22 Days.

Only 23 days to go!  Without work or anything though it still seems kind of far away.  Although people from our little Disney group are starting to leave now, so I'm sure time will start to speed right along!  Almost in to the teens!!  We have come along way for the 200+ days.  I'm not even going to be there for 200 days.  Thats a scary thought.  It's actually 198 days until I am back!

The only things left are paying for Travel Insurance and converting to US $$$ but I think I'm too scared to bite the bullet.  Today might just be the day!.  I think I'm going to go with 1 Cover, considering I'm already doubling up on the Disney Insurance. 

There's really not much else going on, but I feel like I haven't updated in forever!

Room Mate Survey

DCP Roommate Survey - Fall 2012, Walt Disney World

NAME: Jessica Louise Anderson

GENDER: Female

BIRTHDATE/AGE: 09/09/90

HOMETOWN: Sydney, Australia

MAJOR: Commerce with a Major in Marketing and Public Relations

CP VITALS

ROLE AT DISNEY: Vacation Planner

ARRIVAL DATE: August 4th 2012

DEPARTURE DATE: January 4th 2013

FLYING IN OR DRIVING: Flying. Definitely flying.

HOUSING PREFERENCES

BUILDING: Chatham.

NUMBER OF ROOMMATES: I think a 2 or 3 bedroom but I don't really care.

I COULD NOT LIVE WITH A ROOMMATE THAT: Smokes. I don't want my room to smell of smoke.

LIFESTYLE STUFF

DO YOU DRINK? Occasionally.

DO YOU SMOKE? No.

DO YOU LIKE TO PARTY? Yes!

MEDICAL CONDITIONS? None that are life altering/threatening

MESSY OR TIDY? I go through random outbursts of intense organisation/cleaning, but if I'm busy it tends to fall by the wayside.

DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? At the moment I'm pretty lazy. When I get the motivation to cook, I like it and given that I'll be forced to, to a certain extent, I might.

NIGHT PERSON OR MORNING PERSON? Both?

DO YOU HAVE A CURRENT JOB? WHERE? Yes, I intern at Starlight Foundation, do some admin-y stuff for a not for profit organisation and a club job.

ROOMMATE STUFF

FAVORITE CHORE? Washing.

LEAST FAVORITE CHORE? Probably the bathroom.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SHARING? I have a weird thing about sharing clothes, but anything else is totally fine.

DO YOU SNORE? Only when I am sick

WHAT TIME DO YOU USUALLY GO TO BED? Usually after 11.30

WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP ON FREE DAYS? Around 9.

I PREFER TO SLEEP IN A ROOM THAT IS: Dark, cold but with an electric blanket.

DISNEY STUFF

FAVORITE MOVIE: Beauty and the Beast or High School Musical

FAVORITE CHARACTER: Mickey

FAVORITE PRINCESS: Belle

FAVORITE PRINCE: Beast or Prince Eric

FAVORITE MALE VILLAIN: Gaston

FAVORITE FEMALE VILLAIN: Cruella DeVille - She's just so evilishly Stylish. Perhaps Queen of Hearts.

FAVORITE PARK: It will probably be EPCOT

FAVORITE RIDE: Space Mountain or Tower of Terror

FAVORITE SHOW: Hannah Montanna

FAVORITE RESORT: We will soon find out

FAVORITE RESTAURANT: As above

NUMBER OF TIMES AT DISNEY?: Twice!

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT AT DISNEY? So many things, meeting new people is probably number one, and I guess the whole experience within itself. 

Goal # 7

Have High Tea at the Grand Floridian Garden View Tea Room

T Minus 167 Days

5.5 months to go!  So I decided to post a pic because I was too lazy to fill you in on whats been happening on the Disney front.  Then I decided, why not it's been a while since I wrote anything decent, so here goes.

I finally found out my pay rate for doing casual work at Intellectual Disability Council - I was expecting it to be around the $15 mark being non profit and what not.  Turns out its basically four times as much as I will make an hour at Disney!  Woohoo!  So the savings going well, I was worried for a while there but it seems like it will all go to schedule.


Then this week I started my internship at the Starlight Foundation, basically working on getting sponsorship and donations for their biggest national event which is actually really cool.  I was worried it was totally out of my depth but I think I might do alright at it.  Only time will tell.  Everyone there is really nice and on my first day I had a welcome sign with glitter stars sprinkled everywhere, was super cute and everyone was really welcoming.


Oh and Spanish is going OK.  It's hard and I really haven't had time to practice but I'm learning a lot which is good.




OK now onto the Disney stuff!






I got an e-mail, I got an e-mail!  Yayy, only four days after everyone else when I emailed them asking why it hadn't arrived yet, but still I got it.  


It mostly talks about getting our police checks done asap as well as medical insurance which is terribly confusing and I have no idea what it covers because it seems to be only $100 which would be a huge cost saver and I think I would now be set to cover all my expenses and money for Disney!  Yay,  anything I earn now will just be a bonus!


I'll try to keep you updated.  Not a lot has really been going on though.


Lots of love..




Ohh p.s.   Follow my blog, comment, ask a question.  I get bored and want attention.

Goal # 4

Get my Ducktorate*!

I'll explain in a later post.

Goal # 3

Drink Around the World at Epcot World Showcase. 

Whose in?

T Minus 180 Days

So yesterday was officially six months until D Day!  


Although nothing really on the D front has happened.  I guess at the moment I'm just in the process of looking at flights, although I pretty much know I'm going to Fly Delta or code share V Australia to get my  frequent flyer points up.


Other stuff that needs to be done over the next few months is:

• Visa Paperwork
• Visa Interview
• Medical Insurance
• I'm sure a thousand other things that I can't remember.

Seeing as I have nothing to talk about, I figured those of you not in the Disney Know may like to know more about some of the basics.


Oh I really suck at posting this is like the tenth time I have come back to this and I can't figure out what to write.


I wish Disney would email me!  I think I gots to wait til April before we get anymore info.


I'll just treat this as a Diary.








Dear Diary,


This week I started Spanish Lessons.


This week I got an internship with Starlight Foundation.


This week I started casual work where I interned last year.


This week my work decided to give me 5 shifts.


The end.












Last weeks entry would have gone like this....


Dear Diary.


This week I had one shift.


The end.








I'm getting whiplash.  










Oh I'll catch you up to speed on the housing in my next post.  Whatevs.

T Minus 200 Days!

Til D Day!!


As one of my fellow cast members posted on our cute little Disney Aus/NZ Facebook group, it is 200 days to go! Ahh cue screaming.  Although its weird being in America and starting to look at things like flights back to America.  Odd.  I have one week left here so once I get back I can start getting organised.  Although, Disney have said not to do anything till April when we can start submitting visa forms etc.   


I'm fairly flexible with when I want leave, as I don't think I'll arrive in the US too much earlier, I'd prefer just to get over the jet lag and start, but I could be persuaded to detour via NYC.  So with that in mind I'll just wait till around April to book flights, V Australia tend to have their sale flights around three months before the date.   I think I'll also just book the return ticket for a late date in January, but that will depend on if I get a grad job or not.  either way, Im thinking I'll leave around the 25th of Jan.


Oh yeah, that is me >>>
In case you were dying to know.


And as promised here are some Disneyland pics!

Tower of Terror

  

California Adventure Park

Magic Castle!  (There was a photo with me out front but it's gone MIA)

Tea Cups!

Magic Castle at Night! 

My favourite photo of the day!

The End.

x

Sneak Peak

Hey World,


Just chillin' in America.


Tomorrow I will be going to Anaheim before getting a sneak peak at Disneyland!!!


We have one day at Disney and one at California Adventure!


Photos & Details to come.


x

Goal # 1

Goal #1  - Crash an American's Thanksgiving dinner.