GRADUATION CRUISE 2017 || Frozen Day at Sea {Day 4}

Hello All,

I've been super motivated to write so here I am writing another post that might not go up for a while but at least I'm writing it. So, let's jump back into Graduation Cruise recap {If you haven't read the first three day find the links on my master post}. 

So, our second day aboard the Disney Fantasy started with Mama Judy and I went to get breakfast at Cabanas, which is the buffet on the ship. After breakfast we went and spent some in the Rainforest. The rainforest is a part of the spa, which has cool rainforest inspired showers, saunas, heated lounges and jet tubs. Mama Judy loved the rainforest and highly reccomends it to everyone. Me on the other hand found it to be almost too quiet and never really stay long. 

We went and got lunch again at Cabanas and then I went to take a nap while Mama Judy went to sit by the pool. After my nap I had booked a Frozen Meet and Greet. Which is something new that Disney has been doing. Now they allow you to sign up to meet their more popular characters so you wait less time. I will say that my Frozen meet and greet was great, Anna and Elsa were super interactive. I was wearing my Harvard sweatshirt and we talked about what Disney Princess would want to go there. We agreed that Belle or Rapunzel would like it. Let me know what Princesses you think would like Harvard in the comments.

The view while I was waiting in line. Can you see how rough the water was?

LtoR: Anna, me and Elsa

Like I said the meet and greet was awesome but I wish the lighting was better for the pictures. After the meet and greet I think I went back to the room and took another nap because I was still so tired! I have a theory that I was beyond tired on this cruise because of how rough the seas were. 

That evening was formal night so we got into our formal-ish attire (NOTE: Disney doesn't look at formal night as mandatory but I enjoy getting dressed up so I participate) . We then headed down to the Walt Disney Theatre because they were showing the Disney Cruise Line version of Aladdin.  I had heard amazing reviews of it and just had to see it. I especially wanted to see since Disney California Adventure closed their version of the show and since I'll never be able to see there I wanted to take advantage of it on the ship.

After the show we walked around the ship a little bit and took some pictures and of course we need to meet Captain Mickey on formal night.

One of my most popular Instagram pictures ever {Insta: @judy_judy94} 

Captain Mickey and I

Once all of that was done it was time for dinner. On that night we were eating at Enchanted Garden. This restaurant often features seafood type meals and it often very good!  

The second night of the cruise I remembered to take my restaurant sign/outfit picture.
Dress: Old Navy
Shoes: Payless (from 2+ years ago) - Not that you can even see it

After dinner we hit up some of the meet and greets because the characters all looked snazzy that night. When I met Donald I made sure to tell him how snazzy her looked (This will come up again later). 

me and Donald

me and Minnie

After that we decided to go back to our room watch a little bit of a movie and good to bed early because we had an early morning the next day!

Also if you guys don't know I do have a YouTube channel. I did a video on my channel featuring things that were new to me on the cruise with one of them being the Frozen Meet and Greet. I'm going to link the video down below because I go into more detail on the whole experience.

*This post was not sponsored by any of the linked sites. All thoughts and opinions are strictly my own 

and I was in no way compensated for mentioning them ***

3 Fictional Characters

Hello All,

Have you guys seen the newest social media trend where people are supposed to chose 3 fictional characters that they feel like are most like them or they relate to the most? Well it inspired me to write a blog post so here I am writing a blog post for all you lovely people out there in internet land. 

First I'll start by being honest, when I first saw this trend I had a really hard time picking out which characters I related to the most. I couldn't think of any characters that held all the aspects of me and my identity. After I thought more about it and remembered that I could chose 3 very different characters that each showed the different aspects of who I am/who I hope to be. 

Recently I've been re-watching the Canadian hit show, Degrassi. The first time I watched Degrassi I probably would have felt that I connected most with Clare or even Imogen and don't get me wrong I still see myself in those characters but the character on that show I connect with the most is Holly J Sinclair who is played by the amazing Charlotte Arnold.  

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For those of you who have never seen the show Holly J starts out a very intense character (*cough Bitch *cough cough***) who is  use to getting her own way.  Which I don't connect with necessarily (Some may beg to differ 😉). But as the series went on she grew into a softer and more lovable character. I connect with her because much like her I live an insanely crazy schedule where many times I feel like I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off, hence the lack of post. But that's not the only reason, much like Holly J I have a very type A personality where I like to do my best and get my work done. My favorite part about Holly J is that  she is just as powerful when she has a man in her life as when doesn't. And I like to believe that I have the same power in my life, well if I ever found a boy worth spending my time on, lol.

Fun fact at one of my pervious jobs they use to call me Emma J and I low key always felt like Holly J.

Now I'm not always so tightly wound so next I wanted to think of someone goofier. I started thinking of some of my favorite sitcoms and I came up with New Girl. Originally I thought about saying  I was most like Jessica Day, I can be quirky. But then I was like nah that doesn't sound right. Then it hit me, I am most like Winston who is played by Lamorne Morris.

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Much like Winston I can be pretty socially awkward, especially when it comes to dating. I don't know how to properly approach dating and finding someone who thinks I'm as adorable as I think I am. Winston also has a weird connection with his cat which if we're being honest will be me one day when I have my puppy dog. Unlike Winston I'm not as dependent on other people as Winston is on his roommates. But I do agree with him Saturday is the day of sleeping. I can't come up with more reason know but if we're being honest when I watch New Girl on Netflix I often think to my "Wow that's me" with half the stunts Winston pulls.

The final character I felt a connection with was a no brainer even though she wasn't the first person I thought of. That would be the one and only Brooke Davis played by the amazing Sophia Bush.

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Brooke Davis a gorgeous girl who still went through her ups and downs but handled it with grace, something I strive to do. I connect with Brooke because she is a hard worker and built a whole empire because its what she wanted. I've never built an empire but I have the drive to follow my dreams. As the seasons go on we see what a great friend Brooke is, yes she didn't want to be Peyton's friend but she felt betrayed so I don't blame her. For the most part, she was always there for the people she loved and at the end of the day she did help Peyton kick psycho Derrick's ass so there's that. In the end the reason I feel so connected to her because she has such a big a heart and so do I (at least in my opinion).

So those are the 3 fictional characters I feel most connected with. What 3 fictional characters do you connect with the most? Let me know in the comments below. 

Life Update Picture Edition

Hello All,

Long time no talk! I feel like I never have time blog...at least not as much time as want to. Anyways I recently was transferring a lot pictures from my phone to my computer and I figured I'd do a quick life update using those pictures. I hope you guys like it!

New Hair

In the end of February I decided to change my hair. I got about 4 or 5 inches off my hair and dyed it a dark red. Its taken a little while but I may have finally gotten used to it. Also I got a lot of compliments on it.

My 22nd Birthday

 Over my spring break I turned 22 years old! I spent the day getting my nails done and shopping with my mom. I got a lot of amazing birthday wishes and I'm so grateful for everyone who took the time out of their day to wish me a happy birthday.

Bird in the Building

The Wednesday we came back from Spring Break it started out with the school not having power which cancelled all classes before 5 PM! It was such a cool day off because it was like a snow day but it was nice out. People had their windows open and two birds flew into our building! Our hall director, a few of the RAs and some other staff members tried to catch them. They spent a lot of time flying around but eventually they flew out! It was a pretty exciting!

Diana's 21st Birthday

Diana

LtoR: Diana and Me 

LtoR: Megan, Diana and me

A few weeks ago my roommate, Diana turned 21 years old! Diana, myself and Megan who are all 21  went out to celebrate her birthday. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed ourself.

And that's pretty much everything that's been going on in my life. Sorry that I've been kind of MIA lately but school comes first! But the good news is there is post coming up on Wednesday too!

Also if you want more consistent updates you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and SnapChat which I update some what frequently, my username for all 3 our @judy_judy94.

{Edited April 2016} This post marks the 500th post here on The World According to Emma!

Spring Break 2015 Pre-Trip Post! {Post 2 of 2}

Hello All,

Happy Thursday! AKA travel day! On Tuesday I posted the first part of this post which you can read here. Today I'm going to talk about the final four days of our trip and make a little mini announcement & some social media housekeeping about the trip. So, when we left off it was Thursday so let's get into the weekend part.

Friday:

We will be venturing to the park that we haven't gotten to yet (at least in the plans) which is EPCOT. As of right now we have 2 days planned for EPCOT. I'm thinking we might spend the majority, if not the whole day in Future World on this day.

The main reason I'm thinking that we'll spend the majority of the day in future world is that our dinning reservations are located at the Living Seas, at the Coral Reef Restaurant. I believe I have eaten at this restaurant before but it has been years. I have heard really good things about it and I'm excited to go back! 

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After dinner Mandi and Hannah might watch Illuminations, although I'll probably leave before they start. 

Saturday:

Saturday we will once again be hitting up the Magic Kingdom. But since we've been all to the park at least once, we'll probably sleep in. And possibly park hop on this day. Basically just play it by year. Eventually though we will make our way to Magic Kingdom because we have dinner reservations at the Crystal Palace.

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The Crystal Palace is a character meal that features Winnie the Pooh and friends. I have only been to Crystal Palace for breakfast so dinner will be a new experiences. After dinner I believe that we will be heading over to Bay Lake Towers to the Top of World Bar. There we will be meeting my Father so that we can see each other while I'm down there. While at the Top of the World Bar we will get to watch Wishes and it was of the coolest experiences ever! 

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After that we might to head to Downtown Disney or hang out at the pool bar, so that at midnight I can get my first legal drink, first drink in general because I have never had a sip of alcohol! 

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Sunday:

This is my 21st birthday! The point of the trip was never my birthday. The idea was always to go over spring break, it just happen (as it almost always does now that I'm in college) that my birthday is over spring. We'll probably take this day pretty easy. I'm hoping to get almost all my packing done before we head out for the day because its our last day. 

Ideally this is a day that I would like to park hop. I would really like to go to the Magic Kingdom and see Princess Tiana on my birthday because she's my favorite. But we will eventually make our way over to EPCOT. 

This is the day we'll probably spend the majority of our time exploring World Showcase. For dinner we will be eating at Via Napoli. I have never been to this restaurant before but I'm really excited because I LOVE Italian food!

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After dinner we will probably slowly make our way out of the park. Maybe stop in so shops and head back to the hotel. 

Monday

Unfortantely Monday is the morning we go home. Our flight leaves Orlando at around 5:20 AM, meaning we'll probably be leaving Disney Property at around 3 AM via the Magical Express. Let's just say getting out of bed will look more like this one this on Monday Morning.

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We once again have a layover somewhere, I think Atlanta. Once we're home its time to re-enter reality, go back to school and get homework done. Okay let's me real, I'll probably lay on my couch telling my roommate all about the trip. Or possible editing pictures. 

And that's what a rough look of my Spring Break Disney trip. I am so excited and can't wait to share the trip with you when I return. While I'm away I will be Tweeting, posting some pictures to Instagram and once again posting my picture of the day to The Blog's Facebook page. If you aren't already following me and want to take part in the magic then follow me. (Sorry for the awful self plug). Also there will be 3 post schedule to go live on my blog so keep an eye out for those post.

And FINALLY the mini announcement. For this trip I have officially decided to....

Vlog!

This is the first time I have ever vlogged a trip and I am so excited. It will be a whole new way to share the trip with you guys and work on giving some major TLC to my Youtube channel. 

Instagram Monthly Top 5! As a Life Update

Hello All,

I feel like I have been sort of MIA from this bloggy the past few week because life as been cray to the cray. Normally around this time I do a Instagram Monthly Top 5 with the most like pictures on my instagram but since I got a new phone i don't have the majority of August's picture at easy access so I'm going to take the pictures I took and instagram and use it as a life update. Sound good or nah?

"Did I really join team iPhone if I didn't post a picture of the box to instagram? #teamiphone #newphone"

"Transformation Tuesday! Today I dyed my hair for the first time and I am absolutely in love with it!"

"All the pictures for my dorm wall this year with most of my favorite people. Some are missing because I don't have a pictures with them (cough Natalie cough cough)"

"New Haven bound for some errands and move in. Junior year here I come!"

"First day of junior year calls for a selfie!"

And that is my life right now. What's going on with you? 

A Day in Boston ~ July 2014

Hello All,

For the last few days I have been giving you guys major updates on my trip to Boston. Although it was only a day and a half it was super fun! Thursday morning we took it pretty easy and slept somewhat late. Once all four of were ready to go we headed out onto the town. 

The night before we passed what looked like a cute little diner called The Busy Bee Restaurant in  Brooklyn, Mass. It was a cute little place that was themed like the 1950s. I'm not a huge diner person so I was kind of like ehh about it but the rest of my traveling party LOVED it! They all said they'd recommend it and my friend, Amelia, who goes to school in Boston said she'd return again during the semester. 

After that we decided to explore the city. We went down to Newbury Street to look around and stop in some shops. We stopped at each of the Second Time Around consignment shops and a cute little kitchen shop.

But my favorite place was the Lilly Pulitzer store! I had never been a huge Lilly fan mainly because I never really looked at her stuff. But Amelia loves her so of course we had to stop and look. As soon as we walked in there I was drawn towards a Lilly Planner. I am a self proclaim planner and am always looking for a design I like. 

Well after looking around for a while Mama J surprised me and bough me my first Lily Pulitzer planner! I got the Tusk in the Sun design that had cute little elephants all over it. Although I have only been using it for a couple days I must say I'm in love with it. In a few weeks I'll probably do a review on it.

After the Lilly store we took the T back to our hotel and headed home. Over all it was a really fun couple of days. 

My Lilly planner, I'm in love! (As posted on my Instagram)

As we passed Fenway

I was sitting outside a store and decided to take some pictures of my surrounds on Newbury Street. Such a cute little street!

Have a great guys!

Instagram Monthly Top 5! July 2014

Hello All,

Happy August! Its the first day of August which means its time for the Top 5 instagram of the month!

Fifth Place (Tie)

"Hi, my name is Emma and I'm a shoeaholic #Shoes #love #shoeporn #addicted"

"I feel like this perfectly sums up my summer. I just can't stop reading and I'm loving it! But I need books suggestions please! #Summer #reading #bookworm #summer2014

4th Place

"Mama Judy found my name! #shareacokewithme #coke"

3rd Place

"Red Sox game with @Amelia! #RedSox #Boston #Summer #Summer2014 #SummerNight"

2nd Place

"Finally seeing the fault in our stars! #movie #faultinourstars #summermovie #summer #summer2014"
Read movie review here

1st Place

"First Lily Pulitzer Planner! So, excited to start using it! #LilyPulitzer #Planner #Organization"

And those are my Top 5 instagram photos for July. Want to join the fun? You can by clicking here.

Instagram Monthly Top 5! June 2014 Edition

Hello All,

Happy July folks! I'm so excited for this post because this is the one year anniversary of this feature. I know this isn't as exciting as a blogiversary but I was thinking about ending this feature because I didn't feel like it was a popular one. But then one of my best friends told me that this post is one that she reads every month because its her favorite. And that was enough motivation to do this feature for a little bit while. So, let's begin this month's....

Fifth Place (Tied):

"I found this at the gas station the other day, it was such a blast from the past. I use to be obsessed with them #juice #koolaid #yum #childhood #blastfromthepast" 

"Bored so obiviously I devide to take a selfie! #selfie #bored #yaknow"

Fourth Place

"Could my little cousin be more of a ladie's man? #family #love #cousins #adorable #toomuchcuteness #younglove"

Third Place

"Can't decide if I like the way aviators look on my face but oh well because these are my new daily sunglasses because all of my others broke. #summer #selfie #sunglasses #summer2014 #summerselfie"

Second Place (Tied)

"Totally forgot that screen shotted this and randomly found it. Can you tell I'm obessesd with bulldog? #bulldog #love #puppylove #iwantapuppy #canihaveoneplease" 

"Post Beach selfie because my hair is looking good. #beachday #summerselfie #summer2014 #hair #brunette #longhairdontcare"
Beach Day Post

First Place!

"In love with my new nine west tote! #purse #tote #fashion #dresstoimpress"

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