rode the ride in the big Epcot ball! After that we decided to take a trip "around the world" and went all over the place! The best of course was definitely stopping and getting our picture taken with Aladdin and Jasmine! Aladdin has been my crush since I was little and my mom can definitely say that it is true! I've been singing a whole new world since forever ago! We continued around the world and took a pitstop in Germany. I love visiting Germany because a) they have the best merchandise around, like a sweatshirt with a beer pocket! But b) they also have Oktoberfest!!! And with my 21st birthday being the start of October YOU CAN ALL GUESS WHERE I WILL BE.

The next day I had register training at Disney University. I can say that registers here are definitely a bit different than what I am normally used to but it was still such a fun (and short!) day of training. When I got home some of the roommates decided we should head over to Hollywood Studios for a bit! When we got there we went straight to the American Idol Experience. I was super jealous of all the people who got to sing on the stage that I might (no I am not saying I will officially do it) have to audition just so that I get it out of my system! After watching that we walked out and what did it start to do? RAIN. It rains everyday in Florida for at least ten minutes and of course the one day we decide to go to a park it rains for about a good 45 minutes. We decided to be brave and ran to the Hollywood Tower Hotel also known as The Tower of Terror. Jenn, our roommate, had never been on the Tower of Terror before so we definitely made it a good experience for her and requested the front row! That ride will always be one of my favorites because that feeling of dropping is the best feeling! After that we decided to head home to watch FROZEN of course!

Today, Karisa, Jenn, Alex, and I all had the day off so we decided to venture over to Blizzard Beach, one of the water parks here at Disney! We definitely got our workout in for the day because there were SO MANY stairs that we had to climb up to go down a water slide. We definitely all had a blast and cannot wait to explore the other water park soon!

Hope you all like reading the updates! If you want to know anything more specific or would like to suggest some blog post ideas PLEASE FEEL FREE to leave them in my comments/message tab! I would love to hear some suggestions on what you would all like to see!

As always, have a magical day and may all your dreams come true!

-Amelia

AND it hasn't even been a week!

Hello again everyone! Wow! My last few days have been so busy I can't believe that it's only been about four days!

The last place I left off was I was heading to casting to figure out my schedule for the rest of the week! WOW! Casting was such a cool place! Everyone there has such bright smiling faces and made the process of filling out tedious paperwork so much more enjoyable! AND the doors had Alice in Wonderland door handles so I was in quite the happy mood!

The next day I had a housing meeting to learn all the dos and don'ts of living in the apartments here at Disney! It was definitely one of those moments that made me realize the company I am working for and that I am actually here in Florida!

Friday was quite an exciting day as well! My roommate and I had our Traditions class. We learned so much more information about the company we are working and where we get to spend the next five months of our life! This was also the day where we got to walk around Magic Kingdom looking around and learning about how we should all work and interact with guests in the park. It was so amazing to be back in Magic Kingdom after not being there for a few years. Every time I go into the park I seriously do turn into a small girl again! We also had a special guest come and visit us, our new boss MICKEY MOUSE. You definitely know you're working for Disney when a bunch of college kids get excited to see Mickey Mouse! He brought us a special delivery of OUR NAME TAGS! It was seriously the most exhilarating moment when they called our name and our school. I was so proud and (as far as I know) I am the only person from North Dakota! WHOOP WHOOP REPRESENT.

Today was another day of training and learning more specifically about our roles. I learned that I will get to be a pin trader with guests in the park so if you're at Magic Kingdom and want to trade pins come and find me! I am beyond excited to continue learning and growing within the Disney Company and to learn more about my role as training continues!

The girls and I decided to have a bit of a fun night together and we went out to dinner at Planet Hollywood at Downtown Disney. It was so nice for us just to be able to get together and see each other after having such busy schedules these past few days! Ashley and I are going to Magic Kingdom tomorrow afternoon so be on the look out for some cool pictures and stories of what I all see at Magic Kingdom tomorrow!

Again, please feel free to leave comments OR send me mail! It's all appreciated and I really look forward to hearing from everyone!

Amelia

Day One, but actually day two...

Well, we officially have our internet set up and ready to go! YAY! The six of us girls really struggled with getting our internet hooked up and all it took was calling a nice gentleman at internet support and he helped us immensely!

Yesterday was quite an adventure! I woke up and waiting with four of my roommates in line to figure out where we would be living and working. We may have not gotten our first pick of apartments but I would say we got pretty lucky with ours! (Pictures to come). I cannot believe that I was lucky enough to be placed at Magic Kingdom- Storybook Circus! I am so excited and if anyone is coming to Disney anytime soon be sure to stop by and say hello! After filling out a bunch of paperwork and learning a lot of cool Disney facts I am officially moved in! I am off to casting today to figure out my schedule for the rest of the week!

As always, feel free to leave me messages!

-Amelia

Our drive from Illinois to Florida (August 10, 2014)

I'M HERE

I am officially at Disney! As I sit in our hotel room with my parents it starts to hit me that I am actually in Orlando, Florida about ready to start a new adventure in my life. I cannot wait to start this amazing journey (you're welcome mom!) and start a new chapter in my life. I am beyond excited to share with you all the different things I do while I am here in Orlando. Tomorrow starts the next five months of my life and I cannot wait! I would love to have you all send me message through this website while I am here! I will post all my pictures here and on my Facebook as well! Hope you all enjoy this little blog! Until next time, have a great night!! Amelia

23 More Days

Until I get to start my adventure at the happiest place on earth! I am starting to get a little excited but realizing I still have a lot of things to do before I even get there! I have started my packing list (which I will post at a later date for those of you who are looking what you should all bring to the program) and I just received my new hire paperwork YESTERDAY! There are so many things that I still have to do but I'm trying not to overthink anything. Hopefully everything will just fall into place as my final days approach and I will just know what to do! I cannot wait for my BIG adventure and to keep everyone updated! Until next time!

-Amelia

41 more days?! WHAT!

It's crazy to think that in 41 days I will be in Disney with my five roommates moving into our new apartment! I can't wait! As I sit here watching the USA vs Belgium soccer game (GO US!) I am compiling my list of things to pack/buy for our apartment. It's starting to get so real. The roommates and I have already started talking about who is bringing what and what activities we all want to do while we are down there. I am so excited to start sharing everything here on my blog and finally uploading some pictures as well! Hope everyone is having a great summer!

-Amelia

Just Another Update

Hey al! I haven't updated in a while because I've been super busy with summer jobs and my summer class! A few nights ago I had the awesome opportunity to Google+ hangout with my future roommates! I am so excited to be spending the next five months of my life with these five girls and I can't want to introduce them all on my blog! We didn't talk about many details yet just getting to know each other for now! Hopefully we will plan a date in the future to talk about what we all want to bring to Florida! Only 68 more days until move in! :) Happy summer everyone and have a great day!

-Amelia

Only 95!

Only 95 more days until I will be in the Happiest Place on Earth! I couldn't be more excited to move into my apartment with my five other roommates! Once August rolls around I know I am going to be so antsy and ready to move to Disney that I'm going to want to be there immediately.

I'm currently still in class and finals are next week. BLEH. It is getting to the point where I have to say goodbye to some friends for a while but I know that I will be able to see them and keep in touch as much as possible.

I can't wait to update this blog more and more as it gets closer to my time at Disney! Until then, peace out!

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