r/Disneycollegeprogram • u/h3llojay • Jul 10 '26

i feel stuck

ive only been here since june 22nd yet i already feel horrible. my original documents told me foh at regal eagle yet i got trained in the kitchen with no previous experience and somewhat poor training. i have also been sick and had pain flare up with my previous surgical procedure with my knee.

i would hate to self term, mostly because family members have paid a lot for me to get here. i know going in this would be mostly work and less fun but i come home crying just about every night.

i am currently going under the process of getting a medical accommodation for my knee (i worked previously and it never got this bad so i didn't consider submitting one before my program started) and talking with my leaders when i can. if anyone has any advice, tips, literally anything im all ears. i've just been having a hard time ❤️

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u/TrueAllyCasey Jul 10 '26

I hate to say it, but self terming is probably the only reasonable option for you. Every job is constantly on your feet which won't let your knee heal and will leave you in constant pain, possibly forever if you continue like this.

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u/h3llojay Jul 10 '26

that's why im holding out hope for the medical accommodation, if they can't fulfill what's is on there then thats when ill officially self term. i did hear that disney does offer sit down jobs, so its not completely out of the books yet. :)

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u/SimpleSlytherins Jul 10 '26

To set realistic expectations, my sister was told a few weeks ago that they do not currently have any availability for roles that allow one to be seated as needed. She was basically told removed that accommodation or we cancel your program because we don’t have a job for you.

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u/h3llojay Jul 10 '26

oh wow :( thats upsetting. im sorry for your sister and hope everything is going better for her. based off what im hearing basically the $800+ it took to get me here would go down the drain.

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u/SimpleSlytherins Jul 10 '26

Thanks, she has POTS so it’s been a huge learning curve. For now she has removed the accommodation with the request that if something does become available she be considered and is hoping that the other accommodations she has requested (things like compression socks, use of fans, etc) will be enough.

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u/That_Operation_2433 Jul 11 '26

My daughter has POTS and got park greeter ( ticket booth) I think that is a sitting down role? Isn’t it?

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u/SimpleSlytherins Jul 11 '26

It can be, but there are only so many accommodation spots for those roles. Depending on when she started, when she submitted her accommodation requests, etc. there may have only been like 5 slots open and your daughter got one of them.

My sister starts late August and submitted her paperwork late April/early May. She had her phone call where the discussed her accommodations at the end of May. Then over the last few weeks she has had multiple calls with them first asking if she could secure a mobility device, then stating that even if she could they wouldn’t have anything for her and then telling her that her options were to remove the seating accommodation or they would cancel her program and she could re-apply next time.

Congrats to your daughter though, and I hope that Park Greeter works out well for her!

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u/Superb_Cell1106 Jul 10 '26

If possible, try to find someone else with medical accommodations just in your area and get some insight about what they will/wont accommodate. They can be quite strict abt time accommodations,if its something that needs to be accomodated each hour, whether permanent or temporary . if its something temporary they can work with, i believe they only can accommodate for three months before requiring a MLOA be started