I got the email response less than a week after my phone interview, and shortly after received the infamous purple envelope. I'd been accepted for Custodial, and I was excited about it. I'd heard great things from people I knew personally who had done it before. I knew there was a lot of guest interaction involved, and that's the main thing I wanted!
I was desperate to learn where I'd be working. I knew I'd find out when I went to check in, but that was so far away! I learned from a little birdie with access to the employee database that I would be working at Magic Kingdom! Best moment of my life, hearing that. It's my favorite park, where I requested to be, and Amanda was working there too.
The next few weeks in between learning I was accepted and leaving are a complete blur.
Amanda and I began planning like madwomen.
We decided it was necessary to watch every Disney movie possible, in order, to get ourselves excited. Amanda wasn't a huge fan like me, even though she loved the movies, so watching them as college-aged students instead of children helped revamp her Disney love.
I became Facebook friends with a lot of random people who were going to be going down my same session, and talked to some of them. BAD IDEA. Would I talk to any of them in person? No, and most of them would completely ignore me if they ever saw me. Gross.
A very complicated situation arose in regards to roommates. Amanda and I determined from the get-go that we did NOT want to be roommates. We've heard horror stories of best friends being torn apart after living together because they hate it... we did not want to be that. So we both signed up to find out the names of our roommates ahead of time. However, long story short, we both got ditched by our roommates, and time was getting close, so we ended up deciding to be roommates! Geez...
Well, now that my best friend was going to officially be my roommate, we got a little more excited. We were still worried about what might happen, but we knew the good outweighed the bad. It would make everything so much easier.
Anyways, the trip was going to be a 12 hour drive. Our idea was to leave around 8 PM and get there around 8 AM for check in.
We had the 4th annual "Carmen Day" celebration the night before we were going to leave. We partied hard, stayed up all night with everyone, slept the day after, and woke up refreshed and ready for the longgg drive!
This trip was a ton of fun. I couldn't have asked for a better drive.
We made special burned CDs to last us the entire drive, full of Disney songs and all of our current and past favorites. We drank a lot of energy drinks. Switched off drivers every 2 or 3. Crossed through the states. Peed on the side of the road. Saw the sunrise over Florida.
It was amazing.
When we got there, cars weren't allowed into Vista Way to park for check-in, because it was too early. We sat in a lot across from the complex and waited for the time to come.
I was desperate to learn where I'd be working. I knew I'd find out when I went to check in, but that was so far away! I learned from a little birdie with access to the employee database that I would be working at Magic Kingdom! Best moment of my life, hearing that. It's my favorite park, where I requested to be, and Amanda was working there too.
The next few weeks in between learning I was accepted and leaving are a complete blur.
Amanda and I began planning like madwomen.
We decided it was necessary to watch every Disney movie possible, in order, to get ourselves excited. Amanda wasn't a huge fan like me, even though she loved the movies, so watching them as college-aged students instead of children helped revamp her Disney love.
I became Facebook friends with a lot of random people who were going to be going down my same session, and talked to some of them. BAD IDEA. Would I talk to any of them in person? No, and most of them would completely ignore me if they ever saw me. Gross.
A very complicated situation arose in regards to roommates. Amanda and I determined from the get-go that we did NOT want to be roommates. We've heard horror stories of best friends being torn apart after living together because they hate it... we did not want to be that. So we both signed up to find out the names of our roommates ahead of time. However, long story short, we both got ditched by our roommates, and time was getting close, so we ended up deciding to be roommates! Geez...
Well, now that my best friend was going to officially be my roommate, we got a little more excited. We were still worried about what might happen, but we knew the good outweighed the bad. It would make everything so much easier.
Anyways, the trip was going to be a 12 hour drive. Our idea was to leave around 8 PM and get there around 8 AM for check in.
We had the 4th annual "Carmen Day" celebration the night before we were going to leave. We partied hard, stayed up all night with everyone, slept the day after, and woke up refreshed and ready for the longgg drive!
This trip was a ton of fun. I couldn't have asked for a better drive.
We made special burned CDs to last us the entire drive, full of Disney songs and all of our current and past favorites. We drank a lot of energy drinks. Switched off drivers every 2 or 3. Crossed through the states. Peed on the side of the road. Saw the sunrise over Florida.
It was amazing.
When we got there, cars weren't allowed into Vista Way to park for check-in, because it was too early. We sat in a lot across from the complex and waited for the time to come.
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