I know what your thinking...here we go again, another blog about the Disney College Program. Except this one is going to be a little different. Why is it going to be different you ask? Because this blog will not be about the Walt Disney World College Program that everyone knows and loves. This blog will be about the lesser known, but still pretty darn fun, Disneyland College Program. You know the one that's over at the OTHER park otherwise known as the one that started it all that's in a place called Anaheim, California.
If you want to get technical about when my program with Disney started it was actually a while ago. I applied last year but I didn't find out I was in until last august when I had already registered for school and so I wasn't able to go. This time around things went differently.
I had my interview on January 28th, 2011. Funnily enough the woman that interviewed me was the same woman who interviewed me before. She recognized my name (Cambria isn't one you hear often) and the stuff on my application which was a bit odd for a 20 something college student. I've worked and volunteered at two historical museums as a tour guide which I had put on my application and she was extremely interested in that so we talked about my work there a lot because my job required a) interaction with guests and b) dressing up in costume.
We then went over the different jobs I'd listed and she explained a little bit about each one, then asked me questions about things that might happen on the job and if I'd be comfortable cleaning (because I put custodial as one of my picks). All stuff you've probably heard before if you've read the other blogs like I did.
Then she went over some more program stuff and that was it. It was pretty painless.
I then had a long, torturous four weeks of waiting to find out if I was in the program. I'm not going to lie. I went mad as a hatter for a little bit. I did everything from make Disney fanart to keep myself entertained to watch any Disney video I could find online including of the parades and things. As a bonus though, I did find some pretty cool websites like doombuggies.com which is a website dedicated to one of my favorite attractions the haunted mansion. I also had a couple sleepless nights thinking that I wasn't going to get in.
Then yesterday while still in my Disney Obsession mode and drawing fanart (*cough*badly*cough) my cell phone starts playing "Come as you are" by Nirvana because its my ringtone and answered it thinking it was probably my Mom or a wrong number or something. Only it wasn't my Mom or a wrong number. Nope, it was the Disney College Program calling to tell me I was accepted. I had to contain my urge to scream into to the phone. Only after the guy was done telling me I was in and that my job was custodial and I hung up did I allow myself to scream.
After I called everyone I knew and after about an hour of not having anyone answer, I finally got hold of my Mom and then eventually my best friend and there was lots of excited screaming over the phone. So yes, I'm in the DisneyLAND College Program. Yes, I will be detailing my adventures here in this blog....to the five people that will probably read it.
-Cambria
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