The "Waiting for ROFR" support group thread

[Laxmom]

Congrats to everyone who passed and closed yesterday!!! Wooo Hooo!!!

Good morning all!! I do not want to go to work today! We have training over lunch and that makes for a really long day when you don't get a break on a 10 hour shift. The good part is tomorrow is a day off.

I have a question of the day. Has anybody used a trip guide like Tourguidemike.com or Unofficial Guide? If so, what were the pluses or minuses? Or do you just wing it? What is your park strategy?

We have used Unofficial Guide. Really enjoyed it. The kids thought it was a treasure hunt trying to find the next ride. We had minimal waits and went back to our room in the afternoon to nap or swim then back to the park in the evening for the closing and a couple of rides. It worked out great for us.

Have a great day guys!! HR take care of that ankle.

 

[Verandah Man]

YEEEE HAAAAA!!!!

I PASSED ROFR!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats!!!

 

[tammymacb]

Good Morning Sunshines!

I'm at the exact half way point for my 12 days of Terror..

Cybertea, Congrats!

Still waiting for my buddy to hear back about HH. Hopefully it will be today!

Well, back to work. I'll post tonite and hope everyone has a great day.

BTW, we need to get back to the QOD. I've really been slacking on that lately!

 

[icouldlivethere]

Just letting everyone know that we passed ROFR today!!!
It took a total of 14 long agonizing days!

YEEEE HAAAAA!!!!

I PASSED ROFR!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to both of you!!!

 

[HolidayRoad]

I will say you call before you get back. You will see BWV every day, and will not be able to take it. You want to know you are official. Can they tell you if you are in the system at the check in desk at BWV? (and may even get you first "welcome home").

How many minutes? And take lots of pics, I want to see BWV pics through the eyes of a new owner.

And Congrats to the latest passers!

O.K. now you said how fast I would CALL on your earlier posts. Now I never said I wouldn't happen to wander over to BWV and check right there did I, you changed everything, see I can wait until I get home to call since I can simply wander over and ask a cm at the front desk to find out so technically I'm not calling anyone, I'm talking to them face to face. But I guess you figured out my plan.

 

[HolidayRoad]

Congratulations Karebear06 & cybertea201!!! The ROFR list is shrinking again, and the waiting to close list is getting bigger.

Updated list 4/11/08:

millerse36

Barb

M-I-C-K-E-Y

bookwormde

liam1957

mmcguire

Tammymacb (3)

AinW

Verandaman

dani0622

LadyKay

Frankiesmom

Laxmom




ROFR is a four letter word.

 

[dvcnewgirl]

Congrats to everyone that PASSED ROFR!!

QOTD- I used Tour Guide Kristen . I have a definate plan when I go, I can pretty much predict the crowds.. remember the 4 times in 19 month thing.. . Really I get pretty stressed if I get thrown off my plan because I hate lines and crowds. Usually I can avoid them and see and do everything I want to do. So I do not use anyone elses plans.

I hope we get more good news today. My husband told me he was buying me more DVC for my anniversary.. but I declined, I really just want to have $$$ in the bank for a rainy day.. I hope to get out of my DVC hole soon. I should be back in the black for points in 2010..

 

[HolidayRoad]

I have a question of the day. Has anybody used a trip guide like Tourguidemike.com or Unofficial Guide? If so, what were the pluses or minuses? Or do you just wing it? What is your park strategy?
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No, I haven't used them but would be curious to see if people liked them or not.

 

[colonialtinker]

What is the fastest time in which someone has passed ROFR? I understand that it's less than 30 days, and often less than three weeks. However, has someone experienced a very short wait?

My wait was 9 days for both contracts, too.

QOD- No the only thing I use is the Guide book and the boards.

 

[Tigger & Eeyore]

YEEEE HAAAAA!!!!

I PASSED ROFR!!!!!!!!!!



CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

 

[bookwormde]

Just wondering if anyone has gone to the “thank the cast members” sections to then thank the ROFR staff for getting the time frame down to about 2 weeks. Yea I know they are not technically cast members but they deserve thanks also. I know I will even if I don’t pass. Maybe the estoppel folks will see it and want to get some thanks also by speeding up that process.

Your mind wanders while you are waiting.

bookwormde

 

[GoofyDad13]

O.K. now you said how fast I would CALL on your earlier posts. Now I never said I wouldn't happen to wander over to BWV and check right there did I, you changed everything, see I can wait until I get home to call since I can simply wander over and ask a cm at the front desk to find out so technically I'm not calling anyone, I'm talking to them face to face. But I guess you figured out my plan.

Just stating what I would do. Heck, I may even wander over to BWV before a park depending on what time of the day it was (then over to Epcot to dinner and Illuminations).

QOD - Have read the unofficial guide, but we basically make sure we know what our priorities are for each park, and figure out what we will do first. Then flow through the day based on what we know will have longer waits, air conditioning, and fastpasses.

On the contract front, Jaki sent an email last night as I finally gave in and asked if she had heard anything. Said I am in a group of 8 that all passed ROFR on the same day, and she would expect to hear back that we have moved pased estoppel this week.

Have a good day all.

 

[minniekissedme]

Congrats cybertea...don't have too many teas today...there is more waiting ahead!

QOTD - DW has a friend in Tampa that was our tourguide in year one. Showed us the ropes with the parks, transportation, food, etc. She's a planner and helped us with everything...it was a huge to have the inside scoop in person!

Year two she again helped us but we had the knowledge from the first trip to know more of what we wanted. When she left after a couple of days we were well on our way to being comfy in WDW.

While we may never know it all, it's fun to find it out now on our own. We know what we like and don't like. We're usually there for a week so it's no biggie to get in all of our favorite attractions and things to do. And now that we have been there soooo much we are able to relax more, we'll hang with our DVC ownership (it's so cool to be able to say that) and enjoy ourselves all that much more everytime we will go.

If any of you need a personal guide...PM me! I'll go anytime!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HolidayRoad]

How many minutes? And take lots of pics, I want to see BWV pics through the eyes of a new owner.

And Congrats to the latest passers!

3,977 minutes until we head out!!! That sounds like a lot!

2 Days 18 hours 17 minutes sounds better.

5:00am Friday morning sounds pretty good too!

 

[cybertea201]

Thank you ALL! And congrats to all that passed as well

 

[Laxmom]

Laxmom, Laxdad and Laxlad are proud to announce that they are past ROFR!!
On to the next list please!!!
Whoo Hooooo!!!!!

 

[dvcnewgirl]

Laxmom, Laxdad and Laxlad are proud to announce that they are past ROFR!!
On to the next list please!!!
Whoo Hooooo!!!!!

WELCOME HOME NEIGHBOR!!

 

[Verandah Man]

Laxmom, Laxdad and Laxlad are proud to announce that they are past ROFR!!
On to the next list please!!!
Whoo Hooooo!!!!!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!​

I'm hoping I'm not too far behind you Susan..........​

 

[HolidayRoad]

Way to go Laxmom, Laxdad and Laxlad. My distinct pleasure to take you off of the ROFR list you showed much better patients than I did.


Updated list 4/15/08:


millerse36

Barb

M-I-C-K-E-Y

bookwormde

liam1957

mmcguire

Tammymacb (3)

AinW

Verandaman

dani0622

LadyKay

Frankiesmom




ROFR is a four letter word.

 

[colonialtinker]

Laxmom, Laxdad and Laxlad are proud to announce that they are past ROFR!!
On to the next list please!!!
Whoo Hooooo!!!!!

Congrats
Welcome to the next stop ESTOPPLE