As my program was nearing end, I was trying to cram everything into the last month and a half I was there. I spent majority of my holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Years apart from my family. I even spent my birthday at Disney.
While I couldn't spend the holidays with my immediate family, I spent them with my Disney family. When I first left, I never imagined that people I was only going to spend six months with would become my family. They really made a huge impact on my life. We had a huge Christmas Even dinner and party and it was great to spend so much time with such amazing people.
I spent a lot of time at the Polynesian beach at the Polynesian resort during my nights when I would get off work late with my friends. Towards the end of my program, Disney had a graduation for all of its college program interns. It was said that by half of my program, half of the people in the program either left because they self-termed or got termed from the company. Those numbers surprised me. Below are images from my Disney "Graduation"
After this day I had finally earned my "ears".
My days in Florida wrapped up and I was soon headed on a plane back home and headed back to college. The last night I clocked out, the computer screen read like it had any other night, thank you for helping create the magic with an image of mickey mouse on the screen. The entire plane ride home I cried because I didn't want to have to say goodbye to Disney, my friends that I had made or my roommates. It all happened so fast and I never would have thought leaving would have had that effect on me. I wanted to stay there forever... but I knew that I had an education back home to return to and a family and friends who were home missing me.
Before I left, I was afraid that being down there would change me and change who I was. In fact it had, but the changes that had occurred, made me who I am today. I learned so much through this experience. I learned that change can be good. You never know what you can do until you take the chance. I learned what it was like to live on my own and away from my friends and family. I spent six months creating myself and finding out who I was or what I was. I really enjoyed Disney, the upbeat life, the craziness and hectic environment that I encountered while I was there. I had fun on my days off, I worked hard on the days I worked, and I grew as a person during the entire experience.
It's almost been a year now since I left Ohio to Florida for my program. I do not think about Disney as much as I did when I first got back (in a snow storm I must remind you). However, I think about it quite often and I'll pull out old pictures and smile at all the wonderful memories I had created. There is not enough words I can use to describe how incredible and amazing this experience was. I would never go back in time and change anything that had happened. I never saw myself pursuing a career with Disney until my College Program. My next goal is to score a Professional Internship with Disney and move my way up to work full time there with something relating to Communication or English.
I would tell you what my favorite memory of my college program was, but I cannot narrow it down while I was there. All of them were incredible. I'll never forget the first time I saw the Disney castle. It was truly incredible.
I would say that I'm crazy that I have incredible amount of Disney post depression but by the reactions from others, I decided that I am not. All of my roommates and friends feel the same way. Also, I am posting this link about Disney post depression from one of my favorite vloggers. I attached a link below:
That is the end of my Disney adventure blog... I think highly of Disney, despite some of the downfalls and cons about it. The Disney College has by far been the best adventure of my life and there is not a day that I don't wish I was working for Disney! Hopefully this blog will encourage you to take chances, do what you want to do and maybe even become interested in the Disney College Program.
All of the images used in this blog are my own personal images.
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