"A tale as old as time"
                                  -Beauty and the Beast

OK so after some blog neglect in which i have been getting into trouble from multiple sources here we go with the first update from the USA.

I'm going to start from the begging and try not to miss too much out. so as i have mentioned previously i flew out from Sydney at 7.ooam on the 4th of Jan. i was flying Air New Zealand to Auckland. i was very worried about my luggage allowance but the check in lady was very nice and i came just under the allowance. thank goodness for that. so after a nice three hour flight i arrive in Auckland. let me just say WOW what a small international airport. first thing i do is find somewhere to sit and possibly sleep since I'm stuck there for seven hours. they had these cool egg looking chairs and i managed to nab one as soon as i arrived. it is here for the next seven hours where i sit looking at a pharmacy and nap. also i would like to add i resent paying for wi fi in airports take note Auckland and LAX.

anywhose nothing really happened at Auckland. i met up with my flight buddy Suzi right before boarding the plane for LA. Air NZ usually offer a good flight service between Auckland and LAX but the plane had been downsized to an older model so some of the perks like skycouch and USB connectivity where lacking. it didn't bother me all that much but OMG where people angry on that flight. yes we had seat re allocations but seriously people where furious. the flight was fine. the food was good ( I'm one of those weird people that enjoys air plane food) and best of all i had a seat free beside me so i could stretch out a little.

Arriving in LAX i imagined i would be overwhelmed. i was rather very level headed. with Suzi (who is a travelling pro and knows LAX better than Melbourne airport) we set out for customs and immigration. we were lucky and landed in a terminal that was rather empty so there was basically no line and we easily got our bags and breezed through customs and immigration. this is where i said good buy to Suzi as she was staying a night over in LA while i continued onto Orlando. i drop my bags at the international transfers drop and venture outside to go to the American Airlines terminal where i have to check in again. i ask where to go straight away as this place is huge. i grab the shuttle an am there in no time at all. i go to check in and the lady asks me if I'm going back to NZ. i say no confused. she sorts it out and I'm on my way to my gate. i am slightly convinced though my bags may be on their way back to NZ with the little confusion.

so after a slight wait of five hours I'm about to board the AA flight to Dallas Fort Worth, Texas. the PA that due to the flight being full they would like to check some carry on bags to make room. i didn't mind so i checked my backpack leaving me with just my laptop. we board the plane and off we go. the flight was only four hours and wasn't too bad. the plane was indeed full though. i slept pretty much the entire flight and woke towards the end. i had a connecting flight from DFW with AA onto Orlando with 40mins time to make the flight.

Due to AA thinking our flight was running late which we were not they gave our gate away.so we proceeded to our secondary gate in which there was a late departing flight stuck at. they made us sit on the runway for 20mins. finally they allocated a third gate for us to go to. we were told those with connecting flights that they would be held for us as they knew we were now late. it takes forever to disembark off flights as it is. so i race off and start heading for my connecting flight. i notice a girl who was on my AA and ANZ flights we both stop to ask an agent where to go and she informs us our flight left without us. FML. so this is how i met Hannah. we were both stranded in Texas by AA. the agent directed us to someone else who booked us another flight for the morning and gave us a distress rate for the Hilton hotel. so we had to pay $75 for a nights stay for something that wasn't our fault. did i forget to mention that they wouldn't give us our luggage as they didn't know where it was. so we both had no clothes and turns out it was 3 degrees in Texas that night.

The Hilton was lovely though i must say. we both enjoyed our rooms with king beds. our flight was early so we had to be up at like 5am which sucked. we ended up getting to Orlando finally and best of all our bags arrived too! so i chose to get the mears shuttle to the holiday inn which is right across the road from where i needed to check in to Disney on the 7th.

I'm going to love you and leave you now. i will post again later with an update on the first week with training, going to disneyworld for the first time etc.

welcome to 2012

Ohana means family, family means nobody get left behind. Or forgotten
                                                                                                              lilo & stitch


So i have left my home and my friends and flown to Sydney to spend a few days with some family before leaving on the 4th for USA. the 1st was my last day of work where i finished up at 4pm. it will be the last time i work with alot of those people. i will dearly miss them and wish them all the best for the future.

on thusday i had my going away dinner/drinks. thanks to rach, alex, jordan, trista, marlee, alyse, jose, kristen, jack and andi for coming along for some good chats over dinner. special metion to the best people in the world marlee and alex for their gift of Gucci Guilty (a cologne i have been obsessing over for months). the dinner was so much fun and im glad i could catch up with everyone over that relaxed setting.

following on from dinner we hit the pig n whistle where more people from work joined us for some good times. the likes of bre, chris, sam, caru, cj, steve, yvette among others joined to make the night a fun event. thanks to all those that came out with a few coming straight from work.

so the last day of work was bittersweet. on one hand im about to start an amazing journey and have the time of my life. on the other hand im leaving my friends and basically family (hence the quote). not seeing kylie three times a week or chatting to manda in reception is something i will miss. leaving my department in the hands of others has always been a challenge for me and no doubt ill freak out over it. i have faith melissa can keep it all together.

the hardest thing was leaving my best friend. truly the best person in the world marlee wiseman. we talk daily and freak when we dont see each other for more than two days. she is a strong, thoughtful, deliciously mean, has a killer sense of humour and is the most amazing person. of all the people i have known she is the best friend that killed me to leave behind. we will email, tweet, kik, and skype often as while i go through a huge life change she is about to embark on a career change which is exciting.

thanks again to 5184 team for all the memories. thanks to those that signed my card (its coming to america) and thanks for the gift. i never expected anything but will take lots of photos with my new camera which i just love. again thank you to marlee for the effort of starting a collection. also thanks to adam who in the last week has become a very valued friend indeed(dont worry mate a mufusa will be in the mail).

im going to try make a vlog before i leave but if not catch you on the flipside aka america.

take care and live life

OMG its so close

OMG can you believe that in 12 days i will be in the U.S.A and in 15 days i will be working for Walt Disney World!!!!!!!!!!! im getting pumped. still have alot to do though before i go. will keep you posted!!!!!!

Quick Update

Life's not a spectator sport. If watchin' is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without ya.                                                                           -The Hunchback of Notre Dame

So there is only like 35 days till i leave for Disney!!!!!! Almost into the final stretch. Things are starting to feel more real now that uni is over for the year and results are in. I did well considering my care factor after finding out about Disney mid semester btw. Almost everything is booked for Disney. so far:

-flights to Orlando
-flights home
-accommodation prior to the 7th
-travel insurance
-visa
-assessment fees
-picked classes (marketing you and Disney heritage)
-organised going home for Christmas
-new blackberry (bold 9900 and i love her)

I just have to a pay for my flight to Sydney on new years day and I'm done!!!!!! I'm so excited everything is finally falling into place.

So that's basically everything that's been happening. there is tons more but I'm writing this while procrastinating from sleep so cant be bothered going into depth. i will just say i got insanely jealous of Christine Worthington's blog (http://kiwidisney.blogspot.com/seeing) she had 19 followers whilst i only have four. i demand more. so add your mum, your dad, your neighbour.


until next time...

ps. i used to love The Hunchback of Notre Dame cups i received when younger from McDonalds.

neglect

i know i haven't even left for disneyworld yet and I'm already neglecting my blog. shame on me. at least i picked up on this now. i just really hate typing to be honest. this is a nothing post just like my vlog on me saying umm to much but i promise to post Disney related stuff more regularly and about interesting stuff. so stay posted. I'm going to post a vlog about the visa application and I'm going to do an actual blog post on the happenings going on in the Disney Australia and New Zealand facebook group.

so stay awesome and until next time

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till next time

Pumpkins scream in the dead of night.
                   - “This is Halloween”, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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