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!