Expose on WDW & Cast Members?

[Metro West]

I guess that it's par for the course though, if you work for Disney there will always be those who scrutinize your every behaviour and hold you up to some "higher" standard. Sorry folks, Disney isn't Magical, it's just a corporation, out to make a buck. Because someone works for them does not make them a saint, nor should they be expected to be "better than" their peers.

I couldn't have said it better myself!

 

[nalabell]

I was in the CP about 10 years ago and let me tell you what I saw.

1. Lot's of drinking, by me and everyone around me.

2. Everyone was hooking up.

3. Drugs where used but not out of control. (I did not)

4. Everyone around me went to work the next day put on the Disney show and made many memories for lots of families.

5. Everyone in the CP treated everyone with respect and was truly a family. To this day those people are still very close to me.

Case in point. After having way to much to drink the night before I got to work, on time, not feeling badly, with a smile on my face. A small boy had come into my store and broke a ceramic cookie jar into a million pieces. Boy was crying, parents were upset, grandma was upset. Instead of having them pay for the jar I requested them to be at their hotel room at 7pm that night. I made a few phone calls to some firends and when they arrived to their room Mickey Mouse was in their room with the same type of jar covered in band aids and a note from mickey telling the family that all was good and that Mickey had fixed it and wanted them to have it.

Now tell me that my behavior the night before and other nights stopped me from giving everything that I had when I was on "stage". This is only one story that I could tell you that I was involved with or my fellow CP's had done. Go to Disney have fun and don't worry about behind the curtain, Disney has got it under control. This comes from a now married with two kids and going to DW in 71 days.

 

[PuckHeadBill]

One very important thing to keep in mind. Disney World is not just an amusement park, it's a SHOW. They don't have Employees, they have Castmembers. They go "backstage" when they're out of the public eye. Everyone that works at WDW is just acting their part in a very large theatrical performance. At the end of the show, when they go home, they are still regular people. They do the same sorts of things that regular people do, and yes, that may include sex, drugs, and rock n roll.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

I was sitting, waiting for the parade at AK, when a cm started talking to me. He was very chatty and talked a lot about the college program and told me many bad things. High turnover rate etc. I did not think highly of him for telling such things and especially since he was supposed to be working instead of talking so much. I was not impressed, with him.

People are people and luckily it is not my job to judge them. Some get away with stuff, some do not and it seems to me that many who did badly and did not get caught judge others the harshest. JMO

Slightly Goofy

 

[Pinnochio]

As long as CM's do their jobs right then its really not anyone's business what they do in their private life. I guess you could say Disney owns the college program kid's housing, but I'm sure its no crazier than any other dorm.

I agree completly these are personal desicions. Just because ideas like drugs and alcohol are thought as bad does not nessecarily make that true. They are opinoins.

 

[Grumpy_Disney_Dad]

Im just wondering when Disney will add Vista Way to the list of "plus " features

 

[bicker]

At the end of the show, when they go home, they are still regular people.

I think that many actors would object to being characterized as "regular" people. It takes a certain kind of person to put on a mask and be someone or something else for extended periods of time. I sure couldn't do it.

 

[TrickyFish]

So when these college age kids, get married in their late 20's and find out they can't get pregnant-because of STD's, maybe the world will end one day.

Nah, because assumably they'd get an STD from not using protection and stupid people have been procreating for ages (much to my chagrin)... lol

 

[lovinwdw]

So when these college age kids, get married in their late 20's and find out they can't get pregnant-because of STD's, maybe the world will end one day.

FYI - not all college age kids are having unprotected sex. There are some out there that take the right precautions. Lets give our younger people the benefit of the doubt here...huh!!!

 

[WDSearcher]

Posted twice ... sorry!

 

[WDSearcher]

So when these college age kids, get married in their late 20's and find out they can't get pregnant-because of STD's, maybe the world will end one day.

Only if you believe that the people currently partying their way through their youth are in the majority. Otherwise, your comment has absolutely no logic in it at all and doesn't really even work as sarcasm.

In nations like China, procreation is kept to an absolute minimum via various methods, and they still manage to be one of the most populous countries on earth. I don't think we have anything to fear regarding the continuation of the species simply because a few college kids are making stupid decisions.

 

[BeckWhy]

It doesn't affect you, your family, or your friends. It stays behind closed doors. If you hadn't heard anything of the sort you would have no idea it was going on. The fact of the matter this happens everywhere from your local grocery store to stores at your mall to McDonald's.

 

[rmontgo892]

Here's an interesting thing going on now in regard to employer's(Disney) and employee's(castmembers) "rights..." The idea that what goes on behind the show and it's none of anyones business may very well be coming to an end...

If you truly believe in this idea that what goes on after work hours is a right then make sure you follow the news and politicians...

Right now, some employers are firing employee's for smoking cigarettes after hours...

Imagine what next can be considered grounds for firing if this mentality keeps up...

The moral police aren't gonna be the problem...

 

[YepsenCP]

A lot of good and surprising posts! I am surprised to see so many Disers agreeing with my personal beliefs... As I began to catch up on reading this after a day away, I really thought I'd see more "That is terrible what they're doing" kind of posts, but I did not!

Way to Rock everyone! Rock on CPs!

And I'd like to add in that I too am an excellent role-model.... lol

 

[jarestel]

Granted, some Disney interns probably behave no differently than any other college or university students, but I don't know that this a valid reason to condone potentially dangerous behaviors with the "kids will be kids" excuse. I guess as long as the kids injured or killed in drunken/drugged auto accidents aren't ours, then it's allright. I suppose the percentage of happy faced teens and early 20s kids who will become alchoholics due to "experimentation" and "sowing wild oats" is forgettable as long as our children are the lucky ones who escape and become productive citizens. You can't tell who will and who won't be affected by looking at kids at that age, so I don't see any reason to encourage them to gamble the rest of their lives in the spirit of "fun".

I guess I'm just a little surprised by the overwhelming number of posters who want to excuse these dangerous behaviors, but get bent out of shape if someone re-uses a mug at a Disney resort.

My viewpoints are expressed from a parent's perspective, not from a morals police point of view. I agree everyone has free will and can choose to do what they wish without my permission, but as a parent I will always hope our young people would make less dangerous and more responsible choices.

 

[SnackyStacky]

I think that many actors would object to being characterized as "regular" people. It takes a certain kind of person to put on a mask and be someone or something else for extended periods of time. I sure couldn't do it.

That's like saying accountants don't like to be called regular people. It takes someone with a gift for numbers to do that, but I don't have that gift.

I'm an actor, and a good deal of my friends are actors too.

Nobody that I'm aware of has a problem being called a regular person - because, uh, we are regular people. The job is just a lot more public than most.

 

[Aidensmom]

My first impulse is to say that what happens in someone's private life is their business, but the one thing that does bother me is that, whether or not it is anyone else's business, drug use and underage drinking (and a large number of people college age people I know are under 21) are illegal. If some of this is taking place on Disney's property (such as at PI), and they are aware of it, that does not sit well with me. As a parent, I would hate to have my son come to think of Disney as a safe harbor for illegal activity.

 

[Leota]

How did we go from a few CP kids experimenting & blowing off steam to The End of Human Life, Drunken Driving Deaths, Addiction, Alcoholism & Disney Being a Illegal Activity Haven?????
Aren't we carrying things to quite the extreme?

I am here as living proof that just because someone experimented in college doesn't mean that they can't grow up to be Productive, Respected Members of the Community. Give them a break, guys - they're Young Adults, learning what is right & wrong for them on their own. As long as they aren't showing up to work drunk, high or naked, what business is it of yours?

 

[jarestel]

How did we go from a few CP kids experimenting & blowing off steam to The End of Human Life, Drunken Driving Deaths, Addiction, Alcoholism & Disney Being a Illegal Activity Haven?????
Aren't we carrying things to quite the extreme?

I am here as living proof that just because someone experimented in college doesn't mean that they can't grow up to be Productive, Respected Members of the Community. Give them a break, guys - they're Young Adults, learning what is right & wrong for them on their own. As long as they aren't showing up to work drunk, high or naked, what business is it of yours?

It's true, everyone who has a beer isn't going to become an alcholic and everyone who drives or is driven in a car by someone inder the influence, won't become a statistic. But some of them will. I'm concerned about the ones who don't make it. Speaking as a parent, as I said. If you'd like your children to take these risks ( getting into a car with a driver who's been "experimenting", etc...), that's up to you. I sincerely hope you never have to regret your decision.

 

[Galinda]

Overall, I think kids drink much more than our generation did anyway. Binge drinking is something that happens every week, not just once in a lifetime. And it's the majority doing it, not just the random future alcoholic we used to see doing it. It's scary.

Just because you didn't always see it when you were doing it doesn't mean it didn't happen. The majority isn't doing it. It's so disturbing to read generalizations about one's own generation by people who aren't experiencing it with us. I'm in one of the most party-oriented majors on my campus, that doesn't mean we all get trashed there. Just because a lot of us drink doesn't mean a lot of us get drunk. There are a few who binge drink...a few...not most.
Expose's are more popular than binge drinking. Maybe that's why some people believe that generation x is a bunch of alchoholics.