Goodbye

Now that I'm home and I've had a few days to reflect, I can honestly say that the Disney college program was one of the most exciting and fun experiences of my life. Now I'm not saying that the program was magical 24/7. There were times that I missed my family and friends, times when work was super frustrating, and times when I was VERY over the drama that stems from living with thousands of college-aged students. But, overall, I made a ton of new friends and had an AMAZING time.

That being said, the part of the program that's the hardest is saying goodbye. One of my first good byes was to my coworker, Ashley. She left a few weeks before my departure, so Tevin and I joined her for a goodbye lunch at our resort's restaurant-- Olivia's 

Then, I had my last day at work. Yes, our costumes may not have been the most attractive, and yes, I sometimes had a 15 hour shift or shifts that started at 5AM...but I also had a lot of great times and got to work with some really awesome people.

Including the best manager around, Ali :)

Even saying goodbye to people working in culinary was hard...no more banana bread pudding (which is seriously the best dessert on the planet)

Then came my absolute last day in Disney. Check-out was at 11AM but I left much earlier than that so Meg and I could go to Magic Kingdom one final time. We were able to meet the Fairy Godmother

Peter Pan

And my LAST princess: Tiana 

Also had the opportunity to say goodbye to space mountain...

And......Disney food :.(

Then came the time when I had to walk away from Magic Kingdom for good.

I'm sure anyone who's done the program can tell you though, it's not the rides, food, or merchandise that you miss. It's the people that you've been able to play with for the past five months of your life. This program allows you to meet people from all over the world and it's so awesome!! I am so glad that I was given this opportunity and I wouldn't change it for the world.