American Pie

Another jam packed week! Work has been up and down, sometimes crazy busy but sometimes really quiet. We are getting five new people this week which will be strange, no longer being the new kids! My arrival group has been here two months now, happy anniversary to me!

After I went to EPCOT last Tuesday we headed to the Boardwalk for dinner. It’s only about a five minute walk from EPCOT so is really easy to get to. We ate in ESPN which is a sports bar, showing every American sport possible! For dessert we went to Beaches and Cream. It is a traditionally ice cream parlour with a juke box and everything! Between the eight of us we bought a kitchen sink. It has eight (massive) scoops of different flavour ice cream, every topping and a whole can a whipped cream. The brownie was good! Once the others had eaten the whipped cream I started on the mint choc chip. We only just about ate half of it, it beat us! We had to run for the bus on the way home, that was not fun.

On Wednesday and Saturday I went to the dance studio I found last week. I went to a Zumba class and Hula Hoop aerobics! I hadn’t done either before so it was a very exciting experience. Zumba was tough, very intense! Hula hooping was quite hard at first but it was good when you get the hang of it. There were only about 5 people in each class as its quite new. I want try do belly dancing and line dancing!

The best show I’ve seen at Disney since I’ve been here is definitely ‘Festival of the Lion King’ at Animal Kingdom. If you’re ever here you have to make sure you see it! It’s full of acrobatics, singing and dancing, along with all the classic Lion King characters. I saw the show for the second time on Wednesday and it was just as good as the first time! As Animal Kingdom closes at 5pm, we went to Magic Kingdom for food and fireworks in the evening. We went on Space Mountain, I love that ride! The Disneyworld theme this year is ‘Let the Memories begin’ and before the fireworks show they project guests pictures from that day onto the castle. It’s really lovely, although our photos didn’t get picked!

It was Superbowl Sunday this week and I’d booked the day off. We’d all been out the night before so I had a lazy morning, sleeping a lot. We went out to lunch where things got a bit hysterical as we were all still drunk/tired! I didn’t manage to eat dessert which upset me as it was chocolate brownie, yummy. We stopped at the supermarket on the way home and bought supplies for the evening (crisps, cookies, beer etc!). We also bought mini flags, just to feel really American! The game was actually quite easy to understand, especially as our Canadian friend Jill was there to help explain the rules. I had my first corn dog! They are actually quite tasty but you can tell they are really processed and unhealthy. The Black Eyed Peas played the half time show with Slash and Usher, it was quite spectacular. I was cheering for the Steelers, not for any particular reason but we all picked a team. They lost, but it was a good night!

Yesterday I had to go to Disney University to have a class about waitressing! They take serving very seriously here. We had to be there at 8am meaning I had to get up at 6am, a time I rarely see!  Most of what they said was quite self explanatory but we watched some funny videos and didn’t group exercises, which are always good fun! In the afternoon we learnt all about different types of wine and how they are made. It was quite interesting, plus we got to eat grapes and skittles which are two of my favourite things!  By 4pm me and Arran were slightly delirious from the long day and were finding everything hilarious. I had an early night as I was cream crackered!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

From Florida with Love

Emily

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