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Disney College Program Or The Waiting Game?

Applying is the easy part, but are you ready for the waiting game?

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Disney College Program Or The Waiting Game?
Disney College Program

Ever since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to participate in the Disney College Program. Of course, when I was little, I thought the program would train me to become the next Disney Princess. As I got older and officially learned what the program entailed, the desire to apply and participate only grew one hundred times stronger. Finally, I finish my first year of college and I can officially begin to decide when I am going to apply.

Mid-January 2016, the magical email finally arrived. Applications are available for Fall 2016! Finally! My dream of being part of the Disney College program could finally come true. I applied the first day and immediately went through to the web-based interview, and immediately after I was offered a phone interview. Everything was moving so fast, and I couldn’t believe how quickly this process was going. The longest wait was waiting a week for my phone interview. But that was nothing compared to the wait that was to come.

Weeks went by, and not one word from Disney on whether I was accepted or denied a spot for the program. I was going insane! I constantly checked the website, and I even got so desperate to know if people got in, that I checked the official Facebook page to see if anyone had gotten accepted. I was losing my mind. I started to lose hope, but then, as fate would have it, the one morning I didn’t check the website, I received an email with the subject “Disney College Program: Congratulations!” I couldn’t believe my eyes! The week that started with illness and lack of hope ended with the biggest celebration. The four weeks of waiting were absolutely torturous, but at least the waiting game was finally over, or so I thought! As I started to plan my big move to Florida, I began to realize the longest wait had just begun. I had to wait 90 days until I could be in Florida and begin my days as a DCP participant.

To be honest, at first 90 days didn’t seem like I would have enough time to prepare everything. But of course, I procrastinated packing and tried to finish my semester with a bang. Now, my arrival date is two weeks away, I’m not packed at all and finals are definitely not on the top of my mind. However, people may think two weeks is nothing, but compared to all the waiting that had to be done, these are going to be the hardest two weeks. And once we arrive, we have to wait to go to the parks until we are trained and go through the arrival process. Is there anything wrong with just wanting to be in Disney at this moment? Luckily, I’ll be in the happiest place on Earth for seven months and could not be more excited! Unfortunately, the next waiting game to come will be at the end of the program, when we wonder how long until we can go back to our home. Waiting games, waiting games and more waiting games, but for Disney I would do all these waiting games all over again.

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