/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>6838868
I definetly say go for it! Even if things dont go the way you want, its definetly a great experience! Im sure they could point you to affordable apartments close by (like the DCP ones) everyone at disney is honestly so helpful and nice, im pretty sure they would help you figure something out! Best of luck!!!

>>6838880
This Im not sure about. I think in Paris they are, but I worked with a girl who transfered to HK for a year and she didnt know anything but English. I think HK and Tokyo theyll teach you simple Japanese or Chinese so you can get around on your days off, but I dont think theyre expected to be fluent or able to carry a convo at all. Ive honestly always have been curious about how that works too, like if the princesses have a translator or something! Thats another thing Ill have to ask around about!

>>6838831
It really is an experience, I love it! Face and Fur are both great, and both rewarding and challenging in different ways. Im very pale as well, but Ive been friends with Aurora. Belle is typically more tan though.
I cant speak for Paris but here in FL you only need to speak English and honestly are expected to only speak that. Maybe a french phrase here or there for Belle, but Snow speaking Spanish would obviously not work haha. You would need to not have an accent though. Poppins and Alice are the only ones with Brittish accents but theyre also more of side characters so you wouldnt be doing them all the time. I know I took classes on british accents and my friend scottish for Merida but you have to be able to turn it on and off.
Face characters for HK and tokyo usually audition in european countries, CA or FL. It changes from time to time so the best thing to do would be just to keep checking their website for that. Yes, we all do our own make up. Only the college program lives in assigned apartments, regular employees (including entertainment) live in their own apartments and homes. You could do it for only a few months but youd have to quit. Like I said earlier we're typically only hired full time. It takes up a lot of your time and it is a huge commitment. Being forgeign you would have to move to where you working be it FL or CA. I havent abandoned my life at all, its a job in the end of things. Yeah Im busy but we do have days off and I do find time to do conventions and such. I dont think its really different than any other full time job when it comes to abandoning your life or not haha....though I do know girls who have dropped everything and just moved to FL to work not knowing if they had the job for sure or not. I wouldnt suggest that though...only one did get the job and her two friends are now working attractions.

>>6838713
Ive seen as few as 150-200 and up too 400-450 at another. 150 was face only, 400 the general entertainment which makes sense. In my group only 3 were chosen, and by the time the last group went there was only about 15 of us. There was more in the general entertainment that made it through, but then we were seperated into groups like character (about 20), parade (maybe 35) and pupeteers (I think, im not sure, and there was about 15 of them)

>>6838728
Wearing a minimizing bra will help. Im not that height, so im not an expert in those characters but I have worked as one of tink's friends (meaning I worked alongside a tinkerbell) and she was maybe a b cup max, but she also wears a more revealing costume. We also do not wear our own bras with the costumes, most are built in so theres that too. I have a friend who is a manager...Ill have to ask her about that. Its not something Ive ever really given much thought too and now Im curious!
Suits are so much fun, and while they get hot, I really enjoy doing them. Most of my funny stories come from those roles...like a parent asking my friend Rafiki if he could hold their infant over his head like simba!!

Once my friend Snow White had a little girl run up to her and go "Look Snow, You're on my underwear!" and turn around and pull up her dress so Snow could see....that was an experience! There of course is the touching stories too, like an older woman who had been waiting her whole life to go to Magic Kingdom but couldnt with her kids due to money, and her grandkids due to her having cancer. She finally made it out here, still very sick, and being the last person in line my friend Mary Poppins got to have a very long and beautiful conversation with her. She started crying because it was everything she hoped for and more, and Mary Poppins was her favorite movie, and she was so beside herself to finally meet her. I never wanted to let go of that hug and I just dont have the right words for how touching it was.

>>6838711
Couldnt of said it any better!

>>6838671
Ive read that, it was a tear jerking. I have nothing against marvel or the universal employees that portray them but I think this thread is more about disney (as in the theme parks) face characters, not disney as the company. The stupid fuck was a bit unnecessary too.

>>6838677
Posted! Sorry it took me a bit, and if they're not that great. If you have any questions or if I didn't explain something well please let me know! Love how you did the sleeves/top of your dress!

>>6838633
Okay so auditions. I will start for if you go to the ones that are focused on face only. Disclaimer, this is just for WDW, Im not sure how the other parks do things. Bascially, you check in and they take your height, give you a number, and then you wait in a parade rehersal room until your group is called. Usually you're called in in groups of 50 but that can change depending on how many people show up. You then stand in lines of 10 and they play some disney background music. The casting directors study your line and your faces, and after all 5 lines are called they will call out the numbers (if any) of people they want to stay. You then sit and wait until all groups have gone, and then the people called go back in. From there they'll have you fill out some paperwork, take a polaroid, and then they will have you in lines again and talk to you one on one. They'll study your face closer here, and ask you some questions about your experience in entertainment and school schedule (if any). From there if you fit the face requirements, and their hiring requirements, you will try on wig/makeup/costume and take pictures as that character and preform a monolouge. And then its the waiting game to see if they will call you back!

General entertainment auditions are about the same, at least for the last part. The first part is different in that you learn an across the floor routine and then do some pantomiming if you pass the parade routine. If you pass the parade routine and the pantomime, then you go to the hair and make up.

Like I said, I cant speak for other parks or if it has changed since then but thats what Ive experienced and Ive heard its still pretty close to the same.

>>6838645
>>6838659
Chill. Spiderman doesnt meet AT disney nor would he be a face character. Nor do I see him or any other marvel character being in the parks in the foreseeable future. Go to universal for him.

>>6838622
Actually yeah, being that height with that size breast might be an issue though dont take my word for it. You'd prolly be okay in Alice or Wendy, but Tink and the other pixies might be an issue since they dont cover as much.

Job wise we are usually assigned to an area or meeting spot and do 45minute-1 hour sets meeting and greeting. you have to do a different class/audition ONCE you are hired to do parades and shows. Also if you do face you WILL do suit characters as well! A lot of people hate that, and dont want the less glamorous job and lets just say they dont last long lol.

>>6838626
Most face girls are the sweetest people. They love disney and their jobs and just are really geniune. The bitchy ones never last long. I know I personally love interacting with adults! Adults who are excited are the best, and its fun to joke around and have convos with people who "understand" you. Most kids you could say gibberish and they would just nod or keep telling you about how you're on their underwear and sheets and soap and toothbrush etc etc!

>>6838633
I live close to WDW and the auditions are within that general area so not really! Ill break it down for you in a seperate post. Are you interested in the general entertainment or just face? Or both? lol

>>6838608
Oh of course! I was hired when I was sixteen, but I was home schooled at the time and thats why. Honestly (and this is for WDW only) they only hire characters for fulltime. Ive never met anyone that worked character entrtainment part time so you pretty much have to have a free schedule all the time, and that plays into a lot at the auditions if they will put you through to the next round or not.

I auditioned twice before I was hired, first I did the face only audition and I made it to the "final round" but didnt get hired, I tried again soon after with a general entertainment audition (dance, parade, etc) and was cast into characters. Its nerve wracking and you never know REALLY what they are looking for so its hard to give advice. I can "break down" the auditions if you want though?

>>6838598
I can't speak for Paris, but typically heights range by character. For example most pixies like Tink are 4'11"- 5'2", Alice and Wendy from 5'2"-5'4", and princesses from 5'4"-5'7". Im on the taller side but I have done most princesses and one pixie. Age like I said doesn't have a limit, as long as you look the age of the character which can range from 14-20. Weight there also is a specific one, you must just be a healthy weight, average really. Not too skinny/muscular and not too chubby.

>>6838501
I once worked with a girl who was 30 or so. As long as you LOOK the right age, that is all that matters

I've worked character entertainment at MK (and EPCOT and AK, never HS though) for 3 years now, I wouldn't mind answering some questions if anyone had them. I can't post "proof" of me working there or anything because I still do and Im paranoid of the disney police lol. Just thought Id offer!

Also those Gaston gifs are the best, thanks for them anon!