Current CM.. Any Questions?

[DisneyKatie1]

I wish I could say this was always but even as a Manager when I wanted to defend my team you have pressure from higher-ups like the Hotel General Manager that will reverse that just for guest satisfaction scores on the survey. The shorter the cruise, the quicker the solution has to be and it's generally whatever the guest wants.

(On the ships the way things are managed are completely different to the parks on land. There's a priority focus on those surveys and scores and sometimes this means management giving guests who are likely to return again the ability to complain and get their way if they threaten a poor survey score. )

Sounds like a really stressful work environment. Do many people stay there for a long time?

 

[DisneyKatie1]

Both definitely do have pluses and minuses!!!
But I think I like WDW. I was approved for a few different Princesses and fur characters (although I didn’t have many fur shifts) so I had some variety in my schedule.
While I have had different character roles on ships in different contracts, it is still very same same each day

What does being approved for characters mean?

 

[Chipmunkmaniac]

What does being approved for characters mean?

Right bodyfit/look and animation. At the end of training you need to be approved in order to actually do the job (you passed the test basically)

 

[FastPasser.]

Right bodyfit/look and animation. At the end of training you need to be approved in order to actually do the job (you passed the test basically)

On my first hire date in the mid 90s that was the process for not just the entertainment staff but for all on stage roles. How it’s changed.

 

[Chipmunkmaniac]

On my first hire date in the mid 90s that was the process for not just the entertainment staff but for all on stage roles. How it’s changed.

I hired in at DLP in 2003 and those were completely different times than nowadays so I can only imagine how the 90s were

 

[Mags2002]

Right bodyfit/look and animation. At the end of training you need to be approved in order to actually do the job (you passed the test basically)

Yes they’re very strict with this. You can actually be disapproved at any time as well. I know a few girls this happened to

 

[Mags2002]

Sounds like a really stressful work environment. Do many people stay there for a long time?

It can be stressful. And based on what I have seen on these boards, CMs freaking out about surveys and scores is stressful for Guests too!
Obviously in my role, I wouldn’t be talking about that stuff with Guests (picturing this in my head right now lol), but they definitely do score and comment on character experiences.
There are a lot of people who do several contracts and even stay their whole careers. There are others who do one contract and they’re done. Again, my role is a bit different as there are only so many contracts I can do while portraying a teenage Princess!

 

[CrewsMom]

Sounds like a really stressful work environment. Do many people stay there for a long time?

I was in entertainment during the Magic’s inaugural season in 1999. There are still crew members on board within entertainment from “my day”, albeit as managers now

 

[motherdaughtercruisers]

I am not certain, but it may also have something to do with scheduling and making sure that CMs have the correct amount of work hours and time off

This was what I figured too!

 

[motherdaughtercruisers]

It can be stressful. And based on what I have seen on these boards, CMs freaking out about surveys and scores is stressful for Guests too!
Obviously in my role, I wouldn’t be talking about that stuff with Guests (picturing this in my head right now lol), but they definitely do score and comment on character experiences.
There are a lot of people who do several contracts and even stay their whole careers. There are others who do one contract and they’re done. Again, my role is a bit different as there are only so many contracts I can do while portraying a teenage Princess!

Lol, take a page out of Peter Pan’s book and never grow up!… or old!

 

[DMMarla07860]

I am not certain, but it may also have something to do with scheduling and making sure that CMs have the correct amount of work hours and time off

That’s what k thought to, but worth throwing this idea to me friend who is Beverage Manager

 

[Mags2002]

Not to mention a somewhat normal life when you’re not working.

Yes spending all my free time and hard-earned money in the parks!!!

 

[Mags2002]

Lol, take a page out of Peter Pan’s book and never grow up!… or old!

I wish I could do this forever!

 

[DisneyKatie1]

Right bodyfit/look and animation. At the end of training you need to be approved in order to actually do the job (you passed the test basically)

What happens if you gain or lose weight? Or get a tattoo or something? And what happens if you don’t pass the test? Fired?

 

[DisneyKatie1]

It can be stressful. And based on what I have seen on these boards, CMs freaking out about surveys and scores is stressful for Guests too!
Obviously in my role, I wouldn’t be talking about that stuff with Guests (picturing this in my head right now lol), but they definitely do score and comment on character experiences.
There are a lot of people who do several contracts and even stay their whole careers. There are others who do one contract and they’re done. Again, my role is a bit different as there are only so many contracts I can do while portraying a teenage Princess!

Surely people don’t complain about meeting a Princess?

 

[DisneyKatie1]

Yes they’re very strict with this. You can actually be disapproved at any time as well. I know a few girls this happened to

Is disapproved fired?

 

[FastPasser.]

Yes spending all my free time and hard-earned money in the parks!!!

But the CM discount helps.
How long before you cruise as a guest?

 

[FastPasser.]

Is disapproved fired?

When I was a Concierge at the Grand Floridian one of my coworkers was required to transfer to another role because they no longer fit the standard costume. Now they would just provide larger costumes. I don’t envision that happening with the princesses.

ETA the last sentence.

 

[DisneyKatie1]

When I was a Concierge at the Grand Floridian one of my coworkers was required to transfer to another role because they no longer fit the standard costume. Now they would just provide larger costumes.

Even for a princess?

 

[FastPasser.]

Even for a princess?

I doubt it.