tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256363522011-11-27T19:20:57.372-05:00Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.comBlogger621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-49580325628969708852009-06-30T03:00:00.001-05:002009-06-30T03:01:46.891-05:00

Right, so where are we up to at this stage...The funeral sucked, but it was nice to see everyone again - even if for not very long. The other plus point of the day was that I was able to sneak away for a few minutes to call Disney and do my language pin test, so I should be getting a new nametag soon with German and "Gaelic" proficiencies on it! Anyhoo, the day after, I flew back to Orlando. As I

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OK, so I know I haven't blogged in basically forever... But things haven't gone so smoothly so far, and I didn't want to worry people, because I was sure things would sort themselves out in the end (which, indeed, they did... sorta)... So here's where things are so far...After the check in and housing meetings day, the next day was the Program meeting. That meant being up early to head to Vista

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-64109528739219767322009-06-03T18:47:00.000-05:002009-06-03T18:48:13.954-05:00

Oh, forgot to mention. When we got back last night and met Kevin, he said that someone from housing was going to call and bring me my phone - and he was a bit confused as he then thought he had lost his phone, but it was mine, obviously, but either way, I got my phone back in the end, so yay.Right, we're almost there now. Today! Today started early enough, around 8. We got up and dressed and

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Right then, we're up as far as yesterday!Woke up at about 8.30 with the girls, but kinda dosed for a bit until I felt I could actually sit up without falling over. Sent them off to work and packed up my stuff. Dropped that off at the luggage room in the hotel and checked out. At that point, I had nothing to do, so I decided to walk to Downtown Disney.On the way, I texted Kim because I was curious

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OK, so updates finally...Getting from JFK to Orlando didn't go to plan, exactly. Got on the plane fine, found my seat, we got out to the runway, aaaaaaand then we took a left turn and headed back to the ramp. They had loaded baggage wrong, so they had to shift luggage from the fore cargo compartment to the back or vice versa. Yarg.So, an hour later we finally got to leave New York (finally).

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Hello from JFK Gate 15 at around 14.45 my time. OK, so I won't be at JFK Gate 15 when I actually upload this, but I'm typing it there, so don't be so persnickety. Jeez. I'm actually going to be leaving from Gate 16. But it's in the "Worldport" part of the JFK terminal (google it), so it's loud and a little warm. Gate 15 is quieter and cooler. Except for the annoying blonde girl who's telling what

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So, today, I finished my exams, and thus finished my bachelor's degree. It's what can only be described as the weirdest feeling ever. I started off very giddy, that moved into exhaustion, which gave way to nostalgia, which too gave way to exhaustion. I've spent the hours since then doing absolutely nothing. Went and got a UCC t-shirt (which I don't know whether I want to wear as PJs or as a

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So, I figured it was about time to start this year's blogging season. Granted, a primary motivator is that I'm trying to avoid studying for my final exam (Web Apps & New Business Forms) on Friday, but that's beside the point, really...So, it's seven days till I hop on a plane to Atlanta, wait around a bit and hop on another plane to Orlando. I'd be lieing if I said I wasn't looking forward to it,

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So, it's three years later...It's the 6th of April, 2009. And I'm sitting in the same chair, in the same hotel, that I sat in a year ago, the night before an embassy interview. A lot has changed since I last blogged. I've just finished my final year of university, and I'm now getting ready to go out into the big mean world of big mean work. Except that I'm applying to a few postgrad masters

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OK, It's February 07... And here I am, finally sitting down to write about a day that happened over 6 months ago... Go team procrastination!So, the last day didn't go as planned. At all.I slept in-again, and so, Lou who was now incredibly pissed with me, came to my place. We slept for a few hours, and then Jei came over. Lou was still asleep-and they weren't on the best of terms at the time, so I

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-83444132247321704792006-12-09T22:23:00.002-05:002008-12-21T21:33:12.978-05:00

So, I kinda should be ironing my scout uniform, seeing as we have an event tomorrow-but instead here I am doing this... Madness...Now, obviously, as it's December, I've forgotten the majority of what happened in my last week... I realise that's my own fault for being a lazy so-and-so, but at least I'll remember some of it...Anyhoo, for what I remember, my last day at Inno was both wonderful and

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Righty! My final week, I worked PAC Sunday and Monday, Inno. Tuesday and Wednesday, off on Thursday and left on the Friday morning. So here's how it went.Sunday: Nothing really out of the blue. 'Cept I adore the Disney Dreams Come True Parade. The music is so upbeat and kickass. Love it, love it, love it. I was doing parade with Damien, the princess of Main Street, so much fun was had by all. I

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OK, here goes nothing. It's finally here, blog endage!My final week was the hardest week I had at WDW. Saying goodbye to everyone, and almost as importantly, everything, was harder than I thought it would be. However, it was an incredible week, nonetheless.Well, firstly, the week before my last week was Shanan and Shayna's last. I think it was the Wednesday of that week (when I was on PAC duty at

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So, today started off on a downer. I got up and went downstairs to wake Kara (Toontown Ops-worked with Shayna). Once I had accomplished that difficult task, I walked over to Louisa's to pick her up-and we walked back over to 28 so Kara could drive us to Health Services. Louisa's been having chest pains and a chesty cough for the last 4 days. Last night, she was crying it hurt so much. So this

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Mum, here is my schedule for this week and next (i.e. what I have so far)...Sunday 13th : Main Street PAC : 14:00 - 22:45Monday 14th : Main Street PAC : 14:00 - 22:45Tuesday 15th : Main Street PAC : 14:00 - 22:45Wednesday 16th : OffThursday 17th : Innoventions : 12:30 - 20:30Friday 18th : Innoventions : 12:00 - 00:15Saturday 19th : Innoventions : 12:45 - 21:30Sunday 20th : Main Street PAC : 14:00

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I've been working 8 hour days at Magic Kingdom with what are, quitefrankly, the dumbest guests ever to set foot on property. Each day hasconsisted of getting up, going to work, coming home, going to wendys,going to bed. Also, I finished training on Main Street PAC. Day 2, we did Backstage positions-which was cool. Saw the floats crossing the train tracks and what not-which was interesting to see.

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1: Mum, Dad, Órla and Aoife came to visit.2: Mum found a soul-mate at MGM studios in the form of a streetmosphere performer who was parodying Brazilian Tour Groups (To Mum, Órl and Aoife... BRAZIL! FOLLOW ME! ... I've lost my tour... Oh, you're fabulous! Love those flip flops. Those are real diamond right? They've gotta be Christian Dior...")3: We rediscovered the beauty of the Market Street

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Right then...Steve got back to me last Thursday (the 13th) as I was closing Character Connection. He told me that he couldn't let me transfer as Innoventions was too understaffed. He did, however, say that what he could do would be to let me drop to three days a week at Innoventions-and then do three days a week at the Magic Kingdom. So, that was great.On Friday, though, he called me to his

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Got news back from Steve.He's told me his decision.But I'm too tired to go into details right now...So you'll have to wait till tomorrow.

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Well, today, after an ocean of cleaning and laundering, Louisa and Ben came over. We ordered in Pizza Hut. It was nice, but I still feel bloated 7 hours later.Then, we met Jei on the bus and went to MGM. Therein, we did Tower of Terror, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster-where we saw Brynna. God love 'er, she looked so... cast member-y, it was fab... By now, it was EMH, but Ben was able to get us wristbands

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So, yesterday, got up early (ish) and went with Louisa to Saratoga Springs to confirm the reservation for the familials...It rained.A lot.I mean... it was REAAAAAAAAALLY wet...So, afterwards, we went to Magic Kingdom. After dropping stuff off at the Jungle Cruise backstage (which was sooo cool to see!), we went to eat. Afterwards, we went and watched the Rainy Day Character Cavalcade... the music

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1152691843913670152006-07-12T03:07:00.001-05:002008-12-21T21:07:02.165-05:00

So, yesterday after that email, I emailed Steve some thanks and also, Holly's contact details (so that it might make it easier for him to find out what he needs...)The reply I got was... worrying...It said things like..."Quite frankly Kevin", "she had no right", "has put me in a very bad position" and "she will not be one of the people I speak with"Gulp.Best cross everything...

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Oh my God.Mon Dieu.Ó, mo Dhia.Mein Gott.O mi Dios.Oh meu Deus.OMG.Oh my Gaw.etc.I just arrived home to find this email waiting for me...Kevin, you make a compelling case and I appreciate your passion. While I make no promises, let me make some calls and see if this is even possible. Give me a couple of days and I wiill follow up with you.SteveSo, while it's not exactly what I wanted (because it

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10: We (Louisa, Jei, Jei's friend Julie, Shanan, Valerie, Vanessa and I) went to Bennigans last night and didn't get home till all hours. Food was yummy though. Spelling of irish words and such, not so yummy...9: Been parking it up big time recently. Lots of MK, mainly. But with reason. It rocks and I heart it. On one night, Shanan, in her mansionly maidness took me into the mansion when they

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1151433701533080812006-06-27T13:28:00.000-05:002006-06-27T13:41:41.543-05:00

Once again, some of the pictures repeat in the photo collages. I don't know why, they just do. Click the pictures to get a bigger version of 'em. L-R, top-bottom: 4 Pictures of Vista Way (the view from my apartment in the pouring rain), Brynna and Shanan in the line for the Great Movie Ride, Entrance of the Great Movie Ride, Poster for the new Pirates Movie at Disney MGM Studios, the lamp post

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1151391412094312382006-06-27T01:01:00.001-05:002008-12-21T21:02:03.380-05:00

Well, the last few days, nothing happened. Went to work, came home, went to Wendy's, went to the Pavilion... went to the parks on my day off... not a whole lot of interestingness, really... And when I say nothing was interesting, I mean, nothing was... It was just literally, go to work, get bumped around all manner of crazy places, leave work etc. However, I do have the following interesting

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Sunday, I closed Opp. City again. Had been at CC all day before getting bumped there an hour before close. Arg. Closing Opp. City is a bitch cos you have to do it yourself and there's oceans of wiping down to do. The person at D-Mail always fucks off around 7, and seeing as I'm always on Family Business Rally, I'm there till 7:10 with guests at least... and then I have to do all the wiping down.

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Some of us getting to Florida. Note that the first picture is duplicated. Don't ask me why, I don't know. Here you see us in Shannon, on the plane, in New York, as well as our first time coming up to the gates of WDW property, an odd bird thing we saw at social security, Ireland at "it's a small world", and Cinderella's castle. So, here's my costume... Sexy, innit? I do have two extra patches

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1150698237295133442006-06-19T01:23:00.001-05:002008-12-21T20:57:04.092-05:00

Well, again, I slept till an ungodly hour... and then, after getting up, I realised that I'm out of Special K-and thus, have no food in the apartment. Joy.So, I got an earlier bus to work and then went to the Discovery Diner where I was going to get my usual Tuscan Chicken slice of heaven, but instead, I got the pizza because it looked delish. Louisa says "looked being the active word there",

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Day off on Friday...Got up (eventually), went to the Premium Outlets with Brynna and Shanan. Got a very cool new watch, as well as sunglasses and a t-shirt (from Pac Sun, Mum. Love that shop).Came home aprés outlets... went to MGM with Brynna and Shanan, did the Great Movie Ride and Muppetvision 3D (which I adore. Sam Eagle therein, totally classic. "Please move all the way down your row.

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1150652507062692162006-06-18T12:38:00.000-05:002006-06-18T12:41:47.076-05:00

I just wanted to wish my dearest darling daddy a veryHappy Father's Day!For those of you who don't know, my Dad is fab. Much fabber than your dad. So there. Jealous? I thought you might be.I'll update more when I get a chance. Gotta run to work now... Doing Illuminations Viewing again tonight! Yay!

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Well, as usual for these bloody EMH shifts, I got up at 3 to be at work for 6. After blogging and chatting to mum, I headed off to work on the 5:35 bus because I was mighty hungry and wanted to go to Subway before work. So, that I did. I've officially fallen in love with the toasted Tuscan Chicken sandwiches with peppers, onions, tomatoes and lettuce with the Tuscan vinaigrette on Honey Oat bread

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Well, yesterday, I got up around 12 and blogged my little heart out for a few hours (as you've seen). Then, Louisa, Anne Marie and I hopped on the A bus to Magic Kingdom Westclock (behind Magic Kingdom) and on to Property Control and Cast Connection. I saw a few nice things-but nothing I particularly wanted there and then, so afterwards, we headed over to Company D at the Disney University and I

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OK, I AM going to get this bugger updated if it kills me.Right now, I just want to get it up to date rather than complete. So if I miss something and one of you Orlando peoples finds out otherwise, just let me know and I'll update accordingly...Righty then!Monday, June 5th. 10:45-19:30Today was day one of venue training. I began training, again with Katy in the Training Room on the Opportunity

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1149991547512701582006-06-10T19:04:00.001-05:002008-12-21T20:25:35.541-05:00

Today, M.E.R.G.E. day, happened the day after Discovery Day-so I was a mighty schleepy beepy. However, we didn't have to start until 12:45, so it wasn't too bad.Katy and I caught the bus to Epcot Cast Services (well, that's where the bus to epcot drops you, so that's the bus we got, I suppose) and waited in the Cast Services break room for Kurt, our trainer for the day to come and find us. Cast

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We started off Discovery Day by getting into formal wear again (though, this time, without ties) and taking the C bus to Epcot Cast Services.We waited outside for a bit, and then our trainers (the names of which elude me) came out and met us. They took us into Cast Services, Hard Clocked us in and then to a little classroom area thingy.There, we were finally given our "Earning my Ears" tags for

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We begin, dear readers, with Friday, the 2nd of June. Today was Traditions day. Now this, ladies and gents, was a day and a half... I mean, it wasn't like, a day and a half time-wise, but it was SO MUCH FUN!We arrived at Disney University (back behind Magic Kingdom) at around 7 and spent about 10 hours, if I recall correctly there...We started the day by getting our Disney IDs and nametags (YAY!)

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OK, so I'll keep this particular part brief because, to be honest, it's boring...The day after checkin, we had a housing meeting at The Commons (where the people who work at World Showcase at Epcot live) with the people from Price Management who operate the housing complexes.There was a lot of general yawn-inducing stuff, and I met a guy from Ireland also doing Ops called Gerald.There was also a

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Well, we got to Orlando airport (Which is lovely, it really is beautiful-both in design and decor), and got our bags. Anne Marie and I went to stand and look for the Disney person who'd be meeting us. It was then that we spotted Mossy & Michael (the two Irish lads from our flight). They were talking to a man and a woman...As we started walking towards them, the woman left them and started coming

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So, we got to JFK in the end, about 20 minutes before schedule...JFK's Delta terminal is a hole. I may try and have my flight moved to a different airport for the way back.It took 45 minutes for the bags to come through. That sucked. So, we then had to queue for the customs desk and stuff. That was another 15 minutes at least. Then, another queue for security, (a LONG queue) and we began the

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1149127707288458002006-05-31T21:08:00.000-05:002006-05-31T21:08:27.306-05:00

Well, I'm writing this from somewhere around thirty five thousand feet... Obviously, I don't have internet access here, but I'm writing in Notepad and I'll copy and paste from this to blogger in Orlando.Anne Marie needs her lip balm, apparently...Aaaaaaanyhoo, started off this morning around 5:45... But I just couldn't bring myself to get the heck out of my favouritest bed and leave home and

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So, this morning, Anne Marie rang me around 10... Delta had been on to her-they'd overbooked our flight and wanted to move us to the 9:20 flight...After a lot of frantic phone calling (including to Yummy Jobs... until I realised it's a bank holiday and they're off...) and Mum and back to Anne Marie, we finally decided that it'd be best for us to stay on our flight rather than move... We'd have

Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076283138186727199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25636352.post-1148872546353984802006-05-28T22:07:00.000-05:002006-05-28T22:15:46.356-05:00

Well, tonight, after coming home from my grandparents', Yvonne, Eoin and Daniel called in for a final goodbye...After pondering for a while over what to do (including DVDs and the like), we eventually settled on a game of Simpsons Monopoly... So, we spent about 3 hours playing Monopoly before we finally called it a night.Meanwhile, I'm more or less all ready to go, I think... My bag is mostly

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Today was a bit like an Enid Blyton/Famous Five novel with lashings and lashings of ginger beer, liver paté and crisps and things on a smashing (or other suitably 50s English word here) picnic...To celebrate my going away, we had a picnic in Fitzgerald's park which was soooo much fun... We started with lawn bowls and followed on with a game of ultimate frizbee. I have a new favourite sport. I

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Well, yesterday (sunday) I went to town with Mum (and for some reason, Steve) and shopped!I got very cool towels (dark and light blue), very cool linens (blue and beige), white runners, groovy sunglasses (€7!), formal pants, some shirts and a nice tie (I love Penneys!), and of course, my darling fiancé Yvonne sold me a groovy red combination lock.She's so multitalented!Oh, and the bed size

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Well, I had been talking to a few fellow ICPers a few weeks back about the mystical program assessment fee. It's this $70 fee that we have to pay for something to do with housing... No one quite knows what it's for, I can't say I do either... I'm guessing it's something to do with the fact that the apartments are furnished and all that.Anyhoo, when I got my acknowledgement form (which had to be

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Well, last Wednesday, Alexis emailed me saying that she had my flight details and if I wanted, she'd forward on the list of people who're on our flight. I emailed her back that day, and yesterday (Monday), she got back to me with the list!We've 7 on our flight from Shannon (though some are starting in Dublin-it connects through Shannon before going to New York) including Anne Marie and myself.

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So, the other day, I was sitting in the New Bar in UCC eating lunch (well, kinda) with Eoin, Alma, Yvonne, Alison and... for the life of me, I can't remember the other girl's name. Dee, I think. Anyway, she's lovely but that's irrelevant.Anyhoo, out of the blue, Eoin turns to me and says "So, Kev, I got into your blog the other day. And it occurred to me. What the hell are you going to do after

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I got a really nice email via the ITM Forums email system today (well, yesterday, April 30th...) from a member who did the CP (American College Program... It's like the ICP only it happens during term-time and the CMs take classes that count towards their grade for that year at their college) back in 2000. It sounded really cool and got me all excited about the fact that we have passed the

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I can't believe I forgot to tell you lot about this before now! Waaaaay back, eons ago (i.e. the 10th of January), I went to great lengths to track down the email address of my Disney Recruiter (that is, Julie, the lady who did my interview). It half killed me looking for it actually, because the place I originally saw it turned out to have removed it... Anyhoo, once I had found the email, I

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Áine White rang me this morning to let me know the letters were done. I called in and got them around 3:30 am so they'll be posted on Monday or Tuesday, methinks. They look really swish, I must say.Also, she said I'd have to send her "a postcard from Disney" so I'll have to remember to do that. Someone remind me when that comes around...P.S. I've added all sorts of shiny features to the sidebar

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Well, on Wednesday (in the middle of my day-long lazyness-fest with Yvonne in the amphitheatre in front of the Student Centre), Alexis rang me. I explained the question about the accreditation letters to her and she said that would be fine... She was a bit confused over the BIS/UCC thing (too many letters, I think!) but when I explained that, she said that as long as there's university details on

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Well, the ol' blog looked mighty forlorn all not updated and all, so I said I should give it something new...I called up to Áine White on the 3rd floor of the ORB (the O' Rahilly Building here in UCC) because she had called me to say that my accreditation letter was done. We weren't sure what we should do about the university enrollment letter (because she didn't know if it would be ok on BIS

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Well, the Visa arrived TODAY! Yes, one day later! That's service, if ever I heard it! Visa processing times are supposed to be 3 days! They had it done in less than one!I'd post pictures... But passport numbers + control numbers + visa numbers (etc.) + the internet = trouble... And if I black all that stuff out, you cant even see the thing...But it's very shiny. It's got the statue of Lincoln

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On Sunday night, Dad booked a family room in Bewleys of Ballsbridge (€99 for the night. Not too bad.) and yesterday, we headed to Dublin. I drove as far as Portlaoise (furthest ever!) where we stopped for Supermac's. We both had the Chicken Sandwich... thing... wasn't great, but sorta filled a gap I suppose. Dad drove the rest of the way to Dublin 'cos learner drivers aren't allowed on the

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So anyhoo...The American embassy irritates me. Why? Because someone there decided that it'd be a good idea to not offer interviews for non-immigrant visa applicants after 10 AM. Obviously, we're 5 hours drive, 3 hours train or 1 hour flight from Dublin. So that's fairly sucky for us.What's worse, though, is my interview is at 9:30. To get me there in time, going up that morning, I need to take

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So, this 'ere do be the almightily supercool info pack I got. How sexy is it? VERY!Firstly... The front of it. SO preeeeeeedy!When you open the cover...And when you open the info booklet part... (The pages are colour coded by section. Green is "living")Back of the info booklet...When you open the flap to the document area...The Disney Look Book - guidelines on appearance basically, but it's SO

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See? I told ya I'd get ya pictures! Never say I don't give you anything...Firstly, the first thing I got... the brochure from the interview...On the inside...And the back..Ain't it perdy?For pictures, click here.

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Well, now that you're all up-to-date on the journey so far, we can get properly bloggin'."YAY!", I hear you holler.Your enthusiasm is inspiring. And so, I'm gonna try and keep this busy in the days left till Floriday.Visa interview on the 18th. More about that soon... As well as pictures of the info pack and brochure.Ta.

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We all left the room and Jason led us up another 3 flights of stairs to what I'm guessing was a large bright office area of their career's service. Julie and Anne were ushered into rooms off this area while we took seats around. Jason came over to us one by one and checked over our forms and documentation. He asked some questions (like if we had visible tatoos or any piercings-I dont) and noted

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So, anyhoo...I had thought that there was no option for a poor lowly foreigner like me to work at WDW... In July (or August... not sure) of 2005, after getting back from Paris, the Disney bug was really itching. I had been bitten baaaaaaaaaad. To feed the addiction, I started to listen to a podcast called Inside the Magic (some of you may know it...) hosted by Ricky Brigante, a resident of Winter

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Alrighty then! Let's get this blog thing on the road!Well, as you all know by now (I hope!), I'm off to Florida this summer to work for The Mouse at Walt Disney World, the #1 tourist destination in the world. I suppose I should give you lot some back story then... Here goes nothing!I've been a total Disney parks fan since I was 7 and visited Disneyland Paris for the first time. The addiction

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