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. 

Disney Cruise 2014 Recap: Trip in Review {1}

Hello All,

I'm back from my cruise and I have so many ideas for posts and I can't wait to start writing them but I am pretty exhaust so I figured I start with a quick one for my recap feature.

The 11 days went so fast and we did so much so I figured I should start with a quick review.

Day One Friday May 16th:

Fountain in the lobby of the Grand Floridan

I flew down to Florida with my Grandmother and checked in at Grand Floridan for the night. We explored the resort and had dinner with the rest of our travel party.

Day two - Saturday May 17th: 

The Entrance to the ship

We headed over to the ship and boarded the Disney Fantasy for our cruise! We spent the day exploring, going to the welcome show and just hanging out.

Day three - Sunday May 18th:

One of the paintings in the Royal Court

Our first full day was a sea day, which was once again spent exploring the ship!

Day four - Monday May 19th:

Meet and Greeting Ariel

On our next sea day, I met a bunch of characters and went a exploring on the ship while his parents enjoyed themselves for a while.

Day five - Tuesday May 20th:

A view of the beach!

On Tuesday we docked at St. Martin and had a beach day. It was so relaxing and fun! 

Day six - Wednesday May 21st:

On the boat ride to St. John

Our second port of call was St. Thomas/St. John and we did a tour of St. John and saw some really beautiful sights.

Day seven - Thursday May 22nd:

Donald soared like an Aqua Duck

Thursday was our final sea day! We had bunch at Palos and just kind of lazed around the boat.

Day eight - Friday May 23rd:

Anchor on Castway Cay

Friday was our last day and our Castaway Cay day. This one was such a fun day and I can't wait to write about it.

Day nine - Saturday May 24th:

Chandiler at Bay Lake Towers

Today was the day we got off the boat and headed over to Disney World. We were staying at Bay Lake Towers and lazed around because we were all so tired.

Day ten - Sunday May 25th:

We spent the day in Magic Kingdom and saw there new parade! It was really good and I have pictures to share.

Day eleven - May 26th:

I didn't take any pictures on the day we flew home but I went on editing spree on my flight home and chatted with Mama J for like 3-4 hours when I got home.

On my blog I will sharing posts about different topics and aspect about my cruise in an overview basically. If you want a more detailed account, then you can read about. Before I started blogging I joined a website called Disboards which is a Disney Fan discussion website. On Disboards people do these things called "Trip Reports" where they give detailed accounts of everything they did. If you think that reading a more detailed account is something you'd be interested, I would love for you check it out by clicking here.

Unlike blogging I don't have a schedule, I post whenever I get a chance and the post are normally slightly more detailed then an averagve blog post. Because of that I will be posting the links on my Facebook Pages for anyone who would like to check them out.

Now, I'm done with my shameless plug but I have one more aspect of housekeeping to mention. Much like Getting Ready to Set Sail, these posts will be posted every Thursday and the occasionally Tuesdays, making this the feature that replaces getting ready to set sail.

Okay, that is all. If you have any questions about Disney Fantasy or Disney Cruise in general feel free to the live the questions below and I'll try my best to answer them.

And Spring Semester Begins!

Hello All,

Spring Semester is here and its time to go back to school. I feel determined this semester and ready to see what this semester might bring. I started classes on Monday and had all five  within the first two days! And what would a college blog be without talking about it?

Monday:

Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays I get to sleep until about 8:50! Which is awesome. But this morning I woke up around 8 because I heard Hannah's Alarm go off and I always wake up somewhat early on the first few days because I'm excited for the new semester. 

Almost as soon as I got out of bed my head start to hurt with what I thought was a stress headache but SPOILER ALERT the headache NEVER went away all day! Hopefully I'm not getting sick! I got all nice and pretty for the day.

My first class of the day was English 307 which is a lit class all about analyzing it. I'm a little worried about this class but I love English and I'm kind of excited for the challenge. Also in my class was my real life and bloggy friend Natalie and one of my dorm neighbors Natalie!

My next class was a philosophy. The teacher seemed pretty cool  and their are only 7 people in the class. I'm slightly worried about this class because I don't know if I have the mind set for philosophy but I'm excited to try it. 

I then had a five hour break, during that time I ran an errand for the Future Teacher's Club and Mama J came up to have lunch with me.

My last class of the day is a 2 and half hour one that only meets once a week. The teacher seems nice and she told us that she walks us through it and we'll get a lot out of it as long as we do the work. 

After all my classes I went back to the dorm to have a floor meeting and then watch tv with Hannah.

Before bed on went on the website that houses all of the information about what classes you're taking and where the classrooms are, but it was down so I figured I would check again in the morning. I showered and got ready for bed.

Tuesday:
Today was a little harder to wake up, it no longer felt new and exciting but I still woke up extra early because I needed to check the website. I got dressed in the morning and once again got ready to dress to impress. When I was finished getting ready I checked the website and it was still down.

First I panicked and called Mama J and she helped me remember that the register's office probably had all the records on where classes were being held. So, I called and they helped me out right away.

I still had some time to spare before I had to go to class so I did some bloggy business, checked the email, added the link from Tuesday to the Facebook Page and to my Twitter and even had time to read some blogs.

Finally it was time to go, it was rainy day but wasn't raining to bad when I walked to class. While I was waiting outside I ran into my friend Allison  who happened to be in my class with me. I'm so excited because she's awesome and I love having classes with friends because when you need help they are just a phone call away.  Also while I was waiting I ran into Mandi and we made plains to hang out later that night. This class seems really interesting and I'm excited to see what I learn from it.

When I got out of that class I had to go straight to my next class but I realized that I had forgotten my little sticky note that had the room numbers on it on my desk and started freaking out that I didn't know where my classroom was. I ran in Mandi and Natalie and they helped me remember that I could check find it by looking at the syllabus the teacher emailed us.

I found the class and went there. I went straight to the class which was already so crowded. This class I'm really excited about because its all about professional presentation which will helpful when I'm in the work place one day.

My original plan was to take a nap after class today but by the time I got back to my dorm I had a to-do list that was too long to nap. So, I did some homework.

I then had to go to a meeting with the Future Teacher's Club officers to talk about this semester and make plans.

After my meeting Hannah, Mandi and I had a Merp date and Merp Christmas. It was great to see each other and spend time together, it also was a little bit of a stress reliever.

So, those were my first few days of my Spring Semester. If you're in college how were your first few days? Let me know in the comments below.

The Social Media High

Hello All,

Have I ever told you how much I love social media? Because I do. Although that shouldn't be too surprising because I feel like most bloggers love social media. 

I don't do drugs.

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Yes, I know that is out of left field, but just stay with me okay? Anyways, I have never done drugs so I have no clue what its like to be high. But I feel like social media is an addiction that give off a "high". 

I get that feeling when a picture I put on instagram gets a lot of likes.

I get it when I get a new follower on instagram or twitter.

I get it especially when a blogger I love follows me on twitter.

Or when a blogger I love thinks I'm funny enough to favorite or retweet. 

I don't know why these things make me so happy but they are the reason I would never delete my social media. Do you feel that way about your social medias? Let me know int he comments below. 

And since this a post about social media, I'm going to shameless promote mine. Make sure you check out my twitter, instagram and blog facebook page.

5 Months of Blogging

Hello All,

How is it even possible that I have been blogging for months? To me I feel like its only been a couple months but nope its been 5! I actually was talking to my friend Natalie the other day about blogging and I told her how surprised I was by just how passionate I had become about blogging. With school starting I don't have to write as much I wish, most times I'm writing a week worth of post on the weekends when I have a little bit more time. And with Blogtember coming to end I think my post with go down to 3-4 times a week. Although there are tons of post I'm excited about coming up. So, let's take a look back at this month...

Monthly Stats

-Total Number of Posts: 135

-Number of Comments: 36

-Number of Page Views: 2671

-Highest number in 1 day: 114

Top Viewed Post

***Written between August 29-September 28th***

Blogging Overload, Here Comes Blogtember

***Written Since the Blog Began***

Bucket List Recap

What I Love Wednesday...Teen Wolf

Best Players of Big Brother

My Favorite Post of the Month

Blogtember: A Letter to Someone You Love - Day 10

Post Coming This Month

-Room Tour: I know I say this every month but I'm going to film after I finish writing this

-First Day of Classes

-Fro Yo Date

-Embrace the Rain Post/Vlog

-The Big E

-Hunter Hayes Concert

-Color Combat

-My first Shopping Haul Post/VLOG

-What I'm Watch Fall 2013

Things Coming Up This Month:

-The Return of What I Wednesday!

-A New Blog Design (Hopefully, if not this month, next month)

-Get to know a college blogger (working title)

Guest Post

Interested in getting your blog's name out there? Want to do a guest post here on The World According to Emma? Email me at emmatheblogger@aol.com! I would love to have anyone who wants to guest post do one on here do one. You can write post about anything you'd like or you can write your own What I Love Wednesday! All you have to do is email me!

Social Media:

-Facebook Fan Page

-Twitter

-Instagram

Pinterest

-Email: emmatheblogger@aol.com (Interested in guest post? Want to make a blogging friend? Feel free to email me!)

If you made it all way down to the end and have ideas for my blog let me know. Is there a type of post you'd like to see? A post I've written that you'd like to see turned into a series? Want to create a link-up? Let me know in comments below or in an email. 

The One With the 100th Post

Hello All,

I can't believe that I have already written 100 post here on The World According to Emma! Which actually started out as The College Life of a Future Teacher! 

I feel as I have come so far since I first wrote my introduction post which you can check out here. I think that from having a blog I have become a stronger writer and mo confident in my thoughts and opinions. I've even watched my daily views go up as more and more people read my blog! 

I've started features in my blog such as Bucket List, What I Love Wednesday's, Instagram Top 5, and Big Brother Weekly Recaps. I have participated  link-ups with other bloggers, I have done a Guest Post for one of my bloggers and featured a Guest Post on my blog. I've found other bloggers who I love to read and comment on. 

Over the past 100s post I have written post that I love and post that I haven't loved that much. I have written some popular post and not so popular post so while we're celebrating 100 post let's take a walk down memory lane and see how far I've come. 

First let's look at my favorite post I've written (in no particular order):

The Social Network

Movie Review: The Way, Way Back

Celeb Crushes

What would you do?

The Not So Happy Ending to the Show That Capture a Nation

Although my blog would just be a journal if weren't for the readers who stop and read my blog and I want to share the posts that have gotten to most views during my blog first 100 posts!

Big Brother Recap Week 2

Big Brother Recap Week 5

The Best Big Brother Players

What I Love Wednesday...Teen Wolf

One of My Bucket List Recaps

If this is your first time checking out my blog, please take some time and explore, I promise I write post that are more interesting then sharing my accomplishments and my favorite posts. If you have been reading for a while let me know which ones are your favorite post. Also make sure you go and like my Facebook Fan Page so you can stay up to date with my blog. 

I am so grateful that one day I was inspired to write my blog, I'm even more grateful that there are people out there who want to read my blog. 

I also want to extend an offer to anyone who maybe interested in guest posting, I'm also happy to feature another blog on here and would love to have some guest poster. If you're interested e-mail me at emmatheblogger@aol.com and we'll figure out a date!

Thanks so much reading and I can't wait to see how far this blog with go in the future.

4 Months Blogging - Stats, What's Coming Up & Guest Posts

Hello All,

Today my blog is another month older! Where as time gone? I feel like just yesterday I was laying in my bed at school, logging into blogger and creating a blog and now its 4 months old and I miss it on the days that I don't blog. 

As I have in past months I'm going to give you guys some stats because every month I am so proud of how far my blog and because when I look back at this blog I want to remember what it was like. I will also give you all the links to my social media and give you some clues as to what is coming up on my blog! 

Monthly Stats;

-Number of Total Posts: This will be 98

-Number of Comments: 32 

-Number of Page Views: 1725

One of the best stats of the month was a couple of days ago my blog broke its record of how many page views it received in one day with 62 page views! So, thank you to my wonderful readers!

Sorry the pictures not that great it was taken by phone from my computer screen.

This Months Most Viewed Posts:

*These are only post written between July 29th and August 28th***

Bucket List Recap

Big Brother Week 6

What I Love Wednesday...Teen Wolf

Things Coming Up This Month:

-Labor Day (Although I don't have plans you never know)

-Hunter Hayes concert with my Roomie!

-Mama J's Birthday

-A Future Teacher's Club Event Called Color Combat!

-A Dorm Tour (Both a blog post and vlog!)

-100 Blog Post!

Guest Posts:

This month I did my first guest post, check it out here, and I loved! I don't know if anyone followed me over from Paige's blog but I loved that I got a chance to get my blog out there! Because of that I want to do more guest post and start having more guest posts on my blog. You can blog about anything you want or you could even step in for a week and do a What I Love Wednesday! If you're interested email me at emmatheblogger@aol.com and we'll figure out a date!

Social Media Sites:

-Facebook Fan Page Be the first to know when I post and get insights on what's coming up

-Twitter

-Instagram

-Pinterst

- Email: emmatheblogger@aol.com (I'll get back to you within in 24 hours, send me questions, comments or just send me a quick hello)

I absouletly love blogging and I know most people won't read this whole post but for those of who did thank you! For my regular readers out there I want to say thank you for reading. Its always so humbling when I think about how there are people out there who do read what I have to say and enjoy it. 

So, if you are still reading let me know, what would you like see more of? Is there a certain post that I did that you would like to see me turn into series? Let me know in the comments below. 

The Social Network

Hello All,

I'm sitting in my dorm alone without my roommate who doesn't move in until tomorrow (Although it will probably be today because I think I'm going to schedule this post). Outside my room I hear freshmen making friends and enjoying themselves but I'm sitting on my bed watching The Social Network. 

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If you haven't seen this movie its about the creation of Facebook.

While I'm watching this movie it got me thinking just what a big influence social media plays in my life. I pretty much have every social media there is in the books. I run a blog, I have a personal Facebook page, Facebook Page for the Blog, Twitter, Instagram and Vine, although I don't ever use it.

I can't imagine my life without these sites. I can't imagine not being able to go on a website and look at pictures that friends posted online or read tweets from my favorite celebrity. 

But why are we so addicted? We collect social media like our grandparents collected stamps. What is it about social media that makes us want to sign up almost immediately after we hear about it? I don't know the answer to that question. 

When I was a junior in high school a lot of people were talking about how Facebook would no longer be popular after about 18 months. But now its about 4 years later and Facebook is still popular. My prediction is that for the generation that I live in, Facebook won't fade. We might not update statuses as much but will post pictures and Facebook creep our old friends. Or we'll turn into our parents who make statuses about everything our child does because we want the world to know.

There is something about Facebook that keeps us intrigue. I know that there are days, almost every other week where someone will do something on Facebook that drives me crazy or annoys me and I say that I will delete my Facebook. But deep down I know that I won't.

When I'm bored or on break at work my go to activity it to check my Instagram feed or my twitter feed. I also do it every morning as if my Instagram and Twitter are the morning paper and I might have missed something important last night.

Some people believe that our need for social media stops us from really living life but I disagree. Yes, I do tweet when some funny things happen but the majority of the time I'm too busy having fun with friends to think to tweet about it.

I don't think we should live our live behind a computer screen or cell phone screen but I still think that we should still embrace that we have the access to social media. I think that we should be amazed by the fact that we can keep  in touch with someone on the other side of the country on our own schedule instead having to hope that they can talk on the phone at the same time. I personally believe that social media is a blessing and not a curse.

What do you think about social media? Do you think its a blessing or curse? Do you think sites such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram have an expiration date? Let me know in the comments below.

Happy 3 Months of Blogging!

Hello All,

I'm so proud to say that today is my blog's 3 month birthday! It is a quarter of year old and I'm so proud of how far I've come with it. 

Every month I have been doing a quick recap of the months stats at the end of other blog posts but instead this month I want to give you guys some stats, exciting news and some clues as to what is coming up this month! 

This Months Stats:

- Number of Blog Post: 67 

-Number of comments: 30

-Number of Page View: 1022

This Months Most View Pages:

- Celeb Crush

- Big Brother Recap: Week 2

- What I Love Wednesday...Jonas Brothers (Don't Judge)

Things Coming Up This Month

- The Final Installment(s) of Adventures in Dog Sitting  since Kizzy goes home later this week

- How My Car Got its Name

-Move Back Into School (Possible Dorm tour vlog, if not this month next)

- My Schools Leadership Conference

- Moving in the New Freshmen

-First Day of Classes for my Sophomore Year

- Possibly Seeing Some Family I Never Get to See

- Guest Posts on 2 of my Favorite College Blogs

-First Guest Post on My Blog 

- Testing My First Pinterest Recipe 

Exciting News:

Earlier this month I came to the decision that I would create a Facebook Fan Page. On my Facebook Page I put up a link with all my post and I give clues and updates about what is coming up on the blog! Make sure you like my page to stay up to date with the World According to Emma. 

Social Media Sites:

Facebook

Twitter

Pinterst

Instagram (My Instagram is protected but I will accepted you as long as you look real and aren't going to spam me. I really just don't like spam comments)

email: emmatheblogger@aol.com (If you have questions, comments or are interested in doing a guest post feel free to email me) 

I'm so incredibly honored that there are people out there who want to read my blog! This month not only did my blog hit its first 1000 page views, but the number of pageviews doubled since last month. I want to thank my readers so much for reading and commenting, I love reading what you have to say! 

What I want to know as the girl behind the blog is, what was your favorite post this month? What would you like to see more of? Are there any blog posts that other bloggers do that you would like to see me do? Let me know in the comments below.