The Disney College Program has some pretty sweet perks. Here are just seven of them:
1. Costuming- You never have to wash your uniform if you just check a new one out of costuming each day.
2. Free Admission into all of the parks- Yes, you can ride Space Mountain as much as you want, and get as much Magic in as you can stand during your College Program.
3. Free Buses to and From Work and all the Parks- The bus company was called Transtar, and sometime Transtar definitely felt like more than a curse than a blessing. Buses were supposed to come every half hour, but sometimes they would be extremely late or get into accidents, making you late for work. But hey- free transportation!
4. Guest Passes- As a CP you can get up to three people into the park six times for free! This means you can share the magic with all your friends, just like when my wonderful friends Erin and Tim came to visit.
5. Cast Previews- Before Rides first open to guests, they need some people to ride the rides to ensure the cast members are used to procedures and that everything from the queue to the ride itself works properly. Who do they use to test this you ask? Cast members. During my program the Seven Dwarves Mine Train in Magic Kingdom was just opening, and during the cast preview I rode it thirteen times in a row. THIRTEEN TIMES. Given the wait time of an hour+ that it normally has, this would take me basically an entire day to do currently.
6. Special Super Awesome Amazingly Cool Events- As a perk of working in Hollywood Studios during the twenty-fifth anniversary of the park being open all the cast members got to ride Rock 'n' Rollercoaster with the lights on. It was an eye-opening experience. (Pun definitely intended.) Along with this, to test Magicband Photo linking in Animal Kingdom we got to ride Expedition Everest and Dinosaur with the lights on. To this day I am still terrified of Everest with the lights on, since you can see the inside of the mountain, and no one should ever see that.
7. The most awesome people you will ever meet- I cannot say it enough, but the people I met on my Disney College Program were the most amazing people ever. With the patience of saints and hearts of gold, I hope to still have these friends twenty years down the road.
Gif content courtesy of the Walt Disney World Company and also the picture of costuming. Super cool that it was just floating around on the internet.
LOVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE
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