Work is cray-cray busy right now. We are in the middle of Candlelight, which is very full on. During December there is a show called the Candlelight Processional and its basically the story of Christmas, told by a celebrity narrator with a big choir that is made up with cast members. It's a free show, however if you want a guaranteed seat then you need to pre-book a Candlelight package, which includes a 3 course meal at one of Epcot's table service restaurants and a ticket for one of the three shows a day. It means that the restaurant lunch time is now from 12-2:30pm, instead of 3pm because we need to reopen at 3:30pm for dinner service. And we are now open until 9:30pm every day as the fireworks are pushed back by half an hour. And with Extra Magic Hours on a Friday night, we stay open until 10:30pm. It can get crazy busy very quickly and we are all trying to get people their three courses and back out the door as quick as possible so they can go get in line for the show. Guests can be really rude and it can get pretty stressful, especially when food isn't coming out quick enough. The Candlelight guests then all leave and then we just have all of our regular guests... it can feel like it's never going to end! I haven't even been to see a show yet because I'm so tired!
Sooooo.... again I'm just going to randomly talk about different things that I've been up to!
Thanksgiving has been and gone! I was due to work an am shift but called in... awkward. Wasn't feeling good at all and then I had a really horrible, home sick, bawling my eyes out on the couch moment. Ended up sleeping on the couch for most of the day and just watching tv. In the evening my American roommates cooked themselves a Thanksgiving dinner and then I made a British style roast dinner. Then headed to the mall for the sales!!! Myself and some friends went by car and bumped into a lot of people that we knew who were doing the same. Got myself some decent bargains so I was happy with that.
I've been doing A LOT of Christmas shopping for presents to send home... think I've spent around $1000... lol! I've shopped a lot for myself at the same time. And FINALLY got a new phone!!!!!!!! Life is good again!!!!
It was my friends birthday this week so a group of us went for dinner at Boma at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and then a few of us stayed at the hotel. I love that place, it's so nice... however it's still the only place I've stayed at so I need to branch out a bit more!
There's been the usual nights out, although less than usual as we are all so tired all the time! Podium is pretty short on staff at the moment, it's the complete opposite to how things were when I was out there. So those guys are all tired as well. It's good for the money though so we all deal with it! I personally like to get as many tables as possible when I'm working, I like to be kept busy. There's been several times now when I've served the most guests, because I will keep turning my tables all night long.
I'm at a blank to think what else I've done! It's been work intensive. I haven't done anything Christmassy yet, so that is what I'm going to try to catch up with over the next week until Christmas itself.
