Mondays are NEVER fun, but when I realized I was past the 70 day mark and 10 weeks from check in it made my Monday a million times better!!! I've been itching to post again since my first one but I decided to hold off a few days. To keep my readers on the edge of their seats....all 100 of you. AND OMG GUYS 100 VIEWS LIKE WHOA I DID NOT EXPECT THAT!!!!! Ya'll totally rock. Honestly thought it was gonna be like 5. Sooooo let's get going with some more wonderful info about the magic that is the DCP!!
I thought I might explain what it's been like in the past 4 months since I found out about my acceptance and what I've had to do. There's actually a lot to it that I get A TON of questions about so this might clear things up for my family and friends, and hopefully in the future help other newly accepted participants manage their wait time!
Right off the bat after I found out my acceptance there was a small series of steps I had to take to officially accept my job offer. The DCP is a paid internship so there was some immediate paperwork that had to be taken care of. I had to read some info, press a few buttons, give some personal info, and pay the DCP fee. (Which is actually super cheap compared to what this experience entails. You'd think it'd be an arm and a leg!) So really that was very simple and nothing you actually want to hear about.
The next thing I did is something I HIGHLY recommend to any person who is even thinking about applying for the DCP. Join the Facebook groups! There is a huge private FB group for everyone doing the DCP for that season and it can be very useful! I didn't join it until after I got accepted but a lot of the people joined during their pending application process. I didn't mention this in my last post but while my application process took about a month, some people wait 2-3 months to find out if they got accepted! I was one of the lucky ones...
But anyway back to the topic at hand! These FB groups can be very supportive. If you have any questions they've probably already been asked on the group and it just takes a few clicks to find your answer! If you can't find it then ask it. You'll get an answer almost immediately. They're also a pretty supportive bunch! You can also join specified groups. For example I'm in a group for DCP Lifeguards as well as one for the DCPers on the Spring Advantage Quarter system. It's a great way to connect!
Speaking of connecting... The next thing you might wanna do is find your roommate. It's not something that has to be done so fast, or even has to be done at all! Disney does give you the opportunity to pick your roommates. Originally I thought I was going to room with someone I went to school with. This made me super excited because the thought of finding someone on FB that I had never met, to live with me for 4 months, was just terrifying! Well unfortunately her program fell through and I was left to face my fear.
Disney has some rules when it comes to roommates. The person you live with has to have the same arrival and departure date as you and they have to be of the same gender. Also if you're under 21 you have to live in wellness (no alcohol allowed) and if you're 21 and up you can choose to live in non-wellness (alcohol is allowed), but if you're over 21 then you can live in wellness if you want. So I searched the Spring Advantage Quarter group (most all of us had the same program dates) and finally found someone that I felt comfortable with.
I am SO lucky to have found Julia!! We obviously haven't met but we text on an almost daily basis and we are basically the same fabulous person. We share a love for Harry Potter and Christmas. She's a tallie just like me and we are definitely the best looking roomies in the DCP. We plan on going to Harry Potter World together with our mommies before check in so we can all bond. I can't wait for us to become total besties!! Love you girl!! :)
After you've found your roommate it's basically just a big waiting game. I've preoccupied my time by watching Disney movies, reading DCP blogs, texting Julia, talking about it non stop and driving all my friends crazy, making plans with mom, and making a genuine effort to keep myself sane from the waiting. Now keep in mind that since I am one of the roughly 70 (out of a total of like 3,000 DCPers) who is stuck doing the Spring Advantage Quarter system because of the school I attend. This means I am in the last group to arrive and I have the longest waiting time. The normal Spring Program students started check in dates at the beginning of January! So you can imagine how miserable this is for us waiting till APRIL!!!! Ugh.
There were a few things to take care of. For example I had to tell my current job I was leaving, I had to make special accommodations with Kappa Delta, I had to tell my roommates I was leaving early, take care of things with school and TOPS for taking a quarter off, etc. While I haven't had much to do, things are about to kick into overdrive. The month of February marks the end of winter quarter at Tech and my time to move back home. Classes end on the 27th and I have to be moved home on the 28th. During March I have LOTS to do. Roseball (My boyfriend's fraternity formal) is the first weekend in March, I have to visit family and friends one last time before I leave, I have TONS to pack, and make arrangements for our time in Orlando before check in. There's much to get done but I am SO very excited!!! Hopefully all of this will make time fly and before I know it it'll be April!
So this might not have been the most entertaining post, but hopefully it answered some questions now and any questions that future DCPers might have that read this. Also, like I mentioned, I was just itching to get something down on paper (or computer screen) again to keep me sane during this awful wait!! Who knows what the next one will be about or when it might come out. But if you have any questions or suggestions for something to post let me know! I'm really starting to like this whole blogging thing...
Peace, Love, and Pixie Dust!
Amy Dousay
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