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

[Lakegirl]

Lol, it’s sound like it! JetBlue?!? We may meet at MCO!

How crazy is that??

 

[Corinne]

Ugh I’ve been following the “to go or not go” thread. I vacillate hourly. Dana and I are both vaccinated and would be masked the entire time indoors and outdoors unless no one is around (haha when would THAT happen). We have only a few days left to decide, but, if we cancel, we will lose 200+ points. I am hoping the crowds will have slowed down but who really knows, and it really is a crapshoot.

 

[TCRAIG]

Hey Corinne - if this helps - we’re going in Sept (got the Remy preview invite and couldn’t say no), Oct and Dec - we’ve been vaccinated too. Even with Covid and the new Delta (and potentially Lambda) variations- I’m not concerned about getting sick and when we get back home - we’ll self quarantine to be sure we don’t pass it onto anyone else…not that we really go anywhere anyway. We also plan on eating most of our meals in our Villa. That to me is the real risk for the vaccinated - passing it onto those who aren’t - kids in particular.

 

[Cabius]

Ugh I’ve been following the “to go or not go” thread. I vacillate hourly. Dana and I are both vaccinated and would be masked the entire time indoors and outdoors unless no one is around (haha when would THAT happen). We have only a few days left to decide, but, if we cancel, we will lose 200+ points. I am hoping the crowds will have slowed down but who really knows, and it really is a crapshoot.

For 200 points, I would go even if I skipped the parks and just hung out in the hotel / pool.

 

[Suzabella]

For 200 points, I would go even if I skipped the parks and just hung out in the hotel / pool.

We've actually done this. It wasn't bad at all. Especially with Wilderness Lodge to explore.

 

[twinklebug]

Ugh I’ve been following the “to go or not go” thread. I vacillate hourly. Dana and I are both vaccinated and would be masked the entire time indoors and outdoors unless no one is around (haha when would THAT happen). We have only a few days left to decide, but, if we cancel, we will lose 200+ points. I am hoping the crowds will have slowed down but who really knows, and it really is a crapshoot.

My daughter is in a similar dilemma. She's fully vax'd. Her flight is tomorrow, she's supposed to share a house with a group of other young adults (I find this the scariest part), heading into a convention for a day and other activities.

DD is super with sanitizing and masks, but in that house how much mask wearing will go on? I feel bad for her as she spent nearly $700 on those flights, and is only going for 4 nights... but wow, those numbers are unbelievable and the concentration in and around Orlando is very high.

For 200 points, I would go even if I skipped the parks and just hung out in the hotel / pool.

Yes. Play it by ear. The pool areas should be fairly un-congested and safe. I was watching a livestream that noted the indoor areas have fewer people from even just 2 weeks back and the outdoor areas are more crowded now. People have shifted how they behave.

 

[sleepydog25]

Ugh I’ve been following the “to go or not go” thread. I vacillate hourly. Dana and I are both vaccinated and would be masked the entire time indoors and outdoors unless no one is around (haha when would THAT happen). We have only a few days left to decide, but, if we cancel, we will lose 200+ points. I am hoping the crowds will have slowed down but who really knows, and it really is a crapshoot.

Go. Stay outside as much as you can. We go being closer to Disney now, but we only ride a handful of rides each time (sometimes only a couple), eat at outdoor venues, or we mobile order to eat in the room. You are in a low-risk group, and your other actions will mitigate that further.

 

[gretabull]

Ugh I’ve been following the “to go or not go” thread. I vacillate hourly. Dana and I are both vaccinated and would be masked the entire time indoors and outdoors unless no one is around (haha when would THAT happen). We have only a few days left to decide, but, if we cancel, we will lose 200+ points. I am hoping the crowds will have slowed down but who really knows, and it really is a crapshoot.

I am the same way. I keep changing my mind hourly - going in 10 days. I am vaccinated and I am going solo so it would be easy for me to escape the crowds. But I'm a nurse and I never got Covid and have been wearing masks for 18 months and being so careful, that I would be upset if I got sick from WDW. But the other part of me is wanting to go because the reason we are getting vaccinated is to live our lives.

Do you know if the mobile ordering at the hotel can be packed to go? I am staying at Copper Creek

 

[Corinne]

Have I ever stated how much I love this group?
(Maybe once or twice). I truly appreciate everyone weighing in, thanks!

 

[sleepydog25]

Happy Friday, Groupies! Here's hoping each of you has a marvelous weekend planned. I'm off today and tomorrow, but Sunday-Tuesday I'll be working. . .though to be fair, having the Atlantic Ocean as my "office view" often makes it seem like it's not work.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Our marvelous weekend (5 night ) includes days at Dollywood and their waterpark with DS and two marvelous DGSs!!

Then we also travel to Hendersonville NC to see great friends.

Waking up in the “Land of Blue Smoke” makes my heart sing!

So yes, happy weekend fellow Groupies!!

 

[Lakegirl]

30 days is our countdown!,

 

[Lakegirl]

Corinne not sure if you have touring plans or not but they just dropped crowd levels for my week, I looked at yours while I was on it and if they are accurate it should be incredible. Like walk on incredible!!! Getting excited and looking forward to dinner and drinks at Geyser Point. That is one of my favorite things to do now at VWL. Happy Saturday everyone!

 

[Suzabella]

Corinne not sure if you have touring plans or not but they just dropped crowd levels for my week, I looked at yours while I was on it and if they are accurate it should be incredible. Like walk on incredible!!! Getting excited and looking forward to dinner and drinks at Geyser Point. That is one of my favorite things to do now at VWL. Happy Saturday everyone!

I noticed this last night. The month of September looks like a GREAT time to visit the parks. Makes the drop in points per night for that month make sense. Maybe people waiting for anniversary celebration to start?

 

[Corinne]

Corinne not sure if you have touring plans or not but they just dropped crowd levels for my week, I looked at yours while I was on it and if they are accurate it should be incredible. Like walk on incredible!!! Getting excited and looking forward to dinner and drinks at Geyser Point. That is one of my favorite things to do now at VWL. Happy Saturday everyone!

I noticed this last night. The month of September looks like a GREAT time to visit the parks. Makes the drop in points per night for that month make sense. Maybe people waiting for anniversary celebration to start?

Hi Lakegirl and Suzabella, i do not have Touring Plans, so really appreciate your posts! Oh my gosh this makes me so happy, it was something I was secretly hoping for all along. We always go in September and it is typically slower, but it is hard to make any assumptions with the state of the world right now. Fingers crossed!

 

[Suzabella]

Hi Lakegirl and Suzabella, i do not have Touring Plans, so really appreciate your posts! Oh my gosh this makes me so happy, it was something I was secretly hoping for all along. We always go in September and it is typically slower, but it is hard to make any assumptions with the state of the world right now. Fingers crossed!

Touring Plans is the same group as Unofficial Guide which we've always used with great success. Kids thought it was a treasure hunt to find our next ride. You can see the next couple months of estimated crowd levels for free on their website. Just add .com. You can subscribe for expanded features. I think we'll use this on our next trip instead of book. Its about the same cost.

 

[twinklebug]

Touring Plans is the same group as Unofficial Guide which we've always used with great success. Kids thought it was a treasure hunt to find our next ride. You can see the next couple months of estimated crowd levels for free on their website. Just add .com. You can subscribe for expanded features. I think we'll use this on our next trip instead of book. Its about the same cost.

I used TP in the past. It helped when I was returning to Disney after a decade-long break.

We've all been so often I think we could teach these websites a few things. I only find it useful to bring up these sites for a chuckle at what they think the crowd levels will be like.

 

[Suzabella]

I used TP in the past. It helped when I was returning to Disney after a decade break.

We've all been so often I think we could teach these websites a few things. I only find it useful to bring up these sites for a chuckle at what they think the crowd levels will be like.

We used them when our kids were still younger. Never waited in line more than 20 minutes and that included a spring break trip. Now that it's just us, we just wing it by watching wait times. Since we've already done everything, the pressure to ride as many rides as possible is off. We like a more leisurely park visit these days.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Hey everyone! Hoping you are all having a good weekend. Sleepy our dates are set for Feb 1-10 but our resort is still up in the air. Right now we have a 3 resort split stay ugh. BLT, SSR and then BWV. We have 2 nights at SSR that we have on a waitlist hoping to get either BLT or BWV for those nights instead. Seems like everytime I check one day will open up but it is always for the opposite one we would need.

 

[Thegoatfeeder]

We just booked our first VWL stay for mid February and couldn't be more excited about it! 4 nights randomly popped up last night so we jumped on the opportunity and added it onto the end of our SSR stay.

We are still waiting for our VWL resale contract to come through so have been operating within the 7 month window.

It just occurred to me though, it seems the renovations are currently on going, how long does this process normally take? I know it took forever at SSR but thats to be expected its a huge resort, I am wondering whether it'll be finished by Feb or more likely how much of it will be done by Feb!