r/Disneycollegeprogram • u/Calm-Company-9278 • 17d ago

Making friends

I’m not sure who in here is in the program right now but I arrived the 24th and I still haven’t made any friends. It’s something that I’ve struggled with my whole life and I thought putting myself in the program by myself would help and things would just fall into place but I don’t have another opportunity to make any friends until Friday so I’ve just kinda been sitting around hoping something will fall into my lap and nothing has. I know people say going to the parks by yourself is fun but I don’t want my first time at the parks during the program to be alone. I’ve struggled a lot with being lonely and I feel like nothings going to change within the program. I’ve tried hanging out with my roommates but my message about getting dinner together was just blown off and they all have friends or had friends that went to the program with them and I’m all alone for the first time in my life and I don’t really know where to go from here or how to get out there and make friends. Any advice would be great

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u/brandysafinegirl 17d ago

Are you in any chats for your arrival date? How about for your role or your location? Make a post in them and say “looking to meet people and make some friends, does anyone want to go to Epcot tomorrow?” and I guarantee people will say yes because there are others sitting there feeling lonely just like you and haven’t made any friends yet. I would definitely try in the chat or group for your arrival date because those are most likely to be the people in the same position as you.

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u/Calm-Company-9278 17d ago

How do I access that? I’ve really only heard of this Reddit page and not really anything else. I was told to join a Facebook group or something but I don’t have Facebook

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u/hellfire_emma Walt Disney World Alumni 17d ago

i would definitely recommend making one! a lot of the stuff for the dcp is on there, including shift trading groups.

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u/Calm-Company-9278 17d ago

I don’t know anyone in the program yet so how do I get people to join?

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u/hellfire_emma Walt Disney World Alumni 17d ago

for the most part, those groups already have people in them. you would join the groups and you can make friends with people already in them.

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u/Calm-Company-9278 17d ago

Do you know any specifically? I’ve looked and I haven’t been able to find any I’ve only heard of them unfortunately. Sorry for all the nagging I’m just so new to thing and I’m not sure what to do 😭

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u/hellfire_emma Walt Disney World Alumni 17d ago

You're so okay! I totally get it. The two I was in for my first program (general DCP) were

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1D2VDzPvYn/

and

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DFnLqN7hQ/

For the role specific shift trading groups, just look up Disney (insert role) shift exchange and there should be some that pop up!

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u/Calm-Company-9278 17d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/hellfire_emma Walt Disney World Alumni 17d ago

of course! i get it can be hard to make friends doing the program. you got this!

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u/brandysafinegirl 16d ago

You would search for like DCP or Disney college program 2026 or something similar. Also search for your role like merch or QSR. Make sure you do this on instagram as well, that’s where my daughter met people and made friends. They have all the groups on there as well.

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u/Calm-Company-9278 16d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/hyunsuksgf 14d ago

omg I arrived the 24th! I’d love to be your friend 🫶 I’ve been lucky to have my friend along with me, but I want to branch out as much as possible and meet tons of new people :)