DCP Tidbits Volume 1: December 31st, 2013

This is my new Disney College Program tidbits post. I will basically post tidbits from the Facebook group, my personal experience in the program, things I notice, and anything I find around the internet about the program for 2014. December 31st, 2014 DORMS was fully released yesterday for January 8th and 13th arrival dates. In the DORMS...

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Fun Stuff: The Disney Monorail Pub Crawl

Yes, another crawl and drinking game. Based on the all time favorite and extremely popular EPCOT "Drink Around the World" game. This version of the games takes you around the Monorail between three beautiful Disney resorts: The Grand Floridian, The Contemporary, and the The Polynesian Resort. It may not seem like much of a challenge compared...

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Grey Topics: Did you read anything? Why so many questions?

I notice many participants in the Facebook groups are NOT reading the website, the blog or anything else . . . not even their emails. An college programer (CP) posted this Facebook post and I personally agree! I know she really wanted to say, "Shut the f**k up with all these stupid a** questions. Everything is on the official f**king page....

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FAQ: Pre-Arrival Research

Now that school is over, finals are done, and two week notices are being served everyone is waiting for check-in day. At this point, many people are counting down the days looking for ways to kill time until their check-in day. Well, if you haven't already you should be studying the onboarding page front to back. It keeps you from freaking about...

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Email: Prepare for Your Arrival

I got this email five days ago from Disney recruiting about preparing for my arrival. Woo hoo! I'm counting down the days until check-in. I haven't even packed or prepared a packing list.  This email included my candidate number (the number used for mission timekeeper) and my check-in day, Jan 20th, 2014. It reminds me to check the...

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Countdown: 1 Month until Check-In Day

Okay, so there are 30 more days until check in! My god, just a month, I was just worried about passing the phone interview. Here I am, preparing for my departure and check-in day.  At this point., there is nothing else to do. In the DCP Facebook group, many people still have not received their new hire documents. They are on the way, for...

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Fun Stuff: Creating a Disney Bucket List

This is a little guide to creating a Disney college program bucket list. I mentioned in my post on budgeting in the DCP about creating a bucket list, a list items you want to do, during your Disney College Program. This list is taken from CMKaela. She created an ultimate bucket list with over 200+ things to do while on your program. So, we are going...

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Fun Stuff: All WDW Dining Options

This list is taken from AllEars.net - I posted a link will take you to the allears.net menu with the most accurate and up-to-date pricing on You can use this list to compile your Disney dining bucket list for your program. Lunch prices for some restaurants will be cheaper, locations in the park do not accept our discount with the exception of...

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Grey Topics: DCP Confessions Page

Ladies and gentlemen, I present another edition of the Grey Topics. For this shady topic, I've decided to discuss the widely hated and beloved (in secret for some), Disney College Program confessions page. In the beginning there was an Ask.fm page, a social page for asking any questions anonymously or vice versa, for the Spring 2014 participants...

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