Booked our flight this morning for our August 25 - September 2 trip to WL. Now time to start the ADR planning as our window opens on the 26th. Officially coming now and really excited for our first WL stay.
Congratulations and happy ADRs
Quick questions, are there any wait staff in the Territory Lounge to take drinks or food orders or is it necessary to take your requests to the bar yourself?
Sometimes there's only one waitress and sometimes two. Even with two, there can be a wait for service throughout your visit. I suggest not going to TL if you want to be served AND you are in a hurry. The ambience is wonderful and we love it there and go almost nightly, but we never expect stellar service. Go there to relax, take it easy, have a snack or meal from AP, maybe some beverages, but don't expect great service anymore. One of their best servers, LuAnn, who had been there many years, moved last year to DHS/BD, I believe.
Does Sturdy Branches have a hair salon? I was hoping to have my daughters hair done for
MNSSHP this September at a salon rather than at BBB. We found BBB to be a bit hectic and the hairstyles to be quite limited when we were there last September.
They only offer massages/facials. Even the hair salon at CR closed years ago. The closest hair salon is at GF. The AK/DHS buses usually stop first at GF or you can boat to CR and monorail over to GF.
Just booked
Add me to the list!! Booked at WL, courtyard bunk beds Aug 7-16.
Now I get to stress out about dining and FP+ planning
. Can't wait to ring that arcade bell.!
We're celebrating our 20th anniversary and we honeymooned at Disney. We have a brick too in front of MK walkway under the monorail. Last time it had gum on it - hope it's cleaner this time!
Congratulations! That is so cool that you have a brick
, I wish they still offered them. I look at them every time I walk from CR to MK.
I think the gum's been removed from yours
. I'll add your dates to the Log.
Anyone ever celebrate a birthday at the lodge?
We are eating lunch at Whispering Canyon on my DH's birthday (Easter Sunday). Wasn't sure if I should make a note on the reservation, or if they do birthday cakes.
We celebrating our DS's birthday during our last trip and had a mickey-head cake delivered to our room. But we were staying at Kidani so we had a fridge to keep the leftovers.
You can make a note on your ADR and they will usually bring a cupcake with a candle to the table. You would need to order a cake though in advance to be sure it was available, though they sometimes have them available short notice. There is a small fridge in the room where you could store a small cake.
Just returned from a fantastic week at the lodge! Thanks to this thread for building the excitement. The lodge still managed to exceed my expectations! We usually stay at the Poly, but enjoyed the lodge just as much! Responding to a couple of questions... WCC recognized my birthday just by noticing my button. We had the whole restaurant sing to me. Also, one morning we had breakfast there, and I had to leave before the end of the meal with my wiggly 2 year old. Keenan, our server, sent my husband with a cupcake covered in candles to our room and instructed him to sing to me when I opened the door. No other restaurant on property recognized the birthday, but WCC made it memorable! Our check in was very fast, less than 5 minutes at 10:30 a.m. I had done online check in. Our room was ready by noon. I had made no requests, preferring early check in. Now that I have had room 1164, we would request 1st floor, south wing overlooking the villas. It was quiet, and steps to the quiet pool, beach, boat rental, and main pool. It was also close to boat transportation and easy outside walk to lobby and bus stop. It did have a long interior walk to lobby, but we just stuck with the outdoor shortcuts. Check out was also 5 minutes, including checking backs with airline. We left at 4:00 p.m. And found this much faster than an early morning flight departure. A couple of details I don't remember reading in this thread... Free laundry in the villas building, picnic tables and tether ball on beach by boat rentals made an excellent breakfast picnic spot, the quiet pool has jets! Thanks again to all posters. Hopefully, we will return someday!
Thanks for posting about your stay. Those picnic tables are in a nice spot behind the marina.
Just adding - for emphasis - in case anyone missed it - the VWL laundry is for the use of VWL guests only, primarily for Studio guests who don't have a W/D in their villa. Frequently, villa laundry rooms are unlocked, like I experienced at BWV when I walked right in to take a photo for my thread. Oddly, the BWI laundry was locked
So excited! Just booked WL Cl 8/12-8/19! Can't wait to get back! Also just purchased AP last night just in time to beat the price increases which took place as of this morning. Now I am wondering if there will be any AP discounts offered during our dates!
WOOHOO! I'll add your dates to POST 1 and don't forget to add your APs to your MDX account
Made our dining reservations for our upcoming August stay at WL. Man, what a nightmare! Website not working to allow you to do all the days of your stay, long hold on the telephone, things being glitchy for the CM too. I wish Disney could get a handle on their website issues.
At least its done, we got pretty much everything we wanted. Now I can pretty much relax, because that was just about the last bit of planning left to be done. Can't wait for our vacation.
Phew, good thing you're done now. I always say I'm done, but I usually do a little tweaking.
I'm stalking the cake thread too for ideas for an joint birthday and anniversary cake! So many neat ideas there and wonderful photos and descriptions of the cakes shared by othe Disers and all the info about the chefs and options they can do is helpful too.
