Our daughter checks in on Aug. 11th also!I hope she will like what she gets assigned as well. I'm more concerned about the hours they may get. She is more of a morning person so I'm afraid she may get very late hours. She will be in FSFB. She just finished 2 summer classes and just started one more. She did it in hopes that she will be able to stay on track with graduation. She is taking one while down there. I'm guessing they work with them on their schedule so they can do that?! And I understood from her school that she will get credit for it so that's great. I think it will be a great class. Anyway, we will be there bright and early on the 11th! Not sure where we will stay the night before. We will be driving up from Sarasota, Fl from helping get our son moved in to college. Also, not sure whether to stay the night of the 11th. I figured they will be keeping them very busy but would love to see her at the end of the day if we are able.
Thank you! CBR is exactly where we were hoping to be. It was available last week but not this week. The YCR is still available so I guess we could just try for that.
Our daughter checks in on Aug. 11th also!
Thanks for the info. We really don't know what to expect. We saw a Youtube video of check in and the line was really long. Do you remember how long your daughter was in line?
No problem! She'll get used to it after awhile, especially when she hangs out on days off she'll stay up later than she'd expect. Some days we played at MK until 1AM.
I lived in Patterson and worked at Hollywood Studios and the easiest way driving was to turn onto International Drive (which was the road on the other side of Patterson), take a right (rather than left to get to the airport) and you're on World Center Drive. Despite it being the road most families take to get to WDW and their hotels it's generally pretty light traffic until you get into the middle of everything and even then it's fine. During the holidays it's dreadful to get home if you're off around 9 or 10 because everyone is leaving. Bring snacks, lol. I was always much happier to have traffic on the way home than on the way to work though.
Here is a map, hopefully it's not too confusing. It is so so easy to drive on World Center is crazy. If she has a GPS she can use that and within a week she'll know where she's going. It only take about 15 minutes on a good day but I always left an hour before for Studios to give myself plenty of time you never know how crowded it will be or how easy it is to find a parking spot.
If you can I would at all cost avoid I4. It's extremely crowded all the time and a very frightening road if you're not used to driving in a big city especially at night coming home from work. You can always find a different road, people there often never use turn signals so it makes it even worse.
Thank you SO much for the map! It is greatly appreciated and I'm sure others on here will appreciate it! I am so glad she will not really need to get on I4. That was what I was most worried about, especially if she had to come home late at night. Once we know where she will be living and working, we will drive it with her before leaving.
One other question that I think has been asked before but we are kind of confused on, is what work documents they need to bring for check-in. Also, I see it is recommended to go ahead and go by the Urgent Care and register so if she should have any health concerns, it will be much easier on her. Is there only one place, they get picked up to be taken to? Thank you so much for all of your help and guidance!
No problem! She'll get used to it after awhile, especially when she hangs out on days off she'll stay up later than she'd expect. Some days we played at MK until 1AM.
I lived in Patterson and worked at Hollywood Studios and the easiest way driving was to turn onto International Drive (which was the road on the other side of Patterson), take a right (rather than left to get to the airport) and you're on World Center Drive. Despite it being the road most families take to get to WDW and their hotels it's generally pretty light traffic until you get into the middle of everything and even then it's fine. During the holidays it's dreadful to get home if you're off around 9 or 10 because everyone is leaving. Bring snacks, lol. I was always much happier to have traffic on the way home than on the way to work though.
Here is a map, hopefully it's not too confusing. It is so so easy to drive on World Center is crazy. If she has a GPS she can use that and within a week she'll know where she's going. It only take about 15 minutes on a good day but I always left an hour before for Studios to give myself plenty of time you never know how crowded it will be or how easy it is to find a parking spot.
If you can I would at all cost avoid I4. It's extremely crowded all the time and a very frightening road if you're not used to driving in a big city especially at night coming home from work. You can always find a different road, people there often never use turn signals so it makes it even worse.
I have never heard of that before and to be honest I don't see them doing it.
Everything that we put in had to be put in through the hub and sometimes we still would not get those days off because it depends on who else asked, events, and other situations. I arrived August 5th and the next week I went through the hub and requested personal (not regular) days off for whenever my family was coming. I got all but one off and the rest you can usually trade shifts or giveaway shifts. I might be wrong though, I've never heard of it before, however.
