I'm sure you've heard the statement, "if you love your job you'll never work a day in your life!" What if I told you that isn't true? Now don't get me wrong, if you love your job you will enjoy the work, but it is still work. I am coming up on my 3rd anniversary… Continue reading Never Work a Day in Your Life
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Truly, Something Magical
Mid March 2020 If you care about Disney at all, you've definitely heard about the park (and resort) closures. You may have heard that, unfortunately, Disney made the hard decision to send the College Program participants home early. These hardworking heart and soul of the Walt Disney Company were devastated by the news and they… Continue reading Truly, Something Magical
“Hey! I heard you work for Disney”
I woke up to a Cast Member's worst nightmare the other day. The dreaded Facebook Message from a friend of a friend "hey, I heard you work for Disney". I prepped myself as I read the preview and opened the message ready to say "so sorry I have no tickets to give". And to my… Continue reading “Hey! I heard you work for Disney”
F&W Festival Favorites
Here we are 1 month from the GRAND opening of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival 2019 (oh and Star Wars Galaxy's Edge). It has been a crazy month at the Walt Disney World Resort with the Star Wars opening, hurricanes, halloween parties in full swing, the return of the love bugs, and my-tied for… Continue reading F&W Festival Favorites
A First Visit on a Time Crunch
The other day I met some guests who were visiting Disney World for the first time! Yay! Ok ok, that happens every single day... but what doesn't happen every day is someone who hasn't planned anything and wants to do everything! These ladies had 2 days in Disney World (1 in between at Universal). Money… Continue reading A First Visit on a Time Crunch
In a Galaxy Far Far Away…
If you know any Walt Disney World Cast Members scrolling through facebook and instagram looks something like this: And no, we are NOT sorry about it. The experience was one I will never forget! I loved the interactions with the cast members, the land itself was impressive, and the food was great. All the cast… Continue reading In a Galaxy Far Far Away…
CP and Sunpass
Hi fellow CM's, Many of you may have brought cars and some of you may be wondering if you should purchase a SunPass and I hope this will aid in your decision even though the answer is a big fat MAYBE. If you drove to FL you may have noticed we are covered in toll… Continue reading CP and Sunpass
A Magical Day
I've shared all the drama that has been going on in my life in the last 2 blogs. I have completely moved on but I thought I would share the amazing, wonderful, special, and dare I say even magical day I had at Disney today. Disney fanatics know that we, as cast members, get to… Continue reading A Magical Day
CP to Full time tips:
Advice for going from the College Program to part/full time: Yay!! You decided to stay (what else is new, we all decide this is home and can’t leave)!! These are my biggest tips for staying. Well, tip. I really only have one, and that is don’t get too close to the CP’s when you decide… Continue reading CP to Full time tips:
3 Parks 1 Day
When my grands came to visit they had some lofty ambitions... 3 parks worth of new and old memories they wanted to cram into one day and 1 park they tried to throw at me while sitting at dinner... HA no. Â They wanted to ride all 3 mountains, Tower of Terror, Rocking Roller Coaster, see… Continue reading 3 Parks 1 Day
Disney College Program
All you need to know about the Disney College Program is somewhere in this tab: -tips and tricks includes things like what to expect at traditions and what to wear, and how to prepare for inspections -crafts includes how to make Mickey ears (the full way and the cheating way :P) and how to make… Continue reading Disney College Program
Stop Stressing Inspections
Since I moved into Chatham in June I have gone through 2 inspections. Â Just like everyone else I was freaking out about the first... ok fine, both of the inspections (I blame it on me not being awake to hear what they said when they inspected the first time.) Â So here I am to tell… Continue reading Stop Stressing Inspections
Visitors and the DCP
Hey guys! It has been a hot minute since I've written and I was considering writing about my favorite things that have happened, Hurricane Ride Out Crew, food and wine, or the halloween party... then I realized most of these things happened when my parents came to visit. Â I will still probably write about all… Continue reading Visitors and the DCP
The Ultimate DCP Packing List
*EDIT* Aug 1, 2019. Hey y'all, I wrote this packing list a couple months into my program in Aug of 2017. And since it is still my most read post, I decided to take a look and see if I would change anything with it. And honestly, I wouldn't. I have had people tell me… Continue reading The Ultimate DCP Packing List