It’s been more than six months since completed my Disney College Program and I was a Cast Member at Walt Disney World. Not a second goes by that I’m not wishing and dreaming of being back at Disney World. The months post-Disney have been harder than I expected, especially now that my friends list on Facebook is still full of current Cast Members. Seeing how they are still working for "The Mouse" and making magic every day makes it that much harder to be away from it all.

Sure the Disney College Program meant long hours, 10-, 11-, or even 12-hour days, sharing a tiny bathroom with four other people, the occasional crazy roommate, and being away from all of my friends and family for four months. However, all of that was worth it because it means the I got to be apart of thousands of families’ vacations, I got to put a smile on people’s faces every day by creating Disney Magic, and most of all, it meant I got to go to the parks anytime I wanted! It never got old, going to the parks day after day. Getting to have a new adventure every day for four months was unreal. I could have ridden the rides and seen the shows a million times and it would never get old.

Post-Disney has meant going back to school, doing homework, and going back to work at my regular job at Kroger. There isn’t any other job that compares to being a Cast Member. Post Disney has meant not seeing the amazing friends I made on my Program, I think that’s the hardest part of all. When you’re experiencing such a rare experience like the Disney College Program you get very close to the people that are experiencing this once in a lifetime opportunity with you, and seeing them every single, and then one day just not being able to see them is miserable. The more that time passes the more the whole experience just feels like a distant dream. I would give anything to get to be a Cast Member again and put on muni costume one more time and get to make magic again.

Hopefully someday soon I’ll be back in the happiest place on earth, making magic once again.