Whether those roles have involved making a guest room “show ready” or serving snacks suitable for a social media close-up, each one shares a purpose of exceeding guests’ expectations. And in the end, that’s how we discover where we belong.” “We are constantly encouraged to try new things and chase our dream.

“That’s one of the many reasons I love working here,” Alex said of the opportunity to work in multiple areas across the company. And like Herc on a roll, that’s exactly what he did.īeginning his Disney career in housekeeping at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside before working in a Food & Beverage role at Dockside Diner at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Alex made a big leap “up” in 2019 as part of the test and opening team for the Disney Skyliner transportation system. “I do everything in my power to ‘go the distance’ for our Members,” he told me as I visited with him for this installment of “Membership Magic Makers” (getting a certain song stuck in my head).Īlex grew up calling Disney Parks his happy place and Disney Resorts his “home,” all while dreaming that, someday, he’d walk out of the Walt Disney World Casting Center as a cast member.

Ask Disney Vacation Club Consumer Finance Specialist Alex Lantz which Disney character he relates to most, and you might (depending on your level of cynicism) expect to hear “Scrooge McDuck.” But while his job title may call to mind a money-pit-diving mallard, his heart is with Hercules.

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