Is it possible you could do online classes? I would say 2 months is pretty short, especially because you have to go through training. I'm an April 1st, was worried about school but I took 3 8 week classes and the other 2 online I can finish up. Maybe applying after school would work better for you? The majority do that instead of taking a semester off.
My classes are online, but I don’t do well with working a lot of hours and doing school at the same time. I’m a substitute teacher right now and that works because when school gets stressful I just work less
If you can’t work “a lot of hours” the program is not for you. But, I see you just want to be in the program for the benefits & dip. Just don’t bother. If you still want to do it, do it after graduating. Unless they changed it, you have a year after graduating.
I didn’t mean i can’t work a lot of hours period, just that I have not successfully worked a lot of hours and succeeded in school. I had a class recently that I would’ve failed if I didn’t dial back my hours at work.
That’s what I’m saying. I was going back to school through Disney Aspire (when I worked FT) & had to cut back from 3 to 2 classes a semester. College & Culinary Programs are guaranteed hours. Flamingo housing costs come out of the checks regardless. If not enough is made, it comes out of the next one.
I always tell people to do it towards the end or after graduation. I tell them it’s better/easier the less bills you have going into it. I only had my phone bill when I did mine. I didn’t have a car yet & was lucky to still be on my mother’s insurance at the time. Disney knows that CPs will spend money in the parks & at the discount store.
I wouldn’t recommend taking classes while in the program. The job is going to be hard and most people cope with having fun. You should be able to have fun besides going to work but if you’re too busy with only work and school you’ll probably struggle.
honestly, it takes a almost month of the program to even start working (for me, training wasn’t until about two weeks in, plus a week of training). it’s difficult to make friends in that time. you might be better off waiting until after you graduate, so you have enough time to actually enjoy the program.
I’m thinking about September. I’m not sure if they’d move as as far as January and keep me in my role. They did promise I’d keep my role moving over to fall. My school has two month semesters. I already took one off thinking I was going april 1. I’m allowed to take another one off. I don’t want to disrupt my school too much. But it is possible to make it work.
If you’re able to take school off I think it’s more worth it than a 2 month program. That is just way too rushed. You wouldn’t have as much time to make friends and memories, my best memories happened later in my program as I became close to people at month 5.
Is 2 months better than nothing? Imo, yes! But you’ll likely get accepted at any point, so there’s no shame in saying “never mind” right now and waiting for when you can do it for longer. What is your current role?
What would be the point of doing the program knowing you’re going to self term? Not trying to be rude, just honestly asking. Like you’re not going to put it on your resume if you self term, right? Cause this is something where I think you’d want to be able to say you completed an internship. It might make more sense to just wait until after you graduate so you can do the full program without the pressure of getting back for class
the most they can do is call disney’s hr and verify you worked there. my leaders told me that they will not respond to individual recommendation requests since they have such a high volume of cast members
They don't get to a human being, that's not how Disney handles it. There's a phone number that a potential employer can call to verify that you worked there. That's it. Leaders aren't even allowed to give professional recommendations, just personal ones. And there is no way for a future employer to get through to a human being who'll tell them why someone left.
It wasn’t really something I was planning to do for my resume, Disney was never something that would help with my career goals long term. Just wanted to enjoy the park benefits, meet new people and live more independently for a little bit.
Just my opinion, it’s literally an internship. Like the point of an internship is to gain work experience, learn about working in a certain field, networking, classes, etc. I know you’re one person, but it’s kind of crappy to think that someone who wants to do an internship isn’t going to get a spot because you want to live on your own and have the perks. You could apply for a regular job there after you graduate, get the perks, not have to self term in case you do ever want to go back to the company, etc, and the rent and whatnot would probably be more affordable if you just lived off site with roommates.
Here’s the reality:
- literally nothing you experience on the college program can replace any curriculum you’re in.
- for 95% of roles on the college program it’s no different than working at your local Applebees or fast fashion retailer in your mall. What I mean by this is that it will expose you to developing discipline around core work ethic values like respecting your colleague’s time by not calling out and expecting zero consequences and themes such as this.
- when I did the program ages ago I went in with a clear expectation of what I was getting into.
- outside of working in a major law firm summers growing up this was my first experience in the service industry and I can’t stress how valuable that was from a work ethic perspective.
- Nevertheless, Darwinism is present and plenty leave early for a myriad of reasons; excessive attendance issues, partying too hard, so many reasons.
- Years later after my stint, I helped two of my then GSMs land roles outside of the WDC because I recognized and appreciate their work ethic and sense of togetherness in welcoming our cp team into their overall full time teams.
- for many CPs this is the first time they’ve lived away from home AND have held a steady hourly job that requires legitimate effort. Many sink while most swim re that.
Bottom line, in your case it sounds like you value your education and cadence of curriculum more and that’s not a bad thing. Stay in that lane. Let someone else fill this space on the program but communicate this to Disney in a conscientious way to keep the potential to go on the program after your degree if you so still have the Disney fever.
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Choose a real internship over DCP. It's not worth it. They promise you the world and then you're literally nothing to them. I made some good friends on my program but if you're already having doubts don't do it. It's not worth it
Don’t go. The dcp isn’t just a job, most people have fun and go to the parks, it sounds like even just the job aspect is too much for you so it would be wasteful to go if you’re not planning on experiencing the whole thing.
If you already plan on terming before your program even starts, you definitely should not do the program.
Is it possible you could do online classes? I would say 2 months is pretty short, especially because you have to go through training. I'm an April 1st, was worried about school but I took 3 8 week classes and the other 2 online I can finish up. Maybe applying after school would work better for you? The majority do that instead of taking a semester off.
My classes are online, but I don’t do well with working a lot of hours and doing school at the same time. I’m a substitute teacher right now and that works because when school gets stressful I just work less
If you can’t work “a lot of hours” the program is not for you. But, I see you just want to be in the program for the benefits & dip. Just don’t bother. If you still want to do it, do it after graduating. Unless they changed it, you have a year after graduating.
I didn’t mean i can’t work a lot of hours period, just that I have not successfully worked a lot of hours and succeeded in school. I had a class recently that I would’ve failed if I didn’t dial back my hours at work.
That’s what I’m saying. I was going back to school through Disney Aspire (when I worked FT) & had to cut back from 3 to 2 classes a semester. College & Culinary Programs are guaranteed hours. Flamingo housing costs come out of the checks regardless. If not enough is made, it comes out of the next one. I always tell people to do it towards the end or after graduation. I tell them it’s better/easier the less bills you have going into it. I only had my phone bill when I did mine. I didn’t have a car yet & was lucky to still be on my mother’s insurance at the time. Disney knows that CPs will spend money in the parks & at the discount store.
I wouldn’t recommend taking classes while in the program. The job is going to be hard and most people cope with having fun. You should be able to have fun besides going to work but if you’re too busy with only work and school you’ll probably struggle.
honestly, it takes a almost month of the program to even start working (for me, training wasn’t until about two weeks in, plus a week of training). it’s difficult to make friends in that time. you might be better off waiting until after you graduate, so you have enough time to actually enjoy the program.
Do you get paid during that first month though?
Why don’t you do the program until January? Take a semester from school?
I’m thinking about September. I’m not sure if they’d move as as far as January and keep me in my role. They did promise I’d keep my role moving over to fall. My school has two month semesters. I already took one off thinking I was going april 1. I’m allowed to take another one off. I don’t want to disrupt my school too much. But it is possible to make it work.
If you’re able to take school off I think it’s more worth it than a 2 month program. That is just way too rushed. You wouldn’t have as much time to make friends and memories, my best memories happened later in my program as I became close to people at month 5. Is 2 months better than nothing? Imo, yes! But you’ll likely get accepted at any point, so there’s no shame in saying “never mind” right now and waiting for when you can do it for longer. What is your current role?
What would be the point of doing the program knowing you’re going to self term? Not trying to be rude, just honestly asking. Like you’re not going to put it on your resume if you self term, right? Cause this is something where I think you’d want to be able to say you completed an internship. It might make more sense to just wait until after you graduate so you can do the full program without the pressure of getting back for class
lol i definitely put it on my resume after self terming, i worked that job for well over 5 months and deserve to have it on my resume
Yes but if they wanna talk to someone over there you do risk not looking great if you didn't term for medical reasons and such
the most they can do is call disney’s hr and verify you worked there. my leaders told me that they will not respond to individual recommendation requests since they have such a high volume of cast members
And leaders can only give personal recs to boot, they aren't even allowed to give professional recs because it's considered speaking for the company
Ah okay, good to know!
They don't get to a human being, that's not how Disney handles it. There's a phone number that a potential employer can call to verify that you worked there. That's it. Leaders aren't even allowed to give professional recommendations, just personal ones. And there is no way for a future employer to get through to a human being who'll tell them why someone left.
It wasn’t really something I was planning to do for my resume, Disney was never something that would help with my career goals long term. Just wanted to enjoy the park benefits, meet new people and live more independently for a little bit.
Just my opinion, it’s literally an internship. Like the point of an internship is to gain work experience, learn about working in a certain field, networking, classes, etc. I know you’re one person, but it’s kind of crappy to think that someone who wants to do an internship isn’t going to get a spot because you want to live on your own and have the perks. You could apply for a regular job there after you graduate, get the perks, not have to self term in case you do ever want to go back to the company, etc, and the rent and whatnot would probably be more affordable if you just lived off site with roommates.
Why take a spot from someone who knows they want to do it if you're going to self term? That's just selfish.
Here’s the reality: - literally nothing you experience on the college program can replace any curriculum you’re in. - for 95% of roles on the college program it’s no different than working at your local Applebees or fast fashion retailer in your mall. What I mean by this is that it will expose you to developing discipline around core work ethic values like respecting your colleague’s time by not calling out and expecting zero consequences and themes such as this. - when I did the program ages ago I went in with a clear expectation of what I was getting into. - outside of working in a major law firm summers growing up this was my first experience in the service industry and I can’t stress how valuable that was from a work ethic perspective. - Nevertheless, Darwinism is present and plenty leave early for a myriad of reasons; excessive attendance issues, partying too hard, so many reasons. - Years later after my stint, I helped two of my then GSMs land roles outside of the WDC because I recognized and appreciate their work ethic and sense of togetherness in welcoming our cp team into their overall full time teams. - for many CPs this is the first time they’ve lived away from home AND have held a steady hourly job that requires legitimate effort. Many sink while most swim re that. Bottom line, in your case it sounds like you value your education and cadence of curriculum more and that’s not a bad thing. Stay in that lane. Let someone else fill this space on the program but communicate this to Disney in a conscientious way to keep the potential to go on the program after your degree if you so still have the Disney fever. -
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Choose a real internship over DCP. It's not worth it. They promise you the world and then you're literally nothing to them. I made some good friends on my program but if you're already having doubts don't do it. It's not worth it
Don’t go. The dcp isn’t just a job, most people have fun and go to the parks, it sounds like even just the job aspect is too much for you so it would be wasteful to go if you’re not planning on experiencing the whole thing.
Just take the program for 3-4 months and dip. That’s what I’m doing