Monday May 24, 2015

WORKIN' IN THE FRONTIER

I had a wonderful opportunity to experience what it is like to work in Frontierland today and let me just start out by saying that it was one of the greatest nights I've had working in the KINGDOM!!  Don't get me wrong, Tomorrowland is my home and I will absolutely, without a doubt, always say that that is my favorite place to be, but Frontierland was equally as fun and magical for me. 

 

SO one of my friends Chelsea was deployed to Frontierland all week this week, but didn't really want to work there, so I asked her if I could pick up one of her shifts because one of my goals is to try and work in every land in the Magic Kingdom before my college program ends.  As of right now, I've working in Tomorrowland, Liberty Square, Main Street, and now Frontierland!  My shift was in Upper Frontierland, which meant that I could be working in either the Frontierland Trading Post, Big Al's, or the General Store, except that since I'm not food safety trained, I wasn't able to work in the General Store, which was fine.  I was really excited to be at the Trading Post though, because if you all know me, you know how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE pin trading and getting to look at all those pins was soo exciting!!  My first assignment was at Big Al's so I went outside to the cart and played with bubble guns and got to enjoy pin trading with lots and lots of guests.  I met lots of families and one in particular had come to visit their son who was in Entertainment.  He performed in the flash mob hoedown, which was so amazing to watch because I've never actually seen it as a guest before.  It was really neat!!   Then I was assigned to be a porch greeter outside the Trading Post so I greeted guest with my best "HOWDY" and talked with a lot of guests needing to find directions to other attractions and just guests who were enjoying a little snack on the porch steps.  I helped stock the cooler in the General Store, so I was able to go inside and let me just tell you that it smells absolutely amazing in there!!  After that, I was finally able to finish my night inside the Trading Post.  I was able to help make magic for a little girl by giving away a plush Marie doll, I assisted guests if they needed help at the shooting range right next store to the Trading Post, and I was able to play the fish game that they have inside for guests who wanted to pin trade.  It was a very exciting day and I got to close the store and stock some of the pins before I left for the night.  My friend Bianca was also works with me in Tomorrowland also picked up a shift in Zone 2 in Frontierland, so she got to experience working in the Briar Patch and in the Splash Mountain Shop.  We both really enjoyed it even though it wasn't our home, but I would love to go back hopefully one more time before my college program ends.  Only two and a half more months oh my!

TWO TLAND GIRLS IN THE FRONTIER

 

 ~ Krista Lauren Girod

Thursday May 7, 2015

STARLIT SPLASHIN'

Tonight was one of the greatest nights of my college program!!  For all the Spring CP's, Disney throws together an event called STARLIT SPLASH which takes place at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon.  They close down the entire water park just for CP's which is pretty exciting.  I originally wasn't going to be able to go because I worked until 11:45 PM and the event only was supposed to last from 7 PM - 1 AM, but I had switched shifts with a girl last minute and ended up getting off at 9:45 PM, so I was able to say I went for a few hours.  I was leaving work with my coworker Kaitlyn and had decided to go back to our apartments and change even though we both had brought a change of clothes for after work.  We met up with our other coworker Alexa and so we all decided to go together.  They had busses leaving from Chatham Square that took us straight to Typhoon Lagoon.  The busses were really nice and very convenient.  We got free t-shirts when we got there and decided to put our stuff in lockers.  The line for the lockers was soo long and they ran out of them so we had to wait for people to return their lockers before we could get one.  Once we finally did, we headed straight for the food because I had decided not to eat anything because I had heard that they were getting food catered for us.  They had nachos and pulled pork sandwiches so I ate that and it was really good.  Then we met us with our other coworkers Allison and Rebecca and then headed to the dance party where we met up with Chelsea, Taylor, and Raquel.  We danced for a good little while and it was really fun being with my FAVORITE Tomorrowland girls!!  We didn't go on any of the water slides because it was actually kind of chilly since it was nighttime and the water was kind of cold, but we did splash our feet in the big wave pool and take some cute pictures!!  I know I didn't end up staying long, but I was just happy I was able to say I went because I really wanted to!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Krista Lauren Girod

 

Monday May 4, 2015

Orlando Premium Outlets International Drive

Soooo, I'm sorry for all the delayed blog posts!!  I' have been working on a blog post for a while now and I'm trying to catch you all up on my Disney adventures within the month of April.  But, I've decided to write again because I have some very exciting plans coming up!  So, this coming Saturday May 9th, my younger brother Kaleb is graduating high school and I'm flying home just for the day to see his graduation and then my parents are driving me back early Sunday morning to Florida and then they are going to stay for the rest of the week to visit!!  I'm so so excited to see them all!  My mom already visited by herself in late March, but this time my dad and brother are coming too!!  My mom can't stop talking about it and neither can I so we're definitely going to have a great time together!  I've been so busy and haven't had a chance to go shopping in a while for something to wear for my brother's graduation, and since I was off today, me and Laura decided to make a day out of it and go to the Orlando Premium Outlets on International Drive in the hopes of finding something to wear and to also find a gift for me brother.  I would've gone to the outlets on Vineland Drive which are closer to our apartments, but I really like the Forever 21 better at the outlets on International Drive because it seems bigger, so that's why we went over there!  Me and Laura spent forever trying to find a parking spot and had to stalk this family to their car in order to claim that spot!  HAHA!  People go crazy about finding parking spots in Florida, especially at outlet malls!

 

Of course, Forever 21 was our first stop!  We spent like two hours in there!  I was finding so many cute things so it took me so long to try on everything!  I ended up buying some cute sandals, a pair of maroon printed shorts, an off white shirt, a mint colored tank top, and a white lace shift dress that I think will look super cute for my brother's graduation!  I always love having something new to wear!! 

 

Then we went into the Nike outlet store because my brother really loves everything Nike, so I found him these shirts that he really likes that say Nike Orlando on them so I bought him two like that and then bought him a $25 giftcard that has Nike Orlando on the cover so I hope he likes his graduation present!! HEHE!!

 

I ended up finding a cute necklace and bracelets at Charlotte Russe!!  I'm literally obsessed with there jewelry because you can buy two things for $10!!!  I think they'll both look cute with the dress I plan on wearing to his graduation!

After that, I wanted to stop by the Disney Store Outlet just because I always love seeing what's new and when we walked in, the first thing I noticed was that they had all these pin boards set up for people to trade pins with!  If you don't know me, pin trading is one of my favorite things to do, and I noticed that the pin boards had some really good pins that I wanted to trade!  Of course I didn't bring any of my pins with me, but I bought two packs of pins for $4.99 each and one had six pins and the other had 4 with a landyard, so me and Laura waited in line so that we could pin trade!  I found some really cool pins and I was so excited!  I found three princess shoes - Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White, I found a Space Mountain License Plate which I thought was really cool, and then I found one more of the princess Rear View Mirrors, so now I have Cinderella, Aurora, and Snow White!  I had so much fun and apparently, the outlet store does this big pin trading event every first Monday of the month between 5:00-6:30 PM.  I definitely want to go back!!

Lastly, Laura wanted to stop in PacSun real quick and the first thing I noticed when I walked in the store was a sign that said BUY ONE GET ONE FREE for all denim shorts and I like freaked out because that's such a good deal!!  We both tried on like 12 pairs of shorts before both choosing just two that we liked!  I found some really cute white denim shorts and another pair that has a high to low wash and they are super cute!!  I can't wait to wear all my new clothes next week when my family comes!!  Today was a really fun shopping trip and I can't wait to go shopping again once I save up some more of my money! LOL!

ALL THE DENIM @ PACSUN

 

 

~ Krista Lauren Girod