Amazing Adventures of the 2013 Disney Moms Panel Search - Page 8 - The DIS Discussion Forums

PearlySwan · 08-18-2012, 08:08 PM

Hi everyone! You are about to embark on a magical journey; a most amazing experience to be treasured forever. There is nothing like it! Wishing you all tons of

Polyluvr · 08-18-2012, 08:34 PM

Where do you apply to ?

Thanks

mickeystoontown · 08-18-2012, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PearlySwan

Hi everyone! You are about to embark on a magical journey; a most amazing experience to be treasured forever. There is nothing like it! Wishing you all tons of

Thank you so much for the pixiedust! I can hardly wait to apply!

PrincessPSU · 08-18-2012, 09:22 PM

Hi all!
This will be my first time applying, I am
so excited to be a part of the process! I am a guidance counselor, wife and mother of 3... not necessarily in that order.

We are relatively new DVC members and always seem to have a trip in the works. Our next trip is in 10 days, it will be my one year olds THIRD trip!

I will be turning 40 this year and am seriously contemplating running in the Princess 1/2 marathon. Pretty scary considering I've been running for less than a year!!!

Can't wait for this...good luck to all

CanadianPaco · 08-19-2012, 08:20 AM

Hoping fourth time is a charm for me!!!!

shinysparklybubbles · 08-19-2012, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PrincessPSU

Our next trip is in 10 days, it will be my one year olds THIRD trip!

I will be turning 40 this year and am seriously contemplating running in the Princess 1/2 marathon. Pretty scary considering I've been running for less than a year!!!

Can't wait for this...good luck to all

Can you adopt me? I'm 30 so you won't even have to change me! Haha!

I want to be able to walk the Princess 1/2. I don't know if 2013 is going to happen but if not 2014 for sure. It looks like so much fun and would be a great goal for me to work towards. The more I watch the videos on YouTube the more I want to do it!

Laurali · 08-19-2012, 01:25 PM

We leave for our Disney World vacation Sept 9 and will be there through the 17. Hoping that applying from there will give me some extra pixie dust! Also, just committed to our first cruise for Feb 2014. Can't wait to start planning that trip!

DisneyLifeMel · 08-19-2012, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyluvr

Where do you apply to ?

Thanks

Hi PolyLuvr! In years past, the application opened directly on the Moms Panel website. http://disneyworldforum.disney.go.com/ Best of luck to you!!

DisneyLifeMel · 08-19-2012, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Laurali

We leave for our Disney World vacation Sept 9 and will be there through the 17. Hoping that applying from there will give me some extra pixie dust! Also, just committed to our first cruise for Feb 2014. Can't wait to start planning that trip!

Hi Laurali! I think you will have extra special Pixie Dust applying right at the source of the magic. We just returned from our first Disney Cruise (to Alaska). You are in for an amazing voyage.

baseballmickey · 08-21-2012, 01:01 AM

Hey all.

It's almost that time again!!

I got involved in last year's thread. This will be my third year applying. We came back from an awesome cruise sandwich just about over a week ago.

A little about me. I am a father of two (DD 5 and DS 1). My wife is a teacher. DD is starting kindergarten this year, and DS just went on his first trip to WDW!! I work as a freelance television director and last year I was a SAHD with both kids. This year it looks like I will be doing the SAHD thing with just my son as DD will be in school full-time.

We live in Long Island, NY. (I say that like it's an actual town, but it's the easiest way to describe where I live.) We have been DVC members since 2007, and we just cruised on the Dream and stayed at BLT and BCV. Our future trip plans are to possibly do HHI next summer and WDW in the fall for MNSSHP!! We also loved the Dream so much we want to go back in the summer of 2014!!

I wish everyone the best of luck!! Can't wait to get the ball rolling and see who the next panelists are going to be!!

luvsTink · 08-23-2012, 11:48 AM

Hi All!
Back again for another try! The excitement, the trepidation, the heart pounding anxiety...why oh why do I do it? I suppose the reason we all do it --an overwhelming love for all things Disney!

So, I have never made it past stage one and I am determined to make it this time. With all of the applicants likely to be as smart, witty, and Disney-smitten, what do you suppose the key is to making it past that first round?

Also, what is the ETA on the opening of the application period?

Have a Magical Day!
Anne

JennaDeeDooDah · 08-23-2012, 12:56 PM

I'm ineligible to apply this year, so I will just send the best vibes possible to all of the applicants.

I do have a question for the panelists, though. I figured that you each went to WDW once or twice a year for training and such, but really just worked from your living rooms and answered questions as they came in. However, everyone keeps talking about what a wonderful family it is. Could someone expand on what it is like to be on the panel?

beautygirlsmom · 08-23-2012, 01:26 PM

I'm sure everyone will have an answer as to how it's a big family. You really only go once for training, and then you do work from home, but each year, we've organized a "family reunion" so that we can get together and spend some time with each other, and any time a Mom is headed down, we kind of let the other Moms know so that if any of our trips are overlapping - or for Orlando area Moms - we can try to get together. We support each other on a daily basis with things that go well beyond the panel. We've been there for each other through issues with family, health crisis, even through the very sad passing of one of our very dearest Moms. We text, we email, we phone call. It was like getting a whole big bunch of brothers and sisters! We've even met up away from Walt Disney World on numerous occasions!

So, there is so much more to look forward to than just answering questions!

disneygotogirl · 08-25-2012, 11:10 AM

Anna said it perfectly! I feel so blessed to have inherited so many new brothers and sisters through this process! You definitely forge genuine relationships with the other panelists! I can't imagine my life without these guys!

CarrieR · 08-25-2012, 03:03 PM

I'm not a mom, so I'd never thought of applying to the panel -- until last year. On a bus ride back to our resort, I struck up a conversation with a woman who turned out to be a Moms Panelist! We talked about the adventures that my group and I had already had this year, and she encouraged me to look into joining (despite the fact that I'm not a mom.) So, I am anxious to see what the rules are, and if I might fit in!

I am a nanny, and the planner for my group of friends. I was fortunate enough to do the "AP thing" last year, and went on half a dozen trips. It was a "once in a lifetime" experience, that was awesome enough we are planning a repeat in 2013.

We have a plethora of food allergies in the group, so I consider navigating them at Disney an area of expertise, in addition to all of the normal planning pieces!

I may not post much, but I will be following this thread, waiting with baited breath for the application to go up.

Question for everyone -- how much time is there for the initial app to be completed? Is it like a race to click the button, or are there a couple of days to get things pulled together?

I look forward to riding the roller coaster with y'all!

08-18-2012, 08:08 PM	#106
PearlySwan "I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly because you tread on my dreams." W.B. Yeats Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,534	Hi everyone! You are about to embark on a magical journey; a most amazing experience to be treasured forever. There is nothing like it! Wishing you all tons of __________________ http://disneyworldforum.disney.go.co...page=1&pid=194 Me: DH: DD: (12) DS: (7) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyMomsPanelRitzy?ref=hl Twitter: @PearlySwan Pinterest: Ritzy McCarthy

08-19-2012, 08:20 AM	#110
CanadianPaco Canadian I was 5'4" because of my big hair Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 4,122	Hoping fourth time is a charm for me!!!! __________________ Aug 2013 Fairfield Inn - DL / Aug 2012 - AKL Dec 2010 - CSR / Aug 2011 - RPR - Universal Orlando Aug 2009 - ASMu / Aug 2010 - POFQ Aug 2007 - HoJos - DL / April 2009 - HoJos - DL Aug 2004 - ASMo / July 2005 - Pop

08-19-2012, 01:25 PM	#112
Laurali Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 292	We leave for our Disney World vacation Sept 9 and will be there through the 17. Hoping that applying from there will give me some extra pixie dust! Also, just committed to our first cruise for Feb 2014. Can't wait to start planning that trip! __________________ Lauren DH DS (8) DS (15 mo) A Disney Baby Girl on its way! DL-1987 offsite WDW-1991 GF DL-1995 Offsite WDW-1999 Offsite DL-2001 WDW-2004 Offsite WDW-2008 AS Sports WDW-2009 CBR Disneymoon DL- 2010 Twice WDW-Sept 2012 CBR & AKL

08-21-2012, 01:01 AM	#115
baseballmickey DDC #644 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 3,945	Hey all. It's almost that time again!! I got involved in last year's thread. This will be my third year applying. We came back from an awesome cruise sandwich just about over a week ago. A little about me. I am a father of two (DD 5 and DS 1). My wife is a teacher. DD is starting kindergarten this year, and DS just went on his first trip to WDW!! I work as a freelance television director and last year I was a SAHD with both kids. This year it looks like I will be doing the SAHD thing with just my son as DD will be in school full-time. We live in Long Island, NY. (I say that like it's an actual town, but it's the easiest way to describe where I live.) We have been DVC members since 2007, and we just cruised on the Dream and stayed at BLT and BCV. Our future trip plans are to possibly do HHI next summer and WDW in the fall for MNSSHP!! We also loved the Dream so much we want to go back in the summer of 2014!! I wish everyone the best of luck!! Can't wait to get the ball rolling and see who the next panelists are going to be!! __________________ DW - Lisa, DD(6) - Isabella, DS(2) - Jackson . Numerous Trips as a kid from 1974-1993. WDWCP MK Custodial Spring '94. Off Property, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001. Land/Sea @ ASMR/Wonder 2002. CBR 2003. POR 2006. Off Property 2007. DVC @ SSR since 2007.. SSR 2008, 2009.. BWV March 2010. SSR December 2010. BLT/DCL Dream/BCV July/August 2012 DISDad #644 I'm Going Away... FOREVER! Oh, Great! Could You Get Me a Sandwich? A TR In Progress . My First Trip Report - Escape from New York, Dec 26, 2010 - Jan 1, 2011 - COMPLETED! . Our Disney Blog: "Home is Where the Mouse is" Treguna Mekoides and Trecorum Satis Dee

08-23-2012, 11:48 AM	#116
luvsTink DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,479	Hi All! Back again for another try! The excitement, the trepidation, the heart pounding anxiety...why oh why do I do it? I suppose the reason we all do it --an overwhelming love for all things Disney! So, I have never made it past stage one and I am determined to make it this time. With all of the applicants likely to be as smart, witty, and Disney-smitten, what do you suppose the key is to making it past that first round? Also, what is the ETA on the opening of the application period? Have a Magical Day! Anne __________________ There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day... If you can dream it, you can do it (Disney Mom's Panel Dreaming)

08-18-2012, 08:34 PM	#107
Polyluvr DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 763	Where do you apply to ? Thanks

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08-18-2012, 09:22 PM	#109
PrincessPSU Earning My Ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 33	Hi all! This will be my first time applying, I am so excited to be a part of the process! I am a guidance counselor, wife and mother of 3... not necessarily in that order. We are relatively new DVC members and always seem to have a trip in the works. Our next trip is in 10 days, it will be my one year olds THIRD trip! I will be turning 40 this year and am seriously contemplating running in the Princess 1/2 marathon. Pretty scary considering I've been running for less than a year!!! Can't wait for this...good luck to all

08-23-2012, 12:56 PM	#117
JennaDeeDooDah My oh my what a wonderful day! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 2,730	I'm ineligible to apply this year, so I will just send the best vibes possible to all of the applicants. I do have a question for the panelists, though. I figured that you each went to WDW once or twice a year for training and such, but really just worked from your living rooms and answered questions as they came in. However, everyone keeps talking about what a wonderful family it is. Could someone expand on what it is like to be on the panel? __________________

08-23-2012, 01:26 PM	#118
beautygirlsmom Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bellmawr, NJ Posts: 142	I'm sure everyone will have an answer as to how it's a big family. You really only go once for training, and then you do work from home, but each year, we've organized a "family reunion" so that we can get together and spend some time with each other, and any time a Mom is headed down, we kind of let the other Moms know so that if any of our trips are overlapping - or for Orlando area Moms - we can try to get together. We support each other on a daily basis with things that go well beyond the panel. We've been there for each other through issues with family, health crisis, even through the very sad passing of one of our very dearest Moms. We text, we email, we phone call. It was like getting a whole big bunch of brothers and sisters! We've even met up away from Walt Disney World on numerous occasions! So, there is so much more to look forward to than just answering questions!

08-25-2012, 11:10 AM	#119
disneygotogirl Disneyland Specialist on the WDW Moms Panel Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 108	Anna said it perfectly! I feel so blessed to have inherited so many new brothers and sisters through this process! You definitely forge genuine relationships with the other panelists! I can't imagine my life without these guys! __________________ ** I am proud to be the "Disneyland Mom" on the Disney World Moms Panel! I am not a Disney Employee. All postings on this site and elsewhere are 100% Mine.

08-25-2012, 03:03 PM	#120
CarrieR DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,055	I'm not a mom, so I'd never thought of applying to the panel -- until last year. On a bus ride back to our resort, I struck up a conversation with a woman who turned out to be a Moms Panelist! We talked about the adventures that my group and I had already had this year, and she encouraged me to look into joining (despite the fact that I'm not a mom.) So, I am anxious to see what the rules are, and if I might fit in! I am a nanny, and the planner for my group of friends. I was fortunate enough to do the "AP thing" last year, and went on half a dozen trips. It was a "once in a lifetime" experience, that was awesome enough we are planning a repeat in 2013. We have a plethora of food allergies in the group, so I consider navigating them at Disney an area of expertise, in addition to all of the normal planning pieces! I may not post much, but I will be following this thread, waiting with baited breath for the application to go up. Question for everyone -- how much time is there for the initial app to be completed? Is it like a race to click the button, or are there a couple of days to get things pulled together? I look forward to riding the roller coaster with y'all! __________________ Trips as a kid at ages 7, 12 and 16. As an adult, single days in 2006 & 2009, Christmas week 2008, and seven trips as a 2011-2012 AP holder. 2013: WDW Half in January (I DID IT!!), February Conference weekend at YC(?!) and Girls' Spring Break in April... Next trip: August 2013, unless I sneak one in sooner...

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