Housing Meeting

Yesterday at 10:00am I had my housing meeting at The Commons Clubhouse. I was able to drive from Patterson to The Commons and park there. I met some awesome girls while waiting to go in and sat next to one of them during the meeting.

We had to bring our housing ID, which they scanned upon entry, and our Programs Guide. Overall, the meeting lasted about an hour and a half and was nothing but rules. They really tried to make it fun and upbeat, which I appreciate, and it was about as fun as listening to a ton of rules and regulations could be.

I won a Mickey Mouse pen for answering a little trivia question (what was Mickey Mouse's original name going to be...it was going to be Mortimer Mouse people...thank you QuizUp). The only cool part about the meeting was the video montage they played of all the housing events, which made me excited for our upcoming housing event on the 30th!

So really not much to report otherwise. I have Traditions with my roommate Emily tomorrow and we have to take the 6:45am bus, so that will be fun (insert sarcasm here)! But in all honesty, I am very excited for Traditions and afterwards I will finally be able to go into the parks, which is just what Emily and I intend to do after Traditions is over!

 

Housing Assignment

So thanks to the Facebook page I have learned a lovely life hack to figure out what my housing assignment is prior to check-in! Apparently if you registered a vehicle, your housing assignment will show up on your Vehicle Registration form a couple days after DORMS registration closes for your check-in date. I have also heard that even if you didn't register a car you could go back and put in a fake vehicle real quick just to see what your assignment is, however I cannot validate this because I DID register my vehicle.

So now for the moment you've been waiting for...my housing assignment! I will be living in...

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Patterson Court, apartment 04108! 

Patterson Court was our first choice so we're all very excited! My other roommates who are bringing cars validated that this was the apartment they got assigned to as well. So for now, it seems as though everything has gone to plan!

DORMS: Disney Onsite Resident Management System

Today I got my DORMS email to register for housing! It actually came in two emails, one containing the link to the DORMS website as well as my housing ID and one containing my temporary log-in password. We (my roommates and I) ran into some issues at first because my room roommate, Arielle, is on a cruise right now and won't be back until the 11th, so no one was able to register her housing ID to request her as a roommate. However, after some short and quick email correspondences to Disney Housing everything was all settle quickly and hassle free!

The DORMS process was very simple. On the first page you filled out all your personal information, program information, emergency contact information, and added your vehicle information if applicable. If you are bringing a vehicle and filled out the information, the next page was the Vehicle Decal Agreement where you initial all these terms and agreements and give them your driver's license number. Then you are lead to the page to request your roommates and/or housing preferences. My roommate Arielle was already linked to me so I gave my roommates her housing ID and then we all requested each other. Then you could elect your housing preferences, we requested: Patterson Court, The Commons, and Chatham Square (in that order). Because I had requested roommates I was unable to request the amount of bedrooms.

The next four forms were the Community Codes Form, Payroll Form, Alcohol Policy Form, and Vehicle Agreement Form. All of these you simply agree to the terms and conditions and put your birthday. Once your submit these forms you'll be able to print out all eight pages which include your boarding pass (eight if you are registering a vehicle). You'll need these for check-in, however it seems from the Facebook that you really only need your boarding pass, but I would print them all to be safe!

After submitting my DORMS documents, I received an email indicating that I was the "leader" for my roommates (I assume because I submitted my DORMS first out of all my roommates). Then I received an email containing another copy of my boarding pass.

That's all I have as far as DORMS excitement go!