Alas, finally finalizing the final details for my final departure...

I received a phone call Friday from the wonderful person who has been a primary contact for the DCL for me.  It was just to confirm everything and to see if I had any further questions.  He also told me what ship I will be on which is exciting!  I will be on the Disney Wonder...this is the ship that focuses on the smaller 3 and 4 day bahama and cast-a-way cay cruises.  I really have no preference as to which ship I would be on...granted the Magic does go to the Carribean, but the Wonder does go to Cast-A-Way cay more often.  I looked at the itinerary and it looks as if they schedule the 3 and 4 day cruises alternating...meaning right after a 4 day cruise would follow a 3 day, then following the 3 day would be a 4 day.  I also received a little more detail regarding Traditions.  For those of you who have never worked at Disney World - Traditions is an intro to the company course required for every cast member.  But according to the DCL the traditions I will be going through will be different then the one I went through before because it's for the DCL.  So I fly in on a Wednesday, go to my hotel then relax because the next two days will be all Traditions (with nights free to roam the parks I believe).  Then on Saturday I was told is a free day to do whatever I like...most likely go to Epcot or the MK.  Lastly, on Sunday I will board my ship and be shown my new home and take off on a cruise that night.  Totally excited.  The only bummer news I was told however, was that I couldn't necessarily arrive early...well, I could, but I would have to pay for my own travel arrangements then.  But if I let Disney take care of it all then they pay for all my air fare and hotel.  I'm sure it's a liability thing where if I was to arrive a week early and I turned up missing or something then they may be held accountable? I'm not too sure, but I have a hunch that I will have plenty of opportunities to go visit the parks in the coming year or two (most likely during my 6 week vacation).  Which reminds me, I'm not sure if I mentioned it in a previous post but I'm on an 18 week contract with 6 week vacation time in-between...my plan for vacation - travel the world!  We'll see though.

So now I relax in Bend, maybe try to go up to Mt. Bachelor and Ski or Snowboard or even Sled.  We had a foot of snow here in town around christmas but it has since melted away...which is nice for me because now I can drive my car again.  I think I also need to find more stuff to write about in this...like Rants & Raves.  Currently it seems to be only about my adventure in applying for my disney job and such.  I should start writing about topics that interest me as well (rather than just myself, ha).  Maybe I'll do that my next post.  But as for now I am going to go relax and eat some dinner.  Cheers!

(I give credit to flickrized for the photo used on this post, I think it's awesome!)