evening all!
when i did my course I went out on the thursday until the following friday. You get the first weekend off in Ams from what I remmeber. So you are there just over a week to start. You will mainly need casuals, as you are normally issued your uniform on the first day, and you wear it for most of the course. Top tip is to pack your own iron-the ones in the rooms are rubbish and all your shirts blouses etc are creased to hell from being packaged. Also you normally get a crew suitcase issued at the same time. Which is huge. What else can I tell you? Hmm breakfast is included and it's quite lekker and also you get 30 euros perday credited to your room account for food/drinks. plus you get a 20% discount on food a bevs, so you shouldn't end up too out of pocket.
If you have any more questions then please ask and i'll try my best to answer them. Good luck all. You'll love it.