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I would be a bit worried about the heat too, but it would be incredible to tell people you're going to be a disney character! I've almost ruled it out, but there's a tiny part of me saying 'just do it!!!' coz it's such a good experience. I'm leaning towards operations/attractions now though.

 

its hard cos ive seen myself as a character and so do my family and friends. though one friend is so ..how do i put it...blargh and dissmissive of me going to disney. she isnt having the best time at work but it doesnt mean big things arent happening for anyone else. she said to me the other day, "you will be fine. you will get it, there is no need to be nervous." but like i said to her there are so many people applying, i may not. she just shrugged her shoulders. it was the way she said it more than anything, not encouraging. she just kinda lightly tapped me ont he shoulder and tried to move on subjects. (i think she was kinda annoyed i hadnt told her i was back in peterborough but i was only back for a birthday and had a packed weekend so i couldnt meet up).

sorry needed to get that out, its been annoying me and it hurt a lot when it happened.

i just want that damn email now. its any time after next monday though

 

OMG thats jealously there. Yes Indeed, i cnt wait until monday comes, i wont b able to contain myself, lol. Dont worry about your friend, she will come around to her senses.

 

i hope so. i have been friends with her for nearly 18 years now. we have been slowly drifting apart. is rustrating to see her reacting like this. cos my other two friends of 18 years are very happy for me and are supportive.

grr my wrist is purple....im realy hoping physio helps contain this pain. ive been warned i may have to have an op!

 

maybe she's a bit jealous if her job isn't going too well and good things are happening for you? I've got a friend who I think is pretty jealous, she doesn't think I should go because of an illness I have, but I'm 95% sure I'll be fine. It's hard when all you want is a bit of encouragement.

Hope your wrist is ok! What did you do?

 

had a condition for four years called de Quervain's tenosynovitis and golfer's elbow. got it having too many exams during gcses too close to each other and working at mcdonalds, same happened with college exams. now at university. its where my tendon is trying to expand more than the sheath will allow it and its causing friction and stuff. its hard to explain. wiki does it well lol.

whats up with you? if you dont mind me asking?

illness shouldnt stop you if you think you will be well enough. is she focussing on your illness rather than your desire to go?

 

I've got myasthenia gravis, an auto immune disease, but the medication I'm on controls it really well so as far as I'm concerned it won't be a problem. I've only had it a year so it's a bit difficult to know what I can and can't do, but I have to live with it forever so I either just deal with it or play it safe and don't follow my dreams. I don't think she understands quite how much I've wanted to do it - I was supposed to be working at Disney this year but couldn't because I had to drop out of uni, so I'm not going to give up now!!

 

defintely not! keep going mate, you deserve it! if you feel fine with the medication i dont see a problem. you keep following your dreams!

 

I have had perthes disease, i thought i would just say, make use feel better, and it never stopped me from getting along with my life. Luckily i dont have it severely anymore but it may come back and i am trying to as much stuff as i can before it may come back, it scares me it may come back but i can bare to take it again. just incase your wondering it is a hip joint and blood vessel disorder within the joint.

 

thank you guys, I know that I REALLY want this and will do anything to make it work. I hope they don't make us wait past monday, the anticipation is killing me!

 

I know, i dont think they will be contacting everyone on monday, will they?

 

haha yeah i agree it would be amazing to have said IVE BEEN A CHARACTER PERFORMER! for Disney though i think even taking the leap to apply and do this thing was an incredible big thing for me. ive been thinking about it since april when i found out and seriously academically wise its not in my best interest to do it, cos i can't go to summer sch and might have to graduate late but it's an experience of a lifetime. im not ever putting this off and regretting it in my later years haha.

and @ Freckles: im sure that it was just the day at work. i know, i keep rambling about Disney to my best friend and she's gone really off it, it's quite hurtful sometimes when she brushes me off because she knows how big this is for me. and that illness ... wow, it really sounds like it cld apply to me. during my gcse a levels (im from singapore so i do cambridge-style examinations) i wrote like 33 essays in total or something. haha my wrist hurt for ages after that.

and i'm glad that nothing's stopping us from disney. personally ive not had anything medically diagnosed, but over the last few years ive had this strange sudden pain in my left chest area, and my doctor says its apparently due to overstretching of a chest muscle. but i've learnt to leave things to fate and not worry about it as well.

good luck everyone!! i hope we all get in and make this trip happen

 

See this is why I LOVE this board! We all get to talk and vent to people who are in the same boat as us!

@ mint: I'm in the same boat as you! The reason my parents are half against this is because of my schooling. I was looking into taking summer classes as well. But as you said, this is the chance of a lifetime! And I know I will regret it very much if I don't take the opportunity now.

@ everyone: I haven't told any of my friends about my application yet, for that same reason. I know some might get annoyed by all the talk about it. Only my household knows right now(and all of you of course ) and I think it's better that way, until I'm sure (or at least 80% sure) I will be working there. Then I'm going to talk about ALL I WANT haha Gotta be careful not to brag too much though lol.

I am so happy to see that so many people are not giving up on their Dreams. That's what Disney is all about! As Mr. Walt Disney stated himself:
"All our dreams can come true... If we have the courage to pursue them."

 

It definately makes me feel a bit better knowing I'm not the only one who has stuff to worry about (not that I want any of you to have to worry...but hopefully you know what I mean) but I think it'll make the summer even more magical. Yey for Disney!!

 

This whole application process is keeping me so happy the now and i think all my friends and family are loving me being so happy, i did through a we spell of what could be called depression but i wasnt depressed cos if you know me, you know i wouldnt be able to be depressed. I didnt have a problem with telling people i am applying, if my friends have a problem with it then its their problem, not mine. OK, some people were not thrilled when i told and were like WHY? so i told them, its not their dream, its mine!
But we could all be working at Disney next summer, doesnt that seem like the best thing ever, this is what is motivating me this year but at the moment i am distracted by this, i will need to edge off it soon, first assignments in two week, hehe.

 

I LOVE this thread. I know the feeling when I've told friends about it and they've given me a wierd look as if to say WTF, but I honestly don't mind coz I think it's something that I've wanted to do since I was small.

Also FYI I have asthma so I know what it feels to have something 'wrong' with you! We all appear to be in the same boat so it's comforting to know there are people just lke you!


Freckles - all I can say is your friend sounds like a disney - basher to me. Tell her to stop being Disneyist and sit down for a marathon film day!

;D ;D ;D

 

lmao, ye i could do with a marathon film day, make me feel better. I feel awful the now and ive been like this all weekend.
I went into panic when my friends aunt told me that working for disney is slave labour and that is why i came across this site, looking for information, im so greatful i found it cos everyone has shown me how good the program.
I love this thread also, a bunch of ongoing listeners. Good Day wdwip "I'm Listening"!

 

@anijac1412: yeah, university! D: i was kind of looking forward to graduating early/on time but if Disney comes about i don't think it'll happen. still, it's Disney - who can fault that??

@everyone else: i think wdwip is the next best thing to happen to me after the actual program. haha the dream of working at Disney and meeting everyone else who's equally passionate about Disney is just amazing and it's really keeping me afloat at university right now (where pretty much school work has taken up my life).

 

this board is awesome sauce!

its great to hear everyone having a mountain to climb (in the snese i know im not going through it alone). i hope we all get to meet. maybe we should have stickers on us with our usernames on so we know who each other are!!!

penny: i love the terms. but she isnt that the thing. she likes disney. though i think it may be in part that i dont see them that much when at home. our schedules are never the same and i have stopped trying as i was the one doing all the arranging.

anijac1412: i was going to not tell everyone...but my mouth got away from me lol. though everyone bar that one friend has been very supportive, asking me how its going and what not. you tell them when you are ready

 

Ive been telling everyone but it has just came out, all my excitement, but i had an enounter today with my best friend, she understands what i want to do but she doesnt see how i can be so excited and why im so enthusiastic about it. I am not worried about it, she has never been a massive disney fan like me, lol.