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Dizny Dad · 02-10-2011, 08:15 AM

FindingFigment - WOW - thanks for the pictures! We all love to see how our SSR is improving itself!

Looking forward to the plunge now!

FindingFigment · 02-10-2011, 08:32 AM

You're welcome. I was happy to do it. Even though I'm not buying at SSR, I am a true SSR lover. It's just that we are a small family and would never want to pile up with a bunch of friends or family in a THV, so buying at SSR gives me no home resort advantage. The other resort I really love is BWV and since we travel in October, then I'd need home resort advantage to get in there due to it's popularity during F&W. My ideal vacation would be a split stay between BWV & SSR!

Anyway, thank you for letting me be a part of your group. I

Saratoga!!

mecllap · 02-10-2011, 07:10 PM

Very helpful photos -- thanks you! Looks like it's going to be a nice improvement. (And I like your user name -- we're big Figment fans, and miss seeing him at Epcot as a meet and greet character [back to Dreamfinder days, and the large version that has alas disappeared]).

Carl'n'Ellie'sDad · 02-10-2011, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FindingFigment

You're welcome. I was happy to do it. Even though I'm not buying at SSR, I am a true SSR lover. It's just that we are a small family and would never want to pile up with a bunch of friends or family in a THV, so buying at SSR gives me no home resort advantage. The other resort I really love is BWV and since we travel in October, then I'd need home resort advantage to get in there due to it's popularity during F&W. My ideal vacation would be a split stay between BWV & SSR!

Anyway, thank you for letting me be a part of your group. I

Saratoga!!

Now FF, you do know that there's no minimum group size for the THV, right? Our family of 4 is staying 5 nights in a studio, so we can stay the next 6 in a THV. Cheaper than doing all 11 in a 1BR!

tjhsr · 02-11-2011, 07:27 AM

Thanks for the pictures. We will be there in 17 days and will update with some new pictures when we get back.

Dizny Dad · 02-11-2011, 05:31 PM

Tjhsr - 17 days! Wow! Have a great time and we're looking forward to the pool pics!

tjhsr · 02-11-2011, 06:37 PM

This is what we did for the first 5 yrs. DW and I would go March,May and Oct. and always at SSR. Then the 3 DGC were due all around the first of Feb. 2009 so we skipped the March trip the last 2 years. Now we are back to 3 trips a year but they are now a bit more crowded on 2 of the trips.

The 3 of them are SSR veterans already

Got to love SSR and DVC

AirGoofy · 02-12-2011, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Carl'n'Ellie'sDad

Now FF, you do know that there's no minimum group size for the THV, right? Our family of 4 is staying 5 nights in a studio, so we can stay the next 6 in a THV. Cheaper than doing all 11 in a 1BR!

A good idea. I did not like the split stays - too much packing/ unpacking.

homedad · 02-12-2011, 09:50 PM

1st visit to SSR in less than 2 months and loving the info and hype......

ree123 · 02-15-2011, 12:05 PM

Howdy y'all!!!

Signing on......
We are recent DVC owners at AKL and SSR. In the last week we went from having a 1 B/BWView at BWV to AKL SView, to SSR studio (thanks to stupid blizzard). We had to downsize room (one DD cant go-nursing school) and then change dates AGAIN due to youngest DD school adding dates to school year to make up for yucky snow days. We loved SSR when we were here in 08. SSR actually was a motivator in buying DVC! Anyways, we will now be there from 6/23-6/30. Are we seriously going to miss the new pool? Any chance of early opening? Will High Rock pool be open? I read a few pages back that that pool is closing for rehab, really?? Why on earth at beginning of summer would they close a main pool without new pool open?? Grrrr- hope I read that wrong. I put in a request for Springs this time...Hows springs? Whats in that area?? Thanks

Mousewerks · 02-15-2011, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ree123

Anyways, we will now be there from 6/23-6/30. Are we seriously going to miss the new pool? Any chance of early opening? Will High Rock pool be open? I read a few pages back that that pool is closing for rehab, really?? Why on earth at beginning of summer would they close a main pool without new pool open?? Grrrr- hope I read that wrong.

The Mousesavers newsletter of today just said they were going to not heat the High Rock Spring pool from 2/28/11-3/4/11.

mamaprincess · 02-15-2011, 03:36 PM

Awesome pics FindingFigment! I can't wait until the new pool area is done! SSR always has something special in the works.

AirGoofy · 02-15-2011, 07:05 PM

I thought I read that the Paddock pool was closed to the middle of June. But, I may have misread it.

Dizny Dad · 02-16-2011, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AirGoofy

I thought I read that the Paddock pool was closed to the middle of June. But, I may have misread it.

~ June 20 is the scheduled opening. Disney is famous for the "soft openings" of featured attractions, but without water, this one may be hard to dive into!

Anybody want to bet that the week before, a towel will appear on a lounge to save the seat? You can never be too early.

Disney_Mama · 02-16-2011, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Dizny Dad

Anybody want to bet that the week before, a towel will appear on a lounge to save the seat? You can never be too early.

02-10-2011, 08:15 AM	#796
Dizny Dad DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,706	FindingFigment - WOW - thanks for the pictures! We all love to see how our SSR is improving itself! Looking forward to the plunge now! __________________ [YC 10/90][DI 6/98][SSR 8/06][DVC 10/06][SSR 3/07][VWL/SSR 12/07][SSR 5/08][SSR 10/08][VWL 5/09][VWL/SSR 12/09][AKV/SSR 5/10][VWL/SSR 12/10][VWL 5/11] [VWL 10/11][VWL 12/11][AKL 4/12][VWL 5/12][VWL 12/12][Aulani 2/13][SSR 10/13][VWL 12/13][..& Still Planning]

02-10-2011, 07:10 PM	#798
mecllap "Skamps" Hugh Jackman -- major beefcake! Once a DIS Sleuth, Always a DIS Sleuth Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NC Posts: 2,640	Very helpful photos -- thanks you! Looks like it's going to be a nice improvement. (And I like your user name -- we're big Figment fans, and miss seeing him at Epcot as a meet and greet character [back to Dreamfinder days, and the large version that has alas disappeared]). __________________ Upcoming trip: last week in April off-site, then studios: 3 nites SSR; 3 nites VWL; 3 nites VBR; 5 nites BWV missing SSR pic http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/mecllap/ (DC; Disney (WDW,DLR): Cayman; Europe; So. Florida)

02-11-2011, 05:31 PM	#801
Dizny Dad DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,706	Tjhsr - 17 days! Wow! Have a great time and we're looking forward to the pool pics! __________________ [YC 10/90][DI 6/98][SSR 8/06][DVC 10/06][SSR 3/07][VWL/SSR 12/07][SSR 5/08][SSR 10/08][VWL 5/09][VWL/SSR 12/09][AKV/SSR 5/10][VWL/SSR 12/10][VWL 5/11] [VWL 10/11][VWL 12/11][AKL 4/12][VWL 5/12][VWL 12/12][Aulani 2/13][SSR 10/13][VWL 12/13][..& Still Planning]

02-15-2011, 07:05 PM	#808
AirGoofy DIS Dad#341 Savvy! I have yet to snag one of those recliner seats right in front of the big screen TV Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 10,885	I thought I read that the Paddock pool was closed to the middle of June. But, I may have misread it. __________________ DIS Dad #341 WDW Commando #187 Disneytopia LIVE! October 2012 Trip Report Randall found in my mailbox.

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02-10-2011, 08:32 AM	#797
FindingFigment Mouseketeer Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 393	You're welcome. I was happy to do it. Even though I'm not buying at SSR, I am a true SSR lover. It's just that we are a small family and would never want to pile up with a bunch of friends or family in a THV, so buying at SSR gives me no home resort advantage. The other resort I really love is BWV and since we travel in October, then I'd need home resort advantage to get in there due to it's popularity during F&W. My ideal vacation would be a split stay between BWV & SSR! Anyway, thank you for letting me be a part of your group. I Saratoga!!

02-11-2011, 07:27 AM	#800
tjhsr DVC Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maryland@SSR Posts: 626	Thanks for the pictures. We will be there in 17 days and will update with some new pictures when we get back.

02-11-2011, 06:37 PM	#802
tjhsr DVC Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maryland@SSR Posts: 626	This is what we did for the first 5 yrs. DW and I would go March,May and Oct. and always at SSR. Then the 3 DGC were due all around the first of Feb. 2009 so we skipped the March trip the last 2 years. Now we are back to 3 trips a year but they are now a bit more crowded on 2 of the trips. The 3 of them are SSR veterans already Got to love SSR and DVC

02-12-2011, 09:50 PM	#804
homedad DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rochester Hills, MI Posts: 1,053	1st visit to SSR in less than 2 months and loving the info and hype......

02-15-2011, 12:05 PM	#805
ree123 25 + visits and counting.... Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 219	Howdy y'all!!! Signing on...... We are recent DVC owners at AKL and SSR. In the last week we went from having a 1 B/BWView at BWV to AKL SView, to SSR studio (thanks to stupid blizzard). We had to downsize room (one DD cant go-nursing school) and then change dates AGAIN due to youngest DD school adding dates to school year to make up for yucky snow days. We loved SSR when we were here in 08. SSR actually was a motivator in buying DVC! Anyways, we will now be there from 6/23-6/30. Are we seriously going to miss the new pool? Any chance of early opening? Will High Rock pool be open? I read a few pages back that that pool is closing for rehab, really?? Why on earth at beginning of summer would they close a main pool without new pool open?? Grrrr- hope I read that wrong. I put in a request for Springs this time...Hows springs? Whats in that area?? Thanks

02-15-2011, 03:36 PM	#807
mamaprincess DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 2,842 Paid DVC Rent/Trade Gold Membership	Awesome pics FindingFigment! I can't wait until the new pool area is done! SSR always has something special in the works.