katt789
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2010
FRIENDS!!!
Welcome!! To a tale of enchantment, a tale of great friends, umbrella hats, all sorts of magic, a world of wizardry, definitely not enough photos, but still a GRAND OLD TIME!!
If you've read my trip reports before, WELCOME BACK!! I've missed you, I'm so sorry I've been so absent from the Dis over the past little bit! If you haven't read anything, WELCOME, I LOVE NEW FRIENDS!! YAAAY!!
BUT WAIT...who am I? I've been so rude, I should probably introduce myself....
IMG_0155 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
I'm Katt! I'm 28 years old, from Calgary, Canada. I work at a Duelling Piano Bar (much like Jelly Rolls but much more obnoxious) I also do some work with my bestie's Princess Party Company, hanging out with some royals and doing some photography. I've always loved Disney, and made my first trip to Florida back in 2011, and since then have been on approximately 28 times (JEEEEEEZE!) (with four of those being to Disneyland in California....)
Back in 2014, I was lucky enough to accept a position as a Cultural Representative for the Walt Disney Company! Which basically meant I got to spend a year of my life pouring beer & serving popcorn & running food in the Canada pavilion in Epcot! This program brought an amazing best friend into my life, Kara! Her & I have spent so many days in WDW, she's inspired me to run my first 5k, we've celebrated our friendiversary in Disneyland last year, and the year before were LUCKY enough to travel all the way to Japan, China & Hong Kong and visit all of those amazing parks!
Tokyo:
k8 by Katt McCluskey, on Flickr
Shanghai:
IMG_3723 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
Hong Kong:
IMG_4767 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
California Adventure: (may Paradise Pier rest in peace...)
IMG_5896 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
Disneyland!
IMG_6306 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
Wait...would I show you this many pictures of the back of her head if she wasn't important?! NOPE!
Kara:
IMG_5853 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
She JUST turned 29, and is currently LIVING the DREAM IN FLORIDA! She's on her THIRD CRP program, and as of halfway through this trip, became Le Cellier's newest server! As stated, we met on our program in 2014, and bonded instantly over our love for Disney entertainment, photography, and just being overall awesome. She lives in BC when she's in Canada, and is literally the reason I spent 1 year in Vancouver between her programs. She LOVES Belle, Rapunzel, the mountain rides, mini photoshoots, and all the same things as me lol. It was VERY much thanks to her that we got the discount on our hotel, despite some other struggles that I'll go over in a bit!
Our Third, and more OFFICIAL adventure-er is Amy!
IMG_7747 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
Amy & I met back in 2011, when a friend bailed on the trip, so our mutual friend invited her in! Then...we barely talked but stayed connected, and 3 years later, I was looking for a 4th for a trip, and she was down....naturally...that was 3 years ago....so IT WAS ABOUT TIME for another trip together! She loves Peter Pan, and is a super chill and awesome human being, who I knew would get along with my Florida crew perfectly, so it was just amazing! She's also Canadian, and lives about 3 hours away from me!
Lastly, we have our last "guest star" of the trip, who spent a good chunk of time with us... Amanda!!
IMG_7729 by Katt mccluskey, on Flickr
Amanda & I met through the internet 5 year ago...no joke...we both happened to be browsing the Disney Audition tag on Tumblr where we ended up meeting at an audition & spent a day in the parks together. Once we discovered neither of us were internet creeps, we split a hotel the next trip down, and quickly became best friends! She currently lives in Orlando with her husband & pets, working at SeaWorld with the pets show! It's the AMAZING thanks to her & her husband that I got into the parks for a couple of days thanks to some craziness last minute before the trip started.
OKAY! Those intro's were super long, but hey, I love my friends!
When???
So, originally, Kara & I had discovered Marvel around the same point in time (June 2017...after Wonder Woman came out and we realized superhero's were AWESOME). So, we knew we wanted to see Infinity War together!
avengers-infinity-war-5120x5120-chris-evans-steve-rogers-captain-13244 by Jesperadoo, on Flickr
THEN I discovered that Dapper Day was happening the last weekend in April!
Dapper-Day by Jet Tiu, on Flickr
SO OBVIOUSLY we needed to go for BOTH, especially since Dapper Day had TWO days, one at Magic Kingdom, and one at Epcot! To plan around this we booked for April 27th to May 5th
BUT THEN RDJ had to go & get Avenger's released a week early and COMPLETELY screw with the plans, but both Kara & I ended up seeing it on the Thursday before I came down, and both died because omg....
Where???
I love Disney, I lOVE their resorts, and ORIGINALLY, two more Canadian friends were supposed to come with us but due to paying for school/car accidents, they both dropped out, and NO ONE else could fill their spaces, so despite there only being 2 of us, we were staying at:
Disney's Fort Wilderness by Orlando Updates, on Flickr
WHICH I AM NOT MAD ABOUT! Usually we'd stay at a Value, but they were LITERALLY ALL SOLD OUT, as were ALL the moderates, so we paid around $1200 CAD each for the hotel...WITH THE 50% DISCOUNT. WHAT EVEN? But like again, not mad....I LOVE Fort Wilderness, it's amazing, it's like a piece of Canada in florida, it houses Hoop Dee Doo, and the cabins having a full kitchen,so I had Kara pick up some Walmart snacks for me!
That about covers everything at this point I believe, I am super excited to share this trip with you, we did a lot different, we did a lot of early nights cause....we old....and didn't nap during the day at all...and we had a lot of magical experiences! Stay tuned for chapter links in the next post!!
Welcome!! To a tale of enchantment, a tale of great friends, umbrella hats, all sorts of magic, a world of wizardry, definitely not enough photos, but still a GRAND OLD TIME!!
If you've read my trip reports before, WELCOME BACK!! I've missed you, I'm so sorry I've been so absent from the Dis over the past little bit! If you haven't read anything, WELCOME, I LOVE NEW FRIENDS!! YAAAY!!
BUT WAIT...who am I? I've been so rude, I should probably introduce myself....
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I'm Katt! I'm 28 years old, from Calgary, Canada. I work at a Duelling Piano Bar (much like Jelly Rolls but much more obnoxious) I also do some work with my bestie's Princess Party Company, hanging out with some royals and doing some photography. I've always loved Disney, and made my first trip to Florida back in 2011, and since then have been on approximately 28 times (JEEEEEEZE!) (with four of those being to Disneyland in California....)
Back in 2014, I was lucky enough to accept a position as a Cultural Representative for the Walt Disney Company! Which basically meant I got to spend a year of my life pouring beer & serving popcorn & running food in the Canada pavilion in Epcot! This program brought an amazing best friend into my life, Kara! Her & I have spent so many days in WDW, she's inspired me to run my first 5k, we've celebrated our friendiversary in Disneyland last year, and the year before were LUCKY enough to travel all the way to Japan, China & Hong Kong and visit all of those amazing parks!
Tokyo:
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Shanghai:
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Hong Kong:
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California Adventure: (may Paradise Pier rest in peace...)
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Disneyland!
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Wait...would I show you this many pictures of the back of her head if she wasn't important?! NOPE!
Kara:
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7488%2F26983039315_165271fa74_c.jpg&hash=46c3a6412596f8a79a75e4977654a3d6)
She JUST turned 29, and is currently LIVING the DREAM IN FLORIDA! She's on her THIRD CRP program, and as of halfway through this trip, became Le Cellier's newest server! As stated, we met on our program in 2014, and bonded instantly over our love for Disney entertainment, photography, and just being overall awesome. She lives in BC when she's in Canada, and is literally the reason I spent 1 year in Vancouver between her programs. She LOVES Belle, Rapunzel, the mountain rides, mini photoshoots, and all the same things as me lol. It was VERY much thanks to her that we got the discount on our hotel, despite some other struggles that I'll go over in a bit!
Our Third, and more OFFICIAL adventure-er is Amy!
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.staticflickr.com%2F832%2F41016700315_471c50a9b7_c.jpg&hash=6829f4037adfc4ce739e8f619025fee5)
Amy & I met back in 2011, when a friend bailed on the trip, so our mutual friend invited her in! Then...we barely talked but stayed connected, and 3 years later, I was looking for a 4th for a trip, and she was down....naturally...that was 3 years ago....so IT WAS ABOUT TIME for another trip together! She loves Peter Pan, and is a super chill and awesome human being, who I knew would get along with my Florida crew perfectly, so it was just amazing! She's also Canadian, and lives about 3 hours away from me!
Lastly, we have our last "guest star" of the trip, who spent a good chunk of time with us... Amanda!!
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.staticflickr.com%2F826%2F41872479592_818e9e91ba_c.jpg&hash=052246b9a50685a504a564b6efb35fe5)
Amanda & I met through the internet 5 year ago...no joke...we both happened to be browsing the Disney Audition tag on Tumblr where we ended up meeting at an audition & spent a day in the parks together. Once we discovered neither of us were internet creeps, we split a hotel the next trip down, and quickly became best friends! She currently lives in Orlando with her husband & pets, working at SeaWorld with the pets show! It's the AMAZING thanks to her & her husband that I got into the parks for a couple of days thanks to some craziness last minute before the trip started.
OKAY! Those intro's were super long, but hey, I love my friends!
When???
So, originally, Kara & I had discovered Marvel around the same point in time (June 2017...after Wonder Woman came out and we realized superhero's were AWESOME). So, we knew we wanted to see Infinity War together!
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.staticflickr.com%2F980%2F42106041061_7b23e75ce5_c.jpg&hash=088aef0c7173901ce3704c3941324a1a)
THEN I discovered that Dapper Day was happening the last weekend in April!
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8366%2F8496083688_511ca19cb7_c.jpg&hash=6bf9570d6a28788d6c7c811e1cdc1ae3)
SO OBVIOUSLY we needed to go for BOTH, especially since Dapper Day had TWO days, one at Magic Kingdom, and one at Epcot! To plan around this we booked for April 27th to May 5th
BUT THEN RDJ had to go & get Avenger's released a week early and COMPLETELY screw with the plans, but both Kara & I ended up seeing it on the Thursday before I came down, and both died because omg....
Where???
I love Disney, I lOVE their resorts, and ORIGINALLY, two more Canadian friends were supposed to come with us but due to paying for school/car accidents, they both dropped out, and NO ONE else could fill their spaces, so despite there only being 2 of us, we were staying at:
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5066%2F5558932019_48fb39411a_b.jpg&hash=b3a7c73dd665bc884962c7e84222b6b3)
WHICH I AM NOT MAD ABOUT! Usually we'd stay at a Value, but they were LITERALLY ALL SOLD OUT, as were ALL the moderates, so we paid around $1200 CAD each for the hotel...WITH THE 50% DISCOUNT. WHAT EVEN? But like again, not mad....I LOVE Fort Wilderness, it's amazing, it's like a piece of Canada in florida, it houses Hoop Dee Doo, and the cabins having a full kitchen,so I had Kara pick up some Walmart snacks for me!
That about covers everything at this point I believe, I am super excited to share this trip with you, we did a lot different, we did a lot of early nights cause....we old....and didn't nap during the day at all...and we had a lot of magical experiences! Stay tuned for chapter links in the next post!!