Manchester Meet Up!

So even before I knew I had a place on the programme I had been talking a lot to other candidates from Disney, some who had places and some who were on the opportunity list. We had made plans to have a meet up to get to know each other better, and finally decided to meet in Manchester as it was pretty central to everybody- we had Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and from all areas of England! We booked apartments in the centre on Manchester, and on the 23rd 9 of us arrived! The night before there had been biblical thunder and lightning storms, causing a fair bit of chaos on the railways. My train was cancelled and loads of others delayed, but I got up there just shy of two hours late. We met in Whether spoons, dropped our stuff off at the apartments and went to the Hard Rock Cafe for Food. Steak= delicious! The plan was to have a night in watching Disney films, but we made some cocktails and after watching Tangled decided to hear out, ending up at Tiger Tiger. Mint night, and by the time we stumbled home I felt like I had knew these girls forever. Next day we got up rather late, although unfortunately Rebecca wasn’t feeling very well so had to go home :(. In the afternoon the rest of us went shopping and then went out for round 2. The night was possibly one of the craziest- and best-I’d ever had.

Saying goodbye was actually a bit sad. I knew one girl- Sammy- would already be at Disney when I arrived, but I was sad at the prospect of the others- Ashleigh, Annaliese, Emmy, Jenna, Kathryn and Katherine- not arriving until between January and March next year. But at least they will be coming- everyone except Katherine has a date and I have no doubt she’ll be taken off soon.

It was lovely meeting everyone, and made me feel a million times better about moving over there as I know I’ll have a great group of girls over there.

Only a few months now until I leave!

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Oh my goodness……I’ve been offered the job!!

So life has been insanely hectic and then wonderfully peaceful for the last few months. The end of my last term at uni was crazy, I felt like I’d moved into the library. All worth it in the end though as i got my 2:1 in English Literature so I am pretty happy 🙂

I’ve signed up for something called the Wolf Run in September. Its a 10km open country run through lakes, mud and over obstacles. Exciting stuff! And I’ve had time to train for it since finishing uni. I’ve been enjoying having lots of time at home with my family- the last few years I’ve barely spent more than a few weeks at a time back in Birmingham, what with uni and my summer in Vietnam, so it’s been great to be back. I’ve been training, reading, relaxing, seeing my Dad and spending time with my cats and dog (call me crazy, but I bloody miss them when I don’t see them!)

It was strange finishing uni literally having no idea where my life was going. I had no plans whatsoever- I put on hold planning anything because of Disney. As a back up I started browsing travelling websites, figuring I could to some travelling for a little while. But not having a firm idea whether and when Disney would play a role in my life was really restricting. But all the waiting paid off…

This morning Dad was making breakfast I walked from the kitchen into my living room, and saw I had a missed call on my phone…from Yummy Jobs. I knew this could only mean one thing. I yelled “Dad  come in here I have a missed call from Yummy Jobs!!” He came dashing in, and we sat on the settee and called James from Yummy Jobs, putting him on speaker. We went through the agony of general chitchat, before he finally…offered me the job! For October 29th! I screamed and sobbed down the phone, probably sounding like a bleedin lunatic. I was told I would shortly receive an email.After I got off the phone, I looked at Dad; he gave me a massive hug and said he was the proudest father in the world.

I have been given the role of Food and Beverage- although I said in my interview I would be happy with either- which I would be- I did want to have F&B as I think it’ll be a busier job which I’ll enjoy, I have a bit more experience in this sector and I’ve heard that if you can move up to a tipped position you can make a better amount of money.

It’s all quite new at the moment and I don’t think it has quite sunk in. But I am so very very excited!

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