*SPOOF BLOG* 'Disney is not actually that great' by Tom (who is bitter!)

Although I just got the confirmation that I have a face-to-face interview again it's not at the Disney HQ this time so I don't like them anymore. If I'm going to work for them they can at least interview me properly. Perhaps I won't go at all. I'm so amazing they shouldn't even have to interview me.
I think I'll just turn up in Florida and announce that I'm now running the park, it's the least they can do for me considering all the attention I've given them over the years.

I other news, which is far more impotant than any Disney rubbish - I have discovered my pancake-making genius. Perhaps I should become a celebrity chef rather than working at Disney. It would certainly be a more rewarding and socially-acceptable occupation than working at a glorified theme park. Something to think about, perhaps.

The twelfth day...

Ok, so I said I wouldn't blog again until I'd heard back about an f2f, buuuut today is the twelfth day after my phone interview. That is significant because after the last phone interviews, we heard the results twelve days later and I was accordingly nervous about this day for that reason.

However, my inbox is empty and so I will take this opportunity to fill you in on other events of note:

Jess and Chari have now joined Louisa in Florida, they flew out yesterday for the year. They ought to have a pretty amazing time. Have a magical year ladies, glad you got there and moved in ok!! The next round of departures are scheduled for March 10th and have a more international flavour, with people from Norway, Italy, Germany and South Africa as well as the UK!

Valentine's Day has, of course, just come and gone this weekend. I spent most of the day serving tea and coffee, but what else could I expect since I don't have a Prince Charming to come and sweep me off of my feet! However, the evening was decidedly better. Tom obviously knows the way to this girl's heart, as he bought me a Valentine's Day pin!!!! It's Lady and the Tramp and LE1000. It's all sparkly and shiny and I love it! Here it is (thanks PinPics!):Monday was Unite at the Cube where the CU had the whole of the club on campus to ourselves, for an awesome night of partAying! I had less than five hours sleep and then had to get up at 7am to join a queue that already had 200 people in it, in order to be in with a chance to getting tickets to the Grad Ball. I have to say it does sound amazing - so it had better be worth £59 and the six hours we spent in line waiting to get to the Box Office.

Tonight Tom and I are going to the Soul Survivor Tour which will be at Central Hall! We've already had Andy Croft here for Events Week and then Mike Pilavachi came to our Unite meeting, so a bit more Soul Survivor will go down very well indeed!

Lastly, and very excitingly, I'm going on a little trip to Paris 14th-16th March!!! It's a course trip, so we're going to be visiting lots of memorials/monuments/museums but we'll also have lots of free time to shop and sight see etc. It's just before the Easter holidays, so that will be awesome indeed. We are staying at the Hotel Port Royal, but don't let the name fool you, its a 1* by French standards! Myself and Harriet have a double room...

That's all! Adieu, mes cheries!

5mins and 26secs of my life....

MY PHONE INTERVIEW!!

Yep, it happened and now its over and done with. Here the details;

It was with a lady called Jenny, lasted 5mins and 26secs and invlolved the following questions...

0 What is your motivation for taking part in the Programme?
0 What is your work experience so far?
0 What would you tell Guests about your home town and its culture?
0 Have you ever lived away from home before?
0 How will you get on with a room mate from another culture?
0 What is your travel experience to this point?
0 On a scale of 1-10, how well would you say you got on with your work colleagues?

Difficult to see how we fitted that all in to 5mins!! But I think it went well, she sounded happy with all of my answers, so that was encouraging... I'd been quite concerned because I came down with a cold and was worried that I'd sound awful on the phone, but nope, all was well!

Now to wait. We were under the impression that it would be two weeks until we found out, she said FOUR weeks, but I think they said something similar last time and I knew in under two weeks! Watch this space.

In other news, I recieved some nice friendly marks for one of my course modules yesterday so I'm happy about that. I also booked Eurostar tickets for a weekend in Paris (got ripped off by Eurostar, but it was only by £10) and my coursemate Harriet and I got to choose our seats - next to each other obviously!

The rain is continuing to fall on Southampton, but when I looked out the window just now, its sleety, so that a step in the right direction.
Poor Louisa though, she was worried that her flight would be cancelled and then she got stuck on the motorway - all due to snow! That's by-the-by now though, cos she got to Orlando safe and well, has settled in and has Traditions tomorrow!! Chari and the others go to get their visas on Monday.

Methinks that is all I have to share with you. I'll leave you with this... Ciao x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr2HqL1Vy9I

Bon voyage Skipper Lou and 3 days til phone interview!!

The title says it all really...

Today, 3rd Feb 09, Louisa sets of to begin her second Disney adventure (UK FnB). Have an amazing time Lou!!


Also, back in the real world, I have my phone interview on Friday... Tell me why I should be so scared about messing this up???? None at all. Hmmmm. Well I shall let you know how it goes and when I expect to hear the next bit of news...

Apologies if you think I'm updating too much, I'm bored and I hate my dissertation.

Oh, a world of wishes
A world where dreams come true
So make a wish, see it through
Dare to do what dreamers do...

Southampton is a Winter Wonderland! I've got the day off work and the park is beckoning... Yesterday was fab too, I went for a walk on the Common with my coursemate and took loads of photos all around campus!
Unfortunately the snow also prevented Chari from getting her visa at the US Embassy in London (it was closed!) and might delay Louisa's flight...

J'aurai un entretien au téléphone or something like that!!!!

I am pleased to announce that, through some amazing stroke of luck, I have a phone interview with Yummy Jobs, scheduled for some time in the next week or so!!!!

So, here I go again... Wish me luck.

I'd been away from WDWIP for a few days and had not checked my e-mails either so was not surprised, but still suitably worried to see an e-mail from Michele titled 'telephone interview'.
I got in, but a lot of deserving people did not. Ours is not to reason why obviously, but it must be so deeply frustrating for them as I know it was for me when I didn't make off of the Waiting List.
It is a bit confusing as there seems to be no logic to the selection process... people with seemingly extensive experience didn't get in - weird!

I'm really sad for these guys, but urged them not to give up - Disney dreams do come true!!!
As for me, Megan, Steph, Todd, Jim and a couple of others whose real names I don't know, we are through and are awaiting confirmation of the times/dates of our little chat with Michele or whoever it is from Yummy.

That is all of the news from Disney at the mo, except dear Skipper Lou is now FIVE days away from departure (note to self: must check her blog!) and that is indeed very exciting!!! Impatience is not going to get the better of me this time though - I'm going to remain calm throughout...

Otherwise, life proceeds well. I've just finished my exams (well, tbh I only had one!) and am now reading for my dissertation. Semester Two starts next week, so it'll be back in to the daily grind of lectures etc soon! Joy of joys!!!!

Will update this post with the date and time of the Phone Interview and my next post will probably be after it has happened.

Unil then;

"Please stand clear of the doors...
Por favor mantenganse alejado de las puertas..."

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New Start, New Beginning, New Application! Whatever you call it, here I go again!!!!!!!

Hello everybody.

Well I had to mark this momentous occasion with a blog. So here it is! I should, of course, be revising - but who wants to do that, its boring!!

I e-mailed Michele and I'm a new applicant all over again!! Watch this space for details of the phone interview etc.

I would firstly like to draw your attention to a lovely - and downright hilarious - friend of mine, Michelle, who uploaded her latest vlog last night. You can find it at:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=emQbUeJNTnk and link to the previous ones from there. Yours truly has a mention or two!

In other Disney-related news, I recieved my latest pin (Chip n Dale, Christmas 08, LE 1000) yesterday and it is lovely, if I say so myself! I used my e-bay voucher and so it only cost £1 or something silly like that! My collection is around 450 strong and if I ever get to Florida, then I hope it will grow more and more!!

Not sure why, but I'm reasonably nervous about the whole thing now. Greater fear of rejection than last time I guess. Never fear though, as I expected, a group of lovely people have sprang up on WDWIP and we are all getting to know each other already.
Special shout-out to Megan from there as the first person I got to know by name!

My other special mention is of Louisa who is now at 13 days until departure! I wish her and eveyone else leaving on February 3rd, a Magical year in the Happiest Place on Earth.

That's it for now methinks. I'll leave you with this thought:

The first step towards getting somewhere
is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are

Crunch Time

Ok, so I should be writing an essay and I promise I will get back to it after I've updated y'all.

So last night I sent an e-mail to Michele at Yummy Jobs, I won't paste it here, but the gist of it was;

Can I take myself off of the Waiting List and submit a new application NOW (they review the new applications from the 15th)? I asked her if she thought there was any chance of me getting the call in the next two weeks and if not would I be able to apply again now as opposed to waiting until the summer...

Because I am so ready to apply again, right now, it wouldn't be a problem for me at all and all of my preparation is already done. I could work through the summer, be able to go to Momentum hopefully and leave for Disney in September or whenever they want me...

She hasn't replied as of 2.30pm GMT and I keep checking my e-mails every hour or so, which I just realised is almost as bad as I was when we were waiting to hear the outcome of the f2fs!!!

My reasoning is that if I apply and get accepted properly (ie get a position and start date) this time, I'll still only start a couple of months after the friends who I met at the interview and still get to spend most of the year with them... Which would actually be amazing!

So that's why this post is called 'Crunch Time' because its got to the point where I've done my waiting and don't think anything else is going to happen to the Wait List, so I'm thinking its time to cut my loses and see if I can apply again. Let's face it, I was always going to have more of a chance of getting in applying now, than then, because of my availability...

I'll keep you posted!

*UPDATE, 9th Jan 09*

I've been e-mailing back and forth to Michele (she is sooo lovely and helpful) about my rather unique position.

She confirmed that all I need to do is to e-mail her, basically say the word, and she'll change my status on the YJ website to 'New Applicant' so I can start all over again if I want to.
She did warn me that there are less places available this time around, so there is that consideration...
Michele also said I could stay on the List a couple of weeks longer, if I wanted to...

Decisions, DECISIONS, DECISIONS!

ARGHHHHH

Ok, so this is the deal: I'm staying on the Waiting List for two more weeks and then I need to e-mail Michele to remind her to change my status to 'New Applicant' on the YJ website!
Looks like I get the best of both worlds!!!

So I will leave you with the immortal words of Hannah Montana;

"Don't let no small frustration,
Ever bring you down,
Just take a situation,
And turn it all around,

With a new attitude everything can change,
Make it how you want it to be,
Staying mad, why do that, Give yourself a break,
Laugh about it and you'll see!

Life's what you make it,
So let's make it rock!"