Theme Park Business Intership

[Twister II]

To graduate high school, I need to have 100 hours of internship done. In 3 different fields. I already have one in a tattoo parlor for next summer, but I'd like one in the amusement park industry.

 

Any ideas? I was actually planning on getting contact with S&S in Utah for a summer internship, but Im not sure how their financial situation will be in a year. If it was S&S, we could get an apartment for the time I'm there.

 

Elitch Gardens is also another possibility. That is if its around next summer.

 

Any ideas? Maybe something on line?

[ParkTrips]

SetPoint and Interactive Rides are also in Utah, and Larson or NBGS in Texas or Chance in Kansas may be just as close for you... and Elitch's probably has a couple internships available too, as you mentioned. Remeber that the amusement industry is actually VERY small so jobs are few and far between.

[CoasterEricHP]

If you're interested in FL at all..

 

check out the Rosen School of Hospitality Management in Orlando. It's part of UCF and they have a theme park management major with lots of internship opportunities at Universal/Disney where if youre good you'll secure yourself a job here in management really fast.

[Twister II]

^FL's a lil' to far.

 

I'll talk to my mom when she gets back from Las Vegas about an internship at Disneyland.

[Jew]

WTF? A high school that makes kids intern? At three different places? Uhm...that's...odd.

[Twister II]

WTF? A high school that makes kids intern? At three different places? Uhm...that's...odd.

Yep.

 

Along with 150 hours of community service and 50 hours of shadowing.

[Screamomatic]

Wth? That's like... torture Allz I have to do is complete 40 hours of community service

[the_rock401]

100 hours of interning at three different locations before you graduate? That is REALLY strange.

 

100 hours isn't hard to hit at an internship if you're there for the whole summertime (At 40 hrs/wk, it doesn't take long to add up), but three different locations? Before the age of 18? I'm a senior in college (age 22), and I've had all kinds of trouble getting internships over summers. Granted, my field (civil engineering) doesn't really know how much personnel they're going to hire until about March (money allocations).

 

As for an internship at something theme park related, a lot of your companies that have been mentioned (S&S, Chance, etc), assuming they hire interns, tend to gravitate their attention towards college students. Depending on their needs, they may also focus towards a certain field (sales, engineering, etc).

 

That said, by all means ask! The worst that can happen is they say no, and then they'll have your name.

 

Paul