I met all of my roommates on Facebook and we decided
to meet on check-in day. One girl, Sam
got there around 5:30am and I met her at 5:45am. The other two girls, Bridget and Brynn, got
there around 6:30am, which was the time we were told to start showing up. Yeah, right.
On the Facebook group people made for our arrival date, people said they
were going to show up around 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. When Sam got there, she was on the
corner. This is where we were in line:
And at around 6:30am,7:00am this was the line behind
us:
My roommates.
From left: Sam, Brynn, and Bridget
At around 7:30am, they opened the gates to Vista Way
apartment complex, where we were supposed to check-in (we were waiting outside)
and we started to walk in, seeing signs to welcome us all the way there (it was
a pretty long walk to the check-in building).
Walking!
Welcome Center, this way!
I think
it’s safe to say that we are at the Welcome Center and we are welcomed
here.
At the Welcome Center, we stood in line to get
sticker nametags that kind of looked like a Disney nametag. This way all cast members who greeted us
could call us by our first name. We then
moved into the building, checked our personal info, and stood in line to get
our Program Guide.
Next we were off to housing. We had to choose one person from our group of
roommates to be the representative of our group for choosing what housing
complex we will live in. Of course, my
group volunteered me. We wanted a 2
bedroom (for 4 people) in the Patterson apartment complex, but there were only
3 bedroom apartments available. I didn’t
think my roommates would want to add 2 random people to our group, so I chose
to go into Chatham. We ended up getting
an apartment on the 2nd floor in a building that is in the corner of
the complex, making for a very quiet area, which is all we wanted out of living
in Patterson. I then joined my other
roommates, we picked up our keys and signed housing forms, and then got our
Housing IDs! :
The housing room.
The desks I went to choose where we would live
for the next 6 months.
We quickly went through the last room of car
registration and were whisked off to Casting!!!
Sam and Brynn on the bus to Casting!
CASTING
We went through casting, which basically told us
what job we were going to have & went through our I-9 and criminal
background check. Afterward, we took the
bus back to Vista and moved into our new apartment in Chatham. We took the rest of the day to slowly move in
and unpack everything. That night I
stayed in the apartment with my new roommates.
The next day, Tuesday, my dad and I drove around
everywhere and found everything I would ever need to go to: Walmart, Target,
Bed, Bath, & Beyond, the Comissary, the bank, etc. Next was a housing event to go over the rules
of the housing complexes. That night,
Dad took me out to Olive Garden for dinner for a last hurrah. I spent the night in the hotel because I had
to take Dad to the airport at 3:30am so he could catch his flight.
Dad leaving at the airport.
And then I was on my own!
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