Storybook Circus!

Hi everyone!

This week a brand new area of Magic Kingdom opened up called Storybook Circus. It is a lot of fun. The area has a bunch of buildings that look like circus tents.

You can see the blue circus tent in the back off this picture of me at the entrance to Storybook Circus. I have been working here all week! It is a really fun area to work. The area where you meet characters is Pete's Silly Sideshow. Here I am at the entrance to that:

Here, you can meet Daisy, Minnie, Goofy, and Donald. Of course, they all have wonderful new costumes. Daisy is a fortune teller, Minnie is a Poodle Trainer, Donald is a snake charmer, and Goofy is a stunt man. The characters all stand in a big room together so they can play with each other when it is not busy. I think their favorite game is charades. I've been spending all my time lately hanging out with Minnie. Look how adorable she is in her brand new dress with her poodles!

Have a magical week!

What's New + Thompson/Russo vacation

Hello everyone!
It has been a while since I've posted and I'm sorry that I've been keeping everyone out of the loop. I'm still really busy but my hours have been cut some since my last post. That is really great since I was really working more than I wanted to before. The last couple weeks I have been working primarily character dining!!! It is very different from what I was doing before. It is much faster paced and you meet a lot more people. I don't really like that you don't get a full interaction with the characters but it is fun to add in characters to your dining experience. Working dining also means that I either start at 6am for breakfast or I get out late for dinner. So, although I have less hours it is more tiring because I have no consistency in my sleeping schedule.

I am working on my new class that I am taking called Marketing You! I really really love it. My teacher is absolutely amazing. She is a very good public speaker, she's funny, and she really makes the information interesting. The class is all about finding your dream job, building a path to get your dream job, and then getting it! It is such a practical important class for me right now. It is exactly what I needed to make my decision about what I am doing next.

Right now the Aunt Margie, Uncle Danny, Abby, Molly, and Mamaw and Papaw are here at Disney World for vacation. Luckily, I've been able to jump in and enjoy their time in Disney World with them. Mamaw and Papaw are leaving early tomorrow morning and the others have a couple more days here. It has been really fun and I've really enjoyed spending time with my family while I'm here. Here are some pictures:

My parents vacation and Halloween party!

I worked my first Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party last week and I had two groups of friends visit me while they enjoyed the festivities. Here is a great picture of Mickey and my friends, with Mickey and Minnie with their awesome Vampire and Witch costumes on.

My parents came to visit me this past week and we had a great time visiting the parks. Here we are at Epcot, where we spent our first day. It was a lot of fun. I think we decided our favorite ride was Soarin'. I really enjoyed the fireworks show, Illuminations, at the end of the day as well.

The next day we went to Hollywood Studios. We all rode Tower of Terror twice! We got to see a fun band called Mulch, Sweat, and Shears and watched the Pixar parade. My Dad and I rode Rockin' Roller Coaster which was, as always, really fun. I left early this day to go work the Halloween Party and my parents stayed to see Fantasmic.

The third day we went to Animal Kingdom. This picture shows us in front of the Tree of Life. We watched a lot of shows at this park including: The Lion King, It's Tough to be a Bug, the Street Party band, and Findng Nemo the Musical. Finding Nemo was really amazing. I think it's probably the best show I've seen at Disney World. We rode Expedition Everest, Dinosaur, and the Safari. It poured down rain in the middle of the day but we had fun through it.

The last day of my parents trip they spent in Magic Kingdom and came to visit me while I was working. Here is a picture of them meeting Mickey. Mickey and Minnie were very excited to meet them. We had a great time and I'm glad they were able to come visit! I felt like I needed a vacation after their vacation though. I think I'm rested up now!

Have a magical Wednesday!

Character pictures

I met some real characters today! Here are some pictures.

Donald and my friends

Here is a picture of Donald with my friends!!!

Parades!

I'm now officially part of the Magic Kingdom parade department! So if you're in Disney World you may just see me marching in the parade or up on a float. The parades are such an amazing part of the Disney experience and I am so excited to be a part of it.

On my days off this week I went to Blizzard Beach, one of Disney's water parks and I went to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Blizzard Beach was a lot of fun and home to Summit Plummet, one of the world's tallest and fastest water slide. It's 12 stories high and so much fun! I got to visit with a couple characters in Epcot. I met Mary Poppins, Repunzel, and Goofy. Hollywood studios I rode my favorites a few more times, Tower of Terror and Rockin' Roller Coaster.

My parents are coming in one week, and I can't wait to share it with them!
Have a magical day!
Emily

So, since my last post I worked Sunday with Donald at Animal Kingdom, Monday and Tuesday were my days off, Wednesday and Thursday I was friends with Minnie and Mickey at Magic Kingdom, and today I worked Animal Kingdom with Donald. At Magic Kingdom we get to hang out inside, which is nice with this Florida humidity. Animal Kingdom is a lot of fun though because there are so many more people and characters that I get to work with. I haven't worked the other parks yet so I don't have those to compare it to. On my days off this week I went to Blizzard Beach but it started to thunder so they shut down the rides because it's a water park. After that, I went to Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM), and had a great time there riding rides like Tower of Terror and Rockin' Rollercoaster. I know I've said this before but I'll say it again, Disney World is awesome! It takes so much work to bring it all to life but it's amazing how much the production of the park brings happiness to people. Have a magical day!