You've Got a Friend in Me - Finding Roommates

Sorry I haven't written on here for a while! There hasn't been much to update about! However, since this marks 100 days until I start to work at Disney, I thought it was time for a new post! One of the few things people do as soon as they get accepted (other than cry, dance around, or scream) is try to find roommates!

So how do you find roommates for the DCP? There are a few options. You can opt to get a random roommate through Disney. They'll place someone you have never met in your room/suite and you can just hope for the best! I didn't choose to do that. I saw a website early on that was like a dating website for finding roommates. While I thought it was a great idea, I had already found an awesome roommate at that point so I didn't do that. So, how did I find my roommate? Facebook!

I know what you're thinking - finding a roommate through Facebook? Honestly, it is how most people doing the DCP find their roommates (many also use Tumblr but I don't have one). People fill out a roommate survey that includes your name, your age (which will determine the type of housing you will live in. Wellness - under 21 and no alcohol allowed and non-wellness - 21+), you arrival and departure dates (which must be the same), what housing complex you would like to live in, and then some personality questions. You post it on the Disney College Program Spring 2015 website, and hope someone will comment with similar interests to you! I was lucky enough to find a roommate really early on. We have so much in common that when we posted our suite mate survey, people were commenting on what perfect roommates we were! Most importantly, you look for people who have the same values as you. I was very lucky to find a perfect match!

You may think you have nothing else to worry about once you find a roommate. FALSE! Unless you want to live in a one-room apartment and pay a fortune, you have to look for suite mates. Tatiana (my roommate) posted our surveys to a few groups on Facebook, and we were lucky enough to find two more amazing girls to live in our suite! After talking for a few days via Facebook messenger, making sure we all wanted the same housing and details like that, we all decided that we would all be a good fit! We're still looking for two more suite mates so we can stay at our 1st choice housing, Patterson, but we're really happy with the group we have now!

In the past, roommates and suite mates had to arrive really early in the morning (3 or 4am) and stand in line together for hours so they could room together. Luckily, Disney has a new system now so people can submit their roommates in advance!

I was so lucky to find amazing people to live with during my program. We all live in different parts of the US so we won't be able to all get together in person before our program, but I can't wait for us all to finally get down there! If anyone has any questions about Disney living, feel free to comment below and I'll get back to you!