Elmo9607
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I did mine last year at Cosmic Ray's. It had it's moments, but I don't regret it one bit. The worst thing for me was dealing with my roomates...two I hardly ever saw and the one I shared a room with was not very nice. I spent a lot of time by myself, but that didnt bother me a bit.
My school doesn't offer credit for the program but they advertise it. I just took the semester off when I was there. I am culinary arts major but worked in QSFB. I checked off almost every role on the application to get a better chance of getting in.
I came home with NO money. I was careful about my spending and only had a debit card with me. My roomate on the other hand charged everything in sight and couldn't pay for it when the bills came. I worked, on average, 30-40 hours a week and was never hurting for cash when I was there, but came home broke. Extra hours were available all the time, but more often than not were for roles I was not qualified for.
I had my car when I was there, and I'm VERY VERY VERY glad I brought it with me. I filled up about once a week and drove to every place I went. The buses take you to the parks and WalMart, and that's about it. They go to the Florida Mall one day a week in the afternoon. (not very convenient) I never took the bus to work and budgeted gas money. I can imagine I would have had a very difficult time down there if I didn't have my car.
The CP was my very first time living away from home. I adjusted wonderfully. The first few days were a little weird and I had one major homesick meltdown on the way home from work one night but that was it.
As far as it helping me out in the real world, I haven't noticed anything yet. I still have people ask me fairly frequently about it at school and work. I haven't had to switch jobs yet so I haven't discussed it in an interview situation yet.
I was ready to go home when it was over, but leaving was bittersweet. I cried when i was leaving thr tunnel in the MK on my last day and spent my last night in the MK. I thought for sure I was ready to be home, but when I got back all I could think about was being in Disney. Not a day goes by that I don't think of being back down there.
My school doesn't offer credit for the program but they advertise it. I just took the semester off when I was there. I am culinary arts major but worked in QSFB. I checked off almost every role on the application to get a better chance of getting in.
I came home with NO money. I was careful about my spending and only had a debit card with me. My roomate on the other hand charged everything in sight and couldn't pay for it when the bills came. I worked, on average, 30-40 hours a week and was never hurting for cash when I was there, but came home broke. Extra hours were available all the time, but more often than not were for roles I was not qualified for.
I had my car when I was there, and I'm VERY VERY VERY glad I brought it with me. I filled up about once a week and drove to every place I went. The buses take you to the parks and WalMart, and that's about it. They go to the Florida Mall one day a week in the afternoon. (not very convenient) I never took the bus to work and budgeted gas money. I can imagine I would have had a very difficult time down there if I didn't have my car.
The CP was my very first time living away from home. I adjusted wonderfully. The first few days were a little weird and I had one major homesick meltdown on the way home from work one night but that was it.
As far as it helping me out in the real world, I haven't noticed anything yet. I still have people ask me fairly frequently about it at school and work. I haven't had to switch jobs yet so I haven't discussed it in an interview situation yet.
I was ready to go home when it was over, but leaving was bittersweet. I cried when i was leaving thr tunnel in the MK on my last day and spent my last night in the MK. I thought for sure I was ready to be home, but when I got back all I could think about was being in Disney. Not a day goes by that I don't think of being back down there.