Entertainment Host/ess
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 1250046BR Location Shipboard Business Disney Cruise Line Date posted Mar. 16, 2025Job Summary:
As an Entertainment Host you are part of the "Cruise Staff" team and act as emcee for all adult/family and children's activities. You will learn and perform scripted material and choreography and participate in day/evening deck parties, games shows, trivia contests, sports challenges, ship/island tours, bingo. You will have high guest interaction that does involve ongoing microphone use and regular onstage activity. Consideration for this role does require an audition.
You will report to the Entertainment Manager
Responsibilities:
- Function as emcee for onboard events and venues, requiring microphone use and stage presence
- Manage set-up/clean-up, facilitation and participation in all activities for an audience of children, adults and family activities
- Talk with Guests of all ages
- Look for Guest interactions while displaying boundless amounts of energy and enthusiasm
- Learn and perform scripted material and choreography
- Perform meet and greet functions in the lobby/atrium during Guest embarkation and disembarkation
- Perform meet and greet functions in front of Walt Disney Theatre at the start and conclusion of events within the theatre; provide help to Guests needing special assistance; assist with 'show stops' if necessary
- Host activities, games and trivia contests during televised sporting events, and Youth Activities programs
- Support recreational activities on Disney Castaway Cay/ Disney Lookout Cay as scheduled
- Help maintain appropriate Guest flow in all areas onboard, informing Guests of other onboard activities to ensure Guest participation; encourage program participation for all age groups
- Provide an emotionally and physically safe environment for Guests of all ages
- Conduct required sanitizing procedures based on USPH requirements when associated with appropriate programs and events
- Assist with dispatch of Port Adventures – meet Guests at assigned debark venue, spiel important excursion information, collect tickets and waivers and escort Guests to meet their appropriate vendor; escort Guests as the Disney quality representative, as scheduled
- Maintain stock and help distribute departmental supplies
- Help promote Crew events
- Follow scripts, but also ad lib
- Perform abbreviated shows based on weather conditions, safety issues, and Entertainment Management decisions
- Report costume, technical, and maintenance needs
- Prepare and strike programs ensuring proper clean-up, inventory program consumables, maintain costumes and cleanliness and order for program storage spaces
Basic Qualifications:
- Participation in the Audition/Interview process required
- Maintain Disney Character Integrity
- Perform in environments that have pyrotechnics, chemical smoke, haze, fog, dry ice, and other special effects
- Minimum two years experience working within a position that expresses hosting experience, stage experience and public speaking skills
- Minimum two years experience in a public relations, entertainment, guest services, resort/recreational, camp, or related field
- Relate well to audiences of all ages and demographics while offering a passion for engaging an audience in entertaining program and event
- Microphone skills, team skills, detailed, flexible, and committed to Guest Satisfaction
- Must be able to entertain and command the attention of large groups of Guests of all ages
- Willingness to learn dance routines and to dance in a 'club' style setting
Additional Information:
This is a SHIPBOARD role
You must:
- Be genuinely interested in a career at sea and willing to live and work onboard a Disney Cruise Line vessel
- Be willing to follow and perform safety role, emergency responsibilities and associated responsibilities as specified in the ship Assembly Plan
- Be willing to uphold the general safety management responsibilities as specified in the Safety Management System in areas and operations under their control
- If applicable, be willing to share a confined cabin with other crew members and appreciative of working and living in a multicultural environment that has strict rules and regulations
Your Responsibilities:
- Have a valid passport and C1/D Seaman's visa (DCL will provide you with documents to obtain this)
- Complete a pre-employment medical
- Obtain a criminal background check
- Bring approved work shoes
**Disney Cruise Line is a drug-free workplace. All new hires are required to undergo drug/alcohol testing within the first week onboard and throughout their contracts. Failure to pass the drug/alcohol testing will result in immediate termination.
About Disney Cruise Line:
A leader in the cruise industry, Disney Cruise Line provides a setting where families can reconnect, adults can recharge and children can experience all the magic that Disney has to offer. Guests can sail out of ports around the world on exciting itineraries to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Alaska and Europe, among others. Aboard our growing fleet of ships and Disney’s island destinations in The Bahamas, our exceptional crew and cast members provide legendary Disney service and enchanting entertainment to our guests that only Disney can deliver.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Magical Cruise Company, Limited, which is part of a business we call Disney Cruise Line.