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

[ottawagreg]

I am ready to pull the trigger on a trip for next year. We need to go early June at the latest to get use out of AP. So we are in the 11 month window. But I am thinking of going to OKW and save about thirty points. It would mean to extra nights during Christmas time trip. Hmmmmm....... My daughter says no. She wants the lodge!

 

[sleepydog25]

I am ready to pull the trigger on a trip for next year. We need to go early June at the latest to get use out of AP. So we are in the 11 month window. But I am thinking of going to OKW and save about thirty points. It would mean to extra nights during Christmas time trip. Hmmmmm....... My daughter says no. She wants the lodge!

That's quite the quandary, but I think to extend the Christmas trip by two days (especially if it will be at the Lodge), then OKW would be my choice, too. Thanks for the pics!

 

[jimmytammy]

Granny and horselover...glad to see you folks as always

As for our plans for 2015, though we dont have them booked, hoping for a 2 weekend stay at Coronado Springs followed by BLT to finish off 2 weeks In May, followed by a 2 weeks stay at VWL in early Dec.

Our weekend is busy, in a good way though. CaptD and I will be working on some WDW trip stuff(cleaning and such)that funds our trips. Sat night, he, myself and TammyNC headed to see Lionel Richie, never seen him but been a big fan since his early days with The Commodores. We bought the tickets on our trip at BLT back in Feb. so its been a long wait.

And Sun. night wfc4life, sechem32, CaptD and I are headed to a big co- headliner tour...Def Leppard and Kiss. Though Im not a huge fan of Kiss anymore, they were a novelty for me in middle school and CaptD likes em, so it will be cool for him to see them with their clown makeup on Def Leppard on the other hand, I really like a lot. Saw them in their heyday in the 80s and they were good, saw them again a few summers back, and musically, they are far better now than then.

 

[Corinne]

Thanks for all the well wishes groupies! We have been blessed with an absolutely gorgeous summer day here in New England!

My DS and soon to be DDIL are so excited,we all are!

Have a great weekend everybody!

 

[Muushka]

Hello Groupies

Since I see other prodigal Groupies signing in, I thought this would be a good time for me too.

So sorry to be MIA so long. I do love to catch up with all of you.

Corinne, best wishes for a beautiful wedding today.

JT, wow, you 2 are going to be the parents of a beautiful bride! Awesome!
And your weekend sounds like a blast. Keeps you young!
PS my favorite LR song, Sail on. I love that song!

rusafee1183, I hope your life is simpler and giving notice is understandable. 80 hours a week .

My in-laws went on an outerbank vacation last week and invited me along (Mr Muush joined us for the weekend). Had a great time with the kiddos and since the 2 places (at the same time) were either ocean front or intercoastal front, well, views weren't lacking on that vacation!

We are not going to Disney in 2014. But we plan on going in November 2015.
We hope that the crowds will be lighter in the week before Thanksgiving.
After WDW we are going on a 10 night cruise. We may stray from VWL (oh the humanity ) and try (stress the word TRY) for VGF first, BLT second, BCV third. Of course I probably need to run that info past Mr Muush .

Thanks to those who sent me PMs. You guys are so sweet.

 

[ottawagreg]

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/the-spirited-8th-wonder-wdws-future-you.887031/

Has anyone here seen this or heard any talk about rooms converted to DVC? It may change things a bit at the lodge.

 

[jimmytammy]

Happy Anniversary twinmom108!!!!

 

[jimmytammy]

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/the-spirited-8th-wonder-wdws-future-you.887031/

Has anyone here seen this or heard any talk about rooms converted to DVC? It may change things a bit at the lodge.

Truly hope this doesnt happen at the Lodge. I can understand the thoughts behind it, but if they cant fill the resorts now, seems spending more $$ to make rooms that will be more expensive to stay in might be a waste. Would love to see them expand the actual villas out if room allowed just to make VWL a little easier to get at the 7 mos mark

 

[Lisann]

Originally Posted by ottawagreg View Post
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/t...re-you.887031/

Has anyone here seen this or heard any talk about rooms converted to DVC? It may change things a bit at the lodge.

Wow. I read several pages of that forum/thread post.

Not entirely opposed to DVC expansion, sometimes.

Not sure what to make of all of this. Seems as if Disney is all over the place with construction everywhere, DVC rumors/facts, rack rates sky high...sounds as if the focus with the upper powers-to-be has gone astray.

I don't even know what to make of all of this. Something isn't clicking here, seems things are spinning out of control and Disney might have all of this jump up and kick them in the a%#.

 

[Muushka]

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/the-spirited-8th-wonder-wdws-future-you.887031/

Has anyone here seen this or heard any talk about rooms converted to DVC? It may change things a bit at the lodge.

I'm sitting here drinking my coffee, reading this very interesting link. Wow.
I find it I interesting also that the people in the discussion are very clinical about the subject. I like that.

 

[horselover]

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/the-spirited-8th-wonder-wdws-future-you.887031/

Has anyone here seen this or heard any talk about rooms converted to DVC? It may change things a bit at the lodge.

I'll believe it when I see it. Love to know where this OP is getting their info from. Perhaps the thread said but I honestly couldn't get past page 2. When you 1) say you don't own DVC, 2) hate timeshares, & 3) compare WL to Walmart you've lost all credibility with me.

 

[twinklebug]

I'll believe it when I see it. Love to know where this OP is getting their info from. Perhaps the thread said but I honestly couldn't get past page 2. When you 1) say you don't own DVC, 2) hate timeshares, & 3) compare WL to Walmart you've lost all credibility with me.

Editing... finally took some time to look up the source of the rumor. DVCnews posted from this that this is a rumor that has been circulated for years and has come back to life. The notes on the WL expansion are quite laughable imho, over the water bungalows? Disney just wouldn't go there, How would those fit the theme of the lodge?

My take on it: Until the current VWL contracts are up, Disney will never convert main lodge rooms to DVC since the per night point cost disparity from those new rooms to the VWL rooms would be too great. They can talk about how Disney has and is converting existing hotel rooms to DVC, but never was it noted anywhere that those rooms were unique to the property - DVC was not already there when it was done, and the addition of Kidani to the Jambo house units was done so close to the conversion of those Jambo rooms they were able to keep the same point structure. I simply can't see them building out new rooms at the lodge and charging the same points per night as the villas are asking..

 

[sleepydog25]

I'm sitting here drinking my coffee, reading this very interesting link. Wow.
I find it I interesting also that the people in the discussion are very clinical about the subject. I like that.

And very cynical, as well. I read a bit more than horsey, but her point is still valid. Quite a few of the folks furthering and responding to the original post (including the OP), seem to be outside the actual loop of knowledge, and much like some known commentators on the DIS, are more interested in snark and insinuation than clinical discussion. Still, it is an interesting read.

 

[Muushka]

Well, I'm kind of on the cynical side of Disney these days.
I guess that's why I appreciated their 'clinical' thoughts.
They seemed to be separated from the passion that so often affects discussion about Disney.

I guess I need more coffee......and get through more reading on that thread.

 

[sleepydog25]

Well, I'm kind of on the cynical side of Disney these days.
I guess that's why I appreciated their 'clinical' thoughts.
They seemed to be separated from the passion that so often affects discussion about Disney.

I guess I need more coffee......and get through more reading on that thread.

Oh, I don't disagree that they do have a more clinical side to their comments, as well, but the occasional statement such as "I guess DVC owners don't understand supply and demand" type comments, and their general leaning that Disney has no real clue about what they're doing shades their POV a bit to me. I'm somewhat cynical about many of the recent Disney decisions myself--to include DVC--so I do appreciate their thoughts.

 

[Lisann]

I believe the OP in that thread is a current cast member. I'll have to go back and skim again.

 

[sleepydog25]

I believe the OP in that thread is a current cast member. I'll have to go back and skim again.

Quite believable, though I'd be more circumspect in my "breaking news" online posts!

 

[Disney-Kim]

Does anyone have actual pics of a 2 bdrm since the remodel...not the ones in Disney files...but real ones? thanks

 

[ottawagreg]

Hello all, I found the link that I shared this morning over coffee. I wanted to read more but I HAD to get to the golf course. It was a the Member-Guest Tournament and I did not want to miss out on my chance win prize money. No luck. Missed too many putts.

Any-hew after reading deeper into the thread and reading some of your comments and even few on the "other" board, I am more confused than before. I do not buy into the theory that there would be two DVC operations at the Lodge. From the gatehouse, to parking lot, to bell hop/valet, to check-in, to the soda fountain machine at Roaring Forks, to the boat dock all of it is shared by hotel guests and DVC members. Seems too complicated to separate. The other idea of extending the contracted year out from 2042 as a trade-off for adding units and points seems more realistic. Also, it would not be too bad to stay in the big building now and again. Like the old days on our honey moon when there was no DVC there.

Here is the other thing. I was there in late June and left for home on 07/01. I posted some pics of the pool refurb. What keeps sticking in my head is what is the man lift for. In the pic I posted here, notice how high the rock formation goes above look out point. Man lift could be for that, but there was scaffolding built up all around it. If there is a plan to build a new terrace at artist point or new pool slide they would make some sense. But the foot bridge to the east side of the lodge would be gone or go under the new structure. It seems like they would have to cram a slide into the space and it would destroy a lot of sight lines, which is what is so attractive for the building. Riding the boat from Fort Wilderness back to the launch at WL, the view of the Lodge from far out on the lake is one of the best on the entire property.

Is anyone from our group going there this fall? If so it would be nice if they did some investigative reporting. We go back on 12/23. It will be interesting as more things are revealed.

greg

 

[sleepydog25]

Hello all, I found the link that I shared this morning over coffee. I wanted to read more but I HAD to get to the golf course. It was a the Member-Guest Tournament and I did not want to miss out on my chance win prize money. No luck. Missed too many putts.

Any-hew after reading deeper into the thread and reading some of your comments and even few on the "other" board, I am more confused than before. I do not buy into the theory that there would be two DVC operations at the Lodge. From the gatehouse, to parking lot, to bell hop/valet, to check-in, to the soda fountain machine at Roaring Forks, to the boat dock all of it is shared by hotel guests and DVC members. Seems too complicated to separate. The other idea of extending the contracted year out from 2042 as a trade-off for adding units and points seems more realistic. Also, it would not be too bad to stay in the big building now and again. Like the old days on our honey moon when there was no DVC there.

Here is the other thing. I was there in late June and left for home on 07/01. I posted some pics of the pool refurb. What keeps sticking in my head is what is the man lift for. In the pic I posted here, notice how high the rock formation goes above look out point. Man lift could be for that, but there was scaffolding built up all around it. If there is a plan to build a new terrace at artist point or new pool slide they would make some sense. But the foot bridge to the east side of the lodge would be gone or go under the new structure. It seems like they would have to cram a slide into the space and it would destroy a lot of sight lines, which is what is so attractive for the building. Riding the boat from Fort Wilderness back to the launch at WL, the view of the Lodge from far out on the lake is one of the best on the entire property.

Is anyone from our group going there this fall? If so it would be nice if they did some investigative reporting. We go back on 12/23. It will be interesting as more things are revealed.

greg

We'll be there in late September for a look-see only (as in Mickey Waffles from RF), but I don't know we'll be able to tell much.

Disney-Kim: No luck from me. Perhaps another will have some pics to help you.