Disney Moms Panel

[Amy]

I talked F1gment into applying too! I'm guessing she is going to try for the Cruise Line spot though...

[cousininmiami]

I applied... again this year. Last year I had built this up in my mind so much that I was actually very disappointed when I did not get to the next level of interviewing. This year I applied again and will be hoping for a response, but not expecting. Good luck to all!!!

[Amy]

I applied... again this year. Last year I had built this up in my mind so much that I was actually very disappointed when I did not get to the next level of interviewing. This year I applied again and will be hoping for a response, but not expecting. Good luck to all!!!

Yeah, I'm not getting my hopes up. It sounds like it takes 2 or 3 tries for a lot of panel members. It would be exciting though

[Wizzard419]

How many do they select out of the 20,000 applicants that they take in (prior to cutoff)?

[Amy]

How many do they select out of the 20,000 applicants that they take in (prior to cutoff)?

I've looked a few places but can only find the 20,000 applicants to begin with...the next round is supposed to be conducted by email so I would guess it is still a pretty good number. By the third round I would think they have it down to close to the final number as those interviews are supposed to be conducted by phone.

[Wizzard419]

Yeah, their screening method may also be a factor if they aren't using an exhausive serial search (going through every application) then they may reach their quota for the next phase before other applications are read.

[Amy]

Yeah, their screening method may also be a factor if they aren't using an exhausive serial search (going through every application) then they may reach their quota for the next phase before other applications are read.

Maybe, there isn't much personal info asked for in this initial screener though...there is one true/false question to test your knowledge of the parks, a couple questions assuring you are over 18 and have nothing sketchy in your past. There are 3 short essay questions (100 words or less) and you have to choose which resort you are interested in applying for...

[Wizzard419]

Writing samples are a popular screener, they may get screened first by a program and then the second round by a human. Hopefully you used a lot of positive adjectives and variety in your language selection, that makes machines happy.

[Amy]

Writing samples are a popular screener, they may get screened first by a program and then the second round by a human. Hopefully you used a lot of positive adjectives and variety in your language selection, that makes machines happy.

Hmmm, I wrote like I always do so hopefully that's a good thing. I have to stop myself from using smilies in my everyday writing now though

[Future Guy]

I'm not sure how to feel about the Mom's Panel. On one hand, the panelists I've personally interacted with are great people. But holy Voltron, those Mom's Panel answers are always so relentlessly unstoppably positive and cheerful, even when the questions are incredibly stupid! Dave Barry once theorized that Disney cast members are so friendly because Walt realized that nice people would be in short supply in the future, so he froze a bunch of rural Nebraskans in 1958 and stored them in a giant freezer with a mouse-ears logo on the door and the company has been thawing them out as needed ever since. Personally, I think that's where they've been getting the Mom's Panelists. It also explains why Disney doesn't have any money to maintain the parks or the monorail system. They're spending it to teach unfrozen Nebraskans from 1958 how to use the Internet. We complain because they don't fix the Yeti, but we fail to realize that the ingenuity that would have been devoted to that problem is now being used to teach Mrs. Hortense L. Peesnicket that the computer mouse is not a foot pedal.

I, of course, am neither a parent nor a person who is capable of pretending that Animal Kingdom or Downtown Disney are worth visiting, so I am not qualified to be a Mom's Panelist. So I went an formed a sort of Mom's Panel alternative, staffed by me and the voices in my head. It's called the WEDHead's Panel, and it's basically an evil Mirror-Universe version of the Mom's Panel. It's the Mom's Panel with an Evil Spock goatee, is what it is.

If you're bored, maybe you can check it out

[Wizzard419]

They are like travel agents our tourguides but don't get benefits or comission. I'm guessing they dose them with E and give them a shock each time their smile falls below a certain level.

[Mousekedude]

I'm not sure how to feel about the Mom's Panel. On one hand, the panelists I've personally interacted with are great people. But holy Voltron, those Mom's Panel answers are always so relentlessly unstoppably positive and cheerful, even when the questions are incredibly stupid! Dave Barry once theorized that Disney cast members are so friendly because Walt realized that nice people would be in short supply in the future, so he froze a bunch of rural Nebraskans in 1958 and stored them in a giant freezer with a mouse-ears logo on the door and the company has been thawing them out as needed ever since. Personally, I think that's where they've been getting the Mom's Panelists. It also explains why Disney doesn't have any money to maintain the parks or the monorail system. They're spending it to teach unfrozen Nebraskans from 1958 how to use the Internet. We complain because they don't fix the Yeti, but we fail to realize that the ingenuity that would have been devoted to that problem is now being used to teach Mrs. Hortense L. Peesnicket that the computer mouse is not a foot pedal.

I, of course, am neither a parent nor a person who is capable of pretending that Animal Kingdom or Downtown Disney are worth visiting, so I am not qualified to be a Mom's Panelist. So I went an formed a sort of Mom's Panel alternative, staffed by me and the voices in my head. It's called the WEDHead's Panel, and it's basically an evil Mirror-Universe version of the Mom's Panel. It's the Mom's Panel with an Evil Spock goatee, is what it is.

If you're bored, maybe you can check it out

I've missed you around here, F-guy! Your sense of humor is first rate! I did check out your other site.... priceless!!!

[Amy]

Has anyone else heard anything back from the application process? Just wondering if I should be disappointed yet or if there is still time to hope they are still sifting through applications...

[cousininmiami]

No, I haven't heard yet and I was wondering the same thing. There's still a chance for us Amy!!!

[Amy]

No, I haven't heard yet and I was wondering the same thing. There's still a chance for us Amy!!!

Yay! Let's hope so