Trip Report Volunteering by Day, Park Hopping by Night! - January 2018 **COMPLETED**

Hi, forum friends! I have been back home for about a week . Finally got my photos edited, and both @Doc Disney and @prfctlyximprct are ahead of me, so I better get started.

Here's a breakdown of the trip...

Who? Me and my friend L, who was with me on my friends trip two years ago.
Where? All-Star Movies. We spent no time at the resort, so I don't regret this, but...well you'll see.
When? January 19-23
Why? To volunteer at Give Kids the World. We did two shifts in the morning, and headed to the parks early afternoon.

Here we are


Ok, so I'll get us started in the next post. Here we gooooooooo......

 

[sheriffwoody]

We worked at a lot of different spots. We did welcoming, food service, the castle, the carousel, but I think Amberville was my favorite. My wife used to love working in the twinkle spa painting nails and such.

I'll plan to request Amberville next time! I got to see it, but I didn't get a shift there. I'm not sure how good I'd be in the spa...haha

Count me in!

Welcome! Thanks for following along

 

[becca_]

Aw, I'll just miss you in March!! I'm going 18-23

 

[SHP]

Great report so far!

 

[Tuvalu]

So thankful you volunteered and are sharing your experience at Give Kids the World. Many of us didn’t know this opportunity exists and have now been enlightened.

 

[sheriffwoody]

Aw, I'll just miss you in March!! I'm going 18-23

Oh bummer!

Great report so far!

Thank you for following along!

So thankful you volunteered and are sharing your experience at Give Kids the World. Many of us didn’t know this opportunity exists and have now been enlightened.

Glad you're enjoying it

 

[DisneyJeff]

We will be there right before Easter! The 27th-31st. You have a March trip planned?

Aw, I'll just miss you in March!! I'm going 18-23

I will be there March 17-26. Technically, I will be at a conference at the Hilton - Bonnet Creek from the 17th-21st, then my actual Disney trip will be the 21st - 26th, but I do plan on escaping the conference for a while to get some park time in!!

 

[Longers]

Following along - great to get the details as obviously on insta I only had the pictures.

 

[Rista1313]

I'm late but here... I dunno why I missed this yesterday!

GKTW looks amazing! All those bright colors! Volunteering there look enjoyable.

ETA: Totally jealous of your Orange Bird bag.... I love Orange Bird!

 

[Balki228]

Following along. Great photos, looking forward to hearing about the rest

 

[LeighM]

Looks like I'll be missing a bunch of people - my trip is March 10-17 I have a dinner reservation at The Edison but was really hoping to go after 10pm when it's adult only. But I don't think my husband and his brother will be able to stay up that late. I'll still pack for it in case the sister in law agrees we should go for some girl time

 

[krisri18]

Following! Love that you volunteered at GKTW! I wanted to over the summer but our schedule was already packed, so it's on my to-do list!

 

[Lyssa]

Following along great report so far

 

[sheriffwoody]

Following along - great to get the details as obviously on insta I only had the pictures.

Glad you're here!

I'm late but here... I dunno why I missed this yesterday!

GKTW looks amazing! All those bright colors! Volunteering there look enjoyable.

ETA: Totally jealous of your Orange Bird bag.... I love Orange Bird!

Welcome, welcome! Get you one - Orange Bird Bag (I had an AP discount, otherwise that price tag would scare me away!)

Following along. Great photos, looking forward to hearing about the rest

Thank you! Welcome aboard

Looks like I'll be missing a bunch of people - my trip is March 10-17 I have a dinner reservation at The Edison but was really hoping to go after 10pm when it's adult only. But I don't think my husband and his brother will be able to stay up that late. I'll still pack for it in case the sister in law agrees we should go for some girl time

Yeah 10 is late! I do tend to stay up later on Disney trips though.

Following! Love that you volunteered at GKTW! I wanted to over the summer but our schedule was already packed, so it's on my to-do list!

Welcome! Thanks for reading.

Following along great report so far

Thank you!! Glad you're here

 

[Rista1313]

Welcome, welcome! Get you one - Orange Bird Bag (I had an AP discount, otherwise that price tag would scare me away!)

Maybe by the time I get there in May, it'll be on sale, and I can use my Disney Chase for 10% off? ::dreaming::

 

[sheriffwoody]

Left off at BTMR.

We headed to Adventureland next. I had my mind set on a certain snack, and based on my outfit, I bet you can guess what it was.



See that guy in my photo? He's a photopass photographer and he said to me "Can you hold that up and take a picture again? I want to take a really interesting photo for you"



Haha! I think I like mine better, but he was nice and his creativity was fun! If I ever want to convince people I have giant hands, I have photographic evidence.


L enjoying her swirl in my Orange Bird shirt design.


Me enjoying my swirl float in my Citrus Swirl shirt design.

I LOVED the float!! I'd been wanting to try one, and now I'm obsessed. I think I'll definitely be getting that from now on. The juice really adds a lot.

Our next FP was for Peter Pan, but we had some time, so we were meandering.

As we were leaving Adventureland, I spotted someone I recognized from Instagram, Ignite the Magic Clothing. She's hard to miss with her purple hair (which I'm super jealous of...I tried to color my blonde streaks purple and the dye I used didn't take at all.)



They were getting ready to do a photoshoot with some of Stacy and Ricky's designs (@ignitethemagicclothing). That's Mary Grace (@mgrivero) on the left, who modeled for them along with another girl who wasn't there yet. I gave them a couple of pins and a sticker, that's what they're holding up.



We actually talked to them for a while! Probably close to a half hour. They were all so nice and when Disney people get to talking, you just can't stop us! I swear, all the instagram friends I've run into IRL, we just talk and talk...no awkwardness at all. Thankfully L is social, so she had no problem making new friends!




So much fun! I love running into people in the parks.

We said our goodbyes (honestly that was the most awkward part...like we're having a good time, I hate to run, but we gotta fly with Peter!)


SUUUUPER grainy photo, but I took it so I'd remember that we did the ride. It's not one I care to do usually, but L loves it, so I knew she would appreciate getting the FP for it.

It was now time for us to depart MK, but we stopped for a photo or two.




We got the Tinkerbell magic shot, but Tink was on my face instead of in our hands . I remember the photo pass photographer saying "You look like you want to eat it!" when we posed for that shot where you're looking down at your hands surprised and they put Tink in there. L said "Well we're going to dinner, so we're hungry!" He chuckled at us.

We walked through the shops a little before heading to the monorail. We shouldn't have dilly dallied! I forgot the monorail was actually kind of slow, and we had somewhere to be in 20 minutes.

Ok, I'm going to have to stop now and go back to work. Up next, a PLANNED Disney friend meet-up!

 

[sheriffwoody]

Maybe by the time I get there in May, it'll be on sale, and I can use my Disney Chase for 10% off? ::dreaming::

Yep Disney Chase gets a discount too, I believe! I used my rewards card for it so I wouldn't feel bad about spending that. ha!

 

[Rista1313]

Yep Disney Chase gets a discount too, I believe! I used my rewards card for it so I wouldn't feel bad about spending that. ha!

Yes, anything over 50 dollars... at least in the park...

You are killing me with Pins and stickers.. need!

I have a iron on OB that I'm going to attempt to put on a new tshirt this week. Wish me luck!

 

[Longers]

Your picture was far nicer than the photopass one!

I bought some hair chalk recently it is temporary colour for your hair - obviously only good for streaks rather than full on colour but back in the summer I had a few rainbow colours going on. Could be s good substitute?

And I think I know what’s coming next with the Disney friends meet up!

 

[becca_]

Ahh you just look so cute in that orange bird outfit!!!

 

[riverside]

Your trip reports are always so much fun to read and this one is right there with the rest of them!! I love the volunteering—that is great!! So cool to see the pictures from there. I usually stay at POR & YeHaa Bob(who performs there) does a lot at Give Kids The World. He has such a fun show & I’m sure the kids there love him too! Hopefully you got a chance to see him!
Looking forward to more!!