Fantabulous February!

Hello to All!
Greetings from Disneyworld! First, I would like to thank everyone for the birthday wishes! After three weeks here, life feels a bit more normal. I feel like I am in more of a routine, and I am beginning to wake up naturally at 5:30 am.... impatiently waiting for a bus.

I am absolutely loving working at Disneyworld. The little girls are sooooo cute! They get so excited when we "reveal" their make overs. This little girl came in a few days ago, named Ashley. Her mom and dad adopted her from China when she was 2, and now she is 7. They live about an hour or two outside of Orlando and woke her up at 7 am and surprised her and told her that she was coming to Disneyworld and coming to the boutique. She got the works, or as we call it, the castle package; a make over, princess dress with matching shoes, wand and crown, the makeup, nails and hair, and a photo package. While I was "transforming" her (doing her hair and make up), the mom was telling me how they wanted children so badly, and how they tried but knew of couples that adopted, so they decided to go to China and just see. They came back and began filling out paperwork, and a month later, were told that they could get a child, but to speed up the process, get someone older, not just a new born baby. They said they didn't care if the girl was 7 months or 7 years old, they just wanted a child. So, they went back and came home with Ashely. They also told me that after Ashley was finished, they were surprising her by taking her to Cinderella's Royal table to have dinner with Cinderella! When the little girls are almost done with their make over, we wave a magic wand over their heads and have them make a wish as it sprinkles glitter, or "pixie dust" over their heads. When I asked Princess Ashley to do so, she closed her eyes so tightly and says, "I don't have to make a wish, all my wishes have come true!". No lie, me, mom and dad were all balling! I had to find a box of tissues!!!
I had a wonderful birthday. My roommates met me in Magic Kingdom and we watched the fire works, and they made me cupcakes! Then we saw "Valentine's Day" and then went out for drinks.... well, my sneaky roomies tag teamed with my sneaky boyfriend and he surprised me at House of Blues! I thought he was coming in the following day, but he came in a night earlier! It was a great weekend, and even though I have a wicked cold (the kids are cute, but sometimes, they sneeze on you, hence.... cold).
Everything is going very well. Last week, my roomies and I hit up the parks and (kinda, it was far away) saw a concert in Epcot for Camp Rock 2!!! Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato! (for those of you who are mature adults unlike myself, click here for more info http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsHjsyUwRJI). I was in 7th Heaven!
Good news: Being the squeaky wheel that always gets her oil, I got a new mattress! Still uncomfortable, but not noisy. So, an upside.
And, I have some new Disney Insiders:
* During the "Year of a Million Dreams", there was a contest where someone could win a nights' stay in Cinderella's Room, a room high in the castle. Ever since, celebrities like Tom Cruise and Faith Hill and so on have tried to stay there... well, word in the kingdom is the people who won the contest and stayed there stole so much crap, Disney shut it down until "indefinetly".
* If you are submerged in the water on the ride "Pirates of the Carribean" for more than 5 minutes, you will have to get a tetnis shot. When the boats get stuck, the attarctions cast members have to wear rubber suits. So yeah, don't drink the water. Speaking of Pirates, here is a wiki link to news about the upcoming film. Gonna be awesome! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_On_Stranger_Tides#On_Stranger_Tides
Have a great week and stay warm to those in chillier kingdoms!!! Love you all and miss you all!!!
Sincerely,
Fairy Godmother Pietrina

When You Wish Upon A Star...

Life has been a whirl wind to say the least, in the past few weeks, but I am happy to say I am starting to feel a bit more settled; my room is unpacked, I am starting to remember my room mates first and last names, and, I know where the nearest Wal mart is.... thats all I need, right????


Aaron and I left for Florida what feels like a century ago, but it was only Jan. 20th! We arrived in Flordia, and took the "magical express" to Disney! We arrived at the Pop Century resort and stayed there til the following Friday, then boarded the ship on a Royal Carribean cruise. We stopped in Nassau on Saturday, and RC's private island, Coco Key, on Sunday. The weather wasn't playing in our favor at either location, so we just laid by the beach and soaked out whatever sun we could that was peaking out of the clouds. The shopping in Naussau was pretty good, so Aaron and I got our standards; booze, make up, and cigars. We got back to dry land (even though it was really rainy, so I guess it wasn't very "dry") on Monday and hit the parks right away again. Because of the slow season, we pretty much rode every attraction Disney had to offer just in about 3 and a 1/2 days, so we felt very satisfied. On Wednesday the 27th was my very first day. I arrived at 9am and stood in line... I got fingerprinted, got the key to my apartment, met my roommates (one nicer than the next) and got as "settled" as I could. Let's just say me+1 twin bed+1 bathroom for 4 people= not what i'm used to. The day after that, I took a famous Disney class called "Traditions". This class is required for all Disney cast members and goes over the history and philosophies of the company. Never in my life did I have training that was so much fun! Even Mickey came and gave us our name tags! The next day was more "specialized" training and I took a tour of the Magic Kingdom. So, of course, one of the benefits of all of you reading this blog is that you can find out inside Disney information, right? RIGHT!!! So, wanna know a secret? Disneyworld is closing Toon Town and extending Fantasy Land! Every single Princess will now have her own Mini- castle, or "cottage". Ariel will have a sand castle, Aurora will have her cottage she shared with the 3 good fairies, Snow White will have the cottage that she shared with the 7 dwarves, Jasmine will have the sultans palace, and Belle will have the Beasts' castle! Ariel (my favorite) will also have a water ride!! AAAAAHHHH!!!! Plus: Dumbo will soon feature a big top tent with a madrigal circus theme!!! They begin to break ground in about a month, so who knows when anything will be open or done, but it sounds soooooo exciting!

Today was my first day on the job training. I picked up a costume in a building the size of a Wal Mart! (pictures soon to follow) and began training. I was in bliss! You never realize how bad you missed something until you are reminded of it!! I forgot how much I missed seeing little girls' faces light up when they tried on a Princess dress, or got pixie dust in their hair! I was in near tears each moment! Downfall: I guess there is a problem with the inventory coming in from over seas, so the boutique is short over half of what they need! So, there were many unhappy little princesses who couldn't be their favorite princess because we didn't have their size in stock. So, needless to say, it's nice working for a HUGE company, cause they definetly had to comp a lot of stuff!

Tomorrow is my second day of training, and I am psyched. Tired, but psyched. The mattresses here in my room are probably 1,000 years old, so I've had a quite a sleepless few nights.

I hope all is well with everyone and I miss you all! I will try to keep you all in the loop with new, exciting things!

lots of love,

Fairy Godmother Pietrina

"All it takes is faith, trust, and some pixie dust!"- Peter Pan