My check in day with Disney was Tuesday January 29, 2013. As
the complexes would not be ready for us early in the morning, we were asked to
check in after noon on that day. As a result, my parents and I went to Epcot
for the morning.
We went and got fast passes for Soarin’ and were planning on
going on Test Track, but it was shut down that morning. Instead, we started off
at Spaceship Earth. After we went over to The Seas with Nemo and Friends
pavilion and rode The Seas with Nemo and Friends. We went to see Turtle Talk
with Crush, where the audience has the opportunity to interact with Crush. This
show proves that the phrase “kids say the darndest things” is actually true! At
least, it was true for our group at that show!
After finishing off The Seas pavilion, our fast passes for
Soarin’ were ready. We ended getting the first row, which is the best because
you can’t see anyone flying above you. The park started to get very busy at
this point, so we decided to head back to the hotel and make sure that I had
fully packed everything up for my move. We packed up whatever remained in the
hotel that was mine and it was then time for lunch. We headed to the Olive
Garden for lunch and then headed over to Vista Way to check in.
I was so nervous heading up to Vista .
Once we had reached the housing complex, and after a few mistaken directions, I
found the check-in for the international program participants. I checked in and
was placed in Vista . This was really strange
for me to hear because the international participants had almost always been
placed in The Commons. It turns out that they are trying to spread everyone out
now and a fair number of us from the same arrival date were placed in Vista .
I was shown up to my room and my parents helped me unpack
all of my stuff. I am in a two bedroom, so each room has a private bathroom to
share between two roommates. When I moved in I met the two girls that were
sharing the other room. Both of them are from Mexico . My roommate hadn’t arrived
at this point. My parents and I completely set up my room and did a Walmart
run. Since I was still roommate-less at this point, I went back to Epcot with
my parents for the night.
We decided to eat at the Fish and Chips shop in the United Kingdom
pavilion. On the way, we decided to stop in the Canadian pavilion and I met a
couple of the people that I am now working with. It was nice to get to know
some people beforehand, as I had not been able to meet up with any of the Canadians
that had the same start date as me at this point.
We got our Fish and Chips and sat at one of the tables right
outside the Chippy. There were several other people at the surrounding tables
and we were all enjoying our Fish and Chips when the squirrels came out. Most
squirrels would be afraid of people, but these squirrels were jumping up on the
tables and were trying to get food. They were not afraid of anything! While it
made our meal a little difficult to eat, it did make for an absurd story to tell
people!
After our eventful dinner, we got some caffeinated drinks
and went to watch the rock band in the United Kingdom pavilion, British
Revolution. They put on an awesome show and played all classic rock songs by
various British bands (The Beatles, The Stones, The Clash, etc.) While the show
was on, I had a cute Disney moment. There was a little girl watching the show
with her dad and the two of them were dancing together. When the little girl
started jumping, her dad would jump along with her. It was a very cute “only at
Disney would you see this” moment.
We went over to France and got some dessert (I got
a strawberry tart and it was absolutely amazing!) We walked all around the
World Showcase and rode both Maelstrom (the boat ride in Norway ) and The Grand Fiesta Tour (the boat ride
in Mexico ).
After this, we found a spot to watch Illuminations in Mexico . Once
the fireworks were over, my parents brought me back to Vista
for the night. When I got back, I got to meet my roommate! She is from the UK and is
absolutely lovely! Her flight had just gotten in a few hours before and the few
of them had done a quick Walmart run for essentials that night. We spent the
next few hours getting to know each other while she unpacked her stuff.
That was the end of my very exciting check in day. I had
received a schedule for the next few days when I checked in and had a couple of
days of orientation meetings and paperwork ahead!
Currently listening to: “Fit to be Tied” by Jet Lag Gemini
from the album Fire The Cannons
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