WDWScottieBoy said:I'm moving to Celebration because it's a Disney town and to work in management at Disney. Also, I'm finishing off my schooling at Rosen's College of Hospitality Management, but the reason I'm going there is because of Disney.
So to answer your question, yes I am moving there because of Disney, and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one! :wave:
fillerup said:Hold it!! Time Out!!
Celebration was a Disney town. No Longer. That being said, it's a wonderful place to live. I'm only sorry I didn't listen to my wife sooner when she wanted to move there. And it's sort of cool listening to Illuminations from my back yard.
As to the original question - I moved to Florida to work at Disney in 1974, no regrets. Although I haven't been a CM in decades, (my wife has been a CM) - we're passholders and are in the parks 75 to 100 times per year.
Misscmac said:Celebration isn't a Disney town anymore?
fillerup said:we're passholders and are in the parks 75 to 100 times per year.
mkt said:Then again, in parts of Orlando, having Disney on a resumé can be viewed as a black mark
Ralph Wiggum said:can you elaborate on this one, MKT?
TAC said:Hey Rob, how about technical/engineering jobs? Are there jobs in central Florida in engineering, aerospace, or defense subcontractor fields? I've seen jobs in Titusville, which is probably NASA, and others in Fort Myers (kind of a haul to get to Disney).
Also, other than I-4, which I know is hell at rush hour, what other roads are bad during rush hour? Does the beeline back up going East in the morning?
mkt said:While a job is a job, working at Disney is nothing like any other job. I know people that after working at WDW have had extreme difficulty holding other jobs because...
A- they lack the decision making abilities found in most humans since they so seldom used them in WDW (ie- ask management for the answer for everything instead of doing it yourself)
B- they lack a good attendance record since WDW has quite possibly the most lenient attendance policies of any company on the planet (theoretically, you could miss 11 days of work in one month and still have a job afterwards). I know many people who after leaving WDW lost several jobs thereafter for missing too much work in too short a period of time.
C- Disney is considered to be the "Evil Empire" to several people in Orlando, and some of those people also happen to be the ones who are in a position to see who gets hired at their work.
D- They miss the "security" a union provides in a right to work state and will complain about every little thing that the employees at their current job see nothing wrong with and will ultimately be self righteous and quit.
ie. I know that unless the person I'm interviewing has some real world experience to compliment their WDW job, I will more than likely not hire them, because I feel they won't be ready for the challenges of a real job. My highest turnover comes from people who have only worked for Disney and no other jobs. As an employer, I can't afford to not ignore that.
TAC said:Yes, I know about LM. I used to work for LM.
But you didn't answer the rest of my questions. :animwink:
fillerup said:Hold it!! Time Out!!
Celebration was a Disney town. No Longer. That being said, it's a wonderful place to live. I'm only sorry I didn't listen to my wife sooner when she wanted to move there. And it's sort of cool listening to Illuminations from my back yard.
As to the original question - I moved to Florida to work at Disney in 1974, no regrets. Although I haven't been a CM in decades, (my wife has been a CM) - we're passholders and are in the parks 75 to 100 times per year.
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