Me Life Story by Scarlett Moffatt (best classic books of all time txt) 📗

have to admit I also wasn’t prepared for the Floridian heat of 38 degrees Celsius. At one point in the show I had to run to the other side of the park to get everyone in the audience popcorn. I literally ran a mile, in the heat, in heels, with seven minutes on the clock live! But I absolutely love the thrill of live TV. Knowing that at any point it could all go tits up keeps the adrenaline going.

It got to the part in the show I’d been waiting for (well, for my whole life really), doing what I loved: singing and dancing. It was the ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ scene. Ant, Dec, Stephen, me and Little Ant and Dec went down Main Street on a horse-drawn carriage with every single Disney character surrounding us, singing to the rooftops.

‘You know you can say it backwards which is “docious-ali-expi-istic-fragil-cali-repus,” I sang to Ant. I was led to the stage by two dancers and with tear-filled eyes I performed my little heart out. It was a thirty-second solo dance break to some, but to me in my head I was the real Mary Poppins on that stage. I could see my family and my old dance teacher Joan Martin in the crowd. The whole audience stood on their feet as Ant and Dec and Stephen made their way to the stage. The fireworks went off and the applause was like an army of drums banging.

The show was unreal and honestly watching Ant and Dec performing in their suits, in the heat, in Florida, LIVE, I just felt so privileged to even be on the same stage as them. I know that I’m the luckiest girl alive to be given these opportunities and to be learning from the best British TV presenters of our generation. We all sat and had a glass of champers afterwards to celebrate; even Holly Willoughby and her husband Dan Baldwin came along as they were on holiday in Florida with their little ones.

Along with my little sister being born, my dad beating cancer, my graduation day and winning the jungle, that finale show in Disney is and always will be one of my favourite memories so far in my life.

Me and the family decided to stay on in Florida for another week. We literally went on every single ride, ate in every single restaurant, saw every single show and sang every Disney song possible. Ava even wore a Belle dress one day when we went to the Be our Guest restaurant. One of the waiters said to Ava, ‘Oh Belle, I do apologise, the Beast did not tell us his wife was joining us for dinner this evening. One moment and I shall bring the master.’

With that, the lights dimmed and ‘A Tale as Old as Time’ came on. The waiter took Ava over to the Beast where she got to dance with him. It was just magical and a moment she will cherish forever.

Then, just when we thought the week couldn’t get any better, I got a text from Warwick Davis (by the way, a little sidenote: he and his family are the nicest and kindest people you will ever meet).

It said: ‘We watched the show. Are you still out here?’

‘Yes, I’m with the family xx’

‘Great, I’m here too at the Star Wars convention. Would you like to come along?’

‘OMG!! Really?? That would be amazing xx’

So we met up with Warwick and his family, Sam, Annabelle and Harrison. Sometimes I just pinch myself and say, ‘I can’t believe this.’ It doesn’t even feel real. Honestly, the majority of times when things happen, I guess especially this last year, it feels like I’m watching it on the sofa with my parents. And then I get home and lie in bed and it’ll hit us.

Sometimes things don’t sink in for a long time. It’s like it’s not really happening. Then all of a sudden some time later, I’ll just be sat watching the telly or on the bus going home and then I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that really happened!’ It is very overwhelming.

At the Star Wars convention we watched a show with Warwick and Anthony Daniels, who plays C-3PO. He was amazing, so funny. He actually wore a gold suit, and he had a cannon that he just randomly let off. It fired little golden sparkles. He’s got his act very well honed.

Obviously, we were the only people there who weren’t dressed up. So we stood out out like a sore thumb. Everyone really went for it. People had literally stuck fur to their skin to look like Chewbacca. How painful is that?

People had made their own costumes, and it must have taken them months. It was just unbelievable. People were embracing the characters and walking around as if they were them.

If someone from the Dark Side passed by, everyone else would move out of the way, as if it was real. There were lots of Darth Vaders and people in the actual Storm Trooper outfits. They must have cost a fortune – at least £3,000 each. And so hot as well in the Florida sun. Ava, me and my dad were saying, ‘This is amazing!’

But I’m afraid my mam did not enjoy the convention so much. In fact, it was the worst day of her life. She hates Star Wars. She just says she doesn’t get it. But she didn’t just go off to the theme park. Oh no. She stayed with us all day and just moaned the whole way through.

She kept looking around at the people in costume and going, ‘Oh my God, what a set of tits!’

And I was like, ‘Be quiet! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There are loads of people who would have loved to have come here.’

‘I don’t care. I think it’s shite. There’s something missing in all these people’s lives. There’s no need to dress up like that as if you’re not yourself.’

‘It’s the same as us loving Disney, Mam. It’s exactly