Whoooooooooooooah I havent added to this in a while. I blame uni exams, but to be honest, nothing really new has happened with regards to the program. But I think its about time for an update now...
Hmm, so whats happened? As I mentioned in a previous post, I bought my flights and now Ive also purchased some medical insurance to go with it. Not cheap
But all Ive got left to pay for now are the Visa fees, so were nearly there! On the plus side, saving is going well (thats a new one for me!
), so its all looking OK. Ive been thinking about this, and Ive decided to take £2000 with me I just dont want to have to worry about anything, and am planning on doing a LOT of shopping!! Think I better get me some more overtime then...
Right, what else have I bought...oh yeah, I bought an ICP top! In a previous post, I posted a logo that one of the other CMs had made for us to have printed onto black hoodies. Well, we also did it in white, and I decided to use this to get a t-shirt printed, as I can actually take that away with me. Hoodie + Florida = FURNACE. Big no-no
It arrived yesterday, and I am so pleased with it. Here are some pics...
I also started discussing with my parents how I would get to Gatwick for my flight, as its not exactly a short journey from where we live in South Wales. We decided that itd probably best if I caught the National Express from Cardiff direct to Gatwick but geeee, you shouldve heard my mum when she realised that she wouldnt get to wave me off at the airport
?!?! I knew I wasnt going to hear the end of this
! Mum and Dad wanted to come up on the coach with me, wave me off, and then straight back on another coach to come home. I couldnt let them do that it just didnt seem fun, and is not exactly cheap either...but I did manage to convince them to let me book a hotel for the night before the flight. This would mean that Id be able to (try and) get some sleep the night before travelling and checking in at Disney, and the rents will just wave me off at Cardiff now.
So I went on the hunt for a hotel, and with some great recommendations over on the UK Trip Planning boards, I ended up booking the Yotel. Id never heard of it before, and for those of you who havent either, its a hotel that does these little, cute cabin rooms that you can just use for a couple of hours. The great thing is, is that they are actually located within one of the terminals at Gatwick, and this was what sold it to me really! I just cant be cheesed to lug my case around, as with 3 months worth of stuff in it, its gonna be HEAVY
!! I got one night for around £50 so not too bad
! Here are some pics...
I sure hope there's some curtains or blinds on those windows. Otherwise...AWKWARD!!
Can you tell I like spending?!
Ive also got chatting to many more people doing the ICP this summer through our facebook group. And I feel that some of us have really clicked its so nice
! Our first ICP meet in Birmingham is now only 3 weeks away, and luckily Ill then get to meet a lot of my new family (as that what it feels like!!). Weve had a really good response to this meet, and so we should have a fair number. I just hope we can get enough cinema tickets to get in and see Tangled! Ive also been talked into making a big outline of a mickey head on a stick to hold at our meeting place for the Birmingham ICP meet, so that the group can find each other. Im afraid that people may think Im starting some sort of Disney protest though!
On this group, a couple of us got talking about what Disney books we had read. I ended up making a list for the group of books all related to Disney, and if anyone is interested, then they can find it here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DnRWEJg2OqWJxlURFE3s9bxD1iH66jWKti68gZ1-1zU/edit?hl=en&pli=1#
I thought this was a good as place as any to post it, and hopefully somebodyll find it useful. Im slowly making my way through the list, but I have lots more to go! I wish I had time to read more! Ive decided to do some reviews soon about some of the books on the list, and Ill be posting this on my ICP blog (have I mentioned my blog before? Its in my sig).
Oof! This has become a mammoth post, but Ive nearly finished, I promise! Tonight, I received my first email from Walt Disney World themselves, welcoming us to the program!! The email started with this, which I thought was lovely!
And Im going to be one of those people! Wooooooooo! Random burst of excitement!
Its almost February too, so we should be receiving our welcome packs in the post from Disney soon. Im just gonna take that job offer letter and frame it!!