I don't think you are giving yourself enough time. Apartments are not easy to find let alone nice, clean, safe, cheap, close to Disney apartments. The ones that haven't gone condo sometimes have wait lists.
If you are set on working for Disney you really should be close to Disney. Traffic can be a nightmare and even being as close as 10 miles can take a while to get there.
I went through this almost 2 years ago. We planned on moving down the end of June 2005. I came down Nov 2004 (7 months before) looked at 9 apartments in a weekend all close to Disney area. I then came down in January and again the end of March/beginning of April for my DH to start the job transfer process. I applied for my apartment and put down the credit check deposit. I heard back about a week later. We had to move 10 months after moving down because our apt. went condo as most of the orginal 9 I looked at have.
Keep in mind that it is NOT cheap to live here. Make sure that you have enough back up money saved to last a few months living expenses until you figure out EXCATLY what they will be. I under estimated food and electric BIG TIME!
Best of luck to you. Sorry that I can't help with the CM part. Disney just didn't pay enough to work there and live here.
