Monday 18th December
A group of us were off today so we went to the German pavillion for dinner. I want to have dinner in every country before I leave so this was the first one. It was so good! They had a little show; a band played and there was a a dancefloor for children. They had a sing-a-long at the end, slient night in German! Food was really nice - especially the deserts! mmm! Now we have to decide which one to do next! 

That night was sexy santa themed lasses. We all played drinking games - except me cos im a lightweight! Then we went to PI to meet up with the guys. Was a really fun night! Can't believe its Christmas soon! PS: Happy birthday to my friend Lucy! Sorry I'm not there (again!) Miss you loads! xxx 

Wednesday 13th December
Ian and Beth's throw out. They gave me cuddly toys and a French flag (cos everyone knows how much I fancy the French guys here! lol!) Hayley managed to get lots of cheesy CD's which we've been playing non stop! Was the last time I would see them so was really sad saying goodbye :( 

Tuesday 12th December
More friends leaving :( Tonight was Ian and Beth's leaving do. All of us merchandise people went to the Al House which is like a typical American local bar- think 'cheers'. It's free drinks for girls until 1am! Excellent! Had a really good night but don't want them to leave! 

Some of us merchies at the Al House! 

Afterwards we went back to appartment 822 to hang out in our little 'central perk' Here we are Jenna, Andrew, Joe, Ove, Diane and me! And we've decided that I'm Pheobe of the group, thats fine by me you wouldnt believe the amount of scatty things I've done since ive been here! At work the other day I told a little girl I had no 'L's' in my name (can't even spell Natalie!) and another time a guest said 'hi honey' I was like 'oh hi there how are you!' He replied 'erm I was actually talking to my wife behind you!' oops! 

Saturday 9th December and Sunday 10th December
This weekend my Aunt and Uncle came up to visit me. On Saturday we went to Disney's MGM studio to see the Christmas lights (as seen in the photos) and watch Fantasmic. After dinner we drove around Celebration looking at the christmas lights which were so pretty! On Sunday they took me to Florida Mall to buy me Christmas presents. So what did i buy? jumpers and jackets...and what happened to the weather? oh yes it warmed up to 85'F the next day! Had a really lovely weekend, thank you Aunty Val and Uncle John for coming up to see me!! xx 

Friday 8th December
My roommate Fumiko went back home to Japan today! she has finished her year contract here at Disney. A few nights ago we threw a little surprise goodbye party for her, which didn't quite work out as planned, as Fumiko went out straight from work! haha! So here we all are in the top left photo at Fumiko's party - without Fumiko! lol! It was so sad to say goodbye today. Me Hayley and Wakana went outside to wave her off. We all had a little cry :( 

Tuesday 5th December
Today the rest of our interview friends arrived in Orlando! Kirsty, Chris, Steph and Beth arrived this evening, with loads of other newbies. A group of Italian guys came off the bus so everyone cheered! Ok, it was just me who did! hehe! Now we've almost got the whole group together, just got to wait for Jilly to come back in March and see if Lizzie passed her interview. Kirsty brought out the new Take That album! Me and Alex got so excited and found an empty room at the party and a CD player to listen to it on! Its amazing! Thank you Kirsty!x

Monday 4th December
Today me, Di, Jenna and Colin spent the evening at Epcot. They have a show every night at 6pm called 'Tree Lighting'. They pick one person from each country to go up on stage with the charcters and light the Christmas tree! We had no idea who it was going to be from the UK, but it turned out to be Scottish Chris! He was brilliant, waving, dancing with Mickey, singing along to all the Christmas songs! Jenna's Mexican roomate Nora was also up on stage tonight. It would be amazing to be chosen to do this, fingers crossed that I get to! Then we watched the candlelight procession, tonight's celebrity speaker was Mario Lopez! AC Slater from Saved by the Bell! Ok, I know the picture is really small, but honestly that is him in the bottom middle photo! The bottom right pic is us in China rubbing the Buddah's belly, it's supposed to bring you good luck - maybe it will help me get on stage for the Christmas tree lighting! hehe! 

Noella is one of my French friends who arrived the same day as me. After 3 months she decided to go back home. So tonight we had a leaving party for her. I will really miss her, but I know she will be happier back home in Paris. Au revoir Noella, we will miss you! Bisous! xx 

Sunday 3rd December
Today me, Di and Colin went to one of Disney's waterparks - Typhoon Lagoon. There was big wave pool - oh my god, the waves are huge! Or maybe it's because i'm so small? Spent most of time on the tubes and on the lazy river. Cannot believe I went to a waterpark in December! Dont be too jealous though cos the weather is due to turn cold again so I doubt we'll be at another waterpark until next year. 

Oh yeah and it was Sunday so surprise surprise we went to the House of Blues!. We came back to the commons and found a party. The huge Father Christmas kept falling on people which was quite amusing - the pic in the middle is a Norwegian guy getting attacked by him! hehe! Me and Jenna went for a walk after the party and for some reason decided to lay on the ground to chat! Bottom right is a view of one of the apartment blocks from the ground! - I don't know why !! 

Thursday 30th November
Everytime someone leaves they have a 'throw out' - a leaving party where they 'throw out' all their stuff that they don't want to take home with them. Last night was Helen's. Tonight it was Izzy and Katherine's, so we had a big merch get together. I managed to get a few random things like hot chocolate, an umbrella and a teddy. Sad to see people leaving!Unfortunately this is just the start - a lot more of our friends will be leaving during the next few weeks! :( 

Tuesday 28th November
Tonight me and Di managed to get out of work early, so we headed over to the Magic Kingdom to 'Mickey's Very Merry Xmas Party'. The rides were running as normal but they had xmas parades, shows and fireworks. They also gave out free hot chocolate and cookies all around the park! We took advantage of that! We were big kids tonight - we spent most of the night in Fantasyland going on Smallworld, Dumbo, Peter Pan and Winnie the Pooh!