So I've decided to bounce around a bit and make a post about DCP Events. Yes you are there to work, but they let you play too! Recently, the DCP held their 2nd Starlit Splash at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon. Last year I was able to go to the very first one and let me tell you, it was a grand time!
Disney usually hosts a formal dance, not like Prom but more kind of like homecoming in a sense. Except these are better because Disney characters are there! I don't remember Prince Eric and Ariel being at my homecoming...oh yeah, because I never went to them. Besides the point!
Last year however, they decided to spruce things up a bit. I was there during the spring and springtime in Florida is b-e-a-utiful. Especially at night. So instead of hosting the party indoors, we had it outdoors! I, like other people, was a little skeptic about the idea, we had all gone down anticipating the formal because it is a highlight of the program. We looked forward to dressing up and going dancing and thought the idea of a pool party would be silly. We were wrong, very wrong.
What the Starlit Splash is is a big beach party held after hours at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon. The DCP rents the park out for the night so it is strictly CPs in attendance. They bus you there and upon arrival you get a free tshirt (Disney gives you a lot of free stuff, I still wear my shirt all the time!) and you get nearly the entire park to yourself. We got to go on rides super quick because there was no regular tourists in line, we got to do the snorkeling with the sharks and fishes in the reef, ride the lazy river, swim in the big pool with the tidal wave, we had a blast.
and there was free food! a buffet filled with hot food food and FREE MICKEY BARS! I mean, hello, do you know what those costs in the parks?
In addition, along the beach was the party. We had a DJ who played awesome music and threw free stuff into the crowd. Every now and then he would go "scream if you're in the disney college program!" "scream if you're in the disney international program!" "scream if you're in the disney culinary program!" and us culinary kids made sure we did. They were dressed up as pirates and threw eye patches and pirate footballs into the crowd and even announced the arrival of the best pirate off all, Captain Jack Sparrow! We even got a little firework show, just for us.
at the end of the night we were all proven wrong, it was a great time. It was a tad bit on the cooler side and it drizzled but you were wet anyway so who cares? It was great to spend time with friends on my day off having fun and going swimming. Disney really took care of us from the free handouts and t-shirts, food, and locker storage. It's a great way to show that they care. They know that we work and that we work hard so they let us have our own magical moments instead of just making them.
So not only your program do you have the opportunity to have fun on the job, but fun on your days off! You are not entitled to go just because you are a CP, you do have to request the time off if you aren't given it but they are usually pretty lenient about it. I recommend making the most of the housing events during your program because not only are they free, they're fun!
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