Hookahs Not Allowed In Apartment

[vickstephanie]

So, in January I am moving to Orlando, FL and doing an internship at Disney World. I am living in their apartments. From what it seems, these are actual apartments and not dorms or anything.

On the very short list of what is NOT allowed, is hookahs. Or bicycles. WTF.



I even already had researched the 3 apartment complexes to find out about balconies, because I assumed smoking wouldn't be allowed inside the buildings (which is normal and fine...)

I think I am going to bring a hookah anyways. I am probably just going to bring the hookah that was free on hookah-shisha with the chance they might actually care enough to take it away. But isn't this ridiculous and way too specific? I can't believe they are specifically saying no hookahs, is that normal for apartments to do?The no bicycle thing is also pretty strange. Edited October 7, 2009 by vickstephanie

[twoapplesplease]

I don't think disney can do that seeing how they mention hookah in aladin a childs movie.
But because of the chance of coals burning the floors I would say you are'nt alowed to smoke inside the appartment and also on disney grounds because of the family scene.
Bring your small acrylic or I'd prefere to pick up a hobo hookah for this trip.

[NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD]

wow they didnt just say no smoking they specifically said no hookah..i wonder if they had a incident

[McLovin600]

seems like a good gig i personally wouldnt do it but the biking thing? WTF!!

[Zinite]

Usually those apartments will have a small patio or balcony - smoke out there.

[K1024]

your probably fine if you take your hookah, but never smoke it indoors or let your land lord see the hookah. just keep it put away in a box and dont use it at your apartments.

[no longer welcome]

will anyone have access to the inside of your apartment? if not I would still bring one, just be careful not to burn anything.

[destructo]

they dont want bike grease all over their apartments

[Stuie]

I can't have my hookahs or guns... screw that!

[delSol_si]

Can you give me some insight into getting the Disney internship??? That is my plan for the summer of 2010! I was told by my buddy who has done it before that I can't apply until January or February...is that true? How did you go about getting it??

[r1v3th3ad]

I'd say take one, but keep it hidden, thats fucked up that they wont allow it, its not like you'll be smoking in the apt. anyways

[Chiefin]

I agree with McLovin...this is a really good gig. I wouldn't chance it.

[vickstephanie]

Yeah...I think I am going to bring my small acrylic just to have one there, I'll leave it in my car when I'm not using it (I heard that they can search the apartments but I don't know if this is true). I really don't see it being THAT much of a problem as long as I don't smoke it inside the apartment itself. I just think it is kind of ridiculous that on a list of SIX THINGS that aren't allowed, hookah is one of them? But I really don't want to not be able to smoke at all for 4-6 months.

They should at least just have a rule of "no smoking in the apartments" and let us smoke OUTSIDE.

I bet that they only even say "no hookah pipes" because someone decided to bring it and smoke NHT out of it, thinking that they were clever by saying "IT'S FOR TOBACCO!" and ruining it for people who actually use them for shisha. That, or someone knocked a bunch of burning coals all over the place and ruined flooring or furniture.

Can you give me some insight into getting the Disney internship??? That is my plan for the summer of 2010! I was told by my buddy who has done it before that I can't apply until January or February...is that true? How did you go about getting it??

Unfortunately there isn't a summer only program being offered right now and when there is, it is only for alumni who have already done an internship program there. There are at least 4 different types of internship programs there, I am doing the College Program which basically means I am spending next semester working at Disney World instead of going to school. You can apply right now for Spring 2010 (that's the session I am doing), and the Jan/Feb thing your friend mentioned is for the Fall 2010 program. Good luck if you decide to apply!

[contristo]

I smoke hookah in my apt all the time... I'm not sure whether it's allowed or not, but because it was never mentioned I assume it is.

if I'm feeling cautious I just turn on the fan and face it out toward the window. it just phunnels all the smoke and shoots it out... if anyone smells anything they're probably going to assume candles are burning.

but the fact that even candles aren't allowed prevents that it seems.. pretty ridiculous rules, reminds me of my dorm room last year before I moved off-campus (which is 10x better)

[contristo]

wow, they are able to search your apartment? that's really rough. even if you have nothing to hide, I don't want people sorting through my personal stuff.

sounds like a great opportunity though. definitely worth not smoking for

[Arcane]

will anyone have access to the inside of your apartment? if not I would still bring one, just be careful not to burn anything.

true story.

i'm not supposed to smoke in my apartment. but, i do....everyday.

[Scoop]

to be honest it doesn't look like disney is worried about NHT.

its pretty clear it has to do with the fire code...as candles are on the list...id assume they are worried about hookah related fire problems

[JDHarding]

Disney World! The happiest place on earth!

Unless you're a hookah smoker..

[Hookie The Hookah]

Just do it.

[chinamon]

lol @ the people thinking "no hookahs" is bullshit.
i do think it is a bit odd for them to be so specific about it but disney does own the apartments and they can tell you no-anything. dont like their rules? find your own place.
maybe they had an incident with hookahs? maybe some clients might even be able to see the apartments so they dont want kids and their parents thinking the staff are doing something else with the hookahs? who knows.

[delSol_si]

Can you give me some insight into getting the Disney internship??? That is my plan for the summer of 2010! I was told by my buddy who has done it before that I can't apply until January or February...is that true? How did you go about getting it??

Unfortunately there isn't a summer only program being offered right now and when there is, it is only for alumni who have already done an internship program there. There are at least 4 different types of internship programs there, I am doing the College Program which basically means I am spending next semester working at Disney World instead of going to school. You can apply right now for Spring 2010 (that's the session I am doing), and the Jan/Feb thing your friend mentioned is for the Fall 2010 program. Good luck if you decide to apply!

Hmm...damn, I'm having a really bad day and it just now got worse. I had my entire college career planned on this happening...I'm glad you said that so I can try and figure something else out. I am REALLY wanting to do the internship, so I guess I will have to figure something out around that. I am going to dinner with my buddy today so hopefully I can ask him about this. From what I remember, he did his internship for the summer and he isn't an alumni, but maybe they quit doing that or maybe he quit early or something. The thing is that I have like 6-7 classes left in college...meaning that I need one full semester and another partial, and I was planning on graduating in Dec 2010, so eh well damn! Now I can't decide whether to maybe go ahead and stay in school till may 2011 (I'm doubting my parents are going to be a fan of that) or try and take some summer classes while at the internship, or what.

Is is even possible to take an online course or two during the internship? You mentioned 4 different types of internships...can you explain that? I went on the website and I see what you are talking about with the spring 2010 schedule, but not about the 4 different types.

[JDHarding]

Can you give me some insight into getting the Disney internship??? That is my plan for the summer of 2010! I was told by my buddy who has done it before that I can't apply until January or February...is that true? How did you go about getting it??

Unfortunately there isn't a summer only program being offered right now and when there is, it is only for alumni who have already done an internship program there. There are at least 4 different types of internship programs there, I am doing the College Program which basically means I am spending next semester working at Disney World instead of going to school. You can apply right now for Spring 2010 (that's the session I am doing), and the Jan/Feb thing your friend mentioned is for the Fall 2010 program. Good luck if you decide to apply!

Hmm...damn, I'm having a really bad day and it just now got worse. I had my entire college career planned on this happening...I'm glad you said that so I can try and figure something else out. I am REALLY wanting to do the internship, so I guess I will have to figure something out around that. I am going to dinner with my buddy today so hopefully I can ask him about this. From what I remember, he did his internship for the summer and he isn't an alumni, but maybe they quit doing that or maybe he quit early or something. The thing is that I have like 6-7 classes left in college...meaning that I need one full semester and another partial, and I was planning on graduating in Dec 2010, so eh well damn! Now I can't decide whether to maybe go ahead and stay in school till may 2011 (I'm doubting my parents are going to be a fan of that) or try and take some summer classes while at the internship, or what.

Is is even possible to take an online course or two during the internship? You mentioned 4 different types of internships...can you explain that? I went on the website and I see what you are talking about with the spring 2010 schedule, but not about the 4 different types.

I think this has a lot to do with the coals, and possible fire, and not so much about the hookah itself. Perhaps people have dropped coals before, and they've left burn marks. You can always ask the people at the apartment about the rule and why it's there. Most deffinately a fire hazard thing.

You could go to local hookah lounges, maybe? Or take your pipe to a friend's place?

[mikeypas]

I also had a friend who worked at Epcott Center. I assume its simlar policy. They were EXTREMELY strict about the image that their employees gave. Employees were not allowed to hang laundry from their balcony, things had to be neat and tidy. I assume that the no hookah pipe rule is so that people don't look up at a apartment complex that is used by Disney employees and see them smoking hookahs. Although you and I know theres nothing wrong with that, it is probably the image of inappropriateness that they want to avoid.
That being said, I would feel safer smoking inside, out of view, then outside, where someone could see you.

[bizarro studious]

I was in a similar situation over the summer. We ended up just taking off the smoke detector and closing all the windows so that smoke wouldn't blow under the door, and everything worked out fine. I was in a college owned apartment complex with RAs as well.

[deetman]

Considering I am extremely qualified to answer this question I will and my suggestion is...

DO NOT TAKE THE HOOKAH INTO YOUR APARTMENT AT DISNEY!

The three apartment complexes that college program people live in are owned by Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. As far as I know they do not handle the day to day management, but I could be wrong. Your apartment will be checked (they won't dig through your stuff/open things up) without prior notice by staff. How often they check them I forget, but I know it is at least once a month. If any of their "banned" items are found in your apartment, you will be called in to meet with the housing people and if the case is severe (i.e. illegal) you will be terminated (fired) no questions asked. They will not care if you are only smoking on your balcony, they still do not want your hookah in the apartment. If you think you will be able to "sneak" a smoke in on the balcony, think again. There is 24/7 security at the complexes and people are always coming and going due to working odd shifts.

How do I know all of this? First hand experience... I did not live in the college program apartment complexes but in another complex a few miles down I-4 that had a ton of apartments leased to Disney for professional interns. Again, since they were the lease holder they could come and check on the apartments. Before I left to move in I checked through all of the documentation to see if "hookah" was specified as a do not bring and at the time it wasn't. After settling in and getting to know my roomates, I asked them if they cared if I smoked hookah out on the balcony, to which none of them cared. As a result I began smoking out on the balcony never having any issues. A few months later I left my hookah setup and tobacco (key part) on the balcony all night and forgot to grab it in the morning. Sure enough that day was an inspection. I later get an e-mail from the housing people asking who's hookah it was and that they needed to talk to them. I fessed up knowing that I wasn't doing anything illegal and went to talk to them.

According to the housing people they had "incidents" in the past with hookah and it was a zero-tolerance policy regarding them. At this point I'm shitting myself thinking I'm going to lose my job because of some dumbasses but anyways... After talking with them in a very polite and professional manner and the fact that they noticed (the very aromatic) tobacco sitting right next to the hookah, they warned me never to let them see it in the apartment again. Which of course I complied with.

So how does this really surprise me? It appears they took one of my suggestions to heart. During the meeting I explained to them that those that smoke hookahs for legitimate purposes do not believe they are paraphernalia. Since hookahs were not specified in the documents provided for moving in, I assumed I would be alright, but Disney views them as paraphernalia. As a result, I suggested to them that they make it clear (spelled out) in their policies that hookahs are not permitted.

I know it sucks but you have to work with them. There is a certain image they are trying to achieve and want all employees to exemplify. If you really want to take your hookah I would suggest storing it in your car, in the trunk, and going somewhere off of the complex's property to smoke. I don't believe they have any right to search your car without the help of the police and a warrant.

Hope this helps.