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

[horselover]

Julie, the CR convention business center is open 8 to 5 on both Saturday's and Sunday's.

I made a quick trip to WL but had to run (so I wouldn't miss my 7DMT FP ) and didn't get a chance to ask about the fed ex shipping.

Thank you Kathy!!!! You rock!!!!! Worst case I know now I can get over there on Sat. or Sun. & just use UPS to ship home. I'll call the resort & find out about leaving a prepaid FedEx box with bell services.

I don't know if anyone here is in the web design business but if you are I have tremendous respect for you! I'm in the process of designing a new website. I decided to do it myself. Good lord it's a ton of work! Just deciding on the right colors to use is a project. It will be great when it's completed I'm sure but for now it's a pain in the butt! I do at least have the bones of it up. Decided on colors. home page, about us, & contact page done. It's the rest of the content that is going to take a ton of time. But I suppose when it's done I can add web designer to my list of accomplishments.

Counting down until our Christmas stay! I so miss our home. 2 years is too long between stays.

 

[MaryJ]

Happy Birthday MaryJ & twinmom108!!!!

Happy Birthday MaryJ & twinmom108!!!!

Hope it is a good one.

Wishing MaryJ and twinmom108 a very Happy Birthday!

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to MaryJ!!!

I'm late to the party, again!
Happy Birthday Twinmom108!
Happy Birthday Mary!

I hope you each had a wonderful day

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I was at my DD's house on my birthday helping to take care of my newest DGD, born on November 5th (an early birthday gift for me), and this is my first time on the boards in weeks. We actually left WDW on that same day, and knowing that there would be a new DGD for me to meet….well, let's just say it was the first time I wasn't sad about leaving WDW! Of course, it also helps to know that we will be there again Dec. 15-21 and staying at the best Christmas resort on property…VWL!

 

[sleepydog25]

Busy we must be. Bottom of page not let I. Cold is it. Amused not am I. Other Groupies doing how?

 

[twokats]

Busy we must be. Bottom of page not let I. Cold is it. Amused not am I. Other Groupies doing how?

Oh Sleepy, so glad you caught us and brought us back up!!!

I know since I have been back from vacation I have just been playing catchup with life in general. We have been hit with unusually cold weather for Texas in November, nothing like some of the rest of you are or will have, but remember my part of Texas panics at one flake of snow. Which we did have a light snowfall Sunday night, which was very early in the season for us and quite a few days of 40ish days. November is usually in the mid 60's for us.

So now that I have the weather off my chest, I hope those of you that are dealing with snow and equally cold weather have a good week as we get prepared for the upcoming holidays.

 

[jimmytammy]

MaryJ
Congratulations on your new addition to the family! I know you are one proud Grandma. Hopefully, we are are a few years away from it(for my DD and DSL sake, not ours), but we are looking forward to those days.

Sleepy
The cold air is tough for sure. Way to cold for our neck of the woods this early

twokats
Glad you are getting back to some normalcy. Love my vacations, but it turns life upside down...in a good way though, wouldnt have it any other way

 

[sleepydog25]

No, JT, not a fan of below zero windchills which we had for two nights and mornings. Thankfully, we have two new Mitsubishi ductless heaters which work way better than our gas-insert heater in the fireplace which had been our main source of heat. . .for a 23-foot cathedral ceiling.

I can attest to the wonderfulness of being a grandparent, though somewhere along the way, I gained a few more years in age than I'd realized. I mean, I'm just a youngster myself. . .

 

[Granny]

Busy we must be. Bottom of page not let I. Cold is it. Amused not am I. Other Groupies doing how?

Yodadog...yes, quiet it has been...I guess many Groupies eagerly anticipating a holiday trip to WDW. Looking forward to reports, mini meets and of course lots of pictures!

I think everyone is in the "is it really only 35 days until Christmas" panic mode.

At least I know we are...heavy into the interior holiday decorating and all six of the first floor trees are up, though not decorated. The only fully decorated tree is the Disney tree in our hearth room, and it is looking great as always!

Hoping this finds all Groupies healthy and happy this holiday season.

 

[sleepydog25]

Yodadog...yes, quiet it has been...I guess many Groupies eagerly anticipating a holiday trip to WDW. Looking forward to reports, mini meets and of course lots of pictures!

I think everyone is in the "is it really only 35 days until Christmas" panic mode.

At least I know we are...heavy into the interior holiday decorating and all six of the first floor trees are up, though not decorated. The only fully decorated tree is the Disney tree in our hearth room, and it is looking great as always!

Hoping this finds all Groupies healthy and happy this holiday season.

Six trees? Just first floor?! I looked for a fainting smilie but didn't find one. I had our deck decorated two weekends ago when the weather was mild, but I won't light them until post-Thanksgiving. A Disney tree, huh? Hmm. I'll be luv would like that.

 

[jimmytammy]

We are a 2 tree family, but like Granny, one of them is a Disney tree. Got to have that

We are headed to High Point, NC today(furniture capital of the South)to a Craftsman Christmas show. Always fun this time of year to take in this type of thing, helps in the spirit of it all. We have been listening to Christmas music on XM for over a week now, saw Kirk Camerons new Saving Christmas movie last weekend(not a great storyline, but very meaningful). Great explaining of symbols and tying lots together.

The how bad have you got it bug has hit us...again!! Bout a week after getting back from cruise/WDW in Oct. I told Tammy we need to plan an impromptu trip soon, so we are headed back Dec. 8-12(flying to the area on the 5th, staying a few nights in Clermont with Brad, Tearsa and Mikayla, our friends from MI who relocated a few yrs ago). So between our Feb-Mar 2 week trip, me and T going on our anniv. in May, impromptu trip to AKV in Aug., Fantasy Cruise/BWV in Oct. and now this one, this will be our 1st time getting 5 trips in one year. I think we had done 4 once.

Wishing we could have worked it out to be there when wfc4life and sechem32 were there(we will be OTW home 2 days before they arrive)but CaptD and I have a unit to finish the 16th at work, and I knew that weekend and couple days leading up to completion would be critical. But I can assure you, we are in planning mode with them for May right now

Looking forward to a possible meet with fellow groupies in Dec. DiznyDi is working her magic right now

 

[Granny]

Six trees? Just first floor?! I looked for a fainting smilie but didn't find one. I had our deck decorated two weekends ago when the weather was mild, but I won't light them until post-Thanksgiving. A Disney tree, huh? Hmm. I'll be luv would like that.

Sleepy...here's that smilie you were looking for! It's really not that bad with all the trees, though the neighbors do tend to make fun of us a lot (in good spirit).

We have three "themed" trees and our tree acquisition seems to have grown over the years such that our Christmas decorations take up the bulk of our storage space in the house. So we tend to put them up early and leave them up through January 6.

We are a 2 tree family, but like Granny, one of them is a Disney tree. Got to have that

Yep, one of our trip traditions is buying an ornament for the Disney tree. We were doing pretty well until Mrs Granny decided that the new Princess Shoe ornaments were just so cute and we ended up with a bunch of those this year. Oh well, 'tis the season.

 

[MaryJ]

We have always had a fresh cut tree for Christmas and have placed it in our living room. Just last year I told DH I wanted to get an artificial tree to put in our basement family room since that is where we spend most of our evenings anyway. I decided to theme it as my Disney tree. Several years ago, when our DD was doing the college program, she bought a sleeve of the small Mickey shaped ornaments and personalized all of them with our family names. When our first granddaughter was born, I bought a second sleeve so we could add her to the tree. I have taken that sleeve back to WDW two times and will take it again next month to add our fifth and sixth grandchildren to the tree. Now if I could just find a good Disney tree topper….

 

[DiznyDi]

Boy, all this talk of Christmas trees is making me think I should get mine out
With our kids out of the house and no grandkids yet and with our annual December trip to WDW, we no longer do lots of Christmas decorating. DDad will attest to the Christmas that we had a blow-up Mickey in the living room as our tree. I have a fully decorated 4 ft tree that we'll put up. It's cute. I add several 'ornaments' to it each year. I've collected leather COACH keychains for years. They are now on display on my little tree.

When our children were young, we always had a real tree. But as allergies and asthma came into our world things changed and a permanent tree became our norm.

Granny, would love to see some pictures of all those trees! The storage for everything must take quite a bit of space. I can only imagine.....

For any Groupies that would like the opportunity to get together and put a face to the name on the internet, we're planning to meet at the TOWL on Dec. 11th 8:30ish PM. Wishes is at 9:30 that night. It will be fun to get acquainted with one another.

JT, this is a 5-trip year for me, too. Who would have thought.... Most unusual. I will have to stay home at some point. The old 'point' well is beginning to dry up.

We've had cold temperatures and lots of snow all week. Today is to get into the 40's with rain! Enjoy your week-end Groupies!

 

[horselover]

Yodadog...yes, quiet it has been...I guess many Groupies eagerly anticipating a holiday trip to WDW. Looking forward to reports, mini meets and of course lots of pictures!

I think everyone is in the "is it really only 35 days until Christmas" panic mode.

At least I know we are...heavy into the interior holiday decorating and all six of the first floor trees are up, though not decorated. The only fully decorated tree is the Disney tree in our hearth room, and it is looking great as always!

Hoping this finds all Groupies healthy and happy this holiday season.

6 trees??!!! Holy Moly! (I think this was the smiley you were looking for Sly!). Your house sure does have the Christmas spirit! Pictures would be lovely.

We are headed to High Point, NC today(furniture capital of the South)to a Craftsman Christmas show. Always fun this time of year to take in this type of thing, helps in the spirit of it all. We have been listening to Christmas music on XM for over a week now, saw Kirk Camerons new Saving Christmas movie last weekend(not a great storyline, but very meaningful). Great explaining of symbols and tying lots together.

The how bad have you got it bug has hit us...again!! Bout a week after getting back from cruise/WDW in Oct. I told Tammy we need to plan an impromptu trip soon, so we are headed back Dec. 8-12(flying to the area on the 5th, staying a few nights in Clermont with Brad, Tearsa and Mikayla, our friends from MI who relocated a few yrs ago). So between our Feb-Mar 2 week trip, me and T going on our anniv. in May, impromptu trip to AKV in Aug., Fantasy Cruise/BWV in Oct. and now this one, this will be our 1st time getting 5 trips in one year. I think we had done 4 once.

Wishing we could have worked it out to be there when wfc4life and sechem32 were there(we will be OTW home 2 days before they arrive)but CaptD and I have a unit to finish the 16th at work, and I knew that weekend and couple days leading up to completion would be critical. But I can assure you, we are in planning mode with them for May right now

Looking forward to a possible meet with fellow groupies in Dec. DiznyDi is working her magic right now

The Christmas show sounds like fun. Enjoy!

Looks like I'm going to get the opportunity to meet wfc4life and sechem32 in Dec.! We overlap a day & we're already making plans to meet on 12/20. I certainly helps that we're both at the Lodge. Congrats on booking your bonus trip! What dates are you planning for May? Maybe we'll overlap. I'll be there 5/13-17 at BCV.

Have a good weekend all!

 

[jimmytammy]

Di
I say lets stretch it out in 2015 and go for sixWe are hoping to fly to England in Aug to see Ts brother and his family, so extra trips will be out for us, but we are hoping to slip in a end of year 2015 WDW trip.

Horselover
We will be there May 11-22 at BLT. Our DD will be with us since her DH will be deployed. A meet would be great!

 

[ottawagreg]

Good Morning Groupies!

We are on the clock now. 30 days until we return home. Today is the deadline for our customized magic bands. Do you think I will regret going with the pink one? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Not sure what this trip will be like considering the crush of people. We have never been to the castle at Christmas.

We may see 50 degrees here in N. Illinois. Maybe I can walk walk nine holes. Enjoy your weekend.

Greg

 

[wildernessDad]

14 days until Kidani, 18 days until our beloved lodge! Woo hoo!

 

[tea pot]

Yodadog
At least I know we are...heavy into the interior holiday decorating and all six of the first floor trees are up, though not decorated. The only fully decorated tree is the Disney tree in our hearth room, and it is looking great as always!
Hoping this finds all Groupies healthy and happy this holiday season.

As Always Granny I'm impressed

We are a 2 tree family, but like Granny, one of them is a Disney tree. Got to have that

Two trees for us too.
We added the second Disney Tree when the Family tree was covered in so much Disney
and we wanted a second tree up stairs it was a perfect solution.
This year does present a challenge we have a new kitty
(adopted from a shelter) his name is Shenanigans and boy does he
live up to it !! Only Unbreakable ornaments on the tree this year

Oh and by the Way Hello Groupies
How are all of you doing?
Sorry I just pop in and out like a lost puppy but
It make my heart smile to see that you are all still here
It's like coming home.

 

[horselover]

Good evening groupie friends. Can someone please help a fellow groupie out? I searched the thread but can't find it. I know there's a map floating around out there that shows room numbers for all the floors at the villas. I know someone on this thread shared it. Granny maybe? Can someone point me in the right direction where I might find it? I need to refresh my memory on some room numbers so I can call in my request this week. And yes I know it's not guaranteed but we've been pretty lucky with our requests. We'll see if our luck holds for this trip.

Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind! Finally found one on Google.

 

[Granny]

Good evening groupie friends. Can someone please help a fellow groupie out? I searched the thread but can't find it. I know there's a map floating around out there that shows room numbers for all the floors at the villas. I know someone on this thread shared it. Granny maybe? Can someone point me in the right direction where I might find it? I need to refresh my memory on some room numbers so I can call in my request this week. And yes I know it's not guaranteed but we've been pretty lucky with our requests. We'll see if our luck holds for this trip.

Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind! Finally found one on Google.

Glad you found it...'cause I don't have it!

Good luck with the requests.

 

[Granny]

Groupies...a little prayer request if you are so inclined. My town (St. Louis) is in lockdown mode anticipating the grand jury announcement on whether a police officer will be indicted for the shooting of a teenager in the suburb of Ferguson. Riots are anticipated and the National Guard and Army Delta forces have been called in. We are all praying for a non-violent evening but bracing ourselves for the worst. May all be safe and unharmed throughout this process. Thanks.