For all those checking in May 22!!

[sugahappy]

Hey everyone!! I just wanted to get an idea of who all is going to be checking in on May 22 (same day as me) and say hello :) We will be there in like 8 days!! It's so exciting! :banana:

I was just wondering like when yall are getting down there and what time you're checking in... I know my friend (Taylor2285) and I are planning on getting there the evening before and staying on site and hopefully checking in relatively early on Monday...

Anyway, I just wanted to keep tabs and maybe we could all meet up and get dinner or coffee or something that night or the next day or something. It'd be cool to know some people right when we get there! Hope to see y'all there!

- Janet

[Disabelle]

i'm katie and i'm also checking in on the 22nd! i'm from NJ and going to NC for my grandma's birthday this coming weekend (19-21) then flying to orlando on sunday and staying off-site (or however you say it) and then checking in on the 22nd! i'm excited...i'm barely home 2 weeks and i have to reorganize my college stuff and see what i need to pack for disney--eek! getting everyone together would be fun!

:thumbsup2

[Erika]

i'll be getting there on the 22nd as well! getting together sounds REALLY fun! i hope to get there early!

[pircy]

may 22nd, what what

[OUShrek]

Just wanted to drop everyone aline and say welcome to our program I have been here since Feb. 1st I live in Chatam 3103 and I love it and I would recomend everyone meeting up somewhere maybe and getting to know each other and maybe find a few roomates and if yall want if im off that night and yall decided u want to eat somewhere I'll come eat with ya let u use my discount and answer any questions i can for ya.
If you all want to drop me a line feel free:
phone # 740-590-0571
aim:oushrek
yahoo:w_hollon05
msn:speedyJr2@hotmail.com
myspace: myspace.com/shrek61

good luck and enjoy it feel free to ask me anything ill do my best to answer or find out for ya.

Wes

[Disabelle]

on one hand, next monday can't come soon enough, but on the other hand i still have sooo much to do before heading down to florida...

my hometown is so incredibly boring--there is absolutely nothing to do here (i'm from an ittybitty-on-the-cusp-of-rural-and-suburban-town in northwestern new jersey) and i am so bored. i planted flowers today and started packing...didn't get too far on the packing b/c i'm a procrastinator...my mom is going to FREAK when she sees my room as it is COVERED with clothes. i don't even remember what color the rug is haha.

one week to go...one week to go...one week to go :crazy2:

[Erika]

yeah, i know what you mean, katie!

i'm getting things ready to go for next week... i can't believe that next week this time, i will be in florida @ disney world, knowing where i am living and where i am working, and my roommates and all that jazz. it's incredible.

question: was anyone thinking about making some definitive plans for us to meet up or anything?

[kyle32986]

if they are after the 24th, count me in!

[sugahappy]

i can't believe yall have started packing already! i am still just sitting here trying to make the time pass... i am too lazy to start packing until like possibly friday but most likely saturday :)

and i am up for making definitive plans if yall want to. if we wanna all meet up it's probably best to decide now cause it might take a bit to get the internet and computers up and running once we move in...what do yall think??

[Erika]

i can't believe yall have started packing already! i am still just sitting here trying to make the time pass... i am too lazy to start packing until like possibly friday but most likely saturday :)

and i am up for making definitive plans if yall want to. if we wanna all meet up it's probably best to decide now cause it might take a bit to get the internet and computers up and running once we move in...what do yall think??

1. i haven't started packing either! i'm one of those people who likes to pack like right before i leave (like the night before, or a little before that...) i'm only really taking clothes and some electronics; the rest of the stuff i will buy when i get to fl... which is sooooon!

2. i think you're right about the plans. it'll be hard for us to all contact each other when we're still getting set up and everything. i think that making something definite sounds good...

[Disabelle]

haha yeah and by packing i mean watching TV with my suitcase in the same room ;) once i packed at midnight the night b4 my cousin and i went to WDW after my HS graduation. my sister had to do it for me b/c i still didn't feel like throwing stuff in a suitcase. whatever. i have to go get ready to go to the mall with mom. woohoo plus my dad spilled red wine over one of my fave purses and it's not coming out so he owes me a new one! yay (i'm a purse FIEND) :Pinkbounc ok i really have to get ready now

but yeah making definite plans to make definite plans sounds great hehe :yay:

[DisneyDude10171]

Hi eveyone, I'm coming down the 22nd too. I'll be flying from Chicago, so I will probably get to Vista right around 12:00 noon

Anyway, my name is Bill and I will be working QSFB

I would love meeting up with some DISers... on another thread (the CP Summer thread I think), people we talking about doing an Around the World at world showcase using drinks or candy or other fun stuff the first or second night. Anyone up for joining or doing something similar?

[princessgirl2238]

hey if you all pick a date to get together, let me know- i'll already be down for a week, but if i'm not working i would love to meet all the DISers that are coming down :), just pm me with the info!

ashley

[sugahappy]

I think we should all meet up too! When do yall think is the best time? Like what night would we have enough free time and not have to be awake at like 6am the next morning or something... do yall think the 22nd itself is good or maybe a day or two into the program?? I am up for coffee, dinner, or around the world-ing, whatever!!

[pircy]

well what time will we be done with all the orientation they have on the first day? we could meet up after that

[jimmybop]

Hi All.. I wont be arriving until Aug/Sept... havent picked my dates yet.... but just wanted to add something.

Last year I meet up with a bunch of people from another message board and it was fun. We all at at the rainforest the night before check-in. One of the people I met there I roomed with for the semester, worked out very well.

Just wanted to note that you will NOT get your work IDs until the 2nd day you are there. so best place to plan a meet up is not in the parks. Maybe at DTD somewheres.

[Flower4Pwr]

I'm checking in the 22nd as well!! Whoo hoo! Only 5 more days, ya'll!! I'm taking the AutoTrain (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34430-2004Jun11.html) and I arrive about 9am on the 22nd. I'm a campus rep so I'm hoping they will just let me pick up my id at access control so that's one less thing I have to do that week!! If there is a post check in meet in greet let me know....I'm in!! I CANT WAIT!! :cheer2: :banana: :woohoo: :dancer: :stitch: :mickeyjum

[jimmybop]

I took auto train from Orlando to DC on my way back up and it was sooooo much better then driving it. Might I suggest in renting one of their portable movie devices. Its a long trip and I wished I had picked one up.

Also, as a reminder, for your rep badge, if you have not done so already, you have to e-mail the camps rep e-mail address as they need to send a note to access control before you try to pick up your badge. if you have not done so, e-mail them ASAP.

have an awesome trip!

[marapets]

im sarah im also checking in! :cool1:

[Flower4Pwr]

I took auto train from Orlando to DC on my way back up and it was sooooo much better then driving it. Might I suggest in renting one of their portable movie devices. Its a long trip and I wished I had picked one up.

Also, as a reminder, for your rep badge, if you have not done so already, you have to e-mail the camps rep e-mail address as they need to send a note to access control before you try to pick up your badge. if you have not done so, e-mail them ASAP.

have an awesome trip!

I honestly don't think I want my campus rep badge because I would still have to return it before I got my Work ID. Or is that not right? What I'm hoping is that they let me just get my work ID after I check in. I still have an old work ID so either way I'm sure I'll find myself waiting in that hot little room sometime the first 2 days. can't wait! :cheer2:

[Disabelle]

i gotta get out of this town!!! i know that's all i ever say when i post, but it's so lame here. :confused3

i said my first goodbye tonight and while i know i won't really miss this person, it still hit me kinda hard...but honestly i go to school for months at a time (even tho i live a little more than an hour away from NYU and my dad works uptown)...but i think it's just b/c i don't really know what to expect and i hope to make a lot of new friends in WDW :grouphug:

anyway, i'm watching A&E's "MOdern Marvels" right now and it's all about DL and WDW...it's really interesting. :earboy2:

[taylor2285]

Hey I saw some of that WDW special too, good stuff. I can't believe that the 22nd is almost here. It seems like the past few months have crawled by, and all of a sudden I'm leaving home in 3 days. I've never left my hometown for more than a week or so, so this is crazy. Anyways, I guess we'll all be meeting up pretty soon, see yall down there.

[sugahappy]

hey yall,
well we are running out of time (yay almost there!) so i think if we wanna meet up we need to come up with a date, time, and place asap. Do yall wanna do the night before we check in (not sure if everyone will be able to be there though), the day we check in, or a couple of days after (when we have our CM id's). I am not sure of what our schedules are like so I dunno what evening is the "most available". But let's pick something soon!!

[Erika]

hey yall,
well we are running out of time (yay almost there!) so i think if we wanna meet up we need to come up with a date, time, and place asap. Do yall wanna do the night before we check in (not sure if everyone will be able to be there though), the day we check in, or a couple of days after (when we have our CM id's). I am not sure of what our schedules are like so I dunno what evening is the "most available". But let's pick something soon!!
hmm, this is sort of difficult because i don't know how it works either. personally, i am up for meeting anyone who will be there the night before b/c i'll be there earlier. (so that's one option we could have IN ADDITION to meeting up later.)

in some ways, it might be best to just do it in the beginning when we don't have our ids or have to work because our schedules are going to be so crazy after that.

i say, let's just plan on the night of check in (May 22nd). Let's just meet some place in Downtown Disney or whatever at like 8pm or something... I dunno...

[jimmybop]

I honestly don't think I want my campus rep badge because I would still have to return it before I got my Work ID. Or is that not right? What I'm hoping is that they let me just get my work ID after I check in. I still have an old work ID so either way I'm sure I'll find myself waiting in that hot little room sometime the first 2 days. can't wait! :cheer2:


They have changed the rules a bit for Campus Reps (this info was current as of last fall when I picked up my rep "Badge"). You can no hold your rep Badge and a work ID at the same time. I was told this was ok because it was becomming to much of an ordeal trading them in and out. Thats why the redesigned the badge to what it looks like today (pretty much plain white with no Mickey or Disney written anywheres on it, where no one really knows what it is, which is the down side about it).

So go email them ASAP and pick up your badge!

[sugahappy]

okay so that sounds good so far... how about may 22nd, like 8pm, somewhere in downtown disney....somebody pick a place cause i dunno anything there!!

[DisneyDude10171]

I have no idea about cost or if we can get our discounts yet... but I do know that a new Irish restaurant/pub opened up in the West Side. "Raglan Road" or something I believe?

[Erika]

Well, I looked at the Official Downtown Disney website and all of the restaurants are pretty much in the $15-29 range (with the exception of either the quick service foods or the higher cost restaurants).

The Raglan Road restaurant is listed under one of these and it sounds pretty cool. It says, "Feel the luck of the Irish at this authentic pub and restaurant with jovial charm, homey atmosphere and cheerful service. There is always reason to celebrate at this jolly watering hole, with four elaborate bars, traditional dancing and storytelling, and live Irish music that kicks the party into high gear. Gastronomic delights feature traditional Irish fare with a modern twist. " Check out the official link here (http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/dining/diningDetail?id=RaglanRoadDiningPage).

I think meeting in front of the Raglan Road restaurant @8pm on May 22nd sounds good. What do you guys think? And how will we be able to know who's from this board?

[DisneyDude10171]

FYI - I messed up, Raglan Road is in Pleasure Island, not West Side, but according to the WDW website, you do not need to pay for admission to PI if dining at the restaurant.

For those of you curious, I also dug up a menu, available here (http://allearsnet.com/menu/menu_rag.htm) (current as of 03/2006).

I like the idea of meeting, but what if we do not have a car? Can we still take Disney transit to get there? Or do we want to plan on meeting somewhere still back at the complexes?

[sugahappy]

this irish place sounds great to me, and i'm up for meeting there at 8 on monday night. it's at pleasure island?? as long as there is a way for everyone to physically transport themselves to PI i think this idea sounds good...

[ckelibeauty]

Hi everyone. I also arrive on the 22 and I just left Disney in January doing an AI. I'll be working in merchandise. I'm flying from Detroit and I should get to vista around noon. Going to the Pub at pleasure Island sounds good. Its a great location and even if you don't have a car you can take the buses to PI. Its a monday night and if I'm not mistaken monday's are still the free night at PI so lots of ppl will be going. Hope to see everyone down there. I'm packing right now so I gotta run. Oh and my name is Keli.

[Erika]

Hi everyone. I also arrive on the 22 and I just left Disney in January doing an AI. I'll be working in merchandise. I'm flying from Detroit and I should get to vista around noon. Going to the Pub at pleasure Island sounds good. Its a great location and even if you don't have a car you can take the buses to PI. Its a monday night and if I'm not mistaken monday's are still the free night at PI so lots of ppl will be going. Hope to see everyone down there. I'm packing right now so I gotta run. Oh and my name is Keli.

Hey Keli! I hope to see you down there. And thanks for the bit about the buses! :) I'm packing right now too... ahh! :)

[Disabelle]

omg yeah packing was really hard...haha i'm in NC for two days and we have 5 suitcases b/c we're going straight to Orlando from here. anyway, meeting up sounds awesome! i'm excited, but yeah, how will we know who's who? i'm sure we'll figure it out

and where is everyone living? i'm still debating it in my mind, but i think i'm leaning more toward Vista...not sure still. :confused3

ugh not loving NC, but at the end of this trip is WDW... :rolleyes:

hooray :yay:

[Erika]

omg yeah packing was really hard...haha i'm in NC for two days and we have 5 suitcases b/c we're going straight to Orlando from here. anyway, meeting up sounds awesome! i'm excited, but yeah, how will we know who's who? i'm sure we'll figure it out

and where is everyone living? i'm still debating it in my mind, but i think i'm leaning more toward Vista...not sure still. :confused3

ugh not loving NC, but at the end of this trip is WDW... :rolleyes:

hooray :yay:


i'm leaving to go to fl tomorrow morning and i'm still not done packing... eeee... i'll be okay though.

about living, i really don't know. i go back and forth like every day. in some ways, i want disney to just decide for me. i think i want to live in chatham, but i think i'll be okay no matter what.

[sugahappy]

eeeek i have one day to pack everything. so scary. i kinda think i want to live in chatham. i like the sound of newer apartments :) and from what i've gathered it sounds like the chatham 3 bedrooms have 3 bathrooms while the vista ones only have 2, but i am not sure if this is correct or not...

[Erika]

eeeek i have one day to pack everything. so scary. i kinda think i want to live in chatham. i like the sound of newer apartments :) and from what i've gathered it sounds like the chatham 3 bedrooms have 3 bathrooms while the vista ones only have 2, but i am not sure if this is correct or not...

yeah... hey, so... how many people are you guys thinking about living with? i think i want to do 4-6 people...

[DisneyDude10171]

I am thinking 2 to 4 max... I am an RA during the year so I am accustomed to my nice big single LOL

[taylor2285]

I'm going to ask for Chatham but at the end of the day they're all just dormitory apartments. I'm hoping to only have a 4 person apt, six max. I've never shared a bedroom with anyone so this is going to be an awakening. This is all so surreal right now, I mean we are going to be living and working at WDW in 2 days. The packing is a lot easier though than a vacation, I'm just throwing everything in to a lawnmower box and not even thinking.

[ckelibeauty]

I've only lived in two bedroom apartments for both of my programs so I think I'm going to try and stick to tradition. I'm not sure I can live will more than 3 other people.

[Flower4Pwr]

My car is loaded and I'm ready to ROLL!! I checked the cast portal and they posted my schedule so I think Disney is ready for me too! LOL
:cheer2:

OMG, Keli! I think you are stalkin' me or something! You need to come to dinner with Nick and I on Monday...We are thinking Sonnys!!
This is your favorite Northbridge roomie, BTW!!

[ckelibeauty]

My car is loaded and I'm ready to ROLL!! I checked the cast portal and they posted my schedule so I think Disney is ready for me too! LOL
:cheer2:

OMG, Keli! I think you are stalkin' me or something! You need to come to dinner with Nick and I on Monday...We are thinking Sonnys!!
This is your favorite Northbridge roomie, BTW!!


Nope your stalking me. Have you decided where your going to live. I can't wait to get there. I'll probably see you guys at the housing meeting if we don't see each other at check in. Almost there! :banana:

[sugahappy]

well, just like to tell everyone departing tomorrow good luck!! we will be leaving bright and early from baton rouge :) hopefully we will meet some of yall infront of the irish place in PI on monday at 8pm! Best wishes!!

-Janet

[DisneyDude10171]

okay I am officially beginning packing now :scared1:

I always put off packing until the last minute, but I am restricted to two suitcases (not to exceed 100 pounds haha) a backpack and a bag for toiletries and stuff.

Does anyone have brillant insights of things to not forget? I think I have it all covered - well, at least I mean to say I think it's all covering my floor right now :rotfl:

Hope to see lots of you at Raglan! I will be wearing a blue Pirates of the Caribbean shirt.

[Erika]

hey everyone! i am writing this from florida... i have been here since yesterday, even though i don't check in until tomorrow. i'm very excited about starting the program! i went to walmart already and picked up a lot of stuff ('cause i hear it's pretty busy check in day). i can't wait till dinner @ downtown disney tomorrow, that should be fun.

CAN YOU GUYS BELIEVE THIS? WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING AT DISNEY WORLD! IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS!

[Disabelle]

yay! i got to orlando around 3 this afternoon and my parents and i had dinner at the California Grill atop the Contemporary Resort and it was yummy! :thumbsup2

i'm hoping to get to Vista Way early...but i still haven't decided where i want to live! honestly it doesn't matter to me...i just know i want to like in a 2 or 3 BR apartment.

yayyy so soon :hourglass

[Erika]

today's check in day! it starts in an hour! :) :) :)

(i think i'm going for vista way...)

[Disabelle]

hey! i'm sorry i couldn't make it to PI tonight, but i had dinner with my parents who are leaving tomorrow morning. the move in wasn't too bad, i'm living in vista way and i really like it...my roommates are all really nice :)

hooray!

[DisneyDude10171]

mine says EPCOT wooo!

[sugahappy]

mine says MGM!!! but the dates next to them are for last monday and tuesday??? so since that is wrong i wonder if MGM is wrong too... what do yall think??

[DisneyDude10171]

one of my roomies also has wrong dates listed... we are at a loss for if it is accurate or not

[Erika]

so, where are you guys!

i know disabelle is at mgm because we met today! yay! and i'm at mgm too!

vista way is really great so far!!

[Disabelle]

yes i am at MGM, i start work on thursday and i go to the Food Basics and "on with the show" next week.

i have traditions tomorrow morning at 7 am!!!! oh man...i'm going to have to wake up at like 5, but at least i'll be done and i can take a nap while my friends have their traditions class. i'll have to lay out my clothes and everything for tomorrow morning...oh well

:surfweb:

[sugahappy]

OMG! i am at MGM too yall! disboards represent! i am also doing the 7am traditions :( scary! but anyway, erika do you know where in MGM you are custodial-ing? i am sunset blvd i think. hopefully i will see you at the training session on thursday!!!

[ckelibeauty]

I'm here also I'm working at Downtown Disney Goofey's Candy Co. I live in Vista. I go to Merchantainment today.