The VWL Groupies & Trivia Thread

[LVSWL]

Thanks! Happy to be here! Can't wait to go "home" again. I've been working on my list for our holiday trip.

 

[Muushka]

Well lookie here groupies!

We bagged ourselves another one!!



PS LVSWL, that Moose does look good on you!

 

[Muushka]

I was so excited to see your Moose, I forgot to ask about your list??
So, whatcha going to see at that magical time??

 

[eliza61]

Welcome to all the new groupies & happy Monday to the "old heads".
Hey who's next up to bat.
JimmyTammy, don't you guys have a trip soon. I'm having withdrawal symptoms, which means my family will be forced to watch "Dances with wolves" yet again.

 

[blossomz]

Hi everyone! Most definitely a VWL Lover here, just see my name . Have followed this thread for a while, but can't remember if I ever posted. We are
heading down to the villas for NYE this year. Can't wait!!!

Hi! Welcome! Glad to have you with us!

 

[LVSWL]

I was so excited to see your Moose, I forgot to ask about your list??
So, whatcha going to see at that magical time??

Well, we are coming in on the 27th and staying until the 4th..so we are too late for the MVMCP. That's ok, because we have been before. We are excited that we can catch the CP and the Lights at MGM still. As far as my list, I was starting to think of things that might make our villa a little more festive. Anybody here ever bring down any lights for your balcony? I thought it might be neat, but was unsure about how long an extension cord I might need. Plus I guess we might want some festive hats and such . Any suggestions for the holidays are welcome.

 

[jimmytammy]

Well, we are coming in on the 27th and staying until the 4th..so we are too late for the MVMCP. That's ok, because we have been before. We are excited that we can catch the CP and the Lights at MGM still. As far as my list, I was starting to think of things that might make our villa a little more festive. Anybody here ever bring down any lights for your balcony? I thought it might be neat, but was unsure about how long an extension cord I might need. Plus I guess we might want some festive hats and such . Any suggestions for the holidays are welcome.

We take lights and a small tree. The cord for the balcony doesnt have to be much longer than say 10 ft. The outlet is beside the door behind the chair. Garland and lights really dresses the balcony rails nicely.

Check out some of the other resorts decorations. GF has a lifesize gingerbread house. BW and BC have some neat decorations.

 

[Muushka]

For the past few years we have also brought a small tree. And the 2 times we brought lights to hang on our balcony, we didn't get a balcony! Ended up with a first floor patio, which was fine.

When we were there this past Christmas, we noticed that the festive hats (the big Disney ones, plush) were half price by the 25th, so you may want to pick them up when you arrive.

Eliza, the only person I know that would watch a movie (Dances With Wolves) to feel like they are at 'home'.

 

[betsywdw]

We take lights and a small tree. The cord for the balcony doesnt have to be much longer than say 10 ft. The outlet is beside the door behind the chair. Garland and lights really dresses the balcony rails nicely.

Check out some of the other resorts decorations. GF has a lifesize gingerbread house. BW and BC have some neat decorations.

For the past few years we have also brought a small tree. And the 2 times we brought lights to hang on our balcony, we didn't get a balcony! Ended up with a first floor patio, which was fine.

When we were there this past Christmas, we noticed that the festive hats (the big Disney ones, plush) were half price by the 25th, so you may want to pick them up when you arrive.

Eliza, the only person I know that would watch a movie (Dances With Wolves) to feel like they are at 'home'.

Oh gosh does that sound nice to decorate the balcony and inside with a tree. I can only hope that we decide so spend our holidays at the VWL some year!

Will anyone be taking pictures? hint hint

 

[Granny]

We also decorated our balcony with some garland and lights.

And I highly recommend the tree-sharing program here on the DIS. We got an awesome tree for the villa, completely decorated and it was great!

A word to all...officially Disney does not allow lighted balcony decorations, though we saw quite a few when we were there Christmas 2006. There is no outside plug on the balcony, so you have to run an extension cord into the villa. That means you need to unplug it and pull the extension cord in to properly shut the door.

I wasn't aware of the official restrictions when we decorated our balcony in 2006. If we go again at that time of year, I'll probably stick to the garland and non-illuminated decorations.

My daughters also used some of those suction cup hooks on the windows to hold strings of lights. That worked really well and was better than using tape.

It's a great time to be at WL/VWL. We'd do it again in a heartbeat if the schedules work.

 

[Island Mouse]

Oh boy this is turning into the Geritol thread. Just kiding Yes, you might have to put on your glasses to see that.

Do we have any sub 40's out there???????

Just turned 27 last month.

 

[dsquarednz]

Oh no! We are on Page 200 - does that mean a new VWL Groupies thread will be started soon?

 

[mickeymorse]

I know that I will go wherever the thread takes me!!

 

[LVSWL]

We also decorated our balcony with some garland and lights.

And I highly recommend the tree-sharing program here on the DIS. We got an awesome tree for the villa, completely decorated and it was great!

A word to all...officially Disney does not allow lighted balcony decorations, though we saw quite a few when we were there Christmas 2006. There is no outside plug on the balcony, so you have to run an extension cord into the villa. That means you need to unplug it and pull the extension cord in to properly shut the door.

I wasn't aware of the official restrictions when we decorated our balcony in 2006. If we go again at that time of year, I'll probably stick to the garland and non-illuminated decorations.

My daughters also used some of those suction cup hooks on the windows to hold strings of lights. That worked really well and was better than using tape.

It's a great time to be at WL/VWL. We'd do it again in a heartbeat if the schedules work.

It would be cool if there were some battery operated strings of lights. That way we could just wrap a string around our garland and put the batteries in and not have the concern of the door and the extension cord. I am thinking about signing up for the tree. We always enjoy our tree so much here at home all the way through the 1st of the year and the kids are worried about "missing" their tree so much, so I thought that having a tree in the villa might help.

 

[betsywdw]

It would be cool if there were some battery operated strings of lights. That way we could just wrap a string around our garland and put the batteries in and not have the concern of the door and the extension cord. I am thinking about signing up for the tree. We always enjoy our tree so much here at home all the way through the 1st of the year and the kids are worried about "missing" their tree so much, so I thought that having a tree in the villa might help.

I have a few sets of battery operated lights that I put around wreaths during the holidays. I think I picked them up at Sears a year or two ago.

 

[LVSWL]

Betsywdw-thanks so much! I knew that I had seen something like that. I will have to keep my eyes open once the holiday items go up next fall.

 

[Island Mouse]

Well between finishing up final exams, the holidays, having family come for a visit, my college graduation, and work, I've been away from the boards for a couple months. Last week when I finally had a bit of free time I thought I would see what the Groupies have been up to and there were 70 new pages added since the last time I checked!!!
But I finally got through them all and wanted to say hi to everyone and welcome home to the new groupies. Down to just under 8 months til our big wedding in Epcot and honeymoon at VWL!! In June we're going for our planning session and staying in a FW Cabin, so I just might need to make a daily stroll over to the Lodge to get a little WL fix.

 

[blossomz]

Welcome back Island Mouse! Sounds like you've been busy!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Down to just under 8 months til our big wedding in Epcot and honeymoon at VWL!! In June we're going for our planning session and staying in a FW Cabin, so I just might need to make a daily stroll over to the Lodge to get a little WL fix.

Glad you're back Island Mouse.....you'll have to fill us in on all your wedding plans. This must be such an exciting time for you

 

[mickeymorse]

Welcome back Island Mouse and thanks for the Welcome Home. being a VWL Groupie. Everyone is great on this thread.

We had our disneymoon at Dixie Landings. There isn't a better way to celebrate your wedding. IMHO!! Good Luck with all the planning and have FUN