Meet my Roooomies!!!

I am finally starting to settle in and Florida is amazing! I am so happy with my roommates and we all get along so well. A popular welcoming activity that roommates do in the DCP is roommate gifts. I knew my roommates ahead of time so I was easily able to do this. Roommate gifts are exactly what they sound like, it’s where you make a gift for all your roommates! You can get them all the same thing or personalize it to their interest.

Lauren (Lo or L.L. Cool J)

Lauren went to school up in Massachusetts and is a certified teacher! Her and I are the most similar and I know we are going to have so much fun and make so many memories this Program. She is a big ball of fun and always keeps everyone laughing.

The roomie gift she gave us were beach themed mason jars with fireflies’ lights in them and our names on them. This gift was so sweet because she gave us a little bit of her with these gifts. She loves the beach and plans on teaching in Florida once she is done with the program!

Destini (Des or Dez-a-razz-a-razz)

Des goes to college in Georgia and is going to her super-duper awesome senior year as a theatre major. Des is my actual roommate and we get along perfectly! She is so laid back and chill and keeps our friend group humble! I am so happy to have her as a friend and I know we are going to have a great program together!

The roomie gift she gave us were a personalized blanket with our initials on it. It was so thoughtful and nice of her. We all use our blankets every day!

Gabriella (Gabs or Yo Gabba, Gabba)

Gabs goes to college in New York and is going into her senior year as an advertising major. She is so funny and artsy! She is our roommate that will be crafting everything for us! Every time I am with her I am always laughing and I know we will have a great program together!

The roomie gift she gave us were personalized notebooks. She painted our favorite characters or princess or movies on our notebooks. The books are amazing and I plan on using it as a journal for my program.

Viktorija (Vic or Icky Vicky)

Vic goes to college in Illinois and is going to be a junior studying theatre! She is so fun and loving and makes everyone’s day so much better! She is also very artsy and is very talented all around in the fine arts. I love acting and so does she so I can’t wait to go to plays with her! I am so excited for all the memories we are going to make this year.

The roommate gift she gave us were personalized letters with our favorite characters and a sign with our name on it. It was so awesome and thoughtful. We are all hanging our letters in our living room and I am going to hang my sign on the door!

Amresse (Armrest or Yonce)

Amresse goes to college in Pennsylvania. She is going into her senior year as a communications major. Amresse is such a character hahaha. She is very energetic and keeps our house lively! She is also ALWAYS MISSING IN ACTION. It’s a big problem haha! It’s going to be such a fun program with her and I can’t wait for all the memories we make!

The roommate gift she gave us were personalized to our style. Mine was Paris themed and I LOVE it! It was so thoughtful and nice.

All in all, I am so exciting for my program. We all get along so well and I can’t wait for all of the fun adventures we are going to go on together. Until next time!!

Going Back to Disney!!

Hello! It's been awhile since I last wrote, but I am starting to write again! Mainly because I am doing another Disney College Program!! I am so excited and I leave in two days! One of my best friends from college, who is also my sorority sister, is going to be driving down with me to Florida on Friday. Everything is happening so quickly, but I am excited to start this next chapter in my life! My college program officially starts August 7^th and ends January 4^th!

Fall Program

My first program was in the spring and this time I will be going in the fall! The fall program is typically one of the busier ones because of all the holidays. I am sad that I am going to be away from my family for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I am excited I get to bring joy and magic to other families who will be visiting Disney around this time! Other exciting things you get to be a part of during the fall program are all of the holiday parties! Disney has Christmas and Halloween parties all throughout the rest of the year. The first Halloween party kicks off at the end of August, so Disney is going to start putting up all of their Halloween decorations really soon! Disney also hosts something called the Food and Wine Festival in the fall. This takes place in Epcot and they have food and drinks from over 15 different countries set up for you to taste. I love food so I am excited to go to this!

My Role

So Disney has their own terminology, and your Job is called a “role”. The first time I did the college program I was Merchandise (retail). This time, I accepted a position in Children’s Activities! I am so excited I got this role because not only is it a hard role to get, but it also goes along great with my major! Every year about 40,000 college kids apply to the Disney College Program. Around 4,000-6,000 get accepted into the program, and out of those numbers, only 20-25 college kids get Children’s Activities. I have a role that a lot of people want, but not very many get. And I am so blessed and happy to be given this opportunity!

In this role, I will have multiple tasks. I will need to lead poolside activities: including water games, dances, and various activities, hosting campfires, outdoor movies every night, and things like that! My specific location has something called a Pirate Adventure, which I can get trained to do, and I can take kids on a treasure hunt. This would require me to get my boating licenses because half of the treasure hunt will be on water.

All in all, I am excited to start working with kids again in Disney World! I cannot wait to see the wonderful connections I make in with this job that will help me in the future.

My Location

I will be working at Walt Disney World’s Caribbean Beach Resort! I have never been to this resort so I don’t really know much about it. A lot of my friends have told me they have stayed here and said it’s nice so I am excited! I also talked to a girl who is already working there in my role and she said our location is wonderful and so are our managers, so I am excited to go and meet everyone and check out my new location!

Housing

Disney provides us with apartments to stay in and there are four different ones. My first program, two years ago, I got the oldest apartment, Vista Way. It was quite an experience living there but I knew I wouldn’t want to live there again! And I am happy because my roommates and I, all got our number one choice in Patterson! Patterson is the newest apartment complex and is very beautiful! I will be staying here the whole time until I leave the program. I also have five other roommates and we are a 3 bedroom 3 bath apartment.

I am going to try and update this blog as much as I can! I can’t wait for you guys to see all of my adventures in Disney this semester…until next time!