Random Pictures

Helen had never driven a car before (from China) so we went to the Tomorrowland Speedway to let her try her skills... unfortunately the cars there max out at about 6 MPH. Seriously... I can run faster than they go. But she had fun.



Helen kept asking me, "Why do Americas... they trow their money away? You in recession, no? But I just sink it funny you trow money down there... no one get it!" All I can say is.... yep. You're right. :) Haha. But really it's only a few coins per person and for a few pennies, if you can give someone hope and a wish (after spending $5000 on a trip to Disney World)... it's worth it. :)



The talking trash can sang happy birthday to this princess. It followed them all around the park AND knew their names!




My first Mickey Mouse pancakes!



My old store location. It's so depressing!!!





Feeding the duckies! There wasn't a sign, so we were good.

My AWESOME Job and Park Playin'!

I've actually written about five entries since last time I posted. However I haven't ended up posting any of them because I always end up wanting to write about stuff I'm not allowed to write about... and then it gets put in my other, private journal on my computer. Or it just gets insanely long and I feel bad making my reader(s) read that much of me. But moving on.

I've finally moved into my final apartment. My roommates are awesome. Three of us work in the Magic Kingdom and my fourth roommate, who's from Hawaii, works at the Polynesian Resort.

Our actual apartment has some problems... primarily water and the fact that there's flooding in random parts of our apartment. Like in our front hallway and in front of the stove of all places! Also, we woke up this morning with no water in our toilet... that was weird. My roommate's reporting that stuff right now though so I'm sure it'll be fixed soon. They are really good about maintenance here.

As for my job I'm loving every second of it! Well... almost every second. There was one day a day or two ago that I just wanted to burst into tears, give up, and be moved. But I only had one more hour of work that day and I forced myself through because really, I'm not a quitter. This job is way way WAY harder than my old job though. Yeah, I had a whole post going off of that sentence there earlier that I never posted. I may post it later though because it had many funny stories in it. :)

Yesterday, Cami, Jenna, and I went to EPCOT. Neither Cami nor Jenna had ever been before. In fact, they'd never even been to Disney really before this program. I got to be their tour guide for the day. Unfortunately, no one loves EPCOT quite like I do, but I think they still had fun. Jenna really loved Test Track... she was laughing uncontrollably, it was so funny!

I got to say hi to a bunch of people I worked with last year. A lot of them didn't recognize me without my glasses (I wore sunglasses most of the day). It was so funny because they all just looked at me for a second staring and then jumped and were like, "Heeeey!!! What's goin' on girl! You here to stay!? Oh, I haven't seen you in forever!" I love those welcomes!

We also went on some attractions I'd never done before. I'd never done them because I didn't think I'd like them, but they were actually really fun. We went on the Maelstrom ride in Norway and that was actually really good... It freaked me out for a good part of it, though. Also we did the boat ride in Mexico. It was good... just not amazing.

My Imagination area was horribly depressing. They got rid of Crystal Magic. They put walls up around the email picture machines. They stopped the "Imagination Institute" show. And next they're getting rid of my beloved pictures and puzzles that I used to make for people! They already got rid of Honey I Shrunk the Audience and put in Michael Jackson's Captain EO. We watched that. All I can say about it is that as I left the theater, the only thought going through my head was, "What the heck did I just watch?" Weird. Just weird. Maybe I would have liked it more if I knew Michael's music... or cared about him at all.

Today, I'm going to the Magic Kingdom with Helen (a Chinese girl from work) and Jenna (my room roommate). As I said earlier, our job is very hard in many ways. But one way is that we have to know a LOT of random knowledge. Helen was really having trouble with knowing the park and directions to places. She's also scared to go alone because she's only been in America for two weeks and still having trouble with language and normal culture shock. So we're going to go there today and work on knowing the park.

The main thing I was having trouble with was memorizing where all the busses and boats went to. How do you get to Wide World of Sports? How do you get to Disney Quest? How do you get to Fort Wilderness?

None of those answers were what I thought. I thought I could just send them to the TTC and from there they could get a bus... but no. It has to be complicated.

Anyway, my roommate just got back from the office and we're leaving at ten for the MK so I'm done. Maybe I'll have a post with pics soon. I haven't really taken many because I've been working and I'm not allowed to take pictures of the many amazing backstage things I see and Cami doesn't want her picture on the internet (but she only specified facebook... not blogger... heehee). But maybe sometime I'll have some play pictures up.

Also, today's my sister's birthday! Happy birthday sister!!!

Captain EO

When I worked at Imagination in Disney World, I heard rumors several times about how Captain EO would make it's return sometime in the "near future." For those who don't know, Captain EO was an attraction in the place where I worked from 1986-1994 centering around Michael Jackson. Since Michael died last year, they were talking about bringing it back in his memory.

I heard the rumors. I didn't care. I'm not really a die hard Michael Jackson fan. I wasn't totally sure where they were going to put the attraction, but I definitely heard people talk about it. I thought it was one of those rumors that was just a rumor though.

But it's true. As of two days ago, the new Captain EO attraction opened up in the place where Honey I Shrunk the Audience used to be, right outside the doors from where I used to work. Honey I Shrunk the Audience was a pretty good show in my opinion. But I'll be honest, it scared the kids.

I remember one day I was working in strollers. As people return their strollers I would sometimes make small talk with them. One particular family with a little girl came to return theirs. I asked the little girl what her favorite part of the park was. She said Test Track as probably 90% of the little kids enjoy that ride the most. Her dad then completed this by saying, "Yep, but she sure didn't like the snake in the Audience show." The mom of the family pushed her husband and said, "Don't remind her!" as the little girl began crying. I had to try really hard not to laugh. Apparently she was deathly afraid of snakes. And there was a giant snake in the 3D Audience film determined to freak out small children. That why the signs say, "Warning, may be frightening for children!" Although, the Ellen DeGeneres ride also says it's frightening and it isn't at all. Meh.

Apparently Captain EO is supposed to be frightening as well. I will have to see. The only ride at Disney World that seriously freaked me out was the Dinosaur ride in Animal Kingdom. I rode it several times and each time I can say I was genuinely freaked out of my mind almost to tears. It was awesome!

EPCOT, My Typical Days

Today was pretty crazy at work. Several things happened but I only have the patience to write about one, really.

Tom brought this little girl over to me after I'd been there a little while. Tom's English is not so good and this poor little girl was in tears (probably about nine years old I'd imagine). He told me, "Uhh, she lose parent I ssink? Mebbee? I don know?"

So I got down to the girl's level and started trying to figure out what happened. She was lost, but she wasn't really responding to anything I said. She kind of mumbled some stuff I didn't understand. Then it dawned on me.

Why do lost children always have to be foreign!? "Habla Espanol?" I asked. Most lost kids speak only Spanish although I had one once who spoke Portuguese.

"No." She replied. Then she went off in French. The only thing I know how to say in French is "I don't speak French" and I can't type that on here cuz I can only say it, not spell it. Anyway, that didn't help much so I tried to tell her it was okay and I went straight to the phone.

We have a hotline we can call and tell them what language we need and they get us a translator within seconds. Or at least that's how it would work ideally. I've never actually had to use it before. Unfortunately it took me time to find the number and then I had to be transferred between a few people. Overall it took just a couple minutes. But it took long enough so that by the time I actually had the girl on the phone with another woman who spoke French, this guy from attractions came over to me.

"Hey, did you find a little French girl anywh- wait.... is that crying girl French?"

Sure enough he was having the exact same problem on his end with the dad because apparently dad didn't speak English either and was babbling off in French showing with his hands he was looking for a little girl.

Needless to say we eventually got them reunited but I felt terrible because most of the time when we reunite the kids to the parents it's like this big thing where the parents imagined their child was dead and the kid thought they had been orphaned so they're all hugging and kissing. This situation the dad grabbed the poor little girl's arm and started yelling at her. I felt so bad for her. So sad.

Anyway, some other things happened like the lady who dropped her camera on the ride and it went down into this crack that's impossible to get into without shutting down the whole building.

Then this girl I work with called in (a common occurrence, no one was really surprised) so I had to be extended (more money! I'm so not complaining!) and then we had some other minor problems with the attractions people. Really, there shouldn't be rivalry between Attractions and Merchandise... and there isn't. But I think there should be more unity between attractions and merch. The merch people never really know what attractions are up to and vise versa. Meh.

Anyway, for the most part it was a great day. I got two hugs from little kids which is rare but totally welcome. One of the little girls was disabled and stuck in a wheelchair but she asked her dad to ask me to come around so she could give me a hug which was so totally cute of her.

The other girl I brought behind the counter because it was her birthday and she had a special call. I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say about that but she was adorable and she kept asking me questions about it. I answered her questions to the best of my ability and eventually satisfied her "whys." And then I stood up and she hugged me around my legs and it was the cutest thing ever.

Actually, I see a lot of "cutest things ever" here. It's so great!

I "graduate" in two days. That means I get my "graduation ears" and stuff. So fun!

Now for pictures that I haven't posted in forever.

My American Adventure costume. This was the night I got to watch the candlelight processional. So fun! Except for the weird petticoat part. Still not sure what that is... I had trouble getting that apron thing on and this gay guy was going to try and help me but really I'd rather a natural girl help me with that sort of thing. Weird...



We went to Chef Mickey's for my birthday on the 7th. But Heather's little sister Allison happened to be in town so we celebrated for her too. Unfortunately for me the munchkin gets more attention than the twenty year old. But really? Look at her. She deserved every minute of it and I was glad to share it with her.

Natalie and Janessa with Donald



Allison's adorable face all covered in birthday frosting.



Heather and adorable Allison



I realized I didn't have any pictures with my boss so I had to snap at least one. Even if he's in his chef's outfit!



Kelly by our amazing Christmas tree!!!



Heather and I made a freakin' AMAZING Thanksgiving turkey. Not bad for a first try. We woke up at something like 6am and went to Walmart for last minute supplies because Thanksgiving was really held on Monday because that was the only time we could all go and since Heather and I had never done anything like this before a few calls to mommy were necessary but other than that.... yeah. It was totally amazing. Like, it totally fell off the bone amazing.



Our family. Me, Janessa, Kelly, Heather, Lis and Natalie. And Steve.



Thanksgiving feast before.



Thanksgiving feast after. Yeah, we hardly made a dent.




Ahhhh the beach. I love you soooooooo much!



After spelling my name like this kept getting killed.



I went up a little further and just made my name like this.






We buried each other in the sand. Now I can say I've done it. And I never ahve to do it again!



Does this guy not look exactly like Captain Jack Sparrow? It's downright creepy cuz his mannerisms are identical too. Pretty cool.



EPCOT!



Picture of the morning we ate breakfast with the princesses. I really wish I had better photos of this morning. Alyssa and Laura, my friends from work, invited me to go with them. I'm sooooo glad I went! But soooo sad I have no group photos of all of us. The food was amazing though!

The Kitchen Sink

Incidentally, we had clean checks today and our kitchen sink did not pass. Something about how we were supposed to wipe it out better. Our over and fridge were supposed to be wiped out too. Ah well, we passed as a whole anyway and that's all the matters. :)

Then we went to Beaches and Cream and ate the kitchen sink! I've been wanting to do this since I came down here and I'm so glad that my friends and I could all spend the evening together tonight! Unfortunately, Natalie missed out on the actual sink eating, but we all watched Illuminations in EPCOT afterwards which was great!!

Here we are waiting to be seated. The 15-25 minute wait turned out to be about 10. Yay!





And then we made it inside. But we were still waiting. Me, Heather, Janessa, Lis and Kelly.



And then the lights got dim and these orange lights started flashing (so sad I didn't get a picture of it but I wasn't expecting it!) and then they brought it out to us announcing it to the whole restaurant!



The kitchen sink!



The progression of our kitchen sink. It looks smaller than it is, I promise!!



They start on the bottom with caramel, hot fudge, and peanut butter. Then comes eight scoops of ice cream.



They use an entire can of whipped cream and a whole can of cherries.



They also add every single ice cream topping in the shop. Sprinkles, Oreos, strawberries, banana, brownies, pineapple, butterscotch chips, fruit gummies (I think that's what they were...) Angel food cake, etc. etc. etc. I don't even remember everything!



This was the best we could do.



Lis and Heather checkin' out the FREE jukebox. I never figured out how to work it though. I guess you're supposed to wait for the song that's playing to end.




They had problems with their computer systems or something so it took a while to get our check. So we started dancing. And by "we" I mean Janessa and Heather.




I think the waitress accidentally spilled a cherry stem in my cup. Heather said she thought I put it there "for flavor." Psh.



Me, Heather, and Janessa. Being weird.



The cute little ice cream shop! LOVE it!

American Adventure!

Normally I would have had yesterday and today off. And by "normally" I mean "this week" because let's face it, my life schedule is absolutely not normal.

Either way I picked up shifts for both days. Yesterday was American Adventure and today I worked in Strollers for the second time.

American Adventure was fantastic! It was amazing because I got to be outside almost the whole time. And in case you don't know, American Adventure is where the EPCOT Candlelight Processional takes place. The Candlelight Processional basically is just a bunch of singing and a Christmas narration by some famous person. The night I worked it was John O'Hurley. In case you don't know who he is (cuz I certainly didn't) think Seinfeld, Family Feud and Dancing with the Stars. He was apparently on all of those. I have to admit, I didn't know the name, but when I saw him in person I totally recognized the face. I just can't wait for Abigail Breslin and Whoopi Goldberg to come later this month!

Anyway, all night was spent listening to a fantastic, enormous choir sing Christmas songs along with a narration that was beautiful. It ended with Holiday Illuminations (exactly like regular Illuminations, except at the end they add MORE fireworks and MORE music!) and then we went inside, hung out for a while, and ERs were handed out!

I completely forgot today was Thursday. Thursday is my class. I completely forgot I had class. I completely blanked. And I woke up at 10:30am (my class goes 8-10) and was so mad at myself. I went into the living room freaking out about it. Not that the class really matters that much. I'm mostly just taking it for personal satisfaction. If I fail it does nothing to me in any way really. But still... personal satisfaction!

So I got up my courage and emailed the teacher. We're only allowed to miss a single class and I missed one for my grandpa's funeral a few weeks ago. Then we're allowed to, one time only, switch to Friday's class and attend then. I gave that up the week before last to eat breakfast with the princesses in Norway. And then last week was Thanksgiving so class was canceled. So this week I blanked. I explained it to the teacher humbly apologizing and saying that I realized I messed up and should be dropped but if there was any hope for me I'd love to snag it.

And she told me I was fine and she'd see me in class tomorrow morning. Whew! I never thought I had a problem with sleeping through important stuff but apparently I'm getting worse. As long as I don't sleep through work though... ugh. That would suck.

A kid in my program was terminated today. A guests said he "thought" he saw this kid stealing so the kid was terminated. At least, that's how everyone explained it to me. When the actual manager was telling us about it he simply said, "Don't freak out about him getting termed. You kids need to realize that there are cameras They are everywhere. Just remember that. As long as you're being honest, you're fine."

Well, good. So strollers was pretty fun. I drove an ECV for the first time and I've finally mastered returning them. Also, I went into the EPCOT tunnels. Didn't even know we had 'em but yep. EPCOT's got tunnels and they're actually surprisingly big! They're just like Magic Kingdom's tunnels except there are less. So neat.

And then I came home and now I'm here and I need to sleep if I'm going to wake up at 7:30 for an 8am class. Then I can come home and sleep some more because tomorrow I work 5:30p-1:30am. Today I worked 3:30p-12a. Ugh.

Happy Family Pictures

When I first got to work today I was put on theater. I love being in theater. It's nice and easy there and most of the time the guests are super happy with the way their photos turn out. Well, the sales person wasn't really doing anything, so (since I had no pictures to take) I went over and started chatting with guests and selling photos. One particular family came in and wanted a Christmas photo.

The Christmas photos haven't been fully set up yet so there is no written rule as to how many people can fit in a particular picture. This family had six people and I'm pretty sure that was too many, but I told them I'd try anyway. They were happy to go along and I brought them into my theater.

These were definitely some of the most fun people I've dealt with in the theaters. It was six adults and they all had a lot of personality. I showed them the picture as I always do and pointed out the different positions they could be in and what they could be doing (stealing from Donald's stocking, peeking through the window, opening presents, etc.). I asked who wanted to be where and they all had a lot of fun figuring out who should be in every place and then we went at it as I told them individually where and how to stand. It went great and there was tons of laughing.

Immediately after I finished their picture I had a family of five wanting to do the same picture. As I brought them in, I started pointing out the different places they could be so they could choose. The dad stopped me in the middle and told me that I needed to just tell them where and how to stand and they would do it. "Don't you do this all day? You should know where to place us." I calmly started to explain that yes, I do this all day, but I thought they might like to choose who goes where. Well, as I began explaining I could tell in his face he didn't want to "waste" time figuring out who to put where. So I just made it up myself. I got the two kids to be down by the presents and then I put the third kid stealing from the stocking, Dad putting up an ornament and Mom outside peering in. They seemed satisfied and when I asked them if it was okay before I sent it to be printed they just shrugged and said, "Well, if you think it's alright then I guess it's good then, right?"

Waaay less fun than the previous family. I mean, I guess I'm a little flattered that they trusted me so much, and I get families like this at least once a day. But it's just so much more fun when I get people who are so truly, genuinely excited and amazed by the technology and how everything's done. The first family was living in the moment. They had so much fun and had no problem asking me to change little things that were bugging them ("I don't like my face in that one, can I take another picture?" "Can you move me over to the left just a smidge? I just prefer being closer to Chip and Dale." etc.). The other family, well, I just hope they really liked their picture. They pay a lot for them and I wish I could have made the actual taking of the picture more memorable for them. Ah well. It's all fun anyway!

Then i went out on glow. Super fun. But I was off. It always pretty much ruins my night when my glow drawer is off. Makes me feel stupid. Except I got off work right when Illuminations started and Illuminations always makes me super happy. So it all worked out in the end!

I am so stinkin' blessed!

Guest Service Fanatic... Not!

I'm a bit disappointed. Since working here I've gotten 4 Great Service Fanatic cards. Those are really good to have because they go on your record card (which also holds the bad stuff about you like call ins and stuff). When you get one of those cards (usually from a leader) it comes with two copies. One for you to keep, and the other to put in the bucket in the Cast Services building. There, they take care of it and see to it that it gets on your record card.

Only one of my four cards has gone through. The first one I got. The second one I turned in, but it never made it to my record card. The third one I got the manager who gave it to me never signed it and I haven't seen her (or the other manager who was with her at the time) since then so I haven't gotten to get them to sign it, plus at this point I feel weird asking because it's been so long. And the fourth one I got tonight. I put it in my pocket, but I ended up running to cast services to catch the bus and it must have fallen out of my pocket as I was running.

Sad.

But on to a happier note. I'm going to be 20 in less than a week!!! Woohoo!

I got 50 hours last week, and because I got extended tonight (that's why I got my Great Service Fanatic card, because I was happy to extend when someone called in) I might get almost 50 hours this week as well (I also picked up two shifts one in strollers and one in American Adventure). Pretty exciting because I need extra money for Christmas.

Annnd, I work in Disney World! Seriously, not a week goes by that I don't just sit there, amazed at my amazing life. I love it!

I was surprised at how much I missed EPCOT. I only spent one week in Hollywood, but it was the longest I've been away from EPCOT since I've moved here. It was so nice to get to see my friends again and everyone asked me how it went and I didn't realize how much I missed it. I wonder how it's gonna be when I leave. Who knows? One month to go!

Deployment

Sunday was my first day in the new location, Hollywood Studios.

I bounced between two different stores during my shift. Mickey's of Hollywood (the toy store) and Keystone merchandise (the clothing/jewelry store). I way preferred Mickey's of Hollywood, however most of my time was spent in Keystone (go figure). A LOT of people from EPCOT Future World have been deployed there this week.

So they extended me also on Sunday night. Instead of working 3-9 like I thought they changed it from 3-1:30. Kind of a big difference, but hey, I like money!

Yesterday was our Thanksgiving. All of my closest friends since I've been here found one day and one time when we'd all get to celebrate together. Monday morning. We each took a couple of dishes to make and Heather and I went in on the Turkey together. I was also in charge of mashed potatoes and peas and stuffing. Some of the other things we had were 14layer jello, rolls, sweet potatoes, broccoli/cauliflower, green bean casserole, apple pie, pumpkin pie, etc. etc. There was so much food! I have pictures or it all. It was amazing! We ate it all and then Kelly had to go to work. So great, I think we'll be eating leftovers for a week.

As for today I'm going to Hollywood to work in about half an hour. I need to grab some food and stuff before I leave. I'm excited for the change of location and I like the people of Hollywood a lot, but I'll be ready for my return to EPCOT next week.

Picture Overload

Here's those photos I promised... These are from random days in the parks. Near the end they're all from the Christmas party, but other than that it's mostly random. Enjoy!

Apparently I missed the memo to be making that hand sign. Ah well....



We went to go to the Crystal Palace a while ago. But we got there really early for our reservation. So we decided to go on Thunder Mountain Railroad. Right before we got on the ride, Janessa grabbed my camera. I asked her what she was going to do with it and she just said, "You'll see." She held it in the air the whole entire ride! It's a good thing I trust her. She got some awesome photos!
















Heather and I and Pooh.



Heather likes Eeyore. Actually, she just likes everything.




I just like Piglet!



Sorcerer Mickey awesome. To be honest Im' not really into character meet and greets but if I'm living at Disney World I have to put a few in.



And then Mickey made me kiss him. Do you see the red in my face? Ugh.



It's a joke at Disney World that everyone learns from the trams how to say "Please stand clear of the doors" in Spanish. Wanna learn? It's right here!



This is at Hollywood Studios. They have this kid thing where kids actually get to fight Darth Vader. It's adorable to watch! I just had to blog about it!



For Halloween I dressed up as a twenty year old college student. See, I'm really only nineteen. It was funny cuz as we stood in line for candy moms of little monsters and princesses would look at us and say, "Oh, this is the candy line! You can go around us if you want. We're just waiting for the candy." We just responded with, "We're waiting for candy too." Teehee, I like candy! (Actually the majority of it was candy I don't like and I ended up giving almost all of it away)



I just really really like this picture.



End (or at least close to the end) of Illuminations: Reflections of Earth.



I think Heather's been wanting to do this for a while, but as we were driving on to property one day we decided to stop and get pictures in front of the sign.






On the metro on the way into Magic Kingdom for the Christmas Party. Except the monorail stopped and s at idle on the tracks for like ten minutes. Ugh, we got bored. But we took pictures!







My first decent view of the l it up castle. What a freakin' awesome sight! (Be prepared, many more castle pics will be down farther below!)



The awesome castle and my awesomER Santa hat!



Unfortunately, shortly after we got there, it started raining. LAME! So we went to seek shelter. Where else is better than a place that gives us free cookies and hot chocolate!?

I try to get a good picture of Heather and I and just look at what she does!



I love me some hot chocolate!



The rain only got worse though. A bunch of character spots w ere canceled as well as some shows. Sad! So we went to a dance party at Ariel's Grotto. The stepmother and stepsisters from Cinderella were there.

The stepmother came over to me and actually freaked me out a bit so I went to take a step back and basically stepped on Heather. The stepmother saw me and came right over to me and said, "You are not dancing. I was to see some moves." in her "stepmother" way. I chuckled and started dancing. Later we did this song "A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut, McDonald's, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut" and you have to do the moves with the restaurant and it gets faster and faster. The stepmother came over to me again as that song was playing and I was attempting to keep up with the music. As she approached me I told her, "Hey! See? I'm dancing! Happy?" She came up to me and said, "Ohh, so you know this song do you. All right then, let's see it!" I tried to dance, obviously failing since I've only heard the song like twice in my life. She watched me for a few seconds as I laughed and "danced" and then said, "I do not approve," And walked off with her nose in the air. Shoot, good thing I don't have a stepmother.




It was funny though because when the "Cha Cha Slide" was playing there's a part in the song where it tells you to go down to the floor. As everyone went down, the stepmother remained standing and directed everyone else to stay down pushing her hands down at us and stuff. Sooo funny!



Pretty castle!



Just a little taste of how crowded the Cosmic Rays dance party was. Probably because it was raining.



The fireworks show was awesome. All kinds of Christmas songs and the fireworks were literally all around us and the castle kept changing colors and it was just awesome!








































This was my attempt at getting a shot of the finale of the fireworks show. 'Nuff said. :)



After the fireworks we hung around for a bit because we were hoping the show would start right after (actually, it was scheduled to start ten minutes after).



During that entire ten minutes this crew of tons of people came out and started squeegying (sp?) the stage area off. They worked fast and did a magnificent job. We even applauded.



We got bored of staring at them though so we took a few picture of ourselves. Then the sad announcement came on...



Sorry, no show. It was canceled just like the other one earlier due to rain. "But get your cameras out for this 'unique' photographic experience! All the characters from the show came out with a sign...



They shot some fireworks...



And then left... Can you spell "depressing?" Ah well.




After our attempt at watching the show in front of the castle we went down Main Street to watch the parade. I didn't really get a picture of it, but it was snowing! On Main Street! In Florida!! LOVED it.


I just love Heather's excitement at this stuff. She's the only one of us who had seen the parade already but was possibly more excited than both of us for it to come. So funny!




Mickey and Minnie started off the parade beautifully. But they moved around so much it was hard to get a decent picture. Actually, everyone moved around too much to get a decent picture. At least... that's my excuse!



I love Winnie the Pooh!










Chip and Dale are just so stinkin' amazing!



Who else but Santa Claus is going to end the Christmas Parade?




I just can't get enough pictures of the castle lit up at night.




Right after the parade we looked down Main Street and saw that the show had started up again, so we quickly ran down the street to see the end of it. We actually caught a decent sized chunk of it! It was cute, but I still wish we'd have seen the whole entire thing from our old spots!










As we were leaving the park we just had to say goodbye to Piglet and Tigger!