Michael Rigert

A Disneyland devotee since her first trip to the magical kingdom at age 3, Jordan Leigh Tripp of Orem fulfilled her ultimate wish this weekend by becoming a graceful Disney princess.

Tripp, 23, a multi-media conference coordinator, joined 24 other Disney Dream Job contest finalists from across the country who lived out their dreams by becoming pirates, princesses, and jungle cruise skippers for a day.

From Saturday to Monday, Tripp and the others participated in costume fittings, hair and makeup sessions, Disney traditions training, and, for the honorary princesses in waiting, learning the perfect curtsey.

"It was incredible," Tripp said. "Kids would come up to you and want hugs and autographs. They were just in awe. I was excited to be a princess and they were excited to see me."

And Tripp isn't just any casual Disneyland fan. She estimates she's been to the fabled park at least a dozen times. Husband Chad Tripp said the couple honeymooned at the park three years ago when they were married and his wife has an entire room in their home dedicated to Disney memorabilia.

Tripp penned a script for her audition video as JorDanrella in which she wore a prom dress she had had altered into a Cinderella costume for a Disney cruise. With her husband on the video camera and her mom voicing the part of the evil stepmother in the background, Tripp said it took several takes to get her audition under the 45-second time limit.

"By the time I was under the time, I had pixie dust all over the floor," she said.

After submitting the video in February, Disneyland Web site visitors voted for their favorites and Tripp learned in April she'd been selected as for the dream Disney job.

"I started crying and screaming and running around," she said upon receiving the news.

Along with four other Disney honorary princess in waiting, Tripp donned exquisite $4,000 princess gowns complete with Saworski crystals to meet and greet children at Princess Fantasy Land.

"They don't go cheap," she said of the dress's fine tailoring and quality. "It weighed about 10 pounds."

She also got plenty of time to rub shoulders with regular Disneyland cast members and icons like Mickey Mouse and Pluto.

So who's Tripp's favorite Disney characterfi

Belle from "Beauty and Beast," she said.

Her favorite Disneyland ride or attractionfi Tripp couldn't pick just one but said Splash Mountain was way up there.

"Except I got soaked on it this weekend," she said. "It wasn't very princess-like walking around in drenched clothing."

Chad Tripp, who accompanied his wife on her experience of a lifetime, said he was proud of Tripp.

"I was just in awe of everything she was doing and how beautiful she was," he said.

To view Tripp's audition and Disney dream job experience videos, log on to www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs.home.asp and click on the group photo. Next scroll down to the Honorary Princess-in-Waiting title and click on JorDanrella.