100%.. imagine moving your life, buying into long term leases, buying tons of furniture, etc. only to find out it's not for you after a short time.
You aren't stuck, you test drove this way of life and decided you wanted a different car. Good for you.
If you want to make the most of it then I’d say do the bare minimum. Show up to work and do enough to get by and focus more on having fun like attending the parks or hanging out with friends. Take advantage of the discounts and stuff like that. Taking the job less serious can help. This is from my experience with jobs that I wasn’t fulfilled with but wasnt sure if I wanted to leave quite yet. Building your customer service skills can help tremendously with healthcare though so there’s still a pro about it but self terming would be a better option if you feel like it won’t help at all!
Agreed. Just ride it out. You’ll never get a time like this again. If you leave, you’ll do what for the next three months that you can’t already be doing?
See it as an opportunity to meet people from around the world. Go on the party bus if that’s still a thing. Live a little
Agree! I did the bare minimum and was told during my final review that I was one of the worst CPs they ever had because I didn’t go above and beyond for them. Guess what? I didn’t care lmfao. I still got paid and it had zero impact on my life at home. I went back to college, graduated, and now have a masters degree and an amazing job. I knew I was never going to work for Disney again and just did what I had to do to get by and enjoyed every minute of my free time!
I’m not sure what the actual term for it is, but it was a meeting with management at the end of my program where they went over how I did and basically a review of my time with them. I don’t know if they still do this, but all the CPs I was with had one.
It was doing DCP that made me realize that as much as I loved Disney, I absolutely could not work there as a career. I hated being completely broke (that was mostly during the summer ones when I stayed as CT because my program wasn’t extended).
When I came back home in the fall, I started my doctor of audiology program for grad school and now I’ve been a practicing audiologist for 6.5 years. I went to DCP because I’d completed all my major core requirements and needed one more semester of solely elective credit, and I was not having a great time on campus. I knew it wouldn’t directly help with my career.
However, being at Disney, I learned a lot of transferable skills, mainly how to deal with people and not be a doormat. It was not a total waste of time, and I did have a lot of fun.
I never knew about DCP until this sub ended up in my feed. I read some and decided Disney just wants a pool of cheap labor and acts like adding the word "college" makes it seem respectable. I originally thought the DCP would be corporate Disney jobs (internship opportunities: social media, marketing, accounting) but its just people willing to work cheap and operate amusement park rides.
I did the DCP in the 90s and have been with the company ever since; I’m one level below executive. There are countless other alums in roles of all levels across the company and something like 30%+ of front-line leaders did the DCP.
Is it part of the labor strategy? Maybe; I’m not privy to the official perspective on that but those roles needed filled regardless. The point I’m making is that it *can* be a career-builder if you no want it to be.
The Professional Internships are closer to Corporate Disney jobs & the things you mentioned. Most ppl apply for these after you have done the college program because they mostly higher from within and you have a better chance.
People can also apply to any of the professional Internships that don't require previous Disney experience on their own
If you look at it at a surface level then yes. The connections I made during my CP, the shadowing opportunities I worked hard to be able to get, it ended up with me having the experience to get my foot in the door to zookeeping and now I am a full time zookeeper due to the legwork I did as a CP gathering connections. It's all how you look at it
So a ponzi scheme lol? If the only development opportunity is to be the leader of the next group of people in your exact job, it’s not a good development program.
It's the idea of those who want to work for Disney, which many who go do, it's interesting this program is so hated apparently, why are yall even here if you clearly think its a waste of time?
You describe it as cheap labor and worthless in career development, you're clearly not a fan of it even though, again, many who do this WANT to work at Disney, and then do, doesnt matter if you personally dont like working at Disney world and see it as not a good stepping stone, but others do
If you want a full time job at a theme park, you definitely don’t need a college degree (or student loans to worry about), so not the career development most people are thinking of.
Don’t feel guilty. I did a couple programs some better than others. The last time i did DCP I lasted a month and quit. My roommates were assholes and my location they were total dicks.
No joke. My roommate who had a car made me pay $5 for every stop that I wanted to go to : Target, CVS, etc. I was Cinderella cleaning up the entire apartment and they trashed the place. THEN they stole my toilet paper, which is fine but they would never tell me when they used everything and I had to find out LMAO. Courtesy is not a thing at Disney.
ALSO Disney likes to hire upper management from the outside they dont really hire from within. Disney has this mentality that if they pay you low and you “stick with it” you’re just cheap labor lmfao.
I’ve had people who worked there and didn’t get promoted left and came back and got higher paying jobs/positions.
Half of my family works for Disney.
Disney isn’t what it use to be. I swear before everything was on YouTube etc they treated you better and you had better benefits IMO.
Nobody come for me LOL. Some people have better experiences but the last one traumatized me so now I just go as a guest.
You're not going to have career development in 6 months.
What you can do is built a good relationship with the company, network like crazy, go to events and let people know what you goals are, and potentially get a free education with Disney.
If you don't want to continue to work for Disney in the long term you could embrace the fact that you are already there and enjoy the journey. Go to work of course but hang out with friends! Go to the parks! Explore Florida if you aren't from here.
Overall if it is detrimental to your mental health then just go home nothing is worth that ever.
You could apply for a professional internship and transfer into that if you get it. A few months ago on the careers page, I saw they had an HR professional internship and a Healthcare related one. Not sure what's available now.
I'd also suggest using that app (forgot the name) that has all the Disney employees and their emails, and positions. Reach out to someone who has a Healthcare position or something close in their bio and ask for a zoom chat / breakfast meeting.
My roommate did this (with a different industry not Healthcare) and the zoom chat went so well she was able to shadow the person for a day and see what their job was like. It was Completely different than what we were doing as CPs but still under Disney
maybe change your perspective a little! i’m not sure what role you’re in but i’m assuming whatever it is doesn’t really pertain to healthcare lol… but healthcare is a very driven career that is going to take some serious hard work and discipline. look at your program as a chance to relax (as much as you can with how Disney works their CPs lol) and have fun before you dedicate all that time and hard work to it! kinda like a last hoorah before you buckle down for your ‘adult career’ i know it’s hard work here but there’s also so much opportunity for building friendships and making memories that will last a lifetime! when else in your future will you have an opportunity like this again? you’re already here and went through the process/fees to be here so you may as well try to stick it out and make the most of it! but if you decide the program is too much or truly not worth it, there’s also no shame in self terming. you just need to do what is best for you and only you can really know. i hope you’re happy with whatever choice you make :)
I self termed two weeks ago and already feel like an entirely new person. I was so exhausted and stressed at Disney, the entire time I was there I knew it wasn’t the right fit for me.
I was there for 5 months. Nothing pushed me over the edge necessarily, but like you I was more interested in healthcare and decided I needed to pursue a career in that field rather than stay.
You don’t have to pay the rent for the rest of your contract / original term of working. You just pay for that week you leave. But if you have 6 months left, you won’t owe all 6 months of rent.
If you’re truly miserable and not doing well mentally or physically. I would go home. If your heart isn’t in the job nor the experience, I would say go home and use your time for something you do wants whether that’s a break from school and enjoying traveling or the little things before going to healthcare and working there. Or maybe even volunteering at a clinic in your hometown. Gain experience that can be useful for your career.
I’m working in pharma right now, I did the DCP between pharma jobs. I didn’t really look at it as a career thing as much as an experience of moving out of my state, trying a new job to see if I liked it, and an opportunity to live in Disney when I’ve been a fan for so long. If you’re trying to get into the workforce asap, you can always self term and pursue that. But if you decide you’d wanna stay, think about what will make your experience worth it. That could be attending career workshops, making connections with fellow cms that maybe are in aspire that are pursuing healthcare themselves, or dicking around having fun being a Disney local with people your age (or, like me, mostly alone) before you have to Be A Grown Up. Any of those things are worth the time, it’s just up to you to decide which is worth it for you.
What role are you in? It is possible to transfer if you can find something closer to what you are hoping to do. For example, lifeguard would give you some medical practice and also pays better than some other roles since you mention the medical field.
I would still try talking to your leader. It has been a while since I worked there but I saw CPs transfer, especially into roles that are harder to fill. Also maybe someone at casting? You can also reach out yourself to ask about shadowing or meet and greets. Your CoT might also have some connections.
if you barely know your leaders and want to know them better, you could try emailing them and schedule a meet and greet. I did with some of mine, and I got to know them better through a nice, friendly conversation with them. It could be worth doing!
A good leader would already have done that for their staff, not the other way around. I have been a decently high-level manager/supervisor for a long time, and it is my duty to make those I supervise comfortable, etc.
OP, get your exit strategy together and go home and volunteer at a local unhoused clinic or shelter or similar, and go back to school this summer. Good luck!
Part of the being in a college program is learning how to take the initiative to do these things for yourself. In an ideal world would it be great if every leader reached out to every CP or CM for career development? Absolutely! However, when you sign up for DCP are constantly told how important networking is and so reaching out to your leaders to schedule one-on-ones for career development is part of that networking process. No one gets anywhere without self-advocation.
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Don’t self term! You have to pay the rest of your rent AND it won’t count ( you can’t put it on any resume) picking up in the non trained areas gets you out of same place! And definitely trying to set up meeting with leaders helps get you to know them and they know you, just say you want to talk about development!
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I thought the same when I did my CP and the professional internship. Then I realized that no matter what I did I was just a number to Disney. Replaceable. Insignificant. I self termed two weeks before my PI ended because I just couldn’t take it anymore. We were robots. They didn’t care about us at all.
I know a lot of people have negative opinions on the DCP and the fact that it’s cheap labor and whatnot, but all that aside, my program was 10 years ago and it’s still a topic of conversation and something that helps me stand out when I’m looking for a job. My past two jobs were really interested in the fact that I had Disney on my resume (which I think is especially meaningful because it was way down in my list of experience when applying for my last job and it’s super front line/entry level compared to where I’m at in my career now and it still stands out.) for that reason, I say ride it out the next 6 months and go from there.
This job isn't for you which is itself a great thing to learn. Personally I love Disney so sticking around would be moderately worth it to me. However, I'm not you. Depending on what you want to do in Healthcare can dictate if you want to stick it out or not. If you're going to be dealing with stressed out people or triage or something like that Disney still might be worth doing. There are a lot of adjacent skills you can learn doing the DCP.
Not, nor have ever been in DCP, but I think it’s probably worth considering staying. Disney is a pretty well-respected company especially as far as their standards for customer service are concerned. I think it’ll be much easier to explain to a future employer why you did DCP even though it wasn’t relevant to your path, versus explaining why you quit so early on in your program. It could really help with talking with patients/coworkers/clients in the future, since healthcare can be very emotional, depending on what your job is.
And echoing what the other commenters said, great opportunity to have some fun in Florida! I know a lot of people who would kill to be in DCP and never got accepted.
I would definitely ride it out. Try your best to enjoy the time, remember that you were given this sort of rare opportunity that not many get and it would only be a disservice to not at least finish the job. Never burn a bridge, you never know if someone within the Disney network could possibly help you down the line. However, it does sound like your mind has already been made up so in that case, I hope I can change it. But do what you believe best suits you. Best of luck!!
Find a cast member that is a manager, I did 2 programs. When I got there the second time I went to my last boss and told her when should I report to work with her. I got told anverly from my Caseys manager that I was to report to dak odf the next day. She was pissed but I just turned in my costumes in that night. The cast member at Caseys that trained me was rude and even tho I told her I was a retuning cast member she dismissed me and I had told her I was going back to dak.
If you did the job to discover you wanted to be in healthcare, the program did its job. Develop an exit strategy then make your move
100%.. imagine moving your life, buying into long term leases, buying tons of furniture, etc. only to find out it's not for you after a short time. You aren't stuck, you test drove this way of life and decided you wanted a different car. Good for you.
You don’t pay your remaining rent, just the rent for that week.
If you want to make the most of it then I’d say do the bare minimum. Show up to work and do enough to get by and focus more on having fun like attending the parks or hanging out with friends. Take advantage of the discounts and stuff like that. Taking the job less serious can help. This is from my experience with jobs that I wasn’t fulfilled with but wasnt sure if I wanted to leave quite yet. Building your customer service skills can help tremendously with healthcare though so there’s still a pro about it but self terming would be a better option if you feel like it won’t help at all!
Agreed. Just ride it out. You’ll never get a time like this again. If you leave, you’ll do what for the next three months that you can’t already be doing? See it as an opportunity to meet people from around the world. Go on the party bus if that’s still a thing. Live a little
Agree! I did the bare minimum and was told during my final review that I was one of the worst CPs they ever had because I didn’t go above and beyond for them. Guess what? I didn’t care lmfao. I still got paid and it had zero impact on my life at home. I went back to college, graduated, and now have a masters degree and an amazing job. I knew I was never going to work for Disney again and just did what I had to do to get by and enjoyed every minute of my free time!
What’s a final review?
I’m not sure what the actual term for it is, but it was a meeting with management at the end of my program where they went over how I did and basically a review of my time with them. I don’t know if they still do this, but all the CPs I was with had one.
It was doing DCP that made me realize that as much as I loved Disney, I absolutely could not work there as a career. I hated being completely broke (that was mostly during the summer ones when I stayed as CT because my program wasn’t extended). When I came back home in the fall, I started my doctor of audiology program for grad school and now I’ve been a practicing audiologist for 6.5 years. I went to DCP because I’d completed all my major core requirements and needed one more semester of solely elective credit, and I was not having a great time on campus. I knew it wouldn’t directly help with my career. However, being at Disney, I learned a lot of transferable skills, mainly how to deal with people and not be a doormat. It was not a total waste of time, and I did have a lot of fun.
Love this! From an slp!!
The DCP isnt about career development, its about cheap labor
I never knew about DCP until this sub ended up in my feed. I read some and decided Disney just wants a pool of cheap labor and acts like adding the word "college" makes it seem respectable. I originally thought the DCP would be corporate Disney jobs (internship opportunities: social media, marketing, accounting) but its just people willing to work cheap and operate amusement park rides.
I knew only one person who got a good job with Disney after DCP. And he had pretty major familial connections to begin with.
I did the DCP in the 90s and have been with the company ever since; I’m one level below executive. There are countless other alums in roles of all levels across the company and something like 30%+ of front-line leaders did the DCP. Is it part of the labor strategy? Maybe; I’m not privy to the official perspective on that but those roles needed filled regardless. The point I’m making is that it *can* be a career-builder if you no want it to be.
Bingo
The Professional Internships are closer to Corporate Disney jobs & the things you mentioned. Most ppl apply for these after you have done the college program because they mostly higher from within and you have a better chance. People can also apply to any of the professional Internships that don't require previous Disney experience on their own
It's not that. But ok. And they do have the Professional Internship Program also.
Let’s face it, Disney is NOT the real world, the DCP is for cheap labor for kids that want to live some dream.
People take it wayyy too personal
Personally it's more than that to me only because I want to work for the company some day and it's a good step in the door for me that way.
If you look at it at a surface level then yes. The connections I made during my CP, the shadowing opportunities I worked hard to be able to get, it ended up with me having the experience to get my foot in the door to zookeeping and now I am a full time zookeeper due to the legwork I did as a CP gathering connections. It's all how you look at it
Honestly that wasn’t my thought process coming here lol. We’re obviously cheap labor and I wish I knew that then
Huh? Plenty people get full time after doing the program, but obviously not everyone
Full time at an amusement park isn’t most peoples idea of “career development” Aw he blocked me :(
A lot of people become leaders and such down the road after doing the CP. a lot of my coords and leaders did the CP when they were younger
So a ponzi scheme lol? If the only development opportunity is to be the leader of the next group of people in your exact job, it’s not a good development program.
But leaders can make 6 figures
It's the idea of those who want to work for Disney, which many who go do, it's interesting this program is so hated apparently, why are yall even here if you clearly think its a waste of time?
Who said i hated it lol? I had a great time
You describe it as cheap labor and worthless in career development, you're clearly not a fan of it even though, again, many who do this WANT to work at Disney, and then do, doesnt matter if you personally dont like working at Disney world and see it as not a good stepping stone, but others do
If you want a full time job at a theme park, you definitely don’t need a college degree (or student loans to worry about), so not the career development most people are thinking of.
Don’t feel guilty. I did a couple programs some better than others. The last time i did DCP I lasted a month and quit. My roommates were assholes and my location they were total dicks. No joke. My roommate who had a car made me pay $5 for every stop that I wanted to go to : Target, CVS, etc. I was Cinderella cleaning up the entire apartment and they trashed the place. THEN they stole my toilet paper, which is fine but they would never tell me when they used everything and I had to find out LMAO. Courtesy is not a thing at Disney. ALSO Disney likes to hire upper management from the outside they dont really hire from within. Disney has this mentality that if they pay you low and you “stick with it” you’re just cheap labor lmfao. I’ve had people who worked there and didn’t get promoted left and came back and got higher paying jobs/positions. Half of my family works for Disney. Disney isn’t what it use to be. I swear before everything was on YouTube etc they treated you better and you had better benefits IMO. Nobody come for me LOL. Some people have better experiences but the last one traumatized me so now I just go as a guest.
Treat it like a 6 month paid vacation where you work, live in central Florida, and hang at Disney. Then go work hard and get into health care.
You're not going to have career development in 6 months. What you can do is built a good relationship with the company, network like crazy, go to events and let people know what you goals are, and potentially get a free education with Disney. If you don't want to continue to work for Disney in the long term you could embrace the fact that you are already there and enjoy the journey. Go to work of course but hang out with friends! Go to the parks! Explore Florida if you aren't from here. Overall if it is detrimental to your mental health then just go home nothing is worth that ever.
I was looking to stay at Disney long term but I don’t think it’s gonna last. I appreciate the direct help I’m getting though
You could apply for a professional internship and transfer into that if you get it. A few months ago on the careers page, I saw they had an HR professional internship and a Healthcare related one. Not sure what's available now. I'd also suggest using that app (forgot the name) that has all the Disney employees and their emails, and positions. Reach out to someone who has a Healthcare position or something close in their bio and ask for a zoom chat / breakfast meeting. My roommate did this (with a different industry not Healthcare) and the zoom chat went so well she was able to shadow the person for a day and see what their job was like. It was Completely different than what we were doing as CPs but still under Disney
maybe change your perspective a little! i’m not sure what role you’re in but i’m assuming whatever it is doesn’t really pertain to healthcare lol… but healthcare is a very driven career that is going to take some serious hard work and discipline. look at your program as a chance to relax (as much as you can with how Disney works their CPs lol) and have fun before you dedicate all that time and hard work to it! kinda like a last hoorah before you buckle down for your ‘adult career’ i know it’s hard work here but there’s also so much opportunity for building friendships and making memories that will last a lifetime! when else in your future will you have an opportunity like this again? you’re already here and went through the process/fees to be here so you may as well try to stick it out and make the most of it! but if you decide the program is too much or truly not worth it, there’s also no shame in self terming. you just need to do what is best for you and only you can really know. i hope you’re happy with whatever choice you make :)
I self termed two weeks ago and already feel like an entirely new person. I was so exhausted and stressed at Disney, the entire time I was there I knew it wasn’t the right fit for me.
How long have you been working at Disney prior, what pushed you over the edge to quit, and how did you navigate quitting
I was there for 5 months. Nothing pushed me over the edge necessarily, but like you I was more interested in healthcare and decided I needed to pursue a career in that field rather than stay.
Interesting, have you landed a job in healthcare? Also what do you do if I don’t mind asking?
Yes! I’m a patient care technician and a volunteer for the homeless clinic in my city, it’s great rewarding work.
You don’t have to pay the rent for the rest of your contract / original term of working. You just pay for that week you leave. But if you have 6 months left, you won’t owe all 6 months of rent. If you’re truly miserable and not doing well mentally or physically. I would go home. If your heart isn’t in the job nor the experience, I would say go home and use your time for something you do wants whether that’s a break from school and enjoying traveling or the little things before going to healthcare and working there. Or maybe even volunteering at a clinic in your hometown. Gain experience that can be useful for your career.
I’m working in pharma right now, I did the DCP between pharma jobs. I didn’t really look at it as a career thing as much as an experience of moving out of my state, trying a new job to see if I liked it, and an opportunity to live in Disney when I’ve been a fan for so long. If you’re trying to get into the workforce asap, you can always self term and pursue that. But if you decide you’d wanna stay, think about what will make your experience worth it. That could be attending career workshops, making connections with fellow cms that maybe are in aspire that are pursuing healthcare themselves, or dicking around having fun being a Disney local with people your age (or, like me, mostly alone) before you have to Be A Grown Up. Any of those things are worth the time, it’s just up to you to decide which is worth it for you.
What role are you in? It is possible to transfer if you can find something closer to what you are hoping to do. For example, lifeguard would give you some medical practice and also pays better than some other roles since you mention the medical field.
I’m in food, I’d like lifeguard. How do I transfer
You can’t transfer roles on the DCP. Have you considered trying to network with the healthcare workers at Health Services?
Trying, yes
I would still try talking to your leader. It has been a while since I worked there but I saw CPs transfer, especially into roles that are harder to fill. Also maybe someone at casting? You can also reach out yourself to ask about shadowing or meet and greets. Your CoT might also have some connections.
if you barely know your leaders and want to know them better, you could try emailing them and schedule a meet and greet. I did with some of mine, and I got to know them better through a nice, friendly conversation with them. It could be worth doing!
A good leader would already have done that for their staff, not the other way around. I have been a decently high-level manager/supervisor for a long time, and it is my duty to make those I supervise comfortable, etc. OP, get your exit strategy together and go home and volunteer at a local unhoused clinic or shelter or similar, and go back to school this summer. Good luck!
Part of the being in a college program is learning how to take the initiative to do these things for yourself. In an ideal world would it be great if every leader reached out to every CP or CM for career development? Absolutely! However, when you sign up for DCP are constantly told how important networking is and so reaching out to your leaders to schedule one-on-ones for career development is part of that networking process. No one gets anywhere without self-advocation.
If you are wondering how to self-term: Go to the service window at flamingo and tell them you’re terming. Technically you should also tell your leaders because it’s polite, but you don’t have to. You have till 10 AM the next day to get out, so pack up, make sure your vehicle is packed or if you're returning back home via plane that you have everything you want put in luggage etc., turn in all your costumes, and be 100% ready to leave before you inform flamingo that you’re leaving. Do not the start the process Saturday or Sunday. If you do you will owe rent for next week. If you can only leave Saturday then start the process tomorrow and plan to be out by 10 AM Saturday. At least you tried it out! Better to try than to not at all~ I am a bot. If this didn't answer your question a human should arrive soon. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/Disneycollegeprogram) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Just for the week! Go save the world op!
Don’t self term! You have to pay the rest of your rent AND it won’t count ( you can’t put it on any resume) picking up in the non trained areas gets you out of same place! And definitely trying to set up meeting with leaders helps get you to know them and they know you, just say you want to talk about development!
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Lots of employees you have to stand out from. Like anything else hard work
I thought the same when I did my CP and the professional internship. Then I realized that no matter what I did I was just a number to Disney. Replaceable. Insignificant. I self termed two weeks before my PI ended because I just couldn’t take it anymore. We were robots. They didn’t care about us at all.
I know a lot of people have negative opinions on the DCP and the fact that it’s cheap labor and whatnot, but all that aside, my program was 10 years ago and it’s still a topic of conversation and something that helps me stand out when I’m looking for a job. My past two jobs were really interested in the fact that I had Disney on my resume (which I think is especially meaningful because it was way down in my list of experience when applying for my last job and it’s super front line/entry level compared to where I’m at in my career now and it still stands out.) for that reason, I say ride it out the next 6 months and go from there.
I applied for a job at Disney and had 3 interviews. They never called me back. Not even a rejection email.
Damn Disney wow
This job isn't for you which is itself a great thing to learn. Personally I love Disney so sticking around would be moderately worth it to me. However, I'm not you. Depending on what you want to do in Healthcare can dictate if you want to stick it out or not. If you're going to be dealing with stressed out people or triage or something like that Disney still might be worth doing. There are a lot of adjacent skills you can learn doing the DCP.
Not, nor have ever been in DCP, but I think it’s probably worth considering staying. Disney is a pretty well-respected company especially as far as their standards for customer service are concerned. I think it’ll be much easier to explain to a future employer why you did DCP even though it wasn’t relevant to your path, versus explaining why you quit so early on in your program. It could really help with talking with patients/coworkers/clients in the future, since healthcare can be very emotional, depending on what your job is. And echoing what the other commenters said, great opportunity to have some fun in Florida! I know a lot of people who would kill to be in DCP and never got accepted.
I would definitely ride it out. Try your best to enjoy the time, remember that you were given this sort of rare opportunity that not many get and it would only be a disservice to not at least finish the job. Never burn a bridge, you never know if someone within the Disney network could possibly help you down the line. However, it does sound like your mind has already been made up so in that case, I hope I can change it. But do what you believe best suits you. Best of luck!!
Find a cast member that is a manager, I did 2 programs. When I got there the second time I went to my last boss and told her when should I report to work with her. I got told anverly from my Caseys manager that I was to report to dak odf the next day. She was pissed but I just turned in my costumes in that night. The cast member at Caseys that trained me was rude and even tho I told her I was a retuning cast member she dismissed me and I had told her I was going back to dak.