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

[Disney loving Iowan]

Claire and Twokats

 

[Oshawa]

We are back from our trip and loved every minute of it. It was a little cold the first three days we were there but things warmed up as the week went on. I completed what people were calling "The Dopey". Was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
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.
We did love our stay at Kidani but when we walked into the Lodge it was breath taking. We walked around the grounds and loved it!! We are so looking forward to our first stay in October!!

 

[stopher1]

We are back from our trip and loved every minute of it. It was a little cold the first three days we were there but things warmed up as the week went on. I completed what people were calling "The Dopey". Was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
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.
We did love our stay at Kidani but when we walked into the Lodge it was breath taking. We walked around the grounds and loved it!! We are so looking forward to our first stay in October!!

Us too. We also ate at Whispering Canyon - but for breakfast. It was very enjoyable. Each one of us said we definitely want to go back there next time around and try dinner there.

 

[Oshawa]

Us too. We also ate at Whispering Canyon - but for breakfast. It was very enjoyable. Each one of us said we definitely want to go back there next time around and try dinner there.

You have to try the dinner for sure. It was amazing. Our boys loved it. It was a great time and the food was awesome!!
Our boys are excited that we are staying at the Lodge next time because we will be so close to the cafe!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Oshawa...welcome back from your trip ! Great to hear you had fun.....WC is a fun place to eat and it's getting harder and harder to get ADR's there. I tried when I was there in Dec and nothing was available except for really late dinners---like 9 pm.

Maria

 

[MiaSRN62]

Thought I'd add a few pics from my Dec trip (Dec 12-18). My little Kodak camera doesn't do well in low-light situations so I apologize for the quality of some of these :

my daughter Brittany relaxing in the WL lobby....

ran over to BLT to check out our new "home"....Brittany loved this curved wooden chair.

Maria

 

[blossomz]

Happy Birthday Claire and 2Kats!!

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Love the pics! I haven't made it to our new "BLT" home yet... since I've bought they've changed the points charts THREE times...if they would take a break I'd like to try and get my first stay there....

How did you like BLT?

Thought I'd add a few pics from my Dec trip (Dec 12-18). My little Kodak camera doesn't do well in low-light situations so I apologize for the quality of some of these :

my daughter Brittany relaxing in the WL lobby....

ran over to BLT to check out our new "home"....Brittany loved this curved wooden chair.

Maria

 

[horselover]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE & TWOKATS!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

since I've bought they've changed the points charts THREE times...if they would take a break I'd like to try and get my first stay there....

How did you like BLT?

Hi BWV Dreamin'.....
I should clarify....we only visited and walked around. I could not get availability or I would have stayed there for sure ! And yes...they have changed the points 3x ! It's insane ! and they wonder why it gets a bit heated over there on the Allocation thread. I just had a post of mine removed this morning and received a warning for a "personal attack" on Caren. Shheeeeshh...yet she is allowed to have her little snide comment left up there ? Just not fair. I think alot of us have legit gripes about the allocation and re-allocation...and re-re-allocation..........
thanks for letting me vent.......lol Glad u liked the pics !

Maria

 

[Inkmahm]

As to BLT, my DH and I stayed there for one night in December after our cruise and we really like it! We splurged on a one bedroom MK view. We are going back in April for 3 nights but staying in a Lakeview studio this time. I actually think all the views there would be fine so we didn't splurge on a MK view again. It WAS cool though being able to see the castle at night from our bed.

I really liked the whole BLT resort and I truly didn't think I would based only on pictures that I'd seen. The villa was gorgeous and seemed really large to me. The windows are HUGE. I know some people complain about the parking lot view labeled as MK but I think I just didn't bother to look down, I was too busy looking ahead at the MK itself.

 

[twinklebug]

I was just browsing for some pics and images before off to sleep...
and what do I see... What is this thread doing down at the bottom of the page?!!! Up Up it goes!

Well, the weather seems to be warming up in MA a bit... or I'm just finally turning numb to the cold (doubtful). Can't wait for 9 days of bliss. still debating if I'm going to tell my parents we'll be in the area before we arrive. *evil grin*

Time for some cake!

Happy B'Day TwoKats!
Happy B'Day Claire! ​

Kat: I don't see an update, hoping Jammers is doing well and you're just exhausted from a ~long~ drive home. You're a great mom to do all that for your pup.

Horselover - That job wasn't the right one for your DH yet. Here's hoping the right one comes around soon!

Hope everyone else is doing well. The week is officially off it's start - I'm wfh tomorrow which is a bonus as I want to try to book Christmas onward at AKV (yea, I'd try for VWL, but unfortunately it's not "home" on paper) Those premier season weekend points are nuts huh? wow.

 

[eliza61]

Today we are celebrating the birthdays of two of Disney's most fantastic guest and WL groupies Extraordinaire.

Happy Birthday TwoKats and Claire. Hope you have a magical day!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Twokats and Claire_ont

Maria

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hope your class is going well Maria! As I posted in the update they do perform lithotripsy on dogs and did end up using that on Jammer.

I only registered for one class for now Kathy...have to get my feet wet and it's going well thanks.

Glad to hear the lithotripsy was successful with Jammer. Has he been able to pee ok so far ? Are you back on the road ?


Maria

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

We are back from our trip and loved every minute of it. It was a little cold the first three days we were there but things warmed up as the week went on. I completed what people were calling "The Dopey". Was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
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.
We did love our stay at Kidani but when we walked into the Lodge it was breath taking. We walked around the grounds and loved it!! We are so looking forward to our first stay in October!!

Glad to hear this!

Maria - Thanks for the pictures!

 

[Muushka]

Happy Birthday to Twokats

Happy Birthday to Claire

Happy Birthday to Twokats and Claire

Happy Birthday to you(s)

 

[Muushka]

Congratulations Oshawa, completing the Dopey!!!

For those of us who are physically fitnesslly challenged, what did this entail?

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I have to commend you for caring so much and doing what you have done for Jammer. What a good Mommy you are! Your babies are very lucky to have you! I wasn't sure if I had ever heard that corgi's were prone to stones but with Misa having those crystals the vet wanted to make sure she was on that special food. Hopefully Tucker won't have to go through what Jammer has. I hope Jammer gets starts to pee well and that you can go home soon. Please be careful getting home!

Thanks DLI! I'm lucky that I was able to do what I could. Just figure that was the commitment I made when adding them to the family. FYI - I asked the vet and he said that Corgi's were not a typical breed for this (bulldogs for one seem to be) but he was very curious when I mentioned that our other Corgi as had some things show up in tests . So far no crystals though.

Kat: I don't see an update, hoping Jammers is doing well and you're just exhausted from a ~long~ drive home. You're a great mom to do all that for your pup.

Hope everyone else is doing well. The week is officially off it's start - I'm wfh tomorrow which is a bonus as I want to try to book Christmas onward at AKV (yea, I'd try for VWL, but unfortunately it's not "home" on paper) Those premier season weekend points are nuts huh? wow.

Glad to hear the lithotripsy was successful with Jammer. Has he been able to pee ok so far ? Are you back on the road ?

Maria

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. I decided I have reached the age that more than a few hours of that will not be done again! lol He finally settled down and pain meds knocked him out so we did get some rest. Made the drive back yesterday thru a little snow storm but nothing bad. Even managed it in time to watch the Vikings lose a heartbreaker.

As I feared, keeping him quite is the most difficult. On a leash at my side or in his kennel at night seems to be about it. He has always fussed about the kennel if it's not night or we're not all leaving the house so that just gets him more worked up. Obviously he's feeling much better so I think the healing is going well. The only thing is he's not eating real well so I hope that changes soon. He is eating some so I don't think it's a sign of any complications. Just 7 or so days for the stiches to come out! Then a couple more weeks to fully heal. All in all looks good so far and is way better than what I was preparing myself for when we started all of this!!

Thanks again for all the good wishes for us!


twinklebug - did you get your room? Hope so!!

Happy Birthday Twokats!!

Happy Birthday Claire!!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Thanks DLI! I'm lucky that I was able to do what I could. Just figure that was the commitment I made when adding them to the family. FYI - I asked the vet and he said that Corgi's were not a typical breed for this (bulldogs for one seem to be) but he was very curious when I mentioned that our other Corgi as had some things show up in tests . So far no crystals though.
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. I decided I have reached the age that more than a few hours of that will not be done again! lol He finally settled down and pain meds knocked him out so we did get some rest. Made the drive back yesterday thru a little snow storm but nothing bad. Even managed it in time to watch the Vikings lose a heartbreaker.

As I feared, keeping him quite is the most difficult. On a leash at my side or in his kennel at night seems to be about it. He has always fussed about the kennel if it's not night or we're not all leaving the house so that just gets him more worked up. Obviously he's feeling much better so I think the healing is going well. The only thing is he's not eating real well so I hope that changes soon. He is eating some so I don't think it's a sign of any complications. Just 7 or so days for the stiches to come out! Then a couple more weeks to fully heal. All in all looks good so far and is way better than what I was preparing myself for when we started all of this!!

Thanks again for all the good wishes for us!

So glad to hear this!Yay Jammer peed!!! He sounds like he has quite the personality! Glad it went well and you got home safe. Thanks for letting me know about what the vet said. Glad to know thats not a corgi thing. Good luck keeping him calm and quiet!