DadOf2Princesses
WL Junkie
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- Mar 23, 2005
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Hi all -
Just returned from the WL and I have to say we really enjoyed it.
After a really rough check-in and first day the rest of the stay was really great.
*Check-in*
We booked 2 Woodview Rms, and rqst 2 non-smoking rooms, 1 with bunks for DW, DD3, DD6 and me and 1 w/2 queens for Papa/Nana (celebrating 38th anniv) and rqst to be up high on north side near otter pond (hoping to see castle and fireworks). When we arrived at ~3pm on Sat the CM (linda) told us the resort was booked solid, no bunks avail, north side was full.
I'm a bit steamed. Anyway, she checks us in giving us rm 4010 and prints 6 keys. I ask what's the other room we have and she doesn't know and goes to get help. After coming back Nana/Papa get 4012 (at least we have adjoining rooms). I ask about being a flag family - sorry all booked up. 
She asks for a CC, I give her mine and she adds it. Papa/Nana ask to put on a separate CC for their room, she says we can't. DW, DD3, DD6 and I head to the room while Nana/Papa decide to ask for a supervisor to see about separate CCs. 4010 ends up having 2 Q beds and it's on the Northside (over otter pond) and we can see the monorail and slightly the castle. I'm a bit less steamed. Nana/Papa come back after successfully getting a separate CC for their room 4012. Turns out 4012 has bunks. I'm feeling a bit better, maybe we can switch rooms. We go back to front desk and ask to change rooms. Linda is the only one available again - she says just trade keys. But if we do that we have each others CCs. We ask for a supervisor, (Mark?) who is awesome and comes out and successfully trades rooms, prints new keys and even adds us to the Flag family wait list. We are set after spending like 1hr at the front desk. Though all week they think me and DW are in 4010 and Nana/Papa are in 4012.
They even send a bunch of balloons and pics or Minnie/Mickey to my room saying happy anniv to DW and me.
*We Go Shop*
Another pain was WeGoShop, we had ordered and scheduled a delivery at 7:30. Figuring we'd get through our dinner resv at Wispering Canyon at 6pm just in time. They call and say their running late, the delivery will be at 9. They ask us to go to front desk and authorize them to charge to our room. We do. From 8:45-9:30 I wait in the lobby and no one shows. We call and get the answering machine. I go to bed. At 11:30pm front desk calls and says we got a delivery. I'll get it in the morning forgetting the milk, yogurt and cream cheese in the order. In the morning I go get it and happily the front desk refridgerated it. But we're missing 2 cases of water a bag of popcorn and we have a 2nd large box of cereal we didn't want. We call, it'll be here this morning. We go to parks come back at 4, no water or popcorn, we call they apologize again it'll be here tomorrow (day 3) will only refund half of delivery charge. It finally comes day 3. We won't use them again.
*4010,4012*
These rooms were great - not only did they connect but we could see the monorail, castle at night and Wishes fireworks through the trees from our room (Pics to come). On MNSSHP nights the fireworks go over the trees and can be clearly seen. The rooms were far down on the northside so they were nice and quiet. They were on the way to the Roaring Fork for quick mug refills and rm 4010 even has a hidden mickey on the balcony post.
*Towel Animals*
The maid (Buon) was the best! We got 6 towel animals which the kids loved! A ghost, mouse, chicken, rabbit, ???, and huge alligator! I asked front desk if we could take them and they said if they just happen to sneak into your suitcase somehow - oh well - we left the alligator but took the rest.
*WL*
The location of the WL is great for MK visits, I'd say it was ~2min ride by bus (once the bus arrived). We took the boat the first day, but found the busses much faster (and they have A/C). This was great b/c we went to MK on 4 of 7 days. Going to AK or DTD was another story, the busses were much slower, it literally took us over 20mins to get to AK. Epcot/MGM were probably like ~12 mins (not bad).
*Pool*
WL Pools were awesome, the Hidden Pool and HT in the Villas was very nice too. We were wading late one night heard the ELP at 9:45 pm. It was great. (we could see part it from the room too!).
Can't say enough good things about this place. We'll be going back despite our check-in issues. Hopefully next time we get to raise the flags.
I'd be happy answer any questions about the Lodge if anyone has any.
Just returned from the WL and I have to say we really enjoyed it.
After a really rough check-in and first day the rest of the stay was really great.
*Check-in*
We booked 2 Woodview Rms, and rqst 2 non-smoking rooms, 1 with bunks for DW, DD3, DD6 and me and 1 w/2 queens for Papa/Nana (celebrating 38th anniv) and rqst to be up high on north side near otter pond (hoping to see castle and fireworks). When we arrived at ~3pm on Sat the CM (linda) told us the resort was booked solid, no bunks avail, north side was full.
I'm a bit steamed. Anyway, she checks us in giving us rm 4010 and prints 6 keys. I ask what's the other room we have and she doesn't know and goes to get help. After coming back Nana/Papa get 4012 (at least we have adjoining rooms). I ask about being a flag family - sorry all booked up. She asks for a CC, I give her mine and she adds it. Papa/Nana ask to put on a separate CC for their room, she says we can't. DW, DD3, DD6 and I head to the room while Nana/Papa decide to ask for a supervisor to see about separate CCs. 4010 ends up having 2 Q beds and it's on the Northside (over otter pond) and we can see the monorail and slightly the castle. I'm a bit less steamed. Nana/Papa come back after successfully getting a separate CC for their room 4012. Turns out 4012 has bunks. I'm feeling a bit better, maybe we can switch rooms. We go back to front desk and ask to change rooms. Linda is the only one available again - she says just trade keys. But if we do that we have each others CCs. We ask for a supervisor, (Mark?) who is awesome and comes out and successfully trades rooms, prints new keys and even adds us to the Flag family wait list. We are set after spending like 1hr at the front desk. Though all week they think me and DW are in 4010 and Nana/Papa are in 4012.They even send a bunch of balloons and pics or Minnie/Mickey to my room saying happy anniv to DW and me.
*We Go Shop*
Another pain was WeGoShop, we had ordered and scheduled a delivery at 7:30. Figuring we'd get through our dinner resv at Wispering Canyon at 6pm just in time. They call and say their running late, the delivery will be at 9. They ask us to go to front desk and authorize them to charge to our room. We do. From 8:45-9:30 I wait in the lobby and no one shows. We call and get the answering machine. I go to bed. At 11:30pm front desk calls and says we got a delivery. I'll get it in the morning forgetting the milk, yogurt and cream cheese in the order. In the morning I go get it and happily the front desk refridgerated it. But we're missing 2 cases of water a bag of popcorn and we have a 2nd large box of cereal we didn't want. We call, it'll be here this morning. We go to parks come back at 4, no water or popcorn, we call they apologize again it'll be here tomorrow (day 3) will only refund half of delivery charge. It finally comes day 3. We won't use them again.
*4010,4012*
These rooms were great - not only did they connect but we could see the monorail, castle at night and Wishes fireworks through the trees from our room (Pics to come). On MNSSHP nights the fireworks go over the trees and can be clearly seen. The rooms were far down on the northside so they were nice and quiet. They were on the way to the Roaring Fork for quick mug refills and rm 4010 even has a hidden mickey on the balcony post.
*Towel Animals*
The maid (Buon) was the best! We got 6 towel animals which the kids loved! A ghost, mouse, chicken, rabbit, ???, and huge alligator! I asked front desk if we could take them and they said if they just happen to sneak into your suitcase somehow - oh well - we left the alligator but took the rest.
*WL*
The location of the WL is great for MK visits, I'd say it was ~2min ride by bus (once the bus arrived). We took the boat the first day, but found the busses much faster (and they have A/C). This was great b/c we went to MK on 4 of 7 days. Going to AK or DTD was another story, the busses were much slower, it literally took us over 20mins to get to AK. Epcot/MGM were probably like ~12 mins (not bad).
*Pool*
WL Pools were awesome, the Hidden Pool and HT in the Villas was very nice too. We were wading late one night heard the ELP at 9:45 pm. It was great. (we could see part it from the room too!).
Can't say enough good things about this place. We'll be going back despite our check-in issues. Hopefully next time we get to raise the flags.
I'd be happy answer any questions about the Lodge if anyone has any.
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:, to say the least.
I saw several anniv. families/groups. They were wearing t-shirts. Was your family one of them? I hope DH and I make it to 38-we are on 17 and it gets better every year.
