This is my second year applying. I applied last year and really didn't expect to get it simply because it was my first time applying. I was so excited when I got the email welcoming me to the second round. When the time came, I applied and did my video and I honestly thought that I did great. I couldn't imagine answering them any differently than I did. So, when the nicest rejection letter ever came, I was really sad. I had no idea what I could/should have changed to get me to round three. Then, this year, my first round was a disaster. My account got messed up a while back so all of our trips were linked to my husbands account. We just booked through him. So, my account had no trips or anything and I worried how that would look. Then, when I submitted my answers, I got one of those screens that there was a problem. All of my answers were lost. I took a deep breath and tackled the questions again. That time, when I tried to submit, I kept getting messages that I was over my word count. It would say I needed to take out 5 words. I'd take away 7 and then it would say that I was still 6 words over. It was very frustrating. My answers really got chopped up and I had significantly fewer words required, which I know doesn't matter except for the fact that I wasn't able to say everything I wanted to say. I think I had one other issue, but I can't remember now. I think I blocked much of that application process out. Anyway, I thought that there would be no way I'd move on this year. I thought my answers were terrible. But somehow, I made it through.
So now I have no idea what I am doing. I do my best = I don't get in. I get all kinds of issues and don't submit my best = I get in. At this point, I'm just going to have fun answering the questions. If I get to go on to the next round, great. If not, well, I did no worse than last year and I have no doubt that a lesson will be learned along the way. And, of course, whether I make the panel or not, I know I will still be helping friends and family plan their Walt Disney World vacations and that fun is the whole reason I applied in the first place.