July 29th Peoples WOOP!!!!!!!

Wow, PeXoXaLoVePooh (can I call you Pexo for short?)

That's really soon. You must feel like you have no time left to sort things out in!

 

Hey guys,

Has anyone got the address of the embassy we need to go to? I'm staying at a friends and all the paperwork is at home. I really wanted to sort out travel tonight.

Please??

 

TY!!!

u can call me Ely too thats my real name hahahaha

yes really soon! and too many things to do!!!, now the most strefull thing is the visa! i hope get my papers soon to start the process!!!

see u in a month!!! =D

 

Ely - Congratulations!!! I just knew one day your dream would come true - I know you've been trying for a long time and I'm so happy for you. That's great news!

 

aaawww!! TY so much!!! u make me feel sooo especial! =) im sooo happy after all the dreams DO come true!!! =)

 

congrats ely!!!!


one question to you guys... when do you arrive at mco on july 29th ?!

i will arrive with another CRP at 11:10 am

 

Tori its 8:05am on friday. sorry i cudnt tellya the address.

the majority of us will be arriving in MCO @ 15:25.
x

 

I got my visa! I'm really going!

Hi guys,

I went up to London today to visit the embassy and I thought I'd just give everyone the rundown on what to expect.

I got there at 7.30am and there was already a queue. Luckily, it wasn't that long. When you join the line, you get handed a plastic bag in which you have to put anything metal, coins, watches, earrings, necklaces, rings even belts. They ask if you have anything electronic and if you answer yes they send you down the road to some chemist place that charges £10 to look after your stuff while you're in the embassy. Luckily, I didn't have anything because after you've gone to the chemist, you have to rejoin the queue (which will have doubled in the time it took you to visit the chemist!) The security guard will ask to see your Visa Appointment Confirmation letter and passport. Then you have to go through security which is just like at the airport. You put your metal bits in a plastic tray that goes through the X-Ray machine and you walk through the arch that beeps (you know what I mean). Then you walk round the building to the entrance.

At the reception deck, the woman will ask you for your DS-156 form. They will also ask for your DS-157 if you're a fella. If you haven't got one, you can fill one out there but obviously, while you're doing that, others are going ahead of you. The woman will give you a number starting from 1000. I got 1013 which freaked me out at first because I thought that meant there were 1012 people in front of me! Then you sit on some chairs waiting for your number to be called. The windows open at 8 (and then not all of them), and the numbers aren't called in strict order. Sometimes it jumps but they always go back. Once your number is called, you go up to the window and hand the clerk all your paperwork and passport. She sorts it, writes stuff on it and then gets you to place your left four fingers on a light box. Then your right, then both thumbs. Finally she hands you a blue form and your paperwork and tells you to sit back down until your number is called again. The blue form is for your courier service to get your visa back to you. You can fill it out while you're waiting (recommend you bring a pen). They have an area to put your mobile number so they can text you a date for delivery. My number is programmed in my phone as I don't have it memorised so I had to leave it. If you're the same, make sure you have the number with you.

When your number is called again (and it can take a while), you go up to the higher numbered windows (13-19) and they scan your right four fingers again (I'm not sure why). Then the woman tells you if your visa has been approved and sends you to the courier desk. All in all, you're at that window for about one minute.

At the courier desk, they take your blue form, check your address (I used my work address, I spend more time there!) and then charge you. It cost me £14 and luckily they take debit cards! Then they hand you a receipt, get you to sign it and wish you a nice day. You're done.

I was shocked how quick it was. The last time I got a visa, I was there all day! Today, I was out by 8.40! That's only one hour and ten minutes! I asked if that was normal and they told me its definately best to be one of the first in as the waiting time extends the later you get there. I was back home by midday and I live over 100 miles away from London! Of course, the fact that I had to be up at 4am this morning, only mars the whole experience a little!

Anyway, that's the 411 for you. Best of luck everyone! I am so jealous that no one else had thiers today! You'll all know each other before you get out there at this rate!

 

yo!! i am glad yours only took an hour and 10 mins!mine was an hour on top of that!! in the 2nd bit where you got your blue forms, i waited agesssss!!! dont know how long exactly because i didnt have a watch and my phone was at that chemist but every number around mine got called (1016) and it was al the way up to 1056 and i was like hmmmm...wheres my number but then lorraine newton came over the tannoy sooo i guessed that was me.
why do americans call me lorraine??? my names lauren also i think i am going o have to change the spelling to loren just so they get the idea lol!
x

 

Maybe you look dodgy, mate?

Maybe they were sitting in the office with security cameras trained on you saying to each other, "hey now, that Lorraine looks (I can't think of an American word for dodgy)".

I waited a while for the second half too. It did seem to be every other number but mine was called. I thought they'd forgotten me. Then you're only at that window for less than a minute! Still, it's done now and pretty soon we'll be getting our visas! Yay! Did you find it felt alot more real once you knew you'd been approved?

 

Did you take just a normal passport photo cos the instructions on the embassy site about the photo seem a bit confusing! xx

 

Yep, I just had a normal one, taken in one of those booths. There's a machine at the embassy if it turns out they won't accept your photo but I'm pretty sure they will.

 

Thanks!!

 

Guys wer do i go for the medical insurance? i dnt knw which one to go to :-[ :-[ :'(

 

hi ely!! welcome to the 29thers!! i've not been on here for a while...how is everyone? apparently there is some medical insurance on the yummy jobs website that is quite good. has anyone got theirs yet?

31 days!!!!!!!!!! (right..?) ??? :

 

HI HI HI HI!!! I'M TOE!!!!! getting here at last moment LOL i'm mexican, july 19th for F&B... HELLO ARRIVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

 

Hi Toe!! Do you mean July 29th??

Anyone else heard that Disney is closing the Pleasure Island clubs in September? Need to visit the Adventurer's Club before its shut down!

 

I know! I was gutted! We're gonna have to try and do PI as much as we can before it closes! I used to love 8trax (I love 70's music! Give me a little bit of the Bee Gees and I'm laughing).

It's ONE MONTH today! One month! That's only 30 days! Has anyone else been looking at their watch today and thinking, "this time next month I'll be on a plane"? Trouble is, I've been doing that all day and it just seems that each time all I'm thinking is, "this time next month I'll be on a plane". I guess I'd forgotten how long the flight to Florida really is!

 

Yeah yeah, i meant july 29 th ;D lol where u from?

 

hey guys!
Tori i must be dodgy if it took me that long at the embassy hey ohh wells. do you actually have your passport back yet then?mine still isnt here!!!
i have never been to pleasure island before, is it like citywalk but just a disney version? do we know why its shutting down?
can you remember river country before they shut that down too?? that was my favourite waterpark!!!!
Hey Toe! welcome to the 29 clang dude!!!! i am from Nottingham in England, where abouts in Mexico are you from then?
xx