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Ok, JenniK and I am coming to FL, to the Orlando area, from Aug 18th to Aug 22nd. The 18th and 19th will be meeting times for dinner and what not...my best friend is a manager for Appleby's in the Orlando area, so I will be meeting him there on the 18th, I think. Anyone want to meet up with us?
For those of you who don't know. JenniK has an audition for the Voices of Liberty, an a capella singing group based in the American Pavilion at EPCOT. Jenni has loved them for years, even while she worked down there tears ago, and it is her dream to sing with them. I told her to go to a tryout and give it a try...even if she doesn't get the gig, it will be an experience she will never forget. Also, we are visiting the casting castle while we are there, and putting in for just about any job there we can get.
We are serious about moving. My parents are retiring at the end of Aug, and moving away. All that is left is my sister's family, and Jenni's family, and while we love them it is time for us to do what we really want to do.
Move.
I have a ton of experience in fine dining, so I hope to land a decent job doing that, or perhaps a mortgage company position, although that probably won't happen...I simply don't have enough experience to land that right away...
I want to meet up with people, but we are going to be doing Disney/EPCOT for two of those days. Anyone who wants to can join us...and Charlotte, my MIL, who is going with us. (I invited her, she is cool...no horror stories about MY MIL here... )
We fly in on Thursday the 18th, in the morning, and fly out on Monday the 22nd in the late afternoon.
I know I'm too new here to be posting in this thread that talks about meeting, really, but I had to say hi, anyway. I just saw in another thread that you were from MA, and I grew up there--and I live in FL now, about a 90-minute drive from Orlando. (Beware--it's incredibly hot here right now! In the high 90s and terribly humid, every day.)
Anyway, my sister & I moved here in our 20s, and we were planning on working in the hospitality area, in Orlando, too. So, there were too many similarities for me to pass by without replying to your thread. Hope you don't mind!
From a FL resident's point of view, yes it is hot, and rainy. Hope you like both, a lot. There are many fine dining establishments around, especially with the attractions around.
Good luck, don't forget the plywood, batteries, and generator...
Looking for a job at Disney?? You will have no problem getting hired...I just got a job there. I think they are on a hiring spree! Good Luck!
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Yeah, I prefer fine dining, although to be honest I would take anything that pays well at this point. I am ntoa huge fan of heat, but Jenni (my wife) is ALWAYS cold, so I am willing to give it a try.
I will miss the seasons, I know that already, but my parents will be living in MI and AZ, so we will take plenty of trips.
zgator, I will find out which one tonight, and let you know. Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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Ok, just spoke to Kev, and he said he works at the one in Maitland, right outside of Orlando.
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quote:Originally posted by Kwea: Ok, just spoke to Kev, and he said he works at the one in Maitland, right outside of Orlando.
wow, that is less than 2 miles from where I work... It's on the north side of Orlando though. Kind of a pain to get to the Disney area. Be forewarned, people grow to hate I4.
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I already hate it, I have been to FL...just not for years. My best friend got rid of his motorcycle becaue people drive so poorly down there, and because I4 is so darn bad.
I don't care how much of a pain it is to fet there, my best friend from up here in MA works there, so that is where I will be eating the first night, providing he is working. He said his schedual changed week to week, so I have to calll and find out about a week in advance if he is free. If he is working then I will be eating there. Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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