Yesterday was check-in! It was a very exciting, exhausting, informative and long day. Brooke and I went to the pre-arrival dinner on Sunday night and met an awesome group of girls to room with. We arrived at check-in around 7:00 and waited until about 8 to start the process. We went to a building in Vista and filled out some paper work and then went to the housing area. There, they told us that I wouldn’t be able to live with Brooke because of the age difference, even though all along I was told it wouldn’t be a problem. But that was ok because I found a group of girls who still needed a roommate, so I joined with them. Then we went to the housing representative to tell them where we wanted to live, and that’s when they told us they only had Vista Way apartments left. Vista Way was the one place I did not want to stay. I heard it was gross, run down, parties going on all the time, and other things that were not pleasant. It was about 9:00am when we finished the “checking-in” process so we had a little while to go look at our apartments. Vista Way is actually not as bad as everyone makes it seem. It’s no worse than the apartments at my school…in fact, they might be nicer. They aren’t dirty or run down in my opinion. We got an apartment in the back of the complex so it was relatively quite. I can see the Vistana Resort from my window. Since we’re in the back it is not loud…the only thing we can hear are the washers and dryers which are right outside of our apartment, which isn’t such a bad thing. :) Brooke also had to live at Vista, which is a good thing. It would’ve been weird if we were living in different complexes. Her room is by the pool and they have a third floor rooms. They have hardwood floors and a HUGE window. It’s really nice, although, you can definitely hear more people and their’s is right next to the bus stop. That might not be such a pleasant thing to listen to all night. So, we both have our pros and cons, but both apartments are nice. Plus, I have awesome roommates! I share a room with Jenny, who’s real name is Jennifer, so we’re the Jen room. :)
So, if you get stuck at Vista Way, it will be ok! All the rumors aren’t true. :)
After we looked at our apartments real quickly, we headed to the buses to take us to Casting-where we find out our role! We were waiting in line to start the process and while you wait someone comes along to tell you where you’ll be working. I was so nervous!! I found out I was working in Tomorrowland!! I wanted to work in Tomorrowland so badly so I was ecstatic when I found out! The Tomorrowland Terrace will be my new home for a while! From there we went all around Casting to do our I-9 forms, background checks, payroll, Disney look check, and to get our training schedules.
I finished at Casting around 12. We went back to Vista to unload my stuff. After unloading and some organizing, we went to the housing meeting. Finally, around 5 we were finished with all of the official stuff. I went to Brooke’s to help her unpack, then we went to Walmart, and then it was back to more unpacking and organizing. Finally around 11:45 or so I was done. :) It really was the longest day ever. But it was an exciting one!
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