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Captain Hank
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Do you mean the College Program? A full listing of jobs can be found in the students section of the official site: http://www.wdwcollegeprogram.com. As for particularly good jobs...I'll leave that to someone who has actually been in the program to answer, though I've heard wonderful things about just about all of them, such as Park Ops (attractions), Merchandise, Quick Service Food, and, surprisingly, Custodial. It all depends on what you're looking for.
Sweetums
Member
I would go for Operations/Attractions, but that's how I started so of course I am partial to that. I am a ham and I liked getting to narrate and do stuff at my attraction, The Great Movie Ride.
I also got to briefly experience working in Foods, Custodial, Merchandise and Housekeeping (this was over the course of two days--not full time). Personally, I did not care for Foods at all. For me, it was like working at McDonalds or something...granted, a McDonalds in the middle of WDW, but it was very hurried and even after just the couple of hours I was there, I smelled greasy.
That's just my opinion--remember, I only did it one time for two hours. I'm sure there are people who did it full time who really enjoyed it.
Even with Operations, though, it does get repetitive after awhile. I tend to have a short attention span, so after a summer of doing the same spiel over and over, I was actually ready to be done with that. When I went back the following summer, I did GMR again, but also got trained at Star Tours. That was cool 'cause it helped break up the monotony.
I also got to briefly experience working in Foods, Custodial, Merchandise and Housekeeping (this was over the course of two days--not full time). Personally, I did not care for Foods at all. For me, it was like working at McDonalds or something...granted, a McDonalds in the middle of WDW, but it was very hurried and even after just the couple of hours I was there, I smelled greasy.
That's just my opinion--remember, I only did it one time for two hours. I'm sure there are people who did it full time who really enjoyed it.
Even with Operations, though, it does get repetitive after awhile. I tend to have a short attention span, so after a summer of doing the same spiel over and over, I was actually ready to be done with that. When I went back the following summer, I did GMR again, but also got trained at Star Tours. That was cool 'cause it helped break up the monotony.
schroder6452
New Member
I'd deff. say Operation-Attractions. It is a real fun role. The area I worked in, Tomorrowland-Buzz Complex, was great since we rotated through 5 different attractions so it wasn't too monotonous. I also liked it since I am not the performer type and there we only had to give short speils.
My other CP I was supposed to do Housekeeping but ended up with another role within the Department. The 1 other CP I worked with in the depart. at my resort didn't care for the time she spent as a Housekeeper. One nice thing about this role is that you work 8 hr days and they are from about 8am-430pm, unless you get trained in Turndown service which is from around 6-10pm or so.
My other CP I was supposed to do Housekeeping but ended up with another role within the Department. The 1 other CP I worked with in the depart. at my resort didn't care for the time she spent as a Housekeeper. One nice thing about this role is that you work 8 hr days and they are from about 8am-430pm, unless you get trained in Turndown service which is from around 6-10pm or so.
DisneyGibbs
New Member
Sweetums said:
Can I just point out that not every F&B position is like this! I work in the Main Street Bakery and Cone Shop!, and I come home from work smelling of waffle bowls, hot fudge, cinamon rolls and cookies.
And yeah it's busy, but that makes the nice 10 hours I'm doing today go so much faster :lol:
Also it gives you a chance to become a member of the MSN 100 Club :king:
pluto77
Well-Known Member
I worked at Caseys, and the thing I liked about working there was the small atmosphere so we got to work with the same people and it was easy to get to know everyone (although that can be a bad thing too with all the drama :lol: but it's all good). I don't think I'd like working there again though, just because I'm so sick of fast food.DisneyGibbs said:
It really does depend on what you like. I've actually heard some good things about custodial too because they like wandering the park and being able to help guests, but of course there's positives and negatives for pretty much every job. Personally, I'd probably want to work at an attraction if I ever go back on a cp.
DisneyGibbs
New Member
DisneyGibbs said:
Hehe I also forgot to mention Lime away, all purpose cleaner and ecoshine :lol:
That there makes a pretty interesting apron.
I'm off to work in attractions in a month :sohappy:
I can't wait! Ad/Lib here I come!
Sweetums
Member
DisneyGibbs said:
Excellent point--I was hoping to see a response like that on the positive aspects.
My experience was at Pecos Bills during lunchtime and I could barely keep up with the drinks (that was my assignment). Also, it was just a one time thing--it was part of my training to teach Traditions class. I tell you what, it gave me a whole new respect for my friends in F&B!
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
How does one go about getting a job teaching Traditions?Sweetums said:
Sweetums
Member
Captain Hank said:
I'm sure it's changed some, but, when I did it, they announced auditions in the internal casting publications and newsletters. It was a cross utilization opportunity--you still did your regular job full time and you would teach Traditions 2 - 3 times a month. The process I went through was a presentation which was taped, an interview and then (I think) another interview. When I did it, Traditions was a day and a half (this was in '94 - '96). I have heard there have been a lot of changes so I don't know what the process would look like now.