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Happy Birthday sechem32!!!!
VWL Groupies...yes, we love the Lodge, a lot!!
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jimmytammy
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Most times we go I-85 to Charlotte and pick up 77, this is where our trips would become very similar.
The way we came back was staying on 95 for longer, turned onto 38 in SC, then 74, which turns into 220, the same 22o that leads to Greensboro. Not sure if that would benefit you or not, but a lot less traffic this way. One road is 2 lanes for 17 miles but wasnt bad, 55 most of the way on it, the other roads were 4 lanes, 55 t0 70 mph. Best part, less traffic.
We always knew our places to stop to fuel up, etc. But this way will become our new route for sure.
Most times we go I-85 to Charlotte and pick up 77, this is where our trips would become very similar.
The way we came back was staying on 95 for longer, turned onto 38 in SC, then 74, which turns into 220, the same 22o that leads to Greensboro. Not sure if that would benefit you or not, but a lot less traffic this way. One road is 2 lanes for 17 miles but wasnt bad, 55 most of the way on it, the other roads were 4 lanes, 55 t0 70 mph. Best part, less traffic.
We always knew our places to stop to fuel up, etc. But this way will become our new route for sure.
sleepydog25
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Ahh. Doubt that way would work for us since we do further west and north of you. Oh, well. We're used to our route and know all the Starbucks along the way.
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Leaving in the morning for Disney World. We'll be sleeping at the lodge tomorrow night, super excited!
sleepydog25
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Yayyy! You'll have a blast! Say hello to the Lodge for us.Leaving in the morning for Disney World. We'll be sleeping at the lodge tomorrow night, super excited!
And welcome home!
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Leaving in the morning for Disney World. We'll be sleeping at the lodge tomorrow night, super excited!
Have a great time and...
Welcome to the groupies CaoilinnsMom!!!!
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Leaving in the morning for Disney World. We'll be sleeping at the lodge tomorrow night, super excited!
Awesome !!! Have tons of fun and take in all the beauty and sights of the Lodge !!!!
Happy birthday sechem32 (Liz) !!!!
KAT4DISNEY
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Happy Birthday sechem32!!!Happy Birthday secheem 32!
We are getting excited! We officially started packing a few things today!
We leave a week from Friday! Wooooooooooooooo!
This weekend we are having a garage sale to help with the things we don't have money for yet. Blizzard beach, souvenirs, and some extra eating out. The villa, tickets, dessert party and Hoop de Doo are paid for, as is our PP+ thingie and we have almost 500.00 for eating out. Even if the sale isn't that successful, I think we'll be good. I think DH will let us do Blizzard Beach anyway, and the kids have saved some souvenir money. But having the extra would be nice!!!!!!
We are really counting down now!!!
We are getting excited! We officially started packing a few things today!
We leave a week from Friday! Wooooooooooooooo!
This weekend we are having a garage sale to help with the things we don't have money for yet. Blizzard beach, souvenirs, and some extra eating out. The villa, tickets, dessert party and Hoop de Doo are paid for, as is our PP+ thingie and we have almost 500.00 for eating out. Even if the sale isn't that successful, I think we'll be good. I think DH will let us do Blizzard Beach anyway, and the kids have saved some souvenir money. But having the extra would be nice!!!!!!
We are really counting down now!!!
rusafee1183
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Happy Birthday secheem 32!
We are getting excited! We officially started packing a few things today!
We leave a week from Friday! Wooooooooooooooo!
This weekend we are having a garage sale to help with the things we don't have money for yet. Blizzard beach, souvenirs, and some extra eating out. The villa, tickets, dessert party and Hoop de Doo are paid for, as is our PP+ thingie and we have almost 500.00 for eating out. Even if the sale isn't that successful, I think we'll be good. I think DH will let us do Blizzard Beach anyway, and the kids have saved some souvenir money. But having the extra would be nice!!!!!!
We are really counting down now!!!
Good luck with your garage sale! You'll have to let us know how you do. I am thinking of having a one this summer too, but I just don't know where to start. How are you advertising?
jimmytammy
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Happy Birthday secheem 32!
We are getting excited! We officially started packing a few things today!
We leave a week from Friday! Wooooooooooooooo!
This weekend we are having a garage sale to help with the things we don't have money for yet. Blizzard beach, souvenirs, and some extra eating out. The villa, tickets, dessert party and Hoop de Doo are paid for, as is our PP+ thingie and we have almost 500.00 for eating out. Even if the sale isn't that successful, I think we'll be good. I think DH will let us do Blizzard Beach anyway, and the kids have saved some souvenir money. But having the extra would be nice!!!!!!
We are really counting down now!!!
Hoping the garage sale brings in some good spending money, sending Moose Dust your way(sorta like Pixie Dust, but its green and brown, sprinkled with little VWL logos, hard for people other than groupies to see
, and doesnt work for anyone but groupies either)
sleepydog25
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Hope you sell a ton of stuff!Thanks rusafee and JT!
I'm advertising on Craig's List and putting lots and lots of signs around the neighborhood.
Any best wishes for what we hope was a great day, sachem!
DiznyDi
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A great big hearty Groupie WELCOME to CaoilinnsMom Have a great trip and come back and tell us all about it!
Bagsmom: Hope your garage sale is a huge success! Along with JT, sending moosedust your way.
And just can't let the day go by without wishing secheem32 a Happy Birthday! Hope your day is special in every way!
Bagsmom: Hope your garage sale is a huge success! Along with JT, sending moosedust your way.
And just can't let the day go by without wishing secheem32 a Happy Birthday! Hope your day is special in every way!
KAT4DISNEY
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Happy Birthday Wilderness Lodge!!!
19 years old today!
19 years old today!
sleepydog25
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Love the pic! Want to be there. And Happy Birthday, too!Happy Birthday Wilderness Lodge!!!
19 years old today!
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Just popping in after a long time away and look what I found
Thanks Kat and Deb Wills
Walt Disney World Bits and Bites
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STEP BACK IN TIME
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by Deb Wills
Each month, we rummage around in our archives for this featurette, which indulges in a bit of nostalgia, taking you back in history for a glimpse of Walt Disney World and The Walt Disney Company through the ages. This month, we take a look at Disney's Wilderness Lodge:
Happy Birthday to the Wilderness Lodge! The Lodge officially opened 19 years ago today on May 28, 1994! The lodge was designed by the architect Peter Dominick, Jr., whose firm later designed Animal Kingdom Lodge and the Grand Californian Hotel in Disneyland. The late Dominick was once quoted as saying, "I've never believed in a style at all. [My] work is about absorbing a philosophy and building something appropriate."
With Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful Inn used as a guide, tons of granite flagstone and hundreds of giant lodgepole pines were brought in from the west to re-create an authentic national park lodge, which took two years to build. The music played throughout the resort brings back the feeling of the Old West and includes tunes from movies such as "Dances with Wolves," "How the West Was Won," "Dodge City," and "Wyatt Earp." And just like the bigger-than-life Pacific Northwest, Wilderness Lodge has an 82-foot tall, three-sided stone fireplace, two 55-foot hand-carved totem poles, and four massive chandeliers (fashioned like tepees). Each tepee is 12 feet, 6 inches high, 9 feet 4 inches in diameter and weighs approximately 600 pounds. Native American culture is found throughout the hotel with artifacts from tribes such as the Cheyenne, the Crow, the Sioux and the Blackfoot.
One of the fun Disney touches is a hand-carved, 10-foot-tall totem pole found in front of the Mercantile shop. It whimsically features Humphrey Bear, Donald Duck, Goofy and Mickey Mouse. Check at the front desk for tours of the lodge and remember there are many Hidden Mickeys throughout the resort.
When visiting, be sure to go outside and check out the Fire Rock Geyser, which recreates the well-known Old Faithful geyser, shooting water 120 feet into the air. Also, if you are visiting during the holiday season, a trip to the beautifully decorated Wilderness Lodge is a must.
One of Walt Disney World's "Deluxe" hotels, the Lodge's standard room rates now start at $284 per night in Value season. When the resort opened in 1994, the nightly rates ranged from $149 to $195.
I won't Forget this date It's Our Wedding Anniversary 36 yrs today!
Thanks Kat and Deb Wills
Walt Disney World Bits and Bites
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STEP BACK IN TIME
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by Deb Wills
Each month, we rummage around in our archives for this featurette, which indulges in a bit of nostalgia, taking you back in history for a glimpse of Walt Disney World and The Walt Disney Company through the ages. This month, we take a look at Disney's Wilderness Lodge:
Happy Birthday to the Wilderness Lodge! The Lodge officially opened 19 years ago today on May 28, 1994! The lodge was designed by the architect Peter Dominick, Jr., whose firm later designed Animal Kingdom Lodge and the Grand Californian Hotel in Disneyland. The late Dominick was once quoted as saying, "I've never believed in a style at all. [My] work is about absorbing a philosophy and building something appropriate."
With Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful Inn used as a guide, tons of granite flagstone and hundreds of giant lodgepole pines were brought in from the west to re-create an authentic national park lodge, which took two years to build. The music played throughout the resort brings back the feeling of the Old West and includes tunes from movies such as "Dances with Wolves," "How the West Was Won," "Dodge City," and "Wyatt Earp." And just like the bigger-than-life Pacific Northwest, Wilderness Lodge has an 82-foot tall, three-sided stone fireplace, two 55-foot hand-carved totem poles, and four massive chandeliers (fashioned like tepees). Each tepee is 12 feet, 6 inches high, 9 feet 4 inches in diameter and weighs approximately 600 pounds. Native American culture is found throughout the hotel with artifacts from tribes such as the Cheyenne, the Crow, the Sioux and the Blackfoot.
One of the fun Disney touches is a hand-carved, 10-foot-tall totem pole found in front of the Mercantile shop. It whimsically features Humphrey Bear, Donald Duck, Goofy and Mickey Mouse. Check at the front desk for tours of the lodge and remember there are many Hidden Mickeys throughout the resort.
When visiting, be sure to go outside and check out the Fire Rock Geyser, which recreates the well-known Old Faithful geyser, shooting water 120 feet into the air. Also, if you are visiting during the holiday season, a trip to the beautifully decorated Wilderness Lodge is a must.
One of Walt Disney World's "Deluxe" hotels, the Lodge's standard room rates now start at $284 per night in Value season. When the resort opened in 1994, the nightly rates ranged from $149 to $195.
I won't Forget this date It's Our Wedding Anniversary 36 yrs today!
sleepydog25
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Love the article! Thanks, tea pot!
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Happy Birthday Wilderness Lodge!!!
19 years old today!
Love the pic, thanks for sharing!
And a BIG OL HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the WILDERNESS LODGE!!!!!
jimmytammy
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