So Halloween falls on October 31st in most places. Here in America, they start selling Halloween merchandise in late September. At Disney, they have a Halloween party, according to Mickey, it's not so scary, but there is a lot of candy :) We went in October, it was a lot of fun. I dressed up as an All Black, Kate went as Michael Jackson and Emily went as Pumpy the Pumpkin - it was so much fun. It was located at the Magic Kingdom, it was hugely decorated with everything orange, the castle was lit, the cast members had different costumes, even Mickey and his friends were dressed up - I saw Donald dressed as a pumpkin!! We followed a trail in Mickeys toon town and did some trick or treating and were given hand fulls of candy then headed down to tomorrowland to have some food and ride space mountain. After that,, we watched the villians show in front of the castle then went off to find some more candy. We found lots of candy and did a few rides along the way. We rode Pirates of the Caribean, and the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. At about 9.30pm, we had to find a place too sit in front of the castle so we could watch "Hallowishes" which is the fireworks show. Then at 10.30 was the Halloween parade, we did some more trick or treating then met a few of the characters (Aladdin, Rafiki, King Louie?! and others) then by midnight it was all over, we headed home with huge bags of candy :) even now, 3 weeks after the party, I still have some left!!
One Monday when the 3 of us all had the same day off, we decided to head to Hollywood Studios. I promised them that next time I go there, I'm going on the Tower of Terror!! I swear, it is the scariest thing I've ever done! You sit in an elevator (strapped in of course) and it takes you up for a little bit then out into the elevator shaft. You sit still for about 5 seconds, then BAM!! You go up super fast, then down, the doors open so you can see the view then you go way down (like you are free falling) then down again, then up, then way down, then it's over....or is it?? I was the entertainment for everyone around me coz I was so scared, I was screaming like, the whole time. The photo at the end was hilarious. My mouth is wide open from screaming LoL.
Once we got Tower out of the way, we did some relaxing stuff. Saw a couple of shows and looked at a few shops, met a few characters and had lunch. We stayed there til closing so we saw all of the park, it was good. Lights Motor Action was one of my favourite shows from there, it's like they are filming an action scene froma movie, all of the stunts are cool, the driving is amazing and they even get a volunteer from the audience to help out. One thing we really wanted to do though was the backstage tour ride, unfortunately by the time we went to do it, it had closed for the day :( next time I guess.
I was so excited for Monday November 1st. Why you ask? Space Shuttle Discovery was supposed to launch for it's final ever mission to the International Space Station. It was my day off anyway so I was keen to go. I had met up with a friend of mine, Josh, we had a rental car booked and were looking forward to it. I get a text from him 2 days before, saying it had been delayed til Tuesday coz there was a helium leak, I thought, that's fine coz I have Tuesday off too, no problem. Then it gets delayed until Wednesday. So I gave away my Wednesday shift, book and almost pay for the rental car, get super duper excited, check the NASA website just before I go to bed and yep, it's been delayed again!!! Til Thursday. Im not going to bother seeing it. For one thing, I can't afford to take the time off for it! Yes it would be a once in a lifetime thing, but oh well. I believe there is another launch in February so I might go and see that one. For those who don't already know, I will be here in February, I was offered to extend my contract so I am staying here until July 2011 :)
The highlight of my day yesterday though, was seeing Boyz 2 Men in concert at Epcot!! It was only a short concert but it was good :)
Excited to see Hanson next week :)
til next time :) xx
