Better late than never right? Here are some shots of what my Halloween looked like!

My friend Chelsea and I went to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween party on the actual night of Halloween and got in some trick-or-treating, the Boo to You parade and even 2 of the villain shows before the fireworks and closing. The most surprising part of it all? We walked right on to the Haunted Mansion; there was absolutely no line-up! What is this craziness?!

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In case you're wondering I was supposed to be Agent P from Phineas and Ferb. You can't see it but my sweater has Perry's face printed on the hood and a platypus tail on the butt. It's super cute, and was super warm and comfy for such a cold night.
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We met Goofy in his new Circus themed meet and greet area, along with Daisy, Donald and Minnie! I'm really diggin' the new circus theme. I finally rode on Dumbo for the first time in my life that day too!
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Don't worry Pirates wasn't actually on fire.
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The castle was wonderfully lit that night and I HAD to take a picture with a Haunted Mansion cast member. It is my favourite ride after all. Plus they get all dressed up for Halloween!
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Here's the ghost lady who appears and disappears randomly over the course of the night. She's quite a riot.
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We then watched the Boo to You parade which was AMAZING, especially the Haunted Mansion part... but again, I'm biased.
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The ghostly ballroom dancers. The way they moved was actually creepy, as if they were limp corpses.
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Up next was Hallo-wishes which was spectacular! Who doesn't love a firework display dedicated to The Haunted Mansion & The Nightmare Before Christmas?!
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I then had the best moment of my life when I was able to FINALLY meet Flynn Rider. My Disney dream was complete and he was absolutely PERFECT! *swoon* (note: you can only meet Flynn on special occasions at WDW, so this was a big deal!)
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And lastly we ended the night with a meet and greet with Phineas and Ferb where they took my hat off so that I would be transformed from Agent P into Perry, their pet platypus. Phineas also continuously pet my head as if I were his pet.

Overall it was a spectacular night and I was glad I got to go. Thanks to Chelsea for bringing me along, and now onto the Christmas shenanigans! Would you believe it only took 7 days for Disney to transform the parks and get Mickey's Christmas Party in full swing?! I can't wait for the free hot chocolate and fake snow. I will however miss real snow come Christmas time.

Do any of you live in a place where it doesn't snow during Christmas?! How do you get yourselves in the Christmas spirit?

♥ Megan
What a blast from the past I had these past 3 days!

Epcot is currently holding their Food & Wine Festival which means delicious food from over 30 countries and the Eat to the Beat concert series. (aka: awesome 90s bands from my childhood like Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Boyz II Men and Hanson!)

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(photo courtesy my friend Chelsea P. because I can't take them when working)

On Monday and Tuesday I was super fortunate to work the Sugar Ray concert which was awesome because they were one of my favourite bands as a kid. I mean who didn't love Mark McGrath? Well as soon as they stepped on stage all the nastalgia kicked into high gear and there I was singing out all my favourite tunes! Songs like Fly, Every Morning and my all time favourite, Answer The Phone.

What made Monday even better was that I had been assigned to center position which had me sitting right by the front of the stage and in charge of crowd control and VIP. Now the last concert series I worked it was just cover bands so nothing exciting ever happened. But with Sugar Ray, Mark loves to come off stage and give hugs, take pictures and sing to the fans. That's awesome if you're a fan, but normally being a cast member it means you're forgotten about because you have a job to do.

However Mark was really awesome and came off stage and held my hand and sang to me a bit before running off into the crowd. I know... be still my 8 year old heart!!! I'm not going to lie I was SO excited when that happened and the guests sitting around me got a good laugh when I punched the air out of excitement. (I'm a dork what can I say.)

What I loved the most though was Mark's kids. They were adorable! I got to meet his son the first day when I was working by the stage and he's the cutest kid I've ever met. Then on the Tuesday when I was stationed up at the tech booth crowd control I got to watch Mark pull his daughter on stage and dance around with her. Let me tell you, nothing is cooler than a guy who knows how to be a good dad!

Well, except maybe getting to hold the hand of one of your childhood celebrity crushes! haha.

My only goal now is to meet Taylor Hanson because he was my #1 childhood crush! And I'm not ashamed to admit that I still love Hanson... but that's an adventure for another day!

♥ Megan

P.S. in case you were wondering; I managed to use the word 'awesome' 4 times in this short post. That means my encounter with Sugar Ray was truly awesome or I need to buy a thesaurus. ... Perhaps both.

Sugar Ray Concert!

by on Thursday, October 04, 2012
What a blast from the past I had these past 3 days! Epcot is currently holding their Food & Wine Festival which means delicious food f...
Hey lovelies! I'm back and this time it's with a super simple (and tasty) cookie recipe!

Seeing as I'm the "Sugar Mama" of the pavilion it's up to me to bake goodies for all our new Canadians. This means lots of time to experiment with new recipes and lots of hungry people to test it out on! (Everyone wins!)

This time I was searching for a recipe that used our patriotic colours and I happened to stumble across Duncan Hine's recipe for Red Velvet cookies. I swear these are the easiest cookies you will ever make because they only take 4 ingredients!

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What You Will Need:

♥ 1 box of Duncan Hines Red Velvet cake mix
♥ 2 eggs
♥ 1/3 cup of vegetable oil
♥ 1/4 cup of icing sugar

Directions:

♥ Preheat your oven to 375°F

♥ Mix the cake mix, eggs and oil in a bowl
♥ Once combined roll dough into 1 inch balls
♥ Place icing sugar in a bowl and roll the dough balls in it. (Hint: the thicker the coat of icing sugar the nicer they look when they have cooked)

♥ Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes (the tops will crack open which shows off their pretty red colour)

♥ Let the cookies cool on a wire rack then enjoy!

Not only would these cookies be great for any Canada Day celebration but I also think they would look super festive come Christmas time.

Happy baking everyone!
♥ Megan

Recipe: Red Velvet Cookies

by on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Hey lovelies! I'm back and this time it's with a super simple (and tasty) cookie recipe! Seeing as I'm the "Sugar Mama...
On Friday, August 31st I got to be a part of Disney history! Epcot is counting down 30 days until it's 30th anniversary and this photo marks the start. In this photo are cast members not only from current day Epcot but also from as far back as 30 years ago when it first opened. How cool is that!? Mickey and Minnie dropped by too!

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I've also included the following picture so you don't spend forever playing Where's Waldo trying to find me.

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After the giant group photo all the Canadians headed over to our home and native land (national anthem reference) and took another group photo of just us lumberjacks. Clearly this isn't everyone who works in the pavilion, but the picture required us to wake up at 5:45am so lots of people opted for sleep instead. Not us though!

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I love that I get to be a part of cool things like this! My job is so awesome!

♥ Megan

Making History

by on Wednesday, September 05, 2012
On Friday, August 31st I got to be a part of Disney history! Epcot is counting down 30 days until it's 30th anniversary and this photo m...
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Out of the past 7 months I can confidently say that last Monday was the best day of my entire contract. I don't know if I mentioned this on the blog before, but I have become a Disney Trainer which means I train all new Canadian Cast Members plus new coordinators and managers which is a pretty awesome job. Because of this our two Training Managers decided to organize an outing for all the trainers from World Showcase as a thank you for our hard work. (Oh and the best part is we were scheduled for this which meant we were getting paid the whole time! WIN!)

Anyways, first we met at Epcot where our managers surprised us with a ride on Soarin' which is Epcot's most popular ride. At times the line can be 2 hours long, but thanks to our Managers we got to come in the back VIP entrance (the one all the celebs use when visiting) and we skipped the line completely! It was amazing! I had done Soarin' a few times before so the ride itself was not the excitement for me, it was more the experience of hanging out with my friends from other countries all day and getting to skip lines. So I was a very happy gal.

Then the managers herded us on a bus without telling us where we were going. Of course being the nosey cast members that we are we avidly watched the road signs to try and figure it out. Turns out we ended up at Animal Kingdom. From there we hopped on our own private tour of Kilimanjaro Safaris where they told us lots of cool background information that most guests don't get to hear. Then when we thought we were done at the park the Managers lead us over to Expedition Everest which is the big roller coaster at DAK. We were all stoked because again, we got to take up an entire ride and hop on it straight away without having to wait. It was like we were VIPs all day!

After a thrilling ride with the Yeti, we jumped on the bus and our managers told us that we were headed to Magic Kingdom! (So awesome!!!) Once there we were told to grab some Sorcerers cards and run around the park playing Sorcerers for an hour. We played the game for a bit but decided to watch the 3oclock parade instead to try get all the characters to wave back at us (yes, Disney makes you feel and act like you are 5 again). To my surprise a lot of them did wave back and interact with us.

Once our hour was up (and the majority of us were starving) we headed back to Epcot where our managers had pizza and cookies waiting for us... in the VIP lounge at the Seas! WHAT?! That place was so awesome! All the conference rooms had windows into the aquarium and the big lounging area with a baby grand piano also had views into the aquarium. So while eating pizza we got to sit on fancy couches watching sharks and fish swim by. It couldn't have been any cooler! And to top it all off we took a trainer family photo which you can see above.

I've really been fortunate to have such a great experience like this and it's all thanks to my two managers and a group of amazing people.

What's been new and awesome in your lives lately?!
♥ Megan

The Best Day of My Disney Adventure

by on Monday, September 03, 2012
Out of the past 7 months I can confidently say that last Monday was the best day of my entire contract. I don't know if I mentioned thi...