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

[rusafee1183]

Happy birthday Rich! I hope you and Di are having a fabulous time!

 

[Dizny Dad]

As our trip to this wonderful place winds down, I thought I would begin the whining I usually do after I get home for the Happiest Place On Earth. No sence in wasting any time.

I fail to understand why Disney felt it was necessary to send DiznDi and me three sets of Magic Bands for our trip. When we inquired of Member Services, we were told that we would need all of the bands for things to work. Upon arrival, we never mentioned any other bands but the ones presented initially. All worked well and Disney never had an issue charging my Visa at any time. The magic continues. . .

I fail to understand why families/groups find it necessary to stop in the middle of the exit isle of an attraction or event to plan their next move, look for surly Uncle Fred, or rearrange things in the stroller. I know it makes perfect sense in their world, but it is lost in mine. But the magic continues . .

I fail to understand why the two people standing in front of you in the queue find it perfectly acceptable letting in line the other ten members of their family/party that show up just as they are entering the final doorway into the place you have waited to get to for the past 45 minutes. Of course, being the polite people most try to be, when they show up speaking an unknown or non-understandable language it keeps those of us behind them quietly muttering to ourselves, rather than running forward, knocking them down, and yelling “bad dog, no biscuit”.

I loved my visit to Boardwalk this trip! It made me love The Lodge so much more! There were no electrical receptacles within any reasonable reaching distances for any of the rechargeable items I have found it impossible to travel without; how did grandpa do it? I found that it is difficult to get back to the room at the Boardwalk on a rainy morning without a soggy breakfast sandwich and wet hair. My socks made noise inside my tennis shoes in the hall; I hope I didn’t wake may up at that time of the morning.

I am somewhat disappointed in The Lodge refirb. The paint on the cupboards is already chipping around the handles, exposing the green paint underneath. The laminate floor in the living room has large scratches where someone tried to move the TV. The kitchen light fixture cover plate fell down around the chain links, the kitchen sink faucets were missing the handle screw covers, and that Grandpa’s old Lodge feel is gone; not all bad, just more modern that I would like. It is kind of like living with the High School senior, instead of the College senior, if that makes any sense.

Geez Louise, what a complainer . . . . . BUT I HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME!

 

[twokats]

Happy Birthday Dizny Dad!!!
Hope it was the best!

I know I am late on these but hope they were all good!!

Happy Anniversary horselover!!!!

Happy Anniversary Rusafee1183 !!!!

Happy Birthday, franandaj!!

Happy Birthday Loribell!!!!



OK, now for my update of the month. I went to see my surgeon yesterday. He told me I could go 50% weight bearing on my leg, so I am now out of the wheelchair and using my hemi-walker. He took the splint off my arm told me I could lift up to 3 lbs and I will start physical therapy Friday. I am starting to type a little more and it is easier without the splint, so hopefully I will not be as MIA as I have been for the last few months.

I am very jealous of everyone that has and have had trips. I have to wait until September since that is when we rescheduled the April trip that the doctor did not want me to go on.

I hope all the groupies are having good spring weather. Texas is doing the normal and we have the possibility of major storms tomorrow (which is now today). We need the rain, just not the drama of possible tornados and hail.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Two more sleeps!!

So much to do and so little time......
(so get off the boards Kathy!)

 

[Dizny Dad]

And again, rusafee1183 & twokats, thanks so much for the Birthday wishes!

DiznyDi & I spent the day at DTD & Epcot in this beautiful WDW weather. The early morning Wilderness Lodge to Fort Wilderness trail was again peaceful, and yielded a number of deer to bless our morning. The horses again were ready to go for the day, and numerous joggers passed us by listening to there favorite tunes.

Hope my whining was tolerated - I have so much more to complain about, such as why there are those so eager to get on the bus or elevator before we get off, but DiznyDi doesn't want me to continue with the whining and moaning.

Two days left in this adventure, then the count down will begin again - 150 sleeps . . . .

Kathy - 2 more sleeps! Good luck with that; but sleep on the plane if all else fails. Have a great time in The World!

 

[Dizny Dad]

And one more thing . . . .

Last night upon returning back to The Lodge, Mousekeeping was scheduled to be in - did a fine job - but maintenance changed all of the towel racks in the bathroom to an iron bar type fixture, removed the hooks on the back of the doors, and left a screw on the bathroom floor where we could find it with our bar feet. Strange. I thought the old bars were fine.

Yes dear, enough . . .

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

twokats - Sounds like steady progress!!! Good to hear! Hope you are not getting any bad weather today. Tornados are touching down in MN.

Kathy - 2 more sleeps! Good luck with that; but sleep on the plane if all else fails. Have a great time in The World!

And since I just received an email from Delta that we got upgraded from Salt Lake to Orlando that will be a lot easier! Yay! Of course they do keep disturbing you with food and drinks and the like.

And one more thing . . . .

Last night upon returning back to The Lodge, Mousekeeping was scheduled to be in - did a fine job - but maintenance changed all of the towel racks in the bathroom to an iron bar type fixture, removed the hooks on the back of the doors, and left a screw on the bathroom floor where we could find it with our bar feet. Strange. I thought the old bars were fine.

Yes dear, enough . . .

I already was disappointed from what I've seen in picture with the change to the theme in the rooms. And the implementation isn't sounding all that great either. Kind of sloppy. Guess we'll see what we get next week.

Glad you finally got some good weather during the last part of the trip!

 

[DJGifford]

Getting into excited mode.. we leave in 13 days!!! We did end up changing to the 1 bedroom... since we are there 6 nights, I don't want to be cramped in the studio and I am spoiled.

We are also on the waitlist to purchase more points, bringing us up to 510, lol.

We also booked the Disney Magic for a 7 night western next April, two of us are using points and I paid cash for my daughter. I know it isn't the best use of points but we have plenty and they are paid for (mostly), lol.

Anyway... we can't wait to try out the VWL!!!

 

[sleepydog25]

As our trip to this wonderful place winds down, I thought I would begin the whining I usually do after I get home for the Happiest Place On Earth. No sence in wasting any time.

I fail to understand why Disney felt it was necessary to send DiznDi and me three sets of Magic Bands for our trip. When we inquired of Member Services, we were told that we would need all of the bands for things to work. Upon arrival, we never mentioned any other bands but the ones presented initially. All worked well and Disney never had an issue charging my Visa at any time. The magic continues. . . Makes no sense at all, but they do it all the time. For all their imagineering expertise, their IT folks set them back two steps.

I fail to understand why families/groups find it necessary to stop in the middle of the exit isle of an attraction or event to plan their next move, look for surly Uncle Fred, or rearrange things in the stroller. I know it makes perfect sense in their world, but it is lost in mine. But the magic continues . . I have been saying the same thing for as long as I've been going to Disney. The worst offense occurs at the end of the brief tunnel over which the railroad runs at the front of the park. People rush in and then STOP just inside the park. How about another 50 feet and then one side or the other?

I fail to understand why the two people standing in front of you in the queue find it perfectly acceptable letting in line the other ten members of their family/party that show up just as they are entering the final doorway into the place you have waited to get to for the past 45 minutes. Of course, being the polite people most try to be, when they show up speaking an unknown or non-understandable language it keeps those of us behind them quietly muttering to ourselves, rather than running forward, knocking them down, and yelling “bad dog, no biscuit”. This was a huge problem at DL when we were there, but it couldn't be blamed on someone visiting the country but locals who have figured this is a good way to cut lines.

I loved my visit to Boardwalk this trip! It made me love The Lodge so much more! There were no electrical receptacles within any reasonable reaching distances for any of the rechargeable items I have found it impossible to travel without; how did grandpa do it? I found that it is difficult to get back to the room at the Boardwalk on a rainy morning without a soggy breakfast sandwich and wet hair. My socks made noise inside my tennis shoes in the hall; I hope I didn’t wake may up at that time of the morning.

I am somewhat disappointed in The Lodge refirb. The paint on the cupboards is already chipping around the handles, exposing the green paint underneath. The laminate floor in the living room has large scratches where someone tried to move the TV. The kitchen light fixture cover plate fell down around the chain links, the kitchen sink faucets were missing the handle screw covers, and that Grandpa’s old Lodge feel is gone; not all bad, just more modern that I would like. It is kind of like living with the High School senior, instead of the College senior, if that makes any sense.

Geez Louise, what a complainer . . . . . BUT I HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME!

We won't be staying at VWL until next year, but I'm not so sure that's a bad thing when it comes to the refurb.

Anyway... we can't wait to try out the VWL!!!

Have fun!! Here's hoping you make many wonderful memories there!

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . We are also on the waitlist to purchase more points, bringing us up to 510, lol. . . . .

Working your way toward a thousand! How exciting!

Have a great time in The World!

I fail to understand why the two people standing in front of you in the queue find it perfectly acceptable letting in line the other ten members of their family/. . . . . . . This was a huge problem at DL when we were there, but it couldn't be blamed on someone visiting the country but locals who have figured this is a good way to cut lines.

Didn't mean to say that these were people from other countries; most foreign visitors we have encountered were more than courteous; many of the younger generation speak in ways I can not understand - and they eat with their hats on, and another thing . . . .

. . . . yes dear . . .sorry. (I promised to stop whining . . )

 

[twokats]

Working your way toward a thousand! How exciting!

Have a great time in The World!




Didn't mean to say that these were people from other countries; most foreign visitors we have encountered were more than courteous; many of the younger generation speak in ways I can not understand - and they eat with their hats on, and another thing . . . .

. . . . yes dear . . .sorry. (I promised to stop whining . . )

Rich, I really don't take it as whining. . . . you are just commenting on aspects of the day that were not quite up to par. Isn't that a better way to phrase it?

 

[Granny]

Well, we have had some down time today so I grabbed some of the pictures out of my camera to share. I figured I better do so before Captain Jimmy came down on me for slacking off!

Here's the view from my BWV Standard View room, right across from the bus stop (my request) which you can see at the far left of the picture.

And here's our view after sundown...



And if we are out on our balcony around 9:00 at night, the sky over BWI seems illuminated...





And we love to sit on the Boardwalk at sunset...maybe with something from Seashore Sweets in hand...

 

[Granny]

We also visited Coronado Springs Resort for dinner at the Maya Grill. We had a very nice meal and an excellent, fun waitress. Afterwards we took in the sights of this lovely resort that we had never visited before. It is a pretty large resort with a convention section and was impressive all around. Here are couple of pictures...

There is a walkway around a central lake. Here's one of the bridges that for some reason I thought was picturesque...



One of the many fountain areas sprinkled around the rooms...





And a beautiful fountain in the main lobby near registration...



A view of the main registration/restaurant area from across the lake...





Just a beautiful resort, and we will definitely add the Maya Grill to our restaurant rotation. I had the steak fajitas and my wife had the burritos.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Nice "standard" view at BWV Granny! Can't complain there. Better than my "lake" view there back in 2005.

Coronado Springs is the only WDW property I have not set foot on. I actually was checking out the Maya Grill menu the other day for our Fall trip. Nice pics.

 

[Granny]

Nice "standard" view at BWV Granny! Can't complain there. Better than my "lake" view there back in 2005.

Coronado Springs is the only WDW property I have not set foot on. I actually was checking out the Maya Grill menu the other day for our Fall trip. Nice pics.

Thanks, Maria. We are trying out new restaurants every trip and Jimmy's report on Maya Grill sold us to give it a try. We had never stepped foot on CSR property either before this.

Based on how much we like Boatwrights and Maya Grill, I'm thinking that the Moderate Resorts may have some of the hidden gems in eating options. Anybody ever tried the Caribbean Beach restaurant? I don't even know if they have a table service restaurant there?

And sorry for the graininess of some of the pictures. They were taken with my iPhone, which is a new experience for me as I ventured into the smart phone world a few months ago.

I have to say, the My Disney Experience site is most easily navigated and modified using my telephone. I found the iPad app and regular web site to be a bit of a challenge, but the phone is very easy and intuitive. Just my two cents.

 

[sleepydog25]

Working your way toward a thousand! How exciting!

Have a great time in The World!




Didn't mean to say that these were people from other countries; most foreign visitors we have encountered were more than courteous; many of the younger generation speak in ways I can not understand - and they eat with their hats on, and another thing . . . .

. . . . yes dear . . .sorry. (I promised to stop whining . . )

Ahh, that type of "foreign" language and manners. Yes, to them I would say "watch where you walk; put away the phone; take your hat off at the table; and be polite." Yes. I am old.

 

[jimmytammy]

Happy Birthday Rusafee1183!!!!

 

[jimmytammy]

Rich, I am of the variety of folks where rudeness is concerned that are "old" We are from a different generation, and the old ways are not bad, just respectful of others. Nothing wrong with that. I realize other countries have different ways than ours, not necessarily a bad thing, as USA is a mixed bag of cultures, makes us unique. But general good manners, should be generic IMO.

Granny
Love the pics! Those room views are the perfect place for us too. You told us about being at that end of BWV on our only trip there, and we will continue to request that part of the bldg. Love it way down there at the end of the hall And glad you enjoyed your time at Coronado Springs! We love the Maya Grill(as you know)and we are looking forward to staying there sometime! As for Caribbean Beach, I only remember them having a huge food court, not a sit down. I may be wrong, someone please clarify

 

[Corinne]

Happy Saturday Groupies! I want to wish all the mom's here an early Happy Mothers Day! We are in Vermont this weekend, our "baby" ( MY baby ) graduates tomorrow! Cannot believe how quickly the four years have flown by!

DDad I did not consider your posts whining at all! I think with the number of times we have all been blessed to have at the world, one can't help making such observations! Sounds like you and Di have had a great trip.

Granny nice photos! We like that section of the Boardwalk too, makes the walk to DHS a snap!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Nice pictures Granny! We also like that area of the resort. Quiet and close to parking and DHS.

We're on our way! Both a little tired. It's usual for me with a break of dawn flight but DH did some late packing too. Looking for some sleep on the flight so we can make it to Wishes to finish off our day!




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