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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 166846" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Penta, I'm not Fran, but we lived in the Orlando area for a long time and two of my nephews worked at Disney for quite a while. I would strongly urge you (or her) to check it out <em>very</em> thoroughly before she makes any kind of move like that. Disney (as well as the other theme parks in the area) relies very heavily on young people as the majority of their work force. Of course, there's a ton of employees that you <em>don't</em> see when you visit the parks and all different kinds of job classifications, but the majority of them don't pay very well at all. </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Orlando area is NOT a cheap place to live! It's getting more upscale and more expensvie every day! It would be extremely difficult for a young person to live on their own in Orlando and support themselves on what they would make at an entry level job at Disney. One of my nephews had a very responsible supervisory job at one of the water parks at Disney and had been there several years. He worked all the overtime he could get and still couldn't make ends meet (even with a roommate) and had to take a second job. The other nephew (the brother and roommate of the first one) had a job that paid more than the average there and worked as much overtime as he could possibly work but still couldn't get by, even sharing a house, without a lot of help from his parents. </p><p> </p><p>It would be good for a summer job for a student, or a part time job, or for a young person living at home with their parents, but it would be <em>very</em> difficult to get by on a permanent basis on what they pay, especially starting out. HOWEVER - the Orlando area is growing by leaps and bounds and there are <em>lots</em> of decent jobs to be had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 166846, member: 1883"] Penta, I'm not Fran, but we lived in the Orlando area for a long time and two of my nephews worked at Disney for quite a while. I would strongly urge you (or her) to check it out [I]very[/I] thoroughly before she makes any kind of move like that. Disney (as well as the other theme parks in the area) relies very heavily on young people as the majority of their work force. Of course, there's a ton of employees that you [I]don't[/I] see when you visit the parks and all different kinds of job classifications, but the majority of them don't pay very well at all. In addition, the Orlando area is NOT a cheap place to live! It's getting more upscale and more expensvie every day! It would be extremely difficult for a young person to live on their own in Orlando and support themselves on what they would make at an entry level job at Disney. One of my nephews had a very responsible supervisory job at one of the water parks at Disney and had been there several years. He worked all the overtime he could get and still couldn't make ends meet (even with a roommate) and had to take a second job. The other nephew (the brother and roommate of the first one) had a job that paid more than the average there and worked as much overtime as he could possibly work but still couldn't get by, even sharing a house, without a lot of help from his parents. It would be good for a summer job for a student, or a part time job, or for a young person living at home with their parents, but it would be [I]very[/I] difficult to get by on a permanent basis on what they pay, especially starting out. HOWEVER - the Orlando area is growing by leaps and bounds and there are [I]lots[/I] of decent jobs to be had. [/QUOTE]
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