My Official Disney College Program 2014 Bucket List
This is my Disney College Program spring advantage 2014 bucket List. There a total of around 210+ items on this list, I hope to complete at least 125 of the items on my DCP bucket list. I will try to link each one to a post when it's finished. :)
General Stuff
- Be the first person on your favorite ride for the day
- Be the last one out of the park
- Disneybound with friends
- Do every ride in every park at least once
- Do the Backstage Magic tour
- Find hidden Mickeys and take pictures of them
- Go to all four parks in one day!
- Go to Rope Drop at each park at least once
- Go to a park by yourself!
- Have a day where you go to the parks and don’t go on ANY rides
- Pick a comfy spot in the park and people-watch
- Play in the parks in the rain
- See all the live entertainment (JAMMitors, Dapper Dans, Citizens of Main Street, DHS streetmosphere, Royal Majesty Makers, Voices of Liberty, Main Street Philharmonic, etc etc etc)
- See every show and parade
- See if you can get your family or friends from home to visit you!
- Stay at a park from open to close
- Take a nap on a ride
- Take a photo in front of each park’s ~landmark~
- Watch a custodian paint a water picture
Magic Kingdom
- Buy a balloon on Main Street and take cheesy pics
- Curtsy to the princess at the fountain
- Dance with your favs in Move it! Shake it! Celebrate it!
- Find PUSH the talking trash can
- Frontierland Hoedown!!
- Get pixie dusted from Castle Couture
- Get the perfect spot RIGHT in front of the castle to watch Celebrate the Magic and Wishes
- Go to the park super early and get a picture on empty Main Street
- Make a wish in the wishing well
- Ride all 3 mountains (Space, Splash, Big Thunder) in one day
- Ride Dumbo, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, or TTA during Wishes
- Ride Space Mountain with the lights on
- Stay til park closing and experience the Kiss Goodnight
- Take a behind the scenes tour of the park
- Take the ferryboat instead of the monorail
- Try pulling the sword from the stone in Fantasyland
- Watch Wishes from every different land in the park
EPCOT
- Take picture in the phone booth in the London Pavilion
- DiveQuest
- Do the Behind the Seeds tour
- Get a passport from Guest Relations and visit every country at WS to get it stamped
- Go on the best ride in the park aka Spaceship Earth
- Pick a pearl in Japan
- Ride both green and orange sides of Mission Space
- Sit in the very front row of Soarin’
- Take a picture inside of Bruce’s mouth at The Seas with Nemo and Friends
- Take the Around the World Segway tour
- Try the new flavors at Club Cool
- Do everything in Innovations East and West
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Do the animation class
- Experience Character Palooza!!
- Get the highest score you can on Toy Story Midway Mania
- Go on Tower of Terror during the day, night, and while it’s raining
- Make your own lightsaber at Tattooine Traders
- See both Fantasmic showings in the same night
- Sit in the very front row at Fantasmic
- Volunteer to be that person on the Backlot Tour
- Walk through One Man’s Dream
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- Check out the Backstage Safari or Wild by Design tour
- Dance in the Harambe Village street party in Africa!!
- Do the Wild Africa Trek
- Find that vine chick between Africa and Asia
- Get picked to be part of the show at Festival of the Lion King
- Go on Kali River Rapids til you are completely soaked
- Go to the petting zoo at Rafiki’s Planet Watch
- Ride the first Kilimanjaro Safari of the day
- Ride Expedition Everest a bunch of times in a row
- Play in Dinoland
Downtown Disney
- Design your own shirts at Design-a-Tee
- Get ice cream at Ghirardelli
- Get lost in World of Disney
- Go bowling at Splitsville
- Go to DisneyQuest!
- La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil
- Ride the Characters in Flight balloon
- See a movie at the dine-in theatre
- Stroll around DTD at night
- Visit Basin and wash your hands with the delicious smelling scrubs
- Rent a platoon boat
Resorts
- Archery at Fort Wilderness
- Campfire & singalong with Chip and Dale at Fort Wilderness
- Campfire at Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Explore the Boardwalk at night
- Get a bunch of friends together and stay at a fancy resort just for one night.
- Get leis from the Polynesian
- Go parasailing or jet-skiing in Bay Lake
- Go to movie night at one of the resorts
- Have a spa day at Saratoga Springs or Grand Floridian
- Have tea at the Grand Floridian
- Jellyrolls dueling piano bar on the Boardwalk! (21+)
- Rent a boat and go around Seven Seas Lagoon or the Epcot resort area
- Relax in a hammock at the Poly
- Ride the resort monorail around all day just for kicks and giggles
- Take a carriage ride at Fort Wilderness or Port Orleans Riverside
- Visit every resort and take pictures
- Visit the Wedding Pavilion
- Watch the Electrical Water Pageant from the Poly
- Watch Wishes from the beach at the Poly (with a Dole Whip), Narcoossee’s at the Grand Floridian, and California Grille at the Contemporary
Other Disney Property
- Check out ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
- Learn to surf at Typhoon Lagoon
- Play mini golf at Fantasia Gardens or Winter Summerland
- Swim with sharks at Typhoon Lagoon
- Take on Summit Plummet at Blizzard Beach
Food
- 50s Prime Time Cafe - ask for a TV table and GET A MILKSHAKE
- Be Our Guest
- Cupcake crawl!
- Eat a Churro
- Cinderella’s Royal Table
- Dole Whip/ Rum Dole Whip
- Earl of Sandwich
- Finish the Kitchen Sink at Beaches & Cream!
- Go to a different restaurant every time you go somewhere
- Go to the Confectionery and gorge yourself
- Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue!
- Hot dog at Casey’s Corner
- LeFou’s Brew from Gaston’s Tavern
- Make an early-morning dining reservation for someplace inside the park (Crystal Palace)
- Make a reservation early in your program or before you arrive for someplace fancy.
- Mickey-shaped pretzel
- MICKEY WAFFLE
- MICKEY PREMIUM BAR
- Mickey Shape rice krispy
- Nutella waffle sandwich at Sleepy Hollow
- Spirit of Aloha Dinner
- Sci-Fi Drive In Theatre - ask for a car table!!
- Take pictures of all the delicious food you eat!
- Eat something from every pavilion at Epcot
- Drink around the world
- Turkey leg
- Eat at every resort
- Try a buffet
- Try the sand pale at the water park
Characters
- Devote a full day to character hunting.
- Do a character dining!!!!!!
- Fill an autograph book
- Meet Mickey and Minnie in as many different costumes as you can
- Meet your favorite characters while Disneybounding as them
- Take a picture with every Disney princess
Special Events
- Celebrate your birthday! or half birthday! or unbirthday!
- Flower & Garden Festival (March-May at EPCOT)
- Go to Limited Time Magic events even though they are usually lame
- Spot a celebrity
- Star Wars Weekends (DHS)
- Watch the MK 4th of July fireworks
- Witness a proposal!
Friendships
- Befriend someone in every housing complex
- Find someone with a gamecube/wii/other thing and spend a night playing
- Get friendship bracelets with your pals or roommates from Frontierland or Harambe Village!
- Have a Disney movie marathon
- Host a movie/game night with your friends and roommates!
- Make friends with your neighbors!
- Meet people from other states and countries
- Visit your friends at work!!!!!
Cast Member/CP Things
- Attend CP Graduation
- Attend CP Formal
- Get a GSF Card
- Give GSFs to other CMs!
- Get a DCP goodies (bags,t-shirt, etc.)
- Go to Grocery Bingo
- Go to housing events! (Cool Beans Cafe, Pool Party, Asian Market, Games, Bus Trip)
- Make a magical moment for a guest!
- Pick up a PAC shift!
- Pick up shifts in all the parks
- Shop at Company D
- Shop at Property Control and Cast Connection
- Use your CM Discount to get TONS OF STUFF
- Visit Mickey’s Retreat
- VoluntEAR
Collect…
- FastPasses from every ride that has them!
- Park Maps
- Pin trading!!
- Some pressed pennies
- The Celebration buttons they give out at the front of the park
- Disney Parks shot glasses or cups
Buy…
- a Disney stuffed animal or pillow pet
- a pair of Mickey ears and get your name on the back
- a pin from each park
- a shirt from each park
- a silhouette
- a souvenir cup or mug
- something from at least 4 resorts
- a Disney hand bag/bag
- a Disney throw blankets
- a piece of Disney jewelry
Outside the Parks
- Busch Gardens
- Check out City Walk at night
- Discovery Cove
- Explore the Orlando club scene
- GATORLAND
- HARRY POTTER WORLD
- Go to the beach! (Miami, Cocoa Beach, Daytona Beach)
- Go to Steak & Shake or IHOP after work
- Islands of Adventure
- Kennedy Space Center
- Legoland
- Party at House of Blues
- Sea World
- Shop at the outlet malls
- Shop at the mall. Florida mall or Mall of Millenia
- Visit home during the program
- Universal Studios/ Universal Annual Pass
- Visit Celebration, FL
Make Memories
- Cry during Wishes (and feel no shame about it)
- Have a photoshoot in the parks <3
- Keep a blog or journal about your experiences
- Order personalized maps with all your favs highlighted
- Run around the parks blowing bubbles, singing Disney songs, and being silly
- Send a postcard to your address back home from inside the park
- Take funny planned photos on rides
- Take literally thousands of pictures
- Write down all your favorite memories and put them in a jar during your program to read at the end
This list has been copied from CMKaela’s Ultimate List. Check it out!