VWL Groupies & Lovers Thread (Special Collectors Edition 2.5) updated 2 February 2025

[tea pot]

It would be great to get something as a VWLI owner if I buy VWLII. A way to combine points or something (I know this is highly unlikely). It just seems like such a waste to have two contracts at the exact same resort, but be restricted to only certain rooms on one or the other.

FYI, I would LOVE the 8 month window perk.

Ok I'm so out of the loop
Is there really a complete new and different DVC VWL
I also own at SSR and when they added the treehouses
Nothing changed and we had the same 11 month booking window and the length of the contract stayed the same
This is all going from bad to worse

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Ok I'm so out of the loop
Is there really a complete new and different DVC VWL
I also own at SSR and when they added the treehouses
Nothing changed and we had the same 11 month booking window and the length of the contract stayed the same
This is all going from bad to worse

Nothing is announced for us to definitely know but that's the general consensus. Otherwise they'd likely have to extend our contracts as it's a little unlikely they could easily sell that many points expiring in 2042.

 

[jimmytammy]

Granny, so glad to hear Mrs. Granny is doing well. Praying for her quick recovery!

teapot, So happy to see you

 

[Dizny Dad]

Just back from Nashville area . . boy a lot can happen in your "Real Life" when you have to go to work! I need to retire so I can keep up daily with all you guys!

. . . . . . Surgeon said surgery was successful. . . . . . . . . . .

Tom - Our best to both you and Cindy.

Hello Groupies!. . . . . . . . . . .

To Tea Pot & Mr. Tea Pot -

And a shout out to Jimmy & Family - always good to know you are back on line!

. . . . . . . . . I haven't been to Disneyland in 43 years . . . . . . . . . . .

Wow - I haven't been there since 1970 (46 years!). With multiple trips a year chasing DiznyDi to WDW, I'm thinking I will probably not get back until I retire, and maybe not even then. Life is full of surprises. If we ever get there, we will be driving from Ohio; I keep telling myself that unless it is Hawaii, I don't want to get on another plane once I retire. The world is a great place to visit, but "been there, done that" makes me think driving where I want to go, without the regiment and anxiety of the "Terminal" experience, will be my choice of travel. You know, , , faithful car, Di in the passenger seat, cooler in the back, no schedule, and a road ahead. Gee, sounds like a movie . . . . .

 

[Granny]

Thank you all once again for your prayers...and know that you are in mine. Mrs Granny is working through the post-op pain and will finally get some attention and service from her DH. I hope she doesn't get too used to this!

Tea Pot....very nice to see you again! Here's a part of the press release for the cabins:

Celebration, Fla. (September 22, 2015) – Today, Disney Vacation Club announced its next planned project will be at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, located on Bay Lake at Walt Disney World Resort.

The planned project at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, when completed, will be the 14th Disney Vacation Club development and the second at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. Current plans call for the resort to feature deluxe accommodations, including waterfront cabins. In addition to the Disney Vacation Club project, other guest areas within Disney’s Wilderness Lodge are scheduled to undergo substantial enhancements and refurbishment, including new recreation and food and beverage options. More information and project details will be shared at a later date.

Since Disney calls it the "14th Disney Vacation Club" and the "second at Disney's Wilderness Lodge", I think there is no question that it is a separate DVC resort. As we thought about it, and speculated, it almost has to be separate with only 26 years left on the existing contracts. And I had forgotten that Disney themselves have confirmed that there will be some sort of food service included. Now that I see the press release again, it makes me wonder if Trout Pass bar will come down and they will build some sort of new restaurant/bar for the area. It will certainly be interesting to see.

 

[sleepydog25]

Thank you all once again for your prayers...and know that you are in mine. Mrs Granny is working through the post-op pain and will finally get some attention and service from her DH. I hope she doesn't get too used to this!

Tea Pot....very nice to see you again! Here's a part of the press release for the cabins:

Celebration, Fla. (September 22, 2015) – Today, Disney Vacation Club announced its next planned project will be at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, located on Bay Lake at Walt Disney World Resort.

The planned project at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, when completed, will be the 14th Disney Vacation Club development and the second at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. Current plans call for the resort to feature deluxe accommodations, including waterfront cabins. In addition to the Disney Vacation Club project, other guest areas within Disney’s Wilderness Lodge are scheduled to undergo substantial enhancements and refurbishment, including new recreation and food and beverage options. More information and project details will be shared at a later date.

Since Disney calls it the "14th Disney Vacation Club" and the "second at Disney's Wilderness Lodge", I think there is no question that it is a separate DVC resort. As we thought about it, and speculated, it almost has to be separate with only 26 years left on the existing contracts. And I had forgotten that Disney themselves have confirmed that there will be some sort of food service included. Now that I see the press release again, it makes me wonder if Trout Pass bar will come down and they will build some sort of new restaurant/bar for the area. It will certainly be interesting to see.

Thanks for the press release. I thought they had announced that Part Deux would be a new resort but couldn't remember for sure. No way original VWL owners were going to slide into the new resort for free. I doubt we'll even get a price break, or if we do, it will be slight.

 

[DenLo]

DVC Mike overlaid the engineering plans to a satellite maps of VWL see link below. The red area is the new restaurant and the two green areas at the new quiet pool are QS restaurant/bar and a bathroom.

http://www.disboards.com/threads/dv...-room-info-floor-plans.3434753/#post-54156380

 

[Granny]

DenLo...thanks for the link. Posting the image here so people don't have to scroll through DVC Mike's post:

http://i235.*************************************VWL/VWLOverlay_zpsuxxwdeky.jpg

I think you may have switched the red and green building descriptions but the bottom line is there is clearly something planned near the marina.

And looking at the announcement, I think it is clear that Disney has in fact confirmed the WL room conversion. Look at the language in the release (emphasis added by me):

Current plans call for the resort to feature deluxe accommodations, including waterfront cabins.

Why would Disney use the word "including" if the project is only the cabins? And if there is more to the DVC accommodations plan, what else could it possibly be other than conversion of the rooms in WL? Since the South Wing of WL is torn up, I think in my mind this moved from 99% sure to 100% sure that WL room conversions are part of the plan.

And those red blocks by the pool? Somewhere they have to have the bike/boat rental area that looks wiped out on this map. They may be a QS area and bathroom but they are pretty large. Maybe the bathroom building may have a Community Hall in it? That makes sense. Look at the size of them compared to the main pool. And the new villa pool looks like it may be even larger than the main pool?

Grist for the mill, and fun to think about.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Thanks for the reminder on the announcement - I had forgotten that it seemed pretty definite to be a new "resort" although agree that there was little else it could be.

And those red blocks by the pool? Somewhere they have to have the bike/boat rental area that looks wiped out on this map. .

I believe I see the old Bike rental/boat rental building still there Granny. It's just very gray since it's an existing building. And it hasn't been torn own which I'm pretty certain they would have done if it wasn't going to remain as it's definitely behind enemy lines and inaccessible now. (Yes, just compared it to a war zone there. )

 

[sleepydog25]

Great catch on the word "including," Tom. I usually look for such implications and nuances in language since that's my bailiwick, but I missed this one. I didn't need further convincing, but that's the proverbial smoking gun. As for the bike/boat rental, I don't know where it will wind up, but Kathy is correct that the old building still exists. At least it did when we were there three weeks ago. Obviously, it could still disappear, but it's more likely it will have a purpose since they razed everything else. I can't help myself--this talk is quite diverting from thinking about all the clearing they've done.

 

[Granny]

Thanks for the reminder on the announcement - I had forgotten that it seemed pretty definite to be a new "resort" although agree that there was little else it could be.

I believe I see the old Bike rental/boat rental building still there Granny. It's just very gray since it's an existing building. And it hasn't been torn own which I'm pretty certain they would have done if it wasn't going to remain as it's definitely behind enemy lines and inaccessible now. (Yes, just compared it to a war zone there. )

Great catch on the word "including," Tom. I usually look for such implications and nuances in language since that's my bailiwick, but I missed this one. I didn't need further convincing, but that's the proverbial smoking gun. As for the bike/boat rental, I don't know where it will wind up, but Kathy is correct that the old building still exists. At least it did when we were there three weeks ago. Obviously, it could still disappear, but it's more likely it will have a purpose since they razed everything else. I can't help myself--this talk is quite diverting from thinking about all the clearing they've done.

Kathy & Patrick: I didn't see the existing bike/boat rental structure but you guys are of course completely correct. I had forgotten that it was clearly still standing in the current photos we've seen of the area. It surely wouldn't have been left standing during the scorched earth (yes, Kathy I joined you in using a military term) phase of the construction if it isn't in the long term plans.

So I'm going with a counter service snack bar and Community Hall/bathrooms for the two buildings. That would fit the press release which states that "new recreation" [Community Hall] "and food and beverage" [snack bar] "options" will be included. I don't know if Artist Point will be moving down there or not, but whatever they do there is such prime real estate...I hope they build a raised (3-4 steps?) outside area for eating/drinking while overlooking Bay Lake. They might also want to cover at least a part of that so it doesn't sit vacant on those hot summer days. Just daydreaming on what I'd do with the space.

 

[tea pot]

Kathy, Granny
Thanks for the update
Wow I am trying to be hopeful but
I just miss our sleepy quiet oasis already

 

[jimmytammy]

Happy Saint Patricks Day Folks!!

Reading all the talk we have going on about the VWL expansion, I feel an air of us all softening to the fact it is happening. Are we embracing it yet, dont think so, but we are loosening up a bit

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . . . Wow I am trying to be hopeful but I just miss our sleepy quiet oasis already

Yeah, us, too! I am hoping they don't make it too complex to continue participating, by making us decide if we want to invest more $ to extend, stretch, change, modify, alter, or accept less than what we already had before the construction at our "sleepy quiet oasis".

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . . . but we are loosening up a bit

The older I get, the stiffer I become . . . . . just sayin'

 

[DiznyDi]

Hi tea pot So nice to see you! We've missed you around these parts.

Wishing all of our Groupie friends a very Happy St Patrick's Day (named for our very own sleepy, I'm sure )

 

[Granny]

 

[tea pot]

Yeah, us, too! I am hoping they don't make it too complex to continue participating, by making us decide if we want to invest more $ to extend, stretch, change, modify, alter, or accept less than what we already had before the construction at our "sleepy quiet oasis".

That's exactly what I'm afraid of

Hi Di
Missed you too

 

[sleepydog25]

Hi tea pot So nice to see you! We've missed you around these parts.

Wishing all of our Groupie friends a very Happy St Patrick's Day (named for our very own sleepy, I'm sure )

The "Happy" and "Patrick" part, perhaps.

 

[twinklebug]

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all my fellow Groupies. Everyone's Irish today! Places all over the world from the Great Wall of China to the Colosseum in Rome, to the more locally known Niagara Falls have been known to light up green in honor of the day It may be only a single day of celebration, but it's very well done globally. May the Luck o'the Irish be with us all, all the year through.

Fun fact: Did you know Walt Disney was Irish American? His family was French, but moved to Kilkenny, Ireland in 1691. The family traveled to New York in 1834, sailing from Liverpool, England. As we know from there they settled down in Ohio.