XII. The Waiting Period

Now pretty much everyone who has ever applied to work for Disney whether it be the ICP (International College Programme) or the CRP (Cultural Representative Programme) - (basically imagine working at Canada's Wonderland for the same sort of pay and hours you'd get at Wonderland except you're in a dorm with roommates and curfews and rules in a place full of international folk) - has to deal with the dreaded waiting period. Where you're pretty much sitting around doubting you'll end up leaving and thinking about all the horrible reasons why Disney don't like ya no more. :(

WHY MUST I WAIT SO LONNNNNG!?!

This is after you've gotten all of your paperwork done, everything's sent off,
and all you're waiting for is a date when they're gonna gloriously email or call you up and tell ya to fly off at a moment's notice. It's a nerve-wracking thing, especially as you have to typically guess about a month in advance whether you need to move out, or make alternate plans, or quit your current job.  I've heard of people getting told after several months about their position opening. Others were called and told they're leaving within the week.

So I, like many others (from what I could tell from their blogs and so on) - passed the time by looking at fun Disney images online or watching Disney Movies. Except I like to think I'm clever sometimes - and figured - Egads, I'm probably going to be watching Disney movies 24/7 for the rest of my job and don't want to get bored of them.

So after watching The Little Mermaid and The Lion King and Pirates of the Caribbean and Cars 2 again I put my foot down and decided to save it for the ship. :P  Instead I watched the next best thing - Disney Cruise Line propaganda videos!

LOOK HOW EASY APPLYING CAN BE! .....sometimes. for some people.

Thankfully, about a month ago on Sept 19th, I got an email finally saying what week I was likely to fly out and board the ship if I accepted. As well as a crazy long copy of my contract. Oh also, that I was going to be switching ships and not going on the Disney Dream (as I was originally slated to go), but the Disney Wonder instead. Pros and Cons to this on both ends= but apparently A LOT of the youth staff on either both were swapped about.



My waiting period was coming to an end - it was happening for realsies this time!