Disney Is Taking Over My Life

So while Disney has always been my life (Disney trips once or twice a year/half my closet has something Disney on it), Disney has absolutely taken over my life. I mention that I'm leaving for Disney in a month at work, I talk about it at home, I watch Disney movies over and over and sing along to all my favorite Disney songs in the car.

I cannot WAIT to get to Florida. (Esp with my grandmother, aunt and sister in Disneyland right now WITHOUT ME!) It's going to be a whole new world for me, as I've only been there once! It is going to be a huge change from what I'm used to, but I'm looking forward to it!!

Right now I'm at the 38 day mark till I check in to the DCP, and I'm at 34 days till I fly out of dreary Seattle and into my new home at Disney World! It's starting to get surreal, and starting to really hit me that I am a Cast Member! :) It's also starting to sink in that I only have about 30 more nights of snuggling with my dogs, 20 days of work left, about 5 hockey games to work and only 33 days left with my family. I really am going to miss them, but I think this is a good opportunity and I for sure am NOT passing it up!

I started packing the other day, if you can call shoving most of my summery clothes into my ruck and putting a few pairs of shoes I wont be wearing in this nasty rain into another bag. I figure if I have stuff ready now, when it gets to my last week at home my bestie and I will have a little bit less to do when packing and cleaning and getting everything ready. So far I'm only taking my blow dryer, straightener, make-up, shoes and some bathroom things with me. I'm sure that list will grow by leaps and bounds in the next few weeks!

Next update will probably be about the on boarding paperwork, if I ever get it.

See ya real soon!
Kelci

Bucket List Pt 2

Alright well I don't know what else I can put that's not in the parks, but I guess I'm going to try it anyways. :) I guess there ARE things I can do outside the parks (hard to believe, right??) Here goes my bucket list Pt 2!

Everywhere Else

1. Go diving at least 10 times while in Florida.
2. Complete my Advanced Open Water diver cert.
3. Buy myself a Cressi Big Eyes mask.
4. Visit with the Manatees!
5. Go to the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse.
6. Celebrate my 21st Birthday at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (On July 31st! No, really.. That's my brithday!)
7. Go to Gatorland.
8. Give blood. (Apparently Disney does blood drives!)
9. Watch some Hockey (NHL or whatever, I don't care!)
10. Spend a day at Discovery Cove.
11. See La Nouba.
12. Go indoor skydiving at iFly Orlando.
13. Visit the Space Center.
14. Go to the Orlando Science Center. (I love museums, and Science Centers are my favorite!)
15. Explore the Disney Boardwalk.
16. Fireworks on the Poly beach with the girls!
17. Be a VoluntEar
18. Visit the Holocaust Memorial.
19. See the march of the Peabody Ducks
20. If I can get a good fare, fly up to NYC for a few days.
21. Go Jet Skiing
22. SeaWorld!
23. Visit Celebration, Florida
24. Visit Spook Hill to see if the Legend is true (and to see if Katie's car rolls up hill)

There are many more, but these are some I really want to do! Especially the march of the Peabody ducks. Oh my gosh. Little ducks in a hotel that march from their elevator to their little fountain? OMG PLEEEASE!

Until next time,

Kelci

My DCP Bucket List Pt 1 (In The Parks!)

So, as promised, here is the first part of my Spring 2013 WDW bucketlist. This is open to change and revision, so if you have an idea for me be sure to let me know!

I'm going to section it out into different posts with the first being in the parks! Here we go!


In The Parks!

1. Take photos with at least 100 different characters!
2. Be in a parade.
3. Tour the Castle Suite.
4. Do the Segway tour of EPCOT
5. Do the Behind the Steam Trains Tour with my Grandfather
6. Do EPCOT DiveQuest
7. Ride every ride in each park.
8. Go people watching with my roomies.
9. Be the rebel spy on Star Tours.
10. Take a weekend off for Star Wars Weekend.
11. Take the roomies and finish the Kitchen Sink.
12. Drink around the world on my 21st Birthday!
13. Ride Space Mountain with the lights on.
14. Find as many hidden mickeys as possible.
15. Picture with the Boss in each park.
16. Get my graduation ears embroidered! 
17. All 4 parks in one day.
18. Work in each park. (Is this possible? I am Merch..)
19. Start an autograph book.
20. Get t-shirts signed by the characters.
21. Meet someone from each state.
22. Run (well, walk!) one of the Disney marathons.
23. Group photos with the girls in front of the Castle.
24. Eat at each restaurant.
25. Eat around the world.
26. Get my silhouette done on Main Street.

There will be more to come, but these are my basic in the parks want to do! I think next up will be out of the parks, like at the resorts and what not. :)

Have a good one!
Kelci

58 Day Mark & I'm Bad At This Blogging Stuff!

Woow.. Okay, well, sorry for the fact it's been a month. I've been working 6-7 days a week and I have school and I've been crazy busy. Thanks to my wisdom teeth being extracted, I do however have a few days off and I thought I would get on and update.

I know I said my bucket list would be next, but I'm thinking I'm actually going to talk about the expenses of the program, which is something I wish I would have known before I actually applied and was accepted. (Please excuse any spelling errors, I'm on a heavy dose of Percocet and I'm trying to keep my head on straight!)

So during the process of applying to the DCP, I knew there would be fees (And the fees are one reason I'm making the 3500 mile move from Seattle to Orlando, instead of going to Disneyland.) For the Orlando DCp, you pay $300 up front after being accepted. Now, what this goes to is your first two weeks of rent, and various activities that Disney puts on during your program. For California, you pay (I believe) $860 up front, and that covers about the same thing.

Now, as a college student that works two minimum wage jobs, I don't have the money for the Cali DCP, but when I added it all up, that's about what I'm spending. My flight to Orlando is costing me just over $200, which is a pretty good deal considering I'm flying down right after New Years. We are also going to stay at Art of Animation for three days before my check in (I don't know the cost, my grandma is paying for that, but last I looked it was pretty expensive!) and then the night before check in I'm staying with the girls in a suite near the hotel which is costing the 6 of us about $25 each. This doesn't even count my 3 day park hopper for while I'm down there.

Yeah, so while the DW DCP is cheaper in the fees, make sure you think about the gas you will have to buy driving, or the plane ticket to fly down, extra baggage fees, shipping extra stuff down once you get there, your hotel for the night before, or couple days before if you and some loved ones are coming down, and your park tickets! The more I think about it, the more I wonder if I could be paying the same as I would have to go to Disneyland. (Not that I wanted to, I'd rather spend my DCP in DW with my awesome roomies!)

Anyways, I have 58 or so days left till I check into my DCP with my wonderful Suietmates! I can't wait to meet Katie, Kira, Gisselle, Rachel and Ashley in person! We're going to have one of the craziest, most fun times ever!
Until next time,
Kelci