Dippy's First Vlog (why not.. thought I'd give it a go.... ) lol

Ahhh.. my 1st vlog... third time lucky.. the first two didn't bloomin record any sound! LOL... but yes... this was something rather different! lol

Night

xXx

The Goodbye's..... "See You Next Year" ....

Heyylooo :D

I know I said I wouldn't post untill I arrive... but The GoodBye's over the last 2 week's have been amazing - with all the people I love so much! - The effort and the time that everyone has put in has been absolutely beautiful -

Firstly where the 'Buu-Byes' Began- was my leaving meal with the Work Ladies at Jimmy's World Grill in Luton.

Well this evening was amazing - all the girl's I've worked with in the Herald & Post who have made my time working there easy, and who I'm going to miss dearly turned up. Was so lovely, as this was my first proper full time job after university - for 14 months - and these girl's have played a big part in my life - making working for Johnston Press a lot easier. Jimmy's was one of my new customers (I did entertainments of Luton Advertising in the Herald & Post and Luton News) so I thought it would be nice for us to try that restaurant out - delicious food I must say - I do reccomend it! Was a lovely evening, and recieved lot's of lovely gift's and cards. To top it all off - the lovely marketin manager for Jimmy's had given me freshly made leaving cake! Yum!

 #embarassing moment when all the girl's started singing Happy Birthday from the tops of their voice's - when it was a 'Leaving Cake'!

Secondly - the emotional day of leaving work -

The Girl's spoilt me rotten!!!

They all bought in lot's of healthy treat's as they knew I was trying to be all healthy before I jetted off - (apart from the Beautiful Belle Cake)

They decorated the whole of the office... walking over to my desk... and look what they all done -

How cute are they! :D was lovely!!!!!!! We all had to wear Minnie Mouse ears :D Well throughout the day they all made me feel like a princess - and finished off by Charlene giving me the most loveliest - funniest speech ever.... will never ever forget them all - best girl's to ever work with!!!!!

THANKYOU GIRLS!!!! Will miss you lot's!! And if this wasn't enough - they had done an announcement in the papers for me - sooooooo cute

They also bought me such lovely presents - including some dollers ;) hehe!

SATURDAY - Dippy's Disney Leaving Do

WOW... WELL... What can I say.... my beautiful mum had gone to so much effort - decorated the house with lovely Disney balloons - made amazing Princess cupcakes - and lot's of delicious food. The theme was Disney as you can imagine. Well everyone's effort with their Disney costumes was absolutely amazing - We had some Cruella Devills, Snow White's, Lion King people, Robin Hood's, Minnie Mouses, Cinderella's, Bo Peeps, Lil Princess Aurora, Mr Incredible, Woody - and even those who didn't dress up - still looked handsome and beautiful as ever! :D

I cannot thank everyone enough for coming to my party making so much effort - look how lovely everyone looked....

We all ended up going on a bar crawl... and me and Miss Peill didn't come home till like 5AM... nothing new there.. especially when heading to Kink! lol!

I couldnt thank my beautiful mum enough for doing everything for me on this night... was so lovely of her - she is the most amazing woman in my life - my role model - I love her to bit's and pieces - don't know what I would do with her - this next year is going to be hard enough without her - but having the communication method's we have today such as Skype and Facebook - it will be like us keeping in contact every day :D

Thank's to all the time and effort that everyone put in for this party :D love you all xXx

The leaving meal with Mum, Ori, Shannen, and my beautiful Girls!
Aww had such a lovely time in Baltistan.... mum got me a Belle cake.. and again the girls starting singing happy birthday - embarassing or what! My mum, and My girls are my life, love them to bits and pieces - would not know what i'd do with out them!!
This lovely evening was followed by some lovely shisha... Jade & Lizzi had never done it before - was so funny watching them trying to er... do hoops... how unattractive we all looked attempting to blow hoops! A lovely evening :D

The funny photo's will follow - such as Amy sucking on the orange at the indian restaurant... conveniently saving it as my screensaver - o how I love that Girl.. and how I'm going to miss her lot's and lots!!!

All my leaving lil do's have tired me out (i still have 2 more left... ahh) - have ate lot's of delicious food... now back on to the strawberrys!!!!!

Going Process...

Evening,

Well I suppose your all thinking - wow Dippy you Disney Geek - well I'm not that into Disney - I'm doing this for the Life experiance of having a chance in a Million to work in Florida for a year.... I'm sure that's many of our Dream's to go work in the Sun.... Don't get me wrong I do love Disney - but not as much as some - So you may see thing's not as Disney obsessed on this blog.

Well - only 6 Day's to go - AND I'M PACKED! This is very unlike me i'm a 'Leave it till the last minute' type girl - but yeah 2 large suitcases - all good to go - only thing I'm a bit worried about is I actually have 2 large cases - and 1 small case (to take as hand luggage) I only have 1 pair of hand's - hopefully I'll manage - will have to get some sort of help when I get to stateside!

Here's a picure of the over packed cases -

I've packed my whole closet - After all I am a girl - I still need to pack the heels though! All my clothes, duvet and pillows have been vac packed - and may I just say Vac Pack is amazing - one of those handy JML inventions!!! Everything just halfed in size!!! My mum's packed me all the spices - tea bags, sweeteners - lil thing's which I won't have to search the whole of Walmart for!!!

I've now got all my documents ready too (anyone will think I have OCD the way I'm so prepared a week in advance!! lol!

Now I have 5 day's left to say my Good Byes to all my Beautiful Family & Friends. I have an indian with the Girl's tonight, Carvery with the work girls tomorrow, Itallian with Friends on Friday, and Family on Saturday, more shopping Saturday with mum, drink's on Sunday - and Final GoodBye's on Monday :D - sooo not good - but will be lovely to have my goodbye's with the most important people to me!!!

Watch Out for my next blog which I will write next week - my first week living in Orlando, Florida!

GOOD BYE FOR NOW HUNNIS!!!!

xXx

Before the Beginning...

Hey Lovelies,

This is for those of you who would like information about applying (a bit brief.. as was a very long time ago).. If your not looking at applying - and details on applying then go on to the next Blog where my Journey begins.....

Tbh, I never actually knew I had applied.... strange I know. I applied a year after I finished my ICP programme back in 2008 to do the year long CRP programme. Did not get it first time.... was quite upset - as thought that was my chance missed. I applied again a year after (not even noticing - just thought ooo let me click the button type thing) - but used the same application before - and lucky enough I randomly recieved an email back (had forgotten all about it)... I got through to the Telephone Interview Stage - I was ecstatic.. This stage was quite straight forward - spoke about the UK culture (The Royal Wedding was happening at the time - so spoke about that - They loved it! Talking about your town's history - and the UK culture - and why you love living in the UK is extremely important - as they expect you to tell the Guest's all about them.

Next step ... the Face to Face Interview

I had mine at the Disney HQ.... amazing big place based in Hammersmith. You watch a presentation in the big theatre, had my interview with the American Lady (so sorry.. can't remember her name - was a long time ago) - then they let you know what time you will be interviewed. Was interviewed with another girl, we both had done the programme together before so that's why I think they put us together. Their interview questions were similare to the following -

Why did you want to do the Programme again?

What didn't you like?

You had some time off on the ICP programme.. why was this? - I explained why (hard to adjust to the time differences)

Next step... Wait List

I was placed on the wait list for about a month - then was told i'd be starting the programme on 14th Feb 2012... and this was 6 months prior - which was amazing - enough time to get all set for the programme.

Next step was to get all the documents such as CRB check, Visa ect sorted.

This is very brief.. but if you would like any help - or tip's let me know and I'll be happy to help - it is an extremely long process... but so worth the wait :)

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The Beginning of a Magical Journey

Good Morning,

Your probably reading this thinking - Dippy.... why on earth are you keeping Blogs?.. Strange Girl....

Well I know a lot of you wanted to follow my Journey of going to work in Walt Disney World Florida, so why not take you with me..... This is not just a thing that only I'm doing - but many people who decide to travel/work abroad tend to keep something like this - to sort of still be connected to those back home - so those of you can follow. I've read blog's in the past - and I must admit they are extremely interesting and helpful. Interesting for those of you at home, and helpful for those of you who are looking at applying.

I am also an Communications & Media Graduate - typical thing for us to do - a Blog, although saying that - I've never done this before, something I've alway's wanted to do though but became too lazy. On another note I'd also like to keep myself sane - I feel less educated the more I type now a day's - every day it's turning more into slang/texting languge e.g. wateva, gr8, l8, Hilar... seriously not a good look!

Anyway's my lovelies, I am going to miss my Family & Friend's soo soo much.. especially my beautiful mum!! I know I can't really take any of you with me (although some of you are planning on visiting) but hope this is just as good.

Enough of me trying to explain why I'm doing this blogging thing (lol I do that a lot) -

I am about to take the first step's into an extremely exciting adventure - a Journey into the World of Disney... where all the Magic happen's...

Why don't you follow me to see the Magic from a Cast Member's point of view......