I hope everyone has a magical and safe Christmas! This weekend I was able to visit a lot of my relatives on both sides of my family, which was really nice since I'm going to be leaving in exactly two weeks! It's always nice to reconnect with everyone, even if it's only for a short period of time. I'm glad I got to see everyone before this huge adventure waiting for me in Florida! I was even able to make my packing list during the drive home, which is making the DCP even more real! I still can't believe it's arriving so soon!
I'll be posting about packing and other pre-DCP information soon, but until then, Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
One of my favorite blogs, DCP Dreams Come True, recently wrote a post about how she unexpectedly got placed to work the Dole Whip station in Adventureland when usually she's in Frontierland. I read this post right before I went to sleep last night, so I had a very interesting dream that involved working at the Dole Whip booth that I thought it'd be interesting to share with you.
(My dreams are usually extremely detailed and bizarre...one reason why I get all of my story ideas from my dreams. So just warning you...it gets random lol)
I dreamt that I was working quick service food and beverage at the Disney College Program, and I was assigned to work the Dole Whip booth (obviously). The entire time I was absolutely horrible with making the Dole Whips look good and presentable (like the picture)! To make matters worse, just as I was getting the hang of it, we started running out of the Dole Whip itself! The line was piling up, and I could see people I knew like my cousins and classmates from high school getting really aggravated with me for not getting their order filled on time. I found a new station, but someone lied to me and said it was working when it really wasn't! To make matters even more stressful, everyone had to stop what they were doing and listen to the national anthem for like five minutes.....
Yeah. I'm really weird.
What's really weird is that I've never had Dole Whip before...I didn't even know about it until I went to Disneyland last year!! I heard it's absolutely amazing. Next time I make a trip/go to the College Program, I'll be sure to try one!
Last Saturday my friends and I drove down to Sacramento to participate in our first 5k! However, this 5k wasn't just an ordinary run, this was The Color Run!
For those of you who aren't familiar with The Color Run, it's a 5k where you begin all squeaky clean wearing as much white as you can, and throughout each 1k volunteers throw different colors at runners to make them fun and colorful! By then end of the race, you're completely covered in various colors. It was so much fun!
For example, this is how we began the race (before the colors):
Everyone before the race! (I'm on the far right)
Each 1k had HUGE clouds of color to run through! To make everything even more crazy, everyone stood in a group and threw their own color packets into the air for one final color fest!
After we finished the race, we had to wait for our ride to pick us up. We decided to walk down Old Sacramento and browse through some shops. I've been to this town many times for family gatherings and such, so I thought I was just going through the routine when we went into this quirky old fashioned movie souvenir shop.
I was wrong.
I went through the main entrance and found myself in a room in the back corner, FILLED with Disney photographs and drawings from floor to ceiling!!! I was in complete heaven!!!
The amazing Disney room!!
The one on the top left corner had each Pixar movie with a signature, I was curious to know the significance of the names on each movie! I know they weren't the directors, because Brad Bird wasn't on the section for The Incredibles. Needless to say, I was certainly tempted to bring home a picture!
I hope you all have had an amazing and magical week! I apologize for my lack of activity. I've been quite busy lately enjoying as much free time as possible before classes start up again on August 20th!
I'm getting really excited for September though, because that's when the Disney College Program application opens!! I can't wait to apply!!!
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I was given the opportunity to write about a Disney magical moment I experienced sometime in my life for the lovely Ariel, owner of Disney Blue Fairy Shares Blog. I felt like just in case any of you were not following her (which you should!), I would share my Disney magical moment with you!
Color, Clarity, and Magic
Photo by The Disney Den
I’ve been to the Disney parks quite a few times, but a trip
that stood out as extra magical was when I was able to go to Disney land with my best friend for her first time as a graduation present. It was our first big trip without
our parents, and it was her first Disney experience. It was so much fun
introducing her to the parks for the first time, seeing her expression and awe
about how detailed and elaborate everything was in comparison to other theme
parks. I have to admit I was a little jealous that she was experiencing
everything for the first time. That is definitely a special moment that no one
can ever forget (unless you were super little). I’ve been to Disney World and on a Disney Cruise
once, while I’ve been to Disneyland numerous times since I’m from California
and it’s much closer. I thought I had seen it all. That is, until I saw the
World of Color.
The World of Color changed my life. Seriously. I had
originally planned on majoring in psychology in college, but my visit to
Disneyland started to really make the wheels in my mind turn. I had this
feeling deep down that I needed to do something with my life that involved
Disney, but I wasn’t sure how or if it was the right choice. When I saw World
of Color, all of that changed. It was so brilliant, so beautiful and amazing; I
knew I had to be a part of this magic. Seeing hundreds of people in awe
watching this show that reminded me of the beauty of all the Disney movies,
nothing can compare to that kind of magic.
After the trip I went home and did some research on some
possible careers with Disney. I went through possibly engineering, art, design,
and the other typical routes one would take to get into animation and/or the
Imagineers. Finally a few months into my first semester in college, I found
marketing. I finally felt like this was what I was meant to do with my life.
All thanks to the World of Color. J
Here's a video of the full show! Of course, it's more amazing in person. But if you haven't seen the World of Color, this is a perfect example to the show's brilliance! (When I saw it, I was in the very front!!!) Gosh I get chills whenever I watch this. Especially during the Pirates part. The flames were so hot!! I also nearly started crying by the end..that song called "So Close" by Jon McLaughlin is the song I want to be played at my wedding. I love it so much.
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