Bunnies and mooses and groupies, Oh my!!! The Wilderness Lodge groupies thread. 4.0

[stopher1]

So are any Groupies on Facebook here.

I am !!!

Really enjoy it. It's a fun way to keep in touch with family and friends---especially those that live far away. The whole reason I joined in the first place was at the urging of my one daughter who joined when she went away to FL to college in 2008. So I've been a FB'er since Fall '08.

Maria

I am on on well. I have some friends I only keep on touch with through Facebook.

I am too. Have been for the past couple of years. It's been a neat way to connect the dots between some very divergent aspects of my life.

A bunch of the DIS Dad's group that I'm a part of are on too - and we have our own FB group in addition to our threads here on the boards (we just opened up version 4.0 over there on Friday and are already up to page 16 - we're a talkative bunch, that's for sure seeing as we blew through version 3.0 in just 3 months - the thread finally closed at page 271. Version 2.0 closed in 5 months after 283 pages). At least 25 of my FB 'friends' are all folks I've met here on the DIS. It's been fun getting to know them in other ways as well, and will be getting together with one of them for dinner this Thursday when I take a work trip up into Michigan. Then I'm scheduled to get together with a couple more next month when I get back up into the Chicagoland area - and we're planning a couple of different DIS meets in December when a bunch of the guys will be at WDW.

 

[stopher1]

Looks Like our table is ready!!

Don't forget to ask for the Ketchup I hear it tastes great with Birthday Cake

I'd like a chocolate milkshake please!!

 

[bgraham34]

I am too. Have been for the past couple of years. It's been a neat way to connect the dots between some very divergent aspects of my life.

A bunch of the DIS Dad's group that I'm a part of are on too - and we have our own FB group in addition to our threads here on the boards (we just opened up version 4.0 over there on Friday and are already up to page 16 - we're a talkative bunch, that's for sure seeing as we blew through version 3.0 in just 3 months - the thread finally closed at page 271. Version 2.0 closed in 5 months after 283 pages). At least 25 of my FB 'friends' are all folks I've met here on the DIS. It's been fun getting to know them in other ways as well, and will be getting together with one of them for dinner this Thursday when I take a work trip up into Michigan. Then I'm scheduled to get together with a couple more next month when I get back up into the Chicagoland area - and we're planning a couple of different DIS meets in December when a bunch of the guys will be at WDW.

Well Stopher I guess when I become a father I can join the group. I want to meet more Disney fans there are always a fun group.

 

[Inkmahm]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANNY!!

I agree, happy birthday Granny!

 

[Granny]

Wow...all the birthday greetings are touching. Really.

Granny !!! It's your birthday ! HAPPY DAY !

Maria...many thanks for another great graphic from "The Dopey One".

 

[MiaSRN62]

Maria...many thanks for another great graphic from "The Dopey One".

Dopey is just so lovable !
Hope you're enjoying your day Granny !


Maria

 

[lisah0711]

Adding my voice to the chorus of Happy Birthdays to Granny!

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Happy B'Day Granny!

Dory - I'm loving your Ft W pics. Your campsite makes me wish I had the equipment and stamina to camp out. You do show how to do it up right though As much as I love VWL and AKV I think it's almost time for a visit home to the fort (in a cabin of course)

Thanks!

I am much more of a cabin kind of girl myself, but I did enjoy most of it. I will say it is getting better each time we've tent camped. This time we had a little coleman stove, the awning w/ bug net over the picnic table, more Christmas lights around the tents and awning and a coffee pot! Last time FW still had the nescafe coffee and I missed my morning coffee.

I did enjoy waking to the birds singing and at bedtime hearing the electric water pageant from my tent when I was too tired or cold to go down to watch it at the boat dock. Also hearing the happy sound of the boat horn!

Welcome home DisneyNutzy! Wow that is great that you could add on a night at BLT at that bargain. Makes me wonder if we should have done that for the night we stayed instead of using so many points for a studio.

That was a great lunch for Granny's birthday! I'm rested up and ready to head to Epcot!

Here's a few more lodge photos:

 

[Granny]

Dory...those rocking chairs are looking might inviting! Think I'll set down and sit a spell.

And as for this quote...

Maria...many thanks for another great graphic from "The Dopey One".

...oh my gosh, I re-read it and I think you could figure that I'm calling myself dopey or Maria dopey.

In case anyone read this wrong, I didn't mean the graphic is from "The Dopey One".

I meant that the thanks were from "The Dopey One".

I'm going to have to brush up on my grammar and sentence constructions.

And not wanting to be lazy (too much), I really do appreciate the warm wishes from

Dory...yes I do recall the wonderful sofa picture from last year. I will cherish it (and the sofa) always!!

Horselover, Stopher, Eliza, Muush, BGraham, Tea Pot, TwoKats, Twinklebug, Dizny Dad & Dizny Di, DizneyNutzy, WildernessDad, DVC Geek, Maria, LisaH, and Inkmahm....what a great bunch of folks you are, straight from the Groupies Hall of Fame!!

I've had a great day. I hope you all do too!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Sorry this is so late in the day but...


Happy Birthday Granny!!!!!

I hope you are having a great day! You deserve it!

 

[Granny]

DLI...thanks for the kind words. I had a very nice birthday, made even more so by the fine folks here on the Groupies thread. You guys are the best!

 

[horselover]

Thanks!

I am much more of a cabin kind of girl myself, but I did enjoy most of it. I will say it is getting better each time we've tent camped. This time we had a little coleman stove, the awning w/ bug net over the picnic table, more Christmas lights around the tents and awning and a coffee pot! Last time FW still had the nescafe coffee and I missed my morning coffee.

I did enjoy waking to the birds singing and at bedtime hearing the electric water pageant from my tent when I was too tired or cold to go down to watch it at the boat dock. Also hearing the happy sound of the boat horn!

Welcome home DisneyNutzy! Wow that is great that you could add on a night at BLT at that bargain. Makes me wonder if we should have done that for the night we stayed instead of using so many points for a studio.

That was a great lunch for Granny's birthday! I'm rested up and ready to head to Epcot!

Here's a few more lodge photos:

Thanks for these great pics Dory! Brightens my day, but makes me wonder when I'll be getting back there for a visit to stay again. Hmmmmm.......may have to start thinking about 2011!

DLI...thanks for the kind words. I had a very nice birthday, made even more so by the fine folks here on the Groupies thread. You guys are the best!

Awwwww thanks Granny! We like you too!!! Glad to hear you had a nice b-day.

 

[wildernessDad]

Stupid me. We usually go to WDW in May and it would have been a VWL trip. I bunched our vacation all in December this year to save a little bit. But I'm thinking now that my mental health is worth more than a few bills saved. I wonder if there is any availability at VWL... Hmm....

 

[tea pot]

Thanks!


Here's a few more lodge photos:

OH Dory.... thanks so much for the pics


I can hear the Lodge calling me ...Take Me Home

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Thanks for these great pics Dory! Brightens my day, but makes me wonder when I'll be getting back there for a visit to stay again. Hmmmmm.......may have to start thinking about 2011!



Awwwww thanks Granny! We like you too!!! Glad to hear you had a nice b-day.

Thanks, horselover. Makes me wonder too! I seem to visit WL & VWL for picture taking, eating, and hanging out much more than sleeping! My next 2 trips will be Treehouse Villas in May and then BLT in December so I need to plan a good stay at the lodge trip too.

Granny, so glad we could share in your special day! The dole whip with groupies made my day.

Happy Tuesday, Groupies!

 

[Granny]

But I'm thinking now that my mental health is worth more than a few bills saved.

Tough call.

Dory...thanks for the great pictures. I'm sure we'll get over to VWL during our upcoming trip and I'll try to find 10 square inches that we haven't photographed yet!!

 

[disney ny]

I just made our first reservation as new owners at VWL. I am wondering if there is a request I can make for a studio with a view of the lake. Has anyone ever put in a request for one of the studios and how do I word it as I am not sure any of them face the lake directly. I was just hoping we might be able to partially see the electrical water pagent from our balcony. Any advice on requests would be appreciated.

 

[Granny]

Disney NY...congratulations on your new DVC ownership and WELCOME HOME to VWL.

Yes, you can request a lake side villa. But there are lot of trees on the lake side so a glimpse is really all you may get of the EWP.

To give you an idea, here's a "lake side" view from VWL:

We happen to like the views of the trees on both sides since they are true to the theming of the resort. But if you want to hear the EWP you will have a much better sound if you are on the lake side. I don't think you can really hear it from the other side.

The beach area is really the best area to view EWP. Good luck with your request and again, WELCOME HOME!!!

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Tough call.

Dory...thanks for the great pictures. I'm sure we'll get over to VWL during our upcoming trip and I'll try to find 10 square inches that we haven't photographed yet!!

That's probably why my mental health is so questionable. I'm too thrifty for my own sanity!

Oh and I feel quite sure I'm always photographing things I have already taken pictures of. It's a benefit of being Dory. I never remember. Every now and then I see duplicate pictures and I'm like hmmmm I didn't remember taking that picture twice!

I did actually finally find the little hidden Mickey in VWL and I was so thrilled. I've always seen your picture here and never remembered to find it in person.

I probably should go in and get a little exercise after all that good food we had yesterday celebrating Granny's birthday.

But, I'm a little more inclined to sit here:

I just made our first reservation as new owners at VWL. I am wondering if there is a request I can make for a studio with a view of the lake. Has anyone ever put in a request for one of the studios and how do I word it as I am not sure any of them face the lake directly. I was just hoping we might be able to partially see the electrical water pagent from our balcony. Any advice on requests would be appreciated.

Congrats on being new owners. Welcome home!

I am not one to ask about room requests so I'll leave that for someone else. Just wanted to say hello and hope your first trip home is incredible!

 

[DVCGeek]

NO Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, or other social networking for me. DVCNews.com and this site are as close as I get to 'Cyberfriends'; not many real-world people from the past I'm interested in keeping up with; enough to do with current people and activities!