I had a fantastic time at Walt Disney World last week. ; Only trouble was it was too short. ; The weather was perfect, and the food and wine festival was awesome. There were several highlights. ; I auditioned for American Idol Experience and made it into the show! ; What a rush! ; It was so much fun to be on the huge stage and to see my own face bigger than life on the giant video screen. ; This is definitely something I'm planning to do again, on December 7 to be exact. ; We're having a RADP AIE meet at 3:00 that day, so hopefully we can make it happen again. The Halloween party was a riot. ; The parade and fireworks were among the best I've ever seen. ; And all that free candy didn't hurt either... I had friends staying at Bay Lake Tower, so I was able to get in there last week too. ; The rooms are gorgeous, much nicer than the promo photos made them look. ; The views over the Magic Kingdom are stunning. ; We used the pool and it's slide although the breeze off the lake made for a cool dip. ; The hot tub was much nicer. ; We even played Bocce on one of the 2 courts they have there. ; But the ultimat BLT experience is the Top of the World Lounge. ; Open only for DVC members staying there on points and their guests, I was lucky enough to get up there twice. ; Watching HalloWishes from there is perfect. ; and the views of all of Central Florida are Amazing! So there are the highlights of 6 days at Disney. ; Only 59 day left until the return trip. Kevin
Glad to hear that guests staying at BLT are using the Top of the World Lounge! Maybe next year I'll get the chance!! Glad to hear you had a great time! ; I'm leaving Saturday Morning!!!! Can't wait!
59 days until we are down as well... drop me a PM on what radp is going to be doing. We will have to meet up again.. If you got any pictures of BLT drop them in the photo gallery we could use some I wish they would let in any DVC members to the top of the world lounge. Glad you had such a great time.
Oh sounds like you had a blast. ; Congrats on getting on stage at AI. ; That is too cool. ; Would have loved to see that. Did anyone take any video? ; So jealous of you getting to BLT and Top of the World. ; I have seen some photos of what things look like from there and it looks amazing. ;
Glad to hear you had a great trip! Congrats on the Amercian Idol audition. ; We really enjoyed that attraction, they did an amazing job on the stage. Did you get anything for making it on stage?
That's so cool making it to AI glad you had a good time. No one will feel to sorry for it being such a short trip when in less than two months you will be back. I'd like to hear more about the AI experience.
It was a total blast! I entered the audition door around 10:30 in the morning with my friend Julie who became my "superfan". ; First I was asked to sing acapella in front of a preliminary judge who decided whether I was worthy of seeing the producer of the show. ; Once past that round, I got a button that said "I auditioned for American Idol Experience" and a number, like runners wear in races. ; From there I was directed to the "Coca-Cola Lounge" where I filled out some forms and was given an iPod with the 100 songs approved for use on the show. ; I was told to pick 2 songs which I would perform for the producer. ; I chose "Your Song" by Elton John and "Circle of Life" also by Sir Elton. ; About a half dozen other auditioners were in the lounge with me and it was quite interesting to hear all those people singing different songs at the same time. ; In the lounge there is a monitor which shows the songs already chosen for the day. ; We were not allowed to pick songs that others had already used. Once in the producer's office, I performed the 2 songs, and then was shown a video hosted by Ryan Seacrest who told me I was going on to the show! ; I was given a lanyard with a "Vote for Me" card attached and asked to come back at 11:50 for the 1:00 show. to be continued...
The story continues... I exited the producer's office, and signed some paperwork. ; I was told I could have a group of up to 6 people be my "fans" and they would be able to get early preferred seating for my show. ; I quickly called my friend Kim who was over in the Magic Kingdom with her parents. ; With my "superfan" Julie, her mom and cousin that made up my group of six. ; We then went and did a couple of attractions, and had lunch across the street from AIE at the ABC Commissary. I returned to the stage door at the appointed time to find that my competitors were the two people who auditioned next to me. ; We had chatted some in the Coke Lounge, so we got to know each other a little. ; We were finally ushered into the green room where there was a place to store your stuff and a couple of comfy couches. ; The other 2 singers did their things first, then I was taken to the hair and makeup room. ; The woman there gave me enough makeup that I didn't slow under the stage lights, and put some product in my hair and told me she was giving me a "David Cook" look. ; I didn't see it. After 10 minutes in the chair I was shown the back room rehearsal space. ; A CM there helped me through the end of the song, which was slightly different from the version you are used to hearing on the radio. ; We choreographed a little movement so that I didn't just stand like a statue out in front of an audience. ; All in all, it was like a "light version" of a rehearsal that I've had many times havng done community theatre for the last 12 years or so. Next time...the stage!
What a great story! ; We are huge fans of that attraction. ; We did the finale show last week (as audience though). Did they give you an audio/ video tape of the performance to take home with you?
