We're an Epcot resorts family...love walking into Epcot for food and drink most nights. For a change, I booked one night in a studio at VWL in Dec. 2010, before moving over to BWV for the rest of my stay with my elderly mom. I thought she would love to see the holiday decorations. Anyway, something must have been up with the studio because we were bumped up to the WL, concierge. It was amazing!! We had a great time for that day and evening. I always said I would go back some day for the holidays. I just booked a VWL studio on rented points for Dec. 1-7 and am so excited.
So do you think you'll miss CL? Have you tried an Epcot/MK area split-stay? I'll add your dates to the Log
Can you add us por favor? May 18 - June 1
¡Qué bien! Did you book WL or VWL?
Oops duplicate post.
Should I add you twice? JK.
Am I understanding this correctly: the only gym at WL is actually at VWL?
We love Sturdy Branches. It's open 24/7 and at some point between August and December they got all new Nautilus equipment. They did remove some of my old favorites, but the new equipment is great and they have lots of cardio, too. Let me know if you have any specific questions. I have photos/info.
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It's official. We just booked our weekend trip at WL May 2nd - 5th
This will be our first time staying here and we can't wait. WL always looks so amazing and now we finally get to stay there.
Fantastic info in the first couple of pages. Thanks for all the hard work that went into all the details and it's very well organized to find any info you need. It will definitely be very helpful in planning our stay.
Thank you so much for your comments about the information being helpful. I'll log your dates
Can we request a view of the otter pond or is there another wording? I assume this is woods view. Also is the 6th floor a solid railing on the balcony? Tia!
Yes, if you've booked a Woods View room, you can request an Otter Pond view (and many do). Some of the 6th floor rooms do have solid railings, but not all. None of the 5th floor rooms have them though.
We are on our 7th snow day...4th in a row. Yesterday I spent some time looking at our spring break pictures from our VWL trip last year a d at dinner we were all talking about how much we are looking forward to our trip this April. For those checking out the lodge I thought I would share our list of things about WL in particular that we are eager to experience again.
My daughter (13) - pool, Roaring Forks Panini Sandwiches, the Electric Water Pageant, Boat instead of Bus to MK
My son (6) - pool, Cub's Den, marshmallow roast, riding the Magical Express to the resort
Hubby & I - villa room, massages at Sturdy Branches, Artist Point, pool/pool drinks, boat to MK/Cont., chocolate croissants for breakfast
I always get up before everyone make coffee and head for a walk around the grounds or to sit in the beautiful lobby on my IPad, Then I pick up some breakfast items from Roaring Forks and head back to the room to wake the crew for Rope Drop. We have a saying "only is Disney we have chocolate for breakfast."
We really liked the access to the health club. We do not do big workouts on vacation...especially park days. But a quick trip to the gym on our resort and water park days helps us feel less guilty about indulging in all the food on vacation.
Happy Snow day to all the teachers and students out there who are enjoying a day at home! Stay warm. Stay safe.
It's nice thinking about your past vacations and anticipating your next. This has been a long winter already, but April will be here soon!
Wow! So many snow days this year
Are you children going to have to make up the days? I remember when I lived up North, we would have to make them up.
Ahh! Messages at Sturdy Branches. My husband gets them there and he loves it. He has tried Grand Floridian and Saratoga Springs and he likes them much better at Sturdy Branches. And, it is within walking distance of our room
We've already exceeded our built-in snow days by two so that will take away two days off before spring break. After this week, everyone will have to go for 10 weeks straight until spring break, at least until there's another snow day
I had a fantastic deep pressure 80-min. massage last month
. I've always had great massages at SB and they cost less than going to either of the spas. You don't have all the spa frills and sometimes you can hear people who are 'loud lifters,' but the massages have been excellent. You need to get one next time
Hello Kook,
Looks like we are not going to make the August trip this year.
So, please take us off of the Log for now. If we go, it will most likely be the end of July now. Thanks!
Oh, no! What happened? Is this due to not being able to take vacation in August? At least you can re-book for July
Would you believe that we have been out of school for 2 days for ice and freezing rain??!! And we live in South Georgia...Savannah area. CRAZY!!!! My dear friend that lives in Holland, MI has been sending me pics of their crazy snow....over the mail box....and they've missed numerous days of school, too.
And I thought I was the only crazy fool to get up before sunrise 
LOVE my early mornings at Disney. It's so peaceful and quiet...almost like another world. My camera always accompanies me as I take quite a few photographs while on vacation
....quite a few.
You know darn well you aren't the only crazyearlymorningresort prowler
. How many photos do we each have of steam coming off of pools?
Glad to hear they canceled your school because Atlanta sure made a bad call. What a mess in that area. What were they thinking
Lafayette Louisiana here....Way down south....no school last Friday due to ice/snow, no school yesterday and today for the same reason!!! Very Strange !! And the entire time I've been stuck inside, I keep looking at my Big Day ap ( which is showing 29 days!!!!) and thinking if I were there at WL now I could be enjoying that awesome fireplace!!!!
But, then you'd be missing those snow days
Right below you in Youngsville.
It's been nice having all these extra days off like this. It's given me plenty of time to read up on WL while cooped up inside, perfect weather for trip planning
This weather certainly has been crazy the past week.
You can get used to it awfully fast. We only had a two-hour delay here in NoVA today. Happy planning
Would have enjoyed seeing some actual snow falling!!!
. I think they switched over from Cybex to Nautilus. The Lat. Pulldown is now part of a multi-function unit. I think the Gravitron (for doing assisted pull-ups) is gone, too. But, it's still a great gym and everything is nice and new.
How could I forget?! You're a crazearlymorningresort prowler yourself 
