Christmas -
Us merchies decided to do a secret santa and went for a christmas meal at TGI Fridays to exchange gifts. I got the Ariel doll which I love as she is def one of my favourite Princesses! Some of the presents were quite hilarious seeing as there are only a few guys and they decided to get the same present from a Anne Summers style shop if you know what I mean!
A week before my family came out me and my roomate Marsailidh were told a one bed apartment was available for us to move into. We had put in a request ages ago and I really wanted to move by christmas so was so glad to get the news. It's not as close to the clubhouse as we wanted but its still better than being in the ghetto and near my friends. It's also one of the smaller one beds but we are just happy to get out of the 3 bed and this place feels much more like home. Clare helped me pack up all my stuff and we managed to move a lot of it in one trip. Sammie, Becky, Chloe and Kerry helped too and we hadn't told my old roomates we were moving out and somehow managed to pack everything without them noticing.
At some point we rented boats at Fort Wilderness but I can't remember when! Me and Kerry got a little two seater and everyone else got a massive 15 person boat.
My family came out on the 19th for almost 3 weeks and it was so good seeing them especially as I hadn't seen my Mum in 6 months! I managed to get quite a bit of time off work so we did a lot of parks together and it was so nice to stay in their apartment when I could. A huge double bed and jacuzzi bath are luxury compared to where I live! We saw the christmas lights at Hollywood Studios which are amazing and we went to Seaworld to see their Christmas shows. They have an ice skating show which is amazing and fireworks. It was absolutely freezing that night though I was so glad they brought me my Uggs, hoody and scarf!
Mickeys Christmas Parade
 |
| Osborne Family Lights |
Christmas Eve I worked and it definitely didn't feel Christmasy at all! We had Lads and Lasses that night at a house party as people were leaving and it was their lasts. The theme was Barbie so me Kerry and Amy went as cheerleader barbies and wore blonde wigs. I wasn't drinking much as had an early start on Christmas Day but it was a really good night and sad to say goodbye to people.
Christmas Day - I managed to get Christmas day off but I did spend it at work as we decided to go to Epcot. I opened my cards and presents with my family and it was nice to get orange matchmakers as its def not christmas without them! Me Kerry and Chloe decided to make presents as we're so poor. Kerry drew the little mermaid for me and its amazing as shes really good at drawing. Chloe made me a frame with a collage of loads of the things we've done which is really cute. For lunch I got the Candlelight Dinner Package which meant we had dinner in one of the countries, had priority seating for the Canclelight Processional and special fireworl viewing. We ate in Via Napoli in Italy and for the 4th year running I avoided a roast dinner at Christmas as I hate them and I had pasta. The Candlelight Processional is on at Epcot for the weeks leading up to christmas and a celebrity narrator tells the christmas story and there's a choir of cast memeber and kids from local schools. I managed to see it with Gina Davies and Jodi Benson earlier that month but on Christmas Day it was Gary Senise and he was excellent. We managed to go on a few rides and shows and stopped by the UK to see my friends at work. The weather turned out so nice and warm you didn't need a jacket in the evening it was lovely. Still didn't feel at all like christmas though!
New Years Eve - I also had this off and we got to Epcot early as I was worried it would hit phase 1 closing meaning we couldn't enter unless we were staying at a Disney Resort. The queue for bag check was horrendous, probably a good 40 minutes! I knew it would be busy as Epcots really popular on new years eve seeing as you can drink around the world. The wait times for rides was horrendous, 230 for Soarin and 270 for Test Track! I don't know why people bother! We knew we wouldn't get on any rides we just wanted to be there for the fireworks. At 7 we went to the UK to celebrate our new year and I met up with my friends. Then we headed around the world to Italy where there was a DJ and it was insane. It was like being in a rave somewhere, not something you would expect at Disney it was incredible! At around 10pm I met back up with my family who had found a good spot for the fireworks. Except for Epcots 30th Anniversary they were the best fireworks I've seen. Even the video I took doesn't do them justice the noise was so loud.
The night before New Years Eve we went to the Polynesian Resort beach to see Magic Kingdoms fireworks as they put their New Years Eve ones on for two nights
No comments:
Post a Comment