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

[wildernessDad]

How many days, WD?

You ask a very good question!

My DVC Planner app tells me that I have 195 days to go! Ahh, 195! Can I survive the wait?

 

[tea pot]

Hi Groupies

Boy have I missed you guys!

It seems like years since we returned from the "World" and life has really been getting in the way.
I Still need to get my photos over to photobucket hoping
to do that and read back over this holiday weekend.

Eliza
So sorry to hear about the loss of your Dad, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.


Take care groupies

Talk to you all soon

 

[horselover]

Walt Disney World has released their December calendar.

Oh sure rub it in! I have to wait until Dec. 2011. Let me know when that calendar is out! On the plus side only 134 days to go until my trip in Oct.

Hi Groupies

Boy have I missed you guys!

It seems like years since we returned from the "World" and life has really been getting in the way.
I Still need to get my photos over to photobucket hoping
to do that and read back over this holiday weekend.

Eliza
So sorry to hear about the loss of your Dad, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.


Take care groupies

Talk to you all soon

Hi Teapot! Nice to see you back.

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

You ask a very good question!

My DVC Planner app tells me that I have 195 days to go! Ahh, 195! Can I survive the wait?

Of course you can with your groupies helping you!

We'll try to distract you and help you pass the time more quickly. Time flies when you are having fun, right?

Not sure how much fun it will be, but here goes.

Any guesses?

 

[Dizny Dad]

Of course you can with your groupies helping you!

We'll try to distract you and help you pass the time more quickly. Time flies when you are having fun, right?

Not sure how much fun it will be, but here goes.

Any guesses?

Standing looking through the hand railings of the Bridge in the lobby over the gushing guiser . . . .

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Standing looking through the hand railings of the Bridge in the lobby over the gushing guiser . . . .

winner winner chicken dinner

Either I made it way too easy or you have spent a lot of time at WL! Maybe both

I'll have to see if I can come up with something harder for the smart ones in the bunch.

 

[wildernessDad]

DVCNews.com is reporting that GCV sales have entered the final phase. I have been tossing around the idea of adding 50 points there for a once every 3 year vacation.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

So sorry for your loss Eliza. It's been almost 8 years since we lost my father. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

DVCNews.com is reporting that GCV sales have entered the final phase. I have been tossing around the idea of adding 50 points there for a once every 3 year vacation.

It's a beautiful place WD! (nudge-nudge)
In 2 weeks I'll be hopping on the plane for my second visit to the villas!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Dory.....fun mystery photo and good guess Dizny Dad ! I was stuck.....

WD....much luck on your decision. If I knew I'd be traveling there at least every 3 years I would buy there because it is so pretty. But I just don't see us doing that. WDW is so much closer and has lots more to offer for us (when you consider how frequent one plans to vacation---my 1st choice would 90% of the time be FL and not CA because of time/cost in traveling).
But if you decide to make it one of your home resorts let us know

Maria

 

[blossomz]

Someone on the camping thread provided a link to some info.

http://www.waltonoutdoors.com/yellow-flies-are-back/

We never experienced them in the parks, but pretty much didn't use our deck at the treehouse except to grill and DH mostly got stuck out there alone grilling. He thought bug spray with DEET helped but my Dad and son were covered in bug spray at the putt putt course and they were bit all over. We didn't swim. It seemed they were worse for us around dusk. I think it is seasonal and hoping they are gone by the time you get there.

Thanks Dory!

 

[blossomz]

Eliza I am so sorry to hear of your loss. It is never easy to lose a parent. As you know it hasn't been that long since I lost both of my parents. My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family.

 

[Dizny Dad]

Sorry, but our Groupie thread was too close to the bottom of the first page of thread listings - just had to do a bump . . . . .

 

[stopher1]

Wow - take a few days away and see how many pages go by!!!

First off - Eliza - I'm so very sorry for your loss. Our prayers go out for your family.

Maria - a very belated, but still warm birthday greeting! I hope you had a great one.

Dory - That's just SO COOL that you got to meet Di & Dad!!

Di & Dad - what a wonderful sounding trip you had.

WildernessDad - go, go, go for it! VGC is a wonderful resort, and you won't regret it!


We had a great little getaway last weekend, and enjoyed our time at the Doorway to Dreams event. Deevy See was there (so much better than the dreadful Wishmeister last year) - and my wife got a pic of Deevy & me. I'll get it transferred soon to share.

And - a last minute work trip came up just yesterday, for next week. So guess where I'll be for 2.5 days after the work part of the trip ends... WDW. Yay. The only studio that I had enough available points for (didn't want to borrow) is at OKW, but hey, I'll be at WDW. I had tried first for standard views at both BWV and AKV (both about the same # +/- as OKW was) but no dice. But old reliable came through once again. My kids are very jealous - but my DW said - I can have it! Much too hot for her liking. So I'll get to be there for the first night of the Summer Nighttastic and get to see the Main Street Electrical Parade at the MK once again.

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Dory - That's just SO COOL that you got to meet Di & Dad!!

Yes it was a highlight of my trip!

We had a great little getaway last weekend, and enjoyed our time at the Doorway to Dreams event. Deevy See was there (so much better than the dreadful Wishmeister last year) - and my wife got a pic of Deevy & me. I'll get it transferred soon to share.

Sounds fun!

And - a last minute work trip came up just yesterday, for next week. So guess where I'll be for 2.5 days after the work part of the trip ends... WDW. Yay. The only studio that I had enough available points for (didn't want to borrow) is at OKW, but hey, I'll be at WDW. I had tried first for standard views at both BWV and AKV (both about the same # +/- as OKW was) but no dice. But old reliable came through once again. My kids are very jealous - but my DW said - I can have it! Much too hot for her liking. So I'll get to be there for the first night of the Summer Nighttastic and get to see the Main Street Electrical Parade at the MK once again.

I'm so jealous! Enjoy it for all of us who wish they were going this summer. I can't really complain since I was there March & May, but I would love to see that parade. Have a great week and report back when you can.

 

[Muushka]

Eliza....we are still thinking of you

Stopher. I am green. MSEP is THE BEST PARADE at WDW. We saw the very last MSEP when it left us a few years back.

Does anyone else love that music! We always play it...LOUD...when we drive onto Disney property.

 

[stopher1]

Stopher. I am green. MSEP is THE BEST PARADE at WDW. We saw the very last MSEP when it left us a few years back.

Does anyone else love that music! We always play it...LOUD...when we drive onto Disney property.

Oh my yes, yes it is. I grew up with it at Disneyland every summer. It was always fun to hear the music in the background while scooping ice cream at the Carnation Plaza Gardens when I worked there. And I was there for the absolute final run down Main Street in 1996 before it "glowed away"... though that "glowing away forever" that they announced back then sure was short lived since it ended up in California Adventure in 2003 and has been there ever since - but it remains my all-time favorite! I can't wait to see it on a Main Street once more.

Let me just say that yes, I do happen to love that music...how much you ask? My DW were introduced at our wedding reception to the enchanting refrain of Baroque Hoedown... or of course, the MSEP theme!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

So I'll get to be there for the first night of the Summer Nighttastic and get to see the Main Street Electrical Parade at the MK once again.

Stopher we will be there for the first night too!!!! So excited for it! We will get to see the last night of Spectro too. We got an e-mail about a pass holder preview on the 5th but I'm not sure what it means. Has anyone gotten that? Does it just mean that the 3d glasses are for passholders?

 

[blossomz]

I didn't get the email, but here is what it says on the passholder website:
Light up the night with an advance viewing of the Summer Nightastic! entertainment in Magic Kingdom Park–and receive a free pair of special light effect viewing glasses ! Don't miss your opportunity to see Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade and Summer Nightastic! Firework Spectacular on Saturday, June 5, the night before Summer Nightastic! begins.

Free Glasses for Passholders
Get your free pair of special light effect viewing glasses, one per Guest with Passholder ID while supplies last. See how these "spectacles" make the fireworks even more spectacular!

Where: Rose Garden near the entrance to Tomorrowland

When: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Magic Kingdom Park admission is required.

Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade™ Welcome back this Guest favorite, now more dazzling than ever! Feisty and fun-loving Tinker Bell leads the parade and you'll see new floats with Pinocchio and Snow White.

When: 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.

Summer Nightastic! Fireworks Spectacular
Don your free special light effect viewing glasses and see the fireworks explode in a rainbow of color! You'll be mesmerized by the stunning visual effects and uplifted by the music.

When: 10:00 p.m.

Can't wait till we are there....17 days and counting!!!!!

 

[Muushka]

You who get to go to MSEP are killing me!! Why don't you just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice in it?????
(quick, name that movie!)

Oh my yes, yes it is. I grew up with it at Disneyland every summer. It was always fun to hear the music in the background while scooping ice cream at the Carnation Plaza Gardens when I worked there. And I was there for the absolute final run down Main Street in 1996 before it "glowed away"... though that "glowing away forever" that they announced back then sure was short lived since it ended up in California Adventure in 2003 and has been there ever since - but it remains my all-time favorite! I can't wait to see it on a Main Street once more.

Let me just say that yes, I do happen to love that music...how much you ask? My DW were introduced at our wedding reception to the enchanting refrain of Baroque Hoedown... or of course, the MSEP theme!

Love it!!! And so do you!!!

Did MSEP to CA come from FL in 2003? I think that is the MSEP I saw for it's final show.

Groupies, it has been more than 24 hours since anyone posted!! Is everyone all right?????

 

[stopher1]

You who get to go to MSEP are killing me!! Why don't you just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice in it?????
(quick, name that movie!)

The Princess Bride

Did MSEP to CA come from FL in 2003? I think that is the MSEP I saw for it's final show.

I can't remember exactly, how it all transpired. There was a version of it on both coasts for quite a number of years. The WDW version however was packed up and shipped out to Tokyo for that park I believe in '93. I remember seeing it there on my very first trip to the World which was in '91. I know it was gone by 94, since we honeymooned at WDW that year and Spectro was definitely in place then. But I'm also remembering it returned for a while at the end of the '90's and into the early 2000's. At some point one of the two versions was dismantled - but I'm unclear as to when.

The Disneyland original was stripped of all of its' lightbulbs in '96 (they were all auctioned off for the local Children's Hospital) since it was supposedly "glowing away forever)... but of course that wasn't true, since it was shipped out to Paris in '97, I believe, but did ultimately go back to CA and ended up in DL's 2nd gate, DCA where's it's been running each year since. Of course, until this year where it's being featured in "Summer Nightastic" while DCA's parade route is torn up and the park gets used to operating and managing the crowds expected for the all-new World of Color show.