An Endless Journey

Even though my CP might be over, I now have the opportunity to apply for Disney Professional Internships. I, along with all the other seniors at McDaniel have started our frantic after-graduation-job search. I am very excited to know that no matter what I will be going back to Florida to continue working in Walt Disney World, I also have not stopped searching for extra jobs. That led me to the Disney career website once again. I found, what I think, is the perfect internship for me. It is a internship helping write scripts for entertainment things in the parks. It's writing and entertainment all in one! It's basically a dream job!

So I sat down and reworked my whole resume and add in the jobs that I have had since my last edit. It was a much larger task than I anticipated but I know it'll be worth it. I made sure to meet with people in the Center for Experience and Opportunity to make sure that the changes I was making were actually making it better and more acceptable for a possible employer. I made sure to tailor my cover letter to highlight the skills Disney is looking for in this internship and I put together a portfolio of my strongest creative writing samples.

They also gave me a choice of two scenarios to give dialogue to. One was about Jack Sparrow and the other was about Flynn Rider and Rapunzel. I chose to work on the Rapunzel and Flynn scene because I know them better. I had to write a scene of them teaching children how to dance in the town square. I think it turned out well.

The last bit of the application was my transcript which the Registrar happily helped me with in order to get everything in on time. At this point, I know the Professional Internships are very hard to get so I do not want to get my hopes up. It would be fantastic to get this opportunity but I know that everything will work out the way it should I just have to have faith, trust, and pixie dust as Peter Pan would tell me.

Keep your fingers crossed for me, if you're looking to apply for a Professional Internship with Disney, go to their Disney Careers website to explore your options! They are also still taking applications for the College Program for Fall 2014.

Have a magical day, I know I am!

PDCPD: Post Disney College Program Depression

Waking up every morning and not seeing the castle, Spaceship Earth, Sorcerer Mickey's hat, or the Tree of Life is something I never thought would be strange. People in the real world don't see these amazing sites every day...but when you work at Walt Disney World these things become regular sites. I've been away from the program for exactly a month and I miss the strange things.

I miss...

Seeing the dads covered in pixie dust that has worn off their little princess' perfect dress.

Asking guests where they have traveled from 

Being asked when the next parade is (RIP Celebrate a Dream Come True)

Watching the parades strut down Main Street USA

Visiting the Boss and all his friends 

Visiting all my friends when they are working 

Knowing when there are 5 minute wait times for the most popular attractions 

Getting to Hollywood Studios at 5pm just to see Fantasmic 

Going into the Magic Kingdom just to watch Wishes and Celebrate the Magic 

Watching Illuminations from every country in the World Showcase 

Walking outside in the warm Florida sun 

Reliving my childhood in the most magical place on Earth

Visiting "That Other Theme Park"

At work when I see a kid in a Minion shirt or a Dr. Seuss shirt I like to joke around and pretend they are in the wrong park. Well I, along with some of my good friends decided to escape Disney for a day and visit the competition. So we hoped in the car and went over to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Two of the people I went with had never been before so we tried to do as much as we could. Of course, the entire day was spent secretly comparing Universal to Disney. At the end of the day we came to a good balance of which park does things better. They are pretty even if you really think about it and they just have their own styles of doing things. But it was fun to feel like a real tourist even though all Universal's "Team Members" could spot our Disney vibe from a mile away. One of the cool things we have noticed in the months that we've been here is a lot of people work for both companies. So we actually knew a few people we ran into throughout our day, which made the day even better.

We got to meet and see some of their most famous characters, Betty Bop, the Minions, the Simpsons, and Spongebob and his friends. But my favorite part of the day was seeing all the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons in person. I have watched the parade every year so it was so cool to be able to be right there and see how big the balloons really are. It was fun to be able to just have fun and not worry about anything for a day. It felt like a mini vacation.

Muggles waiting for our Hogwarts letter...in front of the castle

Betty Bop

Disney has Santa and Universal has the Grinch

Meeting a transformer

Chillin' in old Hollywood