what degree is needed for disney dream team?

[savannahjean85]

Disney Dream team would be my dream job, I was wondering what degree is needed for that position? Is it Resort/Hospitality Management, I know that is what an intern has to have.

 

[savannahjean85]

wedding dream team that is

 

[helloirishkitty]

I honestly have no idea, but a BA in Communication/Public Relations would be a good way to start. My cousin is a "platinum" weddings wedding planner (her budgets start at $300,000 and only go up) and she has a BA in Communications with a PR track, and an MBA with a finance specialty. She also worked for free for a few years while she built up her reputation.

 

[savannahjean85]

thanks

 

[Flower4Pwr]

I worked in Disney Weddings as an intern and they mostly have Tourism, Communications and Food Service types degrees. All of us interns had Hotel (rooms and related) experience as well as catering/event experience.
They also like if you have experience in the park as well but of course that's not really a requirement. Hope that helps

 

[eweezer]

I worked in Disney Weddings as an intern and they mostly have Tourism, Communications and Food Service types degrees. All of us interns had Hotel (rooms and related) experience as well as catering/event experience.
They also like if you have experience in the park as well but of course that's not really a requirement. Hope that helps

what was the internship like? what did they have you doing? i've been thinking about applying for the wedding dream team PI. so i was just wondering what it was like!

 

[savannahjean85]

I worked in Disney Weddings as an intern and they mostly have Tourism, Communications and Food Service types degrees. All of us interns had Hotel (rooms and related) experience as well as catering/event experience.
They also like if you have experience in the park as well but of course that's not really a requirement. Hope that helps

yeah I myself was wondering how that went for you? did it seem like something that is interesting to do? and not to be rude but do you think it is something one could make a comfortable living doing?

 

[Flower4Pwr]

Sorry it's take me so long to reply! School just started for me and I've been running around like a chicken trying to get settled! To make up for it I'll post a long detailed answer
Anyway, to start with a little background I did the college program in Fall 2003 in operations. They require you to have done a CP and it’s actually very important to you job that you have a good knowledge of the Walt Disney World Resort. You deal with almost every park and every resort at some point and it’s easier if they don’t have to teach you that stuff on the fly.
I did the PI in Fall 2005 and I know they have changed things a bit since then but I’ll get to that in a minute.
As I mentioned it is pretty much a requirement that you have catering/event coordinating experience or at the very least hotel experience. Of the 6 interns 4 of us had hotel front desk experience and all of us had worked in a conference center or country club before.
This is mainly because you do a majority of your work in the resorts working with the receptions or doing tasks that require you to have some rooms’ knowledge.
When I did the internship (and this has changed since then) we spent about 4 months with the big “custom” weddings, 1 month with the “intimate” weddings (18 guests or less) and 1 month with custom weddings sales. Now I believe they now put you in one area for the duration of you internship and also the different wedding types have changed.

I decided to make this 2 entries because I talked (typed?) A LOT!!

 

[Flower4Pwr]

With custom weddings most of the office time was spent putting information into Budgets and Order forms. This was about 40% of the work done. The other 60% was spent actually at the weddings or receptions. You are the “eyes and ears” of the planner and are basically there to be wherever they cannot be. So if you were working a reception you would meet the entire wedding party for their pre-wedding photos and coordinate that, making sure the photographer didn’t run behind schedule and keeping the coordinator informed on how things were going. Once everyone had cleared out and was on the way to the ceremony you would rush over to the reception site and make sure everything was going smoothly and everything that was on the order form was present (i.e. the cake was the correct one, the place settings are right, etc). Also you would assemble any personal decorations that the couple wanted placed such as place cards and favors. You then greet the bride and groom at the reception area and show them their reception hall and hold them there until the coordinator showed up. After you would help move the guests from the pre-reception to the actual reception and help present the bride and groom. Usually you left during the 1st dance although if it’s a particularly big wedding you might stay until the food is being served.

Intimate weddings were a much shorter term so you didn’t get to do quite as much. Mainly we helped with the contracts that the bride and groom signed and made web pages for each couple. Rarely would we get to go to the ceremonies and help. I think that now you get a lot more involved with the intimate weddings because you spend more time with them. Going to intimate weddings was a lot of fun because they were so relaxed. Some of the best stories came from the intimate weddings!

Sales were similar to intimates in that you were dealing mainly with contracts. Making the WebPages was a lot more involved though. You would also call up couples to confirm details and schedule their “site visits” where they would get to go look at the different wedding and reception sites. You were in the office 95% of the time with the sales rotation.


OK, I think that explains everything! Let me know if you have any other questions!!

 

[savannahjean85]

awsome thanks

 

[PartyGirl30]

Hi there, I hope you don't mind me butting in on the thread, but I have a question... I applied for the January 08 wedding internship about 3 weeks ago and I still haven't heard a thing yet, even saying that they aren't interested. I completed the college program in 2002 in operations, I have worked for five years as an outings coordinator at a country club and I am now completing my event management certificate from George Washington university. Is there anything that I'm lacking for the internship? How long before I can expect a response to my resume and cover letter? I am expecting that since it's been this long they are not interested. Any suggestions or thoughts? Thanks so much for your info.

 

[DisneyMomma24]

Hey, don't get too down about the internship. If you go over to the Spring 2008 PI thread, you'll see that it can take months to hear anything, and they don't make final decisions sometimes until December. I applied for my PI the first week of August and am just having my first interview today. Don't worry, there is still time! Hope you will join us in our PI thread and good luck!!

Ashley

 

[Flower4Pwr]

I sent a longer reply to your myspace, but I just wanted to say that you should not worry! The process is long and they might not even start really looking until October 15th (the deadline for applicants) It could be as late as November before you hear anything! Keep your hopes up and good luck!