Monday!!!

Well today is my last full day in Northern Ireland!! I honestly cannot believe how quickly time has flown in and it still doesn't seem real!!

Today will be the start of the goodbyes :( But tbh I think I'm actually ready to leave home for 10 weeks and Skype will be brilliant for keeping in touch :) I think also seeing the 3rd of Juners updates makes me feel more excited and less nervous about it :)

Packing is just about done! I was slightly over 20kg so I had to repack and it is now under! Silly Aer Lingus has a weight restriction on hold luggage of 20kg but Virgin Atlantic has a weight restriction of 23kg!! And since I'm flying with Aer Lingus from Belfast to London I have to keep the weight under 20kg. 

Have a Magical Day!! 2 days to go!!!! 1 day till the journey begins!!

This time next week...

...I will be taking off from Belfast and will be on my way to London Gatwick!! :O

It's still hard to believe to be honest. I have quite a few things to do this week including packing and after hearing about the 3rd of Juners doing packing and having to repack things so that they are under the weight limit, that should be fun!! Last week I thought that, actually I don't have that much stuff, then I looked in my Disney drawer under my bed which is full of different things including duvet and towels and thought "Oh dear!!" lol I'll let you's all know how I get on with that challenge!!

Also if any 3rd of Juners are reading this, Have a great time and enjoy yourselves!!! Hope everything goes smoothly and I cannot wait to be there in the Sunshine State with everyone!!

Have a Magical Day!!! 8 days to go!!!

13 days to go!

How can time fly so quickly!!?? Honestly it seems like yesterday when I found out I got onto the program! Here I am 13 days from landing in Orlando and it still doesn't feel real!!

Everything is paid off now including travel insurance and I have my travel money card from Virgin with money just waiting to be spent!! I finished uni on Thursday and then ended up going shopping the next day to get clothes since I hardly have a summer wardrobe! lol My bank account was definitely lighter after that shopping spree!! I just have to buy a few bits and pieces which include an Ethernet cable, alarm clock and some toiletries like sun-cream etc. Then next week I can focus on packing, spending time with family and celebrating my birthday before I go away!

It's weird since I actually leave Northern Ireland on my birthday then we aren't celebrating on my birthday then but one day next week and apparently I'm going to get my presents then :) One part of this program that I'm not looking forward to is saying goodbye!! I know once I get the first few days over I should be fine but it's just getting to that point!!

I'm not promising to keep this blog updated, it's got quite a few posts but there have been times where I have forgotten about it with being so busy with uni work. But I will definitely update about my time after I return to the UK :)

Have a Magical Day!!! 13 days to go!!!!

Less than 4 weeks now!!

Hi!! I cannot believe that it is less than 4 weeks until I leave for Florida!! Unfortunately I'm still in uni at the minute, I have my first exam his afternoon and then another one on Tuesday morning and then the last one is next Thursday afternoon! But after that I have 2 weeks to do some last minute shopping!!

Nothing has really changed since the last update but I still have to pay for travel insurance and get a travel money card which I'm going to do when I get home today. 

There's more talk of where people want to live and roommates now because Disney has introduced the DORMS system which for the first time allows ICP's to have a say in where they live. So far for the Canadians who have just when out recently it has worked pretty well although by the sounds of it a lot of people who only linked with one roommate got one bed apartments. 

Thanks it for now! Have a Magical Day!! Only 24 days to go!!

It's been a while...again!!

Hi everyone!! I know it's been over a month!! Uni is a nightmare at the moment!! Too many assignments, a lab report and revision all to do over the next 3 weeks :O But thankfully after that it's only a couple of weeks before I go to Florida!!! Which is hard to believe, it really doesn't seem long ago when I first got accepted!!

So I had my Visa appointment on the 9th of April and I went to the Belfast Embassy. I arrived about 11am, went into the embassy and I was out within 40 minutes!!! I was so pleased that I didn't have to wait long. The process was quite simple, I went up to a window where I handed them all my documentation, second time I went up to the window they took my fingerprints and handed back most of my documents. Lastly my name was called and I went into the interview room where the lady just asked me a few basic questions like where I live and what I will be doing over in Walt Disney World, that was it!! I received my passport back 2 days after my appointment with my visa in one of the pages.

I have also received several emails from Disney recently, one was about medical insurance which I have now paid off, it was $210 for 3 months and that was the cheapest option!! Another was about the website which gives us a lot of details about what to expect the first few days and this is where we can find the link to pay the Program assessment fee which cost $104.50 which I've paid as well. Also on this website is the hire documentation which is 7 pages which you have to sign and it includes stuff like you will wear your costume properly and any ideas that you have can be used by Disney (something along those lines!).

So everything is paid off now for Disney!! All I have to do now is do some shopping for new clothes, since in Northern Ireland we don't need a summer wardrobe lol :) and I need to get dollars onto a travel card of some kind. Things are starting to seem more real now! On our flight Facebook page there has been talk of getting a group taxi/s from the airport to Vista Way since apparently it's quicker and cheaper.

I also met up with a couple of girls who go to my university and another girl who was over in Belfast for her visa appointment a couple of weeks ago. We met up in Starbucks and literally sat and talked about Disney and Florida for 2 hours!! Honestly it was so nice just to talk to people who will be doing the same thing as me this summer and are just as excited as me! Since I don't like to talk about it much with other friends in case they get bored of me talking about it all the time lol.

Have a Magical Day!!! 36 days to go!!!

Disney Pack Arrived!!

Hi everyone!! My Disney Pack arrived on Tuesday 26th March :) It contained my letter from Disney, a couple of forms about visa, an instruction sheet helping with the Visa process and an American Sim Card!!!!

My letter from Disney told me that I will be earning $7.80 an hour which is about £5.15 which I'm pretty pleased about :) I'm also really happy with the Sim card since it gives me a USA number and a global number and it's not a monthly contract which means I can just top up when I need to :)

I have now booked my visa appointment for the 9th of April. After I did that I paid my SEVIS fee of $35 which was a simple form that needed to be filled out online. Then I started the DS-160 which is the online form that needs to be filled in before your visa appointment. It took me a good hour and a half to do, thankfully for me it wasn't too bad. It asks you a lot of questions and some of the questions can vary; for example I got asked about my family, like if I had any family in the USA, but some people get asked about how much they expect to earn while in the USA amongst other things. There are a lot of security questions which thankfully I can answer no to all of them lol :)

Overall the visa process has been ok so far, I think my main advice would be to sit down with all the paperwork and take your time when answering the questions, and look at the information given to you from the Disney Pack and Yummy Jobs.

I'll update again after my visa appointment in a couple of weeks, but after the visa appointment there really isn't much else to do before Disney!!! It's just a matter of waiting and getting through the last few weeks at uni!!

Have a Magical Day!! Only 72 days to go!!

Plane Seat is booked!

Hi everyone!

On Tuesday it was 90 days until I arrive in Orlando which means one thing...we could pick our seats on the Virgin Atlantic flight from Gatwick!!

There's probably about 10 or so Disney ICP's on this flight and we've taken up most of row 39!! So apologies in advance to everyone sitting near us, we'll all be really excited!!

I am still a bit nervous since this will be the first time that I will be flying on my own but knowing that I'll be sitting beside people who are just as excited about the program as I am and who are probably feeling nervous as well definitely makes me feel more at ease :)

Hopefully we should have our Disney Packs by next Friday and then I can start the visa process!!

Have a Magical Day!! Only 88 days to go!!