Disney Clothes

I was looking at the Disney Store online and got so excited when I saw all of the princess outfits you can buy! They are sooo freaking cute!!

I want someone in my family to have a girl while I am away so I can buy these and give them to her when she is old enough!

There isn't any news on the Disney front. Only 204 days until I start work in Orlando and it cannot come soon enough! Will update with Disney news when as it comes :)

It's not goodbye, it's see you later...

Hey Hey! I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and New Years! It's 2012!!! This was me, my sister and brother on New Years...

I am the super short one haha (Like my pink Kardashian Kollection bag? I love it!!) On a more serious note...


Reading the blogs of the people from the January intake made me a little nervous...
They were all posting about how hard it was to say goodbye and it made me think about leaving in August. I had moved out of home three years ago so I am used to living in a different country to my family, but the idea of being on the other side of the world for a year scares me a little. It is always super fast to get home as NZ is next door to Australia so it hasn't been a "Oh my god, I don't live in the same country as my family." The other thing that scares me is being that far away on my birthday and Christmas. That will suck I think!

The whole saying goodbye to friends thing also sucks - although I have had plenty of practise at it. I live on campus at uni so there are always people coming and going. The sucky part about that is when you get close to someone and then you don't know when you will see them again as you come from different part of the world. This has happened to me a few times. I don't think that this will make it easier though to completely pack up my life and move to the other side of the world for a year! It is super scary but also super exciting!

I have always liked the saying "It's not goodbye, it's see you later" so that is what I am going to tell myself when August comes!

Peace out until next time :)
xx

So I thought I should update this with something Disney related...
A friend of mine is on his way to Florida tomorrow and it makes me super excited for August to come! There is so much left to do before hand so here is a list of things that I have to do:

*Save as much money as possible!
*Get police check
*Get my Visa
*Pay assessment fee
*Book flights
*Organise my NYC trip
*Get insurance
*Move ALL of my stuff home (going to be a mission to get it all to NZ!!)
*Book flights home
*That is all I can think of right now so will update later!!

Oh, and I thought for all those that are interested...here is a copy of my acceptance email :)

Congratulations! We are pleased that to offer you a position on the WALT DISNEY WORLD International College Program as a/an Quick-Service Food & Beverage/Operations Cast Member. This is an amazing opportunity and will allow you to gain a very unique work experience-the kind that professionals in every field agree provides students with skills they need to compete effectively in today’s job market.

Below is a description of the responsibilities involved with a/an Quick-Service Food & Beverage/Operations role:

High volume and Guest contact are key parts of this role. Cast Members in Quick-Service Food and Beverage will work independently or as part of a large team in either indoor or outdoor locations. Responsibilities may include: taking orders, operating a point-of sale system (cash register), cash handling, filling food and beverage orders, dispensing and selling of alcohol, heavy lifting, pushing and pulling, emptying waste cans, general cleaning with chemicals and food preparation. Your pay rate for this role will be $7.65.

Operations Cast Members will be working in one of our theme parks, water parks or the Downtown Disney® area. Operations Cast Members will be placed in one of the following areas: Attractions: working at any one of the “rides”, theater shows or Disney's FASTPASS® locations; or Main Entrance Operations: greeting all Guests who enter the park and validating their tickets. Responsibilities may include: loading and unloading Guests, operating sophisticated ride systems, memorizing and delivering lengthy narrations to large groups, operating turnstile areas, obtaining knowledge of WALT DISNEY WORLD® ticket media, retrieving and arranging strollers, light cleaning and assisting with audience control. Your pay rate for this role will be $7.31.

The position requires your commitment beginning 8/4/2012 (mm/dd/yy) through 8/2/2013 (mm/dd/yy). Your arrival date in the United States for check in would be 8/4/2012 (mm/dd/yy).

So that is all from me as there hasn't really been any Disney related things to talk about at this stage! Good luck to all those who are on their way to Florida for the January intake!!!

Want to marry me? (Non-Disney related:P)

I was watching wedding proposals on youtube (lame, I know) and these 2 are awesome. My future husband should take a lesson from these guys!

Introductions!

Hey Hey!

My name is Melissa and I am 21 years of age. I recently got accepted into the Disney International College Program and I start in August! :) Super excited!! I thought I would start a blog and write about what is happening between now and then! 

I applied for the program because a friend of mine got accepted (visit his blog: http://disneyworld2012.blogspot.com) and I thought it sounded exciting. So Kristen and I applied for it, got interviews (which I was super nervous about and freaked out about the night before) and were accepted. I received my acceptance email at around 3am or 4am - Kristen was awake and she called me to check my emails. I then had to call my mother to share the news (she lives in NZ so she was 3 hours ahead so she was awake). I was so excited! So starting August I get to take a year off uni and move to the U S of A!!! 

The positions I got are Quick Service F&B and Operations. Excited about both of them but nervous about having to deal with American money... Hopefully I get the hang of it quickly! 

I don't have much to write at this stage but I plan to keep this updated about Disney and non-Disney related things so keep checking back :)

♥ Melissa