GRACIOUS JANE MARIE: The Rose Legends by Kate Brown

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So much to do, so little time

Wow, it’s been way too long since I’ve even logged in! Haha. What’s been up with me? Well, I’ll tell ya!

Spring break was awesome. Disney World, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Epic. DW was amazing as always, though there was one thing that disappointed me besides their signage being extremely confusing. Beauty and the Beast at Hollywood Studios? Yeah, it was so not up to par with Disney standards. The woman playing Belle was older. Now, age doesn’t really matter to me, but when you’re casting a Disney princess, the audience shouldn’t be able to tell she’s in her upper 30’s or even lower 40’s. Either that or she just did not take care of her skin. Wrinkles, people. Sun block helps. Otherwise, Disney was awesome as expected.

Now, HP? O. M. G. So cool. The Forbidden Journey ride combined animatronics and an IMAX style enormous screen to bring you into the world of Harry Potter. It’s as close as you can get to the real thing without being a student at Hogwarts. There’s a short show at Olivander’s, and a total of 3 rides, 4 or 5 shops, 2 butterbeer carts, and a snack cart. Remember Dueling Dragons? All they did to make it the Dragon Challenge ride for HP was change the décor. They added “Support Cedric” signs and things of that nature. But the cars on the coaster were even the same! It’s not Disney. Oh and don’t buy a chocolate frog. $10 for a below-average tasting chocolate frog that doesn’t even hop? Not really worth it. Again, it’s not Disney. Not only would Disney make the frogs actually taste good (these tasted like the cheap chocolate you get for half-price because it’s not Nestle or Hershey’s), but they would make these things hop. Yeah, Disney could make them hop.

OK, enough ragging on Universal. HP really was cool and because it’s in Islands of Adventure, you’re paying for the whole park, which is still a fun time. HOWEVER… Do not be fooled by their cool lockers which require a fingerprint to access. Some cost money and some of those are for water rides. Stupid. Now, the ones in HP didn’t cost money and the ones outside the Hulk coaster didn’t either. However, the ones outside the Jurassic Park rides and the Dudley Do-Right ride DID cost money. Ridiculous, but they wouldn’t let you on the ride if you had your bags, but then if you didn’t want to pay, you simply couldn’t ride that ride. I said enough ragging. I lied.

Spring break really was fantabulous. Wow, that’s a word. Spell check didn’t fix that. Anyway, moving on. My book (as I mentioned previously) has since gone to print. Be sure to keep an eye out for The Rose Legends, Book One: Found by Kate Brown. Not due out for over a month, but there you go.

I don’t know if I mentioned, but I also got accepted to the Disney College Program. I’ll be working in Walt Disney World starting in May of this year. I’m SO stoked! 33 days until graduation; 42 days until I’m in Disney World; and only 10 actual class days left, not including finals. I’m almost there.

Remember, you can find The Rose Legends on Facebook or Twitter and there are links to the official website from Facebook. You can also use the site to find your way back here, to this blog.

Oh hey, one last thing. Hygiene. It’s a real problem, don’t ya think? Did you know that 1 in 3 people don’t wash their hands after using the restroom? If you’re thinking to yourself “Well, I use hand sanitizer, so that counts”, you’re wrong. Hand sanitizer may kill germs, but if you’ve got anything other than microscopic bacteria on those hands, it’s not doing a damn bit of good. WASH YOUR HANDS people! It’s disgusting not to and even if you use the hand sanitizer, when other people are in there and they don’t hear the water running, do you know what they’re thinking? Give ya a hint… “GROSS!”

That’s my tidbit for the day. This is Kate Brown, signing off. Remember, wash your hands and…

Stay random!