Discounts for Cast Members

tinkerbell88

tinkerbell88

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sum41914 said:
Yes it acts as a normal park hopper. Also the up to 3 guests to let in can use those tickets all day long, for FP, hopping to other parks ect..., and if you do not use all 3 passes in one day they are wasted and cannot be used, also pay attention to the expiration date, as it will not work after December 31st of that year whether you got it in January or October. Heres the deal with the guest passes. Sorry for the long post but I wanted to explain this the best that I could.

1. What you receive is a Blue Main Gate Pass. It looks like a hotel room key, plastic with a magnetic strip on the back, also your CM name is printed on the ticket and unless your CM id (white,red,yellow,blue CPs get the temp white ID) has a picture on it your going to need your license or if your a CP your housing ID will do.
2. When you go to use it, present your blue main gate pass to the park greeter at the Cast Member Entrance turnstiles. They will run the blue pass through first then your ID, to check that it is valid.
3. They will then run the pass through the ticket taker for every guest your admitting (up to 3), finger scans aren't taken. They then issue the guests a paper park hopper ticket, it says park hopper on the back and has a line for a signature and must be signed if hopping to another park.
4. This hopper allows you entrance to all 4 theme parks and the use of the fast pass system.

Now time to put this into real world event. EXAMPLE TIME:

Lets for giggles assume you are a CP (College Program, not what the full timers like to call you, but that is for another discussion) Your family, which consists of lets say a Mom, Dad and snotty little brother :hammer: , is down for the weekend and want to go to MK and EPCOT for a day. So you set out that morning, taking the Monorail from the TTC or by Disney bus, w/e :animwink: (as you cannot admit your guest via backstage, tunnels, costuming, only the main entrance). Now im not sure where the Cast Member Turnstile is at MK but that is where you want to head usually towards the right of all the turnstiles. It is set up like a turnstile as we know and love them. You then present your Blue Main Gate pass and your ID to the Cast member (Adam, for kicks) at the turnstile. They then send the ID and BMGP through the ticket taker thing. They they send the BMGP through the ticket taker once for your mom, twice for your dad, and three times for your little brother. Making a total of 3 times. They will then hand your family members their hopper tickets. Then they go through the turnstiles and you make them sign the backs of the tickets. Next you ride the mountain range and see the 3 o'clock parade and have a Dole Whip and your mom goes, I could really go for a ride on Soarin.
So then its off to EPCOT. After a short leap and bound to EPCOT, once again to the main entrance. Head to the second turnstile to the left of the middle, thats the Cast Member Entrance. Let your family go through first (don't have to but hey, they are your guests) they put their ticket in and scan their finger (for the first time) and they you go your off to soar over Cali.
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Alright so about a month has gone by and some friends of yours back home come to visit you and go to the parks. Do the same process but this time, they are going to visit for 2 days and Jimmy will join you on the second day. So you and Bob go to AK and you follow the same process, you get ONE park hopping ticket from cast member "Maria" and you take a spin on Everest. That was one day for one guest. (So far you have used 2 days of your Blue Main Gate pass, one on your family and one for your friend.) So now its the second day of your friends visit and Jimmy is going to join you. This time its off to MGM, hand off your ID and Blue Main Gate and its through the gates you go with Paper Park Hoppers in your friends hand. (Now your up to 3 Days used) Tower of Terror, RNR, maybe a little GMR and your off to EPCOT, (take the bus, the boat took me 35 mins one time) Go back to CM entrance and go through the entrance, finger scans sct... and enjoy your night watching Illumination with your friends and knowing that you still have 3 Days of 3 Guest Passes left for Family, Friends and Family Friends you never knew you had.

Alright well that is my in depth look at the Blue Main Gate Pass System, please let me know if I forgot something important, or if you have any further questions feel free to PM me or Post your Q here.

Have a Magical Day!

-Sum
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Thanks this is really helpful!
 
Figment82

Figment82

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Merchandise discounts are never blacked out, but during the holidays the discount jumps to 40% (regardless of how many years you've worked with the company). During the "peak shopping time" (usually December 18th-January 3rd) it goes back to your normal discount (20 or 35%).

The 40% holiday discount is perhaps the single most greatest perk of being a CM. I LOVED it and it makes Christmas shopping so much easier. I spent way too much money. Disney should seriously just pay me in Disney Dollars. :)
 
ImaYoyo

ImaYoyo

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Figment82 said:
Merchandise discounts are never blacked out, but during the holidays the discount jumps to 40% (regardless of how many years you've worked with the company). During the "peak shopping time" (usually December 18th-January 3rd) it goes back to your normal discount (20 or 35%).

The 40% holiday discount is perhaps the single most greatest perk of being a CM. I LOVED it and it makes Christmas shopping so much easier. I spent way too much money. Disney should seriously just pay me in Disney Dollars. :)
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You're right, I forgot it goes back down to 35% (or 20 for non-salaried/less than 3-years). I guess I just think in my mind it's blacked-out during that period. lol.

Another great perk not mentioned here are the tent-sales that are held twice a year (S.A.L.S.A. sales). Two years ago I got a great leather jacket for 70 bucks and this past year I picked up a monorail set for our christmas tree for 20 dollars (including track, monorail and resorts).
 
rainfully

rainfully

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Don't forget about off-property discounts!!

Show your ID at a lot of places near property (IHOP and CiCi's Pizza come to mind) to get discounts! ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ask!

Also, the tent sales at EPCOT are amazing!!!! And of course there's Property Contol and Cast Connection! :)
 
joanna71985

joanna71985

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rainfully said:
Don't forget about off-property discounts!!

Show your ID at a lot of places near property (IHOP and CiCi's Pizza come to mind) to get discounts! ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ask!

Also, the tent sales at EPCOT are amazing!!!! And of course there's Property Contol and Cast Connection! :)
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Ah, the best ones.:)
 
Bug715

Bug715

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Discount at IHOP?! I know where my bf and I are eating every off property meal when he comes to visit me. Any discounts at Chick-fil-a, TGI Fridays, or Bennigans?
 
Figment82

Figment82

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IHOP is the best place to go for "breakfast" after work. When we would work EMH nights and get off work at 2am, a group of us would head over thre to eat. Lots of fun!

I warn you - Perkins is sllloooowww as anything. We walked out of there twice because it was getting so late, and when we went on New Years (at 5am) it took us over 45 minutes to get our food. Denny's is pretty good at service, you get a discount there too. Steak and Shake is kinda so-so. We had a crazy waitress there a couple times we went, so we stopped going.

Ahh... the fun of EMH nights. :)
 
tinkerbell88

tinkerbell88

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Figment82 said:
IHOP is the best place to go for "breakfast" after work. When we would work EMH nights and get off work at 2am, a group of us would head over thre to eat. Lots of fun!

I warn you - Perkins is sllloooowww as anything. We walked out of there twice because it was getting so late, and when we went on New Years (at 5am) it took us over 45 minutes to get our food. Denny's is pretty good at service, you get a discount there too. Steak and Shake is kinda so-so. We had a crazy waitress there a couple times we went, so we stopped going.

Ahh... the fun of EMH nights. :)
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Is Extra Magic Hours hard? I know if must be slow because only resort guest can stay.
 
joanna71985

joanna71985

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tinkerbell88 said:
Is Extra Magic Hours hard? I know if must be slow because only resort guest can stay.
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I've worked EMH in 2 different roles. In merchandise, I just about always worked the evening EMHs, since I closed. It was annoying, because it was so slow. For the most part, people aren't there to shop. So it got kindof boring. In entertainment, I worked about 5 EMHs. I worked the Little Ones Magical Beginnings EMH. That was sooooo much fun. The characters were there to play games with the kids, and some rode rides. It wasn't focused on autographs. And then I worked one evening EMH- Christmas at MK. That was...fun.:rolleyes: It rained all night, and was pretty miserable. And the best part? I wasn't scheduled to work on Christmas- at all.:D I picked up CTS, and then was begged to work the EMH.
 
tinkerbell88

tinkerbell88

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joanna71985 said:
I've worked EMH in 2 different roles. In merchandise, I just about always worked the evening EMHs, since I closed. It was annoying, because it was so slow. For the most part, people aren't there to shop. So it got kindof boring. In entertainment, I worked about 5 EMHs. I worked the Little Ones Magical Beginnings EMH. That was sooooo much fun. The characters were there to play games with the kids, and some rode rides. It wasn't focused on autographs. And then I worked one evening EMH- Christmas at MK. That was...fun.:rolleyes: It rained all night, and was pretty miserable. And the best part? I wasn't scheduled to work on Christmas- at all.:D I picked up CTS, and then was begged to work the EMH.
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I will be working merchandise when I go there in two weeks.
 
Figment82

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I also work merchandise. I don't know where you worked, but I work in the second largest store on property, so our EMH nights are usually pretty busy until about 11-11:30. The nice thing is that it lets the day guests leave, and then the EMH guests leave after that - making for a nice gradual flow of traffic rather than the enormous stampede rush at 9:15.

EMH isn't bad, but it was hard during the summer when you'd be working until 2am two nights a week. I wasn't a late night person when I went down, so it took me a while to get adjusted to staying up so late. Then of course, once I got used to that schedule, they changed me to work at 5:30am for a while, then back to nights again.

But I wouldn't trade it for the world! :)
 
joanna71985

joanna71985

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Figment82 said:
I also work merchandise. I don't know where you worked, but I work in the second largest store on property, so our EMH nights are usually pretty busy until about 11-11:30. The nice thing is that it lets the day guests leave, and then the EMH guests leave after that - making for a nice gradual flow of traffic rather than the enormous stampede rush at 9:15.

EMH isn't bad, but it was hard during the summer when you'd be working until 2am two nights a week. I wasn't a late night person when I went down, so it took me a while to get adjusted to staying up so late. Then of course, once I got used to that schedule, they changed me to work at 5:30am for a while, then back to nights again.

But I wouldn't trade it for the world! :)
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Fantasyland. That's where I mostly worked.
 
WDWFigment

WDWFigment

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This thread makes me really wish I would have done the CP while an undergrad. Too bad I'll be in law school next...I missed the boat...
 

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