We're Gonna Give It A JUMPSTART

Evening all.

So I've sent my NPC off and received a reply, so now there is nothing to do except finalize my flights this and next week and then wait for October to roll around. It seems so far away but already it is the 22nd August. It feels like yesterday that I got the acceptance e-mail and yet that was way back on June 1. Where has the past few months gone?

So this blog aside from informing you of all that is to talk about where I will live while over at Disney.

Lets start from the beginning... Once upon a time... KIDDING...

Okay so there are 4 complexes where the International College Program (ICP) Participants reside:

✩ Vista Way (VW) 

✩ Chatham Square (CS) 

✩ The Commons 
✩ Patterson Court (PC)

Now these 4 complexes are reasonably close to one another: Vista is one one side of the highway and Chatham, Commons and Patterson are on the other side next to each other. In each complex the buildings are co-ed where the rooms are not, and they come in 4 different sizes: 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms. Generally through reading blogs and viewing vlogs, Australians and the New Zealanders are generally placed in Vista (it is the biggest and oldest of the 4 complexes), but it isn't odd to hear of them placed in other apartments (aside Commons - they are for the Cultural Exchange program).

Each of the apartments comes with some welcoming presents: 

Bedroom:

✩ Dresser with mirror

✩ Nightstand 

✩ Two twin beds

Dining Room:

✩ 1 Table with 4-6 Chairs

Living Room:

✩ Couch

✩ Chair

✩ Two End Tables 

✩ Computer Desk and Chair

✩ Coffee Table

Additional Items Provided:

✩ Shower Curtain

✩ Two Vanity Wastebaskets

✩ Kitchen Appliances, Utensils and Dishes

✩ Local Phone Service and 1 Central Phone

✩ Maintenance of the Apartment, including Pest Control

✩ All Utilities including Water, Electricity and Waster Disposal

✩ 24-Hour Security

✩ Cable TV Hook-up 

          

So now on to the complexes...


Vista Way: 

Vista Way is the oldest and biggest of the complexes. It it where most American College Program and the ICP are housed. It has recently been renovated in the past year or so, and it is the complex with the most amenities surrounding it. Vista Way also has the cheapest rent of the complexes. It is also where the buses "live".

 ✩ Vista Way 2 Bedroom Floor Plan 

 ✩ Vista Way 3 Bedroom Floor Plan

This is a list of what is surrounding and included in Vista Way: 

✩ Disney Learning Centre

✩ Clubroom Thirtheen502

✩ Laundry Facilities On The Ground Floor Of Each Building

✩ Pavilion

✩ Fitness Centre

✩ 2 Hot Tubs

✩ Outdoor Pool Table

✩ 2 Swimming Pools

✩ Basketball Court 
✩ 2 Racquetball Courts

✩ Tennis Court
 ✩ Volleyball Court  

Chatham Square: 
 

 

Chatham Square is right across from Mickey's Retreat (A Cast Member only area) and in the terms of rent it is priced in the middle of Vista and Patterson. With Mickey's Retreat being so close to Chatham not only do you have its amenities you also get Mickey's. Chatham also shares its bus with Patterson, so you don't have to get up early for a 5-10 minute walk and a plus, Chatham's Bus Stop is right out the front of security.

✩ Chatham compared to Vista (2 Bedroom) 

This is a list of what is surrounding and included in Chatham Square: 

✩ Laundry Facilities In Buildings 2, 7, 15 and 19

✩ 1 Swimming Pool

✩ Computer Lab

✩ Fitness Centre

✩ Outdoor Pool Table

✩ Tennis Court
✩ Vollyball Court  

It may not seem like much but Chatham is right next to Mickey's Retreat so you can go there and use facilities. 

Patterson Court: 

Patterson Court is the most expensive complex to live in, as it was only built in 2008 everything is newer then the other complexes and you pay for it. Paterson is also the only complex without a bus stop so you have to walk over to Chatham to catch the bus (it's 5-10 minutes depending on your speed)

This is a list of what is surrounding and included in Patterson: 

✩ Laundry Facilities In Buildings 1, 4, 9 and 13

✩ 1 Swimming Pool

✩ Computer Lab

✩ Fitness Centre

✩ Outdoor Pool Table

It is less than Chatham and Vista, which is odd because Patterson in the newest complex but it's a short walk to Chatham which is right next to Mickey's Retreat so you can go there and use facilities.   

So that is pretty much the basic gist of the living complexes, one of which I will be living in 137 days from now. It has been info from Amy's Blog, Websites, Vlogs, Blogs, Previous ICP's I have spoken too.

So until next time,
Have a magical time. 
xx  

Meet Up ✓ NPC 2.0 ✓

Hey Hey,

So not much has happened from my last post aside from the meet up I organized happened last night and today I received my NPC back.

So the dinner was in Brisbane at Pancake Manor and I had 23 from 23 people turn up! Big win for me! And my booking for 25 didn't look silly. ( I think PM thought 25 of us wouldn't turn up. I proved them wrong! ) The dinner was good to finally put Facey pictures to actual humans in the flesh and I made some new friends.

I will give a shout out to Alice and her favourite shoes:

Kidding, though these did provide great laughs!

So dinner was at 6:30 and before we knew, it was 9pm! Where did the time go? Was great fun, and I will defiantly be organizing another soon, maybe somewhere on the Coast. I'm not sure, but I'll work it out.

So today's big news was I got my NPC back and the result: 

*Drumroll Please* 

I am really good at hiding things from the Australian Federal Police because I'm a clean skin!

They had NOTHING on me because I'm a goody goody!

So I will be scanning that into my computer and then happy days as I send it off to Yummy Jobs. :D

Also on a side note, tomorrow is D-Day for my rego so once that is paid every cent made after is for the Disney $$ or more like Flights, Visa, Travel insurance. Not looking forward to the future bills on their way to me.

But thats all for now!
Have a magical night! 

xx

NPC ✓

Hey Hey,

So today I sent my NPC (National Police Check) away. $43 and then a $5.95 charge from the post office...

Also STB is no longer partnered with Disney, so everything we do now goes through them.

I had heard that there's a few problems with that, so I was a little worried when I sent Jeff an e-mail, but we had a quick 4 e-mail conversation which ended in Jeni contacting me on my Friday morning.

However, Jeni rang me the next day: THURSDAY morning. A day ahead, I unfortunately missed it, so I shot her an e-mail but haven't heard back since, I may ring her like I said in my e-mail.

Also a few other CP's are saying they received an e-mail from Disney with some info, I'm still waiting to receive mine, so we will see what happens over the next few days.

That's all for now. Still have $515 to pay on my flights by Sept 18, so I really have to start putting some money on those! Hopefully I will do this other wise, who knows what will happen then.

Oh and a gloating moment, I brought my $US at $1.08, then it went up to $1.12 and I was like oh I missed out by like a few cents, but today because of all the issues over in America and their debt the dollar has gone back to $1.04 - WINNING for me. :D end gloat!

So until then,
Stay magical
xx