Hookahs Not Allowed In Apartment

[delSol_si]

vicks...I have a question for ya. I know this is not part of the question you asked, but you seem like a good person to talk to about this since you are doing it right now. I talked to my buddy and his wife (whom he met down there) and he said he forgot about the alumni thing. He said you are right, to just do the summer gig, you have to be alumni. He said the reason he was able to get away with only doing it during the summer is that he had planned on doing it the entire fall semester, but the gal he met down there got pregnant and had to leave, so he left to and just quit. He said I could probably do the same thing, but I don't like that idea, I like leaving a good reputation behind anywhere I go.

So, one thought I was having is to go ahead and attend college in the spring 2010 semester, then just get a regular job or whatever in the summer of 2010, then go to college in the fall of 2010 to complete the rest of my schooling and THEN do the disney internship in the spring of 2011. I read the rules awhile back and I think I remember them saying that you are eligible to do the internship after you graduate if you do it the very next semester. Pretty much it would be like me just not signing the graduating papers in 2010, doing the internship, then signing the papers, or whatever it takes. My buddies wife said that is what she did. What do you think? Would that work?

[ilikemyusername]

if youre bringing an acrlic, use the vase for some fake flowers, say the bowl is a fancy incense burner, take the stelm apart, say the bottom half is a damn nice straw and the top half is a religious momento.... keep in mind I m a legally ordained minister through ULC.org , I'll cover for you.

[hookahsmoker]

wow, someone doesnt like hookahs! my new Apt said NO smoking inside the APT. i dont care what they say though. I smoke hookah everyday in my APT, they dont know and wont find out.
I knew moving in that it would be an issue but im not worried about it, there are so many empty APTS they wouldnt thrown me out

[Scoop]

if you lose the internship because of hookahs thats a massive fail. they did give you fair warning and now you have past experience on this forum to help make that decision much more clear...

[vickstephanie]

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.

Thanks! I think it is hilarious that someone on HF is the reason for no hookahs allowed at Disney LOL. I still feel like it is a BS rule but I get it, it just seems ridiculous that they aren't allowed in the complexes. I get the no smoking inside thing and the "image" thing, but aren't the complexes all gated and closed off from the public anyways?

And yeah I am just going to do the leave it in my car trunk thing...Do you have any suggestions on places to smoke around Orlando that are public/free/smoking isn't prohibited? Are there any lounges in the area? I guess worst case scenario I will just drive around whenever I want to smoke and use my crappy windcover bowl that latches shut but that isn't as relaxing as just chilling around somewhere.

[vickstephanie]

vicks...I have a question for ya. I know this is not part of the question you asked, but you seem like a good person to talk to about this since you are doing it right now. I talked to my buddy and his wife (whom he met down there) and he said he forgot about the alumni thing. He said you are right, to just do the summer gig, you have to be alumni. He said the reason he was able to get away with only doing it during the summer is that he had planned on doing it the entire fall semester, but the gal he met down there got pregnant and had to leave, so he left to and just quit. He said I could probably do the same thing, but I don't like that idea, I like leaving a good reputation behind anywhere I go.

So, one thought I was having is to go ahead and attend college in the spring 2010 semester, then just get a regular job or whatever in the summer of 2010, then go to college in the fall of 2010 to complete the rest of my schooling and THEN do the disney internship in the spring of 2011. I read the rules awhile back and I think I remember them saying that you are eligible to do the internship after you graduate if you do it the very next semester. Pretty much it would be like me just not signing the graduating papers in 2010, doing the internship, then signing the papers, or whatever it takes. My buddies wife said that is what she did. What do you think? Would that work?

It sounds like your friend was in the Fall Advantage program, I believe that starts at the beginning of the summer and goes to the beginning of January.

And what you're describing sounds pretty much exactly like what I am doing. I am graduating in December, so I'll already be done with school when I go there. I didn't really want to take time off from school to do this and have to deal with working out with my school about getting credit for it and I didn't want to have to take classes while I'm there. They have some classes you can take there, though, or you can do online classes through your school OR take classes at a college in Orlando and get the credits transferred to your school. But if you decide to go this Spring you definitely should and we can be hookah buddies lol.

[ColibriDon]

Well, when you get here...I will be the first to say, "Welcome to Orlando!".

I really need to get a gathering of people from Central FL to smoke. There are a nice little group of us now.

To answer your question of where to smoke...I don't know of any places in that area. If you're in the area when Joe(FamiliarJoe) and I are smoking then you could join us for a session. Not really a permanent solution but something is better than nothing, right? haha If you have a big car, like an SUV or even a Station Wagon, you could drive your car somewhere, park and set up in the cargo area. Pretty good place to smoke at night when the sun isn't cooking you. heh

[deetman]

I'm not the reason that hookahs aren't allowed in their apartments, I'm just the reason that the statement that they aren't allowed is there. I was trying to protect my fellow hookah smokers!

As far as places to smoke in the area, I'm not really sure. Like I said I lived in Disney leased apartments in a non-Disney complex that was about 5 miles up I-4. To be honest... I continued smoking out on my balcony after the warning since there was no security that would report to Disney around the complex. I just made sure I left no trace. As far as what you can do, I'm really not sure. There might be some hookah bars around. I'm sure you'll figure something out...

Now if only it was possible to hookah on the "beach" of the Polynesian resort while watching the Magic Kingdom fireworks over the lagoon...

Oh btw, do you know what you will be doing role wise?