Disney Life.

I can honestly say that when I began my program, I had no intention of becoming involved with anyone. From reading other blogs and seeing comments of Facebook pages, it’s no secret that some girls come to the program in search of their “Prince Charming”. In my mind, I was coming to the program to work hard and make friends with people from all over the world. While I feel truly satisfied by my experience with both of those things, I was also very surprised to find myself spending quite a bit of time with one boy in particular. What started as a really great friendship with Vince has since become something very special to me. If you asked me exactly what we were, I don’t think I would be able to give you an answer, we’re still trying to figure that out ourselves. However I know that I have been blessed to spend my time with someone so sweet who has taught me so much in the past few months. 

A quick beach photo shoot with these four. 

In the middle picture it goes from left to right: Hayley, Billy, Kieran, and Courtney. Each of them mean so much to me and we’ve had so many fun memories together. We took these photos after a dinner at Ohana’s together. Ohana means family, and I would certainly consider the 4 of them to be my family. They are the kind of friends that I hope to keep for the rest of my life. 

As a way to get a chance to say goodbye to our friends, a bunch of the PAC cast got together at Buffalo Wild Wings for a big dinner. Everyone came and hung out for a few hours. After dinner, the restaurant turns into a club with karaoke and dancing. Most of us stayed and had a great night together before everyone started going their separate ways as they finished their programs. 

I graduated my program!

Last week I was lucky enough to see Olly Murs perform at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney! I’ve listened to his music for over a year now and I was so excited to see him play live. He has such a great voice and was such a fun entertainer. 

My family came to visit! 

During the first week of May, my mom, older brother and Aunt Lori came down to see me. 

On their first day, it was pouring rain and didn’t seem like it would let up for the entire weekend. We walked around Downtown Disney, ate dinner at Planet Hollywood, and went to see La Nouba, the Cirque de soliel show. 

On Friday, we had a busy day starting at Hollywood Studios. We rode some rides and had a late lunch/early dinner at the Prime Time Cafe. Afterwards, we went over to Epcot to explore the World Showcase and watch the fireworks. Thankfully, the rain held off all day until just before the fireworks. 

On Saturday, we headed over to Cocoa Beach for the afternoon and then went to my aunt’s house who lives in Florida. She made us a delicious dinner and we visited for a while. 

Sunday we spent the entire day at the Magic Kingdom. Since it’s where I work, I was able to show them around and have them in the best places for all of the shows and parades. Vince came to hang out for the evening to see the fireworks and night parade. Him and my brother got along so well that I had to find other things to do since they would not stop talking amongst themselves. 

On Monday, they did some shopping in Downtown Disney and I met up with them to have some lunch and say goodbye. 

It was so good to see them and I miss them all very much. It was fun to have our own little “family vacation” down here in my new little world. 

Character breakfast! 

As sort of a last minute idea, my roommates decided to go to a character breakfast at the Yacht and Beach club resort! We had an early reservation (7:30 am) so we were up earlier than most of us have been since check-in day and rode over to the hotel. 

It was an all you can eat buffet and it was amazing. The food was incredible and our waitress was constantly refilling our juice and coffee. While we ate, Donald, Minnie, and Goofy came around to the tables to sign autographs, take pictures, and make us smile. 

It was so wonderful to be there with all 5 of my roommates since we haven’t had many chances to all be together at the same time. 

Photo shoot on the beach with my roommates!

There are so many gorgeous places here in Disney World. This is a beach outside the Yacht and Beach club resort that we hung out on after we attended a character breakfast at the hotel. 

Took over the top row of the Tower of Terror with Vince, Kristen, Courtney and Jay.