Going seasonal?

[jen22va]

Cool!! I'm planning to go to WDW for a couple of weeks in May so maybe I can work so I can get in free! Do you know how to go about listing availability etc?

You need to email one of your old managers at your location with when you're coming and what days you are available to work. They will get you placed on the schedule and after you are on the schedule for at least one day, they will have to send a memo to access control (at Disney University building) that you are coming in to work. Access Control HAS to get this memo from one of your managers in order to make you a new red seasonal work id (instead of your old white one, which if you didn't turn in, you will have to exchange it for your red one). You then have to go to Access Control when you get down there to take a picture and get your new id (they make it right there on the spot, takes like 5 minutes if it's not busy when you go). You can't work (or get into the parks for free!!) without the new id because your old one has expired. Hope this helps!

 

[MaryPoppins86]

just curious but where do people generally stay when they go seasonal? like a hotel (offsite or on site)? or would you recommend someplace else. is it possible to it without a car?

 

[jen22va]

just curious but where do people generally stay when they go seasonal? like a hotel (offsite or on site)? or would you recommend someplace else. is it possible to it without a car?

I just went back down a few weeks ago for "spring break" to work a couple days and I stayed at my old roommate's new apt who decided to stay in orlando after our cp was over. You can stay at a hotel but if you do, you'll probably need a car. I flew down and my old roommate drove me to work and whatnot so it worked out well. You'll meet so many people on your cp, including full-timers, so make some good friendships and if you go seasonal, you have options for places to stay when you go back down.

 

[MaryPoppins86]

I just went back down a few weeks ago for "spring break" to work a couple days and I stayed at my old roommate's new apt who decided to stay in orlando after our cp was over. You can stay at a hotel but if you do, you'll probably need a car. I flew down and my old roommate drove me to work and whatnot so it worked out well. You'll meet so many people on your cp, including full-timers, so make some good friendships and if you go seasonal, you have options for places to stay when you go back down.

ooooo, that's awesome. i'll deffinitely try and do that whenever i get into the program. if the ride situation doesn't work out maybe i could rent a car. thanks for the tip.

 

[Disneygirl86]

Hello! I am now currently seasonal and worked a 7 hour shift on May 22nd. I had read that you typically get the maingate 2 weeks after your first shift, but I have still yet to receive it. Do I need to call someone or do something on the hub to request one?

 

[glendalais]

Hello! I am now currently seasonal and worked a 7 hour shift on May 22nd. I had read that you typically get the maingate 2 weeks after your first shift, but I have still yet to receive it. Do I need to call someone or do something on the hub to request one?

It all depends on your Management team and how quickly they send the request to Ticketing.

You can contact Ticketing through the Complimentary Admissions module on The Hub, located under the Disney Difference tab.

 

[MrsCobra407]

A note on Main Entrance Passes. Seasonal Cast Members MUST work a shift with a CT, Seasonal status BEFORE they are issued a Seasonal Main Entrance Pass good for 6 entrances. Once you work, it is a two week waiting period before you're eligible for your main entrance pass. After you work that initial shift, you'll have your MEP mailed to your house 2 weeks later. That is an HR policy. So basically you aren't able to come down for a week, work a shift while vacationing with family and hope to have a pass given to you while you're there. Once you go from FT/CR to CT your old main entrance pass is automatically voided and no good until you work a CT shift.

Policies have also changed, and if you do not work in the calendar year, you do not receive a main entrance pass. They used to send you a new one in Jan, for the new year. That is a thing of the past.

Used to work at the main entrance pass desk. I dealt with this every single day.

 

[1955girl]

Wait! If DD goes seasonal in Aug, then she keeps the same main gate pass and only has whatever is left on that? We were planning on coming in the fall, and she only has two days left on it! If she goes FT ( which she is hoping) does she get another Main Gate pass right away, or does she have to wait for that one? Her program started this past Jan, and is up in Aug

 

[Berlioz70]

If she is able to go FT, she'll get a new pass which will be bumped up to 12 entrances (I got it within a week of transferring to FT). However, any used dates from earlier in the year will be transferred to the new pass. So if she has already used four, her new pass will have 8 remaining days.

Seasonal only get 6 days (like the CP), so she will not get a new pass and will continue to only have 2 days open.

We are hiring some FT in housekeeping, foods, and third shift custodial, so she should be able to go FT in one of those areas.

 

[1955girl]

Thanks for the info. She's actually in costuming. Hoping something will open up there!

 

[Disneygirl86]

nvm