Confessions of a Disney Cast Member

This week, we're here with Courtney who started her career with Disney being friends with THE MOST ICONIC Cinderella. Whilst telling some incredible (and hilarious) stories about her time with Cindy, Courtney also dives into her time working for Disney Fairy Tale Weddings as a Weddings Services Assistant and more. Courtney now works as a voiceover actress and you can find out more about this on he...

This week, we're here with Claudia who was sent home after just getting into service at the Rose & Crown thanks to the pandemic. But nothing was stopping this Disney queen. Along with both cultural representative programmes, we also chat about all things Run Disney and the fact that she IS that girl from the D23 Expo video. You can follow Claudia on socials here: Instagram - Claudia.eats.cake...

In our second two-part episode of Season 3, we are chatting with the INCREDIBLE Rachel Potter. This is part two of two episodes with Rachel. Rachel has had quite the performing career. Initially performing in her local town's church choir, to then performing at Walt Disney World as some of the most infamous characters out there, to eventually playing some of Broadway's highest esteemed roles in Ne...

In our second two-part episode of Season 3, we are chatting with the INCREDIBLE Rachel Potter. Rachel has had quite the performing career. Initially performing in her local town's church choir, to then performing at Walt Disney World as some of the most infamous characters out there, to eventually playing some of Broadway's highest esteemed roles in New York and around America. Rachel's journey ha...

Welcome back to Season 3!! Can't believe how quickly summer has come and gone but we're super excited to bring you a new cohort of cast member journeys to talk about in the coming months. We hope you enjoy this episode where we talk about recent and upcoming Disney World trips, tease what's coming up and OF COURSE spill some tea. You can catch us every Monday with a new episode at midnight UK time...

It’s the last episode of Season 2! Hope you enjoy reminiscing with us - Season 3 will be here very soon so stay tuned!   You can follow us on Instagram @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thedisneyconfessionist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more content.   You can also follow Bradley and Sophie @sophiefromscotland AND @mrbradleycoker   This podcast is not affiliated by The Walt Disney Company.  Just cast members who love celebrating other cast me...

We here at Confessions HQ have been a HUGGEEE fan of Jack at DSNY Newscast for many many years - so you guessed it Waltineers, it would be rude to not have him join us on the pod. Join us to hear all about Jack's journey growing up with Disney, to finally making it his job and moving to Orlando, Florida. You can watch all of Jack's YouTube videos at @ DSNYNewscast - Don't forget to subscribe!! You...

Charlie is currently on the Yummy Jobs CRP at EPCOT in the UK Pavilion. It’s his first time at Disney World and his first time in AMERICA! Hear all about his journey through his episode!! You can watch all of Charlie’s vlogs at ‘Charlie’s New World’ on YouTube You can follow Charlie on Instagram @ charliesneworld New episodes will be released every Monday at midnight in the UK and respective times...

It’s time for round 2 of Choose, Remove, Imagineer with Lauren’s Floating Lights! You can go back to episode 11 to hear part one if you haven’t alreadyIn this second part, we will be going through every land in Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom, choosing an attraction we would take out of the parks, remove it and then imagineer a new idea for each of those lands to change the way the Disney Park...

Up next on Confessions of a Disney Cast Member is our Pixar Pier Princess, ex-imagineer Debbie Gonzalez. Debbie has worked across a multitude of iconic landmarks around the globe on Disney property in the Graphics Department and Creative Division department, including Test Track and The Seas with Nemo and Friends at Epcot, Star Wars Launch Bay at Disneyland California, Pixar Pier and Blue Sky Cell...

Keys at the ready, we are so excited to bring our favourite piano player, @piano_rob to the podcast. Rob started his Disney career working on a college programme on the extremely missed Backlot tour, before diving into the musical world as a pianist at duelling piano bar, Jelly Rolls. Although Rob hasn't been at Jelly Rolls since Covid, he can now be seen playing at The Boathouse, Rose and Crown a...

Paige has had an immense career with the Disney company, working at Disneyland Paris in Quick Service (which as a Brit is pretty unheard of), working as Guest Relations at Walt Disney World (which again, is an extreme rarity) and finally as a CRP in the UK Pavilion - Paige’s story is truly a rollercoaster and was a dream for us to listen to on this podcast. You can follow Paige on Instagram @ disn...

Yaz has recently come back from a year working in the UK Pavilion in Epcot at Walt Disney World, where she worked as a server at the Rose & Crown on the Cultural Representative Programme. Along with this, Yaz had previously completed a summer programme at the LEGENDARY electric umbrella. All this an more in the episode. You can follow Yaz on Instagram @ yazzz_w New episodes will be released ev...

This week we are talking to Gina, who has had a rollercoaster of a career - working as a seamstress for the stars and costume designer. Gina has been a seamstress for many celebrities across her career, including for Joan Collins, Elton John and Lady Gaga. She is also part of an emmy-award winning team for Shakira's costume at the half-time show for the Superbowl. Gina has also been in and around...

We're back with another Discussionist episode and who better to bring back to the pod than Lauren (aka. Lauren's Floating Lights).In this 2-parter, today we will be going through every land in Animal Kingdom and Epcot, choosing an attraction we would take out of the parks, remove it and then imagineer a new idea for each of those lands to change the way the Disney Parks skyline looks forever. In P...

Up next on Confessions of a Disney Cast Member is ex-Disney Cruise Line cast member, Chloe Taylor. Chloe worked in youth activities for Disney Cruise Line, where she actually trained Sophie back in the day too. Chloe’s time was so much fun, especially when she was part of the re-opening team for the Disney Cruise Line UK Staycations. You can follow Chloe on Instagram @chlogsNew episodes will be re...

Up next on Confessions of a Disney Cast Member is a recent CRP cast member, Aaron! Aaron was a merchie in the UK Pavilion, arriving in Epcot just after the Cultural Representative programme started up again in August 2022. We hear all about the best and most challenging parts, along with lots of hilarious stories! You can find Aaron on the following: Instagram - @_azzacazza TikTok - @campbell95 Ne...

Up next on Confessions of a Disney Cast Member is none other than Disney imagineering legend, Steve Probus. Steve has worked across a multitude of iconic landmarks around the globe on Disney property, including Castaway Cay, Haunted Mansion, Frozen Ever After, Aulani and Pandora, along with being an Art Director for Joe Rhode at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Steve was truly an absolute delight to chat...

This week we are very excited to talk to Charlie (aka A Brit of Charlie), who is now living in Orlando permanently - the dream for us all, right? Charlie grew up going to Disney World, and eventually ended up working at the Swan and Dolphin on a Yummy Jobs programme, where she met her now husband - more on that in the episode. And Charlie now has a wonderful world of her own on social media, which...

This week we talk to Paige who worked as a performer at Disneyland Paris. After loving the Disney Parks for years, Paige set her sights on working at our home park, Disneyland Paris - where she then became friends with many of our favourite characters, along with dancing in some of the most iconic parades. You can find Paige on Instagram @ paigelangleyshaw New episodes will be released every Frida...

This week we're back with Discussionist episodes - and today, we're talking all things Disney Channel. From our favourite and least favourite movies and TV shows, cult fandoms and the influence Disney Channel has had on the parks over the years. New episodes will be released every Friday and every other Wednesday at midnight in the UK and respective times worldwide. This podcast is not aff...

This week we talk to Kat who worked as a Porg master at Star Wars Launch Bay in Hollywood Studios and as a Cultural Representative in the UK Pavilion. Kat tells us some hilarious stories about her time working at Walt Disney World. Once on her Cultural Exchange Programme and once on the Cultural Representative Programme. We hear all about her new found love for the Porgs, her button-making abiliti...

Up next on Confessions of a Disney Cast Member is none other than Disney imagineering legend, Jim Shull. In this episode, we chat with Jim through his vast career, starting with his time in storyboard and creative development at Marvel Studios. We then journey on through his time at Walt Disney imagineering where Jim became Executive Creative Director, designing new rides, shows and attractions fo...

It's time for our first interview of Season 2 - and what better way than to start with our gal Charlotte who's fresh off the UK CRP. In this episode, we chat with @ circleoflifechar about her three times working for the mouse. The first being on the academic exchange programme at Festival of the Lion King in Theatre Operations and Quick Service at Flame Tree Barbecue in Animal Kingdom. The...

Here we are with our first episode of Season 2! And wow, are we happy to be back!! In this episode, we chat about where Sophie and I left off, the things that have excited us over the past year at Disney and Universal parks, what we're excited about in the year ahead, along with a preview of some of the cast members coming up on the pod VERY SOON! New episodes will be released every Friday at midn...