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

[Flossbolna]

I think the bathroom/hallway/closet part of the room at the deluxe resorts takes up far more space than the bathroom/closet area in the moderates.

 

[Corinne]

Happy weekend Groupies.....geez, 10 pages to catch up on!!!

Sorry I missed your birthday Muush!!! Hope it was great!

Jimmy- I saw the post on FB congrats!!!!

Thank you for all the prayers for my cousin. His surgery was successful, but still waiting to hear more.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Happy Friday All!!!!
Our weekend consists of work(for the WDW/DVC obsession)and going to a baby reveal tomorrow for our DD and DSIL, which has to do with an AR15 shooting into a box that says boy or girl filled with a blue or pink powder that none of us knows what it isThings sure are different when we used to just tell our parents, hey, you are going to be grandparents

Just saw the FB pictures Jimmy! Congrats! That's a different way to find out than I've heard of before - done with a bang! The last family member I saw do a reveal dumped colored confetti out of the box. lol

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I think the bathroom/hallway/closet part of the room at the deluxe resorts takes up far more space than the bathroom/closet area in the moderates.

I agree - the moderates fit the bathrooms in a small area at the end of the room but the layout is different with no balcony. They also have to fit the kitchenette into the DVC studios and I also was thinking the moderates, though smaller, were a bit wider which would allow a different configuration of the room.

But a different config of the 1BR's very likely could have meant a sleeper chair should they have wanted to do that. Then CCV could have slept 5 in the 1BR's or 9 in the 2BR's. Having the connecting door out by the entries just possibly could have meant a murphy bed in the studios. I'll volunteer to go measure too!

 

[TCRAIG]

Just saw the FB pictures Jimmy! Congrats! That's a different way to find out than I've heard of before - done with a bang! The last family member I saw do a reveal dumped colored confetti out of the box. lol

Hey - I'm not on FB - what color did soon to be Gpa and Gma J+T get?

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Hey - I'm not on FB - what color did soon to be Gpa and Gma J+T get?

Not to steal Jimmy and Tammy's thunder but since you ask.....Baby Blue!

 

[DVC Jen]

Hello VWL groupies. I hope you all are doing well. It has been a pretty hard week here in my hometown. Perhaps some may have heard about a tornado hitting Ottawa. They say it was a F3.5, but I don't know that for certain. Two men were killed by a falling tree, but otherwise the human loss was minimal. All the Chicago TV stations are gone now, and most of the police from surrounding towns have returned home. Power is restored to most, but not all victims of the storm. I drove across the bridge racing for home, and missed the center of it, but felt it's effect for several blocks before I was able to drive out of the stronger wind speeds. The storm lasted about three to five minutes going from the west side to the east on the south side of the river. Many will be out of their homes for many days to come. The cleanup seems like a daunting task. They could use a few prayers this weekend. Thanks you.

Here is a short video of the scene:

https://www.facebook.com/shannon.cantu.9/posts/1447851781903525

I am glad you are OK. Tornadoes are SCARY. We live in the town in Texas that was hit the day after Christmas in 2015. DH and myself were (at that time) the heads of our cities Skywarn group. He is the one who sounded the sirens that night when the EF4 went through our town. We were very lucky the tornado went through 2 miles from our home so we didn't have damage. Over 800 homes were completely destroyed and over 1K were severely damaged. Our town and neighboring towns 911 system was so overwhelmed the calls started coming into our regional EOC where we were. I ended up (untrained) answering them for hours. That night changed me forever. I am really so very glad you are OK. I am sorry to hear about the loss of life, but glad it was not worse. Sending big hugs from tornado alley to you.

 

[TCRAIG]

Not to steal Jimmy and Tammy's thunder but since you ask.....Baby Blue!

That's wonderful! We had a cake cutting reveal for our Grand - we got PINK! I know both J+T and me and The Hubs are just so excited to join the Grand Parent tribe!!

 

[Friendlyadvice2]

So I just got the new CCV brochure in the mail from DVC and I find this wording odd/interesting. On page 12-13, it talks about being a CCV owner and enjoying access to other amenities at the WL Hotel plus, "explore the new BR Cove Pool, part of BRV at Disneys WL." IMO, that reads as if it's our pool and not part of CCV at all?!?! I'm thinking along the lines of MF or a potential future special assessment here. I guess if the costs are split evenly it may not matter, but I was not under the impression that this pool belonged solely to our association. Am I just not thinking about it correctly?

 

[Dean Marino]

So I just got the new CCV brochure in the mail from DVC and I find this wording odd/interesting. On page 12-13, it talks about being a CCV owner and enjoying access to other amenities at the WL Hotel plus, "explore the new BR Cove Pool, part of BRV at Disneys WL." IMO, that reads as if it's our pool and not part of CCV at all?!?! I'm thinking along the lines of MF or a potential future special assessment here. I guess if the costs are split evenly it may not matter, but I was not under the impression that this pool belonged solely to our association. Am I just not thinking about it correctly?

Let's look at the OLD pool.....

This was always a shared resource. Folks from the Main Lodge could use it. Hence, we paid for it as a shared resource.
Flash forward - New pool. Folks from the Lodge can still use it. Still a shared resource.

 

[vwlfan]

I must have missed some information. I know new villas open in July. Does that mean that the new pool and everything else will be open too? We are coming 7/6 and leaving 7/13, can we hope we will have access to new pool et al?

 

[Granny]

I must have missed some information. I know new villas open in July. Does that mean that the new pool and everything else will be open too? We are coming 7/6 and leaving 7/13, can we hope we will have access to new pool et al?

Disney has indicated the pool will be open this summer...nothing more definitive as far as I know. So yes, you should be able to access the new pool.

By the way, you have a GREAT user name!

 

[sleepydog25]

I must have missed some information. I know new villas open in July. Does that mean that the new pool and everything else will be open too? We are coming 7/6 and leaving 7/13, can we hope we will have access to new pool et al?

Welcome, vwlfan! Glad you dropped in! As Granny points out, the pool is scheduled to be open by the summer, and given DVC has announced that the new Copper Creek resort will be up and running by July (17th, I've read), I feel quite certain that means the pool will be operating before then to shake out the bugs, so to speak. As for other facilities, currently Roaring Fork is closed, as is the outdoor seating there. No word on when it will start operations again, but my educated guess is that it will at least be by the time Copper Creek resort has guests in its rooms. Further, the Trout Pass pool bar is closed and is rumored to re-open as a salon, date unknown. The bike and boat rental has been closed since construction began with no word when, or even if, it will re-open though I'm guessing it will since the building and dock weren't razed. Same goes for Cubs' Den though it might relocate. Other than those things, pretty much all the other facilities are going full bore including the new eatery, Geyser Point Bar & Grill. In short, I think you'll be just fine for your dates.

Also, you know those mostly "ghost" threads that appear at the bottom of the page? On my page this morning, I see none other than our very own Groupies thread! Guess some of those are older than dirt threads after all.

 

[jimmytammy]

Greg
Glad you folks are OK! Prayers headed to Him for healing for your community.
Tornadoes scare me. We are fortunate where we live that our mountains break up a lot of storms that come from the west, but we get some doozies from the gulf sometimes where there is no protection from the southwest. Our coast and even inland where we are located get pounded by hurricanes. Hugo came inland a few yrs back, tore up jack around our parts, even reached into the NC mts. which are located totally opposite end where hurricanes should be

Its a boy!! That was a cool way to reveal for sure. Paul hit the box from 200 yds. out on the 1st shot, that bad boy blew up(sounded like a tank firing)blue powder went everywhere. We are excited either way, just praying for a healthy baby.

 

[horselover]

Just saw the FB pictures Jimmy! Congrats! That's a different way to find out than I've heard of before - done with a bang! The last family member I saw do a reveal dumped colored confetti out of the box. lol

I saw the pictures too. Congrats Jimmy & Tammy!

A friend toured the models yesterday & shared lots of pictures on FB. The bureau is hideous! Trying hard to reserve judgement until I see it in person but I still think it looks like cheap furniture & has no wilderness feel whatsoever.

 

[sleepydog25]

I saw the pictures too. Congrats Jimmy & Tammy!

A friend toured the models yesterday & shared lots of pictures on FB. The bureau is hideous! Trying hard to reserve judgement until I see it in person but I still think it looks like cheap furniture & has no wilderness feel whatsoever.

If that bureau is the one from the studio picture I saw, then I must agree. With the right room theme, it might fit, but no way does it fit in with the sleek, modern look they seem to be going for. We, too, are attempting to reserve judgment before viewing the rooms, yet that's getting more difficult to do with each passing picture or review. By the way, where did your friend go to see the models? SSR?

 

[ErinC]

I will chime in and say that the pics of the new rooms are hideous. Nothing about them says "wilderness" or "boulder" to me. I hope DVC didn't pay big bucks to some decorator to come up with that because they should get a refund. I'll try to go see in person, but I can just tell you that I'm not going to like them. They look like something more suited to BLT. It would be fine at BLT, but it doesn't flow at all with the theme of the resort.

JimmyTammy congrats on the grand baby. Love the reveal idea. I had to share with my DH about that idea. We had babies pre gender reveal, so they are sort of foreign to us.

 

[jimmytammy]

TCRAIG
Congratulations!

Thanks for all the well wishes folks!

 

[horselover]

If that bureau is the one from the studio picture I saw, then I must agree. With the right room theme, it might fit, but no way does it fit in with the sleek, modern look they seem to be going for. We, too, are attempting to reserve judgment before viewing the rooms, yet that's getting more difficult to do with each passing picture or review. By the way, where did your friend go to see the models? SSR?

This hideous thing?



The shower looks nice I'll give them that.

I honestly don't know where she saw the model. I asked but she didn't respond. I would imagine the preview center but my guide said tours opened 3/8. She obviously got that wrong.

2 more sleeps for me! I still plan to go to the member preview on Wed. & stop by GP on Thu. afternoon for that delicious looking brisket dip & a drink or two. I will report back on what I find. Inspector Moose is on the case!

 

[DiznyDi]

This hideous thing?

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The shower looks nice I'll give them that.

I honestly don't know where she saw the model. I asked but she didn't respond. I would imagine the preview center but my guide said tours opened 3/8. She obviously got that wrong.

2 more sleeps for me! I still plan to go to the member preview on Wed. & stop by GP on Thu. afternoon for that delicious looking brisket dip & a drink or two. I will report back on what I find. Inspector Moose is on the case!

All I can say is "Oh my". That bureau is just awful. Thanks for posting the picture of 'that hideous thing'.

Yay for 2 more sleeps! Looking forward to your report after the preview. But more importantly for me anyway - I want to know about the brisket!