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

[jimmytammy]

A big WELCOME to all the new groupies!!

Got to stay for the whole MVMCP last night. It was great! They no longer have Jungle Cruise or Country Bears open during this, but Hall of Presidents is open which used to not be on special nights. Rode the new Space Mt. It seems a little less rough than before. They load you a little different now. Also have gates up instead of standing exposed to the track. Cars are new, more leg room, still single seats. Also, line area has games like the old Asteroids that 3 can play together for a score. Pretty neat pass the time.

Heading over to Chef Mickeys at 11 for late breakfast. Meeting a friend who works at the Lodge. Not sure what park we are going to this afternoon. Going to see if we can con him in to going with us.

Promise I will get pics up eventually.

 

[mickeymorse]

A very delinquent hello from someone who has been MIA for a too long. Its been so long the latest version is 71 pages already.
To everyone at the Lodge or on their way shortly, have a wonderful time. Still no Christmas trip for us yet. We are going in January for marathon weekend. It's going to be our 1st time adults only. 4 nights without the children and DxDDP to boot. The kids get to come in March when we will be down for a week. That eats up most of our pts for 2010.
Looking forward to your pics JT.

Oh yeah, after getting a beautiful 2 bedroom last Jan on the 5th floor, we got to enjoy a week in Aug with the.......you guessed it, dumpster view. For as much time as we spent in our room, it wasn't so bad. The walk was the worst thing. That hallway never seemed so long before. I requested near the elevators for this next trip. After running the race, I really don't feel like hiking too far to the room. I guess that's the down side to staying in a studio, the dedicated ones are at the end of the hall.

Hope everyone has a great moosie meet. And look forward to hearing about it. I promise to not be as delinquent from now on. I know the groupies are a forgiving bunch

Rob

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

I promise pictures!

Glad to hear that. We will hold you to it!

Rode the new Space Mt. It seems a little less rough than before. They load you a little different now. Also have gates up instead of standing exposed to the track. Cars are new, more leg room, still single seats. Also, line area has games like the old Asteroids that 3 can play together for a score. Pretty neat pass the time.

Glad to hear it's not as rough. I haven't been able to ride it in forever because of my back. Now I have some hope!

Mickeymorse - great to hear from you!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Thanks for the report on SM! I'm going to be at MK on the 12th with someone who loves SM, (and others who can't go on it) but needs a "buddy" and I'm game at least for one time!

It's hard to wait until December 12th when we're checking into VWL! It does help to read this thread and anticipate!

Bobbi

 

[wildernessDad]

Hello, my fellow groupies.

I just wanted to pop in to say that I just got off of the phone with Disney mail order. Bottom line is that I might not get the Wilderness Lodge luggage tags before my trip, even if I had them air mailed. I have two, so my daughter will just have to make due with her own tag. I'll have to grab some while I am there. See below.

But the real reason I wanted to pop in was to say that I received confirmation that resort-specific items will be removed from the resorts and will no longer be sold. She did say that deluxe resorts, such as Wilderness Lodge, will have SOME resort-specific items, but the number of items will be reduced. She did mention that they will still sell resort-specific pins, so that was good to hear.

 

[DisneyNutzy]

DG & JT - Thanks for the live updates!

Welcome back MM.

19 Days for us

 

[blossomz]

WD-Glad you were able to get through to mail order...I can't believe they won't have much for resort specific. Hmm..if you see something we should purchase before they vanish...make sure to let us know please!!! Thanks..

 

[twinklebug]

I received confirmation that resort-specific items will be removed from the resorts and will no longer be sold. She did say that deluxe resorts, such as Wilderness Lodge, will have SOME resort-specific items, but the number of items will be reduced. She did mention that they will still sell resort-specific pins, so that was good to hear.

That's so sad. I'm sure we'll still see WL totem poles, snowglobes etc, but by removing the resort-specific merchandise it feels as though they're making the stores more generic. To me there will be less of a draw into the stores. Sort of the "you've seen one, you've seen them all" feel the disney stores in the malls have.

Beating DiznyDad to the punch today: 3 days to go!

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . . . . . .
Beating DiznyDad to the punch today: 3 days to go!

get ready, get set . . .

 

[twokats]

We have less than 7 hrs til we leave for DFW airport to head for the World!!

Gotta try and get some sleep.

 

[DVCGeek]

But the real reason I wanted to pop in was to say that I received confirmation that resort-specific items will be removed from the resorts and will no longer be sold. She did say that deluxe resorts, such as Wilderness Lodge, will have SOME resort-specific items, but the number of items will be reduced.

OH NO! That's terrible. I love resort specific stuff. At least deluxes will still have some. UGH.

Well- if anyone wants it- a link to Monday's live trip report from me:

http://dvcnews.com/forum/showpost.php?p=55256&postcount=20

Now I'm getting pretty tired. Off to bed momentarily.

 

[Dizny Dad]

And in the low light of the early morning, a small voice whispers "two sleeps to go". Turning, I see two eyeballs peering out from under the down comforter, and then a smile appears. She is the sunrise of my days.

twinklebug, twokats, et al:

I can feel the excitement build . . closer . . closer . . closer . . .

jimmytammy: save some for us all 'till we get there!

DVCGeek: Sleep at home!

wildernessDad: Thanks for the reports; it helps in building up the excitement!

bobbiwoz: Ten more sleeps? Hope they are sound ones, but I suspect the last few may be like DiznyDi's - catnaps at best.

 

[eliza61]

Since I'm a day late....

[The holiday tree located in front of Disney's Contemporary Resort is the tallest Christmas tree on property. It stands 70 feet high and is decorated with approximately 77,000 clear mini-lights.

The largest Christmas wreath at WDW is 25ft in Diameter. It's located on the Cirque du Soleil building in Downtown Disney.

Folks heading down soon take lots of holiday pictures. I would love to see the decorations.

 

[wildernessDad]

I'm down to single digits!!! 9 days to go!!!!!

Now where is that dance thread...

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hi everyone....enjoying reading TR's and seeing pics ! Counting down to when I leave for WDW on Dec 12 !!!

Wildernessdad....definitely a major bummer about the resort specific items !!! I'll need to start stocking up on stuff for sure !

Twinklebug...loved the moose pic !

Jimmytammy...thanks for the update on Space Mtn. Really looking forward to riding again !

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I got to spend 4 days with my daughter who came home from FSU so I barely got on the computer as I was doing lots of holiday stuff with the family. I really meant to pop on here and wish u all a nice holiday.

eliza...very cool about the Contemp tree. I will try and take as many holiday photos as possible. I only have 4 nights so gotta cram lots into those day !


Maria---> wishing I was in WARM FL right now !

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

SO Happy for everybody's good news, trip reports, countdowns, etc!​

 

[bonrea]

VWL is now our favorite place to stay. We spent the week of October, 25th 2009 there and loved it. We love the quiet of the forest setting, and the convenience of the boats to the MK. The boats are faster than the busses and drop you off right at the front gate. The food in the restaurants was great… The whole lodge setting is just perfect.

Check out our trip reports on our Website. The link is in our signature.

 

[DisneyNutzy]

DVC Geek- Enjoying your live reports. Thanks for taking the time to do them.

2Kats, Diz Dad & Diz Di and Wilderness Dad - Have a great time on your upcoming trips. We'll be a couple of weeks behind you.

Eliza - I am not positive but I thought I heard on the Behind the Magic Holiday Show that a new wreath for this year has surpassed the one at Cirque. A Mickey Ear wreath hanging from the side of the Contemporary facing BLT. I recorded the show so I will try and double check and make sure I am not giving out bad trivia info

 

[horselover]

My stomach is in knots today. It's not looking good for our trip, at least for me anyway. It's looking more & more likely that peace for my sister will be very, very soon. My mom thinks it might be today, but then again she's said that every day for the last 2 wks. DH & the boys will go anyway without me. I can't do that to them. The boys would be devastated. We've been looking forward to this trip for over a yr. Hopefully I'll be able to join them for at least a couple of days.

 

[lisah0711]

My stomach is in knots today. It's not looking good for our trip, at least for me anyway. It's looking more & more likely that peace for my sister will be very, very soon. My mom thinks it might be today, but then again she's said that every day for the last 2 wks. DH & the boys will go anyway without me. I can't do that to them. The boys would be devastated. We've been looking forward to this trip for over a yr. Hopefully I'll be able to join them for at least a couple of days.

, horselover. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts. I hope that you can join your family for at least a few days no matter what happens.