Hi Everyone!
Starting March 28th, I will be working in the Canadian Pavilion at EPCOT for a year, as a cultural representative, participating in the W.D.W. International Program. If you are ever visiting WDW in the next year, be sure to email me and drop by EPCOT's Canadian Pavilion to say hi. Thank you for visiting my site, and I hope you enjoy my Florida experience, as much as I do.
"Last week was extremely busy at all of the Walt Disney World parks, as the Magic Kingdom began phased closings on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Disney's Animal Kingdom also closed on Wednesday and Thursday, while the Disney-MGM Studios had parking lot overflows on Wednesday and Thursday, as well. Epcot, with its larger parking lots and much larger capacity, did not close at all. It's uncertain when three parks last closed at the same time.
While Epcot did stay open, lines were extremely long, with waits for Soarin' regularly around 3 hours and lines for many Future World attractions running all the way to the Innoventions breezeways. New Year's Eve saw Soarin' waits of up to 4 hours."
These pictures in this photo were taken a few days before christmas: (1) fireworks sign warning about the NYE fireworks (2) a gingerbread house Christine and myself made (3/4) the rental for the day.
Onto NYE: The park had extended hours from 7am until 1am. There were two fireworks, one at 730, and the big one at 1140. The park started to close at max attendance around 11am, reaching about 76000 people at one point. Hats and horns were distributed from 6pm on. My shift was from 3pm-3am, but I ended up leaving around 1:45. I have never seen a place soo busy, and I didnt even leave the restaurant. There were people just running around everywhere. I walked out backstage behind the restuarant and all I could hear was the crowds, and the loud noise makers. (It sounded like Canadian geese). When it came time for fireworks: 11:40, all guests were out of the restaurant which allowed us to go watch the fireworks. We all ran outside and squeezed in together to watch the fireworks from popcorn. It was the regular fireworks, plus a countdown in each country according to the time zones, with America and Canada last.
Pictures of the crowds, smoke and debris was blowing towards Canada (thanks wind). Also in picture 2,3 you can see the fireworks at MGM.
The special event tent next to Canada was open for the night. I was one of the last to leave because I helped out waiting until Christine was scheduled to get off at 2, but was done about 130. Was looking forward to the "cast hallway celebration" which took place from 9pm-3am. "A special celebration with food (chili and bread sticks), refreshments (none), fun & HATS (none). It was cool to shake hands with the president of Epcot on the way out, but what I was looking forward to all night (the hats) they were out of. But the next morning, yes I worked the next morning at 1015, one of the managers had 1 left, which they gave to me. So all was well.
Happy New Year everyone, I hope you enjoy reading my blog in '07 with many more exciting things to come! : )
While Epcot did stay open, lines were extremely long, with waits for Soarin' regularly around 3 hours and lines for many Future World attractions running all the way to the Innoventions breezeways. New Year's Eve saw Soarin' waits of up to 4 hours."
These pictures in this photo were taken a few days before christmas: (1) fireworks sign warning about the NYE fireworks (2) a gingerbread house Christine and myself made (3/4) the rental for the day.
Onto NYE: The park had extended hours from 7am until 1am. There were two fireworks, one at 730, and the big one at 1140. The park started to close at max attendance around 11am, reaching about 76000 people at one point. Hats and horns were distributed from 6pm on. My shift was from 3pm-3am, but I ended up leaving around 1:45. I have never seen a place soo busy, and I didnt even leave the restaurant. There were people just running around everywhere. I walked out backstage behind the restuarant and all I could hear was the crowds, and the loud noise makers. (It sounded like Canadian geese). When it came time for fireworks: 11:40, all guests were out of the restaurant which allowed us to go watch the fireworks. We all ran outside and squeezed in together to watch the fireworks from popcorn. It was the regular fireworks, plus a countdown in each country according to the time zones, with America and Canada last.
Pictures of the crowds, smoke and debris was blowing towards Canada (thanks wind). Also in picture 2,3 you can see the fireworks at MGM.
The special event tent next to Canada was open for the night. I was one of the last to leave because I helped out waiting until Christine was scheduled to get off at 2, but was done about 130. Was looking forward to the "cast hallway celebration" which took place from 9pm-3am. "A special celebration with food (chili and bread sticks), refreshments (none), fun & HATS (none). It was cool to shake hands with the president of Epcot on the way out, but what I was looking forward to all night (the hats) they were out of. But the next morning, yes I worked the next morning at 1015, one of the managers had 1 left, which they gave to me. So all was well.
Happy New Year everyone, I hope you enjoy reading my blog in '07 with many more exciting things to come! : )
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