Haha I love the line about faster than a dollar bill in a strip club you are a great writer!
Glad you found the keys!
Beautiful view!
Can't wait to hear about your dismeet!
Thanks Caitlin. I am taking writing lessons from DizneyDawn and Podsnel. They have the most humorous trip reports.
Dismeet coming up in next installment!
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Nice update and AWESOME pictures. You can't really call the "keys" lost because you DID find them...unlike the DL that Denny lost.
Good point!!!!!!!!
Glad you like the pics. Better ones are coming on Day 2.
Losing a room key in a backpack is totally something that I would do. I feel your pain.
The alcohol has been brought out. WOO HOO!!
Actually I wasn't thinking that all you guys with the fancy backpacks and park bags would never have lost their keys that quickly!
Alcohol always tastes better in a Disney glass.
Even if it's a plastic glass.
Hi Mary Ellen!!! I went looking for you!!!! So glad I found you! Great so far...waiting for more!
Welcome Erin! So glad to have you along for this TR. Is your TR still alive and well. I'll head over there this morning to see what's cooking!
Joining in here!! Love it so far, can't wait to read/see more. Sorry you were ill before your trip. I have a friend that is a nurse and she just had the same thing a couple of weeks ago! She said it was AWFUL and she hated every minute of her hospital stay also. Now, I'll sit back and patiently wait for more.
Welcome Isahw6! So happy to have you joining in. Really????? Your friend was hospitalized with the Evil "D". Oh My! I hated being in the hospital, but at least when you work somewhere, everyone is super nice to you. I even had a coworker sneak me food before they changed my diet status.
Hi Mary Ellen!
We were at the WL at the same as you!! I will be looking for myself in the backgrounds of your pictures.
Btw, your pictures are terrific and you are a such a talented writer. Looking forward to more.
Welcome Cinderella16! Thanks for joining in! What did you think of the Wilderness Lodge????? Did you love it? I was suprised how many people were there. Not too many people, but definately a well populated week. I am curious as to what the occupancy level was.
Thanks for the compliment about my writing. I appreciate that!
Arriving at the WL- hooray! I have mixed feelings on staying there. I love the resort, love the pool and the lobby... but DVC there is not that appealing to me. I am excited to see the pics of the inside though. I still cannot figure out the dedicated versus lock-off, which is better... if there is one that is better.
That's funny because my coworker said the same thing. She feels like the DVC villas were an "after-thought". I actually liked the villas. I didnt like the decor as much as Kidani or SSR, but once I took the tour and they explained why the villas were styled in such a manner, I appreciated them so much more.
I think the dedicated is best when traveling with the kids, but the lock-off was perfect when traveling with another adult couple.
WOOT!! You have arrived at WL!! I loved the scenic pictures of the view from your room!!! Very nice!!
The view from the room was lovely. I told Denny that I could pretend that I was in the mountains somewhere. His reply was, "Yeah, except for the sound of that trash compactor in the distance".
Okay I sat here and chuckled for awhile as I pictured in my head the scene of you looking for your keys! Not that I would wish that situation on anyone, but the way you wrote it was a hoot!!!! Glad you found them!!!!
Let's just say that it was as bad as the time I dropped my backpack getting off spaceship earth and all my water bottles went rolling around the platform and LJ almost stuck his fingers in the grate to retrieve them. Actually, come to think of it....it probably looked worse.
Hmmmm...the Wave, does this mean food pics!! I hope so!! Can't wait to see what you had for dinner!
I have a confession to make - I did not take a lot of food pictures. I will explain why in the next update!
Aggggg, sorry about the keys! I can just see all of your purse and backback posessions rolling around the parking lot
All I can say was I probably looked like a junkie with all those pills rolling around on the asphalt. Not one of my finer moments! And it was only Day1
I've read before that the WL rooms are in desperate need of an update. At least it was clean, and your view looked nice!
I don't know about the lodge rooms, but some of the furnishings (tables especially) were a bit scarred and worn. I also think that country cabin is not in style anymore, so it makes the rooms look more worn. I bet this is a creative way to redo those rooms and still keep with in the parameters of the time frame. The villas are supposed to be modeled after 1790's furnishings, so that's tough!