St Augustine

Last week i had a day off and fancied a wee trip down to the beach... so me Beth, Gemma and Kim decided to go visit the beautiful town of St Augustine. Its about 2 hours away from where we are and is the oldest town in America. I was gutted because we stayed on the beach for literally 5 minutes however we made the most of the day and visited the old town. It was incredible so much history there from when the brits and spaniards invaded and then obviously when it got its independance all of the old churches and the school were really fascinating. The weather kept good too. Ive decided that i want to retire and live there.. it really is a beautiful place.

Atlantis shuttle launch

Ok so no pictures of the rocket itself but to be honest it was just a big white light! i have it on video which is far better! So we headed to cocoa beach after work to check out the atlantis launch.. very exciting stuff as we got lost on the way and were convinced we were going to miss it. but we got there on time. It really was amazing to see! the whole beach packed out to see it then at i think it was 7.38 this big white light shoots into the sky leaving a huuuge trail of smoke. about id say a minute later the roar of the engine could be heard... literally gave me goosebumps! incredible stuff! afterwards we went for dinner at at steakhouse nearby and had the worst service ever it was soo bad i wanted to go back it was the funniest thing ever!

other people getting initiated!!

always a fun lads... this time it was the turn of Ryan, Derek, Liam and Jim. Andy and Ross put on a treat for these guys!! can't really give too much away although the pictures kinda give a lot away. It was much easier than ours for sure but definately not easy! Not too much to say on the matter as the pictures explain it all. Also made a little bid for vice chairman and lost :( Congrats to Big dave who won! Sorry im not doing this as much as i promised.. im working so much lately so please forgive me!

Magic Kingdom fun!

Random days out rule!! This week i decided a trip to the Magic Kingdom was in order because i haven't really visited there much. Lucy, Kerri, Andrea and myself decided to head down one day after work. We wanted to meet some characters too so we can get some decent Disney pics but that went down in flames when it rained :( We tried out the new Monsters inc attraction which was really fun.. its like a comedy show hosted by Mike.. i loved it! then we did a few rides and watched spectromagic and then wishes!! We had loadsa fun. just wish my camera knew how to take pictures in the night! :(

Bye Bye Doug

Last night the Rose and Crown said goodbye to one of its most loved members of staff!! Doug our assignor has been there for 12 years but has been asked to leave by immigration because he cant prove his English heritage!! He didnt want a last song so he came in for a meal in the evening and we all crowded round his table and sang 'for hes a jolly good fellow' to him. Doug will defo be missed... mmm hmm girlfriend, hard worker comin thru!!

Little more bahamas!

As part of the cruise you get all your food included, each night you eat at a different restaurant but keep the same server for each evening. We also got a wine package added on. One night we got all dressed up and headed to Tritons which is a french restaurant themed around 'The Little Mermaid' the food there was amazing. On the way we bumped into Cinderella on the lobby and she asked if she could get a picture with me so of course i did! That night the cruise had a party called the Pirate party which was so much fun we all got into it and we dancing and singing then all of a sudden all the characters came out which was fun and it all ended with a fireworks show in the middle of the ocean! The next day we went parasailing which was soo much fun and the weather was fabulous so the views were incredible! That night we had our final meal at a restaurant called animators palate. The whole place is black and white with paintings on the wall in black and white and then as the night goes on everything becomes colourful and at the end of the night the servers walk through the restaurant and you cheer for them to say thanks to them!! All in all i had an incredible time and wouldn't hesitate to do it again! I miss it already!!

Bahamas Baby!!

So this weekend I took a little break and headed to the sunny bahamas on a disney cruise! I headed down with Lyndsey, Lucy and Anneliese (random group) on Thursday first thing. The Cruise ship itself is absolutely HUUUUUUUGE! ive never seen a cruise ship before and i was just in awe! when we got on we inspected our room, it was lovely we had a verander right at the very front of the boat which was fantastic for views! Then we headed downstairs for a safety briefing on one of the decks and then...

Party time wooo!! Disney organised a 'set sail party' for the boat leaving. It was a gorgeous day and we were all on the top decks the music pumping, sun shining it was such a good feeling! Then halfway through the show loads of characters came out and danced on the stage. As we set sail we looked down the the dock where we boarded and some of the staff waved us off!! very fun! One of the best parts of the cruise was the entertainment. The nightly shows were fantastic and we got speaking to some of the performers (i spent half a day at the pool with the performers while the others were at the beach) and they love what they do.


Nobody can go to the bahamas without watching the sun set and without visiting those gorgeous beaches. Disney actually owns its own bahamian island called Castaway Cay. The island can only be visited by cruise guests and it only docks twice a week so the island is immaculate. When we arrived it looked like the island form lost. Disney only open i'd say about a third of the entire island to the public. I wanted to explore but it was all blocked off. One of the main features of Castaway Cay is the flying dutchman ship from the Pirates of the Carribean movies. Its the actual one that they use.. its incredible! here are some pics of the Bahamas below!

So as they had the ship from Pirates of the Carribean i thougt who better to get a photo with than Jack Sparrow himself.. Im in love! I met his 'friend' by the pool.. so hot!! We also met Minnie and Pluto on the island.. i cant stress enough how much the island is like paradise.. its gorgeous!! the sea was clear as anything the sand was white and it was just so clean!! i loved it so much especially the adult beach.. it was so quiet. Obviously now that ive learned to swim i decided to put my new skills into practice and swam as far out as i could which was miles, i felt like i was in the middle of the ocean! I got caught by the tide briefly though which wasnt fun!!

Familiar faces!!

Finally i have some visitors!! On Tuesday Chris, Jo and Jenny who i worked with when i was back home in sunny Liverpool arrived to come visit me!! yay!! So last night i took them to the Rose and Crown for dinner which was ncie, they loved the fireworks and then i felt i had to take them to Jellyrolls!! So we met up with Charis and Andrew and then later on we were joined by Lou and Chris too which was awesome! Its really nice having them over and taking them around the parks, and showqing them the places where i hang out. We have a trip to Cowboys planned for the weekend so watch this space!! the best thing is that gets me away from the commons for a little while so when i get back theres plenty of gossip!!!! I am however screwed today as i had to let them go to Magic Kingdom alone because ive lost my voice and am working tommorrow and need to get it back so i decided to be sensible! but yeah its awesome having folk here!

EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival

Just random pretty flowers and stuf around EPCOT. The flower and garden festival lasts about 2 months here. its quite cool they make huge characters out of flowers and bushes and stuff. Some of it is absolutely amazing, they also have loads of little stalls and seminars about how to look after a garden and really random stuff. so here are some pics!!