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Imagination Skyway

Disney College Program and Disney Professional Internships (Experiences and Advice)

Imagination Skyway

Matthew Krul

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Kids & Family

5830 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2017

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In today's podcast, I'm joined by three former Cast Members as we discuss what it was like to work for the Walt Disney Company on both the Disney College Program and the Disney Professional Internship program at Walt Disney World. We chat about the impact its had on our lives and our careers and the memories that we cherish the most from our time at Disney. Special thanks to Beth, Brittany and Chris for sharing their experiences on this episode!   If you're interested in applying to the Disney College Program, be sure to visit www.disneycollegeprogram.com to learn about the requirements. Join our Facebook Community at www.facebook.com/imagineerpodcast Tweet us at www.twitter.com/imagineeraudio Email us at [email protected] Thank you for listening, and remember to subscribe, rate and share the Imagineer Podcast. Be sure to check out our sponsor WDW Magazine, the premier magazine focused on Walt Disney World, available in print or digital. The Imagineer Podcast is in no way affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. The thoughts expressed on this podcast are solely those of the podcaster.

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0:00.0

Hello, Hello and welcome to the Imagine Your Podcast, your unofficial guide to, well, everything, Disney.

0:31.7

I'm your host, Matthew Krall, and this is episode number eight of the Imagineer podcast.

0:37.5

In today's podcast episode, I am bringing on to the show with me three friends who I met

0:44.3

on the Disney College program and through the Disney Professional Internship Program.

0:49.3

And those friends are Bethany, Chris, and Brittany in the order that I met them over the course of the years I did

0:56.8

work at Disney. And it is no secret to many of the you listeners out there that I am a former

1:03.9

cast member of the Walt Disney Company and started out as a college program participant at

1:10.4

Kilimanjaro Safaris back in 2007.

1:14.0

Throughout the years, I was also a campus representative going back to my school to promote

1:20.3

the Disney College program to my peers to other college students on my college campus.

1:26.2

I was also a seasonal cast member and ended my tenure

1:30.8

with Disney as an intern on the Disney professional internship program working as a marketing

1:38.3

strategist for Disney Vacation Club. And throughout all those experiences, I gained a lot of professional development skills and,

1:47.8

of course, had an amazing time as a cast member.

1:51.2

It was one of the most amazing experiences, an absolute dream come true.

1:57.2

And as you'll hear in today's episode, Beth, Brittany, Chris, they all feel exactly

2:03.1

the same way. I'll then come back at the end of the show after you hear all of our thoughts

2:09.5

on working for the Walt Disney Company, share a little bit more about how you can help to create

2:15.6

and inspire the future of this show and how you can connect

2:19.5

with the Imagineer podcast on all those social media platforms. So without further ado,

2:27.3

grab some headphones, pull up your favorite armchair, and enjoy this week's episode of the

2:33.3

Imagineer podcast. So one of the things that I know that I've talked about on the show a few times is the fact that at one point or another, I actually worked for Disney.

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