VWL Groupies & Lovers Thread (Special Collectors Edition 2.0) updated 21 June 2023

jimmytammy · Oct 25, 2016

sleepydog25 said:
Might lose our AAA rating for Groupie friendliness. . .

Sometimes, you just have to take a stand ::yes::

jimmytammy · Oct 25, 2016

Greg and Star
Y'all get me, those uniforms were exactly what I had in mind :thumbsup2

bobbiwoz · Oct 25, 2016

Dizny Dad · Oct 25, 2016

jimmytammy said:
. . . . . . . . Keep the riff raff out of our quiet pool area. . . . . . . .

Yeah, I'm for that . . .hey wait; I am the Riff Raff! Never mind. . . . . . . . . . . . :rolleyes1

sleepydog25 · Oct 25, 2016

Starwind said:
And they are now listed that way on the WDW website for making room reservations.

SW

wildernessDad · Oct 25, 2016

Flossbolna said:
Also on the DVC website... The good thing is that you can just call them The Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge.
That way you don't notice the silly addition that much.

jimmytammy · Oct 25, 2016

Dizny Dad said:
Yeah, I'm for that . . .hey wait; I am the Riff Raff! Never mind. . . . . . . . . . . .

Oh no you are not Dad, in fact, was going to throw out the idea of you being our fearless leader as I know you and Di spent a lot of time in the hot tub, so you have every reason to keep the riff raff out!! What say you, General Rich Dizny Dad. Promotion to the top I say, 4 star General. I feel a revolution coming on

horselover · Oct 25, 2016

Corinne said:
Julie - hope you are well! I hope you can update us soon. My boss is there as well. I heard from her Thursday, she said they were instructed to stay in their room on Friday, and to stock up,on food and water. I cannot imagine what that was like at the resorts. Hope it wasn't too bad.

It wasn't. I survived (obviously)! Definitely a very weird experience & not one I'd particularly want to have again but nowhere near as bad as they were predicting it to be. I didn't make it over to VWL (still calling it that too!) because of the lost time. Once Sat. came it was like nothing ever happened.

sleepydog25 said:
We're getting toward the bottom of the page (and nearly 36 hours since the last Groupie post), so this note will not only solve that problem, but I'll use it to provide an update on my daughter and her family. They went to Orlando which, as you all know, was slapped fairly hard, too. However, their hotel not only let them check in at 7 a.m., but they provided great service during their stay. As for the storm and its effect on their home in Melbourne, they were able to get back in just two days, and the only actual damage they had was their fence which was blown over in many places. Power was even on. Whew! However, I still feel awful for and empathize with the folks farther north who got slammed by Matthew and who are still suffering from the loss of power, flooding, and damaged homes. Hoping they can recover and recoup soon.

Glad to hear it wasn't bad for them.

KAT4DISNEY said:
I'd say so long, farewell, adieu, So long Partner.......but I'm still calling it The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge.

Me too!

Has anyone done the Christmas party? Trying to decide if it's worth the money. I've always enjoyed the Halloween party but not sure about MVMCP. I've heard mixed reviews. Any reviews here?

Starwind · Oct 25, 2016

horselover said:
Has anyone done the Christmas party? Trying to decide if it's worth the money. I've always enjoyed the Halloween party but not sure about MVMCP. I've heard mixed reviews. Any reviews here?

We have done MNSSHP once and MVMCP twice. We enjoyed both. We recommend both.

Now, that said, we didn't wait in (very many) lines for characters, mostly did attractions (which have fairly short or reasonable wait times), enjoyed the park, watched the parade, and watched the fireworks.

Both times we did MVMCP it was chilly in the evening -- so layers were important. I actually brought a LIGHT (Polartec 100) fleece earband, scarf and mittens just in case and ENDED UP WEARING THEM. Er, and we are from Canada and were escaping winter. The temp itself wasn't too bad, it was the wind and windchill more than anything. YMMV.

Both MVMCP we entered soon after four and made our way past the hordes that congregate on Main Street. On our last trip, MVMCP was the ONLY park we visited - the rest of the trip was resort visiting and then a B2B cruise. So, doing rides was important. We stay til the end, and take advantage of the thinning out late in the evening to get on rides with pretty much no wait. Basically all the rides we wanted to do we did with no problem, some more than once.

I do note that the TTA is only open until 7, so we deliberately scheduled that in in our 4-7 time.

We have done an MK TS meal in the 4-7 window, but that does take away from park time. Another time we just ate at the resort before the party and then grabbed something later in the evening from Cosmic Ray's. We did the TS because it was a specific restaurant we wanted to eat at and that was our chance to, but I think in the future we would do late lunch at Roaring Forks and then an MK QS in the evening.

I think whether one enjoys it will depend largely on how you view the party. For us, it is a way to get concentrated park time with lower crowds, a specific theme, maybe doa couple meet and greets, some free snacks (they even have allergy friendly ones) and see some special shows, parade and fireworks. So, kind of a condensed day at the park with a few extra doses of the holidays. Another benefit it if it is your only park visit that trip it is cheaper than a full day pass for MK. And you can get a lot done; see: lower crowds, etc.

Another advantage of the parties, for me, is most of it is in the dark. I am photosensitive/react badly to the sun, so being able to visit the park at night and not have to worry about sunscreen and sun protective clothing and hats and such is GREAT. Though hats protect your ears a bit from wind... see earbands above

To decide if we wanted to do the parties in the first place, we did a lot of research online. Looked at prior year maps/handouts. Looked at prior year pictures. Watched lots and lots of videos. Decided it was for us. Are glad we did it and will do it again.

Hope this helps.

SW

Lakegirl · Oct 25, 2016

horselover said:
It wasn't. I survived (obviously)! Definitely a very weird experience & not one I'd particularly want to have again but nowhere near as bad as they were predicting it to be. I didn't make it over to VWL (still calling it that too!) because of the lost time. Once Sat. came it was like nothing ever happened.

Glad to hear it wasn't bad for them.

Me too!

Has anyone done the Christmas party? Trying to decide if it's worth the money. I've always enjoyed the Halloween party but not sure about MVMCP. I've heard mixed reviews. Any reviews here?

We did it and absolutely loved it. I have never don MNSHP but my BF said he liked the Halloween party better but still enjoyed the XMAS party.

jimmytammy · Oct 26, 2016

Julie
Though its been years since we did either party(did both at least 3 times over the years)we enjoyed them both. MNSSHP, they hand out candy, I like the parade better, and the fireworks, they used to have a witch fly from the castle(not sure they still do this). MVMCP, they serve hot chocolate and cookies, I like the fireworks better for this one. Many years ago, you could walk onto any ride, in some cases you could ride over and over. Once, we rode splash mt 3 times without getting out of the boat! Very cool!! But we noticed over the years, more and more people were being admitted for a heftier fee, not cool :headache:

So, I would say go, but do so on a Tues. as 1st choice, Thurs. as 2nd choice, Sun. as 3rd and Fri. as last resort. And don't buy tickets in advance until day before, watching the weather very close. They go rain or shine, and we have been on a couple wash out nights. Once, it was so bad, they gave us tickets as we left the park to come back another time while our days remained.

DiznyDi · Oct 26, 2016

All this talk about name changing and mounties has me spilling my coffee this morning.....

Dizny Dad · Oct 26, 2016

DiznyDi said:
All this talk about name changing and mounties has me spilling my coffee this morning.....

That is why I keep saying we need a duvet on the comforter of our bed . . . . Life can be hard . . .

bobbiwoz · Oct 26, 2016

Over the years we have enjoyed both parties. Tom especially enjoyed the Christmas parade. This year we are doing the Jingle dessert party at DHS in December.

That's good advice, waiting to see weather reports before buying party tickets. We attended a miserable rain filled party one time, and it was chilly to boot.

ottawagreg · Oct 26, 2016

Villas at Wilderness Lodge before they found all the boulders

KAT4DISNEY · Oct 26, 2016

horselover said:
Has anyone done the Christmas party? Trying to decide if it's worth the money. I've always enjoyed the Halloween party but not sure about MVMCP. I've heard mixed reviews. Any reviews here?

We've done both multiple times - keep taking different family who want to do them. :laughing:

I initially preferred MVMCP back when they had the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas stage show. Now my preferences has swung back to MNSSHP but I'd say it's probably worthwhile checking out the Christmas party once anyway. After attending a rainy one I had vowed off buying tickets further in advance than I knew the weather reports, but this year we've already got tickets for Dec 18th.

Now, do I really think it's worth the money? Not what we're paying now - it used to be. But, we're still going and contributing to the problem of increasing prices. :rolleyes:

I actually like the DL Christmas parade better than WDW's and they do it regular during the day during the season. :santa:

jimmytammy · Oct 26, 2016

ottawagreg said:
Villas at Wilderness Lodge before they found all the boulders

Too funny Greg. Laughed out loud at this :rotfl2:

horselover · Oct 26, 2016

Thanks for the input everyone! Still haven't decided yet but wondering if the money would be better spent on a nice meal. I wouldn't buy tickets ahead. I always waited until a day or 2 before when we did MSSHP.

Lakegirl · Oct 26, 2016

Do they ever sell out though? That is what I would be worried about.

Starwind · Oct 26, 2016

Some of them do sell out, yes. The night we did MVMCP last year was sold out quite some time in advance {we bought tickets shortly after they started selling them, since we knew the specific night was the only night we could do that trip and we would do it rain or shine).

SW

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