In the Courtyard of Good and Evil

Last week was the semi-annual college program dance. The theme was "In the Courtyard of Good and Evil." I was scheduled to work until 10pm that night and wasn't too sure about going, but my roommates wanted to check it out so I met them there after work. We had so much fun. I am really glad I went. It was sort of like prom but with Disney characters. 

We got to meet the Disney Ambassadors. They represent the Disney company and cast members to the public and sometimes are on TV or the news speaking for the company.  

My work friend, Rodolfo. We started on the same day and had almost all of our training together.

Jafar was my date

Bucket List

Over the last month I haven't done too many new things, but I have still been having just as much fun. 

Here is a preview of what remains on my list of things to do before my time in Florida is over. If you have any suggestions, let me know! 

• go to Disneyland in California
• play golf at one of the Disney courses
• see all the shows in the parks like Beauty & the Beast, Finding Nemo, Lion King....
• eat at Garden Grill, Chef Mickey's, and Germany
• people watch on Main Street in Magic Kingdom
• watch the 3 o'clock parade
• go to another Orlando Magic game
• go to an Atlanta Braves spring training baseball game at Wide World of Sports
• visit the resorts decorated for Christmas

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

Last night my roommates and I went to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom. This party is similar to the Not So Scary Halloween party that we went to in September. I loved the Halloween party so I had high expectations for the Christmas party. We did pretty much all the special events. There was even free hot chocolate and cookies! The castle looks so pretty with the Christmas lights on it! Here are the pictures I took! Allison and Shelby also took a ton of good pictures so I will add those when they upload them. 

It's officially Christmas time in the "world"!

On Wednesday night I got to go to the Hollywood Studios cast preview of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. I got off work at 9 right when it started and met up with my roommates. It was so much fun! I had never seen the lights before but it is one of my new favorite things at Disney! If you are ever around Disney in November or December it would definitely be worth a special trip to see it! These pictures don't do it justice. 

Some of my awesome coworkers!

My Magic Band!

Earlier in October Disney announced that cast members will finally be able to link their Maingate pass to a magic band! The Maingate pass is sort of like an annual pass but it is only for cast members to get into the parks. My magic band arrived earlier this week and after being inspired by a guest's band last week, I decided to decorate mine! Here are the finished results. I used glitter glue, a black paint pen, glitter duct tape, and scrap booking rhinestones.Using the glitter duct tape was a great idea because it was the perfect width so I didn't have to cut it too much. Its not perfect but I like how it turned out. And I have some ideas for my Christmas one that I get when my family visits in December! Disney has some magic band accessories that they sell to make your band more "unique" but there aren't a ton of options yet. Hopefully that will change in the future! 

 

A few days at home and exciting news!

This week, I flew back to Indianapolis to go to the Paul McCartney concert in Louisville with my family. The concert was originally supposed to be in July but Paul got sick and rescheduled. My Tuesday started early in the morning when my roommate dropped me off at the airport and after a layover in Atlanta I arrived in Indianapolis around noon. My mom picked me up and we stopped by Gray's Cafeteria for lunch. We left for Louisville around 4 but traffic was so bad we didn't get there until around 7:30. The concert was amazing! I really liked the Yum Center. The next day I hung out with my sister and then got to see my Aunt Tracy and Uncle Billy's new house. Their house is on its way to being perfect! On Thursday my sister went back to school and I went and visited my Aunt Murney and then my parents and I went to dinner in Carmel. It was so much fun being home! 

Now for the exciting news! I have decided to extend my program for the Spring semester and stay in Florida until May. My new role will be Full Service Food and Beverage but I will not know the location until closer to January. This time I got to have a preference and I selected Sci-Fi Dine In at Hollywood Studios or Liberty Tree Tavern at Magic Kingdom. I will probably be happy anywhere though! I love having visitors so come and see me!

A visit from my family!

Over the past week my parents and sister visited me. We got to do a lot of Disney things we had never done before. We got to eat lunch at Be Our Guest in Magic Kingdom, stay at Old Key West Resort (My family is in the vacation club and this is actually our home resort but we had never stayed there before. It might be my new favorite resort because it is so pretty and peaceful!) and have dinner at Mama Melrose in Hollywood Studios. Be Our Guest was better than I thought it would be! We really didn't plan on going but we decided to wait in the stand-by line and we got in around 11am. There are three dining rooms and each one is supposed to be from a room in the Beast's castle from Beauty and the Beast. We ate in the Ballroom. The weather was perfect the whole time my family was here. It was low 80s and no rain finally! It was also really fun to show my family all the places that I work at! I also got to take them to Cast Connection which is a place cast members can go that has discounted merchandise that is overstock or out of season. They loved it! I miss them already but I am going home next week to go to the Paul McCartney concert in Louisville!