Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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!)

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