Kerry Quotes

Kerry Elstob. Over the year, this girl has been there for me, made me laugh, wound me up, made me want to hit her, hardly ever let me hug her (she doesn't do hugs) first half of the year she was a good girl and a keeno then dropped a bomb on me telling me she doesn't really like Disney that much, would never wear a Disney tee shirt  in public and was a really naughty kid at school! And from then on, she was a complete menace at work, never at her register, always winding us and the coordinators up, poking us in the arm constantly and laughing her nervous laugh whenever there was an awkward silence or she for once said something serious.  Many times I have said to her "why am I friends with you?!?!" after all this came out, but besides all this, she is famous amongst us for her random one liners. When I remembered too I wrote them down, and now is the time to share them all with you!

While looking at my birthday cards in my apartment, she says with her puzzled face:

"Don't those cards collect dust at all?"

When I discussed with her how much I've changed and grown out here and will never forget these memories we've made over the year, it's such a great opportunity we have working for Disney, she responds with

" Yea, I defiantly don't watch as much tv here as I did at home"

"Today, I figured it out, I'm actually really clumsy"

"Don't you think mushrooms are like aliens?"

When we were sat one day on the C bus to work, she starts looking around it before sitting down and says:

"This is like a normal bus back at home isn't it?"

At Animal Kingdom Lodge looking at the wildlife:

"Why don't they let us just walk with zebra like I did when I lived in Africa?"

"I don't regret buying it"

With Anna one day at work, yes she didn't have her glasses on but:

Kerry "is that a squirrel or a rabbit?"

Anna "that's two ducks Kerry"

"I think all fat kids grow into tall skinny things"

"I wish wands were real"

"That mint has really opened up my nose"

"It's quite hard to make a sand castle"

"So, is a orange scone really orangey?"

Asking her what is in her sandwiches at work one day:

Kerry "Ham and chocolate spread"

Me "why?!"

Kerry "because I ran out of butter"

"American adventure = death"

"This is why Chinese people are so short, because the trees a small"

"Why are bras so difficult?"

"Do you have to train your mouth to like new foods?"

Asking after her cactus, she named Bertie, we got for free from Epcot, didn't need anything but sunlight:

"Bertie is defiantly dead. Actually withered"

"If I was fat I'd defiantly have a big bum"

"It's so boring, brushing your teeth"

One Sunday night Kerry got VERY drunk and we had to take her home on the F bus from DTD. We had to asked a Norwegian guy for his plastic bag he was using to carry his shopping in, so she could throw up into it. The bag unfortunately had holes in it. So after throwing up into it, putting it on the ground and then the contents flowing down the bus and next to her shoes she screams "eeewww what's that?!?!" That's your sick Kerry!! This all happening while strangers are taking photos of her and putting it on their Facebook  and instagrams!! Haha!

And there are many many more! I wish I could continue seeing her everyday to add to this collection, but that's what the reunion in Cyprus is for!! See y'all real soon Elstob!

1 car, 5 Merchie Girls, 7 states, 5 days. 2000 miles! Road trip Joy, June 2013

We talked about it all year. Something me Kerry and Anna have always wanted to do, and the time finally came at the end of their programs to hire a car and just drive around America. See how far we get. Anna, the walking map, did all the planning and worked out we could hit 7 states in 5 days, 2000 miles! So this is where our adventure took us.... 

Friday 14th June 2013

Anna & Kerry moved all their stuff to my apartment at 9am after packing up their lives all night.  I carried their suitcases up the stairs in exchange for their wifi boxes as mine is dying.  Handed back their keys and ID to the clubhouse at The Commons, checked their mail boxes one last time and said goodbye to living experience of their program that was in The Commons.

We then met Claire and krysia and went to get the car, it was a massive silver SUV! Drove to panera bread for food and ran into the gorgeous Jereme on his way to his road trip to Miami, Bon voyage and goodbye beautiful French merchie! He arrived and finished his program on the same dates as Kerry and Anna. 

Drove to Walmart for bananas, crackers and nail varnish, the essentials for any good road trip!

100 miles down the road we have past several cows, horses and bill boards aimed at Anna, "pregnant and alone? Call us for your options".

Haha! only joking! The tomtom just told us we need to just drive straight for 300miles, on our way to Alabama!!

We reached the Georgia state line, a very exciting time and the furthest north I have ever been in America! There was a rest stop straight away so we went for a look and it was adorable with an information desk and picnic tables and leaflets for a Gone with the Wind museum! My favourite film of all time! It was 15 miles from Atlanta so we were too far away to get there in time before it closed.  We stopped at a Cracker Barrel for dinner which was yummy. Then we just kept driving and ended up crossing into Alabama, again stopped at the rest area for photos and a drink and then drove to find a Quality Inn to stay the night. We tried several other places first in Irondale near Birmingham, Alabama but the Quality Inn was the right price, free wifi and free hot breakfast!

Saturday 15th June 2013

The free breakfast was amazing and of course as merchies we took apples, muffins and Philadelphia for the road! After getting gas we were on our way to Graceland! I drove us just past the Mississipi state line to the rest area, and now Anna is driving us to Graceland as we listen to Elivs songs in the car to get us ready for the King himself! 

Graceland was awesome! We went for a tour around Elvis' home, planes, car collection, gift shops galore!

Drove to Nashville to find somewhere to stay for the night. It ended up being a super 8, not so super! The room was dirty, broken, scary, the five of us didn't enjoy the the experience at all. When we asked for more pillows and towels. They arrived at 1am with a loud bang on the door from the scary man on reception. We stopped telling scary ghost stories after that because Kerry said she couldn't sleep if we continued! 

Sunday 16th June 2013

Happy to get up and out of the Demon hotel, we drove  into Nashville city centre and explored the country/cowboy land. It was brilliant. Everyone had cowboy boots on. The zebra crossing played country music when you walked across the road.  We went to a "cowboy tequila" bar for lunch which had live music and singers inside who were hilarious. One even got me up on stage because I was from England and took the mick out of his accent but only because he had done it to me two minutes earlier. And he liked me for it! After meeting a dog called Chloe in the store next door, It was time to move on and drive to South Carolina via North Carolina and thankfully we found a Quality Inn for the night. Phew!

Monday 17th June 2013

We drove to Charleston in the morning to go explore, shop and hunt down "The Notebook" film sets! We found the cinema and the corner where they lay down on the street and watch the traffic lights turn from green to red in the film. I love the South Carolina accent. Southern accents are my favourite since moving to America and I try and do then to those southern folk who will listen to it, normally with an impressed response, thank goodness! We saw lots of shops, had lunch and a snack before getting back on the road to head back for Florida. We aimed to get to Jacksonville and stay there for the night before driving back to Orlando in the morning so me and Claire could go to work for 1pm. And another quality inn was found to have a magical nights sleep in!

The whole roadtrip was amazing. I love Orlando. But it felt so good to get out and away for a few days. It was a lovely long weekend/mini vacation that we all needed. I loved driving in America. We had so many laughs together. Each night was like a sleep over. Loads of photos from all the places we saw and it's sad to think that that was the countdown for me to the end of my program. Now that my best friends Anna and Kerry have finished, that meant only two weeks until my last day at work, very sad times! But a fantastic way to spend time with each other and I recommend anyone on a Disney program out here to do a Road trip and explore America!  

Starlit Splash, Typhoon Lagoon, May 2013

Hello there!! remember that time i used to update my blog regularly?? Well i apologise for the lack of updates in my last few months. I have just come across this update I wrote on my phone two months ago in May! So I thought to start with, this update would be useful for people wanting to join the program or just anyone who's interested about a great night we had back in May...

 I would like to tell you all about last night which was the Starlit Splash event held in Typhoon Lagoon for cast members on college programs and CRP like me. It was AMAZING! Basically typhoon lagoon was open to just us from 7pm-12am last night and they had free stuff, food, drink, music, dancing, DJ, pirates everywhere, Jack Sparrow, fireworks, we could go on the slides, in the wave pool and it was just so much fun. There were so many of the UK pavilion out it was good, and we met the newest newbies. People kept arriving after they finished work but there was a big group of us who were there for the full five hours. We were in the big wave pool for so long. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard or had so much fun. Being in a water park was so good at nighttime and something ill never be able to do again. I remember reading blogs about it last year and didn't know if they'd do it again. So if they do it next year too I recommend to everyone staying in Disney housing to go! It was raining for most of the night, but that didn't stop us! And by the end if the night it had stopped. It was a night I'll never forget and I can't wait to see the photos soon from it!!

A more up to date blog entry to follow shortly...