Three Parks // One Day!!
This morning, I slept till about 8:00 AM and took a shower and then got myself ready to go to the parks for 11:00 AM. Me, Emily, and Bonnie were off and my friend Courtney from Southern Miss who's also staying in Chatham walked over to our apartment and I gave her a little tour which was fun! It was really chilly, so Emily drove us all over to Courtney's apartment so she could grab her jacket and show me her apartment as well. After that, we drove straight over to the Contemporary so that we could park close to Magic Kingdom and then just ride the bus over to Animal Kingdom. I was so so excited about going there because I had been wanting to go there for a while now for some reason, so we went there first! We have to go to Guest Relations every time we want to go to a park because our Main Gate Entrance passes haven't come in the mail yet! So the line for that took a while. Once they linked our free cast member entrance passes to our tickets, we could enter the park. We ended up riding Kilimanjaro Safaris first, then Expedition Everest, and then Dinosaur. I just so happened to see a girl that I recognized from her DCP vlogs on YouTube named Rachel who works at Expedition Everest, but I wasn't sure if I would be interrupting her while she was working, so I didn't say hello or anything, but she told me later on Facebook that she saw me! HAHA! We had such a fun time at Animal Kingdom. The weather was so nice and it was just overall a very pretty day! Bonnie met up with two of her friends who rode Dinosaur with us, and then her and Kristen's friend Lindsay met us at Pizzafari for lunch before spending the rest of the night with us! She was super sweet and we seemed a lot alike!
Lindsay offered to drive all four of us to Hollywood Studios. She goes to school at UCF in Orlando and has an Annual Pass so she can park for free like us. Since our tickets were already set back in Animal Kingdom, we didn't have to go back to Guest Relations to get our tickets set again, thank goodness. We went straight to the new Starbucks in Hollywood Studious and I absolutely loved it! I got a Passion Fruit tea and me, Courtney, and Lindsay pretended to be one of the princesses when they asked for our names. I was Belle, Lindsay was Sleeping Beauty, and Courtney was Ariel.
I LOVE Starbucks SOO MUCH, especially when I'm enjoying my Passion Fruit tea. We started walking towards Tower of Terror on Sunset Boulevard and Emily reminded herself that she wanted to look at the bags and purses in one of the stores. I honestly forgot what the name of the store was called, but we all went inside and I was looking at the Disney Vera Bradley duffels because I really wanted to buy one with our holiday discount with this being our last day to use it. I decided to wait on it until we went to Magic Kingdom later so I wouldn't have to carry it all around with me for the rest of the day. Bonnie and Lindsay just so happened to be looking at one of the jewelry cases in the store and they both glanced at this rose gold Mickey bracelet and FELL IN LOVE with it! It cost about $80.00 and with our 40% holiday discount, it was about $50.00 or something around there. I feel in love with it too and I love dainty bracelets so I bought one too and now we're all TWINNING!!
After doing a little bit of shopping, we went ahead and rode Tower of Terror! We got the front row and we dropped first! We were all laughing and having a great time on it! We didn't have time to ride Rock n' Roller Coaster, but we did also ride the Great Movie Ride before driving to Magic Kingdom.
It was starting to get dark about the time we got to Magic Kingdom. Lindsay parked at the Ticket and Transportation Center and we took the monorail to MK. She wanted to meet up with her friend from her hometown in Pennsylvania who just transferred to UCF this past fall. Her name was Alexis and she was buying a snack from the Confectionary on Main Street. She was super sweet too and we ended up talking and getting along automatically! I was really happy I got to meet them both! We went to Uptown Jewelers first so that I could buy the black Disney Vera Bradley duffel which I forgot to take a picture of, but it's super cute! I actually need to bring it somewhere in order to get the ink tag removed from it because the cast member who checked me out forgot to! I also bought a Mystery Pack of trading pins that were hot air balloons and I really want another pack to see if I can collect any others! We then crossed the street and went inside the Emporium and walked around for a bit before Kristen and Lauren came and met us after training. Lindsay surprised her which was cute and then Sherri and Catherine came and met us just for a little bit too! The store was sooo crowded and we were hungry so as Wishes was just about to start, we hiked our way over to Pecos Bill and I got chili cheese fries and a drink. Kristen was buying a Minnie baseball hat just like the one Bonnie bought when I bought my sparkly Minnie ears and she came and met us at Pecos Bill. We literally walked right on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and had the BEST time!! Then me, Bonnie, Emily, Kristen, Alexis, and Lindsay rode the Haunted Mansion. I LOVE that ride so much! It's such a CLASSIC... We walked back to our cars after riding those two rides and called it a night. We had such a busy day, but it was so much fun!!! I definitely want to try and complete the FOUR PARK CHALLENGE one day soon!!
On the bus from Contemporary to Animal Kingdom
I was just a LITTLE EXCITED!!
Me & My Girls Ready to Take on Animal Kingdom
Lindsay offered to drive all four of us to Hollywood Studios. She goes to school at UCF in Orlando and has an Annual Pass so she can park for free like us. Since our tickets were already set back in Animal Kingdom, we didn't have to go back to Guest Relations to get our tickets set again, thank goodness. We went straight to the new Starbucks in Hollywood Studious and I absolutely loved it! I got a Passion Fruit tea and me, Courtney, and Lindsay pretended to be one of the princesses when they asked for our names. I was Belle, Lindsay was Sleeping Beauty, and Courtney was Ariel.
I LOVE Starbucks SOO MUCH, especially when I'm enjoying my Passion Fruit tea. We started walking towards Tower of Terror on Sunset Boulevard and Emily reminded herself that she wanted to look at the bags and purses in one of the stores. I honestly forgot what the name of the store was called, but we all went inside and I was looking at the Disney Vera Bradley duffels because I really wanted to buy one with our holiday discount with this being our last day to use it. I decided to wait on it until we went to Magic Kingdom later so I wouldn't have to carry it all around with me for the rest of the day. Bonnie and Lindsay just so happened to be looking at one of the jewelry cases in the store and they both glanced at this rose gold Mickey bracelet and FELL IN LOVE with it! It cost about $80.00 and with our 40% holiday discount, it was about $50.00 or something around there. I feel in love with it too and I love dainty bracelets so I bought one too and now we're all TWINNING!!
After doing a little bit of shopping, we went ahead and rode Tower of Terror! We got the front row and we dropped first! We were all laughing and having a great time on it! We didn't have time to ride Rock n' Roller Coaster, but we did also ride the Great Movie Ride before driving to Magic Kingdom.
Courtney, Me, Emily, Lindsay, and Bonnie
Waiting for Tower of Terror
It was starting to get dark about the time we got to Magic Kingdom. Lindsay parked at the Ticket and Transportation Center and we took the monorail to MK. She wanted to meet up with her friend from her hometown in Pennsylvania who just transferred to UCF this past fall. Her name was Alexis and she was buying a snack from the Confectionary on Main Street. She was super sweet too and we ended up talking and getting along automatically! I was really happy I got to meet them both! We went to Uptown Jewelers first so that I could buy the black Disney Vera Bradley duffel which I forgot to take a picture of, but it's super cute! I actually need to bring it somewhere in order to get the ink tag removed from it because the cast member who checked me out forgot to! I also bought a Mystery Pack of trading pins that were hot air balloons and I really want another pack to see if I can collect any others! We then crossed the street and went inside the Emporium and walked around for a bit before Kristen and Lauren came and met us after training. Lindsay surprised her which was cute and then Sherri and Catherine came and met us just for a little bit too! The store was sooo crowded and we were hungry so as Wishes was just about to start, we hiked our way over to Pecos Bill and I got chili cheese fries and a drink. Kristen was buying a Minnie baseball hat just like the one Bonnie bought when I bought my sparkly Minnie ears and she came and met us at Pecos Bill. We literally walked right on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and had the BEST time!! Then me, Bonnie, Emily, Kristen, Alexis, and Lindsay rode the Haunted Mansion. I LOVE that ride so much! It's such a CLASSIC... We walked back to our cars after riding those two rides and called it a night. We had such a busy day, but it was so much fun!!! I definitely want to try and complete the FOUR PARK CHALLENGE one day soon!!
~ Krista Lauren Girod
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