#dcp disneycollegeprogram

I will never be able to stress it enough; the importance of this thing. I never thought of it before I left, at least not specifically. And you will think that I am crazy for stressing it because it is unavoidable in today's society, especially while at Disney. But I cannot stress it enough. Take pictures. Take hundreds of them, thousands of them! Bring home so many that it takes all year to sort through them. Love so many of them that you can't possibly narrow them down to a printable amount. Save the photopass photos. Download the photos your friends tag you in. And keep. Taking. Photos. Because one day, the photo you take will be the last photo of your Disney College Program. You may or may not know it. But it will happen. And the time will come when you must go back to your life before Disney. Except there is no going back to your life before Disney. Sure, you can go back to your university, work the same job, see your same friends, but you will have nights when you miss your Disney family so badly you cannot breath. When you cling to your stuffed it's a small world hippo because it's the closest thing you have to the Magic Kingdom.  Those nights will come, and these photos, the ones of the greatest people you ever met and the greatest place you will ever know, those are the photos that will ease the pain. They will make you laugh and smile and remember how much you love the people in the photos and how wonderful of a day it was when you took that picture. And that is what you will need. So do it. Take 10,000 photos. Document everything. Dedicate an entire Instagram account to them. You can certainly erase the photo later, but you cannot recapture a memory. And trust me, you are going to want to relive every memory.

my roomies and I are looking for one more lovely lady to complete our happy little family room. we are wellness, we are really nice and also quirky. hoping for chatham, but honestly we will live anywhere except vista. arrival date is january 13th departure date is may 16th. let me know if you are interested! ;)

I am starting my blog a little later in the application process. I already applied and accepted a position for the Spring 2014 Disney College Program. I was assigned the role hopper. This role has the opportunity to do everything; however, I mainly see hoppers working at the Magic Kingdom TTC. A few seem to be stationed at EPCOT doing miscellaneous tasks. So where did this all begin? On September 7th I filled out the initial application. It was short and mainly wanted to know my previous work experience. I almost immediately received my web based interview. This online interview asked questions about your personal work habits and your teamwork skills. The interview is also timed, but I did complete every question. The questions all ask how you agree or disagree with a statement. I responded to the questions by stating I strongly agreed or disagreed with a few regular agree or disagree. I did not have any neutrals. Immediately after my interview, I was told that Disney wanted to continue to interview me with a phone interview. On September 17th, I had a phone interview with Ian. He asked really simple questions. I mainly tried to make my personality shine while answering the questions truthfully. I told him I rely on a fast work environment that is constantly changing and challenging me (I believe this is why I got the hopper role). After I told him this, he asked about a ton of different roles. The main questions focused around if I am ok driving a large tram, if I am ok with speaking in front of groups, if I could stand on my feet for extended periods of time, and if I am receptive to custodial. These are all potential roles of the hopper. He then asked me the hardest question of the interview which was "What would you do if two customers were fighting/causing a scene and the phone began to ring?" I answered and then we started to talk about the character assistant role. This was my top choice as I love the characters, and I am great at handling crowds. Needless to say, I got hopper, and I am excited about it! I found out on September 27th which was 10 days after my interview. I paid my housing deposit and am set to report on January 20th. Oh, but I am not done here! I applied to four Professional Internships. I will go into detail on that experience in my next post.