Well I haven't narrowed down my roles too much but I was looking more for a "day in the life" sort of thing. Just a breakdown of what you do from shift start to shift end.
I'm interested, in your case Joanna, in
character attendant and
custodial.
Do you think if I put custodial as one of my choices, they'll completely overlook my other choices and put me in custodial because they need people for it more than the others? I would only want to do custodial after character attendant and BBB hostess. My first choice would be character performer but that's pending at audition. I wouldn't
mind custodial, its just my last choice..
And for anyone else, I was interested in a detailed explanation of an average day in
costuming,
BBB Hostess, and
transportation.
thanks!!
Ah, ok. Well, for my two:
Character Attendant
Character Attendant is a pretty simple role. You know your schedule 2 weeks in advance (though it can change). The schedule tells you which park and character you will be working with (though you may not always know the exact character, as some spots have more then one). Unlike other roles where they can bring home 5 costumes at a time, character attendants can't. This means you have to go to costuming everytime. Most shifts aren't that long. Last summer I usually worked something like 10am to 6pm, or something like that. Unlike the performers, attendants usually stay out the whole time. Breaks are given by a breaker (an attendant who specifically gives breaks to people). However, there are certain cases where you will go in with the character. There are different places where you work- regular meets, dining, shows. Regular meets are the basic get in line and meet a character. Dining is the character dining. And shows are stuff like Dream Along with Mickey. For regular meets, you make sure the line stays orderly. Make sure the people have their books open, pens set, and cameras ready to go (and if there is a Photopass photographer, make sure they have their photopass card out). Answer questions for guests. And the big one- assisting the character(s). For dining, you basically go around making sure people stay at their tables and don't go chasing after the characters. Also to make sure the books are open (since the characters won't have that much time at each table). And for shows, it's pretty much just making sure people are behaving.
Custodial
Every location may be different. Now for me, I worked in Epcot WS (so I worked in all the countries). You would be working either in restrooms or in streets. I learned to never go by what my schedule said, since half the time it was wrong or I was pulled to the other. Streets is where you would walk around with the pan and broom sweeping up trash, taking care of the garbage cans, and major guest interaction (taking pictures, answering questions, giving directions, ect). For restrooms, you would be taking care of the restrooms in your area (keeping them clean, stocking them, ect). Now for the WS, you had 1 country for Streets and 2 countries for Restrooms (for example, I would have Germany and Italy together for restrooms). Usually it was 3 bathrooms for both countries. We also got scheduled sometimes for special events. This includes the concerts in the American Adventure theater (like the Sounds like Summer concerts), and events in the big building behind UK/Canada (I can't remember the name of the building). I was in there for a few events. There were 2 different times for shifts. You either opened or closed. Opening was 6:45am til 1:15 or 3:15 pm. And closing was 1:15pm or 3:15pm til closing. Also, you got a duty for before or after your shift (depending on if you opened or closed). This would be getting something ready to open, or cleaning something at the end of the night. For example- when I opened Canada restrooms I would get the Le Cellier and Refreshment Port restrooms ready to open.
I think that is everything. If you have anymore questions, just let me know.
And to answer your other question- I can't be positive. But it is pretty likely, since they always need people for custodial (and also QSFB).