College Program Parents Thread...

erinerin · Mar 28, 2015

Boopuff said:
Question: Do they give the DCP kids magic bands? or can they buy them and link their passes etc.?

They can buy them if they want one and link their pass to it. Their merchandise discount will apply to the purchase of a magic band, so it's really not that pricey if they want one or more than one if they choose to collect them.

1pixiemom · Mar 28, 2015

Bobsmom said:
I know that the cp has to be with you to get into the park using their maingates, but what about leaving for a while and 're-entry? We are going back to the resort on our HS day and coming back for fantasmic, how does that work?

the pass used to get you in will be linked to your magic band and you can reenter or park hop without your child

1pixiemom · Mar 28, 2015

I have a question, it was rumored when my son left the cp program in Jan that Disney was going to do away with the cp's friends and family passes, my son is headed back in March for another stint and I was wondering if anyone knows if this is true or not??? Hope not since I already booked my flights for Sept

Traveliz · Mar 28, 2015

1pixiemom said:
I have a question, it was rumored when my son left the cp program in Jan that Disney was going to do away with the cp's friends and family passes, my son is headed back in March for another stint and I was wondering if anyone knows if this is true or not??? Hope not since I already booked my flights for Sept

I have never heard that rumor. My daughter is in attractions and works with lots of CPs, my nephew is one now and his sister was one in the fall and none of them have heard this.

Liz

Dizzyworld · Mar 28, 2015

DisneyFansInNYC said:
My DD is currently there - she too is in a vigorous Honors program at her college and her advisors thought it was a great idea. The head of the business school said that having working for Disney on her resume will be priceless. Companies know the Disney training and Disney's high expectations of their employees. We won't know this for sure until she graduates but she is definitely learning how to juggle a full time job and school work - she is still a full time student. She absolutely loves it.

Thanks for the reply. It helps.

Dizzyworld · Mar 28, 2015

dizagain said:
My DD had plenty of money and even came home with a small amount. She worked between 30 and 45 hours a week. She also took a whole week off with us and several other shorter visits with friends. I will say that alcohol wasn't something she was into and I've heard partiers often seem to go through money faster. We did not give her any money but sent $50 Disney gift cards and care packages sometimes and bought a plane ticket for a weekend visit home. She had plenty of money for fun Disney dining and Universal visits, etc.

thanks for the reply. It helps.

mickeyway · Mar 28, 2015

Can you change roommates after you move in if things don't work out? What if your roommates are just a wrong fit ?

pigget74 · Mar 28, 2015

Referring to 1pixiwmom--added since the quote did not work---

This is the first I have read of this. Everyone has always said the person has to be with you. Is this more like your mileage may vary type thing...all depending who is working?

dpswift · Mar 29, 2015

Does anyone whose son or daughter has been in the program recently know what is currently in the apartment ( I know this can vary by who was last in there). Are there typically microwaves, toasters, kuerigs, pots and pans etc. We are trying to figure out what we need to bring or buy.

Also how close are they to the Super Target.

DisneyFansInNYC · Mar 29, 2015

mickeyway said:
Can you change roommates after you move in if things don't work out? What if your roommates are just a wrong fit ?

I did hear that you can change roommates. But I will say unless the roommates are in the same job there are chances that they won't even spend a lot of time together. My DD gets home when her roommate is getting up to go to work - my DD works in MK and her roommate works in EPCOT. They get along great but just don't see each other. I hope that helps.

DisneyFansInNYC · Mar 29, 2015

dpswift said:
Does anyone whose son or daughter has been in the program recently know what is currently in the apartment ( I know this can vary by who was last in there). Are there typically microwaves, toasters, kuerigs, pots and pans etc. We are trying to figure out what we need to bring or buy.

Also how close are they to the Super Target.

No toasters or no Keurigs. In my DDs apartment there were
pots and pans
dishes
utensils
spatulas
glasses
mugs
baking sheets
Dining room table with 6 chairs
in the bathroom there were shower curtains - although we brought our own.

The girls in her apartment each brought something. They supplied a coffee pot, tea pot, toaster, slow cooker, place mats, vacuum, a computer router and a TV.

There are two Walmarts not that far - also a Target but I will say depending on when you move in - these stores were very picked over. We needed bed risers and couldn't find them anywhere. We weren't sure if she would need them so we didn't bring them. She ended up buying them off someone who was leaving.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

dpswift · Mar 29, 2015

I had not even thought about bed risers. What about a fan? I think one of the girls she is hoping to room with had a crockpot. We will most likely bring a kuereg. Do you think the dishes and pots and pans will most likely be ok. I envision our car being quite full.

DisneyFansInNYC · Mar 29, 2015

dpswift said:
I had not even thought about bed risers. What about a fan? I think one of the girls she is hoping to room with had a crockpot. We will most likely bring a kuereg. Do you think the dishes and pots and pans will most likely be ok. I envision our car being quite full.

Yes the pots and pans are fine - they did not buy any. Her roommate bought a fan. Our car was so full - we barely fit. We are going down soon so we will bring some stuff home - like her winter clothes - so we are not that crowded in August when we pick her up.

dpswift · Mar 29, 2015

Another question. DD has an arrival time between 9am and 11am on checkin day. What should we do about breakfast. We are staying at POP and I was thinking of Grand Floridian Cafe. Now I am second guessing because I believe it is in the opposite direction. Do they have food there? I figure that we should plan on eating breakfast becuase it will likely be a busy day. Any ideas?

DisneyFansInNYC · Mar 29, 2015

dpswift said:
Another question. DD has an arrival time between 9am and 11am on checkin day. What should we do about breakfast. We are staying at POP and I was thinking of Grand Floridian Cafe. Now I am second guessing because I believe it is in the opposite direction. Do they have food there? I figure that we should plan on eating breakfast becuase it will likely be a busy day. Any ideas?

There is no food there - just coffee. I would eat before - with our DD - when she went to check in - she had casting directly after so we didn't see her for hours. Her check in time was 9am - she didn't finish casting until around 12:30pm. Not everyone gets casting right after so you won't know until she checks in. Also parents do not go with her to check in - there is a waiting area for parents. We waited until she was done with check in - once she had casting we just went back to the hotel to wait to move her in. The move in and cleaning then took hours. Her room was not cleaned when we got there. The bathroom was a mess. We scrubbed for hours.

dpswift · Mar 29, 2015

DisneyFansInNYC said:
There is no food there - just coffee. I would eat before - with our DD - when she went to check in - she had casting directly after so we didn't see her for hours. Her check in time was 9am - she didn't finish casting until around 12:30pm. Not everyone gets casting right after so you won't know until she checks in. Also parents do not go with her to check in - there is a waiting area for parents. We waited until she was done with check in - once she had casting we just went back to the hotel to wait to move her in. The move in and cleaning then took hours. Her room was not cleaned when we got there. The bathroom was a mess. We scrubbed for hours.

Thank you for the warning about the mess. I certainly do not expect maid service but the room should be clean at check in, Maybe they should ask for a deposit.

Anyway DH suggested that we drop her at check in and then pick her up when she was ready. It is kind of a tough couple of days we want her out meeting people, yet need to include her in our plans in case she has a lot of free time. I have heard the first 2 days can be slow.

DisneyFansInNYC · Mar 29, 2015

dpswift said:
Thank you for the warning about the mess. I certainly do not expect maid service but the room should be clean at check in, Maybe they should ask for a deposit.

Anyway DH suggested that we drop her at check in and then pick her up when she was ready. It is kind of a tough couple of days we want her out meeting people, yet need to include her in our plans in case she has a lot of free time. I have heard the first 2 days can be slow.

That is exactly what happened to my daughter. She did have a lot of free time. She had 5 other roommates and they all had their families there moving them in. She and her roommate in her room didn't stay there the first night. All the girls were with their families. She did stay the second night. She didn't have anything to attend for 2 days - and didn't get her main gate pass until Thursday. She got to spend time getting to know her roommates - they just went to Downtown Disney and the hotels.

Believe me I didn't expect maid service but the bathroom was gross. So many little things left all over, bobby pins, q-tips - some clean and some dirty, make-up pads, razors, band aids, etc. Plus hair and dirt everywhere. My DH went out to buy tilex with bleach. I spent about 2 hours in the bathroom alone. We had all of our kids and one of my DDs best friend with us and it still took us 6 hours to clean and get her moved in. We cleaned everything. It looked great when we left. Their first room check, they got a white glove. We will make sure to clean it when we move her out.

Gr8t Fan · Mar 29, 2015

DisneyFansInNYC said:
That is exactly what happened to my daughter. She did have a lot of free time. She had 5 other roommates and they all had their families there moving them in. She and her roommate in her room didn't stay there the first night. All the girls were with their families. She did stay the second night. She didn't have anything to attend for 2 days - and didn't get her main gate pass until Thursday. She got to spend time getting to know her roommates - they just went to Downtown Disney and the hotels.

Believe me I didn't expect maid service but the bathroom was gross. So many little things left all over, bobby pins, q-tips - some clean and some dirty, make-up pads, razors, band aids, etc. Plus hair and dirt everywhere. My DH went out to buy tilex with bleach. I spent about 2 hours in the bathroom alone. We had all of our kids and one of my DDs best friend with us and it still took us 6 hours to clean and get her moved in. We cleaned everything. It looked great when we left. Their first room check, they got a white glove. We will make sure to clean it when we move her out.

I hope my DD is moving into your daughter's apartment in May

.

Unfortunately we cannot be with DD when she moves in as we have school schedules for her 3 younger siblings to contend with and we'll be there about a month before she moves in. I'll be sure to pack plenty of cleaning supplies and some rubber gloves.

SyracuseWolvrine · Mar 29, 2015

1pixiemom said:
the pass used to get you in will be linked to your magic band and you can reenter or park hop without your child

pigget74 said:
Referring to 1pixiwmom--added since the quote did not work---

This is the first I have read of this. Everyone has always said the person has to be with you. Is this more like your mileage may vary type thing...all depending who is working?

Your first park of the day, your Cast Member will need to be with you. For guests who are NOT immediate family (parents, children, siblings), your Cast Member needs to stay with you for the entire duration of your time in the park. However, for parties that have at least one immediate family member of the CM, the CM does not need to remain with them. The guest pass they use to get you in can NOT be linked to a Magic Band, but you will be able to use the pass to park hop (subject to blackout days), and if an immediate family member of the CM is among the group of guests, the CM does not need to be with you at the second/third/fourth park.

1pixiemom · Mar 30, 2015

SyracuseWolvrine said:
Your first park of the day, your Cast Member will need to be with you. For guests who are NOT immediate family (parents, children, siblings), your Cast Member needs to stay with you for the entire duration of your time in the park. However, for parties that have at least one immediate family member of the CM, the CM does not need to remain with them. The guest pass they use to get you in can NOT be linked to a Magic Band, but you will be able to use the pass to park hop (subject to blackout days), and if an immediate family member of the CM is among the group of guests, the CM does not need to be with you at the second/third/fourth park.

When I was there this past septemeber I got in with my son and his maingate and then they had me tap my magic band, I then used it to park hop for that day without my son

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