Hello everyone. Sorry i was not sure where to post this so move it if needed.

I had my interview at Disney World Yesterday and it was a huge sucess. The interviewer loved me so much i was hired on the spot. I so wanted to be goofey but i my shoulders were just a bit to big to fit so i'll be a performer in all the Disney parades.

I'm very excited about the job and makeing a totally new start. If there are any CAST members here i would love some comments of what to expect. Not sure when my first day is.... I'll find out tomorrow.

Also if there are any cast members here i look foward to meeting you all very soon.

I'm currently in Orlando now and will be heading home to move everything and plan to be back in Orlando July 8th or 10th so shortly after i assume will be my start date.

Thanks...

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Congrats! Why did you decided to move down there?



If you are looking for some crazy people that would be more than happy to share in your excitement, head on over to www.wdwmagic.com . I post over there, and there are tons of cast members new and old offering advice.

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Congratulations. Let us know how it turns out.

Good luck with the move.

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I just felt like it was time for a change and move on to bigger and better things. I'll miss working at Carowinds alot but it was time to move up.. That and 3 of my friends from Carowinds moved here working at Sea World and 5 more are moveing down soon.

Thanks for the link Phil!

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Well, poo on you. Now who's gonna make that 4 AM trip to Atlanta to terrorize Six Flags with me?!?!

Have fun down there. And watch out for those hurricanes!!

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WDWMagic is great. I post over there all the time. Also April_fool_79 Love the Seaquest quote one of the best undersea themed shows ever.

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How ironic Chris, we move from Orlando to Charlotte, meet you, and you move to Orlando three months later. We're going to miss you at Carowinds, but congratulations on moving to bigger and better things. Have fun in Orlando!

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Hey, another CM! Congrats on the coushy Entertainment role, as opposed to a REAL role (this coming from a CP Campus Rep, where we only really work 3 months a year ). All kidding aside though, you'll either love it or hate it, and since you've put in time at Carowinds and haven't gone insane yet, chances are you'll love WDW.

Remember that the 3:00 parade ends right before the 4:00 thunderstorm and you'll be fine. And when the natives are bundled up like they're treking to the North Pole, then it's 50 degrees out.

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How's this for school? Walt Disney World. Yep, you read that right. I'm here from 8/23/04 to 1/03/05 working in Fantasyland, and sometimes Tommorowland.

Congradulations Chris!! Have a fun time is awesome Orlando...you'll love it! Disney will open so many opportunities. Take advantage of them!

Chris Top Gun will never be the same again.

When I make it back down to Orlando I'll have to come harrass you.

Hope you enjoy the Orlando heat! Good luck.

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Any updates now that TN is back up? I assume that you have started by this point.

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Welcome to Disney World. If you ever go to Splash Mountian and see a cast member by the name of Dennis. That is me. Just remind me that you are a poster on ThrillNetwork.

Feel free to come by and if I am working as a ride op, say hi.

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WDW College Program pays $6.40/hr. for all jobs except quick service food & beverage. QSFB pays $6.90/hr. in the college program.

Hourly cast member pay varies depending on position and status (seasonal, temporary, part-time, full-time).

Professional Internships/Management Internships pay about $600/wk. or roughly $31,000/yr.

Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure just increased their starting base wage to $7.25/hr. base for all status categories (full-time, part-time, and seasonal) and $7.50/hr. if you have 2+ years of experience in related employment.

This will be a cool job. Have fun right. It should be a good expirience. Plus working for disney... thats good.

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it's simple

I'm strongly considering doing the College Program next Summer. Although I really wanted to work in Operations, Hospitality, or Recreation, I guess I'll have to settle for QSFB since I don't want to take a semester off from school. Fortunately if I like it the first summer, I can go back again as an alumni and choose any program I want for the following summer.

My main purpose in doing the college program, however, is so that I qualify for a Professional/Management internship as soon as I graduate, and hopefully start a career with Disney.

I worked with a few College Program alumni at Cedar Point last summer, and all of them had nothing but good things to say about it, so I'm hoping for a good time, even if they don't pay as much as Cedar Point, and they charge $69-87 per week for housing, which I think is a little steep considering CP only charges $16-32/wk. Oh well, I'm not doing this for the money.

Hey guys, Nice to see TN Back up. Yes i have been working for 2 weeks now and i just love it. I have been cross trained on almost every ride which is very cool but i rarely get to work on any.

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So you get to be a performer in parades and a ride op? How exactly does that work, does Disney let you work in multiple departments or something?

What a cool job to get to work at Disney. I should have done that after I got out of high school for a summer or two. But nooooooo. I went to work at a bank. lol

Hope you have lots o fun.

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Not really sure if they do. I was trained on several rides then expressed intrest in Entertainment so since i started Entertainment i have not worked any rides.

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Yeah, you wouldn't be able to be scheduled for both rides and entertainment positions at the same time. You have a line of business that you work for, and if you were to change from park operations to entertainment, they would stop scheduling you for any park operations positions.

HOWEVER... you can still pick up extra hours at anywhere you have been trained.

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Yeah, i'm going to try to get some extra hours this week at Everest or Tower Of Terror or just being a park greeter. I'm scheduled for 67 hours this week and i really want more.

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You have to be trained at those rides in order to pick up extra hours there...

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You sound like I did last year when I worked at Cedar Point. During July and August, I think I averaged 65-70 hours per week, with my highest being 83.5 hours in early August. I was a whore for extra hours, especially at Olde Time or Dragster Photo.

At least you get paid overtime at Disney...

I am trained at Everest and getting trained at TOT this week and hopefully some other rides in the coming weeks.

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Um. You're full of ****, to put it bluntly. First off, Disney does NOT cross-train people on multiple rides in different parks, ESPECIALLY not entertainment cast members. And ESPECIALLY NOT after only working 3 weeks at Disney. The only way you can get trained on more than one ride is if you're statused as an Operations cast member, and both rides would have to be in the same area in the same park. (the ONE exception being Kilamonjaro Safaris, because they are desperate for people.)

Only after 6 months, Disney employees can request to transfer to a different work location. So, say you wanted to transfer from Everest to Tower of Terror. THEN you could be trained at Tower (I say could because, while you can ask to go there, its up to Sunset Operations to decide where you'll actually be placed), but still pick up shifts at Everest off the portal. But in order to do that you would have to have worked for six months, be an operations cast member, and prove yourself worthy of their effort to transfer you to Tower.

Training for each ride takes on average, 4 to 5 days. Also, any time you start at a new ride, you have to take a class specifically for that park.

If you managed to do all this in 3 weeks, as a parade performer, then thats an amazing feat by any means.

Oh, and by the way... I WORK at Tower of Terror. We're overstaffed as it is. Theres no way they're going to waste time training an Entertainment cast member here. I will personally check the training schedule today and see if you're on it ;-) .

pwnt.

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When did you make the move to ToT? I remember when he first posted about the program you started off in Tomorrowland.

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I transferred in April by extending my program (the only way you can transfer as a CP). My program is almost up, but I am becoming a seasonal CM so I can come back and work at Tower in the winter and summer.

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Tower of LOL...

Sounds like the Disney program you participate in is more of a college like setting where you major on a department/ride....sounds cool. Tell us MORE!

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