Its almost time!

So yesterday I heard the worst news ever! My favorite baseball player Colby Rasmus was being traded from the St Louis Cardinals (Best team ever IMO) to the Toronto Blue Jays (way to far away!) Needless to say I was very upset. I know what your wondering what does this have to do with the college program and this blog. Well you see the Blue Jays play The Rays (Tampa) next week and my father (being the nice guy he is) decided that we should push our vacation up a day so I can go see Rasmus play! So I am very excited not only do I get to see my favorite player play I also leave one day earlier and I  get an afternoon on the beach! Then it is off to Disney to spend 5 days before I check in! I can't believe that I'm almost there!!!

2 weeks until I see the Mouse!

In exactly 2 weeks from now I will be at a hotel room in Ocala Florida, and then the next day I'm off to Disney to spend the next 5 months! I cant believe how close it is! I cant wait to be there!

1 more month to go!!!

When I woke up this morning I was extremely excited because I knew what today was! July 8th! Which means I only have one more month until check in. I am very excited and also a little bit nervous. Doubts keep filling my mind, I keep wondering what will happen to me in a month. Will I like my location?, my managers?, my apartment? living on my own?  I am very optimistic and I have high hopes and I know I will love it. Its just "pre cp jitters".  Anyway I cant wait to be there and have the time of my life. I have started packing, I got some stuff for the apartment and I have packed a few hoodies just in case. I need to buckle down and start packing because I only have 3 weeks until I leave for Florida (Vacation!). I don't know what else to say except that I can't wait for this blog to get more interesting in the next month!

I'm Almost There!

Well I got lazy :(

So I have had a very busy week my brother got married last night. Soooo I didn’t  get around to the 30 day challenge. So instead of trying to continue it I am just gonna make a post with the other 20.

Day #11: Your favorite love song:  Can you feel the love tonight (Lion King)

Day #12: Your favorite villain song: Be Prepared (Lion King)

Day #13: Your least favorite song: Hmm I’ll get back to you on this.

Day #14: Your favorite kiss: The Kiss that awoke Snow White

Day #15: The first movie you saw: Lady and the Tramp

Day #16: Your favorite classic: Cinderella

Day #17: Your least favorite classic: Fantasia

Day #18: Your favorite Pixar film: Toy Story

Day #19: Your least favorite Pixar film: The Incredibles

Day #20: Favorite sequel: Toy Story 2 and 3

Day #21: An overrated movie: Aladdin – Its ok just not my favorie

Day #22: An underrated movie: Fox and the Hound

Day #23: A movie that makes you laugh: Finding Nemo

Day #24: A movie that makes you cry: Bambi

Day #25: Your favorite scene from your favorite movie: When Cinderella is sitting on the bench and the Fairy Godmother arrives and gets her ready for the ball.

Day #26: Saddest death:  The death of Mufasa

Day #27: Your favorite quote: A dream is a wish your heart makes.

Day #28: Your favorite theme park: Magic Kingdom

Day #29: Your favorite theme attraction: Splash Mountain

Day #30: Your favorite theme park show: Fantasmic!

50 Days until August 8th!!!

Day 10 on 57 days to go!

Day #10: Your favorite song:

I dont know if this means in the parks or in a movie so im gonna answer for both.

On this Magic night....
I love this song and parade Disney bring it back please!

My other favorite song is from the movie Hercules
I wont say im in love!

Day 7,8, and 9. Only 58 days to go!

Day #7: Your favorite sidekick:

He is just so cute and loyal!

Day #8: Your favorite villain:

Day #9: Your favorite original character (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, etc.):

M-I-C-K-E-Y  M-O-U-S-E!!!

Day 6, 61 Days to go!

Day #6: Your favorite animal:

Lady from Lady and the Tramp. I think she is so cute and I love cocker spaniels! As soon as I get my own place I will have a cocker spaniel named Lady!

Day 4 & 5, 62 days left at home!

Day #4: Your favorite prince:

So I am not going to use a cartoon prince because they are all designed to be sexy. So James Marsden who plays Prince Edward in enchanted wins my heart! Because well hes just sexy, I know that he does not "get the girl" but he is still really attractive.

Day #5: Your favorite hero:

If any one has it all going on its Woody!

Day 3, 64 Days to go!!!

Day #3: Your favorite heroine:

Pocahontas

Shes brave and a great leader. Not to mention the movie is awesome and the the scene in Fantasmic is so good!

Day 2, 65 Days to go!

Day #2: Your favorite princess:

I dont really know why Cinderella is my favorite she just always has been!

More Roommate News!

And then there were two...

Marie and I are officially roommates! They opened up the roommate match thing today so we exchanged information and now we are set. We are hoping for a 1 Bedroom, (so wish us luck!).

I cant wait to meet her and everyone else!

Day 1, 66 days to go!

Day #1: Your Favorite Character...

My favorite character is a princess so I will just save that for tomorrow. I guess my second favorite character is my boss! (No I am not just saying that so I wont get fired :) haha) My favorite of Mickey's works is Steamboat Willie, it is very classic and simple.

Another 30 Day Challenge

Okay so with 66 days left to go I have a feeling that the time will NOT fly by. So I have decided to do another 30 day challenge to make it  go faster. If you do not feel like reading all of them I understand. I will title them by days so that way you can avoid them if you wish (or not!).

30 Day Disney Challenge! 
Day #1: Your favorite character:
Day #2: Your favorite princess:
Day #3: Your favorite heroine:
Day #4: Your favorite prince:
Day #5: Your favorite hero:
Day #6: Your favorite animal:
Day #7: Your favorite sidekick:
Day #8: Your favorite villain:
Day #9: Your favorite original character (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, etc.):
Day #10: Your favorite song:
Day #11: Your favorite love song:
Day #12: Your favorite villain song:
Day #13: Your least favorite song:
Day #14: Your favorite kiss:
Day #15: The first movie you saw:
Day #16: Your favorite classic:
Day #17: Your least favorite classic:
Day #18: Your favorite Pixar film:
Day #19: Your least favorite Pixar film:
Day #20: Favorite sequel:
Day #21: An overrated movie:
Day #22: An underrated movie:
Day #23: A movie that makes you laugh:
Day #24: A movie that makes you cry:
Day #25: Your favorite scene from your favorite movie:
Day #26: Saddest death:
Day #27: Your favorite quote:
Day #28: Your favorite theme park:
Day #29: Your favorite theme attraction:
Day #30: Your favorite theme park show

Well It's Officially Summertime!

This week August participants were able to sign up for classes. Unfortunately my school is lame and I don’t get credit for the classes :( . But being the overachieving student that I am, I decided that I am going to take a class just for fun! I figured since I wasn’t receiving credit I am going to take the class that seemed to be the most fun! So I am taking…

 Exploring Disney Heritage!

-The website describes the class as… Take a journey back in time discovering the roots of The Walt Disney Company. Learn about Walt's vision through exploring historical milestones. I am excited! I can't wait. I am taking the class on Thursdays from 4 to (well I don't remember what time it ends).

Right now I am enjoying my dad by relaxing and watching the free DVD that Disney sends out. I just can't wait until I am there again! Only 64 days until I am there for vacation and 70 days until I check in! Until then I am just trying to enjoy summer! Ballgames, Amusement parks, movies and of course work will occupy my time until August! My best friend has an idea to throw me a Pirate themed going away party! I dont know if it will happen but I hope it does! I hope everyone is enjoying your summer and I hope you have a zip a dee doo dah day!!!

I apologize for the strange font and the white squares around the text. At the moment my blog hates me and will not cooperate!

 

 

 

 

Whats next?

Well Courtney, You have just received your associates degree what are you going to do next?

IM GOING TO...

 DISNEY WORLD!!!

(Okay so I apologize for the speaking about myself in third person, and trust me it drives me insane when people do that too! But hey what the heck, I thought it was a cute!)

Anyways I just took my last final at Southeastern Illinois College. It’s kind of been a bittersweet week.  I am so excited for the summer and of course starting the DCP in 88 days!  But I’m a little bit bummed. After playing college softball for 2 years I am really sad to see it end. This year our team was blessed with a great coach and I can’t wait to go back and watch the falcons next spring.  It’s difficult knowing that I might not see the people I have spent my last two years with again for a very long time. I will miss them very much; they have truly been like my second family. But on a brighter note I am excited to meet my new friends at Disney! I know that we are going to have a great time together!

To my friends from SIC I’m going to leave you with the lyrics of a Hannah Montana song (and pictures of course!) I apologize for the giant picture of Ellie and I. It is invisable and I can't find it to get rid of it. Sorry!

Here we are now
Everything is about to change
We face tomorrow as we say goodbye to yesterday
A chapter ending but the stories only just begun
A page is turning for everyone



So I’m moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I’ve always got the memories while I’m finding out who I’m gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You’ll be with me wherever I go
Wherever I go



So excited I can barely even catch my breath
WE have each other to lean on for the road ahead
This happy ending is the start of all our dreams
And I know your heart is with me



So I’m moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I’ve always got the memories while I’m finding out who I’m gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You’ll be with me wherever I go



Its time to show the world we’ve got something to say
A song to sing out loud we’ll never fade away
I know I’ll miss you but we’ll meet again someday
We’ll never fade away



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So I’m moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I’ve always got the memories while I’m finding out who I’m gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You’ll be with me wherever I go



So I’m moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I’ve always got the memories while I’m finding out who I’m gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You’ll be with me wherever I go



110 days!!!

Well the title really says it all. I have 110 day until I check in, and 104 days until my family vacation. And believe me I AM NOT WAITING PATIENTLY!!!! This wait is seriously killing me! On a positive side I am almost done with school which is great because I am sick of it! I am going to miss my friends a lot but life goes on and we will keep in touch! I can't wait for the summer I am hoping it is gonna be a great one! Sorry this post is short and boring but I have nothing new going on regarding Disney but when something happens I will let you know!

What a great week this has/will be!

I haven't posted in a while so I figured I could post about my great week!
(THIS PARAGRAPH IS NOT REALLY DISNEY RELATED) So yesterday was March 29th. Like every Tuesday I had a softball game. But yesterday was a little different because it was my birthday! I had a great day! After my game the team and I went to steak and shake and we had a great time! My friends Lauren, JaRed and Cheyenne came up to school to visit me and hang out at the appartments. We had an amazing party and it will definitally be a birthday that I will not forget for years to come! I opened my birthday gifts from my parents and I got awesome rain boots, and some adorable Mickey Mouse things for my appartment in Florida! Saturday is my family birthday diner and then Sunday I go to the Cardinals game! So I am gonna end this post with some pictures of my Birthday and my great friends who made my day!

Me and 3 of my favorite girls (Lauren Gabi and Ellie)!!!!

Me and my birthday twin Jared!!!

<3 them both!

New Roommate info...

I now have two roommates! They both seem very nice and friendly I think that we will all get along great! I can't wait until 8/8 to meet them both!!!

Roommate!!!

So I have been talking to a couple of people about being roommates and I have finally found one. Her name is Marie and she seems to be really cool! So I think we will get along great! The two of us think that we want a one bedroom apartment. So yeah I am excited were gonna have fun!

It's a great big beautiful email...

So like I said before on Friday at 12:53 p.m. I received an amazing email stating that I was going to be working a Disney as  FSFB. Obviously this was great news! So I called and text everyone that knew how much I wanted to go. Then it was off to softball practice. Later on that night I paid my fees and now its official! I start my program on August 8th and I end on Jan 6th. My mom has told everyone that I know that I am going to be working at Disney. I have been hearing a lot of congratulations lately and I always tell them thank you I am excited. But to tell the truth the excitement hasn't really hit me yet. Today my best friend Lauren had a Superbowl party with all of my friends from my hometown and it was a blast! I am going to miss them sooooo much. But anyways yeah I can't wait!!! I promise my next post will be soon. Until then have a great day that’s full of pixie dust!

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes!!!

So today I received an email saying that I will be a Full Service Food and Beverage cast member!!! I will write more soon but its late and I have to get up early but I am so excited!!!

Still Waiting...

1 week has passed and no results and no purple folder. So I am not waiting patiently!

Day 27, 28, 29, and 30

So today I am finishing up the 30 day challenge and I can  honestly say I can't beleive I remembered this thing!!! Anyways...

Favorite Walt Disney World breakfast?
I am not much on breakfast so I guess Wispering Cannon Cafe at Wilderness Lodge

Favorite firework show?

Ugh tough!!! But... I love wishes!!!

Favorite monorail color?
Ummm, Yellow?

Favorite statue, fountain, or eye candy in the parks?

Day 24, 25, and 26

Favorite face character? (shows their true face, no mask)

Cinderella!!!

Favorite activity outside of the park, but still on Disney property?

Shopping at Downtown Disney! 

Favorite Souvenir?

Hmm thats hard, but a couple years ago I bought attraction posters that are hanging in my room.

          

Day 22 & 23

Favorite parade?

Spectromagic!!!! I love the music for this parade!

What is the scariest ride?

Snow White's Scary Adventure! It says it in the name.  The queen is just so creepy looking!

And then the phone rang....

It Finally Happened!

So I can’t believe I am just now right a blog entry over my interview. I set up my interview for 10:30 a.m. central time. So I woke up at 9:30 that way I could be wide awake for the interview. At 10:25 I went and sat at my kitchen table by 10:27 I was pacing around my kitchen. I’m not a very patient person when it comes to important things! 10:30 rolled around and no call. I thought to myself oh no big deal I’ve read that they usually are a few minutes late. At 10:37 the phone rang. I was so excited I think I almost dropped the phone. The woman that interviewed me was named Rhonda and she was SO nice! We actually talked about a lot she was really friendly and I felt comfortable talking to her. She asked me what my top two rolls were. Which I responded Attractions and Hospitality. She asked me a lot about the two rolls. We had a couple of laughs and she told me that they usually try to get back to us in 3 to 4 weeks. I am very excited and nervous at the same time. If I do not get accepted I will be okay I’m just a sophomore and I have plenty of other opportunities to apply. Before the interview Attractions was my first choice but in the interview she asked me a lot of Hospitality questions and now I’m thinking I would really enjoy working Hospitality. I really do not remember a whole lot about my interview questions. A lot of the questions were about previous work experience. I am replaying everything in my mind and there are a few things that I would like to do over but hey you can’t change the past! Anyways I am hoping and praying for a good turnout! Good luck to those applying and waiting on those purple folders. :)

Let it snow (or not!)

Tomorrow is a very important day!  At 10:30 in the morning I am going to answer the phone with sweaty palms (ew) and hopefully have a great interview and by 11:00 it will all be over with and I can finally breathe again. After another long restless night I finally got some sleep and awoke to 4 or more inches of snow on the ground. I’m usually okay with snow but not today. I had to get home in time so I could prepare for the interview and be well rested for the morning. But my apartment complex is at the bottom of a hill and my car does not handle in snow to well, not to mention my car covered by snow! Luckily I have great friends at school that helped me clean off my car and get it up the hill. Yay for awesome SIC athletes!!!! So I made it home and I still feel extremely nervous!!! So wish me luck!!!

Special shout out to Ernest, Gabi, Katie, and Ellie for helping  clean off my car (luv you all)!

Day 21

Today’s question is…

Favorite character to see in the park?

What an easy question…

Enough said....

Online application completed

            This must be fate! Today started out as a stressful day. Last night I couldn’t sleep at all, the last time I remember looking at the phone it was 4:15. So today I woke up 9:15 only to realize that my alarm clock had been set for 8:00 p.m. instead of a.m. so I wasn’t in the best mood. Then I received a text message saying that my next class (the only one I had left for today) was cancelled. Luckily for me my softball practice was also cancelled so I had the entire day to do nothing.

           

 For some reason I had the urge to get on http://www.wdwcollegeprogram.com/ where I noticed that they were no longer looking for just culinary arts participants but for fall ’11 participants as well! So I sent out a mass text to my family explaining what I would be doing. And I clicked on Apply Now and Get Started.

          

  Watching the E Presentation – unfortunately my school does not have the presentation but in a way I am okay with that. I have seen the E Presentation a few times (helps me get my Disney fix) so this time was nothing new except… THIS TIME I AM ACTUALLY APPLING!!! About halfway through the presentation I thought to myself will these people ever shut up? Not because I didn’t enjoy the presentation because trust me I did! I just really wanted to get on with the process.

         

   The Online Application- to be honest it took me a good minute to get the courage to click continue. I have test anxiety, and it is even worse knowing that this is something I really want to do.  While answering the question I kept preparing myself for rejection. I kept thinking to myself that if I didn’t pass I would just try again for the next available Spring Program. I was so nervous! When the last question turned into the page that said next steps phone interview. I actually started screaming I couldn’t believe it.  I called Disney College Recruiting and was put on hold for 2 minutes which was fine by me because the hold music was there’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (foreshadowing hopefully!) Then I scheduled my interview for Friday at 10:30. Then I called everyone in my family to tell them the news! They were all very happy for me!

           

 What is next? -  To be honest I don’t know that answer. Tonight I am going to hang out with my roommates and friends and have a great time! Tomorrow I have softball practice and basketball games. Friday 10:30 interview then who cares! I am so excited I feel like I am on top of the world and I haven’t even been accepted. If the phone interview goes badly I will be very upset, but this is God’s plan if he wants me in Florida that’s where I’ll be and if not I will start next fall at SIU and apply again for the Spring Program.

              Any Advice? – Well I am not a good person to give advice since I have not yet been accepted or even had the phone interview. But I do have a few tips. Tip #1 DON’T BE NERVOUS! (do as I say not as I do) Nerves had me so stressed while doing the interview and I hope that no one reading this goes through the same stress that I faced!  Tip #2 be consistent and tell the truth!!! Tip #3 have some fun!!!

So as my final thoughts for this post I will leave you with this...

There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
Shining at the end of every day
There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
And tomorrow’s just a dream away

Man has a dream and that’s the start
He follows his dream with mind and heart
And when it becomes a reality
It’s a dream come true for you and me

So there’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
Shining at the end of every day
There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
Just a dream away