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

[Corinne]

Happy Birthday Nicoal13!

 

[cheer4bison]

My groupies friends are the best!!! Thanks for all the birthday cheer. Even though it is FREEZING here in New Jersey, it was a lovely birthday weekend.

Sending birthday wishes to Nicoal13!

 

[DiznyDi]

Wishing Nicoal13 a very Happy Birthday!

-5 at our house this morning. I'm trying to decide what kind of soup to put on the stove for dinner....
Happy Monday, Groupies. Stay safe and warm!

 

[eliza61]

Happy Birthday Nicoal13!! hope you are some where warm and sunny.


I am a whiny, grumpy mess this morning. It's been bitterly cold here in Philly the last couple of days and looks to be that way the remainder of the week. -13 real feel this morning and I can only imagine what my electric bill is going to look like.

Winter has never been my favorite time of the year.

***sighs*** going to play some Disneyworld youtubes to break outta my cold weather funk. lol, although it could be worse, I could be in Boston.

 

[DisneyNutzy]

Happy belated birthday Cheer4Bison and Happy Birthday Nicoal13. I am so with you Eliza! I have had it with the cold weather, it makes me miserable! We have a Vero Beach/Spring training trip planned for March but I am really regretting not planning that trip for Presidents week at the moment. This would have been a great time to escape the cold.
Stay warm groupies!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Happy birthday Nicoal13

 

[MiaSRN62]

Happy Birthday Nicoal13!! hope you are some where warm and sunny.


I am a whiny, grumpy mess this morning. It's been bitterly cold here in Philly the last couple of days and looks to be that way the remainder of the week. -13 real feel this morning and I can only imagine what my electric bill is going to look like.

Winter has never been my favorite time of the year.

***sighs*** going to play some Disneyworld youtubes to break outta my cold weather funk. lol, although it could be worse, I could be in Boston.

eliza and Disneynutzy.....I feel the same way!! Brutal cold.....I would even put up with the massive crowds in WDW over this weather!!!!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Happy Birthday Nicoal13

 

[wildernessDad]

Anybody from the mid-atlantic area? It looks like it's finally our turn to get a snowstorm of some significance.

 

[DisneyNutzy]

I apologize if anyone has already posted this video from Dis Unplugged but the quality of the video is excellent and really makes you want to be "Home"

 

[sleepydog25]

Anybody from the mid-atlantic area? It looks like it's finally our turn to get a snowstorm of some significance.

The mountains of southwest Virginia, Dad, and we're squarely in the eye of this storm. High was single digits and snow started around 2:30. About 5-6 inches thus far and still coming down through the night. Not. A. Fan.

 

[sleepydog25]

I apologize if anyone has already posted this video from Dis Unplugged but the quality of the video is excellent and really makes you want to be "Home"

Thanks for posting! Loved seeing our home away from home, and given the weather here, would love to be at the Lodge right now. Watching the video, however, I'm struck by two things. First, the music which is so inspiring at the Lodge wasn't recreated in any way, shape, or form on the video (calling Yanni!). Second, seeing the refurbished Lodge rooms made me wish that DVC had followed suit and gone more rustic than bland-stic when they refurbed the VWL ones.

 

[twinklebug]

The mountains of southwest Virginia, Dad, and we're squarely in the eye of this storm. High was single digits and snow started around 2:30. About 5-6 inches thus far and still coming down through the night. Not. A. Fan.

If it's not enough snow for you by morning, we have plenty to share up here in MA, and can arrange to ship some down. Supposed to be getting another 3-6" on top of what we have already. I can't see my car past the snow pile out there, LOL.

As a bonus, all this snow reminded me of when I was a kid and we'd visit my grandparents up in Maine. I used Google maps to explore the town they lived in and was able to find the house they lived in, a tiny little 4 room cottage just off the main road. I was about 8 when I last saw it Google car didn't do a drive by of the town (it's Maine, LOL) but my dad confirmed it was on that road when I spoke with him today. There was a certain warm fuzzy feeling to being able to find it without an address.

 

[puppytrainer]

Forgive me if this is somewhere in the thread, I have not gone back and read the whole thing. When checking in, is there a check in desk in the DVC building or are all check-ins done in the main lobby?

Thanks!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Forgive me if this is somewhere in the thread, I have not gone back and read the whole thing. When checking in, is there a check in desk in the DVC building or are all check-ins done in the main lobby?

Thanks!

VWL shares check in at the main building with WL.

I've been catching a little bit of news that Disney has been rolling out direct to room so if you have your Magic bands, do online check in, provide a credit card and a phone number to receive a text you supposedly will receive a notification of the room number and can skip the front desk. Not certain if it's all resorts but it sounded like it may be.

 

[puppytrainer]

Great, thanks! We actually tested direct to room check in last year at AKV. It worked real slick for us as we had a late flight and we're very familiar with the resort. Bypassing the desk and heading straight to bed was nice. If it's an option this time I'll have to think about it seeing as this is our first time at VWL, might opt to talk to a CM. Hmmm, such decisions.

 

[Granny]

VWL shares check in at the main building with WL.

I've been catching a little bit of news that Disney has been rolling out direct to room so if you have your Magic bands, do online check in, provide a credit card and a phone number to receive a text you supposedly will receive a notification of the room number and can skip the front desk. Not certain if it's all resorts but it sounded like it may be.

I'm not really familiar with "direct to room". So you don't go to the front desk to check in, just wait for a text? And they tell you your room number before you even arrive? I have a feeling I'm not understanding this correctly. I'm not a fan of the texting thing since our last five trips we haven't ever received that "your room is ready now" text after we check in. Only when we go to the front desk and ask is our room magically ready and the text must be "just about to be sent".

 

[Granny]

I apologize if anyone has already posted this video from Dis Unplugged but the quality of the video is excellent and really makes you want to be "Home"

Thanks for posting! Loved seeing our home away from home, and given the weather here, would love to be at the Lodge right now. Watching the video, however, I'm struck by two things. First, the music which is so inspiring at the Lodge wasn't recreated in any way, shape, or form on the video (calling Yanni!). Second, seeing the refurbished Lodge rooms made me wish that DVC had followed suit and gone more rustic than bland-stic when they refurbed the VWL ones.

DisneyNutzy...I did see that link on the DISBoards front page but didn't look at it until you posted it. It did make me homesick!

SlyDog...I can't disagree with either of your two points.

 

[sleepydog25]

If it's not enough snow for you by morning, we have plenty to share up here in MA, and can arrange to ship some down. Supposed to be getting another 3-6" on top of what we have already. I can't see my car past the snow pile out there, LOL.

As a bonus, all this snow reminded me of when I was a kid and we'd visit my grandparents up in Maine. I used Google maps to explore the town they lived in and was able to find the house they lived in, a tiny little 4 room cottage just off the main road. I was about 8 when I last saw it Google car didn't do a drive by of the town (it's Maine, LOL) but my dad confirmed it was on that road when I spoke with him today. There was a certain warm fuzzy feeling to being able to find it without an address.

I almost posted a small caveat that the snow we're getting--our first real snow of the season (and hopefully our last)--doesn't begin to touch the amounts (or annoyance factor) that NE has received the past few weeks. I do feel for you. On the other hand, I live in VA not MA, so I have a right to expect milder winters.

 

[jimmytammy]

Like the idea of room ready though I am with Granny on the texting thing, we have not got the text on one occasion. All electronics IMO are not fully trustworthy, phones, texts, fax, computers and email. Glitches in all these are still very much real as we tell our kids. Human interaction is still the way to go, eye contact, actually using our voices to convey the message is still they way to go. Now the landline phone system is closest thing to trustworthy electronics that I can think of.

Weather isnt as bad here as it could have been, ground is white with 1" of sleet, snow pretty much skipped us, but roads are tougher to navigate for it. Like sleepy says, you folks in the NE, not complaining here in our neck of the woods, praying for a thaw out soon for yall

Dizny Nutzy, love the video! Sleepy mentioned the music, which reminds me, Live 365 has a good app to add to your phone, its free and if you type in Disney as a genre, many stations will pop up, including a DVC station, that plays an hour loop of WL music, did so yesterday around noon and it made for a very nice warm atmosphere