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

[MiaSRN62]

For anyone going to spend a night in a value I recommend: bring your own TP 'nuff said.

The beds.. tiny. The pillows... ummm... they squeaked LOL. All night long there were squeaky noises coming from the fibers inside the pillow as they rubbed on each other.

Twinklebug.....I actually had the night of Dec 12 booked at the Movies but changed to the Dolphin when I got a great code in an email. It's costing me only like $24 more for the night and I'm getting a deluxe vs a value. And I so know what u mean about the TP in the values !!! It's NOT Angel Soft which is what you get in the other resorts.

WildernessDad !!!!! I am so excited FOR YOU ! Have a great journey to WDW !!!

maria

 

[eliza61]

Thanks all for the pictures. I'm going to get down there during the holidays if it kills me.

Wilderness Dad, have a great trip!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Jimmytammy ! Love all the photos. It's so cool to see everyone ! Ranger Stan looked awesome (although it's strange to not see him in his CM uniform). The cake was beautiful too. Looking forward to more pics


Maria

 

[wildernessDad]

Love the pictures! What a great gesture to a great guy! (Stan)

It's making me teary-eyed.... oh wait, it's those onions again... honest!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Does the villas have a tree in the Atrium this year?

Bobbi

PS. THANK YOU for reporting about Stan and the pictures, jimmytammy.

 

[twinklebug]

The tree is in the Villa's atrium Bobbi - and pictures come nowhere to doing it justice.

However, I'll take another stab at pulling my pics off my unformatted phone card again after work - I know I have at least 2 pics of the tree. Just had no idea I had to format the pre-formatted card with my desktop before using it.

 

[wildernessDad]

Have a meeting at 3:30 today (about 22 mintues from now) and am going nuts as I will be leaving for home directly after the meeting!

But for the strangest reason, who knows why, I have the theme song for the 'A Team' stuck in my head! I keep playing it back over and over in my mind. Need to find a replacement song...

Looking about, I only have about 24,000 posts before I catch up with bobbiwoz! That shouldn't take too long...

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Sorry I missed the virtual Groupie Meet ! Hope it was fun for all !!!
Hope those getting slammed with this storm are ok. It's going to be mostly a torrential rain and wind even for those of us in the Philadelphia area. They are tracking another system for Sat (the day I fly out to wdw !!!!) and then again Tues into Wed (the day I was supposed to come home !!!). So....tonight....I added another night to our trip...now my daughter and I are leaving WDW on Thurs Dec 17 just in case we could have been looking at weather related delays/cancellations into Philly on Wed. DVC was closed when I decided to change our flight (for a total of $10 each ! LOVE SW !). But if I have to stay cash in a wdw room I will...I checked online and there's plenty of availability for that one night. I know my chances of getting a DVC room are slim to none....lol I'm getting so excited to leave !!!!
I'm gonna miss an Arctic front coming into Philly the days I'm gone ! So happy !


Maria

Maria we missed you yesterday! Congrats on being able to lengthen your stay and miss all the yuck!

Sorry I missed the meet. It reads like you all had a great time!

Please accept this virtual Walt Disney autograph from me.

in other news.... 1 day to go!!!!

Missed you yesterday! Have a great trip with your GD!!!!

Just remembered to give a report on the All Stars - Movies, the one night we stayed...
We had to experience it to know what it was like. It was OK for a single night, arriving late, leaving early, but next time we'll go to POR if we need to spend a single night outside of a villa. We won't do a value again unless we have to.

Eww. My aunt stayed at one of the All Stars in April and hated it. We stayed there once in 2001 and unless I am desperate that will be the last time we would spend a week in one. I'm too spoiled by how nice the deluxes are. A mod would be a good alternative for a night.

JT - Thanks for all the great pictures! The cake was beautiful and it was really nice to see everyones faces. Sounds like you all had alot of fun.

 

[bobbiwoz]

The tree is in the Villa's atrium Bobbi - and pictures come nowhere to doing it justice.

However, I'll take another stab at pulling my pics off my unformatted phone card again after work - I know I have at least 2 pics of the tree. Just had no idea I had to format the pre-formatted card with my desktop before using it.

Oh Thank you. I love the villas and that tree is just right for me. The main lobby of the lodge is great, of course, but often I will just sit by a fireplace, and read, relax and feel at home, right in the villas.

Bobbi

 

[DVCGeek]

Thanks for all the pics of the non-virtual meet everyone! I loved the canoe!

Does the villas have a tree in the Atrium this year?

Sure does! Others may have a better pick, but I took this one last Friday:

 

[Muushka]

Thank you for the pics JT. The cake was beautiful (and I bet it tasted great!) and what a great looking group you all are!

 

[Granny]

Jimmytammy ! Love all the photos. It's so cool to see everyone ! Ranger Stan looked awesome (although it's strange to not see him in his CM uniform). The cake was beautiful too. Looking forward to more pics

Maria

Jimmy...Maria had exactly the same reaction as I did...it is weird to see Ranger Stan in his civvies. Thanks so much for posting the pictures...the whole group looks great and it seems that a wonderful time was had by all.

Have a meeting at 3:30 today (about 22 mintues from now) and am going nuts as I will be leaving for home directly after the meeting!

But for the strangest reason, who knows why, I have the theme song for the 'A Team' stuck in my head! I keep playing it back over and over in my mind. Need to find a replacement song...

"It's a world of laughter, a world of tears. It's a world of hope and world of fears".... ​

That should take care of your song issue. No charge.


Maria...glad that your trip has come together so well. Have a great time at The World.

 

[blossomz]

Love Love Love the pics!!! Thank you so much!! JT...did you happen to remember to ask Ranger Stan if he received my card? I would love to send him another if not... The cake looked wonderful. Ranger Stan without his hat!! So nice to finally see, "his Carolyn"! So sorry I missed the fun, but thank you so much for including us groupies back home!!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Thanks DLI and Granny for the well-wishes on my upcoming trip. It would be PERFECT if it was at VWL, but I'll be happy to just be in WDW ! And I've got my extension cord and lights packed !!!!

Maria

 

[eliza61]

Trivia time:

Disney's Hollywood Studios has been home to the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights (now "Dancing Lights") since 1995. The show was created by Jennings Osborne, who put up a 1,000 light display at his home in Arkansas in 1986 as a Christmas gift to his six year old daughter, Breezy (is that a Disney name or what. )
By 1993, his gift had turned into more than 3 million lights and a legal battle with the neighbors-which eventually resulted in a cease-and-desist order from the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Disney has been adding bulbs since it purchased the display in 1995 and, in 2006 added lights that "dance" to a medley of holiday music every 15 minutes.

 

[twinklebug]

Good topic eliza! Did you realize that in the narration leading up to the show they say all 5 million lights came from the Osborne family, which from what I read is wrong. Only just over 3 million came from them.

Also, among those lights there is a purple cat hidden in a different place each year. It and a few other Halloween decorations were accidentally included with the shipment of lights from the family. The imagineers decided to use some of the decorations as a game.

See if you can find the purple cat! (we had no success with it this last trip)

((BTW... Loving your new tag ))

 

[Muushka]

Hidden cat in the display! I am all over that next year!!! Great tip!!

Maria, have a wonderful time.

Eliza, you got tagged! And a great one at that!

 

[wildernessDad]

We're past airport security!!!

Won't be long until we board!!

 

[DisneyNutzy]

JT- Thanks so much for the pictures of the meet. The cake looked great...love the canoe.

Eliza & Twinklebug- Thanks for the tips on the Osborne lights. Can't wait to see them. We have made so many trips to the world but this will be our first time going while the holiday decorations are up.

WD- Almost there

Single digit dance 9 days

 

[jimmytammy]

blossomz

That security guard had something to do with that card, I think?

We ddnt catch your name but remember Stan mentioning the card was from PA. I will call him and let him know that it was indeed from a groupie.