Day 7 - January 18, 2009

Well the day started off interestingly. I got to the bus stop early, BUT it was practically full when it got to our apartment complex! I was about to freak out because if I waited for the next bus, I would be late. The bus driver talked to his manager and they said 5 more people could stand. So I jetted to the front of the line and made absolute sure I was one of the 5. That was nerve racking haha. I did get there on time although I would find out it wouldnt have mattered anyways. I had another day of training this day. We were supposed to meet our trainer at 8:00 in front of the Learning Center in the Magic Kingdom tunnel....They are usually there waiting on us..not this day. Luckily I brought my training schedule that had a number we could call. (We is me and this girl Lindsay from the University of Hawaii that I've been training with.) Anyways we called the number and they said they would send someone. That was at about 8:05. After 8:30 no one had come for us, so I called again. Finally someone came and we met up with our training. We just did some training stuff on the register most of the day. We did ring up actual people though. Not just pretend scenarios on the fake register. The store is huge and always busy. It takes up 2 blocks of Main Street. It is going to be hard remembering where everything is located. Nothing exciting happened at work. After I got on one bus, changed buses and got home, Courtney and I decided we wanted to go to the Animal Kingdom. Animal Kingdom opened in 1998 and we went fall of 1997 I figured out, so I had never been. It is SO different from any of the other parks. There is so much foliage it is lush and beautiful. Well we didnt get there till about 4:45 and we saw a sign that said the last safari went out at 5. Needless to say we ran to get to the safari, but so was everyone else. We made it right before 5 and got in line! It was alot of fun. We saw both of the cheetas, some warthogs, alot of birds, some antelope and I cant remember what else. The best time to see the most animals is in the mornings. Especially the lions since they are inactive about 20 hours of the day and are night hunters. The ride is about 18 minutes long and its really cool. It really doesnt look like Florida. After the safari was over we started walking out of the park to go to Epcot to eat, but we turned the wrong way and ended up meeting Baloo from the Jungle Book, Donald Duck, and Goofy. The line for Mickey was too long and we were in a hurry haha. I love taking pictures with the characters, I dont really know why. I still really want to meet Pinocchio. Anyways after we got on the bus we went to Epcot and met Roxy. We tried to eat in Italy, the UK, France, Japan....pretty much anywhere..but we forgot there was the national cheerleading competition at the Wide World of Sports so there were a TON of people around. We ended up having to eat the Japanese Fast Food. It was good though. Or maybe we were so hungry it was good. We went back to the UK and I found a Claddagh ring like the one Mama brought back from Europe for us. Mine is too small now and i've always wanted another one. It was suprisingly cheap too. I also got some really cute Celtic Cross Earrings. Grand total for both was only $13. We are getting at 50% discount on merchandise until February 12th! After we left the store we listened to a Beatles tribute band in a courtyard of the UK. Epcot is so stereotypical but thats what makes it fun. After that we got on the bus, went home, and went to sleep.