Yunque01
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I did my 1st college program in Fall ‘93. I worked attractions at EPCOT at World of Motion and Horizons. That semester truly shaped me! I then applied for the alumni program and was accepted for Summer ‘94 and I worked in Guest Relations at the Disney/MGM Studios. I fell madly in love with the Studios, so much so that I stayed after that program and worked an additional 8 years. After a year I auditioned and became a VIP TOUR Guide. That experience introduced me to many people and has opened many doors for me. Just to give an idea of how different my tour guide experience differs from the one Kyle describes to us. My tours were mainly celebrities. Mine included Eric Estrada, SWV, TLC, Phish, Pearl Jam, Shanice, The managing animator of Mickey Mouse at the time Andreas Déja, the voice of Donald Duck Tony Anselmo, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Although not celebrities I had one tour who then went back to NYC and told his friends to request me to be their tour guide and they were the Secretary of the New York Stock Exchange, the CEO of Redken hair products, and others I cant recall at the moment. Also memorable were tours I did for Disney University. The art of theming at EPCOT and Backstage Magic which entailed all the initial parks. There is plenty more but this explains my utter disgust with KP and how he presents the Disney Company as the standards we were held to back then were incredibly high. I was offered jobs in Hollywood thanks to my experience at Disney. I turned them down. I was young and loved my Disney job so much. My years at Disney along with my degree and experience has opened doors for me whenever I have looked for employment. Currently I am a Data Scientist who teaches predictive analytics in higher education across the country. It all started with a 4 month commitment to the College Program. A program that honestly changed my life and I am grateful for it every single day. (I am cognizant at how melodramatic I am coming across as at the moment. I apologizee. There is a ton I left out)Speaking of that I’m curious how people on here are dcp alumni or current/past cast members
I did the dcp spring of 09’ Jan-May worked parking at Hollywood studios drove the tram, worked in the lot first half and then work auto plaza at both entrances the second half Lmfao it was fun for few months lots of stories and met tons of people from all over the country and world. but let’s just say I was counting the days until I completed my program and I did a burnout out of Chatham apartments in front of security and everyone waiting for the bus in front of the clubhouse lmfao my girlfriend at the time I met on the program called and said she heard the tires squealing and was sure it was me
There were a few people then that would vlog dcp stuff but they were just doing it for fun, YouTube and to meet people. It was nothing like these grifters today, thank god because I would have been termed the first week for smashing people’s penis shaped cameras. This was a year or two before smartphones even came out also they were paying us like $7.25 an hr at that time Lmfao after taxes and rent the checks were like $100 a week. Lmfao still more than humanzee makes now LMFAO