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

[momtwoboys]

tomorrow 9:00AM will be our 11 month booking date! YAY

 

[Corinne]

Mrs. Granny!!!!!! So happy to see you here!!!!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

tomorrow 9:00AM will be our 11 month booking date! YAY

Isn't it nice when that day finally arrives?!

 

[Uncranky Donald]

Based on recent reports & pictures I would say it's 99% likely you'll get the pool, but Roaring Fork I would put at less than 50%. Good news is that will encourage you to try those breakfast items at Geyser Point which look pretty darn good......

Hi Uncranky! And WELCOME to the VWL Groupies thread.

I agree with @sleepydog25 that it is really hard to predict. Construction on the pool makes it look like it will surely be ready by the end of June. And Roaring Fork has been closed long enough to build anything they want there. As Sleepy said, it is probably best not to count on the pool and RF being open by the end of June, but there's a good chance they might be. Enjoy the trip planning, and thanks for dropping by.

Thank you both kindly for your input!! The Geyser Point menu better watch out for me, Ima comin' for it!!

 

[Uncranky Donald]

First, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JIMMY AND TAMMY! Hope you had a great one!!

Second, welcome home, Mrs Granny!! It was a delight to meet you, and we're all thrilled
you're joining in our merry band! Guess you figured out Granny needed chaperoning, eh?

Third, a hearty welcome to Uncranky Donald! We tend to be a friendly bunch, and we hope you'll join in our conversations often. Feel free to drop me your travel dates if you've a mind to, or birthdays/anniversaries to KAT4DISNEY, again only if you wish. You've already warmed my cockles by calling us "VWL Groupies." To answer your question, there's just no telling. Disney's mind is hard to read, and their timetable is known only to them. I'd plan for them not to be open, but be willing and able to be spontaneous if they do. Again, welcome!

Thank you thank you for your hearty Welcome I knew at 7months that there was a good chance construction wouldn't be completed by the time we arrived, but a girl could hope
I shall expect neither but remain optimistic I am coming to VWL from Kidani on 6/25...very excited to be back at the Lodge after 3 years!!

 

[jimmytammy]

Thanks for all the well wishes for our anniversary!! You folks are the best!!

 

[jimmytammy]

Welcome to the groupies Mrs. Granny!!!!

 

[jimmytammy]

Welcome to the groupies Uncranky Donald!!!!

 

[Anna114]

tomorrow 9:00AM will be our 11 month booking date! YAY

Ours isn't until the 30th but I really am looking forward to going home. We haven't been to VWL since 10/15. We left the day they were putting up the fences for the construction. I hope the feel of the resort will not have changed too much. I loved the coziness of VWL but I'm thinking it will be very different.

 

[sleepydog25]

Ours isn't until the 30th but I really am looking forward to going home. We haven't been to VWL since 10/15. We left the day they were putting up the fences for the construction. I hope the feel of the resort will not have changed too much. I loved the coziness of VWL but I'm thinking it will be very different.

I will be honest--you'll likely be a bit shocked at the changes, especially since a brand, spanking new building now occupies the old beach area. And the cabins are everywhere, sort of a sprawling urban crawl. That being said, much of the feel at the Lodge remains the same: the flickering lanterns, the chirruping crickets, the majestic music, the enticing smells, the soaring architecture--it's all still there. Just. . .different.

 

[momtwoboys]

ALL BOOKED! April 13-20th Boulder Ridge Villas Studio here weeeeeeeee come!

 

[Mrs. Granny]

First, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JIMMY AND TAMMY! Hope you had a great one!!

Second, welcome home, Mrs Granny!! It was a delight to meet you, and we're all thrilled
you're joining in our merry band! Guess you figured out Granny needed chaperoning, eh?

Third, a hearty welcome to Uncranky Donald! We tend to be a friendly bunch, and we hope you'll join in our conversations often. Feel free to drop me your travel dates if you've a mind to, or birthdays/anniversaries to KAT4DISNEY, again only if you wish. You've already warmed my cockles by calling us "VWL Groupies." To answer your question, there's just no telling. Disney's mind is hard to read, and their timetable is known only to them. I'd plan for them not to be open, but be willing and able to be spontaneous if they do. Again, welcome!

Thank you for the warm welcome, Sleepydog25. Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to do a very good job chaperoning my DH since I've been trying for almost 30 years with no luck. HaHa I'm looking forward to being a part of the VWL Groupies, since I think there is no better place on earth than VWL.

 

[Anna114]

I will be honest--you'll likely be a bit shocked at the changes, especially since a brand, spanking new building now occupies the old beach area. And the cabins are everywhere, sort of a sprawling urban crawl. That being said, much of the feel at the Lodge remains the same: the flickering lanterns, the chirruping crickets, the majestic music, the enticing smells, the soaring architecture--it's all still there. Just. . .different.

Thank you for the warning... my husband is none too pleased about the changes. Has all of the beach been taken away?

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Thank you for the warning... my husband is none too pleased about the changes. Has all of the beach been taken away?

Yes.

 

[sleepydog25]

Thank you for the warning... my husband is none too pleased about the changes. Has all of the beach been taken away?

Yes. Not one strip of it left. Part of it has been replaced with artificial turf which I find especially offensive, and I'm hoping perhaps it will be replaced once everything is up and working, but I'm not holding my breath. There simply is a lot of concrete in that area, from the walk leading to and around GP, to the broad area between GP and the new pool, to the road (sorry, it's a road, not a pathway) running down the Villas, all the way to the path that connects the cabins to the rest of the resort. It's pretty; GP is stunning and the cabins will be lovely. . .but it's not wilderness. Other than all that, I'm fine with it.

 

[sleepydog25]

Almost forgot, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OUR GROUPIE MOMS!!

 

[jimmytammy]

Happy Mother's Day to our wonderful Groupie Mom's!!!!

 

[Granny]

And to all Groupie women who are mothers, grandmothers, aunts and all those who nurture and guide this generation of youngsters...

 

[twinklebug]

Happy Mother's day to all!

Celebrating the day with some turmoil here. (Aging dad insisted on driving home from Florida - just sent my family off to retrieve him from new jersey.)

 

[cvrapclark]

I have been waitlisted for a while now for a 2 bed at Wilderness for night of May 28th (night before Labor Day). I have the 26, 27 and 29th. Send me some Pixie Dust!!! If it doesn't come through, we have 2 nights at Hard Rock, 2 nights at Wilderness, and 2 nights at Saratoga for 8 of us. I have to pack really light!! I've done a split stay before, but never a triple stay in six nights! I LOVE VWL!! I really wish the new pool would be open by then.