It's been a long time coming!!!So I seem to never have time to post on my blog, it is all to time consuming and I can never figure out the layout of my posts, but I made an effort this time because too many exciting things have happened. The family visited at the end of April and beginning of May, which was awesome. They got to experience the craziness of Disney! If they thought they were tired from their trip... Welcome to my everyday schedule and life. On the go 24/7. Then Chelsea and I left on our Disney Cruise!!! We have been so excited to go, and eat yummy food. And we did just that! We ate all and whatever we wanted and when we wanted it!
I have been on one Carnival Cruise previously and now this Disney Cruise. Let me tell you... Disney wins all the way!!! They had three amazing shows and I mean broadway quality no lie. The ship has a movie theater, places to meet all of your favorite Disney Character, adult only areas, 3 pools, 4 different clubs/lounges, tons of fun activities, a movie screen above the swimming pool, and a kid center. It rained for two of the days on our cruise one of them being the day we went to Castaway Cay which was supposed to be our beach day but it was still fun. We watched some movies in the theater, Earth and the first 5 min. of the Hannah Montana movie which we just couldn't handle anymore of! Just let it be known that disney knows how to make a good panini. They had this onion pesto panini which we indulged in every day along with all of our other food. Disney is also introducing two new ships in 2010, so I hopefully will be cruising again! Well as long as I still get my awesome Disney discount.
Check this out!!! It's Pirate Mickey coming across the ship on a zip line to save us from the evil Captain Hook! How awesome is this. They even did fireworks off the ship.
Me and Chelsea in our snorkel best for out Catamaran sail and snorkel while in Nassau! We also made a trip to the straw market, you know what that entails... I now have a new purse! Yippee!
So a lot of the other College Program employees I worked with have gone home because their programs ended, this isn't even half of the ones who left, so they let us go out one night at work after hours to take pictures. I will miss you guys! Don't we look smashing though!!!
Insider!!!! Whoever is reading this blog will get to see something that no other guest at Disney gets to see. You might ask what does she speak of? Just look at it, a PERFECT plush Mickey Wall. I hope that next time you go into any store with your children you will take into consideration to put things back that your child touches. For example if your mischievous child were to come to this Mickey wall and swipe an entire row of Mickey and Minnie onto the floor ( something I have witnessed) you could stop and at least try to help put them back, instead of saying oh someone will clean it up! As mom would say, "it's job security". Ugh! that statement makes me so outraged its even hard for me to talk about right now.
And now for two hilarious stories from work. Guests are very demanding, this we know. They save their money for years and years to come and visit us, so naturally when they come they expect the best and when they don't get it, they get mad!!! So I have dealt with many a mad guest in a bad mood, but these are more funny and frightening instances. So I was stalking plush and an older Indian couple approaches me. They had very thick Indian accents. Here's how the conversation went....
Guests: "Do you have a picture of Niagara Falls?
Me:( thinking in my head did they really just say Niagara Falls) "Niagara Falls?"
Guests: " Yes Niagara Falls. We want a picture of Niagara Falls."
Me: " I'm sorry, we don't have any pictures of Niagara Falls."
Guests: (They give me nothing but a blank stare back, looking at me as if I were an idiot, so i ask again)
Me: "The Niagara Falls in Canada?"
Guests: (In unison) Yes!!!!
Me: No I am sorry we don't have any photos of them.
The guests gave me another blank stare looking at me as if I had no clue of what I was talking about. They must have had no clue where they were in the U.S. I then proceeded to the back room and told this story to just about everyone, who in turn thought it was pretty hilarious.
Story #2
So I was stocking Ladies Clothing one day and I was standing in the middle of the Ladies section sizing the racks when another Indian woman approaches me with a question.
Woman: "Where are your woman's T shirts?"
Me: (Thinking in my head.. Hello lady you are standing in the middle of the ladies section! There are T shirts everywhere around you! But we get asked strange obvious questions all the time so I answer politely) " Well, you are actually in the middle of our Ladies Clothing room where all the Ladies T shirts can be found."
Woman: ( take note she practically screamed these next words at me) "IM FROM BOSTON! I CAN'T WEAR TANG TOPS I NEED A T SHIRT!" ( I am still very confused because the rack I was straightening was a row of T shirts not tang tops, but she obviously had something different in mind)
Me: "Ok, well we do have some collared polo shirts over here." Showing her a nearby shirt.
Woman: She just lifts her hand in the air and walks away mumbling under her breath.
You may ask why was this story even funny? The shear fact that she yelled at me IM FROM BOSTON! as if I am supposed to know what that means almost made me burst into laughter right then on stage. Oh the things people say.
Story #3
I know I said I only had two stories but I just remember a good one. The other day I was on register and I saw a family walk through the store, a very INTERESTING family. They were quite frightening actually. The husband was very tall but only maybe 110 lbs. He wore an oversize white cotton turtle neck( you know what I'm talking about what we wore in the 90s) with the neck pulled up over his nose( for some strange reason who knows why). He had long blonde scraggly hair with an oversize hat, skinny long legs, and it appeared as if he were walking on stilts. I was standing there with my friend and he agreed it was the scariest thing he'd ever seen. The man looked like a mix of Robin Hood in the Disney version when he disguises himself as a bird at the bow and arrow event and the crazy chainsaw man from looney toons How I spent my Summer Vacation. If you know what these two things look like then you know just how scary this man was. So then they send me to baby care later on that night, when I got over there my friend Alison was there too. As she was about to leave she said be careful there was the scariest family in here earlier. No lie 10 seconds later the scary man from before pokes his head in the room and then walks the TV room in Baby Care. Alison whispered that's the family! Then she bolted to save herself, leaving me very frightened and all alone! Don't worry I was fine. I wish I could've taken a picture of them though! Quite the sight to be seen!
I got accepted to BYU's Art History Study Abroad. I can't contain my excitement. Its always been my dream to go to Europe, and now its finally happening! And heck yes... of coarse I will be going to Euro Disney... I knew that working at WDW would really come in handy some day! Looks like dreamcations can come true after all.
This is the Rocky Mountaineer, a train that can take you on any dream Canada vacation your heart could possibly desire! Even from coast to coast!
However there is a downside to this... namely that each ticket is $5,000. Um yeah. Not likely to happen.... uh ever.
Or marry one of these... 
This NYPD cop stood across from us for a good four hours while we waited for the parade to start. All I can say is... he didn't have a ring.... if you know what I mean. wink. wink
I simply love these people with the big heads. This picture should be put in a history book. 
This is the NYPD marching band... aka weaksauce... yes, they actually took off their drums right in the middle of the parade...with the way this situation appears I'd rather have a skinny tall 17 year old high school boy protect me than one of these guys. At least they have the strength the wear their drum throughout the entire parade! I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this.
And it's also too bad that I am too young for my perfect Matt Lauer! Inappropriate man crush!
Ok... onto the race. We had to be at the meeting area in the morning by 4:30 am. I woke up at 3:15 because I couldn't sleep from the anticipation. We waited around until the race started at 6 am. We were in one of the last corrals so we didn't officially start running until maybe 6:30ish.
I was feeling good until mile 5 when my knees started hurting, so I slowed my pace and slowly the pain went away. We got to run through both Disney parks and Angels stadium (which was totally awesome). There were Disney characters as you ran through the parks that cheered you on and you could stop to take your pictures with. There were so many spectators!!!! They spanned the entire race! There were high schools from all over S. CA there to cheer us on. They even cheered me on by name "come on Abby you can do it" "Go Abby!!!!" I felt like a celebrity. No big deal. I finished with 2:35 as my time, not bad for only training by running 3 miles max on the treadmill the week of the race. I am so stoked I could do another one. Of course I'm sore but its bearable.
I don't know how many pictures I have of me in 3D glasses after all of my Disney days but we had to take one while we were waiting for Captain EO. Which rocked.... literally. I was bouncing in my seat!
We sported our medals all day long at the park... we're some of "those" people.
As Liz calls this photo... "our after party at the Hollywood Tower Hotel" and we stayed at the park till midnight to watch the new water show at CA Adventure. Thats right folks... up in the morning at 3:15 and to by by 12:30.... plus running 13.1 miles in between... it was a long day.
I also want to do another half marathon!!!! Anyone want to do the Princess half marathon in Orlando at the end of this coming February???! I am dying to do it! I get to run around my old home of 8 months and escape the cold of Utah!!!!! And if you do one in Florida and one in CA in the same year you get a special Coast to Coast medal!!!! Thats 3 medals for two races!!!! Seriously a half marathon was one of the most fun things I have ever done in my entire life! And I can't imagine a better one to do than Disney. So people..... do one with me! You won't regret it!
It's been a long time coming!!!
