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that sounds great! i hear nothing but good stuff about the cp.



dear disney,

make the college program a summer thing.

love,
me.

Zazu wrote:

glendalais wrote:Finally, how is crime in the Central Florida community?

Just fine. What sort did you want?

Or did glendalais just wanted to scope out the competition before moving the whole family "operation" out east???

Zazu wrote:There's also a lively art community, though it's mostly in the Downtown Orlando-Winter Park area, about 20 miles away. Much avant garde stuff.

A good number of museums in town, Orlando Regional History Museum, Morse Museum of Art (lots of Tiffany), couple of sculpture gardens, etc. Again, a 20-mile drive.

OOO I get to correct Zazu!!!
Winter Park/Morse Museum/etc is 30 miles away. Do I get a prize?

If anyone is going to the Winter Park Art Festival I have some nice parking spots I can sell you :)

smart1hermione wrote:that sounds great! i hear nothing but good stuff about the cp.



dear disney,

make the college program a summer thing.

love,
me.

There used to be a summer-only program, but it was discontinued. Now the only summer program is for alumni (people who have done the CP already).

kurtisnelson wrote:OOO I get to correct Zazu!!!
Winter Park/Morse Museum/etc is 30 miles away. Do I get a prize?
If anyone is going to the Winter Park Art Festival I have some nice parking spots I can sell you :)

Maybe he will give you some points!!!!

hehehehehehehe

joanna71985 wrote:There used to be a summer-only program, but it was discontinued. Now the only summer program is for alumni (people who have done the CP already).

SO sick and wrong, that is.

the cp people come down to my school every other month-ish, and every time, people walk up, "oh when is your program?"

something ridiculous like february to september (i think...) and brightly add, "you can commute"

eh.... sdsu is 2ish hours away.... i'm not commuting. grah!

my little diatribe. i apologize.

Zazu wrote:Depends how you like your culture.

Theater is big here. There's a cast theatrical group, STAGE, which puts on performances on property. If you get wheels, there are a number of little theaters around, some of which are quite good.

There's also a lively art community, though it's mostly in the Downtown Orlando-Winter Park area, about 20 miles away. Much avant garde stuff.

A good number of museums in town, Orlando Regional History Museum, Morse Museum of Art (lots of Tiffany), couple of sculpture gardens, etc. Again, a 20-mile drive.

Big music scene, including classical, but mostly clubs. For Broadway, go to Tampa -- the big theater in Orlando is a big concrete box with the acoustics of a big concrete box.

Tell what you're looking for and we can be more specific.

Thanks Zazu, that was exactly what I was looking for :) .

I guess I had a little bit of a stereotype in my head that, given it's size and location (relative to Los Angeles, second largest metropolitan region in the country), Orlando was a little bit culturally deprived, lol. Nice to know that I was patently wrong :D: .

smart1hermione wrote:SO sick and wrong, that is.

the cp people come down to my school every other month-ish, and every time, people walk up, "oh when is your program?"

something ridiculous like february to september (i think...) and brightly add, "you can commute"

eh.... sdsu is 2ish hours away.... i'm not commuting. grah!

my little diatribe. i apologize.

Wait a sec, you live in HB and commute to SDSU?? That's a drive in an of itself.

We do have some CPers who drive all the way, I've met people who've come from UCSD and CSUSB, among others.

Before I forget, I have another question, this one on a personal note.

I just got notification of who my roommate will be, and I have contacted him. Seems like a nice guy and whatnot. However, I'm trying to figure out how, or if, I should tell him that I'm gay. He's from a part of the country that I'm fairly sure doesn't hold, for the most part, a high opinion of homosexuality in general.

I don't want to cause a uncomfortable situation right after I met him thru e-mail, but at the same time, it seems downright mean to just not broach the topic and wait until he moves in and shock him there (and if that shock manifests itself as homophobic behaviours, there are of course, other issues mostly related to my personal safety). If it's an issue for him, I should give him the chance to find another roommate, eh?

I know it's a uncomfortable issue, but I think it is a very important one.

heh, to clear things up, i live in a dorm at sdsu. 99 miles is a hefty commute from home every day. ^^;

i'm sure it's do-able to be in sd and go to anaheim, but holygeezwow. talk about no free time!

Glendalais-
Let him know. It is better to tell him and ask if there will be any discomfort now than wait until you're there. You shouldn't have to keep your life a secret.
Who knows, maybe he is having exactly the same concern you are right now.

glendalais wrote:I just got notification of who my roommate will be, and I have contacted him. Seems like a nice guy and whatnot. However, I'm trying to figure out how, or if, I should tell him that I'm gay. He's from a part of the country that I'm fairly sure doesn't hold, for the most part, a high opinion of homosexuality in general.

I don't want to cause a uncomfortable situation right after I met him thru e-mail, but at the same time, it seems downright mean to just not broach the topic and wait until he moves in and shock him there (and if that shock manifests itself as homophobic behaviours, there are of course, other issues mostly related to my personal safety). If it's an issue for him, I should give him the chance to find another roommate, eh?

I know it's a uncomfortable issue, but I think it is a very important one.

DisneyMom wrote:Glendalais-
Let him know. It is better to tell him and ask if there will be any discomfort now than wait until you're there. You shouldn't have to keep your life a secret.
Who knows, maybe he is having exactly the same concern you are right now.

Another thought on that regard: If your roommate is homophobic he's going to have a very hard time working here at WDW. He will be working daily, and depending on his area, closely, with at least one or two people who are gay, if not several. If he has a problem with that, he'll have two choices: give y'all a chance, or leave. If he chooses to be accepting and have a sense of humor, then he'll do great... but then if he doesn't have a sense of humor, he won't be able to deal with pretty much anyone here.

I would go ahead and let him know fairly soon, and see how he responds.