Packing List

Since I'm 29 days from leaving and I've kinda  already started to pack some stuff I thought I'd write out my packing list. This is specifically what I'm bringing, but feel free to get ideas from it.

BH= Buy at home
BF= Buy in Florida
R= Roommate is bringing


Clothes:

• Tops
• All Tank tops
• All Short sleeves
• ~4 Long sleeves
• 2 Hoodies
• 2 Zip-ups
• 2-3 blouses (for Traditions/Training)
• Bottoms
• All Shorts
• 1 Capris
• 2-3 Jeans
• 3-4 Leggings
• 4 Skirts (including pencil skirt for Traditions/training)
• Jackets
• Rain jacket
• Light, grey jacket
• ~5 Dresses
• Bags
• Brown
• Tan
• Pink Cross-body
• Small Backpack/Bag to take to parks (BH)
• Shoes
• Converse
• Sneakers
• Brown Sandals
• Black Sandals
• Flip flops
• Flats (BH)
• Pajamas
• T-Shirts
• Shorts
• PJ Bottoms
• All socks, underwear, bras, bandeau
• 2 Bathing Suits
• 2 Sunglasses

Bedroom:

• Bedding
• Comforter (BF)
• Sheets (BF)
• Pillowcases (BF)
• Pillows
• Blankets
• Mattress Pad (BH/BF)
• Laundry Basket
• Hangers
• Closet Organizer
• Storage Containers (BF)
• Lock (BH)
• Stuffed Animals
• Multi-outlet plug-in

Bathroom

• Toiletries (BH)
• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Body wash
• Face wash
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Razor
• Deodorant
• Lotion
• Heat-spray
• Makeup
• Makeup wipes
• Nail polish
• Band-aids/First-aid kit
• Pads
• Straightener
• Curling Wand
• Blow dryer
• Hairbrush
• Towels (BH)
• Washcloths
• Bath towels
• Beach towels
• Shower curtain (BF)
• Bath rug (BF)
• Hand Soap (BF)
• Toothbrush Holder (BF)
• Tissues (BF)
• Toilet paper (BF)

Kitchen

• Toaster (R)
• Coffee maker (R)
• Crock Pot (R)
• Blender (R/BF)
• Water pitcher (BF)
• Tupperware (BH)
• Water bottle
• Extra cups, bowls, mugs
• Cooking utensils not provided in apartment(BF)
• Oven mitt (BF)
• Napkins (BF)
• Paper towels (BF)
• Paper towel holder? (BF)
• Dish soap (BF)
• Dish sponge (BF)
• Dishwasher detergent (BF)
• Dish drying rack (BF)
• Oven mitts (BF)

Cleaning Supplies (BF)

• Windex
• Swiffer (R)
• Vacuum
• Broom & Dustpan
• Bathroom Cleaner
• Toilet bowl Cleaner
• Febreeze
• Trash bags
• Laundry detergent

Living Room/General

• TV (R)
• Router
• Board games
• Headbanz
• Would You Rather
• DVDs
• Wii (R)
• PS3 (R)
• Iron (R)
• Ironing board (R)
• Steamer (R)
• Post-its (BF)
• Thumbtacks (BF)
• Light bulbs (BF)
• Powerstrip

Other

• All appropriate paperwork
• I-9 Documents
• Voided Check?
• Umbrella 
• Laptop
• Camera
• iPad?
• Jambox
• Shower Speaker
• All chargers
• Lunchbox
• Headphones
• Wristlet
• 
  

My DCP Bucket List

Just a few things I hope to do during my program.

General:

1. Earn my ears
2. See a celebrity
3. Witness a proposal
4. Meet a guest from Buffalo
5. Create at least one magical moment for a guest
6. Receive and give a GSF
7. Take one picture every day of anything I see
8. Take a picture with every character
9. Collect more Vinylmations
10. Attend a housing event
11. Spend New Years in the parks
12. Take a picture with Mickey at each park
13. Participate in Dapper Day
14. Go to a character dining experience
15. Go to all 4 parks in one day
16. Ride all 4 mountains in one day (Splash, Space, Big Thunder, & Everest)
17. Go on every ride/attraction in every park
18. Stay in every park from open to close
19. See every parade & every show
20. Buy at least one ride picture
21. Roomie picture in every park
22. Find as many hidden Mickey’s as I can
23. Get a shirt from every park
24. Disneybound
25. VoluntEAR
26. Shop at Company D
27. Shop at Property Control & Cast Connection
28. Go to the beach
29. Visit Harry Potter world
30. Stay at one of the really nice resorts when my mom comes to visit
31. Get something to commemorate the DCP
32. Buy a DCP hoodie
33. Graduate from the DCP

Magic Kingdom

1. See the opening show
2. Ride Seven Dwarves Mine Train
3. Attend Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party
4. Attend the Christmas Party
5. Attend the filming of the Christmas Day Parade
6. Work a Christmas/Halloween Party shift
7. Finally try a Dole Whip
8. Eat at Be Our Guest
9. Try the Grey Stuff
10. Watch wishes from the back of the castle
11. Get Starbucks
12. Haunted Mansion back stage tour
13. Ride Space Mountain with the lights on
14. Play the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game

Epcot

1. Eat around the world
2. Take a picture in every country
3. Try various different drinks on my 21^st Birthday
4. Eat at as many pavilions as I can during Food & Wine
5. Swim with the dolphins
6. Try all of the pop at Club Cool

Hollywood Studios

1. Eat at Sci-fi Drive in
2. Eat at 50’s Prime Time and get a PB&J Milkshake
3. Ride the Tower of Terror 13 times in a row
4. Get picked for Indiana Jones Show
5. Be the rebel spy on Star Tours
6. High Score in Toy Story Midway Mania

Animal Kingdom

1. Ride Dinosaur with my sister & recite entire ride together
2. Ride Dinosaur as many times in a row as possible
3. Ride Expedition Everest as many times in a row as possible
4. Ride the first Kilimanjaro Safari of the day
5. Go to the petting zoo at Rafiki’s Planet Watch

Downtown Disney & Boardwalk

1. Eat at Earl of Sandwich
2. Go on Characters in Flight
3. Attempt the kitchen sink with the roomies
4. Go to Jellyrolls
5. See a show at the House of Blues
6. See the Cirque du Soleil show La Nouba
7. Go to DisneyQuest

Typhoon Lagoon & Blizzard Beach

1. Go to both water parks
2. Go on Summit Plummet
3. Surfing lessons at Typhoon Lagoon

Random Post(s?)

I really want to get into the habit of blogging while I'm down there so for the next 48(!) days I am going to try to post random DCP/Disney related updates until then. 

So I am only 48 days until I check in to the Disney College Program, 44 days until I start the drive down there, and 42 days until my final day at my current job! The time is flying by!

I have been passing the time by reading and watching any DCP related thing I can find online. It's kind of bad because I am really procrastinating on school work even though I usually do that anyways but I do not care because DISNEY! I literally cannot stop talking about how excited I am; I am sure that everyone I work with is tired of me trying to sneak it in to casual conversation. For example I'll randomly ask "Is anyone doing anything exciting this summer?" wink, wink. Then someone replies something along the lines of "Well, I'm getting a second job at a summer camp and--" Cue me jumping in "OH that's cool, did you hear I'm moving to Disney World?!?!?!?!" It is just so exciting to talk about!

Speaking of, Monday night my roommates and I had our first video chat! It was actually just 4 of us, one of the girls could not join us because she had a project and test the next day so she had to work on those things but she'll join us next time. Our chat was so fun though! We talked for like 5 hours, it was amazing; we all got along really well, we laughed and joked around, we made plans for check-in day, talked about apartment stuff, we even planned on a group Halloween costume (I'll keep that a secret until then). It reassured me that we had an amazing group and that we are all going to get along famously. It  really was so awesome talking to them and it made me even more excited, if that's possible!

I just can't wait until May 27th! I've already started to buy things and put clothes aside to take down there. I wrote out an entire packing list during class the other day oops? I included things I already have that I plan on packing, things I still need to buy here in Buffalo, and things I plan to buy in Florida. I'll probably post it once I type it all up, if anyone ever ends up reading this it may come in handy to them!

Reading blogs, talking to my roommates more, setting stuff aside to pack, it is making this all so surreal. I can't believe I'll be moving to Florida in 7 weeks and starting an internship with Disney!

Introduction

Hello, my name is Paige and welcome to my Disney College Program Blog! Here I will be blogging about my experience as a DCP cast member; I will try to update every week with stories or pictures of what I've done during that time. 

A little about me: As you know my name is Paige, I'm 20 years old and obviously I am a huge Disney fan. I'm currently an undergrad student majoring in Speech-Language Pathology and after going on to grad school and getting my masters I hope to get a job in a school where I can work with children as a speech pathologist. Currently I work in an independent living home for the elderly as a server and I've been there for a little over three years now. I have a huge Greek family that I love, I'm 5'0", my favorite color is blue, I'm really sarcastic, I have two cock-a-poos that I adore, I will probably use too many exclamation points in my posts, and that basically sums me up!

About my acceptance: I was accepted on March 13th for Fall Advantage as an attractions cast member! Fall Advantage was actually my second choice but I am so incredibly happy that I only have to wait until May 27th to check in rather than wait the entire summer! Also I am so excited that I got my top role (well it was tied with character attendant but still!). When I applied I was pended for about one and a half weeks; I applied right when applications came out, web interview the next day, phone interview February 11th, then pended on March 4th, exactly three weeks after my interview. The day I got accepted I decided I was not going to keep checking my phone for an email or log on to my dashboard and I would just let it happen and hope I would get the email unexpectedly, and I did! 
**Also I want to note that my younger sister was also accepted before me! She will be joining me in Disney August 4th as a merchandise cast member! Which is so awesome because if we ever get home sick (and I know we will) we both will be down there together!

What I am doing now: Preparing for my DCP check-in day of course! I have found four amazing girls to live with and we all get along great. We are hoping for a two bedroom in Patterson, there will be five of us so there will be two in one room and three in the other due to Disney changing the room options for this program. A lot of people are upset about this but I am actually excited, we don't have to go looking for another roommate (we had one other girl we planned to room with but she decided that this was not the right time for her to do the DCP) and the rent is going to be much cheaper, which is always great! We have started figuring out who is bringing what and I have begun mentally figuring out what I will be bringing down with me (I always over pack, so this will be tough for me). Also my lease for my car is up in September so at the end of this month I will deciding whether or not I want to buy Judy (my car) or turn her in and get something new. Lots of things to get done before May 24th (the day I start my 19 hour drive to Disney).

56 days until I check in (and only 53 until I leave Buffalo!)