It's almost time!! We are down to just 30 days until my check in at Vista Way for my Disney College Program!
I thought that I would give a little update as to what has been going on and what I'm doing in preparation in the weeks to come!
- Signed Up for Classes
No not school classes (thank God!). Disney sent an email around with our log in information to sign up for classes. This came about 6 weeks before the move in date. They direct you to the DORMS website where you take a quick survey and they generate which classes they offer that would fit how you answered the survey. You do not need to take classes! Some of them you can take for credit at school, and others are just speaker series about different aspects of the company. I am taking the Human Resource Management Speaker Series class which will dive into all the areas of Disney's HR. Since that was the major that I graduated with and I want to get into that division of the company, I figured this would be the perfect classes!
- Communicating with Roommates
My roommates and I have been talking about who has certain items for the apartment such as TVs, toasters, Coffee makers, etc. that we are going to bring with us. This way we won't have duplicates. We have also narrowed down which apartment complexes we want. We will be getting the email to sign up for our housing preferences 10 days prior to check in and we want to be prepared. It's great to really start talking to them because it makes everything all the more exciting!
- New Hire Paperwork
This week Disney Casting sent us the link to all of our new hire paperwork that needed to be filled out. This was so much easier than the last time that I did a DCP! The old way was that you received a giant envelope in the mail with all the documents that you had to sign and fill out and remember to bring with you on the first day. Now, you just go to the website and everything is already populated with your information and you do an e-signature to sign the documents! It was really simple and easy!
- Received my Postcard!
This is also something new since my last program! Since you don't get the giant welcome packet, Recruiting sends all the CPs a Postcard that says congratulations on it! (See my picture above) This was such a great way to just make it more real and like it is really happening... I am moving to Walt Disney World!
- Packing! Packing! Packing!
It's still kind of early to really be packing, but I have all of my luggage down from the attic and set up in my sisters room. She's away at school so she didn't mind that I have turned her room into my staging area! Slowly I have been moving some summer clothes over into her room to get them out of sight so that I don't wear everything and have to do a ton of laundry before I leave. I also went through all of the stuff that I have accumulated from college and decided what I was going to need and what I wasn't. Once I have finalized my packing list, I will be sure to post it so you can see an idea of what you'd need to bring.
- Just Keep Waiting...
I turned in my notice to work that I am leaving a week ago and now it is just a matter of waiting until my last day! I can't wait to be in Florida! I just wish the next few weeks would fly by!
