Wow how fast the time runs! One year ago exactly I was leaving the commons, after the men's nigth and all that stuff, to take a plane back to mexico at dawn, early in the morning, It has been a whole year and I still miss a lot of things and seems to close for me still. Weird, isn't it? How long it will happpend to be back for real to my real life! I miss so much the places, the parks, the smells, my apartment 1918, the parties, my friends, the malls, the restaurants, the shopping and sales, all, everything... I miss to go thru wardrove every morning and listen music meanwhile I am in the lockers... I miss the deep voice saying "Good evening and welcome... we are her tonight... and so on... every single day of the week as a direct relationship with the things that I used to do there... monday of men's night, thursday of PI, sundays of PH... come on, Why Disney didn't give us any un-traditions course, to deprogrammed us!!!! Am I the only one going thru this!!!!!!!! RUBEN First anniversary out of the happiest place on heart, where the magic sleeps, goes partying, gets drunk and laid (It doesn't matter the order, LOL)... the commons!
hi ruben, im the same!! i miss that place so much and i think about it every day! i also cante believe its a year now!!! crazy!! i still compare everything to my year ther, its terrbile and i hate mzself for doing it cause i know that that was a once in a lifetime experience!! I really hope one day get over it...cause now, it still hurts too much!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( Lonja
It will get better with time passing but life will never be the same again. You will still have days which throw you back in time, making you miss everything we had in Florida and making you want to go back in a second. I recall the time after I had come back and sat there with a friend thinking if it wouldn't have been such an easier life if we hadn't joined the program. But as time passes you start to cherish your memories and learn to go on. It's tough but we have no other choice. And we have so many people that we share this difficult path with, which makes it a tiny bit easier. We're all in the same boat though, a piece of our hearts stayed in the Commons without our permission and I am very certain that we won't get it back. Julia
I always miss Disney. I was working there again on the 1-year anniversary of when I left the program, though.
Re: One year of being back home! I'm also in the same boat. My last day was March 9th, 2004 and I flew home March 11th, 2004. I can't believe it's been a year. Where did it go! No one here understands. Little things make me think of Disney. I'm listening to Illuminations and We Go On on my computer and reading messages. It's making me sad. Almost a tear. :'( I want to go back for a visit. But I can't. I have the money but I can't. I went back in July last year. It wasn't the same. I went with a friend from home who didn't understand it. I want to go back with friends I was there with. People that understood. I gotta stop before I start to tear up again. Diana
Hey Diana! I know exactly what you are talking about. I think we all felt like this when we returned and there are still some moments I feel like that. You see a picture, a documentary about Disney on TV, a souvenir you brought back home, anything that is somehow related to your year and it makes you fall back into memories and sometimes it makes you cry. It will always be in us and with us, wherever we go. I also went for a visit only 6 months after I had left the Commons. I still knew some people, but the majority of my close friends had already left. I went with my dad, so he stayed in the hotel while I was visiting the Commons and EpCot. It was hard, but definitely made me realize it's all about the people. Once they are gone, the Commons is like any other place in the world. I'm dreaming about going back for a visit with a couple of my friends in the near future. But we will always be guests from now on, the people standing on the other side of the fence. Hang in there, it will get better with time passing! Julia
I've been home since February 2002, and I still miss it. Now my sister has been working there since September 2004 (until September 2005), and she was just home here for a visit. It was weird looking at her photo albums, and seeing her experience at Disney - with different people. It made me miss it, and then I look at all of my photo albums and memorabilia, and realize how lucky I was to even have the opportunity to take part in such an amazing program. We should never look back on Disney with anything other than good, positive memories. I grew sooo much as a person my year there, and it started to get me ready for the real world. I went there at 19, and came back as a much more rounded and driven 20 year old. Now, I am 24 this year, and wouldn't trade my time there for a minute. I know a lot of people that have gone back and re-done the program, but I don't think that I could. The first memories that we made there are the real ones. All that I can say is that the WDWIP was nothing but a positive experience for me, and ya, I'm sad to be home - but will never ever ever forget the amazing memories & friends that I made there - its something that I really will cherish for the rest of my life.
