Happy Birthday Daddy

Happy Birthday Dad... I hope you have a really nice day and that Paul looks after you! Enjoy your meal tonight!

This is a funny email my friends nan sent to her.... thought you might like it .

"How do you expect kids to listen to their parents when Tarzan lives half naked, Cinderella comes home at midnight, Pinocchio lies all the time, Alladin is the king of thieves, Batman drives at 200 mph, Sleeping Beauty is lazy, and Snow White lives with 7 guys. We shouldn't be surprised when kids… misbehave, they get it from their story book."

This made me chuckle!

Had a good day today! Planned to spend the day by the pool but it started raining and I couldn't deal with having goosebumps in Orlando! hahaha so we came back in! Me and Sarah sat around like lazy sloths today eating Oreos. Standard! Then we all went to Epcot! Was soo good we went on the Future ride and the nemo ride! They were amazing.... so clever! Then we went to China to eat there! Was sooo nice had some sweet and sour pork stuff but tasted soo good! We watched the fireworks which were actually amazing, may even have been better than the ones in Magic Kingdom! They were sooooo goood!

We took a walk over to the Boardwalk.. which was beautiful! So many cute little shops. Our friend Lauren is a lifeguard at the resort Yacht and Beach Club. Was the nicest place I have everrrr seen! Its like $700 dollars a room per night.. then they have rooms on the fifth floor that had jacuzzis and a butler and all the rest of it.. but was $33,000 a night! ha obviously that's standard for me and I will be staying for two weeks :D hhaa! bet the rooms are beautiful though! The place was soo nice! The pool had a slide then went round a ship then into the resort and the water had sand in the bottom to make it look like the beach! Was such a beautiful place! Then we went to beaches and cream for ice-cream. Which is this amazing ice-cream place that is famous for a dish called the kitchen sink.. Its basically a massive dish which is a kitchen sink.. obviously... which is filled with like 8 scoops of ice-creme a and chocolate then a whole can of whippy cream! Think of the calories in that badboy! I just stuck to sharing a banana split with Sarah but will defiantly have to give that a go one day!

Dad they have this steak restaurant called the Yachts man steak house..you would love it.. they leave the steaks for like 3weeks to mature.... very expensive but you would love it!!!

There was a massive globe in there so we played a game where you shut you eyes an spun it an wherever it landed that where your getting married. ha good game.. mine was the a Caribbean Island... so dad get saving :D haha!

It was such a beautiful hotel though.. lived the dream... until we had to wait for the bus back to vista.. then not so much! haha

but was a really good night!!

Hope you have a nice birthday dad! Lots of love and kisses xxxx

This is a film of me and Sarah from the future land! Haha its brilliant they created it for us! xx

Happy Birthday Grandma and Aunty Pauline

Happy Birthday! Hope you have both had a lovely day and a nice night tonight.

Work today was good. We had an artist in today doing signings and it was really busy! They place was packed most of the day which was good. Unfortunately it rained all day :( but at least it was hot rain.. something were not used to in the UK! At least I was at work all day and it wasn't on my day off or that would have been annoying!

At work at 6am.. just had to call the bus to get me at 5 and you all know I am not a morning person so that should be fun!

lots of love xx

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

Heya! This is just a few photos from miami! Not exactly a good ones but they are of us all loving life on the beach!

Today at work was good actually. It was dead as it was raining all day evening! The whole time I was at work it was chucking it down!

Met a family from England they were soo nice! Literally spoke to them for about an hour! So was good way to waste time on my shift but they were soo nice! They were taking the mic cuz they noticed I had lost my brummy accent but there all from Somerset (but not the farmer type) and he was laughing because I still said 'Bath' not 'Barrrth'! haha! they loved it!

Then one of the girls I work with was loving my accent so they were all trying to copy my accent and I was teaching them English sayings and words! Was funny they loved it

I finally took of my 'Earning my Ears' badge. I only kept it on this long because if people asked me about artists I don't know I just tell them I have only been here a few days so they feel sorry for me! Hhahah was such a plan! But everyone I work with told me I know enough to take it off now so I did! haha scarey though!

Anyways have to be up in a few hours for work so

Night xxx

Happy birthday Paul!

Happy Birthday big bro!! Hope you're having a good day and have a good night tonight!

Well IHop was amazing! but I can definitely see why Americans are soo fat!! Haven't really done a lot the past few days! Went to the Florida Mall the other day and mall at millennia today! The mall today was amazing! was soo big with all the posh shops like louis Vuitton and Channel. We just quickly walked past all these! Can't even afford to look let alone buy anything.

So exciting news though! I got myself a MacBook today! It's beautiful I love it :D so excitedddd!!

Also Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise were in Magic Kingdom yesterday! Unfortunately I didnt see them but they were spotted!! Very exciting!!

Right well Im off to work!

We have an artist in tomorrow doing signings so hopefully it will be nice and busy then!!

Love x

Dreams are wishes your heart makes!

Heya! Sorry has been a few days! Went to Miami then had a busy few days at work! And I'm just abit lazy!
We went to Animal Kingdom the other day! Mother you would have been veryy jealous!! went on the safari was sooo good! Met some giraffes!Haha i loved it and went on most the rides! The dinasour ride was actually the scariest ride I've been on! Screamed the whole way round! the photo is hilarious!
Miami was soo good! We spent the whole day on the beach and then found a cheap hotel then went out for a meal! We tried to go out but no where would let us in for being under 21.. which was rubbish but we ended up just chilling on the beach all night and went in the sea! Was amazing I loved it! Then had a very American trip to Denny's the next morning for pancacks for breakfast! Works been good the past few days! Yesterday was sooo boring was really slow.. but its been good the past few days! Met some really cute little kids.. I play this silly game with the chilren to give them a sticker I say that Mickey Mouse told me I need a high 5 and a smile before they get one! It's funny an it gets teh kids chatting! Had such a cute little girl today who kept running over for hugs! Soo cute I wanted to steal here! So all in all going well!
Were off to Ihop tomorrow for another American breakfast! Will be the 10ton man by the end of this trip!
Also mom Mark just text me... he told me to say hi to everyone! Guessing he's doing well though!

Haha Mom everyone comes up to me and tells me how much they love my accent.. makes me think of u and how bad you think my accent is! But the Americans love it.. People at work always come over and say it! Have also met a few brummies and they all said I have lost my accent!

Don't think there is anything else new! Everythings good here though! Still loving life
xxxx

P.s sorry theres no picture.. I'm not on my laptop x

Hey!!
So I am officially a cast member now.. and have passed all of my training.. however I have kept my 'earning my ears' badge on as an excuse if I don't know all the artists and stuff... which is good.
Sunday was pretty horrible. It was my first day on my own and I felt like I didn't have a clue what I was doing and it was soo busy and people kept asking me stuff that I didn't know the answer to. It was very stressful and I hated it. Luckily there were people around that could help me but I felt like a amjor hassle asking them all the time. Yesterday was much better though. I feel more confident with what I'm doing and its going better. My manage came up to me and said I was doing really well and all the questions I was asking were really good and it showed I cared about the guests and cared about getting better. So that made me happier as she seemed happy with me.
Thats really all about thats happened. Have spent the past few days by the pool which has been lovlieee!! getting myself a tan.
Then this morning we all had to get up at 6am to get our social security number. Was a pain but its all done now.
Just about to go to Animal Kingdom for one of the girls birthdays then hopefully of to Miami tomorrow which will be amazingggg!! So if i don't update for a few days I'm sunning it up in Miami.
xxxx

I've got no strings to hold me down!

This is just to show you the university... haha if only all universities looked that appealing to go to.. I'd be a first class student!!

Last night I went out in down town Orlando which was AMAZING!! was nice to get out of Florida! was cool! and everyone loves the British accent so even better!

Today I had extra training which I was expecting as I had already completed my training.. howeverrrr they trained me for the Christmas shop and the Memories shop incase I get moved around in my zone which was actually pretty cool. I got taught to do the embroidery on hats and how to make peoples names on those leather bracelets!Made quite a few today and they all turned out really well so was quite proud of myself. Was good to get into other shops and do different things and was cool all the stuff I got taught. Also they have this thing where is a cast member has done something good then another cast member can fill a slip out and and give it to them and the manager and it goes onto their record... and I got ones of those today which was really cool.. so looks good on my files! It was just for helping out loads at the Christmas shop... but really it was for me and my trainer.. because it was really busy but they let me have a till and serve over there.. which was cool considering I had only just been trained there. The trainer was impressed with me though and said I was doing really well. We saw one of my managers and he was shocked I was still being trained because he thought I was doing well and didn't think I needed any more training.. which is good.. just to bump up my ego a little bit. Im also known as the' brit' at work! haha

Then after my training finished I had two hours in the art shop but with no trainers anymore so I am an official cast member! was actually really cool! Made friends with a guy.... who had a really cool name.. but I can't rememeber it! anyways he was a ledgend and taught me all the tricks and stuff. Was nice just being able to chat to the guests and have banter which I enjoyed! So all in all pretty good day at work!! I think I may prefer working to uni! which is a shocker!!

Thats about all that has happened. Me and my housemates did just find a website to watch Waterloo road though!! Which to be honest was an exciting moment!

Also Mark text me yesterday to say Hi to everyone.. so 'hi' from Mark.. as far as I know he's fine.. was a pretty vague text but he seems happy.

Off to bed.. have a stressful day tomorrow of sunbathing...swimming and going out.. its a hard life.....

Lots of love xx

p.s I have just re-read this.. i think I may be American already the amount of times I have written...'it was cool' and thats with me getting rid of a few!! Sorry! I'm just too cool! xx

Earning my Ears

Sorry I haven't updated for a while. Have been crazy busy at work. Didn't get in until after midnight from work last night and then had to be up at 5 again this morning for work again. So didn't have time to update. So two days ago I actually started training at the store. It was all going well until I was sick in the bin in my managers office! never a good start to a new job. So she sent me home. Not sure why I was sick but felt so much better afterwards. Yesterday I had a second day of training which was good. My trainer was crazy!!! All the people are really nice but quite alot older than me! No- one quite like my Brenda yet!! Its quite hard as there's loads to learn about the different artists and then how to ship the products and how to order things in for guests. Which is obviously different from home. I then had to take loads of assesment tests which I got 100% on all of them which was good. I then got taught to check out which is alot easier than at home because we have other people to count it all for us, which makes life alot easier. So that was a good day.. Then today I was shattered when I got to work after being up at 5 but was good. I had to do the deliveries which was alright. Not as hard as the ones at home as there snot as much stock. So got taught all that stuff which was cool but they all seemed really happy with me.. I did a few shipping forms and order forms on my own today which the lady who trained me was really impressed with saying I've picked it up really quickly and soon ill be an asset to the store! ahah which is nice. Has given me abit more confidence. Guest servings alot harder here as I'm not up to scratch on my artists but it'll come with time. So it's all going well so far. Am still loving it. I'm off to Hollywood studios in a bit to watch Fantasmic which is aparently amazing. So ill let you know how that is.

Also the picture up there is from the fireworks display the other night.. I was very impressed with my photography skills which everone took the mic out of me for but I loved it!! xx

It all started with a mouse and a dream!!

Hey!! really sorry am on abit of a time limit as my batterys about to die and the charger isnt working!!
have had training for the past few days! been pretty cool learnt loads about the stores and where im working and started till training yesterday!! its pretty cool the amount we have learnt about it all! im going to have to learn loads about art for my shop... which seems pretty cool. i can geek up a little bit!! weather is boiling... so glad im not outside!! last night we went to watch the disney fireworks and then before that the parade. This year at disney they have a new thing called 'let the memories begin' which is all about making memories for our guests and every night they project footage from the day onto the castle... it is AMAZING!! acualy was unreal.. they have done it so it looks like bits of the castle are falling off and it changes colour and things.. it doesnt sound that good but was actualy the best thing iv ever seen!!! Walt would have been proud! The parks didnt close until midnight so we got to go on some of the rides.. as cast members we managed to skip most of the cues which was a bonus!! haha! loving it here! so nice just to say 'am popping to magic kingdom after work' haha for free! always good!! am off to magic kingdom again today as my only day off!! need to go and test out all the other rides.
The is a pirates of the caribbean ride.. and at the end there is a jack sparrow sitting in a chair.. but apparently he comes to visit quite alot so when he comes they put the real jack sparrow in the chair instead.. but guests never notice its him because of how good the model it.. my friends working on this ride.. so fingers crossed he comes to visit so i can go and see him.
battery is about to die
much love xxx

Actually Living the dream!!

Had such a good day!! Yesterday we spent the whole afteernoon in the pool. was soo nice to chill out in the sun.. the americans r crazy.. full on bbq's going on at the side of the pool.. and not just disposable rubbish.. full on steaks, burgers the works!! Last night we had like 15people round an all cooked loads of random food. An american guy can round and made this amazing buffalo chicken dip thing! but tasted sooo good!! was a really nice night to just chill out with everyone. This morning we had to be up at like 6am for Traditions!! Was abit boring at first but then we got a little tour of magic kingdom which was pretty exciting and then the man himself Mickey Mouse came to meet us all! Then we got our name badges (was a veryyy exciting time)!! There were a few little questions and quizzes an i won two prizes! haha theres cute.. just little plastic mickeys but pretty cool! We finally recieved our Disney passes which was awesomee so we all went to spend the afternoon in Hollywood Studios!! Ha FOR FREE!! even better!! Managed to get onto Tower of Terror and Rockin Rollercoaster (we also get fast passes) - too many perks to the job!! haha then we saw indiana jones which was amazing! then we went to the backlock tour... an i managed to volunteer myself to be on a show! haha!so me ste and lauren all had to dress up in these costumes and do one of the stunt shows. ( the ones where they get the audience up to do stuff) was soo funny though!! got absolutatly soaked... was my debut in a feature length film! have some cracking photos ill wack up when i get the chance!!
We then took a little taxi ride over to Downtown disney! went into the biggest disney store in the world... i think anyways! haha was pretty big!! loved it! then we went to check out where ill be working. 'the art of disney' little bit boring but we'll see what happens! may be alright! Wondered around downtown for abit while waiting for the others then went to dinner at the rainforest cafe (we also managed to get discount here- those passes can do alot!!) was such nice food but was stuffed afterwards!! definatly realise why the americans are so big!! theres just food everywhere!!!
We then had the best taxi ride ever!! There was like 15 of us into this taxi and the guy- Kojac to be precise- aka LEDGEND! had a karaoke machine in his car! So we all had microphones and were blasting the tunes the whole way home!! was the best taxi ever!!
Very eventful day and am currently LOVING LIFE!!!
Start my proper training tomorrow so best get to sleep! night x

Sunny Day in Flordia

Morning!!!
Have my second day of orientation today.. which i imagine to be very boring but thought i'd let you all know about last night first..
When i got home yesterday my housemates all came in with cake and sang to me.. haha was pretty cute. then about 15 of us went off to hooters!! haha as u can imagine the lads thought it was all their birthdays and christmas's at once! was a good night.. standard greasy food but tasted good!! an of corse the hooter ladies got me on chair and stuck hundred of 'i love hooters' stickers all over me then sang to me.. there is a hilarious video of it.. so when it gets put up ill upload it onto here.. as you can imagine i was loving the attention!! haha!

when we got back we all tucked into cake and then went for a midnight swim!! perfect way to end the day tbf! had a really good birthday but missed u all!!
love u xx

My Role

Today was a pretty boring day tbf... sat in a room for hourss about housing talks etc... however i found out where im workin! im in downtown disney ( which is apparently really good) I dont have a clue.. but at least i wont be working til 4am like i wud be in magic kingdom.. we are also wallys an read our itinery wrong.. so veryt good chance i will be working this weekend!! haha
thats about all for noww!! love ux

First Day

Heyaaa!! pretty exciting day yesterday!! todays my birthday!! wooopp!
so yesterday mornin we all got up an had breakfast!! then went for a swim an a little sunbathe at the hotel! weather is amazinggg!! then we managed to loads 8 people and millions of suitcases into a taxi.. pretty good efforts then came over to disney! was soo exciting.. we all got given a number then went inside... i told them my number an the lady got really exciting an shouted 'its cara's birthday!!!!!!' haha on our welcome pack they had a big badge saying happy birthday cara.. so then all the disney people stood around me and started singing to me... then they gave me mickey mouse and took loads of pictures of me! was quite funny. we then got taken to our aparetments. im on vista way... which is cool... its the rubbish one of all the aparetments... an the same place anna is at. My friend amy is at patterson so was a shame to be seperated but the lads are on vista aswell which was cool. I got to my apartment and there was a french girl called patirica there.. really nice.. were now roommates and have an onsuite which is cool!!
we took an eventful trip to walmart!! haha had to buy loads!! not even a hanger in the wardrobe so ended up spendin a fair bit and got myself a new camera!!
once we finally got back to the apartment after a crazy spanish taxi driver not knowing the way home!! we quickly unpacked and went to patterson for a pool party. Amys apartment is soooo nice!!! alot nicer than ours! then headed over to the party. Was abit strange not being able to have a drink at the party but was really good in the end. we all had a dance and we got free pizza and stuff!! which was cool!
then went back to amys an chilled out with pizzza!! really good made lots of friends now!!
came back to apparetments and theres a few more housemates but most are asleep now!!
so its my brithday 2day but only 8am sooo nothing happened yet!! have house meetings an things today dont have traditions til friday. have saturday, sunday an monday off!! so were headin to all the parks!!! so that should be good!
off to hooters 2nite with my housemates an al the people i travelled with so should be a good night!!
love uu xx