Disneyland Paris 1

Dear internet,

I promised myself before I left that I would be a good, consistent blogger.. but actually things have been so overwhelming here that I felt it would be best to wait a little before even attempting to write something readable. I should pre-warn you before I start that my English might be a little bit bizarre.. I find speaking a lot of French changes the way that sentences come out in English. But we'll see.

SO I've moved to France and I'm alive and so far thing's have been fairly good. I've moved into my Disney Residence, 'La Boiserie' - which is actually pretty okay - we're slowly making it a home. There are so many people also living here (and so many late and stupidly noisy parties in the flats next door.. GREAT news for this daytime girlie.) and I'm sharing a flat with 2 of my friends Riikka and Riina, which is cool because we're pretty similar. Except for they're both coincidentally from Finland - which I find hilarious because it's just as I predicted - but they speak almost perfect English and are the same age as me which is good.. I share my room with Riina who is really sweet and says the funniest Finish things.. e.g. The other day she asked me about my sauna back home. I explained that, actually, we don't have a sauna.. and she looked really confused and said "but... what about in the winter when you want to jump in the lake?!"

The first week or so we spent doing training, training and more training, which was exhausting as most of it was in French. A lot of it was pretty unnecessary too - but on the bright side there were lots of other new people doing the same thing, so we became a little group of friends which is really reassuring. Two of my favourites are Danielle (from Dublin) and Rachael (from Manchester - She speaks JUST like my cousin Nina does. Seriously. It's so weird.) and they both enjoy making fun of my Surrey accent a little bit too much. The other night a whole group of us went out to 'Billy Bob's Country Western Saloon' and enjoyed our 25% Cast Member discount on cocktails. It was a really nice evening. Riikka and I were singing along to our heart's content to the live country band's rendition of No Woman No Cry... Not sure what the band made of that.. but hey-ho.

I am truly impressed by this whole place though.. I like the way that they stress that every 'cast member' is essential to the 'Disney Experience'. The introductory talk actually really inspired me and I really can't wait to get a chance to make a moment of magic for someone. I walked through the Disney Castle on my day off and it was AMAZING. I actually gasped out loud. From the candles to the cobblestones everything was just so perfect. It made me so excited to be a part of it. So excited! We went on loads of rides and stuff which was lovely! My favourite was Space Mountain - which was hilariously scary - and my absolute not favourite was this horrible horrible one in a lift in a hotel that just DROPS and it was SO frightening that I wept. But yeah, that was a great day.

Another slightly humorous moment that I want to share is earlier when I was chatting to some other really friendly newbies and I discovered that the people I was drinking Cafe-au-lait with were Cinderella, Snow White and Cruella Deville....CRAZY!? Another good friend I've made is PRINCE PHILIP - from Sleeping Beauty!! Very exciting. He is beauuutiful.

I'll do a post later about work, because that's getting going and stuff, but is a bit too much to fit in this one. I'm excited because it's my Birthday on Sunday and my Dad is coming to see me on Thursday and Friday (my days off) so we might pop into Paris - and I can't wait to show him around. My friends here are planning a night out on Saturday to celebrate with me... so that's exciting toooo. I miss home a lot.. But I'm trying to stay positive, because all new things are a bit difficult to adjust to at first, and things are bound to get easier after time.

Love love love from Sarah.