Many Questions about working and living at CP

I have a lot of questions so please help me out as much as possible. I hope to get a job at CP in 2003 and live there.

1. When do you find out where your going to work? Is it before you get there?

2. What are the shuttles like from the Commons dorms? Are they the mini buses they use for guests of the hotels?

3. How quick does the Commons dorms fill up because I will hopefully be coming in the first week of June and need A/C because of my asthma? Do they make special exceptions?

4. If I would get a job as a ride attendant, When do you take the tests or get trained?

5. What are my odds at getting a job if I am only going to be there from the first week in June till the end of August?

Thank you all in advance.

Well, I hope I can be of some help! I worked at Cedar Point for 3 seasons (96-98) and will be returning in just over a week to finish out this fall, all the way through Halloweekends.

1. That will be printed on your contract, once you're hired. You can apply in December / early January, and a couple of weeks later call and check on the status of your application. There will be a phone interview (general questions), and you can express a preference both in that interview and on the application itself. Rare cases will put you in a department's "labor pool" but that's usually only if you're coming in for the fall and they're not sure where you'll be needed most.

2. The shuttles are big busses (not the little ones like the resorts), and can get fairly crowded, so be prepared to get up to work a bit earlier when the season really gets going, just to be safe. As far as I know, the bus being late is NOT an excuse for you to be late to work. They do leave fairly frequently, though.

3. No special exceptions on the dorms because you cannot reserve rooms, but if you're coming in early June like you hope to you shouldn't have a problem with that. The Commons Apartments also have air-conditioning, so that lets you have another option just in case. It isn't until closer to the end of June that there are really problems -- even then, people quit / get fired every day, so you can always go back and forth to check and see if a room has opened up, and they'll let you switch.

4. There is some basic training you can do online after you're hired, the rest of your training will be when you get there, for your first couple of days on the job. They'll give you a manual for a day or two, you'll practice, take your "visual board" test, and be good to go. It's not tough at all.

5. Very good odds! That's a good, long contract, and that's what they want to see. The longer your contract the better, so any day or two that you can stretch it out helps to improve your odds. Also, the earlier you apply the better, and if you're willing to accept any job rather than just a couple of specific ones.

Good luck!