I am a WDWCP Alumni and this will be my second time doing the program! I am also a campus rep!
I'm always up for chatting about Disney and meeting new Spring 2013 hopefuls, so send me a message! :)
WELL
you get your money then you go to a booth.
two hours (or so) later you have a break. Then you go to another booth. Another break. Last booth. Fight with money machine, go home.
Normal hours are 6 hour shifts. Pay, for CP’s, is around $7.80.
You get a lot of guest interaction, but know that it’s all involving money. You’re selling them something, so it’s a different interaction than being in attractions. Which was hard for me at first.
Lol tbh my roommate wanted to be a character attendant and she got VP. So I have no idea. I would say show your knowledge of WDW. Because knowing the ins and outs of the park will help you more than anything else in this job.
hey guys!
Sorry I suck at updating this, it’s been super crazy here especially with Spring Break setting in! MK has phase 3 closed for the past three days. Lol
So I decided to make a video about any questions you guys might have about Vacation Planning/The CP in general! Feel free to send me questions here and I will answer them! Probably after these next two weeks of mandatory 7 day overtime I’ve got, haha.
Hope you guys are having a magical day!
-Lauren
hey guys!
Sorry I suck at updating this, it’s been super crazy here especially with Spring Break setting in! MK has phase 3 closed for the past three days. Lol
So I decided to make a video about any questions you guys might have about Vacation Planning/The CP in general! Feel free to send me questions here and I will answer them! Probably after these next two weeks of mandatory 7 day overtime I’ve got, haha.
Hope you guys are having a magical day!
-Lauren
becausesometimesdreamsdocometrue:
The dummy being, of course, myself.
Basically I’ve heard from most of the CPs that I have talked to that they had/have no idea what the role Vacation Planner entails. Truth to tell, neither did I until I started training for it. When I applied I think I listed the role as moderate interest, and even after accepting my offer not many details were forthcoming about exactly what my role would entail.
Thus this post. Hopefully it will clarify things a bit for future CPs who might be interested in the role.
What is a Vacation Planner?
Well, that’s an easy one on the surface. We work at the front gate (or back gate, in the case of Epcot and Hollywood Studios) selling tickets to the parks and to events going on within them. Essentially our role is to know everything there is to know about both the tickets and the parks so that we can help guests get the best possible ticket for their vacation. We’re some of the first faces guests see upon entering the parks and often some of the last ones they see on the way out. I like to think of us as the keepers of the kingdom, because without us there’s no entry into the parks.
Sounds simple enough, right? Now take into account that there are at least 99 levels of tickets that we can sell at any given time. Our core training lasts 5 days, our on the job training 5 more, and then we attend classes throughout the length of our program to keep us current on what’s going on in the parks. Every morning before work we have to be briefed on the goings on throughout WDW to keep us current.
Now it’s beginning to sound like a lot. But I’m not quite done yet. We also have a Guest Relations function to our role. We deal with booking issues, with ticketing errors, with group sales, and just with disgruntled guests in general. Guest Relations is our partner in the parks, but we do our best never to send our guests to them unless there is literally nothing we can do to assist them.
Now all of this might lead you to ask another very important question.
Why on earth would anyone want to be a Vacation Planner?
To that I say, with great responsibility comes great perks. On the most basic of levels, you get a role where you get to sit all day in an air-conditioned booth. Physically it’s not taxing in the same way many of the other roles are.
Secondly, a little something called ‘product knowledge’. Since we need to know everything about the parks, we need to have experienced everything so we can accurately convey it to our guests. This means that we get to go on occasional ‘field trips’ into the parks to experience rides and that we get complimentary tickets to events like Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.
But that’s not all, folks. Depending on how well we do each month in ticket sales, we can earn up to $150 additional in gift cards of our choice. Anything from Disney gift cards to basic necessities like gas or Publix.
And to top it all off, there’s just a lot of chances to earn small perks here and there. For instance just by being…well, competent, I guess, I’ve managed to earn two free movie tickets and a buy one, get one 60% off on anything Disney coupon. Pretty much just for being there. And we did a mini contest over the past 3 days where the winner could earn up to a $50 Best Buy giftcard on top of their ticket sales. Not too shabby, in my opinion.
To sum up: Vacation Planning is actually a lot of work. It’s heavy on guest interaction and they do ask us to know quite a bit about just about everything. However, there are a lot of up sides that you just can’t find in any of the other roles.
So, to any future CPs trying to figure out what role they want most, Vacation Planning is, in my opinion, a great experience with a lot of great perks.
Except the vest. You’ll see what I mean.
This is amazing! I’m about to be a Vacation Planner and this made me so excited. :)
So I didn’t get into the Entertainment Production class, which I am SUPER p.o about. So I’m trying to decide if I want to take another class.
I took Disney Heritage, almost finished it, but work got too crazy during Christmas so I had to drop it.
I liked it, but I was considering something more useful like Corporate Communication. Idk.
Took out the big suitcase today. Let the packing begin! #thankgod
ugh so much to do before disney i need to get a new train case for my makeup and nail polish to pack it with. I have to limit the amount of nail polish I take with me, and that is going to h u r t. :(
i want to buy a NAKED palette, i might ask my mom to get me that for my birthday though.
