Disney University

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The Disney University (DU) is a job training location for Cast Members located at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida, Disneyland's Team Disney Anahiem, and Burbank's Team Disney Headquarters. The Walt Disney World building is located behind the Magic Kingdom, across from the employee parking lot. It is primarily used to orient new employees, Walt Disney World College Program and International College Program student interns, and Walt Disney World International Program participants, as well as to conduct ongoing training for new programs, policies and procedures to employees who transfer or get promoted to a new job. All new employees attend a Disney Tradition's Class on their first day of work; this class imparts the importance of the Disney history, legacy and brand through several promotional videos, group workshop exercises, and prize winning opportunities. The entire building is set up with two floors of class rooms where job practices are taught and Cast Members can practice on cash registers, ticketing machines, and ticket turnstiles. After a formal training period, employees continue to their job locations for further on-site training.

Also located at the Disney University, is a Vista Federal Credit Union branch and ATM, an Aramark cafeteria and a Company D employee store. This is also the location of Disney's Access Control office, where all Cast Members are issued their Disney ID cards. There are also several offices here which deal with the employee training paperwork.