***The VWL Groupies & Trivia Thread*** Chapter 2!

[wildernessDad]

Morning everyone. Did anyone see the thread for BLT? I just have to say.....it sure isn't the lodge Maybe sometime at 7 mos for the MK view for a nite but I will take the boat ride any day

Really? BLT? Was there some sort of announcement or something?

As long as they don't mess with my boat ride from WL to the MK, I'll be just fine.

 

[mickeymorse]

Really? BLT? Was there some sort of announcement or something?

As long as they don't mess with my boat ride from WL to the MK, I'll be just fine.

TOUCHEZ!!!!!

 

[eliza61]

Really? BLT? Was there some sort of announcement or something?

As long as they don't mess with my boat ride from WL to the MK, I'll be just fine.

I got a really cheesey youtube video from DVc in my mail box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1DV6r1Nk54

 

[Muushka]

Yeah, that woman DVC or whatever her name is is really irritating. Thank goodness they don't have her on the TV at the resorts. That would be one way to get me out of VWL!

 

[ransom]

Yup, I totally agree. I'm really disappointed with the Deevee Cee marketing effort. It's embarrassing. The old approach to DVC was pretty classy, but now it seems to be more of desperation ploy (not saying it is; just saying it seems that way).

Oh, well. This, too, shall pass.

(And I'm still hoping BLT will depress the resale value of VWL points so I can pick up a few more on the cheap.)

 

[MiaSRN62]

mickeymorse asks : Did anyone see the thread for BLT? I just have to say.....it sure isn't the lodge Maybe sometime at 7 mos for the MK view for a nite but I will take the boat ride any day

Yep...and I've been involved in that thread a few more on the DIS as well as the DVCnews.com site ALL morning----since 6:30 am ! The point calculator for BLT is on the Member's website.

As some of you might know.....dh and I are in the market for an add-on. We were torn between AKV and VWL.......now BLT is thrown into the mix. I am honestly just not "in" to that decor. And the points per night are more. We have 170 points at OKW.....and plan on adding on 100 somewhere else. But I'm thinking not BLT ? I just don't think I could stretch my points as far there....and the decor is really not my taste. From the photos I've seen, I think the kitchen is the nicest area in the room. I definitely don't like the table area with that "Brady Bunch" looking bench seat. And I don't like the master bedroom's headboard.

 

[eliza61]

Ransom,
I'm seriously hoping that this is not what they are using as a marketing tool. I took it as just a "confirmation" of the rumors type of announcement. First of all my "Sid" & "Rizzo" have shot better video on our vacation, or at least they know a guy who could get done for you real cheap!

 

[Dodie]

Ransom,
I'm seriously hoping that this is not what they are using as a marketing tool. I took it as just a "confirmation" of the rumors type of announcement. First of all my "Sid" & "Rizzo" have shot better video on our vacation, or at least they know a guy who could get done for you real cheap!

We attended the Welcome Home Wednesday thing last week and that woman drove me crazy. When I opened the e-mail and saw her face this morning, I literally shuddered.

 

[ransom]

Ransom,
I'm seriously hoping that this is not what they are using as a marketing tool. I took it as just a "confirmation" of the rumors type of announcement. First of all my "Sid" & "Rizzo" have shot better video on our vacation, or at least they know a guy who could get done for you real cheap!

I hope you're right. Not only was Deevy Cee seriously irritating, but the Imagineering guy was stiff as a board. Plus the stupid disclaimers: "Actually, we do have that.... IN SELECT ROOMS." Who talks like that??

 

[eliza61]

This is probably symptomatic of my general WL-itis disease, but I have to admit that my first thought about the announcement of BLT was..

"I hope they build a really good pool"


Selfish, I know, but I don't want even more people heading to WL to swim. And if it's nice enough, hopefully it will attract those "other" Bay Lake resort guests to use the BLT pool instead of ours!!

Pool rumor is that it is really nice. Whirlpool, interactive childrens area (whatever that means? ) zero entry and super slide. Called Bay cove.

 

[Muushka]

I hope you're right. Not only was Deevy Cee seriously irritating, but the Imagineering guy was stiff as a board. Plus the stupid disclaimers: "Actually, we do have that.... IN SELECT ROOMS." Who talks like that??

I wish they would lock DeeVee Cee in a select room!

 

[ransom]

I wish they would lock DeeVee Cee in a select room!

 

[Muushka]

Oh my, I just saw the interiors of BLT. I can see me staying there, requesting a Lake view and looking, longingly over at our beloved Wilderness Lodge.

 

[ransom]

Oh my, I just saw the interiors of BLT. I can see me staying there, requesting a Lake view and looking, longingly over at our beloved Wilderness Lodge.

I did the same. That studio unit looks so cramped, the way they have it arranged. And I calculated the points on our typical vacation, and compared to a studio at VWL it's +3 points for standard view, +27 points for a lake view, and +69 points for MK view (that's a studio for two weeks in mid-December with two Fridays, one Saturday, and ten weeknights).

The whole thing just isn't attractive for us. Maybe we'll stay there few a few days some year, but it's not compelling at all for us.

Best wishes to those for whom it was meant, though! It's great that Disney has something for everyone.

 

[eliza61]

Oh my, I just saw the interiors of BLT. I can see me staying there, requesting a Lake view and looking, longingly over at our beloved Wilderness Lodge.

A better video is on the dvc website, I gotta say the artist renditions are pretty cool.

 

[DaveH]

BLT on white or wheat?

 

[MiaSRN62]

eliza....it does look better on the Member site. Dh just got home from work and we're both checking the virtual tour out. He's a little more impressed than he was this morning. How 'bout that shower with the dual shower heads----ahhhh----after a long day in the parks.........
But still ....have to think on this.

 

[DiznyDi]

BLT is simply not appealing to us.

It is nice, though, to finally have an end to the suspense that has been haunting this site for these past months.....

 

[MiaSRN62]

BLT is simply not appealing to us.

I was saying the same thing this morning.....it's growing a tad on me now though. I've always loved WL/VWL for the proximity to both Bay Lake and the MK. Dh decided though, that if we were going to add on, he wanted a resort with more years---thus we got looking into AKV. Well....I've mentioned this weeks before, that I knew I would miss a water view at AKV and now that BLT is now in the mix, and it's got the Bay Lake element, we are seriously looking at all things right now. The decor is still not my favorite, but the location to MK/Bay Lake is now the draw for me over AKV. Honestly, the fact that VWL doesn't have the extended years left is the only reason dh is not seriously considering the add-on there. But he loves that location.

 

[DiznyDi]

We'll be in our 90's when our VWL contract is up..... or our contract is up...whichever comes first.

The length of the VWL contract never came into consideration when my husband and I were considering our add-on...though our guide did want us to consider AKV for that very reason.

Good luck, Maria with your decision. You know the Groupies will support you in whatever you decide.