Originally Posted By HRM ;o) hiddencat3 >>I wish I could be 18 again...I got too old for all of this.<< Do you mean the audition/interview, and interviews in general; or do you mean working @ DL?
Originally Posted By hiddencat3 Kira, do try again! It took me 3 times! It might have been the case they were looking to cast more roles for the princesses. Time April roles around they might be short on Alices (Wendy doesn't go out much so you have a better chance with Alice). It is new to me that they took head shots right away. They didn't do those until they wigged you when I was still in the game. I also heard they don't have them by TDA anymore. They have them located off-site, right? I went by myself once and actually liked it better. It is hard when you or your friend gets cut but the other doesn't. Kinda weird. And if the whole Face Character thing doesn't work out for you...think about taking a role in another department. I would like to say Attractions rules! I made much better friends in that department. The only good friend I made in the Character department was a girl who used to work in Attractions too...go figure.
Originally Posted By Kira <<<I also heard they don't have them by TDA anymore. They have them located off-site, right?>>> for the first round they had us all lined up on the sidewalk near the visitor parking near TDA, then they set up chairs and tables in the actual visitor parking lot, thats where they also lined us up and stared at us =)
Originally Posted By hiddencat3 How funny. I think one year they had it at like Fullerton City College...I didn't audition that year. They used to bring you inside at least for the first cut. They would take you backstage to the rehersal buildings. Isn't fun just being a number AND being stared at!?
Originally Posted By Kira lol I was expecting worse, like having them actually come up close and stare at me, but all they did was walk by and ask us how we heard about the audition. then they kinda stood back glanced at us for maybe 30 seconds then moved onto the next line. I felt like I was smiling all weird lol but I think that came from being paranoid about what they were saying.
Originally Posted By HRM Kira, any thought to what hiddencat3 suggested of taking a CM role in another Department; once your hired as a CM, the experience might give you some insight, (and advantage), to the Character you want to portray. You can have the opportunity to not only see those Charaters in action On-Stage, but also speak with the CM's back stage about their experiences! Persistance does wonders, and your employment at DL in another role means you just that much closer to your goal!!
Originally Posted By HRM Are there any Characters that only make apperances during a certain season; of course, Santa only appears during the Winter Holidays - are there any others?
Originally Posted By SuzyMouse Usually around Halloween they will have villains that normally don't appear the rest of the year, like the Hag from Snow White, Sheriff of Nottingham, and Jafar.
Originally Posted By HRM Wow... Now that's cool!!! Since CMs train and practice for a long time, who actually gets to portray these villains on-stage? I mean which characters, "take a vaction" while the villains make their appearances?
Originally Posted By imadisneygal Usually if there are extra characters onstage, then there are extra character department CM's scheduled. In other words, the staple characters don't take a break in order for us to see a bigger variety of them onstage.
Originally Posted By Elderp This is Mrs. Elder P, Over a year ago we were at DL and waiting for a parade. We started talking to the woman next to us. I don't know how it came up, but she mentioned that they had had passes for 30 yrs and both her girls took corporate jobs with Disney. Also, and this is where I get to the relevent part, that both her girls had spent a day in the park as a "fuzzy", every one in DL management had to. Her girls were short and were each one of the chipmunks. Any comment? Does any one else have any better evidence of this happening in the past? Is this still the policy.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal This program for Disney management called Disney Way 1 and the participants get to have an in-costume experience as part of the training. They receive a picture of their leadership class both in, and half-out, of costume. There is also a Disney Way 2, the second part of the training. It's very cool and it's neat to say that you've had the experience. Even having gone through it I'm not sure I like the idea of having the characters' pictures taken while they're missing certain parts of their costumes. But, it's a valuable experience and it's neat to see the world through the eyes of one of the characters. This program isn't just for corporate management, it includes Resort management as well. It's not an automatic class though. You have to be recommended by your superiors to take the class and it's usually for managers who have a little bit of experience. It's not for brand new members of management unless they hire in above a certain level. I believe it's Director at the Resort, I don't know what level would be equivalent at the Studios.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I'm just gettingt back to this thread, and after signing up for my own log in too. Thanks for the clarification.
Originally Posted By HRM I had heard about this also... thank you for clarifying the process. The version I heard was that every single CM had to be fuzzy, and a DL sweeper, as part of their probation. I thought the info was either a DL urban legent or no longer in effect. Makes sense though as part of Management training; would make more sense as part of Entry-level Management training... ºo°
Originally Posted By HRM Is there also a significant increase for CMs to protray Characters during the holiday season? Do the number of Character apperances stay pretty much the same year round?
Originally Posted By HRM *bump* (for princesstam25) Check out #45 for a possible answer to starting wages... ºoº
