Some Exciting News!!!

Hello All!

So here’s an update from the last few days – lots of exciting things happening!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

Castaway Cay!  Today we were on Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay.  It is beyond gorgeous, an absolute paradise for the guests.  And there are actually some really awesome crew spaces as well.  The island has a lot of things for the guests to do.  They can lie on the beach, pet the stingrays, go snorkeling and a million other things.  We had a tour of the island, but it didn’t start until noon – so I actually got to sleep in a little, which I loved.

After the island tour we had lunch at the crew BBQ, which is right next to the crew beach!  The crew beach is really nice. There are picnic tables for eating lunch, hammocks, a sand volleyball court and a soccer pitch.  I hope I get to spend some time there – because it’s quite the paradise.

Had a short break after that and then it was off for a night in the shops!  It was definitely busy because being the last night of the cruise, everyone was out buying last minute souvenirs.  I had a meeting with the manager for Mickey’s Mainsail, just a little ‘how’s your first week’ going meeting.  But during that meeting he told me that I would be going up to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique!  I am super excited about this!  Originally I wanted to be in the BBB, but they said I didn’t have the experience.  However, I was somehow hired for BBB anyway.  I looked at my contract and it says Merchandise Hostess B, which means BBB!  So – I will start tomorrow – yay!

I am definitely going to miss the people in the shops, because they have all been so nice to me this week.  But I will still get to hang out with them on our time off and after work.  Which makes me happy – because I feel like I’ve already gotten to know some of them, and it would suck to all the sudden not be able to hang out with them anymore…

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26

This was an early morning; it started out at about 6:20am.  That’s because I got to go to Magic Kingdom today!  It was a crew activity and all of merchandise was going.  It was so much fun!  We ended up only being in MK for about four hours, but it was awesome.  I walked around with five other crewmembers and we were able to go on: Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion, and Pirates of the Caribbean.  It was so much fun.  I was also able to go to the Starbucks on Main Street, which was awesome – I was definitely craving the Bux…

I took a nap on the bus back to the ship, and then I had a short break.  I ran down to wardrobe to be fitted for by BBB costume, and then I was able to call home and talk to the family, which was really nice.  And then it was off to the BBB!

It was a fun night!  There weren’t very many princesses, so I was able to talk with my trainer a lot.  I watched a few princess transformations, and then was able to practice the simplest, easiest hairstyle.  Just a twist.  You practice on mannequin heads first, and I got kind of ok at it – but I will practice more tomorrow.  It just takes time.  The training will take at least two weeks.  But it was fun, and I’m excited for tomorrow!

Well. I have got some fun stuff to read, so I think I’m going to do that, and watch a little of the Oregon State game.  But I’m not going to stay up too late – because the crew Halloween party is tomorrow night and I’m going to need all the sleep I can get tonight!

Steph :)