Birthdays in Toronto

We had a fun night out for Frankie and Juila's birthday one night. We went to a jazz club in downtown Toronto. The live music was amazing! Here is a photo of the birthday boy and girl! 

 Here is me and Janelle in our apartment building lobby before we went out. 

Here is a group photo of most of the characters in my cast.

Devon, Carissa, me, Janelle, Frankie, Channa, Julia, Emma and Caroline. 

Here is the birthday girl dancing to the live music!

Friends in Toronto

Ari, seen to the right in the photo below, is a fellow Dream 1 cast member who came to visit the rehearsal studio. Frankie, Ari and myself had a mini reunion! 

Toronto has a "Times Square" like place called "Dundas Square". It has lots of stores, restaurants and open spaces for people to gather. Seen in the photo below is Janelle and Caroline, taken in the heart of Dundas Square.

Below is a singer in our cast, Jenn! She and Janelle did two contracts together on the Magic, so they know each other very well. The three of us went to a restaurant around the corner from our apartment that served a s'mores platter! 

One of the singers in our cast, Jeanna, hosted a "spa night" party for the girls in the cast one night. We all put face masks on together for a night of pampering. In the photo below is Emma, Devon, Channa, Julia and Janelle are sharing the mirror to apply their masks. 

Devon, Emma, Janelle and myself in the front are in the photo below. Goons!

Jeanna also provided cucumbers for us to lay over our eyes for the full relaxation affect. Seen below is Devon, Channa, Julia, Emma and myself laying across the bottom. Character bonding :)

Easter in Canada

Our Easter Sunday in Canada was great thanks to my roommate Emma's family. They live just outside Toronto and brought a home cooked meal to our apartment for the characters in the cast. It was delicious!

 They also brought lots of Easter candy, especially chocolate! Above is Janelle with a Minnie Mouse chocolate egg and below is the basket of candy they brought us!

Below is Carissa and my roommate Caroline in their Easter pastels.

Below are Easter decorated rice crispie eggs and cupcakes that Emma's mom and sister made! 

Here is a group photo of the character cast and one of our dancer boys! 

Welcome to Toronto MAGIC 30

Hey All! 

I have decided to take another contract with Disney Cruise Line (DCL) and this time I am on the Magic! This is Disney oldest ship and is about half the size of the last ship I was on, the Dream. I am most excited about this contract because of the itinerary, we are sailing through the Mediterranean Sea this summer! Once fall comes we will be porting out of Miami to sail to the Bahamas and the Caribbean. 

It feels great to be back! We have a brand new rehearsal space since my last contract and it is located right across the street from our apartment building, which is super convenient! The space is really nice and much bigger than the last one. There are two more studios to rehearse which means we are also here with the Wonder 27 Cast, which is DCL's second ship and the Magic's sister ship. We are able to watch each others run throughs of the shows which I find inspiring! It's cool to see the other talented people that are sharing the same experience as us.

 On our first day of rehearsal they had "Welcome Magic 30" on the TV screen that greets us in the lobby entrance, shown in the photo above. The number 30 represents the 30th cast to perform on the Disney Magic. The photo below is some other character performers in my cast at the rehearsal studio. 

From left to right: Kristine, Janelle, Julia and Trego. 

Toronto is exactly how I remember it. Expensive, but beautiful! I really enjoy this city, there's plenty to do. I wish spring would show it's bright little face sooner, but it's coming slowly, but surely! 

We are housed in the same building as before, called the Rosemont, and I am living with 3 other girls in my cast again. It's been fun to make new friends in our cast of 32 people. Most of them are returning performers. 

In the photo below are 2 of my roommates, Janelle and Caroline. Janelle and I already knew each other from college at The University of the Arts, so it has been great to reunite with a fellow Philadelphia dancer. This is her 4th contract with DCL and her 3rd in the Mediterranean. Caroline is brand new to the company! 

There is one returning performer in the Magic 30 cast who was a fellow Dream 1 cast member with me! His name is Frankie!

I was thrilled to hear that we would be doing another contract together! He is a great person to work with because of his positive attitude, hard working ways and his infectious laugh! He and I performed together in the Golden Mickeys with Dream 1. He made friends with the Beast when I made friends with Belle. 

 Below is a photo of us one of the first weekend's here in Toronto! 

This photo below is the drink fountain machines they have here in Canada. I am not sure if we have them yet in the states, but I think they are fascinating! They have so many selections within each type of drink, very futuristic! This one was found at the Scotiabank Movie Theater in downtown Toronto. 

We have finished most of our training, currently we are learning and rehearsing all the shows! More to come soon!