The Official Spring/Spring Advantage 2010 Thread!

[joepic]

Any of you who are thinking about applying for the Fall Program, please join the Fall 2010 thread!!

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2108532

 

[O_Jr71]

nope not at all! i am an english education major(secondary ed) and i still got in. the recruiter who came to my school said that they take any major. (his major was horticulture). with some roles though, like the hospitality ones, usually only hospitality majors get into those roles, so that may have been where you got confused. hope this helps!

yea definitely! thanks a lot i got nervous when i saw that. and thanks for answering so fast last time i asked a question nobody looked at it for like 3 weeks lol

 

[ashliejere]

Congrats to all who have been accepted already! Great news!


what? people are getting accepted already for spring 2010? I've been out of the loop for a while...did I miss something?

 

[ntoeman]

hmmm maybe internationals are able to apply already? i know the application doesn't come out til august...roughly 47 days (August 18th is the rumored date)

 

[taigirl87]

yea definitely! thanks a lot i got nervous when i saw that. and thanks for answering so fast last time i asked a question nobody looked at it for like 3 weeks lol

its no problem! i just knew i could answer this question so i went ahead and did it

 

[Pure_Imagination]

I'm applying! I'm so excited for August 18th!! Now I just have to figure out exactly what my dream role is. I feel kind of weird getting all excited because the Fall CP's haven't even left yet! Lol. But it's still only a month and half away, right? And in my experience July goes by really fast!!

 

[Joanna71985]

I'm applying! I'm so excited for August 18th!! Now I just have to figure out exactly what my dream role is. I feel kind of weird getting all excited because the Fall CP's haven't even left yet! Lol. But it's still only a month and half away, right? And in my experience July goes by really fast!!

Welcome to the DIS!

I really hope July goes by fast (that would be really nice).

 

[Simple_Motions]

Anyone as excited as I am? Its so close yet so far away!

 

[Pure_Imagination]

Anyone as excited as I am? Its so close yet so far away!

I am!! It's so cool to say "I might be moving to Florida next year" I'll definitely be applying on the first day, and I think I'm really open to doing just about anything- not even because I'm desperate to be down there but because I really can't make up my mind. Really, most of it doesn't sound too bad.

 

[CursedCarolers]

I am!! It's so cool to say "I might be moving to Florida next year" I'll definitely be applying on the first day, and I think I'm really open to doing just about anything- not even because I'm desperate to be down there but because I really can't make up my mind. Really, most of it doesn't sound too bad.

I agree, I'm conflicted about that myself.

Last time that I applied, I got into Custodial (even as it was one of my lower choices) and really warmed up to the idea of it but I had to drop out. Now I'm wondering if I should actually put it higher my choices because I actually started to like the idea of it so much or rely on it as a lower choice again. I might like it more than Attractions or one of the more sought after roles. but on paper the sought after ones do sound better. Hey, at least I got a month to decide.

 

[Pure_Imagination]

I agree, I'm conflicted about that myself.

Last time that I applied, I got into Custodial (even as it was one of my lower choices) and really warmed up to the idea of it but I had to drop out. Now I'm wondering if I should actually put it higher my choices because I actually started to like the idea of it so much or rely on it as a lower choice again. I might like it more than Attractions or one of the more sought after roles. but on paper the sought after ones do sound better. Hey, at least I got a month to decide.

Maybe you can put it in your top three, but maybe at number three? Just try to express how much you would like to learn another role, but I would be afraid that putting it below top three would make it seem like you *really* would prefer to not have that role at all and didn't enjoy it much. It would be like, this wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, but I really, really don't want to go through this again.

Yeah, I can't decide on my top three. It might end up being something like:

-attractions
-merchandising
-FSFB

Attractions I'm not 100% sure about. I think how cool that role would be would depend on the ride. I might be bored operating some of the rides day after day.

Merchandising wouldn't be too bad, but I already work in retail. I assume this means that this is what they would probably want to put me in since I have experience. At least it would be a little better in Disney- do you have to stand there all day and ask people to open credit cards?

FSFB just sounds kinda interesting to me. I don't know why, but it does The only thing I'm worried about is that it seems like you wouldn't get as much of an opportunity to get tons of hours and be able to add hours as you would with other roles.

With other roles I'll just have to look into them more.

 

[krisTXyn]

hello! i'm kristyn, and i'm 19, and i've been looking into the disney college program for about a year and a half now, and i think i have it set that i'm gonna apply for the spring 2010
i just don't know which park to go to, florida or california?
what do y'all think?

i'm majoring in communication, with a concentration on public relations, but i'd love to work behind the scenes too
and i have NO idea what i'm minoring in yet, haha

but so far this is my list:

guest relations/services
costuming
attractions

and i'd love to audition for a character role, but i'm not sure how that would work :/

anyways this is my first post on these boards, and i'm kind of excited for august 15th!

 

[Toffy]

As much as I love DLR far more than WDW, the actual College Program does seem to have many more benefits and opportunitys and is just flat out better put together down at WDW, so that's where I'd go. Indeed, I intend to transfer over to DLR ASAP, but as far as getting your foot in the door, WDW seems to be a better bet

 

[ntoeman]

I def agree with Toffy and say WDW has way more opportunities and is a much bigger program than than the DL one. Obviously there are more parks and places to work at too, making it not as hard to get in than DL I suppose. For me, there's no question WDW is where it's at....and about 22 short days till we apply!

 

[PrincessPeanut]

Hey everyone! I'm Adrienne and I am also a communications major. I'm really interested in the CP, and am strongly leaning towards applying for Spring 2010. I'm excited to be a part of the discussion here

 

[ashliejere]

guest relations/services


that's a role in WDW?

 

[Joanna71985]

guest relations/services


that's a role in WDW?

It is, but not for CPs.

 

[ashliejere]

oh. gotcha. thanks!

 

[krisTXyn]

guest relations/services


that's a role in WDW?

no, but for the role discriptions for DLR there is a guest relations and guest services

and thanks everyone who replied, i'm still trying to decide which one to go to though :/ has anyone here done the CP at DLR?

 

[krisTXyn]

another stupid question, do i have to wait till i watch the presentation when they come to my school, or can i apply now?