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

[Corinne]

Yeah Corinne! Almost single digits is indeed cause for celebration.

What are you most looking forward to photographing (and sharing with us groupies) while you are on vacation?

Jill

Hi Jill,
Actually, what I meant was I am looking forward to posts and pics from people currently at the Lodge! But, I do hope to post while we are there, and I will attempt to upload my photos~ I have never done it before so I am not sure I will have the patience to figure it out while we are there, I am going to try though!

 

[Corinne]

Maria~

Your images crack me up and are such fun!

 

[Granny]

Nice interview with Barb. Unfortunately, we will miss the meet date by about a month, so I won't get to see you in person and put a face with the voice. Hopefully there will come another time. We will be at VWL for the half marathon, so put us (DH & me) down for Jan. 3-10.

Your trip is on the list...and I believe Barb is correct that you are there at the same time. Groupie Meet!!

Barb...I might have messed up your January vacation on the list. Please check it out for me to make sure I have it right.

Actually, what I meant was I am looking forward to posts and pics from people currently at the Lodge! But, I do hope to post while we are there, and I will attempt to upload my photos~ I have never done it before so I am not sure I will have the patience to figure it out while we are there, I am going to try though!

Corinne...while we all love "live" updates and photos, it's most important that you have a great vacation. We'd hate to see you spending too much time and energy trying to post pictures while on your trip.

 

[50 years Too!]

Nice website and podcast Joe, that must have taken you some time to pull together. You must have a computer related job? Congrats on that precious new daughter!
Muushka nice interview. I have a good friend from Rochester. I think you have lost the accent. Your diction is national news ready!

Good to see you drop by Lisaviolet.

Granny, I notice you are from St. Louis.
Are you out of the flood zone, I hope.

Mia where do you come up with em, girl?
You are our resident cartoonist!

Good Sunday, everyone.

Deb

 

[Muushka]

Nice website and podcast Joe, that must have taken you some time to pull together. You must have a computer related job? Congrats on that precious new daughter!
Muushka nice interview. I have a good friend from Rochester. I think you have lost the accent. Your diction is national news ready!

Good to see you drop by Lisaviolet.

Granny, I notice you are from St. Louis.
Are you out of the flood zone, I hope.

Mia where do you come up with em, girl?
You are our resident cartoonist!

Good Sunday, everyone.

Deb

Thank you Deb. I really thought I heard the old Rochester accent peaking through.

Your trip is on the list...and I believe Barb is correct that you are there at the same time. Groupie Meet!!

Barb...I might have messed up your January vacation on the list. Please check it out for me to make sure I have it right.



Corinne...while we all love "live" updates and photos, it's most important that you have a great vacation. We'd hate to see you spending too much time and energy trying to post pictures while on your trip.

I'm with Granny on this one Corinne. Vacation and fun first, then Groupies, when you have run out of things to do and are bored.

PS Granny, you didn't mess me up. Good job! Thank you for doing this for us.

 

[wildernessDad]

Hello, Gang.

Just wanted to say hi.

 

[Muushka]

Hi WD. Long time no see .

I hate to get involved on those big threads. I am just now reading up on it. I heard about it a few days ago, thought great, no more calling day by day, but now realize that we may have trouble booking our stay at VWL in Dec 09 . We usually stay Sun thru Fri, but we may lose that if we don't book the previous Fri and Sat nights. Ugh. Not sure how this will play out.....

And you? What do you think?

 

[Muushka]

Oops, WD, something has changed here.......

 

[jimmytammy]

That Vacation Magic that featured Ranger Stan came out last year(sorry, cant remember the issue) Your guide should be able to help get you a copy. Our guide got me an extra issue, and we made a frame and gave it to Ranger Stan. I actually have one framed here at home and took a pic of it to post. I will try to get it up soon.

 

[Corinne]

I'm with Granny on this one Corinne. Vacation and fun first, then Groupies, when you have run out of things to do and are bored.

thanks Muushka (and Granny!) Actually I am looking forward to bringing my new laptop on the trip with us. I am going to try and figure out the picture thing before we leave if I have time!

 

[WDWRR_ENGINEER]

WD love the new Moose A. Moose profile pic!

Hello, Gang.

Just wanted to say hi.

 

[WDWRR_ENGINEER]

Nice website and podcast Joe, that must have taken you some time to pull together. You must have a computer related job? Congrats on that precious new daughter!

Thanks Deb glad you like it and yes it did take some work to get it going but it was a labor of love. Yes guilty as charged I work in IT as CTO so I do podcasting and use Disney to keep me from going craze. Thank you yes every day with her is a joy.

Joe

 

[keliblue]

Hi WD. Long time no see .

I hate to get involved on those big threads. I am just now reading up on it. I heard about it a few days ago, thought great, no more calling day by day, but now realize that we may have trouble booking our stay at VWL in Dec 09 . We usually stay Sun thru Fri, but we may lose that if we don't book the previous Fri and Sat nights. Ugh. Not sure how this will play out.....

And you? What do you think?

I'm worried to Mu.., we don't have enough points to book the weekends but this might be a good excuse to buy more pts.

 

[DiznyDi]

Good Morning, Groupies!
Just stopping by to wish everyone a good week!

 

[Muushka]

I'm worried to Mu.., we don't have enough points to book the weekends but this might be a good excuse to buy more pts.

But I don't want to buy more points!!

Good Morning, Groupies!
Just stopping by to wish everyone a good week!

Right back at you! Good to see you.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Hi WD. Long time no see .

I hate to get involved on those big threads. I am just now reading up on it. I heard about it a few days ago, thought great, no more calling day by day, but now realize that we may have trouble booking our stay at VWL in Dec 09 . We usually stay Sun thru Fri, but we may lose that if we don't book the previous Fri and Sat nights. Ugh. Not sure how this will play out.....

And you? What do you think?

Am I missing something here that may affect me as a VWL owner?

 

[MiaSRN62]

Disney Lovin Iowan.....
I know about the thread Muushka and others are talking about.

MS has a new poilicy on making reservations. If a Member wants to make a 7 night reservation they can call 11 months out of the CHECK-IN date (we used to have to wait until the CHECK-OUT date if we wanted to book a week straight like this). They will not accept day by day booking for stays of 7 nights.

Now here is the tricky part. Say you want to stay 9 nights. I think you will have to add those two extra nights on individually ? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Some people are complaining about this policy.

For instance, if you want to stay a couple days around New Years. People booking Dec 25 through Jan 1 will have a priority on getting a room over someone who just wants to come in around Dec 29 and stay 3 nights. So that is the part that is upsetting people. It could end up being unfair for those trying to get those coveted, hard to book times in WDW at certain resorts.

I can tell you....we don't have enough points to book 7 nights straight because of the higher weekend points. We usually do Sun through Thurs and then book cash for Fri/Sat nights. So I would be affected by those that are able to book 7 nights straight in highly sought after time periods. Think VWl at CHRISTMAS ?!!!!

If I'm off.........someone please correct me. This is how I understood the new policy ?

 

[wildernessDad]

Oops, WD, something has changed here.......

I'm sorry, Muushka. I deleted the question so this thread wouldn't be deleted. I know what you are saying though!

 

[wildernessDad]

Just want to point folks to the below thread for the discussion on the new booking procedure.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1861954

 

[DiznyDi]

Just want to points folks to the below thread for the discussion on the new booking procedure.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1861954

In regard to this thread, page 37 has this comment: "First of all, it makes it sound like the new WL rules are an unavoidable side-effect of the new booking rules"

Can anyone tell me what the new WL rules are?