The Wonderful World of Disney
Louisa's Magical Disney Journey
Walt Disney World College Program - The true meaning of being a CP:
Walt Disney World College Program - The true meaning of being a CP:
Term ..1: ADO
Meaning: Authorized Day Off
Real Meaning: "Hey, who wants to get
drunk??"
Term .. 2: ER
Meaning: Early Release
Real Meaning: "Who wants to go home and get drunk??"
Term .. 3: CP
Meaning: College Program
Real Meaning: Closing Person, Company Pee-on, CONSTANTLY POOR
Term .. 4: Thursday
Meaning: DUH!!
Real Meaning: Pay Day!!
Term .. 5: Vista Way
Meaning: Place of temporary residence for CP's
Real Meaning: One of the top five places to hook up according to Penthouse
Term .. 6: WDWCP
Meaning: Walt Disney World College Program
Real Meaning: Possibly the best experience that any of us have ever had. Where we meet the most interesting people and made the best friends of our lives.
Term .. 7: Vista Way's hot tubs
Meaning: A place for couples to rendezvous
Real Meaning: Don't go in the water!!!!
Term .. 8: Termination
Meaning: Fired
Real Meaning: "Hell, I don't know what I did! All I know is I have to turn
Term .. 9: Costumes
Meaning: Disney uniform
Real Meaning: A big, mean joke played on cast members by the Disney Corporation. Whoever imagineered these things were either color blind or high when they designed them. Imagine the most hideous thing you could possibly wear in public
Term .. 10: American Coach
Meaning: Complementary transportation between Vista Way and the parks
Real Meaning: BRING A CAR!!!!
Term .. 11: Living Experience
Meaning: You may end up with roomies all the way from Utah to Norway.
Real Meaning: The best friends you will ever meet.
Term .. 12: Call In Sick
Meaning: I can't come to work, I'm sick
Real Meaning: I can't come to work; I'm hung over from last night!
Term .. 13: Call In Personal
Meaning: Some thing personal is keeping me from work.
Real Meaning: It's a beautiful day; I'm goin' to the beach!!!!!
You know you're a College Program Cast Member when...
**when you get on the bus after closing turkey, and people say ewwww whats that smell... and you know it's you!
*You know you worked at sunset when you don't go to sleep, and continue drinking, after PI because you have to open coffee 1 at 5am
*All your conversations start with “One time at Disney…”
*You never point with one finger
*You’ve worked with or lived with people from every state and at least 5 other countries
*You knew where all of your friends were every Thursday night
*You know that “my Friday” could easily fall on a Tuesday (and it probably does)
*Wendy’s, Taco Bell, Earl of Sandwich… enough said
*You can calmy say “Yes, the wait really is 15 minutes.” 50 times within 5 minutes
*You know what alpha-unit means
*You know what a protein spill is, and you can smell Voban from 50 feet away
*You speak fluent ‘radio’…. 101, 102, 103, 56, 10-4, 10-9
*You know where someone can find any Disney character at any time (or at least CHIP knows)
*You know what CHIP is
*You never wait for more than 10 minutes for any attraction
*Anything heartwarming that happens is now a "Magical Moment"
*You can spot a hidden Mickey anywhere
*You regret not having a FastPass every time you have to wait in a line
*You know it’s a costume, not a uniform
*You can spot a Mickey antennae on any car that is a mile away
*You can recite preshows and even entire attraction spiels without even thinking about it
*You have saved a baby elephant from deadly poachers several times
*You use the following terms in normal conversation: ADO, ER, MK, the tunnels, DAK, PI, Vista, Commons, Chatham forgetting that no one has a clue what you're talking about
*You start friendly conversations with complete strangers
*You know how to perfectly plan your day so that you can see both Illuminations and Wishes
*You avoid skipping class more than 3 days in a row and 9 times in 90 days for fear of being kicked out of class
*Anytime you go anywhere you wonder what the story is behind the particular place
*"The Man" now becomes "The Mouse"
*You know the colors of all the Monorails
*Any WDW commercial brings a tear to your eyes
*You know that one of the nighttime shows that is impossible to miss is the “Stroller Races down Main Street”
*You have the overwhelming urge to offer to take people's pictures
*You know how to smile and politely answer the question “Why is it raining?”
*You think nothing of walking up to lost people and offering directions.
*You can spend a day at WDW without going on any rides and you still have the time of your life
*You have seen the backside of water
*Guests ask you for directions… when you aren’t in costume
*You can speak Spanish...or at the least the Spanish part of the monorail. "Por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas."
You know when you've worked for Disney when...
2) You cry when you catch yourself pointing withonly one finger.
3) On Thursday nights you drive around wondering where PI went.
4) You explain to random people on the street that "The 3:00 Parade starts at 3:00"
5) You forget that you don't have to wear the same outfit everyday, so you do.
6) You think the toilets are angry at you because they don't flush themselves anymore.
7) The people at the newstand give you strange looks when you ask for the latest "Eyes and Ears"
Guys can't stop shaving everyday, ever. 9) Girls can't stop wearing panty hose everyday, ever.
10) You can't stop calling everyone Sir or Ma'am.
11) You keep on looking for the secret entrances to your town's Utilidor.
12) You get into arguments with clerks everytime you go shopping because you don't get a 20% discount.
13) You built a card board timeclock in your room.
14) You check in and out when you enter or leave your room.
15) You yelled at your boss for calling you an employee.
16) You got fired for calling your boss by their first name.
17) You can't stop being polite, no matter how hard you try.
18) You wonder why no one else is wearing their name tag.
19) You can't stop speaking in Radio Code (ie "Sorry my car is 101 at this time")
20) You try to get a fast pass for your college dining hall.
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22) You catch yourself doing crowd control in the subway station and on escalators.
23) Dialing 7101 when you see a lightbulb out a work.
24) When every sentence begins with : "When I was at Disney..........blah, blah, blah!"
25) Everyone thinks you are a Scout because you keep pointing with two fingers.
26) You find it BAD SHOW when somebody's tattoo or piercing peeks out. That should be covered by your garments or put elsewhere!
27) When you're in a sales jobs after disney... you find yourself calling customers... 'guests'... and get some very strange looks...
28) When you have nothing to do at work... you sometimes wonder what would CDS give me to do... or you try to find a pack of playing cards to enterain the kids with.... 29) At work you look at everyone who has a mobile phone or pager on their waist and think... hmmm... are they mystery shopping me? 31) when you keep smiling at people and welcome them to your country.
32) When you are doing your own shopping, and you see someone looking around and you tell him/her: "Are you looking for something?"
33) When you are doing your own shopping, you pass someone and smyle...a moment later, the same person come to you and ask "sorry, do you know where the soap is?" 34) You offer to take photos for random tourists. (However, most of them think you're going to steal their camera. Hee hee.
 )35) You see someone wearing a Disney item of clothing and immediately want to comment. i.e. "Wow! So is Minnie your favourite character? I love Tink myself." 36) You can't walk past Subway (as in sandwiches) without feeling ill.
38) Having nothing to talk about (except disney) cause you have been saying the same things over and over and over again everyday for a year. 40) Using at least one english word every time you open your mouth!
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