Dating at the Dcp
When you’re young you watch Disney movies and you wish to one day grow up and have a love like the kind you see in those movies. In my mind the DCP was an opportunity for me to start a whole new world and maybe find my prince charming. I was tryna be on some real-life Troy and Gabriella type ish but after strong deliberation I have concluded to Never fall in love at the dcp. For those of you who don’t know what the Dcp is, it’s the Disney college program in Orlando Florida. It’s an opportunity to live and work at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida. One of my biggest rules are never fall in love at the Dcp and I’m going to tell you why.
No one is ever in a relationship at the Dcp the reality of it all is that we’re all a bunch of college age kids living on our own around a lot of attractive people. No seriously everyone is attractive. I’ve seen people come to the Dcp in 3+ yearlong relationships and those relationships end because of meeting someone new at the Dcp. Whether these relationships last or not is really up to the people involved but there are so many factors that contribute to it .There are many ways to meet people on the Dcp you meet people in the parks , on the face book pages , in the dorms , at the clubs and once you realize you’re both on the Dcp you may have found your one .
Me and Cali came up with a theory one night to test in the Dcp singles pages. The singles pages are Facebooks pages were single cps meet each other. The theory was that if we posted the quote “when will my prince come?” single Dcp boys will friend request and DM us. So, I posted it and it worked I was chatting up this cute guy for weeks before I arrived at the Dcp. Things were going so well until I arrived to Dcp we hung out once and then he got termed and banned from Disney property and relationship over!
Another way to meet on the Dcp is hanging around the Italy pavilion. A lot of the single girls would hang around the Italy pavilion trying to catch the attention of the boys working there this slightly worked for me I’ll tell you how. I worked at Epcot, so I would always see this cute Italian boy on the bus! He lived in the commons I lived in vista way. He would never say anything, and I didn’t either. The night of winter formal we saw each other, and we danced ‘like all night! we hangout the next day and then I found out about all the other girls he was hanging out with through a mutual friend who is now one of my closest friends.
I met a cutie at Hollywood’s studios he was from my city and we had mutual friends! We texted for a while until We hung out at the vista way tennis courts and then after that he found out his dorm Had bed bugs. So, I was like peace out boy scout! Fall 2015 Dcp everyone had bedbugs I was not trying to get those. I have so many more scenarios like these but moral of the story none of my Dcp relationships worked and I think that it was partly because of the environment. there are so many interesting people all around you, you may not want to settle down with one person while you could be out there living your best life.
On the contrary let’s say you fall in love at the Dcp, your program comes to an end. now you must decide if the two of you are going to extend or does one have to go back to finish school. The question comes up on do you want to live with each other in your retrospective cities or do you want to move to Orlando. studies show that long distance relationships don’t work. So, unless you are 100 percent willing to drop everything you’re doing in life for someone you met on your Disney College Program I’m sticking with my statement of never fall in love at the dcp.

I have been diagnosed with PDD or Post Disney Depression. It’s that aching feeling in your heart after your Disney vacation is over and you have to go back to reality. For me it’s 10 times worse because I had the pleasure of completing a Disney College Program where I worked and lived at Walt Disney World for 6 months straight. Working there was as amazing as it seems I had the opportunity to work in the parks everyday and enjoy the parks as a guest on my offdays. I have to be honest I have no idea what to do with myself now that my program is over. The weather is below zero degrees here, I’m snowed in and l want nothing more than to visit the parks. Life after Disney is so weird because I’m use to walking outside and knowing it’s hot,knowing I can go to whatever park I want to visit today. I miss earl of sandwich, and I desperately want a mickey ice cream sandwich .Post Disney depression can hit you hard and unexpectedly, but In this post I will list some of the things I do to cure my Post Disney Depression !

Listening to Disney playlist !
No matter what music platform you use Spotify , Apple Music, or TIDAL there are going to be Disney playlist ! You obviously love Disney movies so listening to the soundtracks from some of our favorite movies would definitely ease up on some of the pressure.
Listening to the music from the parks.
On my first Disney College Program I worked in Epcot and I fell in love with the soundtrack ! I found myself missing it at home so I found the soundtrack on YouTube ! I will provide the link to that video here . If you ever find yourself missing your parks soundtrack you can always find it on YouTube .
Hanging your mickey ears on your wall .
After your program or vacation you will have a ton of mickey ears you have accumulated over time. These Mickey Ears can make some really cute wall art and remind you of your time at the happiest place on earth.
Wearing Disney merch!
Wearing Disney merch is such a good conversation starter wearing it will have people asking questions and you get to talk about the thing you love the most , which is Disney!
Having a Disney lock screen.
The item I use most in my everyday life is my phone and every time I look at my phone I see my lock screen which is the castle ! It keeps the memory of the castle close in my mind !
Planning a Disney vacation even if it's fake.
I love to go on the Disney website and plan full vacations, book resort rooms, set up meal plans, add flights. Then exit the websit. I do this often because it is great to dream and imagine whet your next trip will be like as well as being informative of prices for your next actual vacataion.
Following Disney blogs
Keeping up the things that go on in the parks are a pivotable part of curing the PDD. This in a sense makes you feel like you are still there. You still get that feeling that you belong there, and you're still a part of it.
Working at the Disney store
This is the best way in my opinion, you are still a cast member you still get a main gate and you get a inside look at all things disney. Working at the disney store was the best thing for me.I was able to bring up my Disney obsession in a environment where I wouldn’t be judged !

If you’re like me you have PDD As well. It’s ok we will get through this together. We just have to ride the wave until our next vacations Thanks for reading this post ! I would love to hear in the comments some things you do to cure your post Disney depression ! See ya real soon.

So far during my college years I have completed two Disney college programs DCP for short. Both times I lived in an apartment with 5 other women! This was a college environment with very close quarters so I got the chance to learn a lot about these women. I wrote this blog post to talk about the different kind of roommates we all experience during college.

Friend for life Roommate.
Some roommates are just that roommates and after college is over you never see these people again, but sometimes you get blessed with a Roommate where after your program or graduation is over you two keep in touch! You guys visit each other in your home towns and you talk weekly! These are the Roommates who are your lifelong friends! You spent a very big part of your lives together and learnt a lot about that person and it made you two closer!

Passive Aggressive Roommate

We aren’t all so lucky to be blessed with a passive aggressive Roommate and maybe we were the passive aggressive Roommate! The passive aggressive roommate deals with things indirectly instead of addressing things head on! This person will do something and then post sticky notes or make snide remarks about it but never directly say anything about the situation! Once I was the passive aggressive roommate because I had male roommates who were constantly peeing on the bathroom floor. I posted a sign in the bathroom that read "if you sprinkle when you tinkle be a sweetie wipe the seatie”. That sign did not work there was still piss everywhere. I got tired of it and finally said something and that worked! After directly addressing the situation I finally got the pee to stop! Hallelujah!! I had a roommate who took out the garbage that was overflowing then left notes all over the house.
Homesick roommate
This roommate is someone who has never been to sleepovers, never went to summer camp, whatever the reason maybe they miss home. They may even have a significant other back home that they miss. They spend most of their time in the dorm facetiming various friends and relatives. You feel bad for them because they miss all the fun that college years has to offer but you also relate to them because of course you miss your folks too, you just go about things a different way.
The Mom roommate
The mom roommate is the responsible one. Our mom roommate was always decorating for the holidays like Halloween and Christmas! She cooked most of our thanksgiving dinner, which was bomb, and she brought a Tv with a DVD player and Hella movies! We all can appreciate the mom roommates because college or DCP can be a hard time away from home we miss our family, our dorm is ugly and dormy looking, we haven't had home cooked meals. The mom roommate fills this void she's your mom away from home! She also made sure we’re all safe when we went out to party!
The rude roommate.
This girl talks trash about every single other roommate, just overall rude in general. Only good thing about her is she’s neat. She talks about your other roommates to you and she talks to your other roommates about you. SHE cannot be trusted.
Alcoholic roommate.
This roommate is drunk every single day everyone is concerned about her and quite positive she should be attending AA Meetings. She wakes up drinking and finishes a bottle before she falls asleep.
Dirty roommate.
This roommate leaves their stuff everywhere always promising to get it later but after days someone else folds and gets it for her. If the shower is clogged it’s because of her hair. Dishes in the sink probably hers. Her clothes are all over the floor and her bed is never made. Queen of leaving things in the fridge for weeks until it molds. Literally your worst nightmare.
The roommates that arent your roommate
These people are in your dorm or apartment so much they are basically considered a roommate. They attend all the “family dinners” they put on money for the dorm Christmas tree and had presents under the tree. These friends are in your dorm even when you’re not there and you think they have a toothbrush in your apartment too.
You roommate’s boyfriend.
There is always one roommate where her boyfriend comes as a package deal. He’s at the dorm all day every day you looked in her closet to steal a cardigan and discovered all his clothes there. He contributes to household duties such as trash and killing rodents. It kind of works out perfectly because you kind of have a house Brother.
Party roommate
This roommate parties all the time, when she’s sick after work after church after class this roommate parties. You’re not sure if they learned anything in college but they had a good time. You’re also pretty sure they are getting kicked out of uni and it’s just a matter of time!

Leave me comments telling me if I left out any roommates also let me know which roommate you were! I would love to get comments telling me about other topics you want to hear about in future blog post.