14th November:

Another very busy day today, a fairly early start as we were off to Epcot, courtesy of our lovely Steve, drove there and parked quite easily, walking distance in fact to the ticket office. Steve joined us for about an hour before he went off to work himself, thank you Steve xx

 We started off walking around the World, unfortunately the Food and Wine Festival had finished but it was an interesting walk round, GB was fish and chips and the pub naturally as that is what we do but it was explained to us what the countries produced and did for their own showpieces. For me the best ride we did was on Soarin..... a 50 minute queue though,  which was a bit tedious for a 5 minute, at the most, ride. The best bit of the ride was watching Jane's face, eyes shut and clenching the arms of the seat, then when it had finished she said how much she had enjoyed it!!! We enjoyed the visit as it was not too crowded, probably because the day started off damp and chilly, it did get better.

Tonight was the Pirates and Princess party, now last year Jane and I were Princesses, and were given thick velvet gowns to wear and it was so hot that this year I took my own outfit, Snow White in fact. For the past few days I have noticed an advert on the side of my FB page telling of auditions for Disney roles and the picture they used was of Snow White so tonight was my night to be discovered!

I must say my outfit went down well with the children and I was asked lots of times to be photographed with them, even the official photographer made a comment at the end of the evening about how many photos he had taken with me in it!!!

Jane and Viv looked lovely in their outfits too but were also quite cold by the end of the evening . We were on Treasure bags tonight where the children were given 'booty' bags which included candy (American), some tattoos and a bandana. The children could be face painted as Pirates or Princesses as well.  It was a lovely evening and we all enjoyed it.

Tomorrow we are taking a day off so tonight was Jane and Viv's last shift as they fly home on Sunday, I am here until next Friday so have another 10 shifts, must wear my Snow White outfit again!!

Highlights  today for me was the number of children that came up and grabbed my leg or should  I say Snow White's leg and the smiles on their faces. The other was a gentleman from Texas, a Granddad in fact who told me he had been looking for me all day as they were leaving tomorrow and he wanted my photograph. He gave me several hugs and genuine thanks too.

As volunteers we are all able to make the families stay more positive and memorable, something to be proud of.