Disney employment for retired people???

[10drum]

Greetings all,

It's been quite awhile since I've visited the disboards forum. I use to be a regular here when our family traveled to WDW each year. Our children are grown and all but one is off the payrole and he graduates college next spring. I am retiring in October and I always said I'm going to check out part time work at my favorit place on earth, Disney World, when I retire. I may not be at the right place for this question, but I thought the adult forum here may be a good start. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If not that's ok I've been on the Disney website and sort of checked things out a little but I thought maybe there would be some folks on this forum doing what I've thought about doing for the last 15 years. I would love to be a greeter at a Walt Disney World Deluxe resort.

Thanks for all replies.

 

[spiceycat]

think I have trying in the wrong places too.

http://disneycareers.com/en/search-...":"","e":"Part+Time,Seasonal","q":"","r":""}]

 

[Simba's Mom]

Greetings all,

It's been quite awhile since I've visited the disboards forum. I use to be a regular here when our family traveled to WDW each year. Our children are grown and all but one is off the payrole and he graduates college next spring. I am retiring in October and I always said I'm going to check out part time work at my favorit place on earth, Disney World, when I retire. I may not be at the right place for this question, but I thought the adult forum here may be a good start. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If not that's ok I've been on the Disney website and sort of checked things out a little but I thought maybe there would be some folks on this forum doing what I've thought about doing for the last 15 years. I would love to be a greeter at a Walt Disney World Deluxe resort.

Thanks for all replies.

Since I usually travel solo, I've had the opportunity to talk to many retires working solo at WDW. First, they all agree that you have to live there before you apply for a job (which disappointed me who was thinking of applying, then moving). Then just go into the building (I think it's called "Casting" to apply. Or often, if you're in an RV park, Disney will actually come and recruit people. They LIKE retires working for them. Once you've applied, you can get a job quickly, unless you have a particular type, park, or other request-then it might take a few months. One thing I remembered was that one CM told me that unless you're a night owl, AK is the place to be if you want a park. You can figure on not leaving until 2 hours after the park closes, which may be real late for a park open til 11:00 or so. Unfortunately, DH isn't on the "working at WDW after retirement" bandwagon, but he knows that if anything happens to him, that's where I'm headed!

 

[10drum]

Simba's Mom, I hate to hear you need to live there first. I thought about checking on employment at wdw and some mountain ski resorts as well, then decide what sounds best.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

I live in an 55+ "active adult" community near WDW. One of our clubs is Disney Cast Members and we currently have about 70 members in the club.

There are three categories of hourly workers. One is full-time, next is regular part time (called Casual Regular by Disney) where you can limit the days you work and get scheduled regularly. The third is Seasonal (Casual Temporary in Disney-speak) where you have to first have a couple of months of full availability and then you can let them know when you want to work or can pick up shifts. Seasonal requires that you work at least 150 hours per year to maintain your position.

Normally any hourly requires that you have a Florida (preferably Orlando-area) address to start your employment. They will only hire others for full-time professional positions.

And they do come to some of the larger adult communities for recruiting.

 

[MICKEY88]

I live in an 55+ "active adult" community near WDW. One of our clubs is Disney Cast Members and we currently have about 70 members in the club.

There are three categories of hourly workers. One is full-time, next is regular part time (called Casual Regular by Disney) where you can limit the days you work and get scheduled regularly. The third is Seasonal (Casual Temporary in Disney-speak) where you have to first have a couple of months of full availability and then you can let them know when you want to work or can pick up shifts. Seasonal requires that you work at least 150 hours per year to maintain your position.

Normally any hourly requires that you have a Florida (preferably Orlando-area) address to start your employment. They will only hire others for full-time professional positions.

And they do come to some of the larger adult communities for recruiting.

sounds like the perfect retirment plan to me..

 

[10drum]

Chesire, Thanks for the info. What community do you live in? We have checked into the Active adult comunities, but I'm not sure if Florida is where we would like to re-locate (invest)...yet. I am hoping to find seasonal employment in a resort area just to make enough to offset the cost of living while we're there. I know there are houses in the Orlando area to rent on a weekly/monthly basis and we may do that for a month or two just to see if we like it or not. Our family went to WDW every year for 10 years or so and we loved every trip. I'm concerned that if I worked there it may change the magic. Thanks for the reply

 

[Cheshire Figment]

www.solivita.com is the site for the community.