New Friends

Hello All!

So - it's been just over a week and I am still super excited!  I gave DCL (Disney Cruise Line) permission to run my background check so I am just waiting on it now.  I thought it would have been quicker than this since The Walt Disney Company has already run two background checks in the last 12 months on me, but oh well, I wait.  After that I'll be able to schedule my doctor's appointment and really get going!

But this post isn't about that.  It's about the new friends I've made in the course of this last week.  I have been following a forum for DCL crew, but I had never posted or done anything like that.  But, when I was hired I decided to introduce myself to my fellow DCL crew.  Almost as soon as I hit send I had a few responses.  Now I have two new friends from the UK who are also going to be working in merch (merchandise).  And last week, one, Rob, got his start date!  End of the month on the Disney Magic in Barcelona.  It was relatively quick for him, 3 months, so I hope it's just as fast or faster for me!

I also emailed one of the other people who was hired at the same time as me, she lives in Southern California and we've chatted over facebook a few times.  She seems really nice and I really glad that I have someone who is going through this process at the same time as me.  That way we can hopefully keep each other sane when the waiting becomes almost too much...

There are a few DCL facebook groups, and through one I also met a guy named Tim from Germany who currently works in merch on the Disney Fantasy.  He's given me some great insight into DCL and he will be a wonderful resource for small details like packing and the like!  He's the one who told me that merch is the best if travel is your thing.  And for those of you who know me, you can guess how I reacted to that.  YAYYYYYY!!!  I am a travel bug.  That was one of the big reasons DCL seemed like such a great opportunity, and to hear that merch is great for travel was really awesome.

I am really glad that I got to touch base with these other fellow DCL crew.  Because this way, when I finally get on the ship, and am completely overwhelmed, I will have some people close to help me through.

Hopefully I'll get some new news this week - TTFN!

-Steph :)