So guess who's going back to DisneyWorld to intern?
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Two words... "revisionist history"...
Ian applied for and was accepted for an advanced internship at DisneyWorld this week. Yes, this is the same Ian who was pretty burned out after his last tour there. But to be fair, this is different. He'll be working in an office doing security and background checks, which actually ties in with his major in Criminal Justice. The pay is better, too. 1500 applied for this position, 75 were interviewed, and apparently he was the top candidate. Good job, Ian!
The matter of logistics starts to fire up now. The main one is transportation. College interns can live in Disney housing and use their buses to get to work and back. Not so in the advanced intern program. You're on your own. He's already lining up roommates and a housing situation, but there's the matter of the car. As it stands right now, it looks like Ian and I will do a *major* road trip the first week in January to drive from Portland, Oregon to Orlando, Florida (those locations are about as far away as you can get from each other in the continential United States). Yahoo says total drive time is 47 hours... Then once we get down there, I'll take a one-way flight back to Portland.
While I'm not thrilled about 47 hours in a car over x number of days, there *is* a certain adventure-quality to it. Maybe I'll take the laptop and do a "road trip diary"... Two guys, four wheels, and a whole lotta pavement. At least the trip back in June should be better weather than in January. Actually, we'll be heading down to San Francisco and then cutting over to try and avoid winter weather in January. In June, we'll probably take the mid-America route. At least it won't be 47 hours of the same thing each way.
Two words... "revisionist history"...
Ian applied for and was accepted for an advanced internship at DisneyWorld this week. Yes, this is the same Ian who was pretty burned out after his last tour there. But to be fair, this is different. He'll be working in an office doing security and background checks, which actually ties in with his major in Criminal Justice. The pay is better, too. 1500 applied for this position, 75 were interviewed, and apparently he was the top candidate. Good job, Ian!
The matter of logistics starts to fire up now. The main one is transportation. College interns can live in Disney housing and use their buses to get to work and back. Not so in the advanced intern program. You're on your own. He's already lining up roommates and a housing situation, but there's the matter of the car. As it stands right now, it looks like Ian and I will do a *major* road trip the first week in January to drive from Portland, Oregon to Orlando, Florida (those locations are about as far away as you can get from each other in the continential United States). Yahoo says total drive time is 47 hours... Then once we get down there, I'll take a one-way flight back to Portland.
While I'm not thrilled about 47 hours in a car over x number of days, there *is* a certain adventure-quality to it. Maybe I'll take the laptop and do a "road trip diary"... Two guys, four wheels, and a whole lotta pavement. At least the trip back in June should be better weather than in January. Actually, we'll be heading down to San Francisco and then cutting over to try and avoid winter weather in January. In June, we'll probably take the mid-America route. At least it won't be 47 hours of the same thing each way.
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The route back in June looks like it could take us through Atlanta, St. Louis, and Boulder Colorado without too much effort. I know people there... :)
@12: Curt... I'm sure I can hook you up with Ian for a talk sometime during Lotusphere. Obviously he'll be down there, and I'm sure he can break away for at least one evening to say hi and meet up.
Posted by Duffbert At 18:38:07 On 17/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Tom At 06:47:38 On 19/11/2006 | - Website - |
Congrats to Ian!
Posted by Christopher Byrne At 05:15:26 On 17/11/2006 | - Website - |
Hope you do the diary.
Really looking forword to your man-trip adventure stories.
Drive safely. Avoid the road trolls.
Posted by ChangeWarrior (Deb) At 12:31:26 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Tom At 06:01:29 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Tim Tripcony At 22:27:44 On 15/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Keith Nolen At 20:23:22 On 19/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Gregg Eldred At 20:11:39 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
@2... Them cows gotta stay connected...
Posted by Duffbert At 04:11:04 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
Sean---
Posted by Sean Burgess At 07:04:26 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
Hey you could also consider flying back to Portland from TAMPA. I could pick you up in Orlando, you could get a night's sleep in our guest room (a real bed in a quiet room might feel pretty good after 47 hours of driving)... then we can dump you at TPA in the morning and off you go. Oh, and we can even help you sleep by tossing you a mojito or mai tai or hurricane or grapefruit dacquiri or ....anyway, do consider it. Cheers.
Posted by Joe Litton At 05:45:44 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Curt Stone At 03:59:11 On 18/11/2006 | - Website - |
And since I'm not speaking this year, I don't have to get any beauty sleep before Sunday jumpstarts. Not that the beauty sleep did any good last year, though...
Posted by Duffbert At 05:55:45 On 17/11/2006 | - Website - |
Tom, I'll keep that in mind for the trip back. Joe, sounds like a great idea. I'll let you know the plans as January gets closer.
Posted by Duffbert At 06:17:54 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
That'd be cool. I wish I could participate but I doubt the Duffbert boys would detour to CT in January. I don't want to be in CT in January. Glad I'll be in Orlando for the Sphere.
@Duffbert
I'm very interested in Ian's Disney internship. My daughter is really into puppetry and she's very good. It would be great for her to learn more about the possibilities that might be available at Disney for her. I'm sure the opportunity is remote but it's ok to dream.
Posted by Curt Stone At 03:35:30 On 17/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Dave Taylor At 20:31:23 On 15/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Duffbert At 07:49:11 On 19/11/2006 | - Website - |
Or get him one of those little Smart cars (http://vowe.net/archives/007877.html), assuming you can find them at Dealers somewhere nearer Florida (e.g. Fly to Atlanta, buy a Smart, drive to Orlando, hitch a ride with Joe and drive to Tampa, fly home).
In any case, have fun!
Posted by Kevin Pettitt At 07:50:47 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Duffbert At 20:32:57 On 19/11/2006 | - Website - |
HAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by Duffbert At 15:34:11 On 16/11/2006 | - Website - |