The second star to the right...: Festivities

So I really was blessed this year. Two birthdays... the second being celebrated in DisneyWorld! It's crazy!! 5 months ago when I was just applying for this, it never would have occurred to me to think about what it was going to be like if I got into the program and celebrated my birthday in Disney. Let me tell you though, Disney certainly know how to give you a good day.

I spent the incredibly warm morning by the pool, lunch and the afternoon in Magic Kingdom (where one of my roommates bought me a Princess balloon), dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in Animal Kingdom (best decorated restaurant I have ever seen. Tropical thunderstorms every 30 mins with the animals!) and then the evening at House of Blues for the Night of the Dead party. It was an incredibly full day, but I definitely enjoyed myself!

A couple days prior, I thought that I was going to have a crap time because I wouldn't be celebrating it with anyone back home... but my Australian birthday (being the 26th over here) psyched me up to be pumped for my day! I woke up in a good mood and stayed that way for most of the day. Couple of sad moments, they were to be expected, but overall.. I had a fantastic day.

The highlight of the day has to be Magic Kingdom. It starts as soon as you get off the monorail. You hear the music playing - the Disney music, and then you start to make your way toward the turnstiles to get in. Girls are dressed up in Princess dresses, boys are dressed up as pirates and parents seem just as excited to get in as everybody else! After walking in, then comes my favourite bit out of all of Magic Kingdom:

Looking down Main Street USA toward the Cinderella Castle. The marching bands playing music, the acapella quartet singing old jazz numbers, the ornate shops selling all different kinds of Disney specialties and best of all, the indescribable atmosphere that comes with being in Disneyworld/Disneyland. To put it in the most simple terms, you just feel incredibly happy. Nothing can pull you down. You feel like you're on top of the world. I love it. I just want everyone in the world to experience it!

On that note, I'll leave you with a couple of photos from the day :)