Part-time/Seasonal

[MerHearted]

What's the flexibility regarding part-time and seasonal work at WDW? Like how many hours do you have to work a week if part time? Could you do a day a week or do you need at least 2? What about seasonal? What are the restrictions regarding seasonal employment? Thanks.

 

[jesserin]

*hugs* I don't have a clue. Just thought I'd pass along a hug. :lookaroun

 

[Sir Hiss527]

They say for part-time at least 2 days of full availability...for seasonal I believe it's full availability, but then it can be whenever. Go ahead and give casting a call (407)-828-1000

 

[MerHearted]

They say for part-time at least 2 days of full availability...for seasonal I believe it's full availability, but then it can be whenever. Go ahead and give casting a call (407)-828-1000

For seasonal, what do you mean by full availability and then whenever?

 

[Wilt Dasney]

For seasonal, what do you mean by full availability and then whenever?

Presumably he means you can choose any time of the year, as long as Mickey has full access to you while you're there. I knew people who would go down around the holidays to work essentially a fulltime schedule for a week or two, but seasonals pop up during slower times too.

 

[MerHearted]

Presumably he means you can choose any time of the year, as long as Mickey has full access to you while you're there. I knew people who would go down around the holidays to work essentially a fulltime schedule for a week or two, but seasonals pop up during slower times too.

So it always has to be a full week?

 

[Wilt Dasney]

So it always has to be a full week?

I don't know anyone who ever went down there for less time, but I can't really say that's a rule. My guess is they would prefer to know they can schedule you for a week at a time since that's how they write up the schedules, but they might be flexible.

 

[LeaveALegacyGuy]

Hiss is right about part-time availability. Part-time cast members must have 2 days of full availability. I work at Mouse Gear, and when I was interviewed, the recruiter asked for the two days I have full availability. Although they need 2 days, sometimes they might not schedule you every day you claim available. :wave:

 

[MerHearted]

Hiss is right about part-time availability. Part-time cast members must have 2 days of full availability. I work at Mouse Gear, and when I was interviewed, the recruiter asked for the two days I have full availability. Although they need 2 days, sometimes they might not schedule you every day you claim available. :wave:

Do you know what the hours are? Or do they vary? Like is it always 8 hours a day?

 

[LeaveALegacyGuy]

The hours all depend on your line of business. One of my friends is a presenter at Innoventions East and her hours are usually 10am-7pm. Merchandise has different hours as well. Sometimes I get the morning hours from 9am-4:30pm, and sometimes night hours, such as 3:30pm-midnight. In addition, it can also depend on the internal workings of the location. When I am doing registers, it is usually 6 or 6 1/2 hours, but this past saturday I was doing floor stock, and my shift was 8 hours.

Times change when it comes to minors. I'm still considered a minor even though I am 18 because I still go to school. Saturdays and days where there is no school the next day, there is no restriction to how late, but if there is school the next day then the hours are limited up to 10:30pm.

 

[MerHearted]

I ask cause I wanna move and get a part-time or seasonal job, but I need a real full-time job elsewhere to support me. So I'm trying to see if this is feasible.

Do you get a choice of where you can work? Like I would like to do Fantasyland attractions.

 

[LeaveALegacyGuy]

From what I remember, the recruiter asks you what you would like to do. I chose to do merchandise. I was thinking about attractions, but then remembered you need to be 18, which I was not at the time. During your interview, I would mention that you would want to be in Fantasyland attractions. When I mentioned I wanted to do merchandise, my recruiter told me there was an opening for Main Street West, but since I requested for my first day to be later on, when I called back, the opening was for Mouse Gear.

Good Luck if you decide to apply! :wave:

 

[bsummer]

I'm seasonal and I just update my availability on the portal when I can work. You dont give them full availability for the whole year, just the time you can be there. They tell me that a week is preferred but you can just request a few days, it probably depends a lot on the line of business and your location.

 

[maelstrom]

Okay since when are you moving to WDW, fishy?

Fantasyland attractions? Could that mean... Ariel's Grotto??

 

[MerHearted]

Okay since when are you moving to WDW, fishy?

Fantasyland attractions? Could that mean... Ariel's Grotto??

I dunno yet. I wanna go this year, summer by the earliest probably. But it's up in the air whether it will be Anaheim or Orlando. I'm just trying to see which would be the better option for me right now.

 

[Rabflmom]

So it always has to be a full week?

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No my son has worked part time/seasonal and only worked the weekends. He is a full time college student and worked for Disney 20 hours a week Sat-Sun unless he asked for a day off. Now he works a couple more days and would like to remain in Orlando after graduation and continue to work weekends just to keep the perks. Actually he would love to continue working for Disney which scares me. He loves it!

Funny thing is, he was never really a Disney fan as a kid, still isn't but he and his friends end up there when they have time off because it is a place to hang out and it costs them only for food and gas. It takes him about an hour to get across Orlando to get there, but I definitely prefer him working there rather than at some fast food place or store where there is the danger factor when it comes to crime rate here in Florida.

 

[Rabflmom]

I dunno yet. I wanna go this year, summer by the earliest probably. But it's up in the air whether it will be Anaheim or Orlando. I'm just trying to see which would be the better option for me right now.

Another thing to think about....... if it is a position that requires training and passing tests to keep the job the pay is a little higher to begin with. Amazingly my engineer student son is the only guy in his classes with a good tan and that is how his professors remember him. No one believed he got a job as a lifeguard for Disney because it seemed so out of character for him, but now we are afraid he won't be able to work a job behnd a desk. <g> Working part time Disney is his living money this year( scholarships are gone now) and he has been able to make it alone most months. He doiesn't have a lot of money to play on though. Hours are long and not much time for that anyway though. He often works from an hour before the waterpark opens till closing or an hour after if they do inservioce after. So sometimes he has 12 hour days with another hour there and back to campus.

 

[Mecha Figment]

i'm seasonal as well. I was down this past christmas season for and gave them four days of avalability. i was only scheduled one day. but i got called and asked if i wanted to come in for another. be sure to tell them your flexability when you arive if you are wanting to work because they will do that. I myself am not sure how the whole seasonal thing works as to how many hours or days you are required a year. I havne't been able to find a definate answer on that one. So good luck to you.

 

[joanna71985]

Okay since when are you moving to WDW, fishy?

Fantasyland attractions? Could that mean... Ariel's Grotto??

Actually, Ariel's Grotto is no longer under Fantasyland attractions (at least not at WDW).