College Program Questions Thread, Pt 3

[Joanna71985]

Thanks Joanna, that was very helpful! (I just started reading your blog & it's great!)

You're welcome.

And thanks!

 

[TiffLuvsDisney]

I applied for the Spring CP back in August before school started, my financial aid fell through and I was unable to start classes. I was accepted for the cp and am now enrolled in the Spring semester at my school. Would I still be eligible to participate in the Spring CP program??

 

[brittany99]

I dont know if anyone is a die hard disney fan like me, but I feel as tho he is not so popular anymore

what do you all think?

 

[brittany99]

i am interested in doing the DCP and was just wondering the basics on how it works, what the classes do...and the best way to work my way to be an imagineer or marketing manager for disney...please help me

 

[DisneySouvenir]

I loved the adventurers club, and the comedy club.

 

[Praise2Him]

I applied for the Spring CP back in August before school started, my financial aid fell through and I was unable to start classes. I was accepted for the cp and am now enrolled in the Spring semester at my school. Would I still be eligible to participate in the Spring CP program??

I'm not sure, but from reading on here I'm pretty sure that you must be enrolled during the semester you apply, and I believe they contact your school to make sure you are enrolled and are eligible (GPA, etc.)

I dont know if anyone is a die hard disney fan like me, but I feel as tho he is not so popular anymore
what do you all think?

I heard that they just set up a meet & greet for Peter Pan & friends in Fantasyland near the PP ride, so I think he's still pretty popular!

i am interested in doing the DCP and was just wondering the basics on how it works, what the classes do...and the best way to work my way to be an imagineer or marketing manager for disney...please help me

Check out the official website - there's a ton of info on there!

http://disney.go.com/disneycareers/disneycollegeprogram/

As for working your way up, I've heard the best thing to do is to do a great job while you're there and network with other employees (managers, etc.)

 

[Goofster18]

To answer the Peter Pan thing.........the focus has gone more on the fairies and pirates than on Peter. Hence no more Wendy and Peter stuck off to the side in Fantasyland. However, he is still there and draws a line, and I visit him so some people still love the classic Disney boy who will never grow up!!!
Have a Magical Day!!!
Goofster18

 

[MarinaAndCharlie]

I applied for the Spring CP back in August before school started, my financial aid fell through and I was unable to start classes. I was accepted for the cp and am now enrolled in the Spring semester at my school. Would I still be eligible to participate in the Spring CP program??

Did you ever figure this out? I have a friend who may be facing the same situation. Have you tried calling Disney?

 

[SmellsLikeJapan]

Hi! I just got invited for the CP or merchandising spring 2010 term, I haven't accepted yet because I still have a few questions..

1. (If I can) I would probably want to drive to work using my own car, can they give me directions on how to get there cause I really doubt that I would be parking in the guest parking lots for the hotels/parks

2. Can I pick where I work? I really want to work at the Emporium, any store in the GF or the test track store.

3. In your opinion, which apartment complex is the best?

4. Is there any way to try and get in the same apartment complex as a friend?

5. When do they give you a uniform?

TIA!

 

[epfootballcutie04]

Hi! I just got invited for the CP or merchandising spring 2010 term, I haven't accepted yet because I still have a few questions..

1. (If I can) I would probably want to drive to work using my own car, can they give me directions on how to get there cause I really doubt that I would be parking in the guest parking lots for the hotels/parks

2. Can I pick where I work? I really want to work at the Emporium, any store in the GF or the test track store.

3. In your opinion, which apartment complex is the best?

4. Is there any way to try and get in the same apartment complex as a friend?

5. When do they give you a uniform?

TIA!

1. Lots and lots of CPs bring their cars. I drove to work after the first week. I took the bus to kind of get familiar with the route and then in training they pointed out where cast parking was.

2. You can email the recruiting office and request where you want to work. It is however, just a request. I ended up getting my requests, but i know a lot of people did not, simply because people request the most popular things a lot of the times and it's basically decided on hiring needs. But yes, you can request a location. I know a few people who have worked at the Emporium and they had the worst hours, but loved it!

3. I lived in Chatham so I'm partial to that apartment complex, but when I apply for fall 2010 I'm thinking about requesting patterson. I'm not too much of a partier and they are newer apartments. I personally will never live in Vista. One of my best friends on the CP lived in Vista and I went to his apartment a number of times and i just didn't like them. That's my opinion and there are tons of people who LOVE vista.

If you like to party, vista's got that reputation.
Chatham is kind of half and half, people hang out with each other and some people just like to keep to themselves...
Patterson has the reputation for being a very quiet complex.

4. When I checked in, I had my roommate with me and then we met a couple friends through facebook that we wanted to room with, too. So we just all stood together in line and told the CM at the housing portion of checkin that all 4 of us wanted the same apartment if possible. He said it wasn't a problem at all and sent me up with everyone's information so we could room together. In order to do THAT, you need to be the same age bracket (all over or all under 21), same gender and same arrival and departure dates.

Otherwise, if the only important thing to you is that you're in the same complex, then just make sure to tell them which one you want when you check in Chances are, it shouldn't be a problem.

5. I got my costume on the 1st day of training after traditions. Your trainer will go with you to costuming and help you pick out your costumes (you are allowed 5 out at a time) and you will be required to try them on and show your trainer so they can approve you.

Hope this helped!!

 

[OnceUponAStar*]

Question::: Does anyone know if there is a limit on how much overtime you can work at disney?

 

[Berlioz70]

Question::: Does anyone know if there is a limit on how much overtime you can work at disney?

No limit that I know of - but it's hard to get a lot of overtime because scheduling will track it and make sure you do not get too much. I do have several friends who pull 70+ hour weeks, but they are all FT and not CPs.

 

[epfootballcutie04]

Question::: Does anyone know if there is a limit on how much overtime you can work at disney?

my entire CP i had 1 1/2 hours of overtime and that's only because they were totally in need of cast members, you could say they were almost desperate.

It was really really really hard to get overtime.

From what I've heard from roommates and such, it's easier depending on the role and time of year. For instance, my roommates that worked attractions, during the spring break season, had tons and tons of overtime

 

[OnceUponAStar*]

Thanks! That was very helpful Do you know how much vacation time Full Time employees get at WDW?

 

[SmellsLikeJapan]

1. Lots and lots of CPs bring their cars. I drove to work after the first week. I took the bus to kind of get familiar with the route and then in training they pointed out where cast parking was.

2. You can email the recruiting office and request where you want to work. It is however, just a request. I ended up getting my requests, but i know a lot of people did not, simply because people request the most popular things a lot of the times and it's basically decided on hiring needs. But yes, you can request a location. I know a few people who have worked at the Emporium and they had the worst hours, but loved it!

3. I lived in Chatham so I'm partial to that apartment complex, but when I apply for fall 2010 I'm thinking about requesting patterson. I'm not too much of a partier and they are newer apartments. I personally will never live in Vista. One of my best friends on the CP lived in Vista and I went to his apartment a number of times and i just didn't like them. That's my opinion and there are tons of people who LOVE vista.

If you like to party, vista's got that reputation.
Chatham is kind of half and half, people hang out with each other and some people just like to keep to themselves...
Patterson has the reputation for being a very quiet complex.

4. When I checked in, I had my roommate with me and then we met a couple friends through facebook that we wanted to room with, too. So we just all stood together in line and told the CM at the housing portion of checkin that all 4 of us wanted the same apartment if possible. He said it wasn't a problem at all and sent me up with everyone's information so we could room together. In order to do THAT, you need to be the same age bracket (all over or all under 21), same gender and same arrival and departure dates.

Otherwise, if the only important thing to you is that you're in the same complex, then just make sure to tell them which one you want when you check in Chances are, it shouldn't be a problem.

5. I got my costume on the 1st day of training after traditions. Your trainer will go with you to costuming and help you pick out your costumes (you are allowed 5 out at a time) and you will be required to try them on and show your trainer so they can approve you.

Hope this helped!!

Oh my gosh that helped alot, thank you!

the email for recruiting is wdw.college.recruiting@disney.com correct? its the email address that was in my email they sent me.

 

[huntzilla]

Hi Guy's I hope some of you can help. My friends and I are hopeful applicants for Fall 2010 and we have many questions.

1. Me and my friend in Virginia are applying as well as two of my friends from Florida. My Florida friends aren't taking classes this semester so does that make them ineligible for applying for spring?

2. One of my Florida friends has a low college GPA and not a very good academic record. They're going to be taking classes in the spring to hopefully correct this to an extent. They were thinking though, since one doesn't have very good grades if we applied for ALL the positions, custodial, housekeeping, quick service, would this greatly improve his chances?

3. Also, how heavily weighted is the GPA and classes taken? He feels he will be fine for a phone or person interview. From what I understand, after you submit your application their is an immediate questionnaire which will determine whether or not you receive a phone interview or not. Is this correct?

4. They were also thinking if we used the refer a friend feature, would that help because maybe it will show we're a group?

That's all I can think of for now, I hope some of you can help, thanks!

 

[khancock]

1. My Florida friends aren't taking classes this semester so does that make them ineligible for applying for spring?

Yes. They aren't eligible to apply now for the spring.
http://www.wdwcollegeprogram.com/sap/its/mimes/zh_wdwcp/apply/app_req.html
"Students must be currently enrolled and taking classes in an accredited college or university in the United States"

2. ...since one doesn't have very good grades if we applied for ALL the positions, custodial, housekeeping, quick service, would this greatly improve his chances?

if you make it into the program or not depends on your phone interview and the profile test (their "web based interview").

grades do not have any bearing when it comes to role assignment. the number of positions someone applies to only means that they would like to be considered for those positions.

3. Also, how heavily weighted is the GPA and classes taken? He feels he will be fine for a phone or person interview. From what I understand, after you submit your application their is an immediate questionnaire which will determine whether or not you receive a phone interview or not. Is this correct?

Disney doesn't care about grades directly. If you look at their applicaiton requirements, anything grade related is listed under "Meet Their School's Requirements for Participation". they send a list to the schools so they can verify that students meet disney's requirements (enrollement) and also ask the schools to verify that they meet any of their requirements if they have any.

this semester they started with the personality profile thing that they call a "web based interview". if you make it through that, you will be told to schedule a phone interview. From what I can tell from what people are posting on here is that they are considering the "web based interview" a real interview. so essentially, everyone who applies has to make it through 2 interviews.

no idea if they will keep doing this next semester. they had the gallup profile for disneyland for a year or so. if they think it is a success, then i bet they will keep it for wdw.

4. They were also thinking if we used the refer a friend feature, would that help because maybe it will show we're a group?

the refer a friend is just to get someone on their email update list. i don't know if they can see who referred who, but it is really just to get on their email list.

 

[glendalais]

Question::: Does anyone know if there is a limit on how much overtime you can work at disney?

There's no official limit. But most areas will stop you before you go overboard. And most will definately stop you if they're about to pay Doubletime.

Remember, there is a necessary balance that must exist between Work and Life, if for no other reason than one's own personal sanity.

Thanks! That was very helpful Do you know how much vacation time Full Time employees get at WDW?

It's a complicated formula that depends on how many hours you've worked in a year and your Seniority/Length of Service.

For most Frontline Roles, refer to the FT STCU Contract, pages 31-34.

 

[OnceUponAStar*]

Well I just had my interview for being a Seasonal Cast Member yesterday and was told I had to wait until March/April to do another interview for the Summer Season since my availability didn't match up. So I was told I would be an excellent candidate for either Attractions or Merchandise. Could someone who has had any experience in either one tell me more about the position? Merchandise I would like because I love interacting with guests and I'm quite the fan of a lot of the skirts/dress costumes Merchandise gets to wear (I'm lame I know). I also have a lot of retail experience.

For attractions, I'm an inspiring Imagineer so to know how an attraction works would benefit me. Attractions I would want to work on would be Backlot Tour, Great Movie Ride, Kilomajaro Safaris, Expedition Everest, Soarin', Mission Space, Tower of Terror, Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, eh pretty much anything. I love Soarin's costumes though and I believe that one would be pretty cool to work at.

I want to have a role that I can use in all of the parks, because eventually I want to be able to pick up shifts in other parks and explore all of them. Essentially I want to make it a goal to work in every park and I want to be able to pick up shifts easily for time I'm in school so if I need hours I can get them. So what would you suggest?

 

[Berlioz70]

I want to have a role that I can use in all of the parks, because eventually I want to be able to pick up shifts in other parks and explore all of them.

While your other paragraphs make both positions pretty equal, this paragraph is your deciding factor. Attractions are only trained in one park, while Merchandise is global. If you want to work in all parks, then you should do merchandise. You'll be stationed in one park, but will be able to pick up shifts elsewhere.