If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It

Updates. FINALLY!

2010-04-29T10:23:00.005-04:00

So in my last post I told everyone that I would be updating soon... and that was 3 weeks ago. So updates.

I had my advisor appointment. She told me that URI still doesn't give credit for the program. I even asked her if they gave credit for the ACE recommended courses that Disney offers and she said that it wouldn't matter since I won't be graduating from URI anyway. In order to keep health insurance while I'm in the DCP I'm going to need to stay "enrolled" in school. So we checked out the online classes that URI offers and if any of them would transfer over to Johnson and Wales. In order to find out if they would transfer I had to email Johnson and Wales.

That's why this wait took so long. I emailed the admissions representative who then told me to email the transfer advisor. I got the wrong email for the advisor and realized it yesterday.

I emailed her my questions and she got back to me this morning. She said that the two classes offered at URI wouldn't transfer over to JWU but that they do offer credit for the courses that Disney offers. So as of right now I'm most likely going to be taking an online class per trimester while I'm down in Florida.

Also, I have exams next week and the week after. I really just want this semester to be over. I hate some of my classes and the grades will probably be too low to transfer over; I need at least a C-. I just suck at microeconomics and it's not my fault that my sociology professor's grading style doesn't allow anyone to pass.

But here's your update. Sorry it took so long!

Updates Coming!

2010-04-07T23:59:00.000-04:00

So tomorrow at 1 o'clock I'm meeting with my advisor to talk about Disney among other things. I've been communicating with Johnson and Wales about some stuff too. So I should have a new blog post with in a couple days explaining what's happening during and after Disney.

Roommate Survey

2010-04-01T20:50:00.000-04:00

NAME: Molly
HOMETOWN: Warwick, RI
MAJOR/MINOR: Business
OTHER:

♥ CP VITALS
ROLE AT DISNEY: Merchandise
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE DATE: August 9th to January 7th
FLYING IN OR DRIVING: Flying

♥ HOUSING STUFF
COMPLEX PREFERENCE: Chatham
WELLNESS OR NONWELLNESS: Wellness
NUMBER OF ROOMS/ROOMMATES: 3 bedrooms, 5 roommates. (It really doesn’t matter)
I COULD NOT LIVE WITH A ROOMMATE THAT... Doesn’t care about the rules. I am not going to get termed because of ignorant apartment-mates.

♥ LIFESTYLE STUFF
DO YOU DRINK? Not during the program.
DO YOU SMOKE? Nope.
DO YOU LIKE TO PARTY? Yes, but I won’t be during the program. I will be attending/hosting game parties however.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS? Nothing.
MESSY OR TIDY? Both. I can get messy but once a week (at least, I will clean it)
DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? Yes. I wanted to be a pastry chef but quickly decided that was not for me.
NIGHT PERSON OR MORNING PERSON? Um. Neither really lol. I like waking up late and going to bed early lol. But I am writing this at 2:30 am.

♥ ROOMMATE STUFF
FAVORITE CHORE? I like doing laundry, I do it once a week. I also like doing dishes when I’m listening to music.
LEAST FAVORITE CHORE? Dusting.
DO YOU SNORE? Sometimes when I’m sick. I also talk in my sleep but rarely.
WHAT TIME DO YOU USUALLY GO TO BED? Midnight right now but at home on break I stay up until like 3ish.
WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP ON FREE DAYS? 9 or 10ish sometimes 11.
I PREFER TO SLEEP IN A ROOM THAT... dark lol. I always listen to my iPod when I sleep. I like having the fan running too.

♥ PERSONALITY STUFF
THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU: nerdy, pale, annoying (this is what my best friend said)
ONE GOOD QUALITY: I glow in the dark (also my best friend)
ONE BAD QUALITY: I’m a mooch.
FAVORITE FOOD: hamburgers (happy meals are the best)
5 FAVORITE BANDS: I don’t really listen to a lot of music… I do love Taylor Swift though
5 FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, Psych, & The Office
5 FAVORITE MOVIES: Princess Diaries, You’ve Got Mail, Beauty and the Beast, When Harry Met Sally, Harry Potter (All 6)
5 FAVORITE BOOKS: Harry Potter (All 7), Nicholas Sparks books, Sarah Dessen books, really cheap teen romance books, … Idk, I love reading but I don’t know my favorite books lol
HOBBIES: Irish Step Dancing, reading, watching shows on Hulu,

♥ DISNEY STUFF
FAVORITE MOVIE: Princess Diaries
FAVORITE CHARACTER: Wendy
FAVORITE PRINCESS: Belle
FAVORITE VILLAIN: Hmm. I don’t have one.
FAVORITE PARK: Epcot. I went there every day my last trip in January
FAVORITE RIDE: Tower of Terror
FAVORITE SHOW: Illuminations
FAVORITE RESORT: Boardwalk Villas
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Beaches and Cream
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO DISNEY? 10 times.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT AT DISNEY? EVERYTHING!

When it Rains it Shines

2010-03-31T19:50:00.004-04:00

So if you've been watching the national news or live in Southern New England you know that there's a whole lot of flooding going around. My campus has canceled the past 3 days of classes (yesterday, today & tomorrow). We have a pond behind my dorm that had turned into a lake. The parking lot of the mall in my hometown looks like this:

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As you can see we're a little flooded. So this morning I woke up to the sound of garbage trucks at 7:30 taking the dumpsters and I was like "hey, I'll check my email to see if classes are canceled..." So I connect my iPod to the internet and see that I have 3 new emails... I don't remember what the first two were but the next one was DISNEY!! I'M A FALL 2010 MERCH CP!!!

My roommate was up because she got a million texts about classes being canceled and I shove my iPod in her face and she was happy that I got in. Then I called my mom (and woke her up) telling her that I got in. I was so frustrated last week because I've been waiting for over 2 months now. So she was really happy for me.

So I quickly accepted and will be checking in August 9th. I was really surprised to see the first date on the list because I knew that some people haven't been able to pick it.. but I got it because I know a lot of people are going that day and I'll get first pick of the apartments. Also, I'm gonna need a roommate/apartment mates. So if you're wellness and want to live in Chatham post a comment on here!

I told my friends and they're all really excited for me and were asking me all about it. I'm really excited. I've been waiting far too long for this. I was getting really pessimistic about it thinking I wasn't going to get it and that they put me through 3 months of hell just waiting. But I got it!

I'm definitely doing the 8/9/10 pre-check-in dinner and have joined the event. I hope to see all of you down there!

P.S. You all should watch Skins. It's a British show but I've caught up on all the episodes online through Netflix and random Japanese sites. The season just ended but it's awesome. That's what I dedicated my whole spring break to lol.

Nothing New.. Just an Update

2010-03-28T11:07:00.004-04:00

So as the title says, nothing new has happened.

Last-last Thursday I called and added Full Service Food and Beverage to my list of roles. A couple of days later I called to check on the status of my application but had to leave a message... They haven't gotten back to me from that call yet. So yesterday I emailed them asking the same thing. Hopefully they'll get back to me. Friday was the two month mark from my interview. It really sucks waiting this long. I didn't ever think of this happening when I applied.

But in other news! I got a lot of money from Johnson and Wales! So if Disney doesn't end up happening in the Fall I have JWU to look forward to!

Oh, and 33 days until the ultimate deadline of April 30th.

Six Weeks

2010-03-09T18:04:00.002-05:00

So.. I'm officially tired of waiting. Today is my now defunct 6 week mark. I have, at most, one month and 3 weeks of more waiting. I'm basically halfway there. I'm not sure what I'll do if I have to wait 7 or 8 more weeks. Why am I pending? I thought I did everything right. I have been wanting this since my mom first told my sister about it when she was a freshman in college. That was SIX years ago. I know that I am still a freshman and that I have 3 (or more) more years to be able to do the program. But I have really gotten to know a lot of the people who are going down there either in May/June or August. I really want to meet them.

With the fact that today is my six week mark it is just sort of depressing. Why are people who apply now hearing back within 1-2 weeks and getting in?

Well, this is my pessimistic post. Now I'm going to get dinner.

New Vlog.

2010-02-27T15:38:00.001-05:00

Pending.

2010-02-19T15:03:00.002-05:00

This morning I woke up and got the dreaded pending letter in my email. I honestly didn't see that coming. It said the standard thing on it and I'll hear back by April 30th. But these past 3 weeks of waiting have been SO long and now I have an infinite amount of waiting time. I'm not sure what to do. I looked on the website to see if there were any roles I wanted to add but I am not doing Quick Service because I've worked with food for the past 2 years and it won't be as much as a learning experience to do it in Disney World. So until I hear something back there will probably be even more infrequent posts here. I'll still participate in the group and chats. I want to get to know everyone! So who knows what will happen with all the pending people! I want to do this so much. Talk to you all later!

Snow Day

2010-02-10T10:49:00.002-05:00

So today I am going to be checking my email even more than yesterday. My college has an official snow day. Not just a day where teachers cancel classes. Official snow day! We all got the email around 11 last night saying classes were canceled and ran through the halls screaming! It was so exciting!

This morning my suitemates tried waking me up saying that since it hadn't started snowing yet that classes were back on. But I knew they were playing a trick on me. So we all got breakfast.

I saw that other Molly and Lauren got their acceptances early this morning! Congrats guys!! I'm still waiting for my email! It will come sooner than later, hopefully.

I'll update this as soon as I hear back.

New Vlog.

2010-02-06T22:21:00.001-05:00

Still Waiting

2010-02-06T11:14:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the lack of posting. Nothing's really happened for me YET! Yesterday a lot of applicants got accepted. I signed on to Facebook after getting home from school around 4 and saw that Abby posted on the Facebook Group that she got her email. I then checked my email and I did have 3 emails, from Target, The Container Store, and something else. But no Disney. I hopped right on the chat and we all talked about where we'd want to work. I've decided that they mainly accepted FA people though some regular Falls did get accepted. And they're probably not going to send out emails during the weekends... So I'm shooting for Monday. **crossing my fingers** I wish I was in the first round of people and could be like Kris and just take the first regular fall check in date (August 9th for those asking.) I've already looked at plane tickets and how much a room would be at All-Stars. Gah I'm so excited.

So now I'm going to work until about 8 tonight so I'm hoping that my email will be sitting in my inbox. Now I just wish I had a phone where I could check my email.... if only.

So talk to you guys later. I have to get ready for work now.

Vlog 5: Interview

2010-01-26T23:00:00.001-05:00

Application Vlog

2010-01-21T14:52:00.001-05:00

It's TIME!!

2010-01-21T10:54:00.003-05:00

So I'm the billionth person to let everyone know this but APPLICATIONS ARE UP!! I had to work yesterday 12 to 5 so I checked the site in the morning but they weren't up. Then I get home and I am on facebook and I see Abby's post to the facebook group. I was excited. I watched the e-presentation but couldn't apply just then because I had to go to dance at 7. So after dance I applied. It went well. The only problem I had was during the web interview the site got screwed up and had an error and so I had to start that part all over again. I tried to put much of the same answers. But after finishing it the second time I PASSED! I was really nervous for that part. I would have been crushed if I didn't pass it.

This morning I wake up and try to schedule my phone interview around 9:30 est. The phone rings and rings forever and then I get connected. The woman asks my name and email, all that stuff. She says that she has tomorrow (Friday) at 10:15 pm availability but I couldn't take it because I have work that night. So then she puts me on hold for a long time and keeps checking in to let me know that she doesn't want me to hang up they're just opening up new interview times. So I'm on hold for like 10 minutes but I got to listen to awesome Disney music. So then something weird happens and I get connected to another person and do the whole thing over again. Then she tells me that she'll call me back with new interview times. I ask her if she'll leave a message because I have work today and dance class tonight and she said that was fine.

So hopefully she calls within the next 30 minutes before I leave for work. Or else I'm going to be a bad employee and keep my phone in my pocket and check it every 5 minutes.

Trip Report.

2010-01-19T21:23:00.016-05:00

So I'm sitting in my room right now having a mini Pixar movie marathon. I've just started Toy Story. So I decided that I'm going to start my trip report. Here I go....

So I didn't leave until Sunday but I'm going to tell you about Saturday. By Saturday my family hadn't even packed yet. I spent that day getting every single piece of luggage out of storage. Which included the little closet/attic thing in my room, the laundry room, and my dad's office. Then I organized all my clothes and things and set them on my bed. Then I went to work at 5. After work at like 11 I took a shower. Then I started packing up the luggage. Which really doesn't take that long. Then I went to bed around 1:30ish.

At 6:30 my alarm goes off on my phone. I wake up and get my contacts, retainer and other various items in my luggage. I'm ready to go to the airport. We leave around 7:30 after packing up the car. All 5 of us breeze through check-in at southwest and through security. Now we wait. Our flight was at 8:50 and we started boarding around 8:20/30. On the plane I just listen to various podcasts and watch Finding Nemo with my brother and sister on my laptop. Then we land.

At the airport we go to Magical Express. I do love not waiting for your luggage. We board the bus and head over to Walt Disney World! About 30 minutes later we're there. Yay! My mom checks us is. The lobby was pretty busy. It was the day of the full marathon and it was around 12:30 so most of the marathoners were done with the race. Our room wasn't ready yet so we left our laptops and various items with the bell hop people. Then we head on over to Beaches and Cream for our traditional lunch.

Did I mention yet how cold it was? It was in the 30s.... it's FLORIDA! I was supposed to leave that home in Rhode Island. We were all wearing coats, scarves, and gloves. And the wait for Beaches and Cream was an hour. A lot of marathoners had gone there for lunch apparently. So after the long, cold, hungry wait we finally eat. I got a cheeseburger with fries and a vanilla coke. I love vanilla coke. I make them for myself all the time at work.

After lunch we head on over to Epcot. Usually we do MGM our first day but because Test Track was going to be down the 11th to the 17th we made sure we did it. My brother and I walked ahead of the rest of the group towards the international gateway. While we were walking we heard Christmas music.... on January 10th... 2 weeks after the fact. Once we got into Epcot we still see Christmas... At least I got to see the decorations. Especially if I don't get into the program I still saw some of Disney Christmas.

We arrived at Test Track and the wait time was absurd. We opted for the single riders line. Meanwhile my mom, dad, and sister were far behind us. My dad had hurt his leg at work a few weeks before and didn't want to use a scooter and my sister wasn't feeling well. My brother and I did the single riders line. I didn't care if we did it all together I just wanted us all to do it since it would be closed the rest of the trip.

After my family had all caught up and we all had done test track my dad and brother went to the Rose and Crown pub to get a Guinness. My sister and I headed back to the room which had become available.

Because it was a travel day we all were feeling a crappy and cranky. So we stayed in the rest of the night. Here's a picture of our view:

The next day was Monday and we headed over to MGM... sorry Disney Hollywood Studios. But to anyone who went to that park before 2008 it's still MGM to them.

We headed on over to Toy Story Midway Mania. No one in my family had done this yet. The last time my brother and sister went (2006) it wasn't open. My parents went in May '08 and they left the line due to rude guests. When I went in July the line was just too long and it was too hot to wait in the outside queue. But since the weather was nice we all did it. We even got to see the lamp show. I really liked the queue to this ride. I took lots of pictures.

After Toy Story we got lunch at the Backlot Express.. I think... I'm not sure of the name. After that we did Great Movie Ride. We had the gangster scene. I don't remember ever getting the Cowboy scene.. After that we all did Tower of Terror and my brother, sister, and I did Rockin' Roller Coaster. As we were leaving Sunset Boulevard the Streetsmosphere actors were out and about. We ran into Melvin Macheesmo. He was fantastic.

My sister actually walked up to him and asked him for an autograph. Here's a short video:

I wish I had filmed the entire time he was there.

After that we headed back to the resort. It was around 5 at that point.

After a few hours of rest we all headed out to Epcot for dinner at Les Chefs de France. I ordered the duck. It was delicious. That and the Canadian soup are my new favorite meals. After that we all wobbled back to the Boardwalk and went to sleep.

Tuesday was Epcot. You have to love Epcot if you stay at the Epcot resorts. I went everyday this trip except for Saturday.

My mom said that we were meeting someone at the Pin station. First we got fastpasses for Soarin'. Turns out the woman we were meeting was someone who my mom had been talking to to set up a Scavenger hunt... We were all a little apprehensive. It might have been better if we were all younger. The scavenger hunt took us from Mouse Gears to imagination, Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, and finally America. After all the running around we were starving and it was about 1 pm.

We went over to England and went to the Rose and Crown to get fish n' chips. They were delicious. After that we all minus my sister went to Soarin' to use our fastpasses. After that my parents went back to the room and my brother and did some of Future World. We did Living With the Land, which I haven't done in years. Then we did The Seas with Nemo and Friends. After that we headed on over to Spaceship Earth with a 00 wait time. Why have I ever waited in line for that attraction?! Because I go in the summer, that's why. My brother made a really crazy face for the picture in that ride and they didn't use it for the video. So don't put your hands on your face when you take the picture or else they won't use it. After that we did Mission Space and then we headed back to the hotel.

On the way back my mom texted us and said that we had a surprise Illuminations cruise that night. So it was about 6:30 by the time we got back to the room and we had to be at marina before 8 pm. That left just about an hour to rest. So I collapsed on my bed and listened to some podcasts. My brother didn't end up going on the cruise he just went to Epcot and took pictures of the show.

Our driver was really nice. He explained the whole story of Illumination. I never really noticed what exactly was on the globe as the show went on. But it was really cool. If you ever do an Illuminations cruise request Mike.

I had an early start the next morning. I had my Keys to the Kingdom tour at 8:30. I wanted to make sure I was on time because I knew they would probably leave without me. I was on the bus by 7:40. Here are some cool early morning pictures.

My tour was fun. If you have read up on Walt Disney and the company's early days then don't go on the tour. Especially if you're a college program hopeful because the only cool part about this tour was going backstage. We went backstage twice. The first time we went behind Splash Mountain and into the building where they keep the Spectromagic parade floats. The head of Magic Kingdom parades was in there too and he told us a lot about how they train the drivers of the floats and why some floats might not be in the parade on some nights. His name was Bruce Wolfe. After that backstage experience we had lunch, went on the Haunted Mansion, and then went to the utilidors. We didn't really walk around a lot there. There were just some display cases specifically for the Keys to the Kingdom tour. Also I saw Woody and Jesse backstage without their heads on. That was cool and different.

After the tour I met up with my family and my brother and sister took the train over to Toontown and we did Barnstormer on our way to Tomorrowland to ride Space Mountain. After that we did Thunder Mountain because we'd grabbed fastpasses for it. Then I was dead tired and hungry. My sister and I stopped by the bakery on Main Street and I got a cheese danish. Then we went back to the hotel.

That night my brother and I went to Epcot and had dinner in Germany and watched Illuminations from the best spot to watch it. Then back to the room.

The next day we did Animal Kingdom.

We did Everest 3 times and then did Dinosaur and lunch. Then my dad and I headed out to go to the TTC and went over to the Richard Petty Speedway and did the Ride-along for free! From now until the end of March annual passholders can do the ride-along for free. That was really fun. You go up to 140 miles per hour.

Then we went back to the TTC and on to the express monorail and did a loop around just because. Then we switched on over to the Epcot monorail to head back to the resort. As we walked through Epcot we did Spaceship Earth.

That night we did Cirque du Soleil. That was our prize for the scavenger hunt the other day. That was the second time I saw the show. It was still amazing. I can't believe how they put on that show so many nights a week. After the show we had dinner at Raglan Road. We had a table right by the Irish step dancer. Okay, so I've done Irish step dancing since I was in first grade and I could tell she was not putting her heart and soul into the dances she did. She just did enough to look cool.

Then we headed back to the hotel.

The next day was a free morning. We didn't have any parks planned just afternoon tea. So I went to Downtown Disney to do some shopping. I just walked around through most of the stores. I bought two pins at the pin store and used my discount. Then I went to World of Disney and bought a sweatshirt for myself and a present for my best friend's birthday. Then I headed on over to the Contemporary to look around. Then I took the monorail over to the Polynesian.

I just hung out on the beach. Then I took the boat over to the Magic Kingdom and went over to Fantasyland. I was just wasting time before tea. I only did one attraction, Mickey's Philharmagic. Then I headed on over to the Grand Floridian. I waited in the lobby for my parents and then we went to tea. I had the herbal tea and we all had The Grand Tea. (This is just coppied and pasted from AllEars) The classic English tradition of Afternoon Tea, Grand Floridian style. We offer you a variety of tea sandwiches, scones and jam tarts, followed by your choice of our freshly baked tea pastries or English trifle, accompanied by a glass of Domaine Ste.-Michelle sparkling wine and your choice of tea.

The food was really good and I was stuffed. We then went back to the hotel. That night my dad, sister, and I did one last night in Epcot. I had Germany again for dinner. Then because it was Extra Magic Hours we did the Malstrom, the American Adventure, and Oh Canada. By then it was 11:30 and we went back to the room for the last night. =[

In the morning I packed, aka I threw all my dirty laundry into my luggage in a pile and packed up all my toiletries. Then we went over to MGM and did Toy Story Midway Mania one last time. My score went down.. My shooter didn't shoot where I pointed and I had difficulty changing the angle. Then we had lunch over on Sunset Boulevard and headed back to the Boardwalk and on to Magical Express.

That was my trip.. I didn't do as much as I planned. I didn't get to go character hunting or visit the moderate/value resorts. Those things will just have to be left for when I'm there for the program at some point in the next 4 years.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this and looking at my pictures and videos. I know I'm not the best writer so I'm sorry if I pained you with my horrible grammar and punctuation. My brother is the journalism major.

Hopefully the applications will come out tomorrow. *crossing my fingers*

If I get in...

2010-01-17T18:41:00.002-05:00

So I've decided that if I get into the Fall 2010 program that I'm buying myself some Vera Bradly travel bags. I love the new patterns that are out for Spring. I'm either going to get a Weekender/Get Carried Away Tote/Miller Bag/Small Duffel with a Mini Hipster for the parks and maybe an actual purse.

I can't wait for applications to come out. In the chat last night we were all hoping they come out sometime this week but Kirstin (I think..?) was saying how they're probably going to come out in February.... I think I'm able to wait a few more week because I've been waiting for the past 4 months.

I've always wanted to do the Disney College Program ever since around 8th grade. I always knew it was an option for me. I just kind of forgot about it... well I didn't even realize that I could do it SO soon once I started college. I was just taking classes and then one day I pop on the DIS College Boards and then on the WDWCP website and looked up the closest presentation to me. That's when I made the blog.

I didn't want to do Spring '10 because I wanted to live on campus for a full year. Also this was all before I started thinking about transferring to Johnson and Wales. So Fall '10 it is for me. I've thought about advantage but I really want to save up some money this summer where I currently work. I've gained some seniority there and can get a lot of shifts.

If I don't get into the Fall '10 program I can either stay at URI, go to community college to get my gen-eds done cheaply, or fully transfer to Johnson and Wales. If I transfer to JWU before I ever do the DCP then I have to do a quarter term for the DCP. I'm not sure if I'm going to like the summer at Disney that's why I'm starting off with just plain Fall 2010.

I know I'm repeating myself somewhat on this post. But I'm also reassuring myself on what I want to do.

So for now all I have to do is wait for applications to come out in the upcoming days/weeks. Then the whole thing's a waiting game. So let the games begin!

Oh remember how I was stressing about my finals? I passed all of them. I thought I was going to fail history and got a C- in the class. Nutrition I got a C in. I'm not ususally a C person, but those classes weren't my best. Over all I got a 2.89 gpa. This semester I'm going to try a lot harder but that will be difficult with apps lol.

All you Fall '10 hopefuls join the Facebook group and come chat with us almost nightly in the AIM Chat.

My trip report will be coming up. So stay tuned.

Sorry 'bout that...

2010-01-16T20:29:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the lack of posting. If you didn't know I was in Disney World on vacation with my family. I did have my computer and internet access but I just didn't update there. I'm back home now. Go back to school in a week too. Blah. Back to real life. I'm going to post a mini trip-report here with lots of pictures. I didn't take videos like my last trip because editing that vacation video was just annoying. So prepare for lots of Disney.

Bring in the New Year!

2009-12-31T17:47:00.003-05:00

It's almost 6 pm here on the east coast. I honestly cannot wait for the new year. It's going to mean new things. I know I've said this before, but if I get in the program or not I'm going to do something new in the fall. I can't wait. I know that January entails a lot of waiting (3 WEEKS UNTIL APPLICATIONS) and then even more waiting after that to see if you got in the program or not. My mom was just asking me when I'll know if I got in or not because she and my dad were already planning on going down for the fall but now they're not sure for my/my mom's birthday or Thanksgiving. It's weird thinking that this time next year I'll have about 3 days left in Florida. I haven't even gotten in the program and I'm already thinking about how I'll feel at the end of it... jeez.

The new year also means 10 more days until my last planned trip to Disney. I booked my Keys to the Kingdom tour for Wednesday, January 13 at 8:30 am. That way I won't have to get up too early but I still get to see Main Street with no people on it. I think I'm going to bring my computer down to Florida so I might update this blog with the goings on in my trip. I'm going to try to twitpic some pictures on my twitter. It all depends on if I get a new phone in the next 10 days. I mean I can twitpic pictures but I can't add text to the tweet describing it on my phone...

So every one in the spring 2010 program just days/weeks away from their program HAVE FUN. Remember it's a great oppourtunity and just make the best of it. I've read so much about people bashing the program and cast members. Have fun and wish every guest you meet to have a magical day.

Everyone waiting for the fall 2010 apps. It's just a few weeks away. We can do it. Join the AIM Chat and the video chat (whenever we do that again). There are people out there that love Disney just as much as you!

Vacation Videos are UP!

2009-12-23T23:19:00.002-05:00

I finished editing all my vacation videos... from July. So here are parts 2-4. (They may not all be fully uploaded at the current time, so just check back)

Vlog Trois

2009-12-22T23:11:00.000-05:00

R.I.P

2009-12-16T14:34:00.004-05:00

I was browsing on the DIS Boards and I caught the title of the thread stating that Roy E. Disney passed away this morning. There was an article linked Roy Edward Disney dies at 79; nephew of Walt helped revive animation. After yesterday being the 43rd anniversary of Walt's death I found it shocking that his nephew passed away today. May he rest in peace.

Finals.

2009-12-15T21:05:00.003-05:00

Tomorrow I start my finals... eek. I have my french final at 9 am. Then Thursday I have my nutrition final at 8 am (ew). Friday my history final at 7 pm (also ew). Saturday at 8 am I have my math final. Then I'm done. I'm excited for vacation. It's Christmas. But also I put a ton of Disney books on hold at the library. On my list I have Realityland : true-life adventures at Walt Disney World by David Koenig, Since the world began : Walt Disney World, the first 25 years by Jeff Kurtti, and Be our guest : perfecting the art of customer service by the Disney Institute. I also got this book about Epcot when it first opened called Walt Disney's Epcot Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow. I'll have to show it in a vlog.

So is it bad that I want finals to be over just so I can read about Disney? By Saturday morning around 9 o'clock (I'm good at math, and it's a wicked easy class) I will be done with my first semester. Blah. I'm scared though. Some classes I'm not doing too well in though. Mainly history and nutrition. All day Thursday and Friday I have to read the 2 chapters in my history book, it's so boring though. I thought this class would be interesting but it's not. Never take history of technology. The only thing interesting about it was learning about all the household appliances. It reminded me about Carousel of Progress. That's one of my favorite attractions.

Well, I guess I should go back to studying French. That's all I've been doing for the past 2 days. All I know is: Bonjour! Je m'appelle Molly. Au revoir.

Last Day

2009-12-11T15:57:00.003-05:00

Today was my last day of classes!! No more french. No more nutrition. No more history of technology. No more math.. until next semester. I'm so happy. Although I do have final exams next week. But by Saturday at 11 am at the latest I will be done with my first semester of college. I'm ready for this 1 month break. I'm ready for Christmas, for New Years, for my last family trip to Disney, for APPLICATIONS FOR THE DCP!! I'm ready for 2010. It just will mean new things for me no matter what. I'm either going to Florida for the fall or going to a new school, learning something that's actually interesting to me.

So you probably won't hear from me until after finals. And then when I go home I'm working full time (hopefully). That's what I told my schedule supervisor. I'm ready to make money instead of spending it.

Vlog # 2

2009-12-08T23:58:00.001-05:00

Here you go:

Poo.

2009-12-08T22:45:00.002-05:00

I just recorded a vlog and went to edit it and it had no sound. Poo. It was the second time I recorded it too. Now I have to record it for a third time. But my suitemates are going crazy and they're probably going to come into my room when I'm in the middle of recording. Oh well. Maybe another day.

Nevermind.. I just recorded another one and it worked. So look for it in the next 20 minutes.

Happy Birthday!!

2009-12-05T19:17:00.001-05:00

It's Walter Elias Disney's 108th birthday today! Without him we wouldn't all be planning to work at the most magical place on earth. So Happy Birthday Walt!

What's this?!

2009-12-04T23:58:00.001-05:00

A vlog. Well okay. Enjoy!

Can't Sleep

2009-12-03T01:07:00.003-05:00

Right now it's one in the morning and I can't sleep so I thought I'd post here.,,, My roommmate's snoring again. I can't stand it. She doesn't do it all the time, just when her sinuses are stuffed.... like tonight.. and last night. I HATE SNORERES. So yeah. Last night I threw my stuffed animal at her but it didn't work. But she woke up and started coughing so I was all set. So I'm just waiting it out now. I'm totally going to get here some snoring nose things tomorrow. I have an 8am class tomorrow too. I'm so pissed. On the DCP roommate questionnaire there should be a question about snoring. Cause I can't stand it... if you can't already tell.

This isn't a Disney post. Sorry. But I'll post one later... I'm not sure when.

Much Better Quality

2009-12-01T07:33:00.002-05:00

I reuploaded the vacation video and it's much better quality. I'm still trying to figure out how my program works ha.

Here it is.... again.

Vacation Video UP

2009-11-30T11:08:00.004-05:00

For your viewing pleasure. It's still uploading so it's not the best quality. But if you're reading this well after I posted it then I'm sure it's fine.

Lemme know if you like it!

Actually, it's really crappy quality still so I'm going to re-upload it in a little while.

Vacation Video on the Way

2009-11-29T23:22:00.001-05:00

For the past few days I've been trying to edit my vacation videos from my trip to Disney this past July. I should have the first part out in a couple of days. So look for it. I'll post it on here as soon as it's on YouTube. It'll feature traveling, the Boardwalk, Epcot and Magic Kingdom.

It's Been a While

2009-11-21T09:33:00.002-05:00

So I haven't posted an entry in a while and there's a reason to that. Last week was so busy. Let's start with last Friday night. I live in a dorm at school, and my roommate was home to eat dinner with her family, and my one of my suitemates went home to be with her boyfriend.. So I watched movies with my other two stuitemates. But one wasn't feeling that well. So we just let her sleep. She had a really bad cough, and a slight fever. But by the time she wanted to go to health services it was closed. So fastforward to the next morning. She comes in my room and wants to go to breakfast and health services. So we go to breakfast and she barely eats anything. Then at health services she finds out that she has the flu. Now, they're not testing for H1N1 at my school, so she could have that. So they give her a ton of medicine and tell her she has to come back in 24 hours. So all day she watches even more movies and rests. Now the next day is when her roommate, my suitemate, comes back sick as a dog. Who comes back to a college dorm sick?? So they're both sleeping all day. Their 3rd roommate and me and my roommate are freaking out about getting sick. And then I start getting a cough that night.

This was not a good week for me to get sick. I have another week of tests, exams, and quizzes. So I take some vitamins and hope for the best. Monday I'm just coughing. Tuesday morning I had class at 8 and picked my classes for next semester, and then had an essay in history to write. That's what I was stressing the most about. Then Wednesday I woke up and felt horrible and took Alka-Seltser Flu stuff. It just make me wicked tired so after math and my computer test I went back to my room and tried to sleep. I called out of dance for that night and the next night. I called my mom and she could tell I was sick because I had no voice. She told me to go to health services. But I was too tired. I just wanted to sleep.

Thursday morning I had a nutrition exam and I'm not doing the best in that class so I tried to study but I was just so exhausted. I woke up grabbed a pop-tart and went to class to take the exam. About 20 minutes into the exam I started not feeling well. I look around and everything's going dark. I try to the the TAs attention, because it's a lecture class and I'm sitting in the front, and I say I'm not feeling well. I get up to go to the bathroom. I try walking up the stairs but I couldn't really control my legs. Then once I get out of the room I just collapse and hit a wall. The TA comes running out the room, helps me up and takes me to the bathroom. I don't remember going to the bathroom, just waking up there. I had passed out for like 10 seconds. Then I got sick, thankfully not over myself of the TA, I knew enough to cover my mouth. So they called the rescue for me. And I got to go to the hospital.

At the hospital I call my mom and she leaves on work to come and visit me. I only live 30 minutes away from school so it wasn't too bad. At the hospital they hook me up to all the monitors and I get an IV. It was scary. I've never been admitted to the hospital or even fainted before. So they just tell me with the stress of the test, and being sick that I was dehydrated and just had a fainting spell. So I get to go home and drink lots of water.

So much for going to class, taking the exam, and sleeping the rest of the day because my history class had already been canceled. I got to take a side trip to the hospital.

So now I'm home, because I knew that I'm wasn't going to get better staying at a germ infested dorm building. My roommate texted me Thursday and told me that our other suitemate has been diagnosed with the Flu. So everyone but my roommate is sick. It's so sucky. And we have classes Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next week. Although I'm not going Wednesday because my math class has already been canceled and I'm not staying on campus just to go to a French class that's going to be empty because it's full of upperclassmen.

So, that's my story of the past week. Sorry it's kind of long. I just wanted to catch you guys up. And if you're sick at school. Don't go to class and drink lots of fluids.

Applied today.

2009-11-14T17:29:00.002-05:00

No, not to the spring college program. To Johnson and Wales! I filled out the application on the 25th but I wasn't sure what major I wanted. It was between Travel, Tourism, & Hospitality Management or Sports, Entertainment, Event management. I picked TTH, so hopefully I'll get the acceptance in a couple weeks, I just have to send in my college transcript and high school transcript.

Also Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM I get to pick my classes for next semester. Being a Freshman we get the latest times to pick. Like my brother's a senior here and he picked his classes weeks ago. Hopefully I'll get the times I want, but I've made a back up schedule just in case.

Only 2 months and some-odd days till we can apply for Fall '10 CP!!!

Johnson & Wales Tour

2009-11-11T16:22:00.002-05:00

I just got back from a tour at JWU. It was really interesting. Last year when I was looking at schools, I don't know, I guess I didn't pay that much information to all the amazing things they were telling me. But at this tour, I think because now I am a college student, a lot of things stuck out to me. I got to the admissions building like half an hour early. And living only 25 minutes away from the school... that was early. I knew I'd be waiting for a little. But I'd rather be early than late. So in the building I picked up a few pamphlets about transferring, financial aid, and for parents. My parents didn't go with me to the tour, I did this all on my own. Then we went into the presentation room.

The admissions officer talked a lot about the programs on the campus and general things about the school. I asked about double majoring, which they don't offer, and I also asked about commuter parking, which is at the Harbor side campus, which they have a shuttle bus to and from. The average class size is 35 to 40 for the gen eds and 15 to 25 for your specific major courses. I really liked those numbers because I don't like my huge lecture nutrition class that I'm currently in. All the professors are industry experienced faculty and there are not Graduate assistance or TAs. Also a cool thing is that you don't have Friday classes unless you chose to take them. So you have 4 classes twice a week, because it's trimesters you don't take as many classes at one time. I liked that especially because I'm going to be commuting, I can work more. I also liked free printing. I'm surprised that at my school I can't print for free. I'll probably be taking advantage of that.

After that we went on a tour of the campus. Because it's a city campus there is a lot of walking but honestly everything is very close by and there aren't too many buildings so it's not like you're going to be walking across the city in order to get to your next class. I feel that most of my classes will be in the same building.

After the tour I talked to a transfer representative. I talked about how I want to do the DCP next fall. He said that there'd probably be no problem doing it in the fall and then going to JWU in the spring. I think that if I talk to Disney they will probably say the same thing because don't some students who do the program have to take a leave of absence from school to participate? I feel like I'll be doing the same thing, I just will be staying at URI while at the program and then after the program I'd go to JWU.

So now I just have to apply to JWU. Then in January apply for the DCP. I'm really excited. I hope this all works out.

Well.

2009-11-09T21:47:00.007-05:00

I talked with my advisor today. I started talking about how I wanted to transfer to JWU for their hospitality program. She said that it was better that I switch to someplace where I learn something I want, rather than be forced into their general business program. So hopefully I'll be going to school there next year (at some point).

I just feel like I'm getting my hopes up too much about the Fall program. I really really really don't want to get denied. But also, if I don't end up making the Fall '10 program than I'd be going to JWU that fall, and I could always apply for Spring or next Fall. Nothing against Spring, I just think that the weather would get to me after a while. I mean I'm an Irish girl from Rhode Island. I don't tan, and it gets pretty cold her. Speaking of weather, it was in the 60s today and yesterday. Hopefully it's that nice Wednesday when I go on tour.

So I get my computer back tomorrow. I'm so excited. I'm glad that my dad was able to give me his, it's just annoying how he has this program that deletes the cookies every few hours. So I get to log into all my accounts basically every time I open Explorer.

I think once I apply to the DCP in January then I'd get more focused for what's going to happen next Fall. I hope that if I get in I can "stay" at URI for that semester, and defer my acceptance to JWU until their spring term. That's my goal. Let's hope this all works out.

It Finally Comes

2009-11-08T20:16:00.002-05:00

Tomorrow's the day I have an appointment with my advisor! So I'll get to talk about the possiblility of doing the program, and transfering to Johnson and Wales. I'm nervous. I'm gonna go in there and be like "sorry I don't like your school... but can I do the program here to pay less tuition AND get credit for it?"

I'm not sure if I'll do it if I can't get credit for it. There are so many options for me to pick that I'm having a hard time choosing the best one. And if I do it through JWU I'd have to do Fall/Spring Quarter Advantage. I'd really just like to do it August through January.

Wednesday I'm going to JWU to tour and hopefully talk to someone cause I've got a few questions.

I'll probably post tomorrow after my appointment.

FYI, I still don't have my computer. I'm using my dad's laptop for the past week.

Worst Week Ever!

2009-10-27T13:57:00.002-04:00

So, to start off. I have a test/exam everyday this week. (Yay MIDTERMS!) I've lost my ID twice in 3 days. I overslept 2 hours today and missed my nutrition class, the last one before the exam. And to top it off my computer broke. I dropped it on the floor, printing out JWU course catelogs. GRRR! So I've hooked it up to a moniter and and backing everything up as we speak.. or as I type. So this week has not been good. And it's probably only going to get worse.

I had my history midterm today. I studied really hard for it, so hopefully I get better than the 51 I got last time. If you don't hear from me in a while ^that's why.

What to do, what to do... UPDATE

2009-10-21T15:41:00.003-04:00

URI, JWU, or DCP?
Those are my options.

So last year, senior year of high school, we had to do this "senior project" which involved doing fieldwork, getting a mentor, having a product, and presenting about a topic or field you're interested in. I did mine on, what else, Disney. More specifically "Planning a Walt Disney World Vacation With Your Special Needs." I worked with a travel agent, and got to research about a company I already loved. I realized that at the end of the project that I wanted to work with Disney in some way or another.. the only problem was that I didn't apply to the one school near me with a hospitality major. I know that I don't need to be in hospitality to work at disney world. But it's what I'm interested in, I just realized it too late.

So right now I'm a business major at the University of Rhode Island. And I'm thinking about transferring to Johnson and Wales Providence to be a Travel-Tourism and Hospitality major. JWU is only about 20 minutes away from my house, I wouldn't live there I'd commute. (I just need a car for that)

Now here's where it gets tricky. I really really really really really want to be in the Fall 10 college program. I also want to stay at URI for at least one more semester. Just to complete my freshman year in one place. Do I want to wait until Spring/Fall 11 to do the program? I am just so overwhelmed with options to do. I also haven't talked to my parents or advisor about this yet... So I should probably discuss this with them. But I'll talk to it with my advisor on the 2nd when I have my appointment. EDIT: My advisor emailed me that she canceled my appointment... because she thinks I just want to discuss what she's going to my class to talk about... but I don't. Now I can't make a new appointment until the third week of November.

Can I just go back to senior year and tell myself to apply to JWU? It'd make life so much easier.

Answers and Schedules

2009-10-17T12:07:00.004-04:00

Margo, the Disney representative emailed me back a couple of days ago. So here are the questions I asked and her answers.

1. Do you recommend being a hospitality major in order to get the role of hospitality or conciege in the program?
We definitely look for students majoring in a related major or with prior experience.

2. What percent of students who apply get in the program?
I couldn’t give you that number. It is very competitive but please do not let that deter you. We take a good number of students each semester.

3. What percent of students get their number one role? Number two? Number three?
Again, I couldn’t give you that number.

4. What percent of students repeat the program?
A lot…I’ve done 5!

5. What percent of students go on to do Professional Internships?
A good majority…most of our PI’s require that you are an alumni so most students that go through the program go directly for a PI or do one right after graduation.

I also have a question about your programs specifically. You said that you did the program 3 times and did 2 professional internships. How long did it take you to complete college? I am planning to apply for the Fall '10 program which would be my first semester sophomore year. I want to do it so early in case I want to do the program again or do professional internships. I just don't want to be in college forever.

I did not take any semesters off although I would have loved to. My school did not give any credit and there was not guarantee that I would get back in if I left; you fortunately do not have that issue. When I did the program forever ago in ’98, they recruited for summer but that was the last year they did. Since I had done the program in ’98 I was eligible to continue on for summers so I did all summers and the 2 PI’s were following graduation. So I took 5 years to graduate by choice. I could have done it in 4 but chose to slow down.
Hope that helps!

Right now I'm trying to figure out my schedule for next semester. Because I'm a freshman we have to meet with our advisor to talk about what classes we will take before we can actually sign up for them. It's kind of annoying. But I do have some classes about what classes we can take. Because I'm a Business Major I have some requirements. But Freshman year is mainly about getting your gen-eds out of the way, so that's what I'm trying to do. But their are SO many choices that I can take and they don't all fit with my classes. Also I'd like to sleep past 8am everyday. This semester I've had 8 am classes on Tuesday and Thursday, and 9 am classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Hopefully I'll get good times next semester. We'll find out November 17th when I can pick them.

Procrastination

2009-10-09T16:55:00.002-04:00

So, my advisor couldn't make it to the meeting yesterday. And I couldn't reschedule until November 2nd.

I have yet to e-mail the recruiter my questions. I'm just too lazy. But I'll do it sometime.

This is a dumb post. But I need to not get all hyped up on the DCP. I have 3 months of waiting, and then applying, then more waiting. Gah. This is going to take forever.

The Campus Presentation

2009-10-07T23:29:00.002-04:00

Today I went to the campus presentation in Fall River, Mass about an hour away from my school. I'm getting a little bit crazy about this whole college program thing. I got there 20 minutes early, wasn't the first one there, and watched that pre-show video about 5 times. I noticed a few clips from the e-presentation and hoped that the whole presentation wasn't just like the e-presentation, especially because I watched it Friday night.

The representative talked about how she started with the Disney College Program in '98, did it 3 times, and two professional internships. I meant to ask her how long it took her to complete college but I forgot, and I'm going to e-mail her my question. A lot of the information I've heard before. She showed a video about how Disney is everywhere basically in all aspects of entertainment, from the resorts, to TV and movies, to ABC and ESPN.

What I really took out of this presentation is that they're really trying to recruit for the Disneyland College Program. All the videos shown in the presentation were filmed in Disneyland, the recruiter kept mentioning Disneyland.

Also the presentation focused a lot on what you are able to do after the program. They interviewed many people who did the program when they were in college and are now head of food service or manager of merchandise. They made a point to mention the classes and professional internships which the e-presentation doesn't focus on all that much.

She didn't focus on roles specifically or housing specifically, she just breezed over them and said to check the website to get a better look at what it's all about.

At the end of the presentation she asked if we were going to continue to apply to take the paper with the code on it. I took it. Even though I'm a Fall 10 hopeful I kind of want to apply to Spring 10 just to see if I get in. I don't want to get my hopes up for going next Fall to not make it. I'd be devastated. I also don't want to not pass the new web-based interview. I fail on the first level would be humiliating. If I get in I'd turn it down, I just don't want to waste my time.

So tomorrow I'm going to talk with my advisor about applying in January to go in the Fall. Hopefully all goes well. I'll post tomorrow.

One Step Closer

2009-09-30T10:41:00.002-04:00

I just made an appointment with my adviser to talk about the Disney College Program. I made it for next Thursday, the day after I go to the presentation. So after 2 PM next Thursday I should know if I'm able to apply for the DCP. It's kinda surrel. I remember finding out about the program around 8th or 9th grade, so that was 4-5 years ago, and now I'm able to participate in it. I'm a college student. I can work at Disney World!

I've been reading a few people's blog but people don't seem to update a lot once they're down in Florida. Hopefully I'm not like that... but I probably will be.

This is a short post but I just wanted to write. I'll probably write again Wednesday night after the presentation or Thursday afternoon after my appointment.

TTFN!

Introductions

2009-09-26T17:53:00.001-04:00

Hey everyone. My name's Molly. Right now I'm a freshman at the University of Rhode Island. I've lived in Rhode Island my entire life, which is 17 (almost 18) years. I've been to Walt Disney World 9 times and am going on my 10th trip in January. This blog is mainly going to be about me and the Disney College Program for Walt Disney World. I am going to apply for Fall '10 so I have a bit of waiting to do. In 2 weeks I'm going to go to a DCP presentation even though it's still for the Spring applicants. This way I can ask the representatives my questions now and then once the e-presentation goes online in January-ish I can watch it ASAP with no worries or big questions. This will mean that hopefully I'll be one of the first ones to hear back about my admission in the program.

I chose to do Fall '10 instead of a Spring '10 for 3 reasons. The first reason is because I want to finish my freshman year at my school. Right now I'm about 30 minutes away from home and still I come home once a week because I still take dance lessons but that's another story for another day. So if I do Fall '10 then I'd have a full year of school done. The second reason is that I don't want to be in the Florida heat when it's crazy hot. I know that the Fall program goes from August to early January. I'd rather have my program go from really really hot to Florida "cold" than go from cold to HOT. Also I want to do it my sophomore year of college so that if I enjoy the program I'd be able to either do it again at a later point in my college career or have time to do a Professional Internship, but that's a wicked long time from now.

So the presentation that I'm going to is at Bristol Community College in Massachusetts, it's about an hour away from campus. I'm going Wednesday October 7th which is 4 days away from my 18th birthday. I've already started making a list of questions that I hope are either answered in the presentation or that I can ask some of the reps.

So hopefully I keep posting in the blog but who knows. I probably won't update all the time until it gets closer to my applying, and then all the posts about me waiting to hear about the status of my application. This will be a much more exciting blog around January but I figured I'd start it now.

So that's it for now.
Talk to you later.