Well, there is a sidewalk there though the tunnel. I ran on it when I did the half marathon, but the road was closed then. I like the idea of discount!They'd have to add a path on the east side of the 7 Seas Lagoon before they had a loop. The problem is the waterway connecting 7 Seas and Bay Lake I'd think. I'm not certain what kind of room there is in the tunnel for a good running path thru it? I've heard they can get kind of cranky if you walk/run thru there now.
Maybe once they finish the path they'll give a $1.50 discount on your ticket if you walk from your car to the MK.
Of course the Poly and GF folks may not appreciate the extra foot traffic through the resort from all the bargain hunters!
so it was exciting to see his reaction to his 1st Mickey waffle. Thanks to Sleepy for sharing his recipe!!
We have our first stay as owners at Copper Creek in December. Just booked CP with Gary Sinse. First time seeing the CP as well. Just can’t wait to get back to VWL!
It's a $400 co-payment, so I feel like it should be a vacation or something! LOL My shoulder has been giving me fits for months, so it's finally come to this. Wednesday they'll do some test where they put needles in my arm and check the nerves. I'm super excited about that!
Oh well, hopefully we'll get some answers. We are less than a month out from school starting back, so I need this dealt with. Happy Monday everyone!
Oh boy. Have a good vacation! Dream of your happy place!Just stopping in for a quick second to check in the with the groupies. I need to put my February dates on the calendar Sleepy (I always forget that). Granny, glad you are back. Working with the youth in the country always fills me with hope for the future. We seem to hear more about the bad "eggs," and not enough about the good ones.
I'm off to my first MRI today. I'm trying not to be nervous about it. My mother is claustrophobic, so she's all worried about me. I think I'm just going to pretend nap.
Did everyone see the remodel test rooms for WL? I'm so very disappointed because I think it points the direction of things we'll see at VWL. I really have to get around to giving my input to DVC even just for my own knowledge that I did it. I'll be very disappointed if we get this as I far prefer a more traditional rustic look. You know that the railroad camps didn't look like this! Although I guess that story has been changed for VWL? I forget how we supposedly became the lodge of rocks now.
FWIW I thought the existing WL rooms were spot on. I remember that they won awards for that design.
For those that haven't seen the WL pictures here's a link to the article on *****: https://*****.com/2019/07/photos-ne...urrently-testing-at-disneys-wilderness-lodge/
And one of the room:
https://cdn7.*****.com/wp-content/u...ewly-refurbed-rooms-july-2019_27-1200x900.jpg
Humphrey's facebook page has some info on it too.
KAT, I have seen those pics, and my initial thought was, "here we go again." As most of you know, I've been decrying Disney's lack of imagination and theming in rooms and common areas for years. When Disney refurbed the Poly lobby, I was quite disappointed by the removal of the iconic fountain as it was replaced by a very modern, sterile look. Then, VWL had its room refurbishment--again, they opted to go for the boring and mundane (personal opinion, naturally
). Copper Creek and Riviera followed suit. Clean and sparkly? Yes. Imaginative and thematic? Barely. Just like you say, Suzabella, they're losing the magic with each passing build or refurbishment. I feel certain that the move to the generic is a cost-saving measure for them--less research, fewer themed items to purchase that only fit one resort, more mass buys of interchangeable items. At first I was just annoyed by these changes happening across the Disverse. Now, I feel we're in the middle of a seismic shift in Disney sensibilities, away from the magical feel they once had to a more, for lack of a better term, sleek look that is "industry standard." Those last two words are an anathema to imagination but what Disney now embraces vice setting its own standards. 
Have a great day, Groupies!
. . . . . . . . . . Wednesday they'll do some test where they put needles in my arm and check the nerves. I'm super excited about that!
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Always true. My daughter laughs at the notion of cassette tapes. I told her wait until her kids laugh at her having to use a clunky cell phone. Something new is always around the corner. I will say in regard to the increasingly generic rooms and theming, I wonder if Disney has thought about the kids they're influencing now--will they have the same attachment to sleekness and homogeneity that our generations have to actual Disney charm? Perhaps.Been there . . . done that . . . for both legs. It really isn't bad. I had a great Doctor that made it easy. Good Luck with that!
As to changing room themes, never forget that as the young take over, things are never the same. Some day they will think the same thing when their children take over. I remember when we used to used Directories for file management, now we have to have Folders. I used to use multiplexers often in the 70s, but now that name is used for something completely different. Sorry about the tech talk, but I now have a better understanding of why my Dad said what said about my generation.
I'm also ok with change as long as it's change I like!
What is killing me with the Disney rooms is that they are Disney and I could imagine having so much fun designing the rooms. You can see that it was done in the past (better at times than others) but now you could compare the hotel rooms to hotel rooms at so many places. It truely is an area that they should not become "standard" IMO. And oddly they still don't when they are building the resorts. Why the refurbs are so lackluster makes no sense. As I said though, I'm going to share my input for VWL.
Regarding darkness of the rooms my input will actually be to keep that. There's light colors at so many other resorts and I actually get a nice feeling of calm and reprieve from the FL sun with darker woods and paint. IMO their making everything too much alike and it's nice to be able to walk into a room and know for certain where you are.
