Switching over to the best resort IN THE WORLD!
August 15th
Mum and I were up that morning at about 8. We ate breakfast in the room like always, and we got all of our stuff together because we were...
Switching over to the Wilderness Lodge today
I was so excited. The Wilderness Lodge is my FAVORITE resort and I was so happy to be staying there after like 10 years. Thank God it is our DVC home, or I don’t know what I would do.
We called down bell services to get our luggage and we were out of our villa by 10.
Before we actually left the Beach Club, I had to go pick up my Dooney at the Marketplace since I got it shipped.
So Mum waited for me outside the Marketplace and I went in.
I got to the package pick up station and told the woman my name and handed her my receipt. She went in the back to get it.
And came out empty handed.
I started freaking out. WHERE WAS MY DOONEY?!?!?!?
She asked if I was staying at the Beach Club. No, I’m an idiot and have no clue what resort I’m staying at… ARE YOU KIDDING ME LADY?!
I told her we were on the 5th floor in the villas and she looked at me with a confused look on her face.
“There’s a 5th floor in the villas?”
Oh dear God…
You work here lady! You don’t know this stuff?!
All I wanted to do was to get my Dooney and leave.
She asked my name again and went in the back and came out with a bag.
She said my Dooney was way in the back and she didn’t see it at first. Thank GOD she found it or there would go $95 down the drain.
We FINALLY made our way to the parking lot. I put the address in the gps and we were on our way!
And pretty soon we were passing under this sign!
I don’t know if you guys have seen pictures, but they painted the Magic Kingdom sign yellow and blue, and in my opinion, it looks ugly.
Hi monorail with the awful voice guy!
Seriously, after you go through the MK sign, you go down a little ways, take a right, and you are at the Wilderness Lodge.
EEEEE!!!!
JAJHVHKWGJBJKGBWJKBJKG!
We got our bags and then went inside to check in.
DISNEY DETAILS <3
A CM that was at the door brought us up to the front desk and talked to us for a minute while we waited.
<3 <3 <3 <3
Checking into the Wilderness Lodge <3
The lobby is just breathtaking and I probably have five zillion pictures of it. I just love it so much.
We went up to the desk and Connie checked us in. She was SO nice. She made us feel like we were at home (well, technically, we were) and she even gave me a little bag with a coloring book, stickers, and crayons.
Reason #1728962489 why the Wilderness Lodge CMs are the BEST.
Connie even thought Mum was my SISTER. She said she looked really young. Tons of people say that ALL THE TIME. I don’t know why though because I can already see the wrinkles…
I LOVE YOU MUM! <3
Connie was trying to find a room for us that was ready, but she couldn’t. So she took Mum’s cell phone number so we would be notified when our room was ready.
So we headed to the gift shop.
I ALWAYS take a picture with the totem pole every time we go/stay at the Wilderness Lodge.
We walked into the gift shop and I found the cutest thing ever.
WHY U HAVE TO MAKE SO MUCH CUTE MERCH, DISNEY?!?!
Tons of Halloween merch was out!
Loved these cookies!
They have a little pin stand in the lobby so I wanted to pin trade there.
I pin traded with a CM and I got a WDW flag. He noticed my Muppets shirt and asked if I knew about the key. Why yes, yes I do!
Some guy came up to him asked to pin trade and he was a Disfreak and had ALL the Fastpass pins. He was trading for a monorail one and the CM made him recite the “Please stand clear of the doors…”
Reason #1089090467890576 why the Wilderness Lodge CMs are the best.
We went down to Roaring Forks to get a snack.
The CM who checked us out was so nice. Even though I have said this like 50000 times already, I LOVE THE WILDERNESS LODGE CMS!
We sat down at a table and chowed down on these puppies.
One word: DUH.
And Mum got a chocolate chip cookie.
We filled up our mug and we noticed they had a mug wash there! We found that SO cool. Don’t ask.
Mum used the bathroom before we left to hop on a boat and then we headed out by the pool area.
It was beautiful out that day!
I loved the little walkway you have to go down to get to the boats.
A boat was already waiting for us because we are so special.
We headed past the Grand Floridian...
And soon arrived at the...