This makes me sad, I worked at World of Disney during my DCP in 2016, and I absolutely loved it! There was no focus on making sales like you mentioned, it was a completely different experience. Hopefully once all the construction is finished at WOD it will go back to focusing on making magic!

I’m just like you!!! I was stationed at WOD spring 2019. I absolutely hated it, and I wasn’t going to let that ruin my program so I worked in over 40 different locations and worked at world of Disney a handful of times! I really enjoyed this video it took me back

omgg i worked at mouse gear at the same time! it was my home location.i think we probably worked together lol

I'm glad you kept it professionally at the end. ❤ Shows maturity... which some people lack. Lol

I ate at the Crystal Palace 2 days ago, on the table 2 places away from ours was a little girl. It was her birthday ( I know coz they sang happy birthday to her ) and she had gone to Bibbiti Bobbiti Boutique. She looked so cute and Pooh Bear was skipping around with her in the celebrations. The interactions they had were soooooo cuuuutttteeee!!!!!! Disney truly is magical ❤️❤️

Amazing video Em! Trading shifts was one of my favourite things to do too! I ended up working 12 different locations on my CEP missing it so much!

You're very inspiring! I love that you made the most of your CP by working on as many merch locations!

Bonjour was my favourite place to work, I was a fantasyland cast member. Love watching your videos and reminiscing.

Hey Emily! I’m doing the DCP this upcoming Spring and I’ve learned so much from your videos! :) Thanks for sharing your experiences and for all of the great advice!! ✨🐭

This is such a sweet, upbeat video even when ranking, love it! (ps: that happy vibe is exactly why I subbed, I love it so much.)

I didn't like working at WOD either but I met so many cast members that made it a decent experience once we graduated. Everyone has a different experience working there, good and bad. Thanks for sharing!

Was lovely to work with you in Mousegear Emily many times hehe! Such a shame it's all over 😭x

Hey Emily, just found your channel, and it is cute and fun. We love MouseGear (and Epcot in general). Funny story about HTH Gift Shop. A couple years ago, during night time Xtra Magic at HS we rode Tower a couple times in a row. The folks in the shop were super nice and it was super slow in the shop, so we started playing the special edition Jenga game with one of them at the counter. We probably played about 10 or 15 minutes & all had fun. Love CMs like that. Thanks for sharing.

when you traded shifts, how did you get the costume/uniform for the new shift, like do they have extras already there?

I'm so glad you loved Mouse Gear! It was my location when I did the DCP and I loved it so much!

I'm hoping to do the CEP someday and I definitely want to work in many locations! It adds to the experience. I think my dream role is Fantasyland merchandise because I've always wanted to be able to give pixie dust.

I have been binge watching your videos and I’m obsessed! You have such awesome advice and information! I’m starting a tourism course next year (I’m from New Zealand) and we have to do an internship and I’m praying that I’m able to get accepted to go to Disney and your videos have motivated me to want to work super hard so I can get in so thank you ❤️❤️❤️

Areil wore crocs I’m literally screaming

Oh my Gosh! I was at the World of Disney store when you were working there, I wonder if I ever saw you there!

Not to do with the merch but I just wanted to suggest to people the Hollywood Studios to Epcot walk. The views are so nice and you come out near the Boardwalk. It’s a lovely jogging route also, it’s not too long and it’s all on path ❤️

Hi idk if you will see this but I just got my role from Merch at Storybook Circus. Not sure how to feel about it.. 😬😂 How long after training is done can you start to look to switch around? I also want to try and work in as many places as possible even if Storybook Circus is good. Thanks for the info 5 years later lol

I didn’t know you can switch shifts like this. Hopefully i can get into the college program next year so I can try different places 🌟 how do you work out costumes when you go to an other store location?

my home location this summer was mouse gear! i loved it so much! (icp from canada!)

Hey, I was an opening team cast member for Big Top. Pretty sure there are just a handful of opening cast left, but sorry you didn’t have a great time. I miss that place so much. I can’t believe the store was quiet! That never seemed to happen except during party nights towards the end of the night. Then your next place, FWS, was my college program location. Pretty sure I know a few people there still. Loved being at pin central the most, the character cart and pin cart, not so much. 😄

omg i worked main street east !! it was fun, you were actually in zone 1 , which was my fav bc you just look at pretty jewelry all day

I never picked up shifts in other parks during my last program but it's on my bucket list for my next one!

With an attitude like yours, you will be successful in any career. Your videos are a delight to watch.

thank you for this video, it was so helpful! :) i'm merch for spring 19 (one week til i leave!!) and just found out my home location is disney springs marketplace/co-op. i barely know anything about DS so i was wondering if you're familiar with the marketplace? i'm definitely planning on picking up shifts because i really want to work in the parks! this video gets me so excited!!

I noticed that you almost always (sorry not sure) had a pin trading lanyard on. What do other Cast Members think of pin trading? I really don’t like it when Cast Members have a scrapper as their mystery pin because I’m trading a real pin for it. Do they know about all the scrapper (garbage) pins that are being traded?

Did you work with Olivia Simone? Her vlogs mentioned the same vibe she had at World of Disney.

I’m so sad I never got to try mouse gear! Sounds like it was a ton of fun!

Hey Emily! Thank you so much for this video it is incredibly helpful! I've just been accepted for the Australian DCP in merchandise and am so excited about the trading aspect of the job :DDD Did you at all have to get traded shifts approved by disney? Like for example when you agreed to swap shifts with someone on the Facebook group did you have to contact managers to let them know you've traded? Also how often were you able to swap your shift a week? (were you able to swap every shift or did you have to work a certain amount of time in your home location?) Thank you again I really love your channel and it's helped me so much through the application process and everything!

oooo i got merch at future land and definitely want to trade shifts a bunch once I start!!

I'm hoping to apply for next summer whenever applications open. I'm stuck between applying for the cultural representative or a cultural exchange programs. Only reason I'm hesitant for the cultural exchange at this point is I'm scared of being stationed at world of Disney 😂

High pressure sales techniques make me so uncomfortable and angry that I will boycott a place for life...Like Lush I will never buy a Lush prodect or even take one for free even online because they assault you and make you want to hide. They even demo on people without permission and I dont blame the workers I blame the company for making the workers do things like that. I feel that the vast majority of people do not care for that sort of thing and will leave in a rush without buying anything once those 3 refusals start up. I have left a store that I fully intended to buy a good bit of merch from because they tried to force sell me things to the point I didnt even want to be there at all

So when you trade, do you need like a weeks notice so you can get your costume?

With all of those costumes, do you have to return them at the end of the shift?

It was pretty cool seeing you in all those costumes. Any chance you could wear your hair like Princess Leah and dressing up in a video for like the opening for Galaxy's Edge? ;)

How did it work with all of the different costumes you had to wear? Did you just show up to your shift and you would change there?

When you pick up shifts at new locations, how do you know what the costumes required are? Are you allowed to check out costumes for multiple locations?

I went to disney this year twice for the first time in about 5-6 years (although i have been there about 30 times).. The last time i had gone "disney springs" was downtown disney... I was SO disappointed with what they had done to the place. There are only like 2 main disney stores, and everything else is like a regular mall... So upsetting. I loved the Mr. Potato head factory growing up where you could build your own potato head, and then do the parade... Really sad, but I guess the profit is what mattered.

This must sound like such a silly question but who took pictures of you in all your costumes? Like were leaders chill with doing it or ok with your flatmates coming in and doing it? If I get on the CEP costume pics would be a goal 🙈

I just got my itinerary and I’m not really happy with my location. Am I able to switch locations sometimes if I’m in a resort

I'm just wondering as you have to wear so many costumes, how does that all work? 🤣

How do you get all the costumes if its not your home location? once you have a costume for a location did you keep it for your term or return it after the shift?

You are the cutest! Fun video!

How does it work with getting dressed for work in merchandise

do you have any plans of moving or working there again?

I’m not going to lie, WOD just sounds like a regular retail store. I work in retail at a major store, and that’s exactly what we have to do. Up-selling is key.

Do you get to keep your costumes?

Do you get a discount on merchandise?

How r u definite for roommates when u meet people on the Facebook page

are merch the only cm's who can pin trade?

You are so sweet, if I had a grandson your age I would give him your email😂

So basically it's a massive intern programme with fancy Disney language dropped in. Ok.