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

[MiaSRN62]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY ELIZA GIRL !!!!

So sorry I missed wishing you this back on Jan 1 !!!

Maria

 

[tea pot]

Hello Groupies

One thing though...I am totally in love. We went to Whispering Canyon for dinner on our second night. We totally fell in love with the Lodge.
!!

I know how that feels...

The update is Jammer finally peed! But not until early evening so I didn't get him until 9pm Sat!! He was a little dopey on the pain meds but glad to see me and dragged me to the truck. He spent a lot of time telling me about the awful things that happened to him and how he wasn't feeling quite right. I even ended up sleeping on the hotel floor next to him at the hotel since he kept talking unless I had a hand on him.

What a good mom !! so glad Jammer is on the mend.

Horeselover Sorry about your accident and so glad your OK!

Dizney Di and Dad Looking forward to hearing all about the next wedding plans.

Happy Belated Birthday to eliza, Claire and twokats

Happy Birthday Jimmy

Have a great weekend everyone

P. S. Maria LOve LOve your graphics..

 

[jimmytammy]

A big THANK YOU to all the Bday well wishers! Thanks for being so kind.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Happy Birthday DLI!!!! Hope that you're having a great trip and can't wait to hear all about it!

What a good mom !! so glad Jammer is on the mend.

Thanks tea pot! He's doing really great!


Muushka - If you could please change this on the trip list - I noticed we're down for a trip in March but it should actually be April 24-30th BWV. You may have to pull me off of the Feb 4-6 trip but I'm not certain yet. I'll have to see how DH is doing handling the little patient while I'm gone. That's assuming he let's me leave for the conference on Sunday!

 

[Muushka]

Happy Birthday DLI!!!! Hope that you're having a great trip and can't wait to hear all about it!



Thanks tea pot! He's doing really great!


Muushka - If you could please change this on the trip list - I noticed we're down for a trip in March but it should actually be April 24-30th BWV. You may have to pull me off of the Feb 4-6 trip but I'm not certain yet. I'll have to see how DH is doing handling the little patient while I'm gone. That's assuming he let's me leave for the conference on Sunday!

Oh my, you never know where I will put a vacation date! I think it is all set now.

Fingers crossed for the Feb trip.

 

[MiaSRN62]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DLI !!! Have a great day !!!!

Maria

 

[Muushka]

Maria. You are my graphic hero.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Oh my, you never know where I will put a vacation date! I think it is all set now.

Fingers crossed for the Feb trip.

Thanks Muushka! Maybe I'm just supposed to take a trip in March also!

Maria. You are my graphic hero.

Mine too!

 

[Inkmahm]

We've been at WDW since Tuesday and there is a great unadvertized deal right now where AP holders get 20% off at all the Disney stores, including inside the parks. No minimum purchase.

I heard that it was supposed to end Feb 1 but now has been extended to march 1. I'm hoping the deal extends again to April 1 so that we are covered when we are back here in mid-march!

Weather has been great. Cool in the mornings but fine during the day. The parks aren't crowded so far. We go to HS today so we'll see how crazy TSMM is. That will be my measure as to how many people are in the parks!

 

[Nicsmom]

Can anyone tell me if all of the rooms have been refurbished/upgraded yet? New TV's, beds, etc...

We'll be there in a week and are VERY excited..

 

[claire_ont]

Wow. Just got back from a one week business trip to Nova Scotia and saw all the Happy Birthday wishes. Thank-you so much everyone. This group has a way of making people feel special. It is really very sweet and nice.

I also noticed that I am behind in a number of birthday wishes so belated Happy Birthday wishes to Twokats, Eliza, DLI and Jimmy.

Horselover - sorry to hear about your accident! Glad to hear that you are doing OK.

Now I need to go catch up on the rest of the thread.

Claire

 

[twinklebug]

Can anyone tell me if all of the rooms have been refurbished/upgraded yet? New TV's, beds, etc...

We'll be there in a week and are VERY excited..

When we were there over the Dec 6th weekend a housekeeper was going door to door asking those who answered if she could check to see if their unit had the new tvs. Ours did: flatscreen LG that is being used throughout the DVC units.

Perhaps she was just checking to make sure they didn't miss any but this might also have been an indicator that there are still a few rooms left to upgrade.

 

[jimmytammy]

6" of snow here in lil ol Burlington, and its snowing again! Spring, please come soon

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

twokats--Happy belated birthday! Hope you are staying warm.

Claire--Happy belated birthday and glad you had a safe business trip.

Just wanted to let everyone know we just added Wilderness Lodge Background Music to the broadcast and we do lunch broadcast of lodge background music every day of the week 12pm-1pkm! Check it out. Hope you enjoy.

Joe

Awesome and thanks for the news.

You know a thread is "home" when everyone's chatting about dogs taking a leak and it all seems perfectly normal.

Kat: happy he's home - wave a treat (or better yet, human food) in front of his snout, I think he might change his mind about eating


I booked Dec 26-Jan 1st at AKV. I want to add on 2 nights but don't have enough points - blah... But now I'm wondering if I'd rather cancel and go again in Feb of next year. Breaking up the winter is always good. Or - if I buy more points or borrow from the next year I can do both

congrats on the booking....tough decision but I'm always in favor of more points.

The Dopey consists of running the 5K, 1/2 marathon and full marathon all in the same weekend. Was the hardest thing I have ever done but amazing because it was at Disney.

WOW very impressed--great job!

Need some opinions guys. I'm thinking about trying to convince the gang to do New Years 2011 at the world (1/1 is my b-day). Maybe for a long weekend or 5 days.

Pros:
Get to see the world all decorated.
It's got to be warmer than Jersey.

Cons:
We hate crowds. I've heard horror stories of July and Christmas being packed. Now we have gone in July but when the parks got super packed we've always had the option of going back to the resort to swim or hitting a water park. January we won't have that option.

How do you guys like the world during the Holidays?

We thought it was a great week to be there if you go knowing there will be crowds and plan to do lots of resort/DTD/exploring etc and we definitely stayed out of the park on NYE. Ft. Wilderness is a fun place to explore especially at Christmas. Many of those campers have some amazing decorations. It would be a fun place to spend your birthday and the decorations are so worth it to me.

Happy belated birthday Eliza.

Good Morning Groupies!
Just a quick hello before I get my day started. I've missed you guys terribly!

I'll have alot of extra time next week. DS and fiance will be back in Hawaii and Dad will be in Siberia - it's winter there and current temperature is -20. ...and we thought Florida was cold this year...
Then it's just me and Tillie

Cooking and cleaning to do. Gotta get back to work.

Enjoy your day and have a restful week-end.
Di

You have definitely been swamped and thanks Muush for the Princess Bride reference. Hope you enjoy a more relaxed week and that you won't be too lonely. Siberia? I can't even imagine that kind of cold!

I'm a little shook up. I was just in a car accident. I was on my way home from work this morning about 3 min. from my house. Our neighborhood is surrounded by a lot of conservation land & one of the streets I drive to get home has a lot of woods on one side. I don't know where it came from but one minute I was driving along & the next something was slamming into the front of my hood. That something turned out to be a really big deer. I didn't even know what it was at 1st. It was never in the road. I think it must have leapt off the wooded hill on the passenger's side just as I was going by & just at the wrong time. The poor thing slammed into the hood, cart wheeled in the air & flew onto the other wooded side of the street. I only realized what it was as it was spinning away. I will never forget that sight. It was so horrible. The good news is I'm fine, but the hood of my car is pushed in & the grill is damaged. There's fur stuck to my hood. The car is drivable though. Luckily I wasn't going that fast. I've already filled a claim & am now waiting to hear back from the adjustor.

Hope you're all have a better day than me.

horselover - glad you are ok...very scary...

JT - belated happy wishes to you

Thanks to everyone for the Birthday wishes. DH gave me my gift a day early. A trip to DISNEYLAND!!!!!! And we leave tomorrow!!!!!!! I'm freaking out thinking about all I need to do. Gotta get to the store and do wash and pack all after work today!!! It's been 5 years since we've been to DL. Unfortunatly we couldn't afford to stay on site. We will be in one of the hotels across the street though. BTW when he told me I was on the verge of crying. That guy.

I'm so happy for you & can't wait to hear about your trip. Hope you are having a blast.

We've been at WDW since Tuesday and there is a great unadvertized deal right now where AP holders get 20% off at all the Disney stores, including inside the parks. No minimum purchase.

I heard that it was supposed to end Feb 1 but now has been extended to march 1. I'm hoping the deal extends again to April 1 so that we are covered when we are back here in mid-march!

Weather has been great. Cool in the mornings but fine during the day. The parks aren't crowded so far. We go to HS today so we'll see how crazy TSMM is. That will be my measure as to how many people are in the parks!

Enjoy your trip and thanks for the deal news. Hope it is still good at the end of March.

I hope I caught up on all the groupie birthdays. Just to be sure I'd like to sing a song to all groupies with a pre/post/current/belated/missed/upcoming/birthday:



to you

to you

dear grouuuuupieeeees

to you

Have a great weekend!

 

[Nicsmom]

When we were there over the Dec 6th weekend a housekeeper was going door to door asking those who answered if she could check to see if their unit had the new tvs. Ours did: flatscreen LG that is being used throughout the DVC units.

Perhaps she was just checking to make sure they didn't miss any but this might also have been an indicator that there are still a few rooms left to upgrade.

Great. Thanks for the info.

 

[MiaSRN62]

eliza : Need some opinions guys. I'm thinking about trying to convince the gang to do New Years 2011 at the world (1/1 is my b-day). Maybe for a long weekend or 5 days.

Pros:
Get to see the world all decorated.
It's got to be warmer than Jersey.

Cons:
We hate crowds. I've heard horror stories of July and Christmas being packed. Now we have gone in July but when the parks got super packed we've always had the option of going back to the resort to swim or hitting a water park. January we won't have that option.

How do you guys like the world during the Holidays?

I'm with Dory on this eliza. If you go in mentally prepared for huge crowds and plan accordingly you should be fine. I can't think of anything more fun that being in WDW for the holiday and your birthday ! That part is awesome. Escaping the cold in our part of the country is also a big plus.

But I would plan on doing the parks in the same way you do at other times. While I've never been in the parks for NYE, I have been in the parks for Pres Week, Thanksgiving and Easter in the past. Do not like the parks during this time. But if you plan to get up at the crack of dawn and hit the parks very early.....possibly might need to get the heck of the Mickeyland by 11 -12 noon just for your own sanity, then you should be fine. I know we were in the MK on Easter 1999. It became so packed by 11 am that it was shoulder to shoulder. But Tues, Wed and Thurs of that week weren't so bad. The year we were in WDW for Thanksgiving, we didn't even go into the parks on the actual holiday. Just chilled at our resort. As Dory said, find other things to occupy your time : hotel touring, carriage ride, water boats at the WL......it is a tough decision I know.

Maria

 

[Muushka]

6" of snow here in lil ol Burlington, and its snowing again! Spring, please come soon

I feel your pain, birthday boy.

Just wanted to let everyone know we just added Wilderness Lodge Background Music to the broadcast and we do lunch broadcast of lodge background music every day of the week 12pm-1pkm! Check it out. Hope you enjoy.

Joe

Joe! You must have heard me thinking about you! Good to hear from you, and will be happy to hear that lodge music!

Speaking of music. Anyone ever see the movie The Mission? I finally got the downloads from the movie.
I plan on adding some of it to my WL mix. Gabriele's Oboe in particular. Hauntingly beautiful.

 

[blossomz]

Great big Happy Birthday wishes to Jimmy and DLI!!!


Horselover...glad you are OK.. Sounds scary!!

 

[DisneyNutzy]

I'm with Dory on this eliza. If you go in mentally prepared for huge crowds and plan accordingly you should be fine. I can't think of anything more fun that being in WDW for the holiday and your birthday ! That part is awesome. Escaping the cold in our part of the country is also a big plus.

But I would plan on doing the parks in the same way you do at other times. While I've never been in the parks for NYE, I have been in the parks for Pres Week, Thanksgiving and Easter in the past. Do not like the parks during this time. But if you plan to get up at the crack of dawn and hit the parks very early.....possibly might need to get the heck of the Mickeyland by 11 -12 noon just for your own sanity, then you should be fine. I know we were in the MK on Easter 1999. It became so packed by 11 am that it was shoulder to shoulder. But Tues, Wed and Thurs of that week weren't so bad. The year we were in WDW for Thanksgiving, we didn't even go into the parks on the actual holiday. Just chilled at our resort. As Dory said, find other things to occupy your time : hotel touring, carriage ride, water boats at the WL......it is a tough decision I know.

Maria

Eliza- I have to echo Maria and Dory on this topic. We can no longer pull my daughter out of school for trips so we only go during the busy seasons. December was our first Holiday visit and it was jammed. If you can't get the troops up early waiting for the park to open it isn't worth going to the parks. On the days we were there early it was a breeze! Did most of what we wanted by noon and were heading out as the masses arrived. My gang doesn't like getting up early so this is always a battle for me. I try to make some breakfast reservations inside the park we are attending prior to park opening. That seems to get them up. I'd go for it and plan accordingly as others have suggested.

Happy Birthday to all the groupies who have celebrated this month!

Lisa - Yes, I headed back so soon but it wasn't really a Disney trip save for the fact I stayed at SSR. I never stepped foot inside a park for the 6 days we were there. Spent almost all of our time at the softball field. The family is heading back for President week and staying in a Fort Wildreness Cabin. Got a great AP rate.

 

[eliza61]

6" of snow here in lil ol Burlington, and its snowing again! Spring, please come soon

Ditto, We only got a few inches yesterday but it's cold as a witches.... Well it's cold. I tried to go shopping for a pair of jeans yesterday, it took me 30 mins to get the full winter gear off.