Participants get paid $10 to $12 an hour, according to the anonymous job review site glassdoor. She worked in Mickey’s Philharmagic, Prince Charming’s Regal Carousel and Princess Fairytale Hall. However, Ralston said FAU did not offer any internship credit. ![]() Her program lasted four months until May 16. Madalynn Ralston, a senior psychology major at FAU, said she got accepted into the program on Oct. Although she extended her time, she quit during her extension for mental health reasons and was ready to head back to home and school.Īlthough she wanted to be a performer, she was denied and instead got a role in attractions, which are basically all the rides and shows. She said interns are assigned a role in a park and can extend their time up to a year if they wanted to. It also says participants in the program can network with leaders, take personal and career development classes, and build hospitality skills.Ĭartwright applied in August 2018 and started on Jan. Her and other FAU students who’ve participated say that even though there are several benefits to joining - like free admission to the parks - they were blindsided by the expenses of living and harsh treatment from guests.Īccording to their website, the Disney College Program is a five to seven-month internship program designed to give students on-the-job experience working at the parks and resorts, participate in college coursework, and meet and live with different people from across the world in company-sponsored housing. That’s not what Cartwright had envisioned doing when she applied for her internship at the Disney College Program. The ride stopped for three hours, went up for two, then an hour later, it stopped again.Ĭartwright, a current FAU senior interdisciplinary studies major, said a rider must have sprinkled the ashes during the ride, and the employees had to sweep it up. They had to check it when the ride stopped and called the fire department. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was a dead person’s ashes. As a reminder, by submitting your respective application, you confirmed that you could be placed in any of the available roles/locations.In May of 2019, while working at Magic Kingdom on the Peter Pan’s Flight ride, Lindsey Cartwright and other employees walked through the ride and saw a grayish, white powder on the ground. We are unable to accept change requests regarding your role and/or location. Please keep in mind all roles and locations are chosen based on the information provided during the application process, as well as operational needs. If you see a role such as "Roamer", this means that you may be working in multiple positions/roles within a shift or work week. You also may have an additional tag at the end: ![]() when you get to your work area/location.Įxample 2: Job Location reads - Role as Recreation, Park/Resort Yacht & Beach Club, and Location Lifeguard.Įxample 3: Job Location reads - Role as Transportation, and Location Watercraft. Typically this may be an area with multiple locations and you will find out your specific attraction, store, restaurant, etc. ![]() In this example, 'Festivals' is supporting our Epcot Festivals in the World Showcase and booths in the surrounding areas. ![]() In this example, 'EC' is Epcot.įinally, you have your Area/Location. In this example, 'F&B' is Food and Beverage/Quick-Service We wanted to give you a list of helpful acronyms to assist!įirst off, all College Program Itineraries will show your Role as Disney College Program and Job Location will show your specific Role/Location.Įxample 1: Job Location: The first part is your Role/Line of Business. Congratulations, it is almost time for your arrival! We know you may have some questions about figuring out where your work location will be.
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