Preparing for London...

Well, it's nearly time for my interview in London and the nerves are starting to kick in! I'm mostly excited and have been on the WDWIP forums talking to people about what to wear and the types of questions might come up in our interviews. However I am a little worried because there seem to be a lot of people going for interviews the day after me but not very many on the same day! Hopefully there are others out there somewhere.

I'm very proud of how prepared I am, I've been to the station and bought my return train ticket to London (not bad at £28!) and have bought a snazy folder to put all of my important documents in. I considered buying a Mickey Mouse folder but decided it may be overkill! That, and the fact that the Disney folders were about tripple the price of my the folder I actually bought.

Tomorrow's challenge is to go shopping to find some "professional attire" which I have been requested to wear. As I am a uni student, my wardrobe is full of hoodies, jeans and basic t-shirts so I don't really think any of these really equates to being "professional"!? My plan is to go to Next (or New Look if I decide to save my pennies!) and get some nice, smart trousers and a crisp shirt. I'm not one for wearing a suit jacket so I think I wil just wear a smart cardigan instead. Hopefully this will be ok.

I think that's it for now, I just have to contact a few friends who live in London and ask if they want to meet up (you know who you are), but other than that I'mall sorted! I'll post again next week once I've had my day of London fun. I just can't believe how quickly this all seems to be happening. Hopefully the interview will be great and I will be able to keep this blog going for the next year or so!

I've got an interview!

That was fast...literally as soon as I posted my first post on this blog, I have received an email from Yumy Jobs (the company in-charge of recruiting UK participants) inviting me to the next stage of interviews!

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Now I just have to arrange my trip to London in March and make sure I don't have any Uni work/presentations due that week. I'm soooo excited now, I can't wipe the smile off my face!

The Beginning

Hi All!

Well, it would seem I've jumped on the band wagon and started my very own Disney related blog. I just hope that by doing so I am not tempting fate, seeing as I haven't actually been offered a place on the Disney programme yet!

I've officially applied to go on Disney's Cultural Representative Programme in Walt Disney World, Florida. So far I've submitted my application and had my phone interview with Jason (a very cool dude!) and am now waiting to hear whether or not they want to see me at the face-to-face interview in Hammersmith in March. I can tell you, I only had my interview on Saturday but have been tentatively checking my emails every 5 minutes to see if I've been invited to the f2f!

Lots of people have asked me what this programme is about and why I want to do it and my answer to that is that I am in love with Disney! Since going to WDW for the first time in 1992 I have constantly tried to persuade my family that they want to go back, again and again and again....well, you get the picture! It's got to be one of the most magical and fun places to work in the whole world, plus it means I can live in the warm sunshine for a whole year!

If I'm lucky enough to get on the programme I will be living in the Disney area with hundreds of other cast members (that's what Disney staff are called) from all sorts of different countries. In fact the 11 countries which are represented in EPCOT, which coincidentally is where I would be working! I could be placed in either food & beverage or merchandise and when I'm not working I'll have the chance to play in the parks, yippeeeeeeee!

Of course, none of this is actually definite yet as I've not been offered a position, but I'm ever hopeful and will keep you posted! In the meantime, if you'd like to know more about the programme have a look at www.wdwip.com.