Why does Disney send exciting emails when I need to go to bed early?!

So breaking news,

We all just received an email about putting housing preferences in!  This kind of throws all my plans off as I was leaving it to Disney fate.  Now that we have this option I'm preferencing.  I'm still not room mate matching but I guess this is a pretty good option.  No program to my knowledge has been able to do it this way so perhaps they are trialing it with our group.

I figured in light of this I would explain how the housing works as the most common questions I get asked have to do with where I'm living blah blah blah.

SO

For all the disney programs there are four housing complexes.  Vista, which is the oldest, largest and has the reputation for being the party scene, then there is Patterson Court which is the newest but also has the reputation of a retirement home, then there is Chatham Square which is somewhere in the middle.  Lastly there is the Commons, which seems very mysterious as only internationals doing cultural representative programs live there but they are apparently mega fancy, i.e. having in built laundries.  

I'm pretty skeptical with doing preference systems, except I figure if I was going with Disney fate anyway it doesn't make much difference.  So I put Chatham, Patterson and Vista, in that order.

Then we had to pick number of rooms, there are 2 people for each room and we had the option of a 2, 3 or 4 bedroom.  I put 2 bedroom as number one because that way I'm guaranteed a bathroom to each of the rooms.  Followed by 3 then 4.  

We also got to pick the level we wanted, 1, 2, or 3.  I really don't care about the level so i just went 1, 2, 3.


SO yes, that is housing.   Will just have to wait and see!  Less than two weeks!  And 8 Days till I leave!! EEEEEEEK!

Room Mate Survey

DCP Roommate Survey - Fall 2012, Walt Disney World

NAME: Jessica Louise Anderson

GENDER: Female

BIRTHDATE/AGE: 09/09/90

HOMETOWN: Sydney, Australia

MAJOR: Commerce with a Major in Marketing and Public Relations

CP VITALS

ROLE AT DISNEY: Vacation Planner

ARRIVAL DATE: August 4th 2012

DEPARTURE DATE: January 4th 2013

FLYING IN OR DRIVING: Flying. Definitely flying.

HOUSING PREFERENCES

BUILDING: Chatham.

NUMBER OF ROOMMATES: I think a 2 or 3 bedroom but I don't really care.

I COULD NOT LIVE WITH A ROOMMATE THAT: Smokes. I don't want my room to smell of smoke.

LIFESTYLE STUFF

DO YOU DRINK? Occasionally.

DO YOU SMOKE? No.

DO YOU LIKE TO PARTY? Yes!

MEDICAL CONDITIONS? None that are life altering/threatening

MESSY OR TIDY? I go through random outbursts of intense organisation/cleaning, but if I'm busy it tends to fall by the wayside.

DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? At the moment I'm pretty lazy. When I get the motivation to cook, I like it and given that I'll be forced to, to a certain extent, I might.

NIGHT PERSON OR MORNING PERSON? Both?

DO YOU HAVE A CURRENT JOB? WHERE? Yes, I intern at Starlight Foundation, do some admin-y stuff for a not for profit organisation and a club job.

ROOMMATE STUFF

FAVORITE CHORE? Washing.

LEAST FAVORITE CHORE? Probably the bathroom.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SHARING? I have a weird thing about sharing clothes, but anything else is totally fine.

DO YOU SNORE? Only when I am sick

WHAT TIME DO YOU USUALLY GO TO BED? Usually after 11.30

WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP ON FREE DAYS? Around 9.

I PREFER TO SLEEP IN A ROOM THAT IS: Dark, cold but with an electric blanket.

DISNEY STUFF

FAVORITE MOVIE: Beauty and the Beast or High School Musical

FAVORITE CHARACTER: Mickey

FAVORITE PRINCESS: Belle

FAVORITE PRINCE: Beast or Prince Eric

FAVORITE MALE VILLAIN: Gaston

FAVORITE FEMALE VILLAIN: Cruella DeVille - She's just so evilishly Stylish. Perhaps Queen of Hearts.

FAVORITE PARK: It will probably be EPCOT

FAVORITE RIDE: Space Mountain or Tower of Terror

FAVORITE SHOW: Hannah Montanna

FAVORITE RESORT: We will soon find out

FAVORITE RESTAURANT: As above

NUMBER OF TIMES AT DISNEY?: Twice!

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT AT DISNEY? So many things, meeting new people is probably number one, and I guess the whole experience within itself. 

T minus 160 Days!

So it is exactly one hundred and sixty days till I leave!! Yayyy!!


Not much is really happening on the Disney front, although we now have the go ahead with out police checks.  Once everyone has sent their paperwork away it will soon be time for Visa stuff!  Wooo!


I figure because I don't really have much to say I'll give you a run down on the accommodation situation.


Basically there are four housing complexes for Disney international college program,  Vista Way, Chatham Square, Patterson Court and the Commons, although no one in the Australian program gets placed in the Commons.


Vista Way is the biggest, the oldest and has a reputation for being party central, Patterson Court is the newest/nicest but has the reputation of being a retirement village, and Chatham is a mix of the two.  I'm hoping for Chatham, though we don't really get a choice, so will just have to wait and see.


Anyway the apartments are mostly 2 and 3 bedroom with two people to a room, although there are a few four bedrooms and apparently very, very few one bedroom apartments.  So I'll mostly likely be sharing an apartment with 4 to 8 people.  Should be interesting.  


This is the list we get that tells us EXACTLY what we will be getting.  No surprises.  Definitely gonna need that ladle and I'm gonna make heaps good use of the weight room.  I'm gonna come back massive.


Anyway this is it for this week!

• All utilities, including water, electricity, waste disposal
• High-speed Internet access in all apartments (additional information below)
• Local phone service and one central phone
• Centrally located laundry facilities
• Maintenance of the apartments, including pest control
• Onsite security
• Cable television hook-up
• Computer labs
• Wireless Internet Lounge, Clubroom Thirteen501
• Swimming pools
• Weight rooms
• Tennis, basketball and racquetball courts
• Fully furnished apartment
• Bedroom
  • Dresser with mirror
  • Nightstand
  • (2) Twin beds
  • Dining Room
  • Table with 4 chairs
• Living Room
  • Couch
  • Chair
  • 2 End tables
• Additional Items Provided
  • Shower Curtain
  • 2 Vanity wastebaskets
• Kitchen Appliances
  • Refrigerator with ice maker
  • Stove, Oven, & Microwave
  • Dishwasher
• Kitchen Utensils and Dishes
  • Assortment of Pots & Pans w/ lids
  • Mixing Bowl Set
  • Measuring Cups
  • Cutting Board
  • Spatula
  • Can Opener
  • Cutting Knife
  • Ladle
  • Tea Kettle
  • Serving Spoons
  • Cookie Sheets
  • Dinner plates
  • Salad Plates
  • Cereal Bowls
  • Drinking Glasses
  • Coffee Cups
  • Set of knives, spoons and forks