You won’t find out your location until you get to Disney (and don’t ask current Cast Members to look you up because you can both be termed for that). I know a lot of you want to work in a regular park park (Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Animal Kingdom) but there are plenty of perks at other locations as well, so don’t be bummed if you don’t end up where you want (or where you THINK you want). You also might start in one location and end in another like me. I started at All Star Music Resort and ended up at Typhoon Lagoon - both are locations that I didn’t want but ended up loving! Every role and location will have good things and bad things. It’s all about what YOU make of it. Make friends with your roommates and coworkers - especially because those are people you will be with and interact with every. day. And they are going to be the ones to help make or break your Disney College Program journey. You don’t have to be best friends with everyone but at least be nice and friendly. You also don’t know who will be there to lift you up when you’re having a bad day or a guest gets in your face! Be kind to everyone! If part time and full time Cast Members aren’t super friendly, put yourself in their shoes: they have to deal with so many CPs - some who don’t work hard and make their jobs harder, some who they fall in love with but then go back home after their program and never see each other again, sometimes they even have to spend countless hours helping all the new CPs learn how to do things. Though I have never had a problem with any part or full timers and they’ve all been open and helpful some may not be, especially at first before they get to know you. So just keep that in mind.
Your program is what you make of it! Don’t just sit around everyday and do nothing. Now I’m not saying you have to be out and about 24/7 because there are days that you will be exhausted and want nothing more than to lounge on the couch watching stupid Netflix movies. By all means, do that when you have to! But make sure you go to all the parks and resorts too! There is more to Disney than just the regular theme parks. Each resort has activities and things to do and places to eat. Make a “Disney Bucket List” of all the things you want to do - even try new things you may never have thought interested you! How many times can you say you’ve worked at Disney and been able to go around to all their properties for free and experience everything? Not much, right? So make it “A Semester of Trying New Things” - experience everything! Go to the parks one day and sit down with your eyes closed and take in all the smells and sounds. Go one day looking for Hidden Mickeys. Go one day with your camera and just take pictures. Meet new people and make friends with everyone! Wish everyone with a “Happy Birthday” pin a happy birthday (yes, guests may stare at you funny because you forgot that you’re not in costume and on the clock but it will still make them happy)! Save all your money and stay at a fancy resort with friends or go to a fancy restaurant even if it happens only once. Meet all the characters you can! There are even plenty of things to do that are not Disney related but are in the area. Experience those aswell! Just because you live and work at Disney doesn’t mean that’s the only thing you can like or do.
Congrats to everyone who has been accepted and good luck to those still waiting to hear back!
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