Calling all Kentucky Bluegrass DVCers

[Ike&Jakesmom]

Not yet, our closing documents should arrive at the title company tomorrow. Not sure how long after that before the points are in our name with member services. Our trip is in September, now to narrow down where to stay!! I come to Owensboro to do my grocery shopping and my little brother is a city police officer there!

 

[Rest&Relax]

I can finally join the group, we passed ROFR and are going to be owners at OKW ! We are from Henderson, KY (western KY area) and are looking forward to our first trip as DVC owners !!!

Congratulations and welcome! We love our DVC. OKW is our first home, we have been members since 93 and have never regretted that decision.

 

[KyCruisinSusan]

Welcome to the Ky thread.

Best money I ever spent. I get to travel to WDW every year or 2, depending on how long I want to stay each trip, and always have somewhere to call home while I'm there.

I get to spend the next 38 years, enjoying the magic WDW holds, with my family and friends. Who could ask for anything more? And who knows, when this one is paid off or close to being paid off I may add on.

 

[KY*Figment]

Not yet, our closing documents should arrive at the title company tomorrow. Not sure how long after that before the points are in our name with member services. Our trip is in September, now to narrow down where to stay!! I come to Owensboro to do my grocery shopping and my little brother is a city police officer there!

My little brother is an OPD Officer, too. He's 3rd shift.

 

[Rest&Relax]

Monday was a rainy day but really didn't bother us being on a monrail resort. Had breakfast at Kona Cafe and enjoyed looking at the decorations at the Poly. From there we headed over to GF to see the gingerbread house. We spent most of our day at these two resorts. Here is 2 pictures of GF if I loaded them correctly.

It really is amazing how detailed it is.

 

[Rest&Relax]

Tuesday

Went to go visit the Epcot resorts. Walked over to MK bus stop and visited BWV first.

Here is a picture of Stitch and his gingerbread & chocolate gazebo.

Next stop was the Swan to visit the chocolate Santa scene. Even the boxes are made out of chocolate.

Next stop is the Dolphin. The white poinsettia tree is just gorgeous. The picture does not do it justice.

Next stop was the YC&BC.

While at the BC we met up with a DIS meet. Our first! Really enjoyed meeting some people and being able to put faces to names now. From there we headed over to the Merry Mixer.
That evening we headed over to HS for the lights.

 

[KyCruisinSusan]

I love Disney at Christmas! The decorations and the lights are just beautiful. Thanks for the Stitch gingerbread pic I loved it. Sounds like you had a great trip and it makes me long for the summer to get here quickly. I haven't been to WDW since Dec. 2010 and I'm having withdrawals.

 

[disney212]

Great pics! Doing our first WDW Christmas this year!

 

[disney212]

Nope, but we booked the Dream for October 2013 when the dates were first released. It will be most of our first ever cruise (DW has been on Carnival before).

I just booked October 17-21, 2013 as our first Cruise. When are you going? We are doing F & W for 4 days then the cruise to recover from that!

 

[AirGoofy]

I just booked October 17-21, 2013 as our first Cruise. When are you going? We are doing F & W for 4 days then the cruise to recover from that!

We are going the week before you. We will add a DVC day on the day before and after. There should be a MNSSHP the day after the cruise.

 

[Rest&Relax]

Wednesday went to MVMCP. Crowds were heavy but we had nice weather to enjoy the parade & shows.

Thursday was one of our favorites. We did the Wild Animal Trek tour at AK. Highly recommend it if you ever get a chance. We would do it again in a heartbeat.

Here is a few pics of the trek.

Here is DH walking across the rope bridge.

DH & I on the bridge

Some of the animals.

Saturday we moved to AKL for one night. Enjoyed the resort but not sure I could spend a whole week there. In all a very relaxing and enjoyable visit "home". Came home Sunday the 18th and then back to a busy work week and Christmas. Can't believe it is already the end of January. Will be missing our annual F&G visit this spring instead we will be heading to Aulani for our 30th anniversary. Looking forward to our new home away from home.

 

[disynut]

Love all the Christmas pics--DD(7) does not remember going at Christmas and may have me talked into going back in 2012 or 2013---just don't look forward to the crowds

 

[disney212]

doing!our first Christmas since I was a kid! Loved your pics!

 

[AirGoofy]

doing!our first Christmas since I was a kid! Loved your pics!

That is terrific. Have a great trip. I'm thinking we may get there in 2014 or 2015 for Christmas.

 

[Rest&Relax]

KY thread very quiet for a while now. Everybody OK from the storms? Missed us by a few miles. Did affect a lot of coworkers and their families though.

Really missing the F&G show this year! First time we haven't gone for several years now. Didn't realize I would miss it so much.

Looking forward to going to Aulani in May but I am more stressed trying to plan than I would be instead of WDW trip. We have been so busy with work that we haven't really done a lot of details. As tired as DH & I are we may just sit at the beach & resort all day.

 

[AirGoofy]

KY thread very quiet for a while now. Everybody OK from the storms? Missed us by a few miles. Did affect a lot of coworkers and their families though.

Really missing the F&G show this year! First time we haven't gone for several years now. Didn't realize I would miss it so much.

Looking forward to going to Aulani in May but I am more stressed trying to plan than I would be instead of WDW trip. We have been so busy with work that we haven't really done a lot of details. As tired as DH & I are we may just sit at the beach & resort all day.

It gets chatty every now and then. We were safe from storms. Ever since we got a content warning/ threat to move elsewhere, it slowed really down. Glad to see you are ok. We still have two KY teams left in tournament. We have BLT again in October. And, we put a deposit thru time share store for a 100 point contract at BWV. Still pending ROFR.

 

[Rest&Relax]

It gets chatty every now and then. We were safe from storms. Ever since we got a content warning/ threat to move elsewhere, it slowed really down. Glad to see you are ok. We still have two KY teams left in tournament. We have BLT again in October. And, we put a deposit thru time share store for a 100 point contract at BWV. Still pending ROFR.

Good luck on your ROFR at BWV. I am jealous!! That is one place I wish we had a home resort at. We love staying there for the F&G in the spring.

 

[AirGoofy]

Good luck on your ROFR at BWV. I am jealous!! That is one place I wish we had a home resort at. We love staying there for the F&G in the spring.

We really liked it there as well. If it goes thru, then I will have enough for BLT studio in fall, BWV studio in spring, and SSR every now and then.

 

[AirGoofy]

We went to Disney Hilton Head Island resort for Spring Break. What a great trip. Another great use of DVC points. Here are some pictures.

For those of you who have never been, the resort/ sleeping rooms are on the marsh. There is also a Disney Beach house over a mile away. So, you can swim at pools at eith location, eat at either location, but the ocean is only at 1.

We arrived at the main resort.

A view of the marsh.

Nice place to sit and relax.

A walk out on to the marsh.

It is one of the largest studio rooms.

The view from my deck.

The view from the hammock.

 

[AirGoofy]

Shadow, the only live Disney mascot lives at the resort.

She comes certain days. This was a story/ fiddle playing session. The children pet the dog and she loves it.

This for a Brer Rabbit hunt.

This was at the low country boil at the beach house. Fiddle, but no Shadow. The children get to,play instruments as well.

Here's a pic of the buffet food there.

The ocean at low tide.

The ocean at high tide.

I like the Atlantic side over Gulf side. The sand is firm enough to ride a bike on.

Some finds at the beach.

The seagull swopped down and stole a seashell.

Sandollar before.

Sandollar after bleaching. But, it was a smelly van in the morning.