Want to go for a Management role at WDW? How lucky or how stubborn are you?
I was not lucky (though I really, really enjoyed working at WDW)
Came to WDW with Master's Degree plus beaucoup relevant experience. Chose to take a substantial pay cut.
Was hourly for a few years; Office and Technical longer than that... and in the better part of a decade I applied to dozens of internal management opportunities... many right in line with my resume. Was interviewed twice out of all of those.
The years onstage and as O&T were good ones, but cost a lot of lost potential earnings.
After promotion to entry-level management, stayed several more years, during which I had consistently excellent performance reviews, and was promoted once.
So thanks to stubornness I got what I wanted. Clearly was never in the right place at the right time; clearly was not "mentored"; just hung in there because I enjoyed it.
