Oh. School.

I haven't posted in a LONG time. I've been drowning in school stuff and sorority stuff to the point that I don't have anything in my life in order, let alone Disney stuff. I know I have __ days to go before I move in on August 20! I'm flying down with my mother in my aunt on August 18 and staying at the Holiday Inn Sunspree until check-in.

I don't have a roommate or apartmentmates yet. Sadface. Haven't had much time to look. I'm considering going random, but I really want to find people to live with before I go down. I have met some incredible people on Facebook and I CANNOT wait to meet them.

If I go down. I'm in the midst of a huge brawl with my advisors and my school's financial aid office. They initially told me I would be able to remain a full time student while on the program. Now they're telling me I'll have to temporarily withdraw from school in order to do the program for a semester, which is absolute BS. My next effort is to find a professor who can sign on with me for an independent study. Which may or may not be totally plausible. I don't know. I only know that I won't be giving up so easily. I WILL be in Florida in August! (right? right?)

But in any case, I am currently 71 hours away from going home for spring break. And that makes me five days out from boarding the Disney Fantasy for its maiden voyage!!!!!!!!! WOOOO!!!! So my energy is focused on that. And the ridiculous amount of work I'll have to do within the next three days, but mostly on that. I think I'm going to post a full trip report on here when I get back, because it's my blog and I can.

Until then, I thought I'd organize my thoughts (because there are way too many of them) and get myself organized. Out loud. In blog form. Bear with me. Here's my to-do list... For before August 17, 2012.

1. Travel on the maiden voyage of the Disney Fantasy and have the best vacation ever. Get advice from crew members about CM life, going from DCP to DCL, etc.
2. Buy and send my DCP Secret Easter Bunny gift
3. Continue vlogging.
4. Book a trip on the Disney Magic for when it's based in Manhattan over the summer.
5. Make a paper countdown chain or something. Be cute like that.
6. Apply and be accepted to the Semester in London program for Spring 2013.
7. Be accepted to an internship for summer 2012.
8. Find a Disney roommate.
9. Make a packing list.
10. Shop for apartment stuff.
11. Start my vinylmation collection once and for all.
12. Reread all of the Harry Potter books in preparation for my season passes to Harry Potter world.

And other stuff. I'll figure it out later.

Six Months From Today

I will be checking in at Vista Way...

This is absofrigginglutely surreal. There's so much I have to do. I need to make a countdown chain. I need a roommate. I need a packing list. I need to see my advisor and register for courses. I need to actually survive this semester...

But six months... SIX MONTHS. SSSSSSIIIIIIXXXXXX MMMMMMOOOOOONNNNNNTTTTTTHHHHHHSSSSSS!!!!!!

ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHH!. WALT WAS RIGHT. DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE. #corny

All day today, everyone was posting about their acceptances in the Facebook group. And my e-mail inbox was empty. Concentrating in class was impossible. Concentrating on homework was impossible. Concentrating on drinking a cup of coffee was impossible. But no one had been accepted for BBB or character attendant yet, so I was hoping they were doing everything by role.

Then, sitting in the coffee shop in my school's library with my friend, at 4:08 p.m., the light on my Blackberry began to flash. And then the RIGHT e-mail inbox was highlighted on my display. And then I opened my inbox to see an e-mail from wdw.college.recruiting and it said "Congratulations" in the subject line and right there... right in the middle of the coffee shop in the middle of my university's library, I screamed.

My friend grabbed my phone from me and read the e-mail before I did. I logged onto my computer and opened it on a full screen. It was so beautiful. It was all purple and pretty and amazing.



Looooook! Isn't it cutteeeeeeeeeeeeeee?


So there it was... on the first day of Fall 2012 acceptances, exactly two weeks from my phone interview date, I was accepted to the Disney College Program.

What's wrong with this picture, though? There's no role here. Disney is doing things differently this year. They're putting a link to your role offer/session offer/pay in the bottom of your e-mail. You have to log in through your new hire portal in order to retrieve all that information.

But in grand Emily fashion, my new hire portal is not functioning. So I'm in! I am! I am! But I don't know when I'm going... or what I'm doing... yet. I spent about a half hour on the phone with recruiting and they told me they were going to fix the issue (it was a glitch in my dashboard... new system, new problems) and resend my acceptance e-mail within 48 hours. I'm going to wait 24, and then I'm going to go crazy.

UPDATE: FEBRUARY 9, 2012, 9:30 AM:

I woke up to my second congratulations e-mail this morning. I HAVE A ROLE! I'll be a CHARACTER ATTENDANT cast member for the FALL 2012 Walt Disney World College Program season! I COULD NOT BE MORE ECSTATIC!



It's TRUE!



While BBB was my first role choice, as a character attendant, I am now in the entertainment division of the company. More so, I'm making the entertainment happen, meaning I'm in production. I'll be able to put Entertainment Production Intern for the Walt Disney Company on my resume, which will help me exponentially in my career. I'll also get to be in the parks, moving around, having interaction with guests of all types from all over the world and introducing children to their heros. My recruiter knew what she was doing, and if I ever get to meet her, I will thank her forever.

This is going to be the experience of a lifetime. I know I will make lifelong friends. I know I will gain valuable work experience. And I know, without a doubt, that I will discover so much about myself and have the time of my life.

I'll be arriving on August 20, 2012 and departing on January 4, 2013. My family is more excited than I am. My mother already booked the Sunspree across the street from Vista Way and our flights to Orlando (yeah, we're flying) for check-in. I'll be arriving in Orlando on August 18.

I can't believe this is actually happening! I can't believe it's FINALLY MY TURN! And of course, I'll be keeping you all updated every step of the way.

The Great Phone Interview Post

I promised I would post briefly about my phone interview experience, so because I'm a good person who keeps her word, that's exactly what I'm gonna do. Hah.

Anyway, applications dropped on January 23. I completed my application and my WBI that afternoon, and scheduled my phone interview for Wednesday, January 25. I wanted sufficient time to prepare myself. I made a master list of all of the questions I've heard of people being asked, in general about the CP, and about all my top role choices. I answered all the questions and put them into a document on my computer to study incessantly... because I am ridiculous. I'll probably post that list to this blog sooner or later.

Anyway, my interview was scheduled for Wednesday evening at 9p.m. TIP #1: Make sure, when you schedule your interview, that you are available for an hour before it and an hour after. Recruiters may or may not call you early, and they may our may not call you late. It won't be that early or late, but if you're like me, you'll want time to psych yourself up beforehand and unwind/analyze the hell out of everything afterward.

If your recruiter still hasn't called you thirty minutes after your assigned time, call DCP recruiting. There might be a problem. TIP #2: Have both your primary and secondary phones within reach of you. Register with two phone numbers, because things may go wrong with a cell phone at any given time (we all know this... they suck). But if you register with your primary number as your cell phone and your secondary number as your home phone, be prepared to receive the call on your home phone. My primary number was my cell, but my recruiter ended up calling me 10 minutes late, on my home phone. I don't know if there was something wrong with my cell... but it didn't ring and I didn't ask.

I had my laptop in front of me with my study sheet ready to go, just in case. I didn't refer to it during the interview. I also had a mug of tea, a glass of water, and my Captain Mickey plush. They helped. I swear.

My recruiter was peppy and sweet, but very concise and to-the-point. Some people on Facebook mentioned that their recruiters chatted with them and cracked jokes and had an interview that lasted over forty minutes long. My recruiter told me that the interview would last for between 10 and 20 minutes, and it lasted exactly 14:45. TIP #3: Don't freak out if your interview is shorter than what you're expecting. All recruiters are different, and they all have different strategies. If yours isn't particularly chatty, that doesn't mean he or she doesn't like you... it means that they're busy and they want to get off the phone. Or it means that they know enough about you from the information you provided.

My interview was after 9p.m., and it felt like my recruiter just really, really wanted to go home for the night. She started off by asking me why I wanted to work for Disney and do the college program at this point in my life. I told her why, and mentioned something about how Disney played a huge role in my life... and said something about Disney Cruise Line. That really got my recruiter going, as she was a former DCL CM. She went off on a tangent and talked to me about the ships for a while. We discussed the Maiden Voyage of the Disney Fantasy that I'll be on... and she didn't really let me finish my answer.

We discussed my past work experience for a while, and I detailed my work in production for my school's programming board and theatre department, and explained that I wanted to go into entertainment production as a career. I finished off with my childcare experience, as I was really trying for a role with BBB. I discussed how I loved being part of the most magical experiences of a child's life... and how being involved with something they'll remember forever truly makes a difference in their lives and their futures and can completely impact the way they see the world.

She asked me what my top role choices were after that. I told her that my first choice was BBB. A very close second was character attendant, third was attractions, and rounding off the top four was merchandise. She proceeded to ask me if I had any hair and makeup experience, and I told her that I worked in the costume department for my school's theatre program and did a lot of theatrical  hair and makeup.

Then she asked me the typical merch situational: what would you do if a phone was ringing, you had a guest in front of you who needed your help, and a co-worker was asking you a question. Then she asked me if I had a driver's license. She asked me if I minded working outside. She asked me if I was receptive to the pay. We talked about the Disney Look and roommates, and that was it. It was done. I had been asked essentially zero situational questions, and I was freaking out. TIP #4: Stop freaking out. If you feel like they haven't asked you enough questions, that might just mean that they got enough information out of the answers you've already given them to place you in a role. Your ability to articulate, your past work experience, your conciseness while answering questions... they all may play a factor in determining what the recruiter thinks of you. The lack of situational questions was a little disconcerting, but I'm just telling myself that she knew what she needed to know about me and how well I'd work in a Disney setting from my past work experience and my love for the company. Based on the situational questions I was asked/my work experience, I'm expecting to be placed in either BBB or merch. I would be shocked if I was given another role, given that character attendant and attractions was not even touched on. But whatever. Che sera, sera.

She wrapped up the interview by saying "We'll see you down here soon!" and I almost jumped out of my chair, when she followed up with "You know, either working for us or on the maiden voyage of the Fantasy." Freudian slip, perhaps? I hope she was covering something up. But she hung up. And it was over, and we were left to wait.

TIP #6: Don't overthink things. Breathe. Smile. THEY CAN TELL. Use your recruiter's name on the phone (not to a point where it's obnoxious, but you know). Relax. Be yourself. Let the conversation flow smoothly. You're just discussing your love of Disney with another person. Be optimistic. Everything will work out.

My "Thank you for Interviewing' e-mail came less than two hours after my interview ended. They said I should hear within two weeks. My recruiter said it would be a 3-5 week wait, but it would probably be more like two. We shall see what transpires...

If you have an interview sometime in the future (oooooooooh, the fuuuuuuuuutureeeeeeeee), best of luck! May all your dreams come true!

The Application Process in a [Giant] Nutshell

For those of you who may be applying in the future (oooh, the future! Hello out there! Greetings, Earthlings, from 2012! okay I'll stop), I wanted to make a purely informational post about the application process and what to expect. Because I was looking for one myself.

As far as I have read/heard from alumni, the application process has changed recently, and changed even more so this semester. So it might change before Spring 2013 apps even go live, which would make this entire post completely irrelevant, but so be it.

INITIAL APPLICATION: 

Fall 2012 applications went up at midnight ET on Monday, January 23. All applications are done online, because, after all, this is the 21st century. The website was crashing and bugging out that entire first day, but that is to be expected when 8,000 Disney nuts are all scrambling to apply at once. You don't have to apply the first day applications drop, but most people like to, just to be ahead of the game.

I started my application at around 12:05, and finished at around 1:05... it shouldn't take you that long, but I went over everything with a fine toothed comb to check for mistakes. And it's easy to make mistakes. A lot of people do, and some people are immediately rejected because of it. Disney has no mercy.

The first phase of the online app is entering all of your demographic information: name, birthdate, SSN, address, whether you're enrolled at an accredited institution* (THIS IS A BIGGIE!), whether you are over the age of 18* (ANOTHER BIG ONE!), what you're studying, etc. It's all pretty self explanatory. It then moves into your work history and tells you to put everything including paid jobs, internships, and volunteer work. I took this to mean extracurricular activities as well, so I listed the relevent stuff. It only gives you space for six jobs, so choose wisely. You'll need to know start dates and end dates, employer names, employer locations, and job titles. There is no job description. If you forget anything or want to put more in but can't fit it, there is a place to upload your resume, but I'll get to that later.

After this, you're taken to more yes or no questions, mostly about whether you're receptive to the pay and whether or not you would submit to a background check if hired. These are also BIG DEALS. For all of these important questions, there are drop-down menus. It is easy to accidental scroll within these drop down boxes if they're still highlighted and you're moving on down the page. It is really, really easy not to notice. a simple twitch of the finger can change the tone of your application from, "I'm a happy-go-lucky college student who has big dreams of working for The Mouse" to "I'm an evil, vicious sex offender with something to hide." So CHECK YOURSELF (before you wreck yourself).

If you answer something wrong (either by accident or... well, not) and you don't meet the qualifications, they'll send you an e-mail essentially saying, "You're not Disney material. Have a nice day." If you do meet the qualifications, they'll send you a confirmation e-mail to ensure that the application is submitted. In the beginning, these were coming within 20 minutes of submitting your app. Now, I'm hearing they're coming almost instantaneously. I guess it depends on the servers and when you apply. At this point, they'll invite you to log into your dashboard. NOTE: The WBI is not offered immediately after the initial application anymore.

DASHBOARD: 

Disneycollegeprogram.com. Upper left hand corner. There's a little silver speedometer icon. Click it. Log in with the username and password you've registered your application with, and you'll have access to your dashboard. Disney will use this page to communicate with you. It'll list all the e-mail notifications you have received, and all of the invitations you have (for your WBI and your phone interview, eventually). Once you schedule your phone interview, the appointment will show up in your Registered/Upcoming events module. It's pretty easy to figure out.

There is a place to upload your resume if you feel you haven't given enough information. I don't know if recruiters actually look at anything that is uploaded, but it's worth a shot. In the top left hand corner of your dashboard there will be a link that reads: Resume (1). Click it. It will give you the opportunity to upload a .doc or .pdf file and title it. The document that is already there is just stuff taken from your application. Once it is uploaded, the link on your dashboard should read: Resume (2). 

The dashboard will also give you your application status. The general course that I have seen thus far for application statuses is Applied --> Pending Review --> In Progress. If someone at recruiting needs to make a change on your account, your status will be Action Needed.

*DO NOT look at your dashboard in Firefox if you're expecting to check your application status. I checked in Firefox at work the morning after I submitted my application and I had no status at all, where everyone else had Pending Review. I panicked and thought Disney was shunning me. By  the time I was able to check my dash on Internet Explorer,  I was already In Progress.

E-MAIL WAITING GAME: 

So after you've submitted your initial application and have gotten your confirmation e-mail, you have to sit and wait some more. The e-mail with the invitation for your Web-Based Interview will be in your inbox shortly. If you successfully applied in the first round, you're automatically going to round two. If you've taken the WBI and passed it in the past six months or if you are a current Disney cast member, you do not have to take the WBI... you will move straight onto the phone interview. If you failed the WBI within the past six months, you'll have to wait six months to take it again. But Disney will notify you of your status in an e-mail. Just sit tight and wait for it, because it's coming.

WEB-BASED INTERVIEW: 

If your e-mail invites you to take the WBI, WOOHOO! You've made it to round two! I, personally, was absolutely petrified about the WBI... I failed a similar test over the summer, and I like to think I'm a fairly intelligent person with a decent amount of common sense. I realized during the Disney WBI what I did wrong. Now, take heed that these are not official answers. I did not best the WBI in a battle of wits. But there are two things I did that I think helped me tremendously in passing.

1) Be consistant. Everyone was telling me this from the get go, and I didn't realize, truly, what that meant until I entered into the test. There are three parts to the WBI, the first will ask you generic questions about yourself, and then it will gradually move into the second part: asking you work-related questions (do you work better in groups or individually, do you work better as part of a team, etc.).  In part three, they'll give you a bunch of statements and ask you to which level you agree with them. They'll ask you the same question in part three in different ways, so it's important that you stay consistant within those, BUT -- and this is something no one told me about ahead of time -- they will ask you questions that refer back to the questions in part one and two. Sometimes, they'll be worded in such a way that you won't even notice. But most of them -- if not all of them -- are throwbacks to the first parts of the interview. MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER CONSISTANTLY! Remember what you put down. The easiest way to do this is to be honest. Answer what you truly feel about yourself. Remember, that Disney is looking for Disney-level employees who have Disney-like qualities. Those are commitment to guest service, working well in teams, adaptable and flexible with their work schedule, calm and collected and cheery, and dependable. If you're not these things, maybe it's not the best decision to apply. If you're gonna apply anyway, make sure you answer in this direction. Which brings me to...

2) Answer strongly! This may very well be a myth, but it makes sense to me. Disney wants people who are sure of themselves in all situations and confident in their attributes. For the agreement survey, you will get five options. (1) Strongly Disagree, (2) Disagree, (3) Neutral, (4) Agree, (5) Strongly Agree. Notice that it doesn't say, "I agree always, all the time, no matter what." STRONGLY is not an absolute answer. So if the question is "I am almost always on time," but you were late to class a few times last semester and whenever you're going to a party you know not to arrive at exactly 10:00 and your friends can wait for you at Starbucks while you finish straightening your hair, but you would NEVER be late to work... especially if you're working for Disney and lateness is grounds for termination... answer (5). Because in a working situation, you are almost always on time. You are not ABSOLUTELY ON TIME DOWN TO THE MILISECOND ON THE ATOMIC CLOCK FOREVER AND EVER, but you strongly agree that you are almost always on time. And that's fine. It's not a lie. It's not sugarcoating it. You can throw in a few neutrals and agrees/disagrees if need be, but stick to the strong answers. It shows that you're confident.

But still -- and I'm repeating myself but it's my blog so I don't care -- make sure your agreement survey answers correspond adequately to your answers on part one and two. If you got the question about dependability on part two, and you answered "I'm about as dependable as most people" instead of "I'm the most dependable person I know," Don't answer the "I'm the most dependable person I know" on the agreement survey with a (5)... because then you would just be lying. You just told them that you weren't. That said, you should always be the most dependable person you know. If you can't depend on yourself, who can?

The agreement survey portion is timed. I think you have about 20 seconds for each question, which is a little quick, but plenty of time once you get used to it. Try not to let the questions time out, but if you do, don't panic. I let one time out and I passed two questions later.

Anyway, all in all, be true to yourself, be honest, and be smart. This relys very heavily on common sense. Don't rush... read carefully. If you did well on the reading comp section of your SATs, you should be golden. If not, take some practice tests.

MORE WAITING:

If you pass the WBI, a nice little congratulations screen will pop up, and it will tell you to sit tight while you wait for yet another e-mail that will invite you to schedule your phone interview. They say it'll be within 24 hours, but I never heard of anyone getting one in more than 20 minutes. Once you get that e-mail, it will take you to the portal -- connected to your dashboard -- where you can set up your phone interview.

SCHEDULING YOUR PHONE INTERVIEW: 

Yay! You made it this far! One more step to go. Scheduling your phone interview is pretty self-explanatory. You do it online. (I know in the past, you made a call, but now everything is online so... yeah.) You'll be able to choose whatever time you want your interview to be from 8 a.m. to... I think 11 p.m. ET. Enter your primary and secondary phone numbers... and make sure that you'll have access to both phones at the time of the interview, because they'll call either one at random. Click submit and you're done. The interview will show up on your dashboard as an appointment, and you'll get a confirmation e-mail about twenty minutes after you've scheduled.

If you have a problem -- it says the interview spot is full or the website freaks out on you -- just call Disney college recruiting and they'll be able to help.

PHONE INTERVIEW: 

First things first. Breathe. Don't panic. It will all be okay. You WILL survive it, I promise. Remember that the interviewers are Disney CMs who are trained to make you feel good and calm and respond positively to any answer you give (unless you have a dud recruiter, and there are a few of them).

They could call fifteen minutes early, they could call a half hour late. Most likely, they'll call late. If it's over 30 minutes and you're still waiting, give DCP recruiting a call and let them know. Again, make sure you have both listed lines available to you, as they could call either one... they won't necessarily stick to your primary number.

Sit in a quiet room, free of distractions. Make yourself a cup of tea or something to calm your nerves, and have a cheat sheet in front of you with your answers to some of the most popular questions. Don't read off the answers unless you're a fabulous actor who is incredible at reading a script... but you can totally use it to get an idea of what you want to say. You probably won't even have to use it, but for me, it was comforting to have.

Smile as you talk... try to crack jokes -- even if the interviewer isn't really in a laughing mood. Be assertive with your answers and ask questions at the end. Interviews can go anywhere from, like, 9 minutes to -- in extreme case -- almost 40. The average is 10-15. If your interview is short, don't worry about it. All recruiters have different personalities.

Normally, your recruiter will ask you the ever-important "Why do you want to work for Disney?" question, ask you about your past work experience and how they pertain to what you want to do during the CP, and then ask you what your top roles are and situational questions based on those roles. There will aslo be generic work-related questions (At what pace to you work? Blahblahblah) and housing-related questions and questions about the Disney look and whether you're receptive to the pay, etc. The amount of situational questions you're asked depends on your recruiter and... probably your work experience. But it's different for everyone.

If you want to be signed up for a character performer audition, let your recruiter know on the phone. They'll put you on a list. If you want to request a working area if you're accepted, let your recruiter know on the phone. (NOTE: A lot of people in the Fall 2012 Facebook group said that recruiters were not doing that this season, but my recruiter was happy to take down my request... so different strokes for different folks, I guess.)

Whatever you do... stay calm and be nice and breathe and you'll be fine.

I'll post a more descriptive explanation of my personal interview sometime soon. Like, after I can feel my fingers again. I've been typing for way too long. 

THE WAITING GAME... AGAIN: 

This is probably the hardest part. I'm only 12 hours in, and I'm already in need of a Disney rehabilitation program. Your recruiter will tell you a timeframe in which you'll hear back. It will vary based on your top role choices, when in the game you apply, and how your recruiter is feeling on that particular day. 

This season, I think the shortest timeframe someone was given for decision responses was three days. The longest was 3-5 weeks. You'll get an e-mail thanking you for interviewing, and depending on the season and when you have your interview, it will give you a more official timeframe in which you can expect a response. Mine said within two weeks. So fingers crossed.

Once you wait and wait and wait and want to die of waiting, you'll get an e-mail with your decision. You'll either be accepted, rejected, or pended. Being pended is essentially being put on the waiting list. If there are spots available for your roles, you'll be put into one at the end of the hiring season. If not, you'll be rejected. The DCP seems like it's getting more and more competitive every semester, and every semester I hear about more rejections, so no one is ever a shoo-in. Just apply to the best of your ability and know that you did everything as well as you possibly could.

Best of luck to all!

Disney's First Fall 2012 Reject?

WOO! MIGHT BE THIS GIRL!

Might be overreacting, but when I woke up this morning, everyone else in the world had an application status of "Pending Review." 

I had a big ol'... blank space. So at this time there is no application status. Maybe this means I'm super special and they already reviewed my application and I should be getting my WBI invitation in the next thirty seconds....(30 seconds later... still nothing). Or that they already reviewed my application and they discovered that I was the worst applicant they have ever received in the entire history of the Disney College Program. Or maybe they just plan on never reviewing my application. That would be cute. 

The icing on the cake is that when I click on the program under Application Status & Communications in my dashboard, I get this snazzy little message: 

Cool, Disney. Cool.

WHATEVER COULD IT MEAN?! 

So  basically, Disney is making me neurotic and paranoid and insane and this is me at my absolute worst. Enjoy. 

More updates to come throughout the day as I get them/drive myself into a more excruciating panic. If nothing changes by like, 2 p.m., I'm calling them.

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UPDATE: 12:30 p.m.

Ignore me. I'm stupid. My WBI invitation came at 12:19 p.m. WOOOO!

I'm at work, so I decided that maybe I should actually... like, do work. I shut off my phone, logged out of Facebook and my dashboard, and promised myself I would not look at anything again until I'd completed the task I was working on. It took me about an hour. Checked my e-mail again at 12:25, and the invitation was sitting there, waiting for me, looking all pretty and stuff.

THANK YOU, DISNEY. I LOVE YOU TOO.

 So now I'm gonna go pray I don't fail beast out my WBI. Updates to come. Laterrrr.
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UPDATE: 1:15 p.m.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! SLDFKJS($*(U!!!!!!

UPDATE: 1:45 p.m.

Now we have this. 

  Wednesday at 9 p.m. I need adequate time to prepare the hell out of myself. Also, I need to ensure that I'm home from work/well fed/not cranky. I'll post more about my rollercoaster of an emotional application process when I stop shaking and stuff.

MAY THE LUNATICS OF THE WORLD REJOICE!

... myself included.
Applications for Fall/FA 2012 went up at exactly midnight on Monday, January 23 to a mass explosion of epic proportions. The Facebook group all flipped their collective lids (I would use different language... but I'm teaching myself how to stop cursing... for Disney's sake) and I could hear screaming coming from all four corners of the US.

I filled out the application slower than I have ever done anything in my entire life. By the time I finished, it was after 1, and I logged in at about 12:10, so chew on that for a bit.

I listed five roles as high priority, five as moderate, four as low priority, and four as no chance in hell.
High priority included BBB (my dream job and all of yours too, it seems), Character Attendant, Attractions, Merch, and Character Performer, on the off chance that they want a spastic girl who's about 5'7".

Moderate included, from what I can remember, FSFB, Photopass, Lifeguard, Concierge, andddd...Vacation Planner.

Low priority included Main Entrance Ops (which is meh for me) all of the hotel roles (I really want to be in a park, so yeah.) And no priority was reserved for the fun things like custodial (yes, I love Disney, but no, I will not clean up anyone's vomit.), QSFB (trust me, you don't want me working with your food), transportation (you don't want me driving your monorail either), hopper (because they said I need to want to work in QSFB and Custodial and that's a big fat no) and... something else that I can't quite remember.


But anyway, finished it in an hour and then waited for the confirmation e-mail that I wasn't getting and everyone else was. After what felt like four days (and really was about four minutes), it showed up in my inbox.

Look how pretttttttyyyyyyyyyyyy.

And there we have it. Now we wait for the invitation to the WBI (hopefully... please... pretty please?) and then we do some more waiting. But I have, as of right this very second, officially applied to the WDWCP. Whoa.