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

[KAT4DISNEY]

Good morning Groupies! I'm sitting on our balcony at BWV - boardwalk view and relaxing!!!!!! Things got packed, animals all prepared for our leaving and mom was feeling much better. She is with us on the trip so it was a bit stressful knowing if she'd feel well enough to fly across country. She does like it here at WDW though and medications helped get things back under control so we made it and she's doing quite well now. Thanks to everyone for your good wishes!!!!

It's absolutely beautiful here at BWV. Our room is one of the newly renovated. The bell staffer who helped us was so excited telling us all about it. None of the appliances have been used - still a few pieces of packing etc. in them. He said it had been getting harder and harder to bring guests up and seeing the disappointment over the conditons of the rooms but it's all sparkly now!

Now, it's not the lodge until tomorrow when we make the move but here's a couple of pictures of when I've been looking at this morning.....

It's great to read about the good news some of the groupies are getting. I hope much more is to follow for everyone.

Muushka - just missing you! Sounds like a great change to the plans though. Good luck on the final decision for Dec. I say go (of course).

Time to head over and check out this food and wine thingy!

 

[blossomz]

Kat..those photos are great! I feel more relaxed already! Let us know how F & W is...

GeorgeMoe...Flag family, swim with the ducks, rent bikes and ride over to FW, watch the water parade from the beach, do the engineer talk in the iron spike room!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Kat - Love the pics from BWV!!! We love it there. If we ever could afford more points that is where we would buy them. It is actually DD's fav.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Georgemoe.....I'm sure you'll love the VWL. I'd like to mention, that even more undesireable to me than the dumpster views, is the one room with no balcony. I believe it's 4533. It's the only studio at VWL where u don't have a balcony. I've never understood that. The view is one thing I can understand, but to charge the same amount of points/money for a "deluxe" or "home away from home" villa that has no balcony is ridiculous. Don't know how VWL/DVC has gotten away with this. A balcony is one of the bigger reasons we chose to pay more to stay in deluxe/DVC. So anyway....just thought I'd throw that out there. Maybe someone already mentioned it ??

Happy Dinks...LOVE the photo of Ranger Stan. He's really gonna be missed.


Kathy, I hope your mom is doing better and wishing you a ton of fun on your trip !


Muushka....big congrats to Mr Muush ! Awesome ! My bil has been laid off for a year now and he just got a job offer in NC which he is strongly leaning towards accepting. So let's hope the economy starts swinging back a little.


Maria

 

[MiaSRN62]

What a great view Kathy ! Those BW views really do make a difference at that resort. I had a parking lot view when we stayed there---it was considered "preferred view". Glad your room is shiny and new too ! Have fun at Food and Wine !!!!


Maria

 

[Granny]

Hey Groupies...back home from the HH trip. What a lovely place and we're already thinking of going around the same time next year!

Granny has a great list of things to do, I'll bet my Moose he shows up here with it!

I don't have access to "the list" right now (wrong computer) but I think Disney's site actually does a great job of summing up the activities at WL:

Disney Site Wilderness Lodge Activities

 

[wildernessDad]

Bring some of that VWL magic back to Maryland!

I will try! Maryland, OUR Maryland!

WD

I feel your sense of urgency to explode, we are at 22 days and its like we have never been before, kid in the candy store kinda feeling!!

Exactly! Kid in the candy store!

Well, groupies, it's time for your near-daily dose of WD shenanigans! I feel very fortunate to be able to go to our beloved lodge in 33 days! I guess that because I've been very good this year (no fun in that, right?), Santa has enabled me to go to our beloved lodge. At my age, 58, anything other than being good is not an option. Was watching the Wizard of Oz in blu-ray today and looked up Frank Morgan, the actor who played the wiz, et. all. He died at the age of 59. He looked a lot older than 59 in the movie. Well, he drank a lot, had a problem with it, and took a mini bar to the set each day in a briefcase. Glad I don't drink to excess. Have Smithwicks in the frig that I bought over a month ago. Okay, enough clarity....

33 days, ya'll! 33!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Thanks for the link to the lodge activities. I can't get enough of looking at the lodge, the grounds and reading about it.

Bobbi

 

[georgemoe]

GeorgeMoe...Flag family, swim with the ducks, rent bikes and ride over to FW, watch the water parade from the beach, do the engineer talk in the iron spike room!

I don't have access to "the list" right now (wrong computer) but I think Disney's site actually does a great job of summing up the activities at WL:

Disney Site Wilderness Lodge Activities

Thank you both for the tips and link.

 

[blossomz]

Oh! And don't forget Fire Rock Geyser and eating outside of Roaring Fork! The wildlife around the large is great to take in!

 

[Inkmahm]

Kat4, I will just miss you at WDW! We arrive 11/17. BIG Changes in the Muush household.

First really really big change........Mr Muush got a job!!
It is with a bank from Germany. The start date was the big question (location is another but that is another story). We finally got them to nail it down to the Monday AFTER we get home from our cruise!!!! Woohoo!! We still get to go on that kick-butt cruise!!

Yay!!! There is hope for the rest of us! Congrats on the new job.

 

[DVCGeek]

Thanks for the link to the lodge activities. I can't get enough of looking at the lodge, the grounds and reading about it.

Bobbi

WL is AWESOME! Stayed in the hotel side once as a kid with my parents. Stayed in the Villas w/ DW about two weeks ago, our first time in a DVC room! Ever since that first trip as a kid I've always visited the Lodge every trip to WDW.

One of our favorites is having at least one meal in Whispering Canyon Cafe. And if it's crowded and you are in the main area for dinner, be sure to ask for some ketchup!

 

[Dizny Dad]

Thank you VETERANS for your service, and thanks to all those currently serving our great country.

We all know that the freedoms we have have not been free.

Our prayers go to all who are serving at this time that He will be gracious to you.

THANKS VETERANS!

 

[wildernessDad]

Hey Groupies...back home from the HH trip. What a lovely place and we're already thinking of going around the same time next year!

Welcome back to the land of the moose lovers!

 

[wildernessDad]

I am glad that our groupies and their spouses are finding work! Our economy is fragile right now. I hope that the recovery continues unabated.

I know that many of you may not have had your morning coffee yet, but here is a dose of wake-em-up-juice in the form of spam!

31 days to go!!!!

Just slap me silly. Oh wait, I'm already there!

 

[DiznyDi]

Good Morning Groupies!

Nice to have you back Granny! Keep those warm thoughts of HH with you as you head back to work in the 'real' world today.

Thinking of you Kathy as you bathe in the warmth of the sun at our favorite place. Hope you're able to get a preview of the Christmas decorations.

Just a reminder to all our Groupie friends: Get your pics, cards, well-wishes ect. of/for Ranger Stan to Jimmy ASAP.

Hoping to see and meeting as many of you as possible at the Groupie meet on Dec. 8th.

Just for you WD.... 23 days for us....

 

[Muushka]

Morning Groupies.

Welcome back Granny . It sounds like you and HHI bonded very well!

I am mostly over my funk of missing our meet in Dec. Going to WDW prior to a cruise will probably help!
It's just that I was so looking forward to meeting all of the Groupies and our Ranger Stan.
I want a minute by minute description of the meet! Well, maybe not minute by minute, that would be a bit taxing for whoever was assigned the task of keeping Muushka happy!

I need to clarify something I said in my 'Mr Muush got a job' post. I said that the location of his new job was another story. The reason why it is another story is because we don't know where the job is, exactly. We know it is in our town (thankfully!), but we don't have an actual street address-yet.

 

[horselover]

I know that many of you may not have had your morning coffee yet, but here is a dose of wake-em-up-juice in the form of spam!

31 days to go!!!!

Just slap me silly. Oh wait, I'm already there!

WD I share your excitement! 24 days to go!!! I can barely contain myself I'm so excited. I have been dreaming of a Christmas trip to the World for so long & now it's almost here! So many 1sts planned for this trip. Not sure how we'll squeeze it all in, but we're going to give it our best shot. I don't expect we'll do the Dec. trip again for quite some time because of school for the boys. I've got to make this trip count!

 

[eliza61]

I know that many of you may not have had your morning coffee yet, but here is a dose of wake-em-up-juice in the form of spam!

31 days to go!!!!

Just slap me silly. Oh wait, I'm already there!

Can't wait!!

A 2fer today.

11/09
The only 3 attractions that were operational in Adventureland on Opening day in 1971 were the Swiss family Treehouse, Jungle Cruise and the Tropical Serenade.

Does anyone know what the tropical serenade has morphed into?


II) Word Scrambler
Unscramble the letters below to find a list of Disney Parades.

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[sssteele]

Since we added on at VWL in 2004, we have gone every year for about ten days, Xmas to New Years plus a few extra. I retire from teaching last November, and now we're able to go before the Xmas rush, and enjoy the holiday ambience without the crazy crowds. We're doing 7 days at VWL and then 5 at AKV for way fewer points than we used when I was still teaching. More trips for us