Cast Member no more?

Nooooooo. I cant believe it! I am officially done working! I have one full day left in Florida! Where the heck has this year gone?
This past couple of days was a tad bit sad. Obviously. Sunday I worked until a quarter after 3 in the morning. THE MORNING! Ah. I work Magic Kingdom it's not out of the ordinary. The park was open until 2 for Extra Magic Hours and Danny and Bianca were the other two who stayed late with me (only one store in the zone I was in is open for EMH) We had a blast. Bianca was thugging up all these Disney songs then Danny would opera-fy them. I was dying. (clearly the park gets a little slow that late into the night.) Monday I closed and Tuesday i closed. Tuesday the parks hours got extended from 11 to 12 so us closing shift was force extended until 1:30. That was kinda annoying because I had to be back in exactly 8 hours to start my next shift. Tuesday was my last day in Zone 1 meaning the stores meaning...my pixie dust! Hopping on the shuttle to go back to West clock the Adventureland glow peeps were on the shuttle. I saw Haley who funny story one day I was sitting with her on break and realized she goes to BYU-ever since then I've seen her at church and what not but anyway shes in Adventureland and she was like "Umm I heard you leave soon" and I was like "Yep tomorrow is my last day" and so we made plans on how we have to hang out when she goes back to school because shes working until August. Then once the shuttle pulled into West clock an Adventureland coordinator spotted me and she was in the back and I was about in the middle and suddenly I hear "MADISON!" and so i look around and as the doors open and people start piling out of the bus I spot her just waving away and I get all excited and wave and suddenly the back half of the shuttle decide to join in by calling my name and waving to me. I'm such a rockstar! Today was my last day and I was in my least favorite zone but it was fine. It was a rainy day so I got to spend my last day doing my ever so favorite poncho selling. *insert lots of sarcasm!*
I have hated saying goodbye to people though as the days go by. I've made such fantastic friends and I dont want to say goodbye!
Tomorrow i'm playing at the park all day and I have to say goodbye to my parade and Wishes. A tear may or may not get shed. :(
I'm so excited to get home and see my family and get out of this ghetto I have been living in. But so not ready to give up the Disney life and friends!! :(

Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirates Life for Me....

What a week. I had 60 hours of work this week. Let me tell you this, I am exhausted! I was yet again in Adventureland and the working long shifts there is the most miserable thing because it's so slow. And then long shifts in Pirates sucks because you are in the same place hours on end. All in all the week went by really fast and my paycheck is going to rock!

Monday night I got off work a quarter to 8 and Barb and Kristen were off so we decided to hit up MK obviously. We had plans (I had plans) to research the ever so attractive Adventureland hottie. We joked around we would be doing the Tikki Room at least 7 times but lucky for the other two and sadly for me, no sight of Adventureland hottie. So we rode some rides, watched some Wishes, the usual. We then decided to hit up the fairies and there was absolutely no wait so we sat and chatted with Tinkerbell and Rosetta for a few minutes. Talked about Vista Way and how we worked there. 

Tuesday Kristen and I had a day off so we started it with a trip to Downtown Disney to research a boy. We got the response "no one here by that name works here" Kristen was like....uhh i've seen him here. That's how I met him. Anyway so he's a figment of her imagination so we ventured to the MK once more to watch my fantastic 3 0'clock parade. The day had been a little rainy so I feared they would do the rainy day parade and not my parade. We were at the starting point but as soon as it started it started to sprinkle so I was worried the dancers would bounce but they stayed and I saw my parade. Wahoo. But Cinderella's float was MIA so it's a good thing I will see it one more time! :) We then got in line to meet Merida and she was so cute. I was wearing my paper plane necklace and while waiting the character attendant was like it reminds me of the Paperman and I was like oh my gosh yeah! and then thats the first thing Merida said and she was like maybe if I met someone like him i would let him shoot for my arm. Then she points to another character attendnat and she was like what about him? Do you think I should let him and I was like "ehh.." and she leans in and was like "it's alright, he plays for the other team" hahaha I couldnt stop laughing. She was fantastic. Then we went to meet the Princesses cause Kristen needed Rapunzels autograph and as soon as we walked in the room Rapunzel was in the front corner greeting a guest so we couldnt see her so Kristen stopped and was like "WHERES RAPUNZEL?" like about to have a meltdown. It was hilarious. Then she came into view so all was right in the world again. We then ventured to Adventureland to see the ever amazing Aladdin and it was hilarious! Aladdin was hiding from Kristen and Jasmine was like he thinks you're a sandwhich and Kristen was like "WHAT?" and Jasmine was like oh not the edible kind and then she went off on a story of what a sandwhich was and I was cracking up. 

Kristen then got the great idea to go ask a cast member if the Adventureland hottie was working. Yeah, no he was off. Apparently he was the only one in all of Magic Kingdom to have two days off this week. Then we went over and met Tiana and Naveen and Kristen had been using a Rapunzel pen to get the autographs so when Kristen was up she was talking to Tiana and Naveen was like how do I use this pen? so I call out you have to pull the hair off, meaning the end of the hair but he thought the head so he starts pulling at the head and Kristen, Tiana, and I all call out "NOOO!" and once again I couldnt stop laughing. Naveen was tramatized. When I went up for a picture he was like "Suddenly just three girls were yelling at me!"

Kristen and I then did some adult like things like ride rides and then got in line for some ice cream before the projection show and it was our lucky day because we got free ice cream! YAY! The cast members were practicing how to twirl it so bam! Free ice cream for us! Celebrate the Magic was amazing. Wishes was amazing. 

Wednesday-Saturday I brutally worked. Thursday night I was working in Agrabah right by the CDS and Katie was stocking so she was sitting there talking to me and Adventureland hottie walked back to the cds when we didnt see because honestly, we had been playing with a bubble gun. hahaha. Anyway Katie goes to the back and comes out and goes "Maaaaadison you're boyfriend is at the CDS!" The door was still cracked open so he obviously heard. I yelled at her. Friday the park was open 24 hours for Monstrous Summer. What a disaster. I got stuck at the dumb cart hours on end and I hate that cart. I was there for fireworks which I loved and I met some great guests who I really enjoyed talking to. but besides that I felt like I was holding up a sign saying "HI! Come complain to me about the parks crowd!" So annoying. I was scheduled to get off at 1 AM but not enough people showed up for the land so we had to close at 1 so I was there till 2 helping close up. Saturday I was in Pirates all day and the managers and coordinators were coming up to me and was like "Is this your last day with us?" And I would be like "Yup. Forever." and they would be sad because they love me! :) there is also one coordinator who everytime he sees me he calls me Madison square garden. Like i'll walk by and he'll just be like "Madison Square Garden." and i'm like..hi. 

Today was my last Sunday in Florida and I really cant believe how fast time has gone. It was great to see the missionaries because let's be honest, they have been a huge blessing in my life while here in Florida. I'm so glad I get to spend my last couple of days back in Fantasyland.

Casual research on The Magic Carpets

Hottie Mc-Hot Hot

Well this past week I was in Adventureland and it was whatever. Nothing cool, nothing exciting. JUST KIDDING. I love when I show up in Adventureland and the managers are like "Oh hey! Welcome back!" or i'm talking to another cast member and make some comment on being deployed and they are like "But i've seen you here before" My favorite is when the thailand girls saw me and they just started laughing and were like "oh my gosh. You came back." (in their thick accent) haha so funny. One night I walked down to the Utilidor and my glow friends were down there and they were like "MADISON YOU'RE HERE!" And I just glared at them and they were like "IN ADVENTURELAND..." And I was like uh ya i'm back next week too and then we all had to try to compare schedules to see if we ever work together. But not really because they are all glow. All the time. Everyday all day. Just kidding I think it got solved I do get to work with a couple of them thank goodness. Anyway on day this week besides stocking Pirates I also stocked Adventureland (the land as they say) a few days later and it was so boring. My Fan-land friend was stocking squeeze breeze in the Utilidor so I would just take my sweet time talking to him each time I had to go down. Then some Adventureland friends had the day off and stopped by and one friend had all these Happy Birthday buttons but they were random like they had Mulan and Hannah Montana and just the most random names and it was hilarious. He then made me make him 5 new ones...one for each member of One Direction. Of course I was happy to oblige! Also on Thursday (this stocking day) I was in the back stockroom right by where Aladdin and Jasmine hang out when they are off stage and in walks Jasmine. in walks Aladdin. and....in walks the Genie. I about jumped 10 feet it scared me. I've never seen the genie outside the parade before. I was like what in the world. Then on Friday Jasmine was flying solo and it was heartbreaking...not for her for me! BUT....I did see my Adventureland hottie and thats always an amazing time. Later that night Kristen gave me this huge pep talk on how i needed to talk to him and blah blah blah. Because all we do is walk past each other and smile. Which I mean that sounds like a pretty solid relationship just saying. So Saturday came and I had a 12.5 hour shift. I'm sorry but in Adventureland thats miserable because it's so slow! I wasn't by the register where Aladdin's meet and greet is once while he was there but I did see him in the back a few times and he would wave to me so i'm just saying...we're in love. I finally got by that register at night though and that register is by the door that people use to get to the computer. I waited patiently for Adventureland hottie to walk by and nothing...just standing there because there were no guests even near me. Oh hey...what up there comes a guest wanting to check out some pins. and oh hey..to my right, there goes Adventureland hottie to the back. Perfect timing. I smiled at him as he walked by cause obviously I was talking to a guest..I couldnt shaft her. She then left because the pins were a disapointment and I stood there and out walks Adventureland hottie. He walked right past me, smiled and said hi. Solid. Talk about being in love. No but seriously-he's a total babe. Then I sat and played with a fake snake that makes everyone think is real and I was scaring like a billion people and it was hilarious and I would like pretend to make it jump at little kids as they would come to pet it to see if it was real and I was finding way too much joy in this. THEN...I was sitting there bored outta my mind with my pet snake and this little boy just sat staring at me and his mom was like oh you see the snake. So I sat and talked to him (well mostly his mom because he just sat and stared at me) He did finally tell me he was 4 years old though and shared the story about how he was swimming and grabbed a shark by it's tale. I was like uhh..you wont pet my rubber snake but you can grab sharks? And the mom was telling me how they just watched Indiana Jones and Indiana is scared of Snakes so I kept calling him Indiana jones. He would sit and like almost glare at me though and it was hilarious so I would be like "dont smile. Dont you dare smile" and he was start smiling and it was so cute. Finally after a good 15 minutes they started walking away but he got stopped by the cool music instruments we have. He picked one up and ran over to show me. He then gave me one and we put together a band. The mom and I were just cracking up so much and other cast members would walk by, stop to talk to him (but mostly the mom cause she was the only one who would talk) and then go on their way. Oh man he was killing me. I asked him if he would please stay in Disney with me and he just shook his head like girl you're crazy! Finally the mom got him to go on the Magic Carpets which is right across from the store and said they could wave to me as they went by. We started closing the store but I watched them as they got off the ride. The mom as they walked by was like "Mason wave bye to your friend" and he just started running away but then looked back waved and kept running. haha such a fun kid. Oh then I finally got to go home and I was sitting on the bus and the Adventureland hottie got on and BAM started talking to someone and yeah...he's got an accent. It's Australian and well I also said I needed a Brit but i'm willing to make this sacrifice.
Anyway-My life is clearly a joke.

Hey if the crown fits..

Alrighty well...last Saturday was Merida's coordination. Now, for those of you who dont know who Merida is shame on you. She is from Brave. (Which confession. I'm not the biggest fan of-mostly because i'm too hopeless of a romantic and I need a love story and that movie had none. NONE! Where is a dashing Scottish prince for her?) ANYWAY-that was a lot of fun. Merida is officially a Princess. My favorite people from the Ellen show Sophia Grace and Rosie were there and they sang a little song and Debby Ryan from the Disney Channel was there filming something. Olympic medalist Gabby Douglas and her mom talked during the ceremony so I mean..fun day of celebrities. Of course the real celebrity that day was Merida. :)After the coordination my friend Stephanie, her friend Jason, and I set off to go play in the park. Jason seems to know everyone and their dog so he got us like a billion fast passes for Splash Mountain. We only rode it 3 times though. Stephanie then had to go to work so I went back to the apartment. I was home for about two hours before Kayla, Barb and i set off to MK once again to watch Wishes for Kayla's last time since she is leaving in just a few days. We got our graduation ears em-bordered (had to run up to my store for that of course) and passed one of my favorite cast members Michael who was on his glow cart infront of the castle. Might I add this night I had decided I would do a British accent all night long and unlike my roommates-Michael appreciated it. So anyway then we headed over to Thunder but it was down (it had actually gone down when I was there earlier and was down the rest of the night) there was a cast member there holding the giant SMILE sign so I got a picture with him-never breaking out of my accent might I add. Then I asked Barb if the picture looked alright and he was like "well of course you do" and I was like Oh my gosh you are so sweet. Haha it's the accent man. Not only does it get girls when the guys do it-apparently it picks up boys for the girls! :) Anyway we watched some Wishes, rode some rides, had some fun, visited that cute little mouse named Mickey. the usual.
Sunday off to Pirates I went for a stock shift. After Pirates I came home and then was like ya know what...i'm gonna go get my Princess bag signed. I was planning on doing it the next day but decided I would go get some signatures in so I wouldn't have so many to do on Monday. So Kayla came with me and we hit up the Theater and Ariels grotto. I didn't need Rapunzels signature cause she isnt on my bag but she was the cutest Rapunzel ever! She was jumping all over the place and what not. I loved her! Then I moved on and got Aurora's and Cinderella's signature. We then rushed over to Ariels grotto and man I get so excited to meet her each time. She was so cute as well. She looked at the bag and was like "AH THERE I AM!" haha then we rode some rides and away we went. The next I got up early to finish the quest to get the bag signed. I hit up Jasmine and Aladdin and dang let me say this Aladdin was HILARIOUS! He was tapping on my shoulder so I would look the other way and saying the funniest stuff. He impersonated Snow White, Merida, and Jasmine and I was dying. He taught me some fun facts and when he noticed i didn't have Snow White's signature yet he was like "Uh oh. Dont tell her I made fun of her" hahaha. Love Aladdin. Jasmine was so fun too. I then went over to Epcot to hit up Snow White and Belle. I had been waiting for this moment to meet Belle for a long time. This is because it's the only place to meet her and......She's in her blue dress which I just love and adore and just ah! She was so cute! Before I left she was like "can I have a hug?" And in my head im like what the..i've never seen a princess ask anyone over the age of like 8 for a hug. I then naturally had to take a stroll through England and Mary Poppins and Alice were out so I naturally had to get a picture with them. I then swung by the Grand Floridian because that was something I told myself I had to do was go inside it. It's amazing and I want to stay there one day! Later that night I went back to Epcot to watch their firework show because I actually hadn't yet. And i'm sorry but I had been told Illuminations was better than Wishes but those people were on crack! NO WAY! Wishes kicks trash! It was a good show though and I stood by a cute boy so brownie points!
Today Kayla and I hit up Animal Kingdom in the morning. We rode Everest a few times, met Pochantos, rode Dinosaur (which made me miss Indiana Jones in Disneyland) did the Safari and watched the Lion King show which was awesome! I came home, took a nap, then went to Hollywood Studios with Kristen and some of her friends. We did some rides, ate some food, and watched the beloved Fantasmic!
Sadly I dont have another day off till next Tuesday and it will be my last day off! :( Next week is a killer week with 60 hours and i'm in Adventureland again. I'm actually really sad this time because with the end of my program near I want to be in my homeland so bad-plus all the friends i've made in Adventureland do the glow carts!
-Alright i'm sorry this was such a long post! Thats what happens when I have to cover four days off! Cant believe I only have one more schedule to get and it's only half a week. Ahh.

Getting the bag signed

Cute princesses! 

Such a fun last couple of days off!!

Whistle While I Work...

Alright so heres the thing-
No matter where I go I seem to be the target of a joke. For example. The other day I was working in the Winnie the Pooh shop (cleverly named Hundred Acres Goods) and in the stock room you can hear the same part of the ride over and over again. "I'll save ya Piglet" "Oh no! A very big waterfall!" Alright most annoying thing in the world. If there are ever at least two of you in the stock room you just sit and quote it over and over to each other. Alright well..this ride seems to go down a bit. "Spilled honey" as we like to say. You can walk back in the stock room not hear that and go oh..rides down. So the other day I was out on the floor merchentaining..holding Pooh in one hand while the other hand is behind his shirt so it looks like he is really waving. The kids absolutely love it. Anyway I was out doing that and a maintance worker comes in looks at me and goes "Did you make the ride go down? What did you do?" And I was like oh..sorry man. Couldnt help it. THEN...I was in Castle another day just chatting with a photo pass person and he was pretending to shoot me with his scanner and I was like "How much do i cost?" and he was like "It wont go that low" I sat there for a moment and then realized what he meant so I was like HEY! and he just busted up laughing. See people. I dont even know these people and they pick on me!
Anyway that was a random tangent. So...last week it was a very rainy week. Like one day I met with the missionaries and they didnt have a guy with them so we sat on my porch as it rained. Oh and PS...they said I was basically perfect. Something i've been trying to tell my mom for years! :) After they left Barb and I headed to Magic Kingdom. Because of the rain there were absolutely NO lines! We rode every ride twice-most the time without getting off. It was a blast!
So...i've stocked Castle twice this past week and am deployed to Adventureland once again next week! I have two stock shifts over there and i'm like you kidding me? This isnt my land! I dont know the way you stock things or whatever. Frustrating. So Tuesday I was supposed to go to Olly Murs concert but low behold it was sold out. I was so sad. I was looking forward to it so much! So Katie and I went to Magic Kingdom to go play instead. Katie made me experience for my first time ever the Tikki Room and The Carousal of Progress. Also a first was the Jungle Cruise at night...just saying its different then the day alright!? Then yesterday-Wednesday- I was working and my manager from Utah was like you guys thanks so much for being in front of the registers and I was like yeah what are you doing back there? Ad he was like "HEY! I will send you back to Utah where you belong!...just kidding. I wouldnt do that to anyone!" Hahahaha I laughed so hard.
Yesterday was also graduation for the program. It was so early because they just had two days of graduations for everyone leaving in May and early June. It was a lot of fun. Kristen, Barb and I went (the original three) and had a lot of fun even though Kristen bounced early because her mom and aunt are in town. The graduation party consisted of getting a certificate, some mickey ears, (I officially earned my ears woop woop) eating some food, dance parties, random flags for pictures, a photo booth and of course....a graduation picture with Mickey and Minnie. It was a blast!
Then today I worked and a girl gave me her debit card to pay and BAM! I was like wait a second..I have this same card! She goes to my school and is here on vacation! It was exciting! I love meeting people from Utah. But I love meeting people from England more! When I give them back their change and they go Brill or Cheers or Lovely I just about die. Seriously people....like let me come home with you PLEASE!
Anyway I have 2.5 weeks left in Florida! I cant believe it!

The Original Three

I'm a graduate

Me and Miss Katie

I love these sooooo much

Celebrate A Dream Inside of You!

So......this is my favorite parade in the whole entire world. I'm dedicating this blog post to it because sadly next year it will no longer exist. Yes I am heart broken. Not sure why considering I wont even be around and the new parade they are getting is going to be all about Fantasyland! [Wahoo] but come on...how can you not love this parade? I may have watched it enough times that I even know the dance moves..no regrets people. No regrets. "Wow did Genie make up that word?" ....."All it takes is faith and trust.....and just a little bit of pixie dust!"
Ahh...feel the magic people. Feel the magic!