DRAGGED TO THE DISNEY SPRINGS CHRISTMAS TREE TRAIL IN NOVEMBER | DAEP UPDATE #17 & #18

*ALL VIEWS ARE MY OWN AND NOT OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OR YUMMY JOBS*

Hey there, pals!

Recently, my schedule at fairy school has been super busy and jam-packed full of fun – my days away from fairy school have been at the beginning of one week and then my next days away from fairy school were at the end of the following week! Although stressful at times, I’ve seen a lot of princesses over the last fortnight and I’ve been doing really well in all of my fairy school classes too, which I am so incredibly proud of!

Now, if you know me personally, you know that I am such a Grinch when it comes to celebrating Christmas, especially before December. HOWEVER, I was wrapping up my classes at fairy school one night and a Fairy Godmother in Training (FGIT) literally forced me to see the Disney Springs Christmas Tree Trail with her. We ended up bumping into a couple of other FGITs while exploring the different Christmas tree decorations, eating decorated marshmallows and paying a visit to Santa! I got so much joy from hanging out with my fellow FGITs outside of fairy school that I did not even care that I was getting into the Holiday spirit in November.

This week, I also explored Epcot's Food & Wine Festival for the very first time since its opening way back in August. I know this is super late, but believe me, this was the first opportunity I had to explore the festival. I am usually quite fussy when it comes to food and flavour experimentations, but I found that there were some really tasty dishes at some of the booths! Some of my favourites from this year were the seafood from Brazil and the beef steak from Canada! I did not manage to taste test all of the food at each of the booths to complete my Food & Wine passport, but I'll hopefully finish it during my next visit to the festival!

Thank you so much for reading my post this week! I know this was only a short update, but get ready for some exciting updates during the Holiday season!

Have a magical day!

-Hannah

DISCLAIMER: this blog is my personal experience on the Disney Academic Exchange Program (DAEP) 2019-2020 and may not reflect everyone’s experience. Other programs and future participants on the DAEP may have slight adjustments to their programs that may not be featured in any of my blog posts. That being said, if you do leave any questions, I will try to answer them as best as I possibly can 😊