And that would be...

AN ACCEPTANCE!!!!

I start August 16th, 2011 until August 10th 2012!!!!

More on this later...I'm freaking out.

Greetings!

I hope you enjoyed the interviews this past week and are more excited for Florida! The Walt Disney World Representatives have informed me it was pleasure meeting you and also gave me the enjoyment to be the first to say…

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Disney World would like to offer you a Role in Food and Beverage on the

Cultural Representative Program Starting August 16^th and going until August 10^th, 2012.

I will be calling you to go over the specifics of your role and the Disney within the next 1-2 weeks. In the mean time, please do confirm if you are interested in accepting this position and to work at the “Happiest Place on Earth”!

Please do confirm this acceptance by Friday March 18^th, by 12noon Eastern Standard Time!

If you have any questions or concerns, please do feel free to ask!

Congratulations Once Again and Have a Magical Day,

Kristen

Yummy Jobs

I can't breath. Best. Day. Ever.

Location Location Location!

I received this email from Kristen this morning:

Greetings Kathryn (Kate)!

Many thanks for confirming your preferred interview location of Vancouver on February 25^th. Walt Disney World and Yummy Jobs very much looks forward to assisting you on taking this next step on your adventure the US. During the presentation and interviews you will be given the opportunity to meet with Walt Disney World, interview, and have any of your questions about the program answered!

Your interview will be held at:

The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver

Friday, February 25^th 8:45am- 5:00pm

Sutton Place Hotel

845 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2K6

Telephone: 604-682-5511

Website: http://www.vancouver.suttonplace.com/default.htm

You will need to arrive at 8:45am as the Disney presentation will start at promptly at9:00am. After the presentation your interview will be scheduled. You must be prepared to spend the whole day at the interviews and will be required to dress in professional / business attire.

It is essential that you bring the following items to the interview:

1. 3 Photocopies of your main passport page (picture page/passport number)
2. Your Passport
3. An up to date copy of your resume
4. Walt Disney World Online Application Form
5. Role Check List
6. A black pen to fill out any forms

We will be sending you a link for the Disney Application form and an attachment copy of the Role Checklist in a second email that will arrive to your inbox by 8am tomorrow morning. Please do contact us if you do not receive this second email by 8am tomorrow.

If you have any questions about the location, please do feel free to contact me for assistance.

* Please do note that if at any time before the interviews, you discover that you are no longer able to participate in the program, please do email me. This will ensure you are able to be considered for Walt Disney World should you wish to reapply in the future.

Once again, congratulations on reaching this stage in the recruitment process and we look forward to meeting you!

Kristen Thornton

Yummy Jobs

It's very exciting to have a location. Even though I knew the date, and that it would be downtown, having an exact location somehow makes it feel very real and cemented down. Does that make sense? Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to wear!! Oh and try to think about some answers to interview-type questions. I know why I want to go back - its my dream coming true all over again, however I don't exactly know how to convey it in so many words without gushing like a big weirdo! haha. We shall do our best and at the end of the day if they want to rehire other people instead of me, I can't do anything about it - as long as I know I did everything I could at the interview.

I'm also excited because we're planning a dinner the night before the interview to meet up with everyone and chat. Sam (my little sister from my first contract!!) is coming over from Victoria so it will be really nice to see her, as well as one of my roommates from my first contract Courtney, and meet everyone else! This dinner before my last interviews really helped to make me a tiny bit less nervous, as walking into a room of familiar faces is always easier than walking into a room of unknowns!

One year ago today I went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras! I'll try to put together a post about it soon!

An Email from Yummy Jobs!

Random family photo to start off the post...

...this was our families meeting place if the adults ever got "lost," because at Disney it's the adults that get misplaced, not the children ;)

Greetings!

We hope all is great and that you are getting excited for the interviews with Walt Disney World!

We have just spoken with Walt Disney World, and wanted to send you a quick update regarding the interview locations. For the interviews the Disney Travel Team is working diligently to confirm the exact address/building for which the face to face interviews will be held. While we do hope to have this information in the next few days, we did want to touch base to confirm that the interviews would be held in the downtown areas of your chosen interview city. If you are looking to book hotels, we would recommend to aim for the downtown core to ensure the easy access to the interview building.

Along with the exact interview address we will be sending the information on what you will need to bring with you to the interviews, so do keep an eye on your emails.

We look forward to sending another update soon!

Have a Great Day!

Kristen Thornton

Yummy Jobs

So that means that we aren't sure were it is still! Disney is definitely having some kind of problems finding the best location for the interviews, I hope they figure it out soon though! It doesn't really make that big a difference to me as I live in Vancouver currently and can just bus over the Lions Gate Bridge pretty easily, but it would be nice for the other people interviewing from further away so they can stay at the same hotel or one right by it as it's going to be an early morning!

I spent a long time talking to my dear friend Ashley this evening (who appeared in those lovely Spirit of Aloha photos! Ashley has already been accepted for a second contract and starts April 12th!! This is also exciting because I happen to be seeing Ashley April 2nd...because I'm going with her on her road trip to the south! We planned out a lot of our stops and stays tonight and it really only looks like we're going to be paying for 2 or 3 nights of the whole trip because we have friends in all the right places! We found some incredible road side attractions as well and some amazing stops that will make certain people VERY excited!!

I also will be flying east for a Cruise Line interview in a few weeks. It's a pretty stressful tense month coming up with a lot riding on a few very important interviews and decisions, so everyone cross your fingers and toes that everything works out.

"All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them" -Walt Disney

So if nothing else, there will be some beautiful Toronto/road trip pictures popping up in a few months. And some major plan making. It's time for bed so I can wake up and run off the stress!

14 days 23 hours 43 minutes until my Disney Face to Face Interview!

Estoy muy nervioso!

I'm almost as nervous as I was when this photo was taken. My family thought 'oh let's put Kate in the front because she's little and won't be able to see otherwise,' thus began my life long fear of heights ;)