99 Days until I check in!

Oh my goodness I can't believe that in 99 days I'll starting a whole new chapter in my life!
From now until I leave I'll be posting weekly updates of how i am preparing to go!
Starting off I have my roommate survey!
Well I already have my roommate, so it is more of a getting to know me survey instead!

DCP Fall Survey

NAME:

Marissa Parks sometimes known as Maris, Ris or Ginge

BIRTHDATE/AGE:

June 10^th 1992 / 21 for the program

HOMETOWN:

Linden Michigan (and proud)

MAJOR/MINOR:

Basically I’m an educational mess.

Business major Music Major maybe a few other things.

Undecided?

CURRENT JOB:

Bar’s Products I’m a cross between a temp, a secretary and a scientist (I have a lab coat)

RESORT:

Walt Disney World

ROLE:

Custodial!

ARRIVAL DATE / DEPARTURE DATE:

August 5^th -January 3^rd

FLYING IN OR DRIVING:

Driving

HOUSING PREFERENCES

BUILDING:

The Commons (maybe) Patterson

NUMBER OF ROOMMATES:

1 Found her already though!

I COULD NOT LIVE WITH A ROOMMATE THAT:

Whom doesn’t respect my space, or has people over at all hours of the night.

LIFESTYLE STUFF

DO YOU DRINK?

Probably casually

DO YOU SMOKE?

Absolutely not.

DO YOU LIKE TO PARTY?

My idea of party is to have late night chats and movie nights involving anything from horror movies to Disney movies or having friends over for a nice dinner night.

MEDICAL CONDITIONS?

Cystic Fibrosis genetic disorder that effects the lungs and pancrease.

MESSY OR TIDY?

I am fairly tidy, but I will have somedays where I won’t even want to make my bed.

DO YOU LIKE TO COOK?

I LOVE to cook! I love trying new recipes and making all sorts of different dishes! Lately I’ve been experimenting with chocolate and homemade marshmallows yum!

NIGHT PERSON OR MORNING PERSON?

Both

ROOMMATE STUFF

FAVORITE CHORE?

Dishes, sweeping, cleaning the bathroom.

LEAST FAVORITE CHORE?

Vacuuming, dusting.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SHARING?

I am all for sharing! As long as it’s mutual and if you take the last one either replace it or at least let me know!

DO YOU SNORE?

No but I talk it my sleep, and do I have some stories.

WHAT TIME DO YOU USUALLY GO TO BED?

It depends, between 10 and 12 usually sometimes earlier sometimes later.

 WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP ON FREE DAYS?

anywhere between 7 and 11

I PREFER TO SLEEP IN A ROOM THAT…

Is cool and dark, with a little bit of noise like a fan. I like fans a lot.

PERSONALITY STUFF

THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU:

Musical, chipper, animated

ONE GOOD QUALITY:

I’m a good adapter. Emotionally it is easy for me to understand and adapt myself to different situations to and connect with people.

ONE BAD QUALITY:

I am painfully shy. I have a bit of social anxiety, but once I get to know you I’m a bit of a chatter box J

5 FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS:

Queen

Jonas Brothers

Demi Lovato

5 FAVORITE TV SHOWS:

Doctor Who

Hells Kitchen

Kitchen Nightmares

NCIS
Sherlock

5 FAVORITE MOVIES:

Jurassic Park

Twister

5 FAVORITE BOOKS:

The Eternal Ones

 The Forbidden Games Series

John Green EVERYTHING

HOBBIES:

Race Cars, Music music music, reading, drawing, blogging, I’m a mess of hobbies the more you know me the more you’ll realize I am actually just a Hobbist

DISNEY STUFF

FAVORITE MOVIE:

The pressure! Peter Pan II Return to Neverland

FAVORITE CHARACTER:

Peter Pan/Alice

FAVORITE PRINCESS:

Tiana

FAVORITE VILLAIN:

Dr. Facilier

FAVORITE PARK:

E.P.C.O.T.

FAVORITE RIDE:

Tower of Terror

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO DISNEY?

Disney World 3 times Disney Cruise Line 2

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT AT DISNEY?

I am really excited start this part of my life! I am hoping to finish my A.A. online over the next year and network within the company to help me discover what I really want to do with my life. Working with the Disney company has been a dream of mine since I was in early middle school or elementary, I’m just frightened that once I get there I won’t leave!

OTHER:

I’m really excited to get to Florida and get everything started. I am confident that it will be an amazing time. I am also running the Tower of Terror 10 Mile event, and I’m the team leader of a charity team for the event so if you’re planning on running and want to be on my team message me! Don’t pay your registration fee yet though, message me first!

Phone Interview!

Earlier this evening I had my phone interview for the Disney College Program. I filed my initial application on Friday. I was really nervous in the morning because I woke up with a bad head cold. I was congested in my nose and chest so bad I couldn't breathe or smell anything! And I sounded like Chuckie Finsters dad, but I got it cleared up enough to sound normal by the time the phone rang.
 Here's how it went:
My interviewer was Connie and she was a complete sweet heart! She asked my about my intentions with the Program and why I wanted to be apart of it and then continued to ask me about my top 2 roles and how my work experience qualified me for them. She also asked me a few questions about how I work and what type of working environments do I prefer and work best in.
At the end of my interview she asked me if I had any questions or concerns with anything and I expressed my concern about having Cystic Fibrosis and being allowed to have my medications in the housing that Disney provides. She assured me that is would be no problem and that I shouldn't even be questioned about it from the staff.

I felt really good about my interview. I was a bit nervous, but I felt good about my answers to her questions, we even had a good laugh about the weather. I am satisfied with my interview and at this point I just hope it was good enough to put me above the rest of the applicants.


Wish me luck!

Marissa

I've done it! I've applied!

So the Disney College Program applications went up this morning, and after having a miniature panic attack I managed to successfully fill out my application!

Now for those of you who don't know the Disney College Program is like an internship (without the title intern). Disney hires college students to take a semester and work for them. They provide housing and training and even offer extra classes like Disney History that some colleges will accept for their credits!

I have been planning on applying for the college programs since I first read about it in the summer of 2011, and I wanted to wait to apply until i was finishing up my A.A. degree but after transferring school last semester and starting a new program I was tired of waiting so I applied now!

It felt a little like this:

The Application felt really stressful, but it was actually really simple There 4 steps to Disney's Application process.

Step 1: The standard application. You provide you name address and social security number and information like this. Disney will also give you a list of roles to choose from and you rate your interest level on a scale of High Interest, Moderate Interest, Low Interest of No Interest.
Step 2. The Web Based Interview (WBI). The WBI is like a giant personality quiz  it asks you how well you do things and how you like them. Questions such as working in groups vs alone, to how would you handle an employee doing something wrong? There is a scale such as Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree questions  like that. Again very stressful because if the questions don't match up to what they want you can be rejected here.
Step 3.  Phone Interview. This is when you will interact directly with a Disney recruiter. They'll ask a variety of questions about the roles you chose, your past work experience and all sorts of other questions! This is the last step that involves answering any questions.
Step 4. Your fate! You'll get an e-mail with the final decision. This decision can come after weeks of holding a pending status or just a few days of finishing step 3. But there's no doubt this step could change your life!


I am currently waiting for step 3. I have my phone interview scheduled for Tuesday at 3pm and I can't wait!
I am confident that I have what it takes to be a Disney CP but I just have to prove that to my recruiter.

Wish me luck!

Marissa

Patience

So I went to class this morning, but I ended up getting really sick so i came back home. Now I have resorted to laying on the couch watching Kitchen Nightmares before I get the courage to start preparing dinner for my family. On the menu tonight Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta! One of my favorite dinners hopefully i'll be able to eat it.
On top of all that I am trying to be patient and wait for the Disney College Program applications. I have been waiting to apply for the program for about two years now after i first heard about it, and this is the right time for me to go off and work at Disney World! It is important for me to get this CP because I hope to work with Disney in the future so getting my foot in the door here is a great start! Rumors have it applications will be out sometime this week, right now everyone is expecting Friday since they haven't come out today (yet) but there is still hope for tomorrow!

I am ready to be living and breathing at Disney!
Just let me go!

Marissa