Waiting ...

So now comes the portion of the application process called "Waiting For that Purple Folder."  For those of you who may not know, Disney sends out the acceptance letters in a purple folder.

I thought for this post I'd list the locations I'd like to work at in Disney; all of which are in the Magic Kingdom.

 1. Tinkerbell's Treasure:

Tink is my homegirl and I would love, love, love to work in this store every day.







2. Disney Clothiers:

I love the look of this store and the fact that it's on Mainstreet.  I'd get to see guests when they first come into the park and before they leave.










3. Agrabah Bazaar:

This is a pretty cool location to work.  The decor is amazing and I love the Morroccan feel to it.  Plus, this is where I first met Aladdin and Jasmine.








4. Ye Olde Chistmas Shoppe:

Christmas is my favourite holiday and even though I might not extend my program to stay til Christmas, I think working here would keep the holiday spirit with me in Disney.







I have other locations that I wouldn't mind working, but they're in teh other parks.  I'll list those locations in another post.

For now take care and have a Magical day !

Phone Interview

Phew!  My phone interview is over.  Now I can breathe and let my body return to it's normal relaxed state.  What a rush though.  I was up super late last night cause I was too excited to sleep.  I was kinda like that commercial of the 2 kids on the night before they go to Disney.  It was like 1:30 in the morning before I felt tired enough to sleep and even then I had to force myself not to think about it.  My mind was going 10 miles a minute thinking of Disney. 

My interviewers name was Lindsay and she was really nice and sweet.  she sounded very bubbly and we laughed a lot throughout the interview.

So I know a lot of people like to know what questions they ask during the interview so I'm going to list a few of them here.  I won't list all of them cause 1) it can be different for eveybody and 2) I don't even remember all of them =D
1. Why do want to do the Disney College Program?
2. What roles are you particularly excited about?
3. Is there a specific park or part of a park that is really special or important to you?
4. Have I ever handled cash and money before?  When? (Merchandise specific)
5. Do I have any aversions to chemicals or latex? (Housekeeping specific)
6. What kind of experience do I have with photography?  Even if I think it's amateur they might not, so list anything. (PhotoPass Photography specific)
7. Have I worked in a team before?  Do I think I work better in a team or alone? *Be honest*

As for tips I would give: 
- Be honest with the interviewer; they're not looking for canned responses. 
- Make sure to smile, they can hear it in your voice.
- Think before you speak; it's okay to take a moment to think about the question before answering.
- If you find yourself short of breath or speaking rapidly, pause for a moment, collect yourself and move on.
- Just believe that you'll do great and be excited; they expect you to be happy.

So now, we wait.  Lindsay said that normally, she would tell me that the responses come out 3-4 weeks after the interview but because I had my interview on the first possible day (and one of the very first interviews overall) that it could take up to 6 weeks before I hear anything.  I hope that's not the case but you never know.  I think that because there are so many of us on the Facebook page that are applying early, that we'll maybe hear back sooner than that.

So Good Luck to anyone who still has to do their interview and good luck to those of you who are just applying.

Have a spectacularly magical day!

Me waiting for my interview in my Tink shirt.

CP Applications!!!

Oh My God!!!!!!!!!!!!
After 2 days of rumors and speculations, the CP apps are out today.  I watched the e-presentation the minute I found out they were out on Facebook.  Of course I seen the presentation a bunch of times so I mostly skipped through it.  But then I got to fill out the application and complete the web interview.  The WI wasn't that hard, more like filling out an online application for a regular job.  I had to answer questions like: You are on time to work and answer with Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral.Disagree/Strongly Disagree.  Just a hint, you want to answer with the stongly agree/disagree because it'll make you seem like you have strong convictions.

When I found out I passed the WI, I though my heart was gonna come flying out my chest.  Of course my next step was to go searching for the phone (which I had to wait for *Mothers*) ans set up my phone interview.  So tomorrow morning at 9:45 am EST I will be doing my interview.

Everytime I think about it I want to squeel like a little girl.  I think tomight will be a Disney movie marathon.  I even rented one of those kids Sing-Along discs from Netflix.  I used to watch those when I was little and wanted to be nostalgic.  Now, it's just deciding which movies I want to watch.

Oh, and I've been checking Facebook every few minutes to see who passed the WI and stuff.  Everyone is soo excited.  I figure, that now that apps are out, we'll get a whole lot more people joining the group on Facebook.
Good Luck Everyone!

******* All you need is faith and trust ... and a little bit of pixie dust -- Peter Pan *******

It's Almost Time

I know I haven't written in a few months but nothing big has been happening on the Disney front for me.  I've been mostly working and trying to pay off my bills.  But ... it's August now, which means dun, dun, dun ... applications for the CP come out this month.

Now in previous research, I found out that the applications usually come out around the 20th, however, I found out on the Facebook page that there is a slight possibility that the apps will come out on the 16th this year. 

Life is about to get more exciting.  At least for the next few weeks.  The whole application process should keep me occupied for the next month or more.  Then, fingers-crossed, I'll be all hopped up on adrenaline from being accepted into the program.

Right now I have to start thinking about the Fall semester and that fact that I need to get books for my classes.  I'm taking four classes this Fall.  Word Processing Applications 2, Elementary French 1, Interpersonal Communications, and Computerized Office Applications.  In total I'll be spending about $350.00 on books.  Usually, I'd just buy the books online for cheap, but I can't find the books and supplies I need for cheaper than my schools's bookstore.

I also found out that the theatre I work for is progressing into a completely digital theatre, which means that I'll be back to working on the floor since they won't need any more projectionists.  Good thing I'll be working for Disney (;D) when that happens. 

Well, that's about it for today.  Except that I'm beyond super excited about Disney and can't wait.

Hope you all have a very magical day!

Busy Life

My baby sister is about to graduate from University.  I can't believe it.  She is so smart and is the first in our family to graduate from college.  I know that in like 2 years I'll be graduating, but she is so much smarter than me and I'm really proud of her.

Now, here's the busy part.  My mom is throwing her a party this coming Saturday and we've been shopping, shopping, shopping for it.  We've also been cleaning the house (which I should be cleaning my room right now) to get ready for our family and friends who will be coming. Not to mention work and cooking dinners.

I'll be happy when everyone goes home.  As much as I love seeing family, the quiet will be nice.

So in other DCP news ... I'm still waiting for apps to come out. It's about 75 days until August where I will be faithfully checking the WDWCP site every morning to see if apps are available. :D

Anyways, I've been thinking about housing stuff lately.  When I first decided to do the program, I decided that I wanted to get a 3 bedroom apartment in either Chatham or Patterson but now I've decided that I want a 2 bedroom in Patterson.  This had mostly to do with the issue of fridge space.  I think that 4 people sharing a fridge is a bit much but 6 will be way too many.  The only reason I don't want a 1 bedroom is that I don't want to be stuck with one person that I can't get along with.

Of course all this advance planning I've been doing will be for naught if I can't get in. Poop! Now I'm being pessimistic.  *Think happy thoughts!*  Come January I WILL be heading down to Disney World to work.

There ... now I feel good.

Enjoy the rest of your magically rainy day.     ;P

Music to Combat Waiting

 

For those of you fighting to combat the long, long time until applications come out, I've found that listening to Disney music stations help. My favourite can be found on Live 365 called WDW Live.  It has songs from the parks as well as from the various movies and cartoons. You can visit the website by clicking this link:

http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?searchdesc=disney

Enjoy! Only about 3 and a half months til we can start watching for apps.

Awesome youtube video!

I found this on another blog and thought it was awesome. Enjoy!