25 things you learn as a CP

25 things I learned as a CP (in no particular order)
1. You're never to old for Disney
2. Sometimes you get stuck living in the ghetto, and it is indeed ghetto
3. You quickly learn enough about Celsius when the air conditioning panel falls off the wall and the Norweginers set it to Celsius instead of Fahrenheit.
4. Pixie Dust is hard to remove
5. The world still believes Mormons practice polygamy
6. Florida's weather is more bipolar than Utah's weather.
7. Just because you're a cast member people expect you to know EVERYTHING about Disney.
8. Stickers help make a little kid stop crying
9. The buses are bound to  break down or be late
10. A sleep schedule doesnt exist. Especially if you work in the MK.
11. You can count on a lot of CP's being at IHop at 3 AM on any given night.
12. It's totally appropriate to be the only adult without a child in line to meet a character.
13. Force extensions suck
14. Aladdin is and always will be a total babe.
15. Main Street has the best break room.
16. It's totally normal to stay up late discussing which little girl princess dresses are cute and which ones need changing.
17. Guests get frustrated if you dont speak Spanish....i'm sorry, I thought we were in America?
18. It's not weird to beg families from England to take you back with them. Instead they tell you all about their country!
19. Touch to Pay is either so helpful or a pain in my behind!
20. Nothing brings me and a guest together more than their 1D merch
21. The best guests are always the little kids. They are so much fun to talk to.
22. Dont let your roommate put things on your side of the dresser apparently.
23. The shuttle likes to play Walking On Sunshine when its 1 in the morning AND raining.
24. I think i'm gonna be a pretty rocking mom the way i've dealt with drunks....
25. It's pretty incredible to create friendships with people from all over the world!

So long. Farewell.

I'm back home! :( Oh my gosh how the past few months have been a spectacular journey and i honestly just cant believe its over!
Thursday Kristen and I went to MK to play where Barb met up with us a few hours later. We were there from park opening (give or take a little bit) to park close. We had a blast and was trying to squeeze in everything one last time. It rained a little bit but that didnt put a damper on our parade. No seriously...the parade still went on. thank goodness. I was terrified the rain would cause my 3 0'clock parade to become the rainy day parade and that wouldnt be good for my last time ever. But my parade still went on. I got to see my Adventureland hottie one last time. (most heartbreaking thing walking away knowing I will never see him again...seriously people...total babe!) and was heartbroken once more when Wishes was finished. A lot of cast members -especially those of us who work in the MK grow tired of Wishes, but no no no. Not me. Goosebumps every single time. Unfortunately Tinkerbell didnt fly this night and we were all shocked, we were making up some huge thing like oh its a sign that its time to go home. Time to go grow up. But that just made me sad so we had to go ride Thunder Mountain instead and forget the real world for a few more hours. Barbs mom came and picked us up from the park and once back in 1102 Barb finished packing and left. One down from the original 3 and now all that was left was Kristen and I. It was about 1 in the morning at this point and we had a shuttle to catch at 4 so we planned not to go to sleep. I showered and finished packing while Kristen finished up her stuff. Finally about 230 we were done and ready to go so we sat around until 330 when we went out and waited for the shuttle (plus we didnt want to hold a conversation much longer with a certain person.) Kristen got off the shuttle before I did because her airline was in a different part of the airport than mine so we made our goodbyes quick and away she went. Really sad. Then I sat around and waited for a few hours fighting sleep because I had been up since 730 the previous day. Finally I got on the plane and was asleep while the plane was still taking off. I slept clear until Denver where I had a layover. My flight got delayed an hour so that was super boring. Luckily one of my close friends from Florida was texting me so that kept me occupied for a while.
My family was there to meet me at the airport and they even had signs. I was so excited to finally see Easton in person and to see Kennadi. Lets be honest, the two people I missed the most while I was gone was those two.
My family then went out to dinner and Kennadi, Cami and Austin then came and stayed with us until today so i've had a blast playing with Kennadi.
I'm constantly snap chatting Barb about our post-Disney life and how sad it is and getting texts from Kristen stating "It was only a dream!" [a running joke among 1102] And to top it off for whatever reason we always quote a certain part in Princess Diaries and tonight it was on TV following Cinderella-with WDW commercials like every minute. Like alright world-enough! I'm trying to cope with my life not Disney centered.
I'm still trying to get used to saying normal things because a lot of things arent okay in the real world. Like casually bringing up a character in a conversation isn't normal or breaking out into a Disney song.
I've learned a lot over the past few months though and am definitely not the girl I was when I left. But I think its for the better possibly? :)

Meeting Wendy and Peter together? Amazing. And this Peter>>

Carousal like champs! "I"M ON A LITTLE KID HORSE!"

You've gotta commit!

Conga line!!

This picture is greater than other Disney pictures I have

Love these girls! [And love the castle we're infront of!]

Who took this photo? Adventureland Hottie. Who begged everyone not to embarrass me infront of him? Me. Who buckled in their backpack? Kristen. Who asked him to take our photo? Barb. 

Barb had to pull me away from Adventureland hottie. My last ever look. So depressing.

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

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