Cast Connection

 

A nice perk to being a cast member is shopping at Cast Connection. This store on the west side of property features left over merchandise from the parks and some groceries, sold at a pretty good discount. It also has old furniture that has been pulled from resorts or offices.

 

The kids continue to enjoy hanging out in the parks, the water parks, and Disney Springs when not at work.

 

Bryan spent his birthday going "around the world" at Epcot - having a drink at each of the World Showcase pavilions.

I spent the weekend in Bend adding a rock driveway to our pole barn.

DCP Part 2

Last week Bryan joined Jennifer at WDW. Jennifer ended up working mostly at Epcot at park arrivals, while Bryan was assigned to merchandise at MouseGear in Epcot. We flew out with Bryan.

We stayed at Coronado Springs and spent some time getting stuff the kids needed, but also at each park. The kids joined us when they could. Animal Kingdom had recently started staying open later at night, and it was nice to see projections on the Tree of Life, as well as doing a Safari ride after dark.

 

The new Norway expansion was opened at Epcot, and we rode the new Frozen ride. We also hung out a bit in the new DVC lounge above the Imagination pavilion. 

We also spent most of a day at Disney Springs, checking out what was new. Yesterday we flew home.