College Program Questions Thread, Pt 3

[Eeyores Butterfly]

yeah honestly ppl shouldn't be sharing their locations in public profiles until they know for sure.

Current CPS or any castmember can look you up in the system. I think it's fun to know my possible location.

At first i was bummed by what I was told, but was excited about the costume. My sis and her roommates also picked up hours around my location to check it out, so the more I thought about it, I have come to love the idea.

I thought it was an odd location, but I guess in a way I asked for it. My interviewer asked me what my favorite park/ thing about my WDW trip was and I kinda said the first thing that came to mind. And that's where I ended up, so they must really go by the notes your interviewer takes.

Can't wait 'till August 10th when the jobs official!

(on the Facebook good there's a catagory for this Location question)

Yep! I told my interviewer my favorite character was Eeyore and I liked workign with kids, I ended up in Fantasyland. Another person I worked with had told them her favorite ride was Peter Pan. They do try to put you in ap lace where you are interested.

 

[disneychickforever]

ok a question for current and past CPs: how did/do you find a healthy balance between work, play, and sleep? I remember last time I crawled back into bed after my morning shift sometimes, and I don't want to do that this time!

 

[Toffy]

Question about roles... Is Main Entrance Operations have you stuck to just one specific park and just one specific area??? For example, is there at all a chance I could work the ticket booths at Blizzard Beach one day and then the parking tram at DHS the next???

 

[MKandy]

Question about roles... Is Main Entrance Operations have you stuck to just one specific park and just one specific area??? For example, is there at all a chance I could work the ticket booths at Blizzard Beach one day and then the parking tram at DHS the next???

Not usually. Most of the time Main Entrance Operations CPs work in one specific area. My roommate worked Main Entrance at the Magic Kingdom and that was it. Parking is a completely different part of Main Entrance Operations as well. In fact, Parking is even broken down into sections as well; tram/parking vehicles and toll booth. Another one of my roommates worked Parking at TTC. He pretty much just drove/spieled on the tram. He liked it though and he had a lot of fun with it. It is a really laid-back role.

Have a magical day.

 

[khancock]

Current CPS or any castmember can look you up in the system. I think it's fun to know my possible location.

they are probably doing this on the cast portal.

they shouldn't be doing that. i'm pretty sure information on the portal that isn't specifically marked as being shareble with non-cast member (guests) isn't supposed to be shared with anyone who isn't a cast member. people who haven't arrived aren't cast members

im sure college recruiting doesnt deal with the headaches or disappointments from someone who gets moved. also if someone decideds to go out and get shoes based on what someone told them and ends up in a location that requires different shoes or they buy the wrong type of shoe, they will get stuck unless they are able to return them.

 

[OnoGrinds]

Is it possible to switch locations Within your role. I am a recreation roler starting on Aug 12. Lets say I get assigned at one of the hotels' pools or marinas. Would it be possible for me to request to move to a different location within my role....possibly a different hotel or move to a waterpark. Let me know if any of you have done this or heard of anyone who has. I know it is very hard to change roles, but is it as hard to change jobs within your role. I would imagine it is easier. Let me know. Thanks everyone!

 

[Joanna71985]

Is it possible to switch locations Within your role. I am a recreation roler starting on Aug 12. Lets say I get assigned at one of the hotels' pools or marinas. Would it be possible for me to request to move to a different location within my role....possibly a different hotel or move to a waterpark. Let me know if any of you have done this or heard of anyone who has. I know it is very hard to change roles, but is it as hard to change jobs within your role. I would imagine it is easier. Let me know. Thanks everyone!

Unfortunately it isn't that common. Usually people stay the whole CP in their assigned location.

 

[Toffy]

Question about Concierge... I see it says you may be serving alcohol on the role description section of the site, and since I'm a minor would that automatically mean I couldn't apply for this role, or is it the sort of thing they'd just make sure I wasn't on the rotation that would deal with liquor? I'm tryin' to bump my role selection list up to 9 haha...

 

[Joanna71985]

Question about Concierge... I see it says you may be serving alcohol on the role description section of the site, and since I'm a minor would that automatically mean I couldn't apply for this role, or is it the sort of thing they'd just make sure I wasn't on the rotation that would deal with liquor?

I was told you can be 18 and serve alcohol. But they may also put you somewhere that it isn't served (when I did merchandise, I was 19. And they put me in the MK, where it isn't served).

 

[piratechick]

Question about Concierge... I see it says you may be serving alcohol on the role description section of the site, and since I'm a minor would that automatically mean I couldn't apply for this role, or is it the sort of thing they'd just make sure I wasn't on the rotation that would deal with liquor? I'm tryin' to bump my role selection list up to 9 haha...

The legal age to serve alcohol (not drink it) is 18 years old, so you will be fine considering you have to be 18 to do the program anyway. I served alcohol when I did QSFB in my last program and I was only 19 years old.

 

[Toffy]

Interesting!!! I didn't know that!!! Haha, ya learn something new every day Thanks you two!

And mkandy, sorry I never said thank you for your answer earlier, that really helped me a great deal

Actually, there's about three zillion people I never said thank you to, I ask so many questions I barely breath in time to say thank you before I ADD on to the another one haha

 

[BethAnne Sthrn Belle]

hey guesss I was just wondering the names of the shopping malls near the bus stop?

I want to look up them online so I know what kind of shops they have, so I can figure out if I need to do a bit of shopping before I fly in. Thanls!

 

[FatMan2k3]

The one right by the housing area is the 'Orlando Premium Outlets' - Their shop list is at premiumoutlets dot com (sorry, can't use URLs yet )

I've been using Chatham Manor Blvd as a reference point on Google Maps. While not perfect, it appears to be a relative good resource. For example, I just found out that there is a branch of my local bank about 13 miles away. Not something, I'll ever want to have to go to, but I will be getting a check back for the security deposit on the place I'm moving out of, so it will be nice to be able to deposit it.

 

[Berlioz70]

hey guesss I was just wondering the names of the shopping malls near the bus stop?

The outlets listed above are near the commons - so you could take a bus there then walk. I personally do not like those outlets because they are pretty pricey, however, there is an outlet just down 535 near WalMart that is great!!

The CP buses will go to the Orlando Mall (I think once a week) so that will be an option. It also visits WalMart and Publix (the grocery store down here). You could take the bus to WalMart and visit the outlets I mentioned, but there is a short walk involved.

Check out this map - I've marked it with WalMart, Outlets, and the Apartments: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=100021101601552632234.00046e9620eacb431f632&ll=28.369048,-81.486626&spn=0.070085,0.128918&z=13

 

[FatMan2k3]

Ah, I knew Chatham and Patterson were right next to each other, I didn't realize Vista was all the way on the other side of 535. My apologies.

 

[grownoats]

how much do paychecks average per week with taxes and rent taken out?

 

[Berlioz70]

It varies based on your role, and where you live. Look at this post: http://brennailya.livejournal.com/?skip=20#24403

 

[grownoats]

thank you, that is so helpful because I've never lived away from home before so I've never had to budget for food or rent.

 

[BethAnne Sthrn Belle]

The one right by the housing area is the 'Orlando Premium Outlets' - Their shop list is at premiumoutlets dot com (sorry, can't use URLs yet )

I've been using Chatham Manor Blvd as a reference point on Google Maps. While not perfect, it appears to be a relative good resource. For example, I just found out that there is a branch of my local bank about 13 miles away. Not something, I'll ever want to have to go to, but I will be getting a check back for the security deposit on the place I'm moving out of, so it will be nice to be able to deposit it.

Thankyou! I'll def. be using google maps. right now I don't have high speed internet.

 

[BethAnne Sthrn Belle]

The outlets listed above are near the commons - so you could take a bus there then walk. I personally do not like those outlets because they are pretty pricey, however, there is an outlet just down 535 near WalMart that is great!!

The CP buses will go to the Orlando Mall (I think once a week) so that will be an option. It also visits WalMart and Publix (the grocery store down here). You could take the bus to WalMart and visit the outlets I mentioned, but there is a short walk involved.

Check out this map - I've marked it with WalMart, Outlets, and the Apartments: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=100021101601552632234.00046e9620eacb431f632&ll=28.369048,-81.486626&spn=0.070085,0.128918&z=13

Thankyou so Much for the map- I'll have to wait til im not using dialup to load it though. Do you know the name of the outlet near walmart?