DIS Dads DDC XVIII - Spring Fever!

[DisDadDoc]

We officially passed ROFR for BWV resale. Now, just have to sign the contract and send the money. We now have 100 more DVC points. Hopefully, the contract and points will be finalized in time for me to book April 2013 at the Boardwalk.

Congrats! I was surfing the resale boards yesterday evening as well. Great minds! (although DW nixed the idea)

My hospital is much older...therefore many more stories...one that I had happen to me was in the middle of the night on call . I was headed from the front desk with some orders on patients..I was able to see my reflection in the window at the end of the hall...following behind me was a slender and tall man dressed in black. I could hear his footsteps...At that time of night I figured he must have been lost and needed some guidance...I turned around to help him...he was gone....and when I turned back around the reflection in the window was gone also! We have stories of nurses coming to help patients that have been dead for years...the patients hae no idea who is helping them and then describe her to the other nurses...that is on 4th floor....we have a tunnel that connect the old building with the new building and it is how bodies are transferred to the morgue out of patient biew....there are MANY stories of things going on down there but I have never seen it myself.

Man, that stuff sounds awesome to me, it's been an intrest of mine for around 25 years now. Never experienced anything myself either, but here's hoping right? It'd be neat if the store was haunted, but the only one I've heard of is in the Brantford area.

really weird is my parent's place. Grew up there, lived there for 26 years. Never a thing happened or any hints of it other then my brother claiming to see an arm in front of the fridge when he was really young. My parents are not believers or anything. So one year out of the blue they mention to me seeing someone walking down the hall when laying in bed. Dad saw this, and he is NOT the type of guy for this. It has never been seen since that I know of, but still so out-of-the-blue. DW and MIL saw some stuff in a place they lived in in Sarnia, and as an eerie footnote, we were visiting some of her friends during a visit, and there were other people there too, "friends of friends" if you will. Topic of ghosts comes up and DW relates her story. We discover the placed she lived in where it happened is the place where this guy's brother was killed. (Sounds urban legendish, but all true)

Scary Ghost stories in Hospitals.

Then don't see Halloween 2!

$6700 thru resale contract. It's more affordable than you think.

If you add $500 a year for dues for 30 years, then that is $15,000 in annual dues. Plus the original cost is $22,000. That is a lot of money. But, I plan to go on vacation for the next 30 years. Now, I get to spend the week at the Boardwalk for less than a $1000 a year per trip. If you are able to get a pin code every year, then you can probably get the same pricing at a value of moderate resort. But, we get to stay at the Boardwalk. I don't consider DVC an investment and it is not for everyone. I just look at it as pre-paid vacation at an extra special resort location every year.

Same way we do the math in our house, but I agree, it is not for everyone. At the time we bought in, I had no way of predicting that we'd be in the worst economic downturn in a century and Disney would run all these crazy deals to get people there. But I think that it still works out in the long haul. Especially if you have more than 2 kids, and plan on going about every year.

Read that bolded sentence as if the patients had been dead for years...

thanks for sharing!! did i mention i love ghost stories??

Read it the same way at first myself! Grammar isn't one of Steve's strong suits...

how about a DisDads ghost hunting group?? armed with dole whips and EMF detectors! Ultimate goal is to prove/disprove the ghost of george on POTC!!

I'm in!

if you want to see a kid laugh. briana is just about in tears watching me text. first, i cant see the letters with out my readers. so i hold the phone 3 feet away from me and i use one finger to type. she dont even look at the sceen and uses both thumbs.

Welcome back, Dave!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

66 pages in and I am still in the top 5?! Inconceivable!

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Thanks for the info..

I was just telling DW about your purchase and she sounds interested.

Uh oh...could be an expensive conversation!

 

[10dedfish]

Speaking of Ghost stories, my brother and I were at the USS North Carolina over the weekend and did some ghost hunting with some of the TAPS (Ghost Hunters on SYFY) members. Here's a link on youtube to some evp's that we caught.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_a0qDT4wc&context=C4f5b41cADvjVQa1PpcFO9p9e9I_qJVAZKsP_1kJPl_5Sp_iC2VRY=

Matt

 

[Emma's Dad]

Have you ever had one of those days when you're driving to work and you're getting ready to park and having serious thoughts of just turning around and going back home??

I'm so not wanting to be at work today. It doesn't help that I've been here since 7:30a and I'm stuck here till 8p tonight.

Just gotta keep telling myself....9 more days.

 

[GoHerd1028]

Read that bolded sentence as if the patients had been dead for years...

thanks for sharing!! did i mention i love ghost stories??

After I re read that I was like...doh!...but I didnt go back and edit LOL

 

[theduck619]

Norm - Congrats on passing ROFR. Just remember if you ever need any help using those extra points, I'm always willing to help.

Fantasy Baseball - I hope I can find some time in the next couple of days to pre-rank players. I'm going to be in Gatlinburg with DW's family on Monday.

Now, I've got to get caught up on things in the office since I've been out the past 2 days. Then I have to get caught up on TR's around here. Doesn't help that I'm going to be out of the office 3 days again next week.

TR's?? I know someone who needs to update one

 

[BigDaddyWill]

Speaking of Ghost stories, my brother and I were at the USS North Carolina over the weekend and did some ghost hunting with some of the TAPS (Ghost Hunters on SYFY) members. Here's a link on youtube to some evp's that we caught.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_a0qDT4wc&context=C4f5b41cADvjVQa1PpcFO9p9e9I_qJVAZKsP_1kJPl_5Sp_iC2VRY=

Matt

Love that show. In 2008 we went to the St Augustine Lighthouse and did their tour. I had an experience and it was wild. I was slightly skeptical before then even though I had seen strange things happen...that one gave me goose bumps, lol.

Will

 

[katoot]

TR's?? I know someone who needs to update one

Yeah, I know, I know....oh, that wasn't directed towards me? Carry on, then.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Morning all…
Ya’ went and got chatty again last night.

- It was nice to see Zerf drop in for a bit. I was getting concerned.

- Norm: Congrats on getting through the ROFR on you latest DCV acquisition.

- I rather liked the various ghost stories. Never encounter such myself so I ain’t so sure about it, but the stories are entertaining.


Did I miss anything else major?

 

[DisDadDoc]

Love that show. In 2008 we went to the St Augustine Lighthouse and did their tour. I had an experience and it was wild. I was slightly skeptical before then even though I had seen strange things happen...that one gave me goose bumps, lol.

Will

I love to do those ghost walking tours when I'm in an old city on business. Done them in Boston, Savannah, and Williamsburg. So much fun!

Plus, my grandmother was born in Shanghai and grew up in China and Guam. Tons of old ghost stories from her!

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

TR's?? I know someone who needs to update one

Or you can just tell us who got voted off the island first and end the suspense.


(but I’d rather read the whole story)

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

I love to do those ghost walking tours when I'm in an old city on business. Done them in Boston, Savannah, and Williamsburg. So much fun!

Plus, my grandmother was born in Shanghai and grew up in China and Guam. Tons of old ghost stories from her!

How old were the ghost in her stories?

 

[theduck619]

Yeah, I know, I know....oh, that wasn't directed towards me? Carry on, then.

Nope. It's all me

Or you can just tell us who got voted off the island first and end the suspense.


(but I’d rather read the whole story)

I truly suck at updates

 

[DisDadDoc]

How old were the ghost in her stories?

They have very old ghosts in China!

 

[RodBelding]

Morning guys.

Same way we do the math in our house, but I agree, it is not for everyone. At the time we bought in, I had no way of predicting that we'd be in the worst economic downturn in a century and Disney would run all these crazy deals to get people there. But I think that it still works out in the long haul. Especially if you have more than 2 kids, and plan on going about every year.

My eye Dr. is a DVC member, and he told me that somewhere around 10 years ago or so they ran a special where if you bought 50 add-on points, they gave you 50 more free. I wish they'd come out with that again!!!

 

[twokids0204]

Have you ever had one of those days when you're driving to work and you're getting ready to park and having serious thoughts of just turning around and going back home??

I'm so not wanting to be at work today. It doesn't help that I've been here since 7:30a and I'm stuck here till 8p tonight.

Just gotta keep telling myself....9 more days.

9 days - single digits.

Just think, you are so close, that by the time you arrive, you'll almost be ready to leave and return back to your normal, monotonous boring life.

Hey, what are nemesis's for.

Seriously though how many days are you going for?

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

A couple of day’s ago the wife and I were talking about plans for this summer and I mentioned that a couple of y’all had gotten a hold of a PIN from the Land of Mouse. We both agreed that it would be better if we didn’t receive such this year as your addiction to Disney travel would likely throw any plan we were trying to make into disarray.


It’s like they have my house bugged or something…
I get home from work last night and right on top of the day’s stack of mail was a WDW mailer, with one of those bloody PINs inside. I spent the evening doing the numbers and tearing apart the calendar only to realize that I probably can’t use the blasted thing.


But now I’m going to be compelled to completely price out every aspect of our current plans and compare them to a fully priced out trip down to the World.




Maniacal Mouse…

 

[FreezinRafiki]

ok, back on here. i did see something yes. ill have to catch up on the teams. ill have to get the stats on the runners before i take sides. didnt i see barry have some kind of hip thing going on?

Some kind of hip thing? How old do you think I am?

For some reason, there seemed to actually be a little bit of interest in this yesterday, so now that you've made the mistake of encouraging me, here's a couple of farm pics from today. Dad had my tractor and cultivator so I was in his tractor disking corn stalks today. Didn't have my passenger with me any though. He was spending quality time with his aunt.

There's the Green I was expecting to see.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Morning guys.



My eye Dr. is a DVC member, and he told me that somewhere around 10 years ago or so they ran a special where if you bought 50 add-on points, they gave you 50 more free. I wish they'd come out with that again!!!

I received an email the other day that offered an extra 20 points for every 100 you bought.

 

[DisDadDoc]

It’s like they have my house bugged or something…
I get home from work last night and right on top of the day’s stack of mail was a WDW mailer, with one of those bloody PINs inside. I spent the evening doing the numbers and tearing apart the calendar only to realize that I probably can’t use the blasted thing.

I'm sure that others (including myself!) will be happy to take that off your hands if you're not using it!