Day Off Adventures

Thursday Feb 25.
So it has been awhile since my last post. To fill you in (which is probably the reason you are reading this or you are a creepy stalker...either way...) things have been going pretty good. On Tuesday I had the day off which was really nice. I slept in a bit and then went to Animal Kingdom, alone. I actually liked being alone that day though. It was my first time ever going to DAK (Disney's Animal Kingdom). When I first got there I went on the Safari which was a lot of fun. I even stood in line and rode with three other college program girls. They were really nice. The safari takes you on to an animal preserve where the animals are living in a habitat that is as close to natural as it can be without being the real thing. I was sad that the lions were sleeping when we drove by though. When I got off the ride I walked a bit with the girls I met and then decided I was going to venture off on my own and go see the Musical Finding Nemo, which was AMAZING!!! I loved it! after that I hurried out and watched the DAK parade which was very good and unlike the other parades at Disney. They had these huge folk art looking animals that people were controlling and interacting with the crowd with. One of them was a frog and the guy working it spit the frog's tongue right at me. I almost fell over. After the parade I went and saw The Festival of the Lion King which was also an AMAZING show. It involves a lot of acrobatics. There was also an aerial artist that was portraying a bird. It was so beautiful.  When that was over I got a funnel cake from my roommate Heather that was working that night and then headed home where my roommate Amanda and I went to the welcome event that was being held that night. I luckily caught a free prize that is a laptop case. It's pretty nice actually. Princess Tiana was there too, but we came to late and missed seeing her.
Wednesday I went with one of my coworkers, Robert to Hollywood Studios to a drawing class. Before the class started we went and watched some of the street performers. It was really funny. The actors are so funny and we even saw a magician. The drawing class was really fun too. We drew Whinnie the Pooh and Tigger (We went to two different classes). We voted and my Pooh was better than Roberts :)  After the classes we ventured around; Robert was like my own personal tour guide. He has been coming to Disney since he was little and seems to know everything there is to know. We did some interactive games where we found that the Disney character I am most like is Cinderella and we also did an acting scene from Beauty and the Beast. Then we got some lunch/dinner and walked around some more before we both headed our own ways, I had to get home for dinner.
That night my roommates, Aimee, Amanda, Megan and I went to the Rainforest Cafe at DAK. It was really fun. The food was good but there was SOOO MUCH of it. For desert we got the VOOOOLCANO! It is this brownie that they lean up to look like a volcano with ice cream on the inside and whipcream on top. When they bring it out they yell VOOOOOOLCANO through the restaurant all the way up to your table.
Today I broke a record with the largest sale to a normal guest (someone that isnt famous). A guest spent $500 on pictures. He wanted 4x6 prints of all 40 of his pictures and he didnt want to purchase the CD that would have only been $150 and would include 30 stock photos of Disney with it. My coworkers and I couldn't believe it!
Today was also the launch of the spaceship. I was unfortunately working inside when it went off :( But I looked it up online. Tomorrow we have an apartment inspection so we have been cleaning all day. Mom you would be so proud ;)
That's everything for now. I have some funny/cute stories that I will write in here soon.