College Program Questions Thread, Pt 3

[glendalais]

I knew that they placed you in an attraction based on if they needed CMs, but after reading others' comments, I thought Internship Recruiting only assigned you a Role. It's great to know that they actually put you in an area, too. How large are these areas? Parks? Lands? Variable? I had heard of someone switching off among Fantasyland rides in my browsing CP blogs.

Thank you; this is all very interesting and useful information.

It depends on the Park, layout, and stuff like that. The general rule of thumb is by Land (MK) or themed section (everywhere else), though.

Ok, so now I'm going to ask a question. How is the transformation of Toontown/Fantasyland affecting CP's in those areas? Or is it not? idk! haha

At the moment, it isn't. I've heard heresay that the Company is in negotiations with Unite HERE Local 362 as to what to do with the Full Time and Casual Regular Cast Members who would be affected. However, haven't heard anything regarding CPs.

I would just assume that Florida-Site Internship Recruitment would just reduce the number of CPs assigned to Fantasyland Attractions, and reduce the total number of CPs accepted accordingly. Construction is starting shortly, but the real, down, dirty, need-to-close-things work isn't expected to occur for a while, so there's time to figure it out.

 

[Pure_Imagination]

(never mind, I found my answer!)

 

[AllisonMak]

So I've been lurking for a few days and reading people's posts.
Disney will be at my school in 2 days! I read about how someone failed the web-based interview from stupid mistakes....that also happened to me last semester lol. :x
But I know what I did, so I'm giving it another go! Wish me luck!

 

[ZeroToHero]

Good luck! Disney will be at a school near me in two days.... and hopefully I will either have found out by then, and be going because I got in and want to be like "YAY, DISNEY!" or I haven't heard and will be going to pass the time.

If I don't get in though, not going. Haha.

 

[illini4princess]

I know this is probably that "magical question" that everybody would wish to know, but that nobody can answer for sure. But, what do you think would be the greatest indication of estimating whether you got in or not? For example, do people who get complimented by the interviewer or get a lot of questions generally get in for sure? Or is it really just anyone's guess?

 

[PidginPea]

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[AllisonMak]

Good luck!

Thank you!! 1 hour until my presentation ee!

Oh and Illini4princess...I don't know that Tiana in your signature, but I do know her former prince personally... He's now Aladdin in Disneyland hehe.

Edit: Hey so...to people who have been denied and applied again...it's not letting me start my web-based because "I've already applied" with this number...but I haven't THIS semester, so what gives? (I applied last fall for spring '10).

Edit 2: So...the web interview's website emailed me and told me that I have to contact Disney with my problem now...it's not their problem. What a hassle.

 

[disneylove22]

Does anyone have the phone number for wdwcp recruiting?

 

[AllisonMak]

I was wondering what it was too...I can only find email addresses and I emailed them at around 10 and they said to wait...
There goes my 48 hour window to complete my application.

 

[Zocha]

Does anyone have the phone number for wdwcp recruiting?

Phone: 1-800-722-2930

https://www.wdwcollegeprogram.com/sap/its/mimes/zh_wdwcp/educators/contact/recruiting.html

There you are.

 

[Simple_Motions]

Iv been here since the 8th. I really dislike my work location. Is there anyway to transfer somewhere else? I doubt I can switch out of Quick Service Food and Beverage, but a new location would be good enough. Can I do this on the hub? I'd really prefer to not talk to my manager. Any advice?

 

[Joanna71985]

No, unfortunately it can't be done on the HUB. You would have to talk to someone if you wanted to change locations (and unfortunately it is not common for CPs to be able to change locations).

Good luck. Hopefully something can be worked out

 

[cuethemusic]

After you get accepted, I hear they send you a check list of things to do before you get there. Does anyone know what the check list consists of, or is it just basic stuff?

 

[Simple_Motions]

No, unfortunately it can't be done on the HUB. You would have to talk to someone if you wanted to change locations (and unfortunately it is not common for CPs to be able to change locations).

Good luck. Hopefully something can be worked out

Thanks Joanna~ Hopefully I can do something. It's turning into a problem for me now. It's such a headache.

Thanks for the quick answer~

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

Sorry to spam the boards with transportation-related questions, but I'd really like to hear from alumni who have done the program without a car. What was your experience like? I understand it's preferable to have a car, but what is it really like without it?

 

[michelle21]

Sorry to spam the boards with transportation-related questions, but I'd really like to hear from alumni who have done the program without a car. What was your experience like? I understand it's preferable to have a car, but what is it really like without it?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2386573
This thread talks about the buses as well as some of the pros/cons of not having a car down there.
I'm going down in a month without a car so i'm interested to see how it will work out.

 

[Scully12]

I didn't have a car and I found it perfectly easy to get around. You aren't going to be stranded anywhere or not be able to get to the places you need. I took the bus to Walmart plenty of times to get groceries (my advice, get the reuseable bags...they make carrying your things easier and don't wait until you need tooons of food or else you'll have a hard tome getting it on the bus). I also took the bus to the post office to mail my parents all the things I cought with my discounts

I was lucky though as I worked at DHS so I only had a 25 minute bus ride. Working at a park makes taking the buses easier because you don't have to transfer. Waterparks, resorts, and such have transfers to smaller vans so it takes longer to get where you are going.

If you ever have to work weird hours you just have to call the bus people to arrange a pick up/dropoff.

Over the time of the program you are bound to meet people who have cars (and there's probably at least one roommate who has one) so don't fret too much. I knew plenty of people with cars so I could get rides to get groceries and things if I ever really needed one.

One good things about the buses is that if you want to get into Vista after 9 you can with out having to be signed in because the bus stop is inside the housing complex

 

[Kayticheer101]

question about housing... how many bathrooms are in each apartment and details on them please.. ? like how many bathrooms are inthe 4 bed one and 3 bed one etc

 

[cuethemusic]

question about housing... how many bathrooms are in each apartment and details on them please.. ? like how many bathrooms are inthe 4 bed one and 3 bed one etc

I'm pretty sure there is one bathroom to each bedroom. You can look at apartment tours on youtube

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

I'm pretty sure there is one bathroom to each bedroom. You can look at apartment tours on youtube

It actually varies by complex... I know that Chatham 3-bedrooms have 3 bathrooms, whereas I think Vista 3-bedrooms only have two.