Update!

So, I had an awesome going away party on Friday. Thank you to all of the incredible people that showed up and especially those of you who helped by bringing items, decorating and voluntarily cleaning up! You ALL rock! You made by going away incredible, but very sad. Luckily, I know that great people are awaiting my return!

Fast forward to Sunday... we arrive in Florida and make our way to our hotel ...on Disney Property! Disney's All Star Sports Resort was incredible. Very colorful and mickey-fied! It was awesome to get a small taste of Disney and be able to relax before hitting the Park that night! Thanks to Brogan, I was able to experience it before my official start date. ALSO, thankfully, we were able to treat my roommate, Bethany, who hadn't been either. Fellow cast member, Emma, joined us and we had an awesome group. Our way to Magic Kingdom was awesome. It all hit me when we were on the Monorail and I saw the Castle...WOW. We saw an amazing 4D show first... it was sooo weird! (In a TOTALLY awesome way!) I've never even seen 3D, so this was really incredible. Now I can't remember the order of everything... we danced in Tomorrowland with Goofy, Stitch & the Chipmunks...went to the LAUGH FLOOR (fave!)... haunted mansion... SUMMERNIGHTASTIC...Electrical Parade!! (fave!) All pretty incredible.

Now from my diary about Monday. (Aren't you lucky??)
Monday, August 9th. (YEP, 8-9-10!)
What a FULL day! Today was check-in. The real beginning of my adventures joining an INCREDIBLE team!
I awoke at 6:45 to pack my things back up from the Resort to make it up to Vista Way to meet up with my roommates. Running a little behind was lucky because Bethany was, too, so we were in line together. Although the process was long & warm, the people are phenomenal. (What else would you expect??) It was a BLAST, even if it was mostly standing in line! My favorite part? Receiving our apartment location & KEYS! Fun story...originally, the 4 of us decided that we wanted a 2 bedroom at Chatham Square. I get up to apt. check-in and she says "2/br @ Vista or 4/br @ Chatham" ...well, we KNEW we didn't want Vista, but none of us planned to have that many roommates! (There are EIGHT of us total!) We talked it over and took a leap of faith to have the Chatham apartment! (More later.)

After check-in, we took the 10 o'clock bus to DISNEY CASTING! Yes! It still blows my mind that I was THERE. Anyway, the ride over was a blast, with guide "almost perfect" John from Chicago. He was an absolute delight! Engaging, knowledgeable, entertaining. He told us a LOT of great tips.  Anyway, Casting was all of the nitty gritty employment stuff...paperwork, fingerprints, tax forms, etc. But still a BLAST! haha I have never had so much fun in a hiring process :) All of the cast members blew me away. The all had tedious jobs, but you'd never know it by there behavior. At the end, we got a couple photos to start our photopass account!

...More bus waiting...

Move-in time!!
Thankfully, Anna has her car and her Grandma was kind enough to fill her truck with our stuff to lug us over to the apartment. Our move was easy...and boy did we hit the jackpot! Our apartment door is at the ground floor, with stairs inside, like a townhouse! (loooove it.) Our apt is big & open. My bedroom is the first one on the left. Four bedroom, 2.5 bath, rooms are connected suites-style and we have a corner balcony. Furniture is dorm-style, but decent. Pictures later.

After we moved our stuff, we went to the housing meeting and that was the end of day one! If any of you would like to have my address while I'm here, just let me know and I'll be in touch. I am so thankful for all of you. <3

Signing off magically,

Siara (:3