I want to stay at the Gaylord as well! During Christmas time they offer great deals and the resort is so beautifully decorated.
How exciting about DVC! I love having ours. The nice thing is that depending where you stay you can get away with a studio so you don't have to use a lot of points. We are staying one night at AKV in November and that is where my SIL bought.
I know - the Gaylord looked gorgeous for Christmas!
I am just so frustrated with DVC... I really only want to purchase a small amount of points to get started with. I don't want to finanace them.
I am so stuck on which home resort would work for us...
I love the cozy-ness of AKV, and I know this sounds really dumb - but a bigger mirror over the vanity (Ummm... two teenaged dds - we could have an all out war over mirror sharing) - and I just really love the decor. However - I don't like the location, it just seems so far away from everything.
I love BWV for the location and the theme of the over all resort. The room decor seems so boring... And I can't find any mirror pictures of the studio rooms. The points for a week long stay in a studio are very appealing though, and having the home resort advantage to book those would be beneficial.
I love BCV too... Great location... Love the theme of the resort... The rooms are decorated nicely... There is a larger vanity mirror.
SSR and OKW... Love the look of OKW - but both resorts are so HUGE and so far away from everything... Love that there are two REAL beds - no pull out couch... Big vanity mirror, but it's inside the bathroom - so we'd all have to be in there while someone was showering. Love the weekly points value though.
So far OKW and AKV are winning.
It's all so complex.
I WILL say it made me chuckle and DH wants to do it someday too.
I wasn't actually surfing at church...I have it set so that I get an email whenever there is a post on a few of the TR that I follow. I got a buzz letting me know I had an email...so I had to check, since my son and daughter in law are traveling...(it makes the same sort of sound when there is a text) I had to make sure it wasn't from them with a problem...
But Miss B did ask me why I was smiling.... and she did give me a dirty look...I hate it when the daughter becomes the mother! LOL!
Ok - I will believe you.
Yah - my dds think they are my mother occasionally too.
The MARC train goes from Union Station to downtown Baltimore. It stops just outside of Oriole Park at Camden Yards which is just a couple of blocks from the Inner Harbor.
I also recommend using the Metro while in DC. Its very easy to use and goes most everywhere you would want to visit. I do not recommend driving in Washington, unless you know where you are going. My cousins stayed at a Comfort Inn that was near the Air and Space Museum and were very satisfied with it.
Thank you! Everyone has told me not to drive in DC - so I guess we won't? LOL I guess I am just so used to driving everywhere that I can't imagine it being an inconvenience. Thanks for the info.
I'd definitely do this if it was the Tom Petty driving experience! LOL!
We stayed in studios twice at the Wilderness Lodge Villas. We really liked it. The kids were little then though. It was quite tight in the room with the sofa bed pulled out. The bed wasn't all that comfortable but the girls were very little so they didn't complain.
LOL
Well, I think, how we would work it is that 2 people would share the actual bed, and the person getting the pull out sofa would get it to themselves.
I know it would be tight, but we don't spend a lot of time in our room.
DVC sounds so cool. We looked into it on our last trip because we ate lunch at AKV and chatted With the guy at the model at the beach club (???). I think my DH is just too cheap and would rather horde our money. LOL. I think if our kids were younger and we could take them it of school more easily it would be worth it for us.
I think that the Richard Petty thing is no longer at Disney. Based on the adds I have been seeing on the disboards and touring plans I think that Disney might have their own driving school and Richard Petty has his own somewhere else in Orlando. I think on our last trip the sign job longer said Richard Petty. Of course we noticed because my DH and my dad really think it wood be awesome.
Nini, I did not know your DH used to race cars, I guess that is good training for his current job. :driving:
Yah - I am not sure what to do yet... I would like to start off very small with DVC... Ideally with a little over 50 pts... If I am careful and stay wisely, I could take a trip every so often... I would just have to find the perfect contract for me, and that might be the hard part?
We did look into the RPDE yesterday, Josh said it was $300 for 3 laps!
Ouch... He can stay home and do laps with the lawn mower.
Oh no. Poor Max. I hope everything is fine.
I did not know what was TPDE on FB
But now I know but it should have been RPDE
But like I mentioned on FB we really love DVC and I love AKL because they have a few Value DVC Rooms. The Value Studios that you could get would take alot less points than the other Deluxe Studios and you barely noticed the smaller size of them.
What is a value studio at AKV? I see on the points chart it's a very nice value! But can you tell me the difference? Do you have a crappy view with them?
Just checked on the Disney site...Richard Petty is still shown as being there...of course we all know how seldom Disney updates it site! (they sometimes don't update the hours of the parks for a couple of weeks after they are released.)
Yup... in the army he got hooked on drag racing while stationed in Hawaii. Then when we were at Ft Polk and then Ft Bliss he regularly raced on the dirt track. When he retired, he bought two different dirt track racers...but ended up selling them. With his hours he no longer has time to devote to a hobby!
D~ sorry to hear about Mr Max... hope it is nothing serious. Our last German Shepherd, Taz, used to jump off the back porch all the time...he was always hurting his leg...he never learned! (we have so far made sure our Max has not learned to jump off the back porch...)
Nini
Thanks for all the info Nini!
So sorry to hear about Max. I hope the vet is able to fix him up!
OK, I think I am going crazy. I admit it. Richard Petty's website still shows they are at WDW, with a Mickey head on the track!
It seems like a great way (excuse) to get Josh to Disney...whatever it takes.
We could have told you that... I suspected it in Charlotte, but I didn't want to say anything to upset you in person. But now that you are aware and admitting... Maybe you need to go visit Cheryl?
poor Max saying a prayer for him.
You reminded me I should take a picture of Daisy the Giant German Shepherd who is now larger than my 4 year old siberian husky.
I think I asked you a couple of weeks ago how Miss Daisy was doing? I can't remember where it wast hat I asked you though? I would love to see recent pictures of her!
First of all...my fingers are crossed for Mr. MM
I hope everything is fine and it is just a sprain or something!
And DVC would be so amazing! Good luck with that
Thank you Suzie!
The one good thing about FB is I get to see your bags as you complete them!! Another fun bag!! I love the uniqueness of the characters!!
Great news on the trip being a go (wll contignent on that code) and for the other trips your family is going to get to take!!! Your all going to have a great time!!
Ahhh DVC!! Now if I can get my DH on board to buy!!
no! I hope everything turns out ok with poor Max.
Thank you Sandra!
Poor Maxy! Hope he feels better soon!
Thanks Ruth.
Nothing interesting to report.
MM is still crying all the time... He is back to that piercing puppy bark too.
I know he is in a lot of pain.
I am hoping that Josh can get him in right away... If so, then I can go with. I am afraid he has a broken leg... If you feel very carefully, you can kind of feel a very small bone sticking out leading right up to his du claw (not sure if that's how it's spelled?).. His other leg isn't like that... So, I am not sure. It's just so frustrating, because if he broke his leg - it had to have happened
somehow, and we just have no idea what he could have done or when?
I have to work at Target today... So, no sewing. I did finish the first portion of my Super Secret Project yesterday... But I have A LOT left to do!
I just hope I am able to finish on time.
Have a great day, and I will update you all on MM as soon as I know anything.
D~
If it meant that he would go with us and be happy about it. 
I did not know what was TPDE on FB 
Seriously... With all of the trips I have coming up, Josh told me to go ahead and look into it... 
It is on our wish list for a few years out. A vast majority of the income from my job is going into paying for DD10 and DS to go to Christian school until 6th grade. ($800 a month 
One of my schnauzers is having serious eye issues and has gone blind pretty much over night. It's been hard getting him to adjust and we've had some scary moments as he has fallen down steps twice. 
