Still Waiting...

So it has been 20 days since I applied for the Cultural Rep program. I

was feeling pretty confident in my chances of at least getting a phone

interview since I have already worked at Disney with no write ups or

anything like that, but the other day I found out that a few other

Canadians that are on a facebook group I joined applied and heard back

a week later. I'm finding this pretty discouraging :(  At first I thought it

was because I applied for a November 2013 start date which is pretty

far away but now I am not  sure. I have changed my start date to July

1st 2013, in hopes that I get to go to Florida sooner and hear from

yummy jobs sooner as well. My contract at the hotel I am working at

now expires in April so I figure why not go to Disney sooner than later

right? I'm missing it everyday and I can't wait to go back!! I really hope

yummy jobs gives me another shot at living the dream again. Fingers

crossed I hear back soon because this wait is killing me!! On a brighter

note it seems like a bunch of people on the ops list are getting positions

so I'm very excited for them and all the others that just got jobs at

Disney! They are in for the adventure of a life time!

Missing Disney

First Blog Ever...

So here we go! This is my first blog ever! I just felt like I needed to get my feelings about Disney out and its hard because my friends here in Banff don't understand. I really don't think anyone understands unless they have worked for the mouse. I have to say this does give my Disney friends and I an incredibly close bond though. I guess I should tell you that I worked in Disney from January - July 2012 at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort as concierge. It was a pretty cool job although the money wasn't great. Minimum wage in America is just that... MINIMUM! Lol.. But honestly it was one of the best experiences of my whole life. Being able to go to the parks for free, whenever I wanted was such a great perk! No matter how many times I went it never got old. It was such a great place to hang out with friends and the photo oppourtunities were endless! Not to mention I got into the dorky habit of pin trading but it is so fun! One of the coolest things for me was the main gate pass. This allowed me to get up to 3 hopper passes a day up to six times. I got to take my dad and stepmom to disney for free, on a discounted meal plan, and a hotel that was 50% off. You won't believe how much money they saved! Basically Disney was magical <3

Life Now...

Life now is pretty new to me! I drove across Canada with my best friend two weeks ago to start a new job in Banff, Alberta. We live in a national park so its been pretty neat so far. The animals around here just roam around the main streets. The other day I actually walked right up to a deer at the grocery store! Although I am enjoying this new adventure I am a little bit Disney lonely, SOOOOOO..... The other day I decided I would apply to the Cultural Representative Program! I think that being able to repreesent my country at Disney would be amazing! The fact that they have serving positions at Le Cellier (one of my fave Disney restaurants) is amazing! And I also hear you can be a Disney trainer if you get a food & beverage position which I think will look great on my resume! Needless to say I am SO PUMPED to get an email back from yummy jobs to see if I will be considered for a preliminary interview! The website said it would be 6-8 weeks before I hear back.. It hasn't even been a week yet! If I remember from my ICP program though it only took about 2 weeks for them to get back to me so hopefully they are that quick again. I applied to start November 2013 so that I can stay in Banff for a year and then drive home before I drive to Florida! (I will most definatly drive this time as the cast member buses take forever!) Fingers crossed for this amazing oppourtunity!!

x0x0 Kristin