Disney College Program

Why you should do the Disney College Program.

            Back in early 2013 I applied and interviewed for the Disney Culinary Program, and thankfully third time was the charm to get me in. The Disney Culinary Program and the Disney College Program are internships at Disney World in which college students work at Disney World. The only difference between the two jobs however are that the Culinary Program, the students in that applied and got only culinary style jobs; whereas the College Program students applied and could have got any role to work at. My original program date was from September 9^th of that year until November 25^th of that same year. But I had so much fun that I extended my departure date again until March 9^th and then later extended it once more until September 6^th 2014, because one can only do the program for no more than a year from first arrival date. To this day, people still ask me “Do you regret working for Disney?” I always reply back with the same answer and that is “No because of the discounts, I can have it under my resume, and great for networking.” Those reasons and those reasons alone that I believe everyone should apply and attempt to do the Disney College Program.

Discounts:

            Working for the Disney Company, they provide great discounts, even for their interns. The Disney Company, like most business, they give their cast members the usual discounts on merchandise and restaurants. The merchandise is at 20% while the restaurants will be 20% also however, the 18% tip is automatically included in the bill. But, during their winter session, which is from November through the middle of February, the merchandise is 40% (which will be great for Christmas gifts) and they give you a pamphlet that has 6 free snack coupons and 6 discounting coupons, 2 30% off, 2 40% off, and 2 50% off. Just as well besides getting free admission to their four main parks and both of their water parks, they even get a great deal on the resorts. For majority of the year, the discounts on the resorts are 40% off but during their winter session, a 5-Night Bahamian Cruise the discount is 60% off. With some of the resorts starting price at $100, making it $40 a night is a great deal! In my opinion, that is the third best discount Disney has to offer. The free entry in the parks is number one and the second best is the great deals on their cruise ships. All the cast member has to do is go on to the Hub website and go to the cruise line section. From there they can see what Disney Cruises are available for a much cheaper price. For example, I remember a friend of mine that I met during my program did a 5-Night Bahamian Cruise for $75 a night! So, for their cruise, it only costed him $375! A 5-Night Bahamian Cruise could go anywhere from $2,000-$4,000 all depending on which ship and when you are going. If all these discounts don’t wow you enough to apply for next semester down in Florida, then maybe the next section will!

Resume:

            Now days, resumes can either make or break an interview. Having a Fortune 500 company under that belt, your chances are learning towards make. No matter what you did, just having that name in your past job history will scream “Impressive”. I can’t count the times that someone’s jaw dropped or acted like I did something incredible. You will learn great working experiences that will help you land your next major job. Not everyone will have something so unique as “Disney World” and the stories you can share during your interview of your time in the program will help! Maybe the next part might help with the job as well...

Networking:

            In today times, the chances of getting the right job is all about who you know. From personal experience, one thing that Disney knows how to do is to throw an amazing event or party, and when it comes down to it meeting new people at the events will help. Especially when Disney is known to have some celebrities or big-name people at their events, such as during the Food and Wine Festival some of the chefs you see on the Food Network Channel will be there. You never know, if you bump into a big-name that could get you another connection to a job.

             Now open up another tab and apply! You will not regret it!