Sound, Color, and a Mad Tea Party

Me- "wait what!? THIS is Down Town Disney?" *500ft later*

Me- "THE PARK IS THIS CLOSE"

Clearly I was the only crazy 21 year old stoked about coming to Disneyland, but that's okay  especially when some "magical" beats comes on..... something soundsational

♪ It's a music celebration

Come on, come on, come on

Strike up the band,

Feel the beat, what a great sensation

Come on, come on, come on

Move and clap your hands,

Get into spirit

Let everyone hear it,

So come on, come on

Soundsational

Whoa, whoa - hey, hey, hey

Whoa, whoa - hey, hey! ♪

it was magical..... the parade, the detail, the beautiful princesses, dancers, and performers. I loved everything about the soundsational parade and I fell in love with it, BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

After making a little post on facebook with some friends about going to Disneyland for the first time I was suggested to watch World of Color. So after Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Haunted Mansion, we made our way to world of color to meet my friend Jaysen (who I stumbled upon prior to the parade!) and lets just say.....

Color.Is.Beautiful.

Even after the music and color, Lexy and I agreed to make our way out of Disney to continue our journey to Los Angeles for Swedish House Mafia the next day, but with a little detour through Cars land I found myself somewhere "Epic" 

and thats when I heard the song Epic by Quintino play... as the lights were flashing and the entrance was inviting.... as if I was falling down the rabbit hole on a new adventure.... I knew what I was getting myself into... and I welcomed the mad tea party with all my heart.

 Senses is what allows one to enjoy their life in one way or another we allow them to set the mood, scene, and environment. and lets just say, Disneyland touched all my senses last night.

I love life. and I am ready for tonight. Thank you Disneyland for showing me a good time... and I am ready.

Swedish House Mafia, here.we.come.

Follow the Duck

When I first got to Disney for this internship over 6 months ago I....

• Made tons of friends
• Went to the parks all the time
• Had a strong dislike for my bed and its comfort 
• Went out a lot
• Took tons of pictures 

But ultimately became content with my self, my living standards and my life......  

DON'T get me wrong its still a lot of fun and memorable and all that jazz but I came to realize something after coming across some ducks... literally.

Now at first you're probably thinking "Ethan, they're ducks, your having a life moment with ducks?" but hear me out!!

I found myself following the leader. Everyone did the same thing as the person in front of them would follow in the same footsteps by falling into the "Disney Bubble". Isolating themselves from the rest of the world whether it be family, friends or even the news and Disney has a way of taking advantage of its cast members when that occurs.  I BECAME CONTENT WITH MY TWIN SIZE PLASTIC BED FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

So what do I do? after working constantly, eating (literally), sleeping and thinking Disney, I realized I was starting to crack from how tired I was. No matter how much sleep I had, knowing I was going back to Disney for either work or playtime; I was tired and realized I needed to get away. 

and that's exactly what I did! with this (relatively) planned trip, I made my way to California for a few days to witness a life changing event with Swedish House Mafia. 

YES I said Cali... spontaneous much? OH and lets talk about how I trusted some random strangers to pick me up from the airport, give me a ride to in-n-out after they bought one of my extra tickets, and plan to meet up with at the masquerade motel for Swedish House Mafia whom I met on facebook & are turning out to be pretty awesome people...

am I crazy? Well I work for Disney World

you.have.no.idea.

3 days :: 30 photos

After weeks of working lots of hours, low amounts of sleep, working out and attempting to keep a social life, I found myself trying to go home for a few days!! EXCITED, DETERMINED TO FLY HOME...

It failed....... (we'll leave it at that) 

So what do I do with 3 days off? of course I'll go to the parks, have a photo adventure, catch up on life with friends, create memories, and get all artsy-fartsy when I take some pictures! 

The result?

• Artsy-fartsy pictures
• "The grass looked so pretty that I had to lay on it.... till I felt my butt getting progressively wet"- Me
• A consistently late rabbits' first run down main street
• My first Character Dining experience!!!!! ..... 38$ later
• Tigger posing like a Frog because he I knew like mucus....
• Questionably volunteered/forced to be a guest in Jammin Jungle Parade
• A mini shoot   
• A Bear with a hugging talent
• and pictures from "all over the world"

when things don't go exactly as planned (in my case flying home), make the most of what your left with. 

 I think its safe to say I had a successful few days off. You be the judge! ;)