A load of us were scheduled for a 9am start today as we had Kit Heath come in who designs the jewelry that we sell. We had free food and drink and watched a little presentation about the jewelery so we know more about it to tell guests. Then Kit came and we all had Christmas crackers which was so much fun and hilarious as our managers had no idea what they were as they don't have crackers out here. One of my managers thought we were having the crackers that you eat! It was a fun morning and we all got to choose a ring from his collection which was nice so I have the one with the Celtic hearts.
22/11/12
So today was Thanksgiving and it was fun to see how they celebrate it. In the morning I went to Sammie and Beckys for breakfast and we hung out and watched Macys Parade on tv which was fun. Of course we said what we were thankful for an I'm definitely thankful to be out here and have this opportunity! Then we headed to Epcot as work were having free food in our managers trailer. As I don't really like Christmas Dinner and that's what Thanksgiving dinner is I ate mostly desserts. Had pumpkin pie which is soo tasty. I got my form signed to say I could leave the country and go on a cruise next week (bahamas woo!) and then a group of us headed to try and get on Test Track as they were having cast previews. Unfortunately it was down so we headed to Earl of Sandwich at Downtown Disney for some food before heading out for Black Friday shopping!
So the Friday after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday as shops have major sales and open really early. The Florida Mall was opening at midnight so we decided to go there but went to Walmart first as they started some of their sales at 8pm. I've never seen anything like it! There were DVDS and video games at amazing prices and they were on stands throughout the store and shrink wrapped until someone cut them open at 8. There were also loads of kids toys and electrical items on offer. They had maps of where things were in the store and basically you stood next to what you wanted to get and waited until they cut the plastic at 8! There was a queue for the games as that was sectioned off and Kerry and Nathan stayed there whilst me and Chloe were queuing for the DVDs. And to make it worse the crowds of people are queuing down the aisles as normal folk are trying to do their weekly shop! It was hilarious! They were advertising the new Brave on Blu-ray for $10 and loads of people wanted that. As soon as they opened the plastic it was insane everyone was just grabbing everything! I got The Hunger Games for $10 and The Lucky One for $5, there were loads of Blu Rays cheap I wanted but not much point as I can't watch them till I get home! No one found Brave and so people were annoyed that they advertised it. As we were leaving there was this huge queue and it was for a 60'' TV that was really cheap. We drove towards the Florida Mall and past a Best Buy which had a huge queue waiting for it to open. Then we saw a Super Target and the queue for that was insane!
We got to the Florida Mall and saw people were queuing outside and it was freezing so instead we found a Maccy Ds and sat in there for 2 hours waiting. When we headed back to the Mall it was soo busy. I saw that Sears were letting people in so we queued in there rather than outside in the cold. I filmed the guy as he opened up the shutters into the mall and people started running. We went straight for Abercrombie but the boys headed for Apple which was funny as after queuing for a while they found out it didn't open until 6am! Abercrombie had 25% off everything but the queues for the registers were insane. American Eagle also had good sales but the queues were just awful, we didn't even go into Hollister. Roxy had 50% off everything which was amazing so I got some shorts. I later found out that online Hollister and Abercrombie had 40% off everything which is soo much better so I got a few things. We were absolutley shattered by about 2am so headed home after bumping into some people from work who had got a taxi there. When we arrived home the outlet mall next to us was so busy that cars were parked all along the grass verges at the sides of the road.
23/11/12
After a long lie in after our late night me, Kerry and Chloe headed to the Grand Floridian to see the giant gingerbread house they have up. Then we went Epcot where we rode Test Track. It's been closed for ages for a revamp and it was good fun but not everything was working as it was just a cast preview. Candlelight has started at Epcot and everyday there's 3 shows on and a celebrity narrator tells the Christmas story and there's a choir. It's really popular and we watched Geena Davies.Then we stayed to watch the fireworks as they have added the Christmas fireworks to the end of the normal ones. They were amazing but not as good as Epcots 30th!
25/11/12
On Sunday me, Kerry and Chloe had a 4.45 finish so we got some dinner and then took the monorail to Magic Kingdom for Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party. Like the Halloween party it is a seperatly ticketed event and it starts at 7pm until midnight. It was the first time we had all gone so we bought Santa hats but I forgot my lights that we bought the other week. There's free hot chocolate and cookies which we had loads of (getting what free stuff you can is the Merchie way!). We managed to do lots of Character greetings starting with Scrooge McDuck. We met Cinderella, Prince Charming and the Ugly Stepsisters, all severn Dwarves and Mickey and Minnie in their festive clothes. We met Rapunzel and Flynn Rider who was awesome, especially when Chloe asked him to do his smoulder. We also met Show White and her Prince and Aurora and Prince Philip. The parade was amazing as they had snow down Mainstreet USA and Santa was there! We were all like kids as we were so excited. The fireworks were good but nothing beats the Halloween fireworks. Before we left we realized you could meet Santa so we did that and I sat on his knee lol
26/11/12
I worked the grand sum of 4 hours today as my manager got me an early release as I was ill. I thought my cold was better but I had the worst cough and had the next two days off work sick which sucked as Neil Patrick Harris was doing Candlelight and I had been so excited about seeing him since coming out here!
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