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Week 1 photos

Here are the photos that go along with this week! 

Week 1

 Day 2: Today is Tuesday and it's my first day here at the program full-time. I don't start training until Friday so I have this week to explore and enjoy the arks. I was very graciously given 3 park hopper passes to use this week so I can visit all the parks and get familiar with the area before I start work. However, before I did any of that, I had breakfast with my parents before taking them to the airport. It was a little bit of a drive but nice to spend some time before they flew home. Once I got back to my apartment, I took a bus to the ticketing and transportation center and then a monorail over to Epcot. One of my friends from high school is doing the program here, which is very nice to know someone else while I'm here but today was a day where I met up with them for the first time in a few years so it was great to see them! Overall, I was in a group of 4 (including me) while we explored around Epcot. Unintentionally, we were on a mission to see all the water featur...

Application process, Acceptance, and Move-In Day

 I applied to the Disney college program back in late January, kinda on a whim. I have always loved Disney and this was something I thought about doing for a long time. I didn't hear back for a while until I got an email to schedule a phone interview. That made me extremely excited because it usually takes 3-4 times for people to get a phone interview. That happened in early February and it made me incredibly anxious but the interview went very well! I got the news that I was excited around a week later while I would working at GRCC. I am not joking when I say I started very fast walking around the entirety of the kitchens and told all the chefs, my coworkers, and my managers that I was accepted! I also told my parents, obviously, but it was incredibly fun to celebrate my acceptance with my friends at GRCC. I clearly accepted my offer and that started a long 4 month wait to start. Periodically, I would get emails with documents I needed to fill out and all the details I needed befo...