Apartments and Rules

So i've finally gotten around to photos of the apartment!






We got to put in apartment preferences about a week or so before we checked in, they kind of went off them.  I was placed in Patterson Court, which was my second choice.  It's pretty good, although we have to walk to the Chatham bus stop and I need to vacume the carpet.











Our apartments two bedrooms on the third floor.  I have done so much walking and climbing in the last few days I don't think my legs are ever going to feel the same.








This is my bedroom, there's only three of us in the apartment at the moment while we wait for someone else.  So I get my own room and bathroom!  I should probably enjoy it while I can.











Pin Board!


Dresser!


I'll post the rest of the apartment laters :)

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!

Facebook.

So here is the fabulous thing about social media- it has given me the ability to get to know people before I even get to Disney.

The not so fabulous thing about social media - it has given me the ability to get to know people before I even get to Disney.

I have had this blog post in drafts for a while a wasn't sure if I should post it - don't want to start something before I've even gotten to Disney, but I don't want the blog to be just all about the good and neglect the bad.

A lot of people have have told mr all the things that could go wrong and what will I do then.  But I think that's part of the whole experience and I'll learn something regardless.

This may be a lesson in first impressions aren't always right, however....

Some people on our facebook group are just retarded and I have no idea how they are going to survive six months to a year abroad, nor how I am going to survive with them.. Haha ahh.  (That said though, there are A LOT of lovely people who I would love to get to know, but this post isn't about them).

Maybe it's just the way the written word on facebook comes across, but I'm seriously concerned about the possibility of having to be one of these peoples roommates.  My idea of leaving it up to Disney fate may not be the smartest.  What's better?  Settling for someone who will at least be tolerable in the very least, or going with the flow and having the possibility of living with people who drive me crazy.

Anyway, I could be wrong, I hope I'm wrong, but at the same time I'm not naive enough to think that we would all get along like happy campers ,  I too will probably drive people up the wall, but at least I try to refrain from being too annoying.

Haha there are about 3 people who I think I'll clash with, if I do I'll do another post.  Who knows, maybe I'll be best friends.  lolz.

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