A Disney Questionnaire!

Here’s a post about all our basic information and some fun facts about us, just in case anyone is interested. We will be checking in to Disney on the 19th of January. We were planning on flying down from Utah…sometime! We actually have not bought our plane tickets yet much to Kelsi’s dismay (It has mostly been me as the slacker). As of right now, we’re pretty sure that we want to be housed in Patterson. In Utah we don’t get a lot of bugs because of the dry climate, so avoiding cockroaches and crocodiles is VERY important to us, and we’ll be making a point to do everything we can to do so, thank you very much. Besides that, we’re both in the Advantage Program, so we’ll be leaving Florida on August 5th. And finally, Kelsi’s role is Quick Service Food and Beverage and my role is Custodial!

We are both very excited and obviously would love to know more about you! Here’s a little more individual information about us:

TASHA.

• What are you most excited for about living in Florida? Meeting new people and experiencing different activities that are exclusive to Florida.
• What are your goals for when working at the park? I want to be a part of the legacy I suppose, and fully invest in the Disney expectations. Oh, and of course I want to conquer the Kingdom.
• What park do you hope to be placed in? Animal Kingdom for the hours, if ya’ know what I mean ;)
• What is your favorite park? Hollywood Studios! I love a little art and drama mixed up in one magical scene!
• What is your favorite attraction at Disney World? Oh gee, that’s a tough one, but I love the Great Movie Ride, The Tower of Terror and I’m a sucker for history so I can’t leave out the Hall of Presidents.
• What is your favorite attraction at Disneyland? Storybook Land and Indiana Jones.
• What is a favorite memory inside the Disney parks? So many! Maybe when I was a kid I would sit on my dad’s shoulders and watch the Electric Parade at Disneyland. That was magical.
• What are some of your favorite traditions inside the Disney parks? Getting churros is obviously very important; I also can’t deny those bread bowls… And when I’m with my cousin, Keaton, the caramel apples are number one! I guess I just love their food.
• What is a favorite thing you have bought from inside the parks? I collect mugs so I always have to get a new one when I go. My favorite is probably the Epoct mug. It has a bunch of Mickey heads with different flags for various countries on them.
• Who is your favorite Disney character? Alice and Roger Radcliffe, of course!
• What is your favorite Disney movie? I love Hunchback of Notre Dame but two new favorites are The Princess and the Frog and Tangled.
• Who is your favorite Pixar character? Russell, Boo, and Bonnie. There is nothing like a cute kid. Oh and Woody. Please marry me.
• What is your favorite Pixar movie? Up and Monsters Inc.
• What are your plans with Disney in the future? I want to be a character designer for animated films so Pixar or bust, baby! Actually, I really love history, and I’m thinking of minoring in American history so it would be equally cool if I was some sort of research something or other for the Disney/Pixar movies as well.

KELSI.

• What are you most excited for about living in Florida? Living in the South, in a climate/culture that is totally different from Utah. And being able to go the Disney parks every day.
• What are your goals for when working at the park? Conquer the Kingdom! Have lots of fun every day! Talk to people! And have a totally positive attitude. I know it sounds cheesy, but I don't want to walk away from this internship feeling like I wasted seven months in misery.
• What park do you hope to be placed in? The Animal Kingdom is my number one choice, but anywhere would be fine. Really!
• What is your favorite park? Magic Kingdom, of course!
• What is your favorite attraction at Disney World? I really loved the Great Movie Ride the first time I rode it, and also the Expedition Everest ride at Animal Kingdom. My favorite ride of all time, ever, is the Haunted Mansion.
• What is your favorite attraction at Disneyland? The Haunted Mansion, but Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye is a close second.
• What is a favorite memory inside the Disney parks? That is a tough one. Probably running around with my brothers, trying to go on every ride as many times as possible. Also, my first (and only, so far) trip to DisneyWorld, where Tash and I got to ride Splash Mountain before we did anything else!
• What are some of your favorite traditions inside the Disney parks? Getting a churro, of course! Riding Indiana Jones as many times as possible. Taking pictures of everything.
• What is a favorite thing you have bought from inside the parks? I collect decks of cards, so I have more of them than anything else. And I actually use them still, which is nice!
• Who is your favorite Disney character? Jane from Tarzan, Roger Radcliffe from 101 Dalmatians.
• What is your favorite Disney movie? Peter Pan. The Princess and the Frog and Tangled are high on the list as well!
• Who is your favorite Pixar character? Carl and Ellie Fredrickson, Woody and Buzz, Syndrome from The Incredibles.
• What is your favorite Pixar movie? Up! Easily!
• What are your plans with Disney in the future? I would really, really love to work for the Disney parks doing concept design. Really!
  

Of course we want to know more about you! Maybe even send us a link to your blog, we love reading them!

This is Halloween

Happy (belated) Halloween!

Tash and I are both big fans of Halloween. Dressing up! Junk food all weekend! Spooky movies! The Monster Mash! What's not to love?

This year we decided to pull our costume inspiration from one of our favorite Pixar movies: UP. Thus:

My sister-in-law Kristin took the pictures, she blogged about it here, and posted much more lovely pictures. We needed to look pro because we entered a costume contest with one of the photos.

So there you go! Thanks for reading, come back soon for some real Disney College related news!

"Hello, this is Natasha."

Alright. My turn.

So, my interview started off a little strange. I thought the interviewer was going to call at 7 pm but she called at 7:32. Although I was in panic mode, I seem to do these things like this (mix up dates and times) a lot so no one else should probably be surprised.

But eventually, after sending ten thousand text messages to Kelsen and taking a quick catnap, she called. I was nervous, yeah, but surprisingly much more comfortable with the interviewer than when I was doing practice interviews with Kelsen. My interviewer was not so chipper. It wasn't like she was mean or anything, she was just to the point. That made me more nervous than I expected, so be prepared for that. Anyway, here are some questions she asked me:

What was your favorite job you worked for?

Tell me about an experience where you had a unsatisfied costumer.

What do you expect you'll be doing as a custodian?

Why do you want to work for Disney?

She asked me a lot of questions about Full Service Food and Beverage so I expected that that was the role I was going to get, but I was pleasantly surprised with Custodial. So you never know.

The thing that helped me the most was being prepared. Also, be smiling the whole time, it helps with the cheery factor.

Ring, Ring

For all those prospective Disney College applicants, we wanted to do a couple of quick posts about The Phone Interview.

I'll start with mine, and Tasha will post all about hers at a later date. Hopefully we have some useful information for some Disney College hopefuls out there!

Kelsi's Telephone Interview

I scheduled my phone interview for August 24th at one p.m. It wasn't very strategic scheduling- it was the same day that I was moving out of the house and the day after I bought Mockingjay, so I had been up til 5 a.m. the night before, reading. But I digress!

I was nervous, I'll admit it. But I did feel well-prepared; I spent all morning reading up on common interview questions, plus Tasha had told me all about her own interview (which was the night before mine).

When my phone finally rang (11 minutes after one), I'm pretty sure my lungs shriveled up in sheer terror. But it wasn't bad. My interviewer had a very chirpy voice and a very Southern accent, and she was sweet and chatty. Some of the questions she asked that I remember:

-Why do you want to work for Disney?

-Do you prefer to work individually or as a team?

-Do you have any experience with public speaking?

-What would you do if a roommate was inconsiderate of your sleeping schedule?

So after about fifteen minutes of such questions, we wrapped up the interview, I thanked my interviewer, hung up, and finally relaxed after two weeks of stress...

And then, ten minutes later, she called me back! Turns out, she'd forgotten to ask some important questions (about computers and also cleaning). So be prepared for the (slim) possibility of getting a second call. It definitely caught me off guard.

Overall, things went well enough; I was nervous, but I didn't end up regretting any of my answers. I made sure to sincerely thank the interviewer when we were finished. I think there was a little too much nerves-induced maniacal laughing on my part, but it didn't end up to be that much of a problem.

The number one tip I can give is to be relaxed and cheerful. It isn't that bad of an interview, and you feel so great when you're finished.

So that was my interview! Tasha will be posting hers soon, I'm sure!

Our Favorites

In celebration of our invitations I decided to draw our favorite Disney Characters!

I love Alice and Roger. Sign me up for this music class!



And Kelsi loves Jane Porter and Peter Pan. Peter's all, "Look, guys I found a new mom!"

Chalk It Up

For those of you who don't know us, Tasha and I have been extremely excited about the prospect of Disney College for a long time. (Or at least since the fall of 2009 when I learned that such a thing existed).

We hit the hard-core planning stage in the summer. You know:

Reading all the Disney College blogs the Internet had to offer.

Poring over old maps of the parks and Disney photos to try and pinpoint the dream work locations.

Searching the official Disney College website to scrape up any information that had potential value.

AND

Going on spontaneous shopping sprees to buy supplies that we will "need" in Orlando.

These shopping sprees led to the purchases of the following:

A neat map shower curtain.

Two BPA-free water bottles.

A plastic "Alice in Wonderland" plate.

AND

A box of sidewalk chalk.

Although we vowed to save the shower curtain, water bottles, et cetera, for Orlando (as in, put them on a shelf in Tasha's room and leave them there), the sidewalk chalk we authorized for Utah use, as long as it was Disney College related.

This was the result:

A colorful, by-no-means-comprehensive To Do list for Disney College, split up into three sections:

$: Things to buy before the program

B: Things to do before the program

D: Things to do during the program

We had a ball.

{excuse my homeless person outfit}

Items on the list include:

D: Go to a Civil War battlefield

$: Jazzercise videos

B: Steal our Aunt Marcee's secret Dippidee recipes

We swiped inspiration from several other Disney College bucket lists. My favorite goal that I've seen has been something called Conquering the Kingdom: ride every ride and see every show in the Magic Kingdom in only one day.

We are clearly drowning in our excitement.

Thanks for reading!

Hello, Internet!

Welcome to Natasha and Kelsen's blog. We are cousins and best friends and planning on attending the Walt Disney World College Program for the Spring Advantage season.

We will be recording our fantastic adventures and experiences of Utah and Florida in this very blog. Exciting times are ahead!


Here is a little more about us (in the form of word clouds, idea borrowed from this lovely blog):

kelsen

crazy hair. the twilight zone. banana ice cream. professional writing. crocodiles. conan o'brien. ballet flats. johnny cash. twitter. swimming. the civil war. impatient. sunburns easily. non-alcoholic sangria. web comics.

natasha

dramatic makeup. midnight pomegranate. swedish horses. the scarlet pimpernel. elvis presley. animation. conan o'brien. aviator sunglasses. hiking. coral. deviantart. u.s. history buff. intimidating. rice pudding. nail polish.

Thanks for reading! Be sure to check back soon for more thrills and excitement!