DISNEY COLLEGE PROGRAM - A Spring 2013 Adventure! *COMPLETE* 11/20

[pixiedustprincess71]

"Then the best part of my day today was when a reader named Alexandra came up and said hello to me! She said that she reads my trip reports on the DIS and that her family was just checking out from their stay at Coronado! They had a wonderful vacation and Im so glad I got to meet her before she left! I talked to them for quite awhile about the DCP. Alexandra sounds just like me very passionate about Disney after visiting here year after year! Shes a senior in high school so hopefully she will get to do her DCP soon! Her and her parents were such wonderful people and I hope that my advice helped! Alexandra, if youre reading this, thank you so much for coming up to say hi! I loved meeting you and good luck with everything you do in the future!"



Hi Jess! It's Alexandra! I finally made an account! This is my first post!!
We made it home safely and I caught up on your report! It was SO nice to meet you, too! You are so genuinely kind and I KNOW that you are doing so well as a cast member! You fit in perfectly- kind, full of smiles, and so pleasant!! Your advice was wonderful and it really solidified for me that I am confident that the DCP is in my near future! My parents think you are so nice and that it is great that you are living out your dream!! Thank you for spending the time to chat with us- it was a great end to the best vacation! I hope your vacation is amazing and filled with Disney Magic, pixie dust, lots of great food, fun memories, and "frumpy" moments! You deserve it for all your hard work!!

 

[petals]

Have a great vacation. Hope Preston enjoys Disney as well

 

[courtneylauren]

Just caught up with your report! Sounds like you are having the time of your life!! Watching your experiences makes me so excited for when I finally get to go on my DCP!

Enjoy the time with your boyfriend and friends!!

 

[Ms. Belle]

Hi Jess, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your updates! I've just caught up on them and saw your note about negativity you are getting.

Don't let the haters get you down! You are a wonderful castmember and you're working hard to make your dreams come true! I admire your work ethic and kindness towards your friends, family and guests.

Have a great week and continue to enjoy your life

 

[cheekypoppins]

ahhhhh i hope you have the best time ever!!!!!! I love your venelope drawing,i can't get enough of that movie.

 

[missx0xdelaney]

Hi Jess! I too have been lurking for the past week or so since I found your report! I am so jealous! I'd love to do a CP before I'm finished with school! I'm a theatre major too! I do costumes. I've done other internships in summer stock and regional theatre, but I'm kind of dying to do a Disney one! I'm living vicariously (like everyone else who's commented!) through your TR! I can't believe anyone would be so rude as the commenters you've had. Pay them no mind! You are perfect as is! They're clearly just jealous! Enjoy your vacay with your bf and friends! My bf came to visit me on my internship and I was ridiculously excited! We had the best time! Have so much fun!

 

[merbobear]

I love this picture, because it shows how great Disney is at capturing the right feeling and mood. Here you are in Florida, but the picture looks like it could have been taken at some ski resort up in the Adirondacks! (during a summery non-ski time of course)

And...here, I see the offending piece of wasabi on the sushi. OW. I have tried just the tiniest slightest teensy bit of wasabi before, seriously a fraction of that glob, and it burned the heck out of my entire life, so you must have been in some serious pain! My boyfriend takes the entire ball of wasabi and mixes it in his soy sauce and dips the sushi right in! I would die.

And...I just caught up! Right now you are enjoying your vacation with your friends (well...You just might be sleeping), hope you are having a wonderful time!

 

[Camno's Mama]

Hey Jess!

What app is it that you used for your countdown on your phone? Or is that just a phone feature?

Have fun on your vacation! And thanks in advance!!!

 

[AnimalPrincess]

Jess,

Just getting all caught up here, I got really behind lol. I am usually a lurker on your reports but I wanted to respond to you about the nasty comments you received. I am SO sorry that some mean nasty people felt that they could say things like that to you! Having done the CP myself I can totally relate to your life right now. We spend all our free time at the parks and it was AWESOME!!! enjoy it while you can bc let me tell you, you will miss it! You are living one of the best times of your life right now so just enjoy it! As far as spending money, I remember that 40%, you gotta take advantage of that! And as far as how much you eat, those people are just jealous that they can't eat as much as you and look as beautiful as you do! Stay positive and enjoy yourself!!

 

[tiggergirl1007]

hope you are having an awesome time with preston!

 

[G2MAmber]

I just love your trip reports! They are so great! Love all the pics!!! Makes me happy to see bits of Disney!!

Enjoy your man!!

 

[Vinnya1726]

Your reports are Magical. Enjoy this great experience.

 

[thebyrdwoman]

So exciting!!! I remember when my now-husband came to visit me about a month into my CP and it was SUCH a fun trip!

It's great that Preston is so supportive of you following your dreams and doing the program -- sounds like a keeper to me!

HAVE FUN!

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Hi Jess,
This is my first ever post on the DIS. I had originally intended to have my first post be a trip report (something you and many others have inspired) since I thought that would be cool. Then I just read about some making unkind comments and I decided that I wanted my first post here.

I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for sharing your experiences and being so open about it. Your not only inspiring those your own age, but those of us who are slightly older as well, who get to live vicariously though your adventures.

Have a great vacation. We'll be waiting for you when you get back.

 

[Illuminations_Rocks]

Just read all about your adventures thus far! Thank you for sharing your experiences during your CP. It's pretty fun to imagine what it would've been like had I been a Disneyphile in college (sadly I fell in love with WDW shortly after graduating - thanks to my boyfriend-now-husband of 4 1/2 years' love of Disney).
Sorry that some people feel the need to say unkind words. As you are well aware by others comments by now, most do not think such cruel things and are thankful for you taking so much time out of your busy days (and hanging out in the parks counts!!!) to give the rest of us something to live vicariously through!!

 

[annabanna]

I haven't posted on any of your reports, but I follow them religously. I love reading about your experiences, they sound so incredible.
I just got back on Friday. I was there for the Princess Half. I went down to the front desk area to see if you were there, but I didn't see you. We were in a hurry, so I didn't stay long enough to ask for you.
But, I just wanted to say that I really enjoy reading your life, you are an inspiration to many people. Don't let the judgemental get you down, it's not worth your time to worry about it.

 

[Nermel9]

Jess, I'm so sorry you felt you had to justify any of the choices you have been making while you have been doing your DCP! I don't always get a chance to comment here, but between your TR and Twitter, but I can tell you are doing an AMAZING job as being a CM and enjoying your time in Disney! Isn't that what doing the DCP is all about? To work for this WONDERFUL, inspiring company, learn everything you possibly can, and when you have free time, play in the parks? There is NOTHING wrong with that! That is exactly what I would be doing if I lived and worked there! I just don't get how anyone could have a problem with it! I'm so glad that you take the time to update here, your experiences all sound so magical, it's just so annoying that few people can't get past their jealousy and feel the need to try to bring you down!

I really think you have the best job in Disney! I think if I ever worked there, I'd want to be at the front desk at a resort, it must be SO wonderful to get to help people at the beginning of their vacations!

I hope you have a fantastic vacation with your boyfriend and friends from school, you deserve it!

 

[erinlovesmickey]

Have an awesome week with your boyfriend and friends!!
I heard it's pretty chilly there...hopefully it'll warm up!!

 

[katt789]

I love Pizza Planet! And Disney pizza, yum!! Didn’t manage to have any this last trip, trying to stay healthy haha!

I haven’t gone on the backlot tour in so long!! We walked through the area with all the props and costumes while we were there, but that was it, I thought that’s where I’d seen costumes from Once Upon A Time, but they weren’t there anymore, sad!

I absolutely love the Hoop De Doo food!! It’s so tasty, and so much fun too!! I think we had pretty much the same cast last April, minus the two in purple, although the girl in purple looks a lot like one of the girls from Disney Channel Rocks last week!

That rain was not fun!! I’m really glad we managed to get in to the lobby of Tower of Terror when it started! Yay for meeting, and boo for managing to not get a picture, haha! Sucks that I couldn’t hang out any longer, but even when I did get back the crowd had already gone in for Fantasmic and Paige was stuck without me, eek! Mark has so many friends already, that’s so great!! I still wonder if he was the Ralph we met!

I can’t stand most of the QS places in DHS, I’ll be hopping over to Epcot/other area resorts from now on for food! Haha!

I definitely have to say that some of the comments you’ve gotten I’m sure are just absurd, and totally uncalled for, I would MUCH rather see a Disney employee spreading the magic and spending the time in the parks, using the fact that they live on property, and are that close to the full advantage. I have to say, if I was down there, there are definitely things I would be doing before/after my shifts, and probably even on days off, it’s an amazing place, and you only get to be there for so long, I’m glad you’re taking advantage of it! I’d rather see that than someone who sits at home doing nothing during their spare time!

I am so incredibly excited for you and Preston and friends to all be in Disney together, and I’m so excited to read all about it, I know it definitely is going to be an amazing trip for all of you and I’m so happy that you get to spend a week in the parks with someone you love! Yay!! Have a magical week!!

 

[cindianne320]

Just wanted to send some hugs. I'm sorry you were being judged. I, for one, am so envious and wish I would have down something so awesome during college! I love the relationship you have with your mom, and hope my daughter and I will be as close as she grows older.

I hope you are enjoying your special trip with Preston! Can't wait to read all about it and get my Disney fix- October is so far away!