T minus... 2 DAYS!!!

Ahhhh!!

TWO DAYS!  T-W-O Days! So exciting!

I can't believe its finally here, from my countdown in the 200's.

Anyway, so the big the news is, my lovely friends threw me a surprise goodbye party that I had absolutely no idea about!  I can't believe they actually managed to pull it off considering I've been having going away breakfasts/brunches/lunches/coffees/afternoonteas/dinners for the past two weeks.  So I was very surprised!  I'll post some photos when I get some.

Anyway, all thats left is to pack and to catch up with the last few people.  My next post may be in Orlando!  Ahh!

16 Days!! Zomg!! And Australian Flag Tattoos!!

Ahh I can't sleep and I'm excited so it's resulting in a blog post!!  I figure I should try and get into the habit of posting so that there is still a chance that I will post when I'm over there.  I make no promises.

So for a Fortune 500 company Disney sure like the element of surprise.  I guess it keeps us on our toes. Anyway, last week we got this lovely long email from Disney going through all the important last minute bits of info we need before checking in, when bam out of nowhere, slotted in the middle of the last paragraph of dot points, was a dot point along the lines of

• and your monthly insurance will be deducted from your pay monthly at a rate of $65-$75 depending on the cover you have chosen.

WTF?!  This was the first we had heard about it.  We had paid a $100 insurance fee and figured that covered us, but then they sprang this on us.   Long story short, and a few frantic phone calls later turns out this doesn't apply to us and we don't need to fork out an extra $70 a month.  Which is fantastic because a) the cover was hardly worth the money, basically just the essentials and b) I am getting my own insurance so the Disney insurance would have been redundant.   

But the good news is, it is all sorted!  

To add to all the excitement, last night some lovely Australians who are already doing the program started looking up all the locations for our roles!  So most of us (apparently they gradually release people into the system) know where we are working.  I wasn't sure if I wanted it to be a surprise or not but everyone else was finding out and I got caught up in the excitement.   So.. Drum Roll... I'm working at the TTC which is the Ticket and Transport Centre or something like that.  Exciting!  It's the biggest Vacation Planner spot so hopefully it will be fun, the only thing I'm not sure about is apparently TTC people get a few parade control shifts which I don't think I really want.  But we will see!

Umm, what else, well its 16 days till I leave, which is crazy.  I feel like everything's under control but I'm sure one week out I'll  be freaking out like crazy.

I've sort of, kind of started packing,  I'm aiming for only one suitcase, but I struggle with one suitcase for two weeks, so this will be interesting.

I'm having a Princess Tea Party as a goodbye kind of thing for my school friends for a bit of fun.  Hopefully I'll actually take some photos and upload.  

OHHH and the biggest news ever.  I bought my first ever Australia Flag Tattoos!!    The Olympics are going to be on while we are over there so I figured to show some Australian spirit they may come in handy.  And on that note it is going to be so weird watching the Olympics in another country!  But it will be half the fun.

So I am pretty sure I am rambling, so I'm going to leave this here.  Feel free to comment, ask questions etc etc!  

Resignation and Visa Interview!

Soooo world,

Things are starting to happen.   I officially handed in my resignation - last day 18 June!!  Three more rosters to come out and about 14 more shifts to do!  I've already been sent my exit survey and a list of things I need to do before I get my last pay check.  Mostly washing the ridiculous amount of uniform I've accumulated over the last 3 years.  Thanks Mum!

And in other BIG Disney related news, I've booked my VISA appointment!!!  Yayyyy - although it's still forever away - 20 June.  Kind of wish I had booked it for earlier, so I could get everything else organised, but I have so much stuff going on that it's just going to have to wait until then.  Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly.  So far no one in the Disney group has had any issues so I think I'll be fine!

The Starlight Five Chefs Dinner is next Thursday!!  So finally all the months of (unpaid)work will have paid off and we can see it all come together.  That will be a HUGEE day!  But I'm looking forward to it!

Following that, on the Friday we are all having a Sydney catch up (it was meant to be Saturday originally but a few people including myself can't make it, so there will be one on both Friday and Saturday).  It will be nice to put some faces to facebook.

I guess that is the next week in a nutshell!  Then we are into June and only 2 months to go!!!  Just waiting on my Telstra contract - then we are all set for the next 2.5 years.  Scary!!

T Minus Less Than One Hundred Days!!!

AHHHHHHHH  It is officially less than one hundred days till I embark on my Disney adventure*!  95 Days till I leave!!  Now when people ask when do I leave I give them the day by day countdown.  I'm sure they don't really care but they asked so they should be prepared to endure my Disney chit chat for the few minutes proceeding.


So anyway for all my millions of readers,  actually fun fact I've almost hit 1000 views.  It's probs my mum.  Actually it's not, I don't think she knows about my ramblings, she gets to live the build up 24/7.  Lucky her. 


Anyway there is really nothing to report other than I still haven't recieved my disney pack which means I cant book a visa interview, which means I don't want to book my accommodation  or pay my housing fees incase something goes wrong.  So I'm stuck.  Ughh.   Here's hoping it will be on my door step next week.  


However, it is less than 100 days which is definitely a mile stone.   I have 8 rosters left (at the most) to get from work, so thats also quite exciting!  A part from that whole lot of nothing, nothing else has happened so I'm going to stop right here.






*provided I ever get my Disney pack and visa approval!

Stilllll Waitingg

Ahhh.

Still, still waiting.   I now needed to send in a copy of my diploma.  I sent my official transcripty thing from the uni which hopefully should cover it but ahhh.

Anyway, aside from the waiting, in a few days it will 100 days till I leave!  I can't believe we are finally down to double digits, in some ways it seems only yesterday like we were in the 200's but then that also feels like ages ago, and another 100 days seems so incredibly far away.

Apart from waiting, and waiting, and refreshing my emails, I've still been interning at the Starlight Foundation.  It's cool, a lot of work but I've brought in a fair bit of money for the organisation and have got to do some very cool things.  The event is called Five Chefs, and they bring 5 top chefs from each state to put on a five course dinner at the very accessible price of $500 per person to raise money for Starlights programs.  It's Starlight's biggest annual fundraiser and there is still so much to do with only about 6 weeks to go!  Ahh.  So at least that is keeping me occupied.

I've also been working a fair bit which is tiring me out like crazy but at least I will have plenty of funds to splurge at Disney!

I guess the only other thing that is keeping me distracted from Disney would be my grad job applications. I've had a few rejects but overall things are progressing nicely.  Fingers crossed!  And if I don't get one, I guess I'll just spend another 6 months at Disney!  Tough life.

Anyway, I thought it was time to update you all - it wasn't very Disney related but it may have given you a bit more of an idea of who I am.  Ooh  that was corny.  Annywayyyy.  I will update as soon as anything Disney-esque comes through.

Over and out.
x

Waaiiiiitttinnngggg

& Waaiiitttinngggg for my Disney Welcome Pack :(

Everyone's got theres but I don't :(

So sad :(

Cameron hates me, he probably did it on purpose :(

Wahhh

Goal # 9

Goal # 9 - Create my own treat at Goofy's Candy Co.

T minus 140 Days!

So it's exactly 140 days until D Day!  It's getting super, super close and I have so much to do.


I'm still waiting for my Police check to come back from the feds, it's over two weeks now so hopefully it will come this week, otherwise I don't know what has happened to it.  They've taken the money out of the account though so hopefully soon!


Once everyone has sent their background checks to disney we will be sent our welcome/Visa packs, exciting!!  So hopefully mid April I will get this, because once I get this, I can book my visa interview which is the last thing I need to clear before it will be official that ill be working at Disney!  Yay!


Anyway the other thing I need to think about is booking flights.  I haven't booked yet, I may wait till after my Visa has been approved because I still have no idea when I want to come home or when I need to come home.


I've been applying for graduate jobs which is exhausting but would be ideal to get, as I would start in Jan/Feb 2013, so I would basically come back from Disney with a job lined up.  But if I did get one I need to know when I'm needing to come home.  So the flights are taking a back seat.


So apart from applying for grad jobs and thinking about Disney I've just been working.  One 10 hour shift on a Sat is like a week at Disney, so I shouldn't complaint too much.  Oh and I'm now fairly sure I'll quit work at the end of June so I get a chance to relax and get organised which means I've only got 3.5 months of work left!!  or 14 weeks!  I got this.


I think this could be my most disjointed blog post thus far,  so hope it makes sense.

T Minus 145 Days + A Background Check

I've been meaning to write a long story for a while, but I can never really be bothered.  It's not looking good for regular updates when in Disney.

So I sent my police check off two thursdays ago, hopefully I'll get it back soon otherwise I'm probably a criminal.   Yup.

For those playing at home it was $45 and you need to pay by cheque or money order (which is apparently some fancy thing you get from the post office)  so I got out my parents cheque book.  Excellent.

Thats it for today or this will never get posted.

Goal # 8 - (Trump Card )

If I achieve this goal, none of the others matter.


Dine at Club33.  


This will be practically impossible considering you need to be a member, there is a wait list of over 14 years, and they actually closed the wait list.  


If I do this, I'm awesome.








You can read more here.


http://www.disneylandclub33.com

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

Goal # 6

Go on EVERY single ride...

Here's one...

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.

W.D Quote # 1

I like this.