Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust! - Tinker Bell

Just a brief update! 

Not too much has been happening lately on the Disney front, although I received an email back from yummy jobs saying they got my police check! So I'm just that little bit closer now!

Having a meet up with all the Melbourne ICP Cast members this Saturday! Which I can't wait for! It's going to be amazing to meet them all in person! I can't wait!

127 days til Disney!

abbiej xoxo

Police Check!

Exciting news!

Received my police check back today! And suprise suprise, I'm no criminal!
Clearly I managed to hide my 'life of crime' past well enough!
So, tomorrow I'll be scanning it, and emailing it off to Yummy Jobs for them to pass it on to Disney for me!

Apart from that, I don't really have much news! I sort of wish I did! Oh! No, wait I do have a bit of news :)
In a couple of weeks, we're having another Melbourne meet up! And since I missed the first one, I'm super excited to be able to go this time! I cant wait to put some faces to those facebook pictures and names that I've gotten to know! Will be great to get to know everyone better before we head off to the other side of the  world together! I think that I'll get along really well with everyone :) especially at our meet up, because everyone's going to be so excited to meet each other and to talk about everything disney!

136 days to go!

abbiej xoxo

Update!

I feel like I've been neglecting my blog a fair bit lately (considering I haven't posted in almost a week!)
So I decided to provide a brief update of whats been going on in regards to Disney, which recently, hasn't been too much!

I've been stressing out a bit about my police check, only because some people have been saying its taken a while for them to get theirs back, but others have received them back a week after they sent them. And also, some people were having trouble regarded fingerprints, which I don't really understand how that coule be a problem when we were told we didn't require fingerprints? But hopefully it all works out!

I also received the latest email from disney, regarding the 'next steps' we have to take, which just really outline where we had to send our police checks to when we got them back. So fingers crossed I get mine back in time as it has to be scanned and emailed off to 'Yummy Jobs' by the 15th of September.

My accomodation for when I arrive in Orlando is pretty much organised, Matt Cannon and myself decided to start off our Disney experience a little earlier than everyone else, and have chosen to stay in one of the Disney resorts when we arrive! I'm fairly sure we both arrive on the 6th of January, so we will only be there for one night, but we figured why not experience a little bit of Disney before we get settled into our apartments and start working!
So we were looking at the cheapest option with the Disney accomodation, and are most likely going to be booking a room at Disney's Pop Century Resort which looks pretty damn cool!
Hopefully we'll get that booked sometime soon!

Well, that's all for now! I'll keep you updated on my police check, emails from Disney and all that information! Can't wait to get my Welcome Pack in October! It will all feel so much more real and official then!

141 days til disney!

abbiej xoxo

Flights & Police Check Update!

Exciting stuff!
Finalised, booked, and paid in full for my flights!

Itinerary (Air New Zealand):
Jan 5th - Depart Melbourne 11.45am.
Jan 5th - Arrive Auckland 5.15pm.
Jan 5th - Depart Aucland 7.15pm.
Jan 5th - Arrive LAX 10.30am.
Jan 5th - Depart LAX 10.50pm.
Jan 6th - Arrive Orlando (MCO) - 6.34am!

Now all my flights are booked it seems so much more real !!
Also, sent off my police check today!
One step closer to Disney!

146 days to go!

abbie j xoxo

Flights & Police Check

So, on Sunday, I booked my flights to LAX!
Although, I was advised by my travel agent that it isn't a good idea to book my flights without having my visa organised yet, but then she did say the flights would get a lot more expensive between now and October (when I will be receiving the paperwork from Disney required for my visa interview), so she let me go ahead and book them!

Itinerary:
Flying with Air New Zealand
Jan 5th - Departing Melbourne 11.45am.
Jan 5th - Arrive Auckland 5.15pm.
Jan 5th - Depart Auckland 7.15pm.
Jan 5th - Arrive LAX 10.30am.

Also, haven't finalised my connecting flight from LAX to Orlando, but I have been told it's best for me to book with an airline that has and interline agreement with Air New Zealand, so I don't have to pay the excess baggage fee's that would apply for a domestic flight within USA.
So I had my travel agent have a look for me, and turns out Air New Zealand only has an interline agreement with United Airways.
Which means, the only flights available for me through United Airlines from LAX to Orlando (as I land in LA on the 5th of Jan, and have to be in Orlando by the 7th) are at 10-11pm on the 5th landing in Orlando at 6am on the 6th, or a 10am flight on the 6th, landing in Orlando at 8pm on the 6th.
And because I want to be in Orlando for our group dinner on the 6th, I'll most likely be heading to my travel agent tomorrow to book the night flight on the 5th, landing in Orlando at 6am on the 6th! Although, that does mean I'll be spending 12 hours at LAX, but I'm sure I'll find a way to keep myself busy for that long!

I also headed to Australia Post today to get my $43 money order to send off with my police background check, which I will be putting in the post box tomorrow morning! Fingers crossed I don't have a criminal record that I don't know about!

148 days until disney!

abbie j xoxo

Relief!

So, I've been stressing out majorly lately, as a lot of other ICP cast members have been getting personalised welcome emails from disney, providing a checklist of important things we need to do before we head to the states, and with a welcome/information video, which I, among some other cast members hadn't received!

But finally, I got it! Now that I've finally received my official welcome from Disney International, it all feels so much more official!

149 days til Disney!

abbie j xoxo

The Countdown Begins!

So, I figured I'd give this whole blogging thing a shot to keep everyone up to date about my time working at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida.

It all started up when STB came to the RMIT city campus and presented us with an information session about Disney International's International College Program (ICP).
After hearing about all the exciting things that people can do at Disneyworld I knew that I wanted to go there! (actually, to be honest, I knew I wanted to go there before the info session!)
When STB announced they would be conductiong interviews the very same day I was wrapped! I couldn't believe I was going to get a chance at working at Disneyworld in Florida!
So, the interview went ahead nice and smoothly, and then came the waiting game. We were told we would be notified of the results from our interviews 2-3 weeks later.
And two weeks later the email came, I was with my friend Alex from uni, walking down Swanston St, when my blackberry beeped at me, as soon as I read the words, 'Congratulations, you have been accepted into the Disney International College Program', I could not contain my excitedment!
I screamed and jumped around and went crazy! And received all sorts of weird looks from everyone, including a very embarrassed friend!

From then, I went into saving mode (although this did have to be postponed as I was heading over to England and the Greek Islands for 4 weeks!).
But I landed back in Melbourne on July 22nd from Europe, and then started saving!
My flights to LAX were booked and paid in full today, flying with Air Newzealand on the 5th of January via Auckland, and then heading to Orlando, to be assigned to my housing complex on the 7th of January!

Up until today, I couldn't believe it was real. Had I really been accepted to work at Disneyworld, Orlando?! Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming!
But now, the flights are booked. It's real, this is actually happening!
Looking forward to getting my welcome pack from Disney International in October, so I can finalise my insurance and my visa, and then i'll be one step closer to the experience of a lifetime!

151 days until disney!

abbie j xoxo