Not sure how I feel right now, its all so confusing...

...why do I have to feel like that?

Anyways, I guess I should really start with the fact that my program with Disney is ending in little under four weeks. Now don't get me wrong, I miss my family and friends like you wouldn't believe, but I just do not want to go home. I don't even like my job that much with Disney, and i'm happy that my time with them is over, but I just don't want to leave the life I have gained here over the last five months. I have met some of the nicest people ever and have gotten some life long friends out of this experience, from bith the Uk and Internationally and its gonna be so hard parting from them. I know that these friendships are gonna be life long, but leaving them is almost as hard as it was leaving my family and friends in the UK to come and take part in the college proram with Disney.
Along with this, I have also met a boy. Now nothing is going on, but I have gained a sort of crush on him and that was the last thing I wanted so close to the end of my program, knowing that he is still gonna be over here till January. I don't know how he fells as like I said nothing is going on, but Ijust witsh that I could have met hime earlier.
I know that this doesnt really make any sese to anybody but I just had to write it down in the hope that the frustration and confusion going on im my head will somehow be a little less now that i've gotten it out in the open...

...Now, why havent I told my friends any of this, well I know that some of them are really looking forward top going home and I don't want to burden them with my problems (I know its silly but thats just how I feel) and others, well they are in the exact same position i'm in and they cant relly help me in my situation.

OK, i'm going now. My head hurts with all the stuff going round it, so i'm gonna go and eat food and probably drink vodka in the hope that it takes my mind of this, temporarily of course, as when the food is gone and the alcohol is finished i'm gonna be right back where I started.

Mum and Dad are here!!!

And thats all that matters!

I've been so homesick, but now that my mum and dad are here for a two week holiday its all gone away and I feel so happy that they are here. I'm gonna be really sad when they leave again, but at least I still have all my wonderful friends to keep me occupied once they have gone.

Feeling Kinda Blah...

...I guess this isn't gonna be a very heppy post, but i'm having an off day today.

I guess it started with a negative guest comment at work against what I said on The Jungle Cruise, but I have no idea what as everything I say is in the script, so that upset me, even although he actually upset me more about five minutes earlier during the ride, when HE insulted MY nationality!!
Then yesterday, the girl I was supposed to be travelling with after my Disney program ends, out of the blue changed her mind and and has decided to just go home as soon as we finish, totally screwing with my travel plans, so now I have no idea what I'm gonna do. I understand that maybe she hasn't got the money, but she could have at least sounded as if she was sorry or at least discussed it, but she didnt.
I'm also really homesick right now, but at least my parents are coming out to visit today, they should currently be on a plane, flying smewhere over the Atlantic only I wont get to see them until tomorrow which sucks as I have University until 3pm! Grrr!

Well, thats enough of my sadness, I just had to get it out. If only my mum were here right now so I could get a hug, then I would feel much better. Bring on tomorrow!!!

Dwayne Johnson was in the Magic Kingdom...

...And I didn't get to see him!
Unfortunately I was working on Wednesday, the day he was in the park and I couldn't find out where he was to go and stalk him. My friend saw him, as he ate at Cinderella's Royal Table and that's were she works. I was sooo jealous.

I wish it could have been John Cena, but there is still time to do more wrestler stalking, Im on a mission!

I may try and swap my days off so I can go to a TNA taping and then at last i'll get to see some wrestlers.

Kids...and the funny things they say!

So, I was at work last night and the night was going well. I had a boat full of guests and at the end of the cruise we had to wait a few minutes before we could actually get to the dock to unload guests, so, I was going through all of my filler material keeping the guest occupied until the ride ended. I did all the usual jokes about getting out of the boat safely, but it wasnt enough I still had time to fill, so...I started my disney jokes.

I asked, 'Why does Cinderalla never play soccer?'

Now, the actual answer to this joke is, 'Because she is always running away from the ball!'

Its cheesy I know, but the guests love it, this time however, just as I was about to give the answer a little boy, who couldnt have been any older than two, threw hs hand up in the air and said...

'I know, I know, It's because she isn't a boy!!'

Well that set the entire boat of laughing and left his poor mother mortified that her son had said that!!

Haha, I do love children!!

Fun Weekend

I always love my dsyd off, but Friday and yesterday are hight on my list...

...Friday morning Amy and I headed to Hollywood Studios and went on the new 'Toy Story Mania' attraction, its soo much fun! We also wandered around and saw character from 'Cars'. We then went to watch the Beauty and the Beast show which i thought was really good. Nothing like tha film but it was fun to watch, we then met up with Elle and Sarah and did the Backlot tour, before deciding to head over to the Blizzard Beach water park.
We had so much fun there, just relaxing on the lazy river or trying out some of the fantastic water slides, i had so much fun.

Saturday, Katy, Amy and I headed for a day out at Universal Studios. We started in Islands of Adventure and did all of the ridaes we possibly could there, coming across the site of the new Harry Potter 'Land' as you could say, which is opening in 2010. It looks impressive from what we could see, and it possibly means a trip back to Orlando in a couple of years!
We also headed over to the Universal side and did the Shrek 4D attraction and the Mummy, then we just wandered around before stopping for some food before we headed home after our exhausting day!

Oh so clumsy!

For those who know me, you'll probably already know i'm one of the clumsiest people you will ever meet.
I have been however, extremely lucky that since I arrived here in Florida over 3 months ago, i've been extremely lucky and have avoided any injury even although I have tripped and fallen over numreous times...

...Well last night my luck finally ran out and and last night I actually hurt myself. I was at work climbing out of a boat at the end of the night, when I lost my footing. I thought i'd managed to catch myself before I landed but I didnt, I managed to fall, scraping my shin, as I fell between the boat and the dock. It hurt like a b***h and I hate to complain but last night I had no choice. I scraped up my leg pretty bad, so my co-ordinator had to call an alpha unit (fancy work for first aid) to come clean up my leg. There wasnt any blood and I was lucky enough not to go in the river but i've been advised that it might be wise to get a tetanus shot, just incase I do got in the water and my leg gets infected. Fun huh?

Well, i'm about to head of to Health services to see about this tetanus shot, what a fun day i'll have before I have to go back to work for another fun day at Jungle!!

The Dark Knight...twice in 24 hours

That's right, since the film was released at 12.01am on Friday the 18th of July (yesterday) I've already seen it twice!!!
I saw it first at 12.01am as soon as it was released, then again at 11.30 pm, both times being absolutely awesome and I really do believe its one of the best films I have EVER seen...And not because it was Heath Ledger's last film or anything to do with the surrounding promotion, but because it was an all round brilliantly made and acted movie. Don't get me wrong, I love Heath Ledger and he is one of my favourite actors and he played the part soo well and he made The Joker into who he was in the film, but that not the only reason I loved it.
If you ask my friends from back home, I was already excited to see it, way back in January, before the news that Heath Ledger had even died.

So movie Review of The Dark Knight:

5 Stars, and I would highly recommend that everybody goes to see it!!!

3 Months...

...That's how long I managed to keep My Jungle Cruise skipper costume away from any cameras, but that's no longer as last night during my parade shift Harmoni went snap happy and got several pics of me...

...here I am with a couple of the guys from work...






The last one is from when I was working the July 4th Celebrations, hopefully I wont have to wear that costume again!

Excited about work tonight...

...Now thats not usually a sentence that comes out of my mouth but tonight i'm genuinly looking forward to going to work.
Not that I don't like going to work, because I know I have to go, and i love seeing my friends everyday and havig fun, but tonight I guess is different. You see, instead of having just Jungle Cruise tonight, I have a parade shift, which means not only do I get a break from my usual job, but I get to watch both of the Spectromagic Parades, which I just love. Of course I do have to work, we have to do a bit of audience control in the parade route and we have to roll out the parage ropes to keep out the crowds but its such good fun, especially as some of my Jungle Cruise friends are diung it too! For those that don't know, Spectromagic is the nightly parade at the Magic Kingdon and it's a light parade with all the characters and floats having lights on them and they change colour ands stuff throughout the parade route.

Roll on 5.45pm!!

The Dark Knight

Is anybody else getting excited about The Dark Knight being released??

I for one cannot wait, I even got the day off work so I could make it to the 12.01am showing...if i can still get tickets!!

Bring on Friday!!!!!

Never a dull moment!

Well i'm sat here with Brooke, Katy, Amy, Sarah and Elle and what a night we are having!

Elle is currently asleep, not sure why but she seems to be having no problem sitting through the havoc that everybody is causing. Well except me, i'm just just here in the corner documenting the sillyness.

Right now, Amy and Sarah are sat on Brooke's mattress, which is in the middle of the livingroom floor, brooke is drawing and writing all over a box which was used to carry our take away chinese meal, but it now brooke's 'Snail Shell' complete with string to hold it on her back...You know, i've just read that back to the girls and it makes us sound like a bunch of mad people that need to be locked up but no, this just a normal night for us! Katy is just sat quietly and being told off for not joining in.

Well....I think its about to get a lot worse, brooke just suggested making a fort out of a massive bunch of yellow pages that have been left lying at the clubhouse of our housing complex...which now seems to have gone ot the window as quickly as the thought came into her head!!

...And Katy is now standing with a bed sheet wrapped round her, which brooke thinks makes her looke like the statue of liberty, so to finish off the outfit, brooke put forks in her hair for the crown thingy and we took some pics!! I'll post the pics later.

Now for the cupid shuffle, Sarah and brooke are both dancing around me like a pair of idiots and they just happen to be wearing the party hats from Amy's party two days ago!!

Well, I think its time to go before I scare anybody anymore with the randomness that I fear is about to come!!!

P.S. Would you believe me if I told you every single one of us is SOBER...no...well I swear 100% that there is absolutely NO alcohol involved in the craziness!!

P.P.S. Before I go, if you think what i've just told you is complete random, then you're gonna think i've completely lost my mind...a bunch of guys and girls just randomly knoocked on the apartment door, when we opened the door, they had their face painted like cows (Black and white) with cow pictures and they just sang 'Old McDonald had a farm' to us, before they turned and left!!!!!! I kid you not, it really just happened!!!!!

Jack Sparrow...

...I met him at a Mickey's Pirate and Princess party, so i just thought i'd post a pic for all to see!

Think i'm turning nocturnal

...That's what happens when you work at Disney, and its not good!

I work such stupid hours, usually till at least midnight, so because i'm not tired my work friends and I head out for food, usually IHOP or Dennys or some place like that and we don't get home till at least 3am. I'm then sleeping till almost lunchtime and it's driving me mad!!

Must get out of bed earlier!!!!

Arghhhhhhhh!

Went to see Wall-E at the movies...

...And it was awesome!

He's such a cute little robot, and the film covers a very dark hidden message about the possible future of our planet!

But it was still Awesome!!

July 4th Aftermath...

...It officially sucks!! Not the Holiday or the celebration, but the way that people speak to you when they know that you are clearly just trying to do your job!!

Yup, everything was going really well, the Magic Kingdom was at capacity of about 75,000 poeple and I though that I was going to get through the day unscathed, until one person, yes ONE person completely spoiled it for me!!!
It was after the awesome fireworks display, when our jobs were to direct the traffic, not letting anybody go a certain direction, to ensure the safety of all the guests, until one man came up to me and blatantly refused to listen to a single word that I told him. He was a big guy, very intimidating and instead of just realising that we were only guiding him one direction for his safety, he insisted that I let him through an area that nobody was allowed to go through telling us that he was told to go this way, when I know he clearly wasnt. I tried to reason with him but to no avail, he thought it would be ok to curse at me and then i'd be frightenend by him and just let him do as he peased. Well, I wasnt going down that easily, so I guided him in the direction of my coordinator, so she could also tell him that he had to follow directed traffic, but NO, she then undermined me and then just let him through the no go area, making me look like a complete idiot!!

So one man (and I suppose the stupid coordinator too) completely ruined the day for me!! Now, I may not celebrate July 4th, but Being that i'm living in the country for 6 months, I thought I would do my best and go along with the days events. I wont be so keen in the future!

Happy July 4th

I don't actually celebrate this holiday, being from the UK and all, but since i'm in the counrty for this holiday, I thought i'd try and get in the spirit of things...

...I may howver change my opinion of this holiday by the end of the day, especially as i'm working the holiday!
The reason for this being, i've been taken out of my regular job and been schedued to help with crowd control during the times of the fireworks and the parades. Now, normally this would be fine with me, however I have been informed that the park will be at full capacity and there will be sooo many people in the park, some of them getting a little hot headed at times (a coordinator was punched by a guest last year)so by the end of the night i'm just gonna want to curl up in a little ball and cry!

I'll update tomorrow with all the goings on!!

The most fun week since I arrived in Orlando

Well, the title says it all...

...Since we picked up the rental car last week, it's been like a completely different experience. From the fact I dont have to rely on buses to get to and from places, to the ability to get out of Orlando for a couple of days, to just getting to spend some quality time with a couple of the girlies i'm closest to on the program. The week has been awesome and I just don't want it to end!

We started our week, by heading over to Tampa. That was a good day, a bit strange, because we actually headed a bit further and went to St Petersburg and just wandered about the shops...well the ones we could find anyway as it was a little sparse on shops and places where we could actually spend our money.
We then drove back to Tampa and to Ybor city and had a little look around, getting lost a few times on the way (Wtih Satellite Navigation I might add). After looking around town, we headed to our hotel so we could get ready for our night out in Ybor City, as that was where was recommended. Once we were all glammed up, we headed back into Ybor City and had a look in a few shops before stopping in a bar called the Green Iguana for food. The food was Soooo good and there was soo much of it, that lots went to waste.
We then had a drink in a few different bars and ended the night in a place called Casper's grotto which happened to do karaoke. Brooke and Amy took to the stage where as I sat back and let them do their thing, knowing I'd kill everybody's eardrums with my singing voice!!

The next day we headed to St Petersburg again, only this time we headed to the Beach and settled for a lovely spot in Treasure Island, where we split our time between lying on the sand and playing about in the sea, successfully topping up my suntan. :-)

Unfortunately there were no sightings of Mr Cena, or any other wrestlers who reside in the tampa area. :-(

After that wonderful weekend it was back to reality with a bump and back to work.

Even being back at work, because we had the car still, it was liberating, knowing that I could still escape, out of work and not be restrained in the boundaries in the world of Disney!

Well, now it's D-Day and tomorrow the car goes back to the rental place. I soo do not wanna give it back, it's been such a fantastic week and now i'm just scared that when the car goes back it's all gonna go back to how it was, with the stupid Disney buses and the fact i'm gonna be stuck once again in the Disney bubble with no escape, making me homesick once again, and I really don't want that.

It's the beginning of the July 4th celebrations at Disney tomorrow, so hopefully for the time being thats gonna keep my mind off being homesick and i'm gonna just enjoy the festivities!!

Tampa, here we come...

So. as the title says, me and three of the other British girls on our program are hiring a car and setting off to Tampa for the weekend. We are soo excited and can't wait to get out of Orlando for a couple of days and away from Disney, just to relax and have a bit fun!

Relaxed and Content

Well, thats exactly how I feel. I've kinda just taken a step back from everything, and everyone and I think it works.
I feel so relaxed and don't have any worries right now. It's such a good feeling, although I do miss all of my friends who I haven't seen for days. Gonna have to try and see them so they don't think i've abandoned them!!

Ooh, and also i'm a little happier right now because, not only are my parents planning a three week vacation to come and see me...but Angel is coming out soon too!!! Yaaay!!!

Chilled out...

...Well almost. I've been at Universtiy most of the day and it was nice to catch up with my friends again after that much needed day to myself.

I'm going out to the cinema again tonight (It's possible that I may become a permanent resident i'm in there so much) and i'm also gonna have a wander around Downtown once again, wow this just sounds like yesterday, only today i'm going with two of my girlies, Katy and Amy!
Going to see Indiana jones tonight, so if anybody hasnt seen it, i'll be happy to give my opinion tomorrow! LOL

Ooh, and how could I forget about the Cocktail we plan on having in Bongos, that's gonna be fun! :-D

Me, time...

...And that's exactly what i've spent the day having. I may have annoyed a few people with my decisions concerning today and for that i'm sorry; when I see them I will apologise...(long story short, I said i'd do something, there was a bit of miscommunication and then I pulled out last minute)...but I think I made the best decision, for me. I've just spend the day at Downtown Disney, on my own, just having some time to myself. I walked about the shops (making some on the spot purchases that I will probably regret) and then I headed to the Movie Theatre to watch 'The Happening'...probably not the best film to watch alone but I survived, though i'm still debating what I thought of the latest feature by M. Night Shyamalan. It was a bit strange and although I love Mark Walhberg and all of his movies, i'm thinking he wasn't the best choice for the lead in this film.
...Anyway, i'm getting off track, this entry is turning into a movie review and that wasn't the intention, so back to me...
I had such a nice day just doing what I wanted, with nobody else to please but me, I think i'm gonna have to have a few more of those, to help ease the nagging homesickness.

Homesick

This is probably not the best way to start of a new blog site but i've gotta get it off my mind...i'm homesick.
I knew that being almost 4000 miles from home would be difficult, I just didnt realise that it would be SO difficult and could be set off by the silliest little things! All I need is a hug from my mum or my sister, or even just to see Angel so either one of us could say or do something silly (a regular occurance when we are in the same room) then we could spend the rest of the day laughing about it. I miss all of my wrestling things, my t-shirts, my stand-ups of John and Batista, my room covered all covered in posters and quite honestly, I miss seeing a stray piece of wrestling mercandise just lying around the apartment because Angel and I had soo much we had nowhere else for it to go!!
I also have no TV, so i'm going insane without getting to watch Raw and Smackdown and seeing the reactions that Angel and I have to each weeks shows, and even if I did have a TV, I work such ridiculous hours i'm always at work when they are on or sleeping because i've work a 14 hour shift in the blistering sun with no air conditioning! I do read wwe.com to get the latest information but its just not the same as watching it every week and of course the pictures do the show no justice!
For now I guess i'll just have to deal with it and just continue with the few pictures I have of my family and friends and just keep reminding myself that i'll get to see them soon...even if soon means not for another 4 months.

Thank you Kat!

For my first blog I just want to say thank you to Kat for giving me the awesome idea of logging all the craziness of my time in Orlando, Florida, at Walt Disney World in my very own blog!
So...Thank you Kat!