College Program Questions Thread Pt 2

[darby01_2007]

how did you make that mickey thing in ur siggie??? It is very cute and I want one!!!!

I can make one for you, just tell me what characters you want,colors, and any text.

 

[Joanna71985]

I was wondering when you find out what date you will be leaving for the college program...especially for Fall 2008...thanks!

After you get accepted for the CP, when you log on to accept there is a bunch of dates to choose from. Disney will probably start applying for the Fall 2008 program late Jan/early Feb.

 

[akhenaten]

Thank you all for the answers to my ???? on page 18 ( I have not been online for a while)!!!

I will let my DD know about this site and the program , so she can start looking into it!!!

Thanks again...and Happy New year to you All........

Carol in NJ

 

[darby01_2007]

Are there hangers in the apartments, or do we have to bring or own???

 

[Katy0708]

Are there hangers in the apartments, or do we have to bring or own???

bring your own!!

 

[darby01_2007]

bring your own!!

Thank you Katy!!

 

[Katy0708]

Thank you Katy!!

my pleasure!!

 

[Berlioz70]

I have a few questions that I hope I can get answered here. Sorry if these questions have been asked already. I am a 23 year old student pursuing a Master's Degree in Social work. My bachelor's degree was in Political Science. I have prior internship experience in both fields. I will be graduating in December 2008 and want to apply for the PI program in January of 09. I have not previously worked for Disney or done other CP. My questions are: Do you have to do a CP before becoming a PI? How competitive is the PI program? Would I have to live in one of the apartment complexes (my fiancee and I would be moving to Florida if I got the internship and I would want to live with him)? Is housing outside of the Disney provided housing easy to find? My ultimate goal is to be employed full time by Disney. Do many PI's get offered full time jobs after completion of the program? Also, I am getting married in May in Wisconsin. How hard would it be to get 4 days off or so to be able to fly to Wisconsin for the ceremony? And maybe 1 or two extra days to get the license?

Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer.

Aurora-

You are nearly in the same situation as I am - I'll have my masters degree in May and will be 24 when I start the program in June! I was looking into both PIs and CPs and have talked to two recruiters about the situation - here's the advice I got: GO FOR BOTH, but expect to get a CP. While it is very possible to get a PI without doing the CP first, it is much more difficult because preference is given to those with CP experience. I ended up deciding that the CP would be better for me because of the housing situation.

I asked about housing for those of us who are married, and if your husband/fiance is in the program, the two of you can get housing together. If he is not, then you'll be on your own for housing, you can just run an apartment check in the Kississimee area to see how difficult it would be to find apartments (try rent.com).

I also hope to work full time with Disney after my program and have read that it is common to get a full time job offer during a CP - Disney always needs people to help work in the parks and if you prove that you are passionate about your job, they love to hire CPs. As I understand it, PIs are more competitive for full time work because they are generally behind the scenes. If I do not receive a full time offer then I'll be applying for PIs for spring 2009.

Hope that helps!

 

[Berlioz70]

please ignore this post!

 

[Berlioz70]

Ignore me too!

 

[Berlioz70]

So I got a little impatient and sent this through too many times - does anyone know how to delete a post?

 

[Invisible_ears_82389]

i'm applying for fall 08... the wait for the application to be posted is KILLING me! any idea when it will be up?

My main question, though, is about the black out dates. My family wants to come down around Christmas, both to see me and to enjoy the Disney holiday festivities. If they come around Dec 23-30, would I not be able to get them a discount on anything? Hotels or park admission?

 

[Joanna71985]

i'm applying for fall 08... the wait for the application to be posted is KILLING me! any idea when it will be up?

My main question, though, is about the black out dates. My family wants to come down around Christmas, both to see me and to enjoy the Disney holiday festivities. If they come around Dec 23-30, would I not be able to get them a discount on anything? Hotels or park admission?

Disney will probably start applying for Fall 2008 late Jan/early Feb.

I believe resorts are blacked out then, and there is also park blackouts. Not sure of the exact dates, but I will look them up.

 

[Joanna71985]

If I am correct, this should be it (for parks, anyway. I think):
Walt Disney World® Resort


Magic Kingdom® Park: February 16 – 17, March 14 – 28, July 3 – August 1, November 27 – 29, December 24 - 31, 2008


Epcot®: March 18 – 25, December 24 - 31, 2008


Disney's Hollywood Studios: March 18 – 19, 24 - 26, July 3 – 5, November 10, 28 – 29, December 26 - 31, 2008


Disney's Animal Kingdom® Park: February 17 – 18, March 17 – 27, November 28, December 26 - 30, 2008

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

A friend and I would like to become roommates but she is going to be coming up a week before me and is doing the spring program, I will be over there a week later and doing the spring advantage program. Is this possible?

 

[Joanna71985]

A friend and I would like to become roommates but she is going to be coming up a week before me and is doing the spring program, I will be over there a week later and doing the spring advantage program. Is this possible?

Unfortunately not. You would only be able to room with people in the same program (and they pretty much put people together from check-in, though they may put people in a week later if there is room).

 

[Sehsun]

So I got a little impatient and sent this through too many times - does anyone know how to delete a post?

Unfortunately you cannot delete a post, but you can edit it to make it blank.

i'm applying for fall 08... the wait for the application to be posted is KILLING me! any idea when it will be up?

According to one of my blogs, I watched the e-presentation on January 20th last year and had my phone interview on January 26th! I chose to watch the e-presentation instead of going to the live one on campus because the recruiters were coming on February 28th, and I could NOT wait that long!

 

[Joanna71985]

According to one of my blogs, I watched the e-presentation on January 20th last year and had my phone interview on January 26th! I chose to watch the e-presentation instead of going to the live one on campus because the recruiters were coming on February 28th, and I could NOT wait that long!

I was the same way, except I did it early because my school's presentation was almost 2 weeks after my audition. The only bad part about going early (I had my interview early Feb, because I wasn't sure when the audition was) was that I had to wait almost 2 months to audition, and then almost 3 weeks after that to get my letter.

 

[goofyfan08]

i dont plan on partaking in drinking or smoking during my CP but i was wondering if they drug tested when you got there?

 

[Joanna71985]

i dont plan on partaking in drinking or smoking during my CP but i was wondering if they drug tested when you got there?

They take a fingerprint scan, but that's it.