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can i just say something crazy?

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… i’m leaving for china in 8 hours.

excuse me, i’m MOVING to china in 8 hours. that’s only one more sleep people! and i say “sleep” lightly because i’m going to get minimal shut eye waking up at 3:45 a.m. yikes. that’s ‘saying something crazy’ enough for me.

the final checklist:

  • packed and repacked my 2 checked bags, 2 carry-ons to be under 50lbs. (impressed?)
  • said goodbye to my dog
  • double checked my passport (all about that chinese z-visa life)
  • reread emails from work cause i KNOW if forgetting something
  • printed 6 ‘passport sized’ photos that i had forgot i needed from the above email…
  • hugged Nymeria (the dog)
  • made my childhood room look ‘guestroom ready’
  • realized i forgot to leave room for ALL my morning stuff…
  • set an earlier alarm to deal with said stuff
  • went and snuggled my dog some more

 

so my day tomorrow is pretty straight forward. well more like straight west, but you get it. i’m flying 6:30a.m. to LAX. meeting some other performers and then we are all heading out on american airlines to land in china on saturday afternoon. i know. i’m a traitor taking american airlines when dad’s a pilot for united. what are you going to do? …in my defense it was not my choice. disney handled all the airfare/travel/times.

i will post soon with pictures of my apartment and everything as soon as i’m able. for now, i think i should get some sleep! my last night in america for the whole year. woah.

 

  

hello future home 🙂

 

 

…this is not my picture, it’s Marvin Stavars from 2010. he is wonderful and i hope to take pictures like him someday.

 

 

 

 

for the first time in forever.

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hello, and welcome!

i’m very excited to be leaving shortly to become one of the opening cast members of the shanghai disney resort.

if you don’t know me, allow me to introduce myself. i’m abbey. i am a recent theatre major grad who somehow got blessed working at disneyworld the last two years. i have loved performing from a very early age, and grew up doing plays and dancing. i’ll confess that working for disney was never a real dream for me, but boy oh boy has it turned out to be so much better than i ever could have expected. i’ll give you the short version of my disney story:

i started in the college program spring/summer 2014 as a quick service food and beverage cast member. after about 2 months of working at the animal kingdom lodge i was transferred into the entertainment department as a character performer* where i spent the rest of my cp(college program). i was able to stay on as a seasonal cast member for the next year while i finished school, joined the adventures by disney cast, and returned to florida the following may. the last 6 months has been waiting for the next adventure, moving to shanghai to help open the newest disney park!

that’s the gist of it. i am so excited for this 13 month journey that is taking me around the world to start… and i’m happy to share it with you! feel free to contact me with any questions/comments you may have through facebook, instagram, or this blog.

 

**you may notice that i will shy away from using specific roles, work responsibilities, or training details to preserve character integrity. hope you understand!