College Program Questions Thread Pt 2

[Mrs.CptnJackSparrow]

ok this question is for anyone who is up for comment... but for my spring break im going to Disney world. we r going to three parks: The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios. we are gunna be at these three parks on the 18th, 19th and 20th of March. does anyone have any advice for which of the tree parks i shoudl go to first or what order i should do them in?! i didnt know if i could benefit in a certain way by trying to do these parks in a certain order!

In my opinion when my family and I only go for a 3 day weekend we save MK for the 2nd day because thats the only FULL day because the 1st day and last day you are checking in and checking out which kills some time so that way you can spend the WHOLE day in MK. MGM can be combined with another park if you do not like shows. EPCOT also can be half day.

All in all, it all depends with how familar you are with the parks. My family goes so often we know exactly what we want to do. We can do all parks in half a day.. we might not leave till closing but we do everything we want.

FYI- 5 weeks and 1 day since my CP interview and still no letter. I guess I still have to wait till AFTER the audition.

 

[CelticBelle]

Is it wierd that I have never been to wdw and am doing to CP there? I mean I went when I was like 7 but a lot has changed and...well...I was 7 and dont remember much. This is like my first experience at wdw! ahh crazy!

 

[Joanna71985]

Is it wierd that I have never been to wdw and am doing to CP there? I mean I went when I was like 7 but a lot has changed and...well...I was 7 and dont remember much. This is like my first experience at wdw! ahh crazy!

No, it's not weird.

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

Is it wierd that I have never been to wdw and am doing to CP there? I mean I went when I was like 7 but a lot has changed and...well...I was 7 and dont remember much. This is like my first experience at wdw! ahh crazy!

My roomie had never been before. It isn't wierd at all.

 

[jusTine87]

Here's my delima... I need some advice.

I wanted to audition to be a character. My audition wouldn't be until March 30th. I've traveled and performed with an ensamble for the past three summers and I will this summer as well. I have dance experience, not a ballerina, but I would consider myself intermediate.
I'm worried that I won't pass the audition and then the program will be full. There are other roles I would be totally fine with... and I want to do everything in my power to make the program... so I'm considering not auditioning and just putting my fate in their hands, but I'm torn... Help!

 

[Sehsun]

Here's my delima... I need some advice.

I wanted to audition to be a character. My audition wouldn't be until March 30th. I've traveled and performed with an ensamble for the past three summers and I will this summer as well. I have dance experience, not a ballerina, but I would consider myself intermediate.
I'm worried that I won't pass the audition and then the program will be full. There are other roles I would be totally fine with... and I want to do everything in my power to make the program... so I'm considering not auditioning and just putting my fate in their hands, but I'm torn... Help!

Hi Justine,
You should definitely go for the audition! I personally haven't heard of someone who didn't make the audition and wasn't able to do the program because they filled all the roles. I feel like they would reserve a certain number of spots for each of the roles.

 

[Wincaps]

thank for the help yall about "Mousecatraz" it did sound too negative and proboly thing r a lil stretched im not gunna bother reading it now. I have met alot of kids online who really dont at all fit the mold of those wild kids they talk about in Mousecatraz.

 

[Joanna71985]

Here's my delima... I need some advice.

I wanted to audition to be a character. My audition wouldn't be until March 30th. I've traveled and performed with an ensamble for the past three summers and I will this summer as well. I have dance experience, not a ballerina, but I would consider myself intermediate.
I'm worried that I won't pass the audition and then the program will be full. There are other roles I would be totally fine with... and I want to do everything in my power to make the program... so I'm considering not auditioning and just putting my fate in their hands, but I'm torn... Help!

Don't worry, I'm sure you will do fine with the audition. And even with the chance you don't pass, they save spots in other roles. I didn't pass, and I got my second choice.

 

[MousekaMaddi]

jusTine
go for it and do the dance audition, we are often our own worst critic and Ill bet u are a far better dancer than u think u are, go and do your best - Good luck!!!

 

[hogwartsdropout]

Disney recruits for these internships into April, and all-in employs around 6,000 students for the College, CareerStart and International Programs (this figure is based on the amount of housing capacity the programs have now).

Wow is that yearly? I'd love to find out how many they recruit for the International Program.

 

[csaribay]

Wow is that yearly? I'd love to find out how many they recruit for the International Program.

I don't have any hard numbers in terms of each program- It's an estimate based upon the maximum occupancy that the three main housing complexes can accommodate (which has been maxed out for sometime, with Disney has been renting out other apartment complexes in the general area to accommodate CP/CS/IP Programs).

While there's fluctuations, the figure is the number at any one point that could be on a program. Because of the different terms and lengths of program, I don't know how to estimate how many they recruit for each season or on a yearly basis (having said that, I would probably say that the average program lasts five months and the longest lasts one year, so take that for what it's worth.)

 

[joepic]

I don't have any hard numbers in terms of each program- It's an estimate based upon the maximum occupancy that the three main housing complexes can accommodate (which has been maxed out for sometime, with Disney has been renting out other apartment complexes in the general area to accommodate CP/CS/IP Programs).

While there's fluctuations, the figure is the number at any one point that could be on a program. Because of the different terms and lengths of program, I don't know how to estimate how many they recruit for each season or on a yearly basis (having said that, I would probably say that the average program lasts five months and the longest lasts one year, so take that for what it's worth.)

Chris - Great site! It's really well done!
I'd just like to ask you how you were able to become a Disney Trainer and Facilitator for new CMs? What did you need to do to advance to that position?

It sounds like a lot of fun!

 

[Wincaps]

ok i know this is off topic and i could like oh maybe one or 2 ppl that would be able to answer this question (as always) but... does anyone know much about former CEO Mike Eisner?! like was he well received by the company... did he do a good job or where there a lot of complaints?!

 

[Joanna71985]

From what I have heard, he got a lot of complaints.

 

[Mrs.CptnJackSparrow]

ok i know this is off topic and i could like oh maybe one or 2 ppl that would be able to answer this question (as always) but... does anyone know much about former CEO Mike Eisner?! like was he well received by the company... did he do a good job or where there a lot of complaints?!

http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/

this gives an insight of a lot of the complaints about disney...

 

[Joanna71985]

http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/

this gives an insight of a lot of the complaints about disney...

Interesting site.

 

[joepic]

http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/

this gives an insight of a lot of the complaints about disney...

hey, nice find!

 

[Joanna71985]

hey, nice find!

It really is! I have been reading it, and it's quite interesting.

 

[csaribay]

Chris - Great site! It's really well done!
I'd just like to ask you how you were able to become a Disney Trainer and Facilitator for new CMs? What did you need to do to advance to that position?

It sounds like a lot of fun!

Hey thanks! Glad to hear someone enjoys it, I'll be adding a couple posts every week, things that I think would be useful to anyone thinking about doing these programs.

As far as trainer/facilitator goes, that was me just sort of sticking my neck out at the resort level, sort of looking for the "next steps". It wasn't overly difficult to advance to those two roles, but I was fortunate that my area was both receptive to, and supportive of my will to advance. I'll probably explain in more detail soon on the blog.

 

[Leslie2010_Joshfan]

Hey guys!

My boyfriend has recently decided that the CP would be a great benefit to him and is interested in a role in recreation or transportation. Anybody have any experience in these roles?

Also, I know that CP'ers get into the parks for free, but does anyone know if you get to play golf for a discount at the golf course? jw.

Thanks!

Leslie