A web series featuring yours truly and...well, anything that is on my mind. These videos could be showcasing a recent adventure, my thoughts on a particular subject, a short film I made, or interviews with people. Pretty much whatever I want. If there's something you want to see in an upcoming video, please let me know!! Happy watching friends...
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After years of auditioning, months of anticipation, weeks of rehearsals, and a last few days of freedom, I finally stepped aboard my new home. It has been a crazy blur of endless days and nights leading up to this moment. We had to leave Toronto at 6:30am, which means I had to be ready to leave the hotel at 3:30am. I barely got about an hour of sleep the night before. But don't worry, I slept about two more hours on the flight to Orlando. We arrived in Orlando and shuttled to the Pop Century Hotel, I dropped my bags, put on my MagicBand, and went straight to Walt Disney World. I won't bore you with all the details of what happened at the parks but let's just say the following three days included, but not limited to:
We had another early call to get on the boat and I must say it was a perfect sight watching the sunrise from behind the ship. It was like something from a movie, I wanna say *The Lion King*...You exactly what scene I'm referring to. The cast was welcomed on board by a crowd of applause which I was totally not against. Ya'll...this ship is huge and I was getting lost pretty much every time I moved from point A to point B. But as we are getting through the crossover period it's definitely getting easier. We have been doing a lot of shadowing of the Dream 6 cast, which has been incredibly helpful and makes me even more excited to get started. We have this awesome cruise director who gave one of the most inspirational talks I've received from a stranger within five minutes of meeting them. The one thing that stuck in my head was him saying, "Embrace the isolation". This guy definitely has a grasp on #SeizeTheDay and has made me more determined to leave the ship better than when I came on. How that will happen I don't know, but you'd better believe I'm gonna have a blast finding out! Already I've met some interesting people from all over the world and might have signed myself up with a French instructor. How do you say "Yaaassss!" in French? Oh, I guess it'd be "Ouuuiiiiii!" Today is our opening cruise, meaning...it's all us at this point. We as a cast couldn't be more excited and I as a singular person could not be more proud of my cast. (You're gonna hear me say that a lot over the next several months so get used to it...) Ok, I have a video ready to be uploaded but our internet isn't the best, so sharing these videos are gonna be very infrequent. I apologize in advance so I guess I'll vow to take more photos instead. Bummer I know, but what can you do. One of my cast mates came up with a brilliant idea to hire a bus and take a trip to Niagara Falls. I have never been before and can now add that to my "Wonderful Places I've Visited" list. (Now, I'm up to two places...) Our bus driver was quite an interesting bundle of energy that I don't think any of us were ready for. It was like taking an RV trip with your corny Uncle Walter, who thinks he's hilarious but he doesn't get that you are laughing at him instead of with him. The first stop on the trip was the Diamond Estates Winery, partially owned by Dan Aykroyd, where I had my first sip of ice wine. Oh my goodness, the sweetest wine I'd ever tasted. Sure do wish I bought myself a bottle, but they were too expensive. But, you can believe I enjoyed the hell out of those free samples. Following the winery visit, we stopped in the small sleepy town of Niagara on the Lake. It was a beautiful town with one main street, with a bunch of shops and restaurants on either side. I did buy a moose covered onesie complete with buttflap. I know what you must be thinking, "How could you not resist?"...and to that I say, "I know right?!?" We finally reached Niagara Falls and spent about a half hour by the water before we stopped in what I can only describe at the Hollywood Blvd. of Niagara. This street, Clifton Hill, had mini golf courses, a giant enclosed ferris wheel, arcades, a casino, various restaurants and countless souvenir shops. I almost avoided falling into the tourist trap, but I played a round of laser tag with some people before heading back to Toronto. Our time in Toronto is slowly coming to a close, less then ten days and we'll be in Florida. As excited as I am to start working on the ship, I really will miss Canada...Anyways, saving the sentiment for a later post. Enjoy the video below! So a week has gone by since arriving in Toronto and saying that I'm loving it here would be an understatement. We have spent a lot of time training and in rehearsals and I have shed a tear or two at least once everyday. I am surrounded by such caring, hard-working, fearless people that I cannot believe it's real. I guess you could say it's truly a DREAM. *wakka wakka* Anyways, I put the final touches on a music video I started filming back in Los Angeles. I know the internet is overflowing with Frozen fan videos, and this one is just adding to the mix, but I think there's something about this one that sets it apart from the others. So please, enjoy...comment...share. |
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