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The Disneyland Report > Disney News > My Experience At The Walt Disney World College Program Disney NewsMy Experience At The Walt Disney World College ProgramBy Amanda LeRoy The Walt Disney World College Program is a paid internship offered to students of all majors all over the world. It gives college students the opportunity to live, work, and even take classes on the Walt Disney World property. It’s a simple process: students attend a presentation, interview with a campus recruiter and, within two weeks, they receive information on whether or not they have been extended an invitation to the program and what their field of work will be. If they accept, its off to Orlando the following semester. I arrived in Orlando in January of 2004 with a loaded car and butterflies in my stomach. I only knew one thing for certain: I had a role with Attractions/Operations. That could be anything from running a ride to parking services, and could be at any one of the five Disney parks. When I checked into my apartment, I got some great news: I would be working in the Adventureland/Liberty Square area of the one and only, Magic Kingdom. I just knew, deep down, that I would get to be a skipper on the Jungle Cruise, something I had my heart set on since I first interviewed. I could hardly wait for the following week when I would start.
After two days of unpacking, finding my way around Orlando and attending countless classes and meetings, we all received the sacred Disney name tag and Disney ID, our pass to all the parks for free. My roommates and I went to the Magic Kingdom to explore the area in which I would be working. As we climbed into a doom buggy at the Haunted Mansion, my roommates all playfully poked me, saying “What would you do if you got to work here?” “Yeah right,” I laughed. “I think I’m a little too cheerful to work here,” I said as we passed a girl with long black girl and ghostly white skin. That thought didn’t enter my mind again until I met with the other CP’s (college programmers) assigned to my area to get our specific roles. As I opened up my schedule and saw the word “Mansion” inside, my heart sank into my stomach and tears welled up in my eyes. “Wow,” the girl next to me said. “You’re so lucky, everyone begs for the Haunted Mansion.” But I already had set in my mind that I would hate it. To read the rest of this story, click here. Return to Disney News. |
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