VWL Groupies...yes, we love the Lodge, a lot!!

[bobbiwoz]

We'll be there for the first week of Dec.

Come on the 5/2014! Bobbi is coming. Should be a great cruise.

Yes, on the cruise, come!

We'll be at VWL beginning December 14.

 

[jimmytammy]

What a day yesterday! F&W fest with Alan and Annie, Jamie Deen Culinary demo(our 1st, def not our last, very much enjoyed)chicken and shrimp in dole sweet and sour sauce, pineapple fritters, Voices of Liberty(Annie was Susannah and grab for the fellow to stay with her, so funny, caught him off guard)MK MSEP(I was like a kid seeing it the 1st time)Wishes in a very cool spot suggested by Will and Liz, and the Castle projection show that was awesome!! Capped off the night with a Dole Whip from Capt. Cooks.

Today, headed to OKW to check in, catch up with Will and Liz at AK, then Boma with Brad and Tearsa, friends from here(formerly MI)

Pics to follow

 

[jimmytammy]

At the meet from LtoR DiznyDad, DiznyDi, Capt.D, TammyNC, Tearsa, sechem32, Brad, wfc4life, jimmytammy
Belgium Waffles
Edwin McCain
Jamie DeenDole Whip,mmmm

 

[Granny]

Jimmy...great to hear that you're having such a wonderful time. Looks like you are taking advantage of all the aspects of the F & W Festival. Hope your trip continues to be great, as well as all the Groupies at WDW.

 

[DiznyDi]

Hi Groupies
DDad and I are back from our brief Food and Wine trip. We were actually in Florida 9 days but spent the first 3 in North Central Florida doing some touring and traveling to the Gulf. We loved F&W! We could not have asked for nicer weather. Only had rain 1 day. The balance were warm but not excessively hot with mild evenings.

Magic Bands were not available to us this trip. Hopefully we'll have them for our December trip. Not certain if this is a result of Magic Bands or Fastpass+, but we were at Hollywood Studios, TSM getting fast passes at 9:04 AM - the park opened at 9:00. Our fast pass time was 6:00-7:00 PM By 9:10 AM all fast passes for the day had been distributed! Unfortunately we weren't staying the day so gave our passes away as we left the park. DDad and I were both astounded the FP's were gone so quickly.

We met up with JT and family, friends Tearsa and Brad, and William and Liz at the TOWL to view the fireworks. They were just beginning their trip, we were ending ours The lounge no longer has the tenderloin flatbread available, much to our disappointment. It was an enjoyable evening renewing old acquaintances and making new ones.

I need to go back and get caught up with the happenings of the thread.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

What a lovely evening at OKW tonight! I arrived for my relatively last minute F&W trip after a cold/rainy but enjoyable college reunion in Moorhead, Mn. I unfortunately was enjoying the weekend too much (and traveling too much) and forgot to buy my ticket for the Halloween party tomorrow and concierge here tells me it's sold out. Actually they didn't know until they tried to sell it so it must have sold out not too terribly long ago. I'm consoling myself with a Turtle Crawl and hoping I'll be able to find my way back to my room and my deck frog and salamander. lol


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[Muushka]

JT thanks for the food pics!

Hi Groupies
DDad and I are back from our brief Food and Wine trip. We were actually in Florida 9 days but spent the first 3 in North Central Florida doing some touring and traveling to the Gulf. We loved F&W! We could not have asked for nicer weather. Only had rain 1 day. The balance were warm but not excessively hot with mild evenings.

Magic Bands were not available to us this trip. Hopefully we'll have them for our December trip. Not certain if this is a result of Magic Bands or Fastpass+, but we were at Hollywood Studios, TSM getting fast passes at 9:04 AM - the park opened at 9:00. Our fast pass time was 6:00-7:00 PM By 9:10 AM all fast passes for the day had been distributed! Unfortunately we weren't staying the day so gave our passes away as we left the park. DDad and I were both astounded the FP's were gone so quickly.

We met up with JT and family, friends Tearsa and Brad, and William and Liz at the TOWL to view the fireworks. They were just beginning their trip, we were ending ours The lounge no longer has the tenderloin flatbread available, much to our disappointment. It was an enjoyable evening renewing old acquaintances and making new ones.

I need to go back and get caught up with the happenings of the thread.

It sounds like your visit was a success. When you get time, can you email me about Mt Dora?
I can't wait to hear what you thought of it.
I am not thrilled with the info on Fast Passes. I swear, they keep messing things up for us. Ugh.
Don't they know, old dog, new trick NOT!!

What a lovely evening at OKW tonight! I arrived for my relatively last minute F&W trip after a cold/rainy but enjoyable college reunion in Moorhead, Mn. I unfortunately was enjoying the weekend too much (and traveling too much) and forgot to buy my ticket for the Halloween party tomorrow and concierge here tells me it's sold out. Actually they didn't know until they tried to sell it so it must have sold out not too terribly long ago. I'm consoling myself with a Turtle Crawl and hoping I'll be able to find my way back to my room and my deck frog and salamander. lol


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Oh the humanity! So sorry you missed MNSSHP,
but I'm glad you were able to console yourself with the Turtle Crawl!

 

[eliza61]

JT, Kat and Di, sounds like you guys are having wonderful trips.
So for the rest of us we'll just have to pretend.




Some one said HS?






Have a good start to your week gang.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

JT
Oh the humanity! So sorry you missed MNSSHP,
but I'm glad you were able to console yourself with the Turtle Crawl!

It was a particularly good Turtle Crawl too! And I found my room again so all is good!

The salamander and tree frog were happily dining on all the bugs I attracted for them by turning on my balcony light so everyone slept well.

And here's the first benefit I've seen with the Magic Band (and maybe FP+ although we'll see what I get with that later). I walked out to my car where I was piecing together what I brought to the room that is up on the 3rd floor and I was not going to carry my heavy, winter clothes filled bag up to. Well - as I got up to the room again I realized I had not grabbed my room key. And I'm about as far away from the HH as you can get. Then the light goes on - I have 3 magic bands from my constant reservation changes. Hmmm I think - one already opened the door and as I understand it since I have all of them active the other 2 should also. Voila! I'm in the room!!

And then with no MNSSHP I decided to go and see the Epcot concert tonight so I switched FP's from AK to Epcot. Soaring and Test Track - here I come - later today. I'll report how that all goes. If not so good I already have plans for a consoling drink at TOTWL while I watch Hallowishes.

 

[wildernessDad]

Flights opened up today on Southwest Airlines for our May, 2014 vacation at Disneyland Resort. We'll be flying into SNA and not LAX as we saved $66 per person per way, that is $396 savings for the round trip. We won't mind stopping once along the way. In fact, on the way over, we won't even have to de-plane even tough it stops once.

 

[jimmytammy]

We got in our room at OKW, 3rd floor, same bldg as last 2 tips, plus we got in the same room as trip in Oct 2012. This is the room we had so many flying golf balls hit near by

Went to AK for awhile and met up with Will and Liz to ride EE several times. We rode 3 single rider rides with no longer than 10 min waits. Last time round, I noticed the front car sounding funny, looked down in curves and saw front wheel literally shattering to pcs, told CM at end about and 2 other CMs were on it, and pulling off track. Glad to see safety is top of list!

Saw FOTLK, great show, and milled around. It has been very crowded at all parks so far but imagine that will die some once Columbus Day is behind us.

Had dinner at Boma with Brad and Tearsa, then watched Tigers Sox game from the lounge area with them at AK. Tearsa is a HUGE Tigers fan, so it was fun to watch with her.

Headed over to MK soon to meet up with Will and Liz, hoping for an impromptu meet with KAT4DISNEY today or Tues, and hoping to catch up with horselover Tues at Epcot. Later, headed to FW to see HDDR with Will and Liz, then a grocery stop before evening ends.

 

[Muushka]

Flights opened up today on Southwest Airlines for our May, 2014 vacation at Disneyland Resort. We'll be flying into SNA and not LAX as we saved $66 per person per way, that is $396 savings for the round trip. We won't mind stopping once along the way. In fact, on the way over, we won't even have to de-plane even tough it stops once.

I saw that and checked info flights from CA in May. I just have to sit Mr Muush down and get him to say YES!
Flights to FLL to get to MIA look pretty good on SWA also. I like flying on SWA.


JT, you are on a groundhog kind of OKW visit!

 

[Muushka]

KAT4, keep turning those lemons into lemonade! I'm glad you found a good use for those bands.

 

[npcougar]

Just got a note under our door saying the hidden springs pool will be closed until the end of November. Construction starts Tuesday.

 

[Muushka]

Just got a note under our door saying the hidden springs pool will be closed until the end of November. Construction starts Tuesday.

Oh no! I hope it is done by 12/1!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Oh no! I hope it is done by 12/1!

I hope so too. I really like the Hidden Springs pool!

OK...we are getting to the end of the Sign up Period for the VWL Christmas tree. There are some dates still open. If you want the tree during some of those dates, please PM me ASAP, with your dates and the name on your reservation. I'll be sending the tree out November 1.

We have 1 tree so far, and these dates are already taken.
VWL Tree # 1
November 10 - 22
December 6-14
December 14-18
December 20 - 25
December 25-January 4

Bobbi

 

[DisneyElite4]

We will be at VWL Dec. 1-7 for the first time for our DS's first trip! So excited!

The tree thing sounds really neat. I know my DS would love having the tree in the room. How does that work? I would be willing to take it to the next family on Dec. 6!

 

[jimmytammy]

Welcome to the groupies npcougar and DisneyElite4!!!!

 

[jimmytammy]

Another exciting day yesterday! As we are walking thru MK, I saw Jamie Deen and he said at the culinary demo that if any of us see him at the parks say hello, so I shook his hand and said hello

We met KAT4DISNEY at MK. Let me say, Kathy is a very nice groupie, and we are proud to be her 1st groupie/DIS meet


On the boat over to FW, Will put his computer tech skills to work helping this young girl get her Belle outta the boxAnd the results, one happy litle girl

Went to HDDR with Will and Liz, loads of fun and even more loads of food, ate way too much, but very tasty. Here are a couple shots of us getting into the show


Headed to Kona in a few to meet Will and Liz, then off to MK, then Epcot for F&W and Wilson Phillips

 

[Muushka]

We will be at VWL Dec. 1-7 for the first time for our DS's first trip! So excited!

The tree thing sounds really neat. I know my DS would love having the tree in the room. How does that work? I would be willing to take it to the next family on Dec. 6!

We will be there at that time too. You are in for such a treat!


Welcome to the groupies npcougar and DisneyElite4

WooHoo, new groupies!!

Thank you for making us feel like we are there with you, JT. You got to meet KAT4!!!