Disney Pictures

So in my wait for Disney I decided just to post some more pictures from my Disney trip this fall. Enjoy!!

Everyone Needs a photo like this 

This is where it ALLLLLLL begins

Door at the Vikings building in Epcot (I want this door frame)

Best ride in Epcot

Cool Night Photo

Performers doing a show in front of the castle

One of the best rides in Magic Kingdom

I never can get enough of the caste!!

Skipper Dan.......BEST SKIPPER EVER (sorry it's out of focus)

I have lots more but it's time to go to class so maybe I'll upload some more later, who knows. Untill then, keep on truckin.

Ice......natures way of trying to kill us off, but we're to stubborn

Well as everybody knows we had that huge storm a couple days ago that covered the ENTIRE midwest as well as northern east coast. I heard of places getting over 2 FEET of snow during the storm. Down here in Chuck town most of the snow went right over us (maybe 3 inches???) but what did hit us was ice.

Now I'm not one to normally complain about storms as the geek in me comes out whenever mother nature throws her weight around, but the weather man needs to learn to be a bit more accurate with his claims. "1/4 inch of ice" is what he called for, with as much sleet and ice as we got we EASILY were up to 3/4 if not 1 inch of ice. Cars were literally stuck in their spots in my parking lot. Ironically enough the power never went off untill after the storm had already passed. I'm still not quite sure what happened but some 10,000 people were without power on Thursday. Thats a huge amount saying we have a grand total of 12,000 people living in Charleston (not including students of course). Eastern was able to keep it's power somehow with only a few flickering lights that I noticed.

As many of you who follow my blog are fellow CP hopefuls you will undoubtedly already know that acceptance letters are starting to arrive in full effect. A large group of people who had their phone interviews a day before me have now been accepted, I'm hoping this means that my letter/e-mail will arrive early-ish next week (if not later today ::fingers crossed::). At this point it's almost time for me to sign up for fall classes so I just need to know if I need to signup for some actually classes or sign up for the "internship credit."

Hopefully my next post will have a picture of me with my acceptance letter!!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

So just got a Winter Weather Advisory update on my phone. Central Illinois is expected to get 1/2 inch of ice with 12-20 inches of snow in the next 48 hours. This is more snow then we have gotten all season so this could be interesting. I really hope this makes classes optional as I have recently developed no will to do any of my school work. Disney has now consumed me and I check my e-mail every hour on the hour for the past 2 days. I literally woke up at 3 this morning to check my e-mail. Alas, there was nothing new to read. I suppose I honestly need to keep up on my readings for classes as midterms are right around the corner and as such, my first grades in any of my classes. This is one of the perks of being a History Major, we have mid-terms, finals, then maybe 1-2 papers and thats it for classes. No homework, no attendance policies (for most of my teachers anyways). Now this is fantastic as I am not overloaded with work, but this also means if I tank one assignment, my grade is almost wrecked for the entire semester. I suppose you have to have a trade off somewhere.

Well the next couple of days could get interesting as I'm halfway expecting this storm to knock out power, and even if it doesn't, I have a lot of reading to catch up on. So until the next time we meet.......You stay Classy San Diego.

The waiting game

So I'm on my facebook page today just surfing around and on the "official" Fall/Fall Advantage 2011 program page I see that 4 people have already gotten their acceptance letter. I honestly was not expecting people to start getting accepted this quickly. This honestly just throws off my entire game plan because I was finally content on not knowing for atleast another 2 weeks and now people who have interviewed like a day before me are getting their letters. So I might know BEFORE the end of next week. So the waiting game has intensified dramatically in the past 3 hours that I have learned this. Cross your fingers folks,

P.S. I want to congratulate all the people who have already made it into the program. I hope to see you there!!

Random Updates

Well first off I finally got my video player working on my blog (YEAAAAAAAAHH!!) So now you can watch some of my favorite Disney songs and the videos that go along with them. On another note I got another call from the same interviewer (interviewee???) Yesterday. She called to ask me about my public speaking again and how comfortable I am in front of groups of people. I of course told her I have ZERO issue with talking in front of people and she seemed to like that. So I am again taking this as a good sign, possibly since I showed great interest in Jungle Cruise (as well as being a Concierge) that those are the rolls I'll get since both of those have to deal with talking in front of people almost your entire shift. Beyond that watch the videos on the left and enjoy!

Phone Interview

WELL, I just got off the phone with Audrey from Disney. I won't deny that I was a nervous wreck right when the phone rang. I was perfectly calm and serene up untill the phone rang. Anyways, on to the actual conversation.

We of course talked first about why I wanted to do the program and how I heard about it. Then we dove into the nitty gritty stuff such as all the "What If's" with customers and what not. Luckily I never even hesitated on one of the answers and was able to give an example of a similar situation that I have had and how I handled it. We then dove into my work history which I was able to regale her with some stories that made her laugh so hard she almost couldn't finish a couple of the questions (Good Sign I'm assuming). She told me at the end that I was the funniest person she has interviewed and thinks I'm exactly what Disney is looking for. Now I realize she doesn't make the decisions but I'm hoping this is a good omen that I will be getting that acceptance folder near the end of February.

Until then, stay tuned for more updates. Same bat channel, same bat time.

The Leap of Faith

So this is a fairly large leap of faith, creating the blog for my (hopeful) journey to Disney world before I have even had my phone interview which will be the deciding factor in if I get accepted or not. I figure regardless of how this turns out I can at least have some fun while going through the process.


So why am I going to Disney World? For the Walt Disney World College Program Internship. This program allows college students to apply to a paid position in the world renowned Walt Disney World Resort, or if you apply separately, to the Disneyland Resort. Now I know people who have gone through both programs, but I ultimately decided to apply to Disney World in Orlando, Florida because that is where I visited.

Extremely typical Disney picture?? I don't care

My Disney Fever an be attributed to my girlfriend. She took me to Disney World for my first time over Christmas Break this year, and I have never looked back. I loved everything about Disney World, the attention to the little details, such as the sidewalk at night in Epcot in certain places lights up like there are little stars in it, or how the water fountain at night changes colors as it sprays water. The ability of a business the size of Disney to be able to pay such close attention to the small things really impressed me and made my Disney trip just that much more enjoyable. So after much deliberation (actually more like a twenty minute decision) I decided to apply to the Fall Internship program. If you haven't looked at the program I highly suggest you do, Here's the link to the main page; www.wdwcollegeprogram.com......This site is packed full of information on what the program is and what you can expect when you get there. Beyond that just youtube WDWCP and about 8 million videos will come up from either expectant students or former students who have already gone.


Whenever I have my actual phone interview I shall update and tell how things have progressed since then. In the meantime, I'm gonna go watch every Disney movie I own.