Friday, JULY 1, 2011!!!!

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYBODY!!!! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAYMOND!!!!! It's really weird not being there for it but we had a total blast today at the park! When we showed up to work there were Canada flags everywhere and they had even decorated with all of our Provincial flags!!! SO SO cool!! We got to sing O Canada a couple times to guests and it was amazing!! We're all decked out in our red plaid and other Canadian attire and man we looked good!! haha!!! Lunch was provided for us, complimentary from our own restaurant in Epcot, Le Cellier, and in the break room they played Canadian artists on a CD player all day!! It was so so awesome!! I missed Raymond but this was SUCH a neat experience!! I wouldn't trade it for anything!!

THEN, that evening...

Kyra, Collin, Alex, and myself all went out to Jellyrolls, Disney's duelling piano bar. WHAT A CRAZY AMAZING BLAST WE HAD!!!! First of all, the talent of the guys on stage was absolutely incredible! I can't believe I've never experienced this before!! So awesome! So we requested "anything by the BareNaked Ladies" in honor of Canada Day, and I'm SO glad we did! See, most Americans have never heard of Canada Day and don't know what it is. We tell them it's Canada's birthday but they still don't get it, so we tell them it's like Canada's Independence Day and then they ask why we don't call it Independence Day... wow. Anyways, so the one guy that we gave it to was puzzled but totally ran with it, he wished everyone in the room a Happy Canada Day, and then he went on to play "If I Had A Million Dollars" which got the entire place singing along! It was the coolest thing! So then, all throughout the rest of the night he kept referencing Canada Day because he and the rest of the crowd had never heard of it! haha And finally during the song "New York, New York" (yes, DURING the song--he just stopped playing in the middle of the song) he decided he wanted to meet all the Canadians that were shouting and hollering the whole night. He was super shocked when only three got up on stage haha! Ya, we 3 were the only Canadians in the place (Alex is from France so she didn't come up with us but she took pics!!! yay!!!)! haha It was the best!! So anyways, we get up on stage and he has us stage kicking for the end of the song, because the song deserved a big finish and Canada deserved some recognition! haha it was the absolute best Canada Day I've ever had! SO SO awesome!!! Yep, I can definitely say I've never been so proud to be Canadian!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Today Kyra, Amanda, Javier, and I went to Hollywood Studios:) And it was really cool because Javier worked in this park during his last program so he knew like EVERYONE there so we ended up getting fastpasses to about everything:) haha it was a great time! The first thing we did when we got there was watch Beauty and the Beast!! SO AWESOME!!! The show was so amazing and Javier got us VIP seating so that was super sweet:) After we watched that we went across the street and rode the Rock 'N' Rollercoaster!! SO THE BEST RIDE!!! After that Javier and Kyra wanted to go on the Tower of Terror but Amanda and I didn't so we walked around and took pictures and window-shopped while we waited for them:) After that we went on the ride Toy Story Midway Mania! I LOVE THIS RIDE!!! It was def one of my favorites at Disneyland, and it is here too but the crazy awesome thing about it here is that it's completely decorated like Andy's room!! And from a toy's point of view too so everything is huge and SO SUPER COOL!!! I totally love it!! It's amazing!!!

Then we saw the new show, Voyage of the Little Mermaid. It was really cool and the inside of the theatre looked like the inside of a cave, and at some points there were lasers and mists of water above us so it seemed like we were underwater!! SO cool!! After the show we walked around looking at the cool stuff all around the park, then we went on the new Star Tours ride! It's now in 3D and there are more than 50 different scenarios that can happen on it so each time you ride it's different:) After Star Tours we went on The Great Movie Ride where they re-enact scenes from some classic movies, it was pretty cool and I was super excited! After that ride we grabbed a bite to eat (I helped Javi eat his turkey leg!!) and then we got our seats for the best show ever: FANTASMIC!!! Seriously, it's by far my favorite Disney show ever!!!!!!!!! This one here in WDW is slightly different from the one I'm used to in Disneyland but I wouldn't say it's better or worse. I guess I'll have to watch it a few more times haha:) It was nice because here it's still on water but it's a much smaller body of water and the seats where the guests sit are stadium-seats so you always get a really great view:) I LOVE FANTASMIC!!! Indeed it made me cry and I loved every second of it!!!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Today I went to Wal-Mart with Kyra. haha and that's about it! It rains and rains and rains every time I go to Wal-Mart and this time was no different so I spent the rest of the day updating my blog! yay!! haha you're welcome:) miss you all!!