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

[mvndvm]

Been following the BCV vs BWV debate, but I have to admit that I don't know what SAB is, can somebody please clue me in?

Just realized I double posted, still trying to figure out the mobile app!

 

[horselover]

Been following the BCV vs BWV debate, but I have to admit that I don't know what SAB is, can somebody please clue me in?

Just realized I double posted, still trying to figure out the mobile app!

Stormalong Bay. It's the feature pool.

 

[Linda67]

Hey everyone Hope you are all keeping well
I am super excited for my December trip and just wanted some advice on our room request
When I made my original reservation through DVC I requested a specific room number
Whilst checking in through MDE there were several options to choose from for room location
Should I just ignore all of these options so as not to confuse my original room request?
Basically we want to be on a higher floor close to the entrance to the villas and I can add 'close to elevators' and 'woods view' via MDE but don't want to muddy the waters as I made a specific request when booking
To be honest, they could give me a tent in the car park and I would be happy as I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE !!!!!!
Any others staying early December?

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hi all!!!!
I have been on vacation for 2 weeks---though I've already been home for 9-10 days I've been swamped with work/school/wedding planning stuff!

Loved all the pics.....excited for everyone's upcoming trips---especially the mini groupie meet......

So sorry I missed the meet on 9/20. Corinne...I am the worst.groupie.ever for sure!!!! I have missed many groupie meets!!! I was stuck on some big 'ole boat named the Disney Fantasy on this most recent meet. In fact---I was on Serenity Bay on Castaway Cay island on 9/20!!!! Would have loved to meet up with you all. It was a great vacation despite some rain on the cruise and in WDW (very heavy stuff at times). But our Sept 20 Castaway Cay day was AWESOME!!!! So that made up for everything else.

I have much reading and catching up to do!!!!


Palo brunch Sunday (sea day) Sept 15:


Serenity Bay on Castaway Cay.....Sept 20:

 

[Granny]

I was stuck on some big 'ole boat named the Disney Fantasy on this most recent meet. In fact---I was on Serenity Bay on Castaway Cay island on 9/20!!!! Would have loved to meet up with you all. It was a great vacation despite some rain on the cruise and in WDW (very heavy stuff at times). But our Sept 20 Castaway Cay day was AWESOME!!!! So that made up for everything else.

Maria...wonderful to hear that your trip ended up being great. Sorry for the bad days but glad that your Castaway day was super! Good luck with getting back to the wedding planning mode.

Hey everyone Hope you are all keeping well
I am super excited for my December trip and just wanted some advice on our room request
When I made my original reservation through DVC I requested a specific room number
Whilst checking in through MDE there were several options to choose from for room location
Should I just ignore all of these options so as not to confuse my original room request?

As for room request, when you request a specific room number I think you are taking some chances. If that room is not available, then they will assign you whatever they like. The broader the request, the easier for them to fulfill.

Basically we want to be on a higher floor close to the entrance to the villas and I can add 'close to elevators' and 'woods view' via MDE but don't want to muddy the waters as I made a specific request when booking

In this one sentence you have four requests. I'd boil it down to one or two that are the most important to you and go with that. Or you can just leave it with the specific room number requests and hope for that.

To be honest, they could give me a tent in the car park and I would be happy as I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE !!!!!!

If you truly have this attitude then check in will be a breeze for you. The good news is that at VWL there really aren't any awful rooms, even the Dreaded Dumpster View isn't all that bad and no matter what you are pretty close to the elevators since the resort is so small.

Any others staying early December?

Check the first page of this thread and you can see when people from this thread are vacationing. Usually early December is a popular time!

 

[Linda67]

Thanks Granny
I think I am just going to go with the flow and make no requests at all
So excited for this trip, nothing else really matters

 

[jimmytammy]

Hey Folks
I feel like I have been MIA the last few days. Sorry, just read and caught up a bit. I think every time we have a trip coming round the corner, I get really busy and miss out on stuff here. We have had a Parade of Homes house on display this weekend and had great response, so thats part of it, plus catching up on loose ends needed to be tied up before we leave. Heading out Thurs., stop maybe halfway to WDW after work.

 

[DiznyDi]

Hi Groupies
Just a quick 'fly-by': We've been in Florida since Friday spending a few days in North-Central Florida enjoying the locale. We spent a day in the Mount Dora area and thoroughly enjoyed what the area had to offer. Today was spent on a drive to the gulf coast with lunch at a local eatery. We even drove through The Villages Tomorrow it's off to WDW. I did touch base with Blossom - unfortunately she left today and we don't arrive until tomorrow. Seems we always miss each other by a day.
Take care my friends. Will check in again when I can.

See you soon, JT and Tammy (Casey too), Julie, Liz and William.

 

[wfc4life]

Happy Anniversary to a great couple wfc4life and sechem32!!!!And a great couple of friends too!!

Thanks JT. Hard to believe it's been 10 years since we started our life together. Can't think of anybody else I would want to share it with but sechem32. BTW, you are a pretty good friend yourself.

 

[wfc4life]

Congrats to the birthdayer Stopher and also to the happy couple! It was great to meet you guys those months ago.

Thanks Slydog. It was great meeting you as well.

 

[wfc4life]

Hi Groupies Just a quick 'fly-by': We've been in Florida since Friday spending a few days in North-Central Florida enjoying the locale. We spent a day in the Mount Dora area and thoroughly enjoyed what the area had to offer. Today was spent on a drive to the gulf coast with lunch at a local eatery. We even drove through The Villages Tomorrow it's off to WDW. I did touch base with Blossom - unfortunately she left today and we don't arrive until tomorrow. Seems we always miss each other by a day. Take care my friends. Will check in again when I can. See you soon, JT and Tammy (Casey too), Julie, Liz and William.

Hi DiznyDi, looking forward to seeing you and DH on Friday. Should be a lot of fun. Enjoy your week in WDW.

 

[jimmytammy]

Hey Di
Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Will
I believe you and Liz are a match made in Heaven, and thats the best kind

 

[mvndvm]

Stormalong Bay. It's the feature pool.

Ugh!! Kicking myself for not being able to figure that one out! Thanks for your help though.

 

[horselover]

Welcome back Maria. Great pics. I never get tired of seeing Castaway Cay. I miss the Fantasy. Did you rebook? Looks like the entire family will be going next Aug on a Western Caribbean sailing unless by some miracle I can get us a good deal on airfare to Europe. Not holding my breath for that to happen.

JT, Di & Dad can't wait to see you Fri! Liz & Will looking forward to meeting you!

 

[Muushka]

Happy Birthday Stopher!!!!

Happy Anniversary wfc4life and sechem32!!!!

Morning all Long time no "see"!

I took a little time off from the Dis the past few weeks. I guess I just wasn't feeling super chatty. Nothing much going on here, besides annoying crap I don't want to get into anyway.

My trip planning bug has bitten again, and I have been planning like a crazy person for our April WDW trip! I planned which parks we will be at on which days, and I am making our ADR's theis week! We decided on Via Napoli and O'hana. Two of our fav's! We wanted to do Kona for breakfast also, but with us staying at the BWV and taking Disney's transportation... I think it would be a pain and we would miss too much early morning/less crowded park time.

We are planning a trip next Dec, at the Lodge (fingers crossed! ) - so we'll plan that meal for that trip!

We're also headed up to New Hampshire next weekend to visit Bob's sister. I think I just saw someone post someting about the white mountains, and we are trying to drive through and see the foliage there also! I have a day trip planned to Downtown Boston, and a day trip to Salem. We are doing a walking tour while we are there. I'm so excited! It's just the perfect time of year to be

Have a great time in NH (I used to live in RI and we used to go this week every year).
And enjoy Boston and Salem. Great places to visit.

Hi Groupies!! I really do miss checking in with you all, that silly job of mine. Don't they know I have priorities??! Ha.

I just booked my May 2014 trip and I haven't even gone on our Dec trip yet. That was a first for me, but I guess that means I'm getting the hang of this DVC thing!! Lol

Anyhow. Just wanted to pop in and say hello!!!

Hi Kathy, good to see you.

Hey everyone Hope you are all keeping well
I am super excited for my December trip and just wanted some advice on our room request
When I made my original reservation through DVC I requested a specific room number
Whilst checking in through MDE there were several options to choose from for room location
Should I just ignore all of these options so as not to confuse my original room request?
Basically we want to be on a higher floor close to the entrance to the villas and I can add 'close to elevators' and 'woods view' via MDE but don't want to muddy the waters as I made a specific request when booking
To be honest, they could give me a tent in the car park and I would be happy as I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE !!!!!!
Any others staying early December?

Yup, we will be there the first week.

Thanks Granny
I think I am just going to go with the flow and make no requests at all
So excited for this trip, nothing else really matters

That's what we do and we are usually happy.

Hi Groupies
Just a quick 'fly-by': We've been in Florida since Friday spending a few days in North-Central Florida enjoying the locale. We spent a day in the Mount Dora area and thoroughly enjoyed what the area had to offer. Today was spent on a drive to the gulf coast with lunch at a local eatery. We even drove through The Villages Tomorrow it's off to WDW. I did touch base with Blossom - unfortunately she left today and we don't arrive until tomorrow. Seems we always miss each other by a day.
Take care my friends. Will check in again when I can.

See you soon, JT and Tammy (Casey too), Julie, Liz and William.

Do tell about Mt Dora. I've heard great things about that place!

Ugh!! Kicking myself for not being able to figure that one out! Thanks for your help though.

The acronyms can get confusing.

 

[Muushka]

Maria, thanks for the DCL pictures. Wonderful!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Thanks Granny, Julie, Di and Muushka....for the the nice comments and welcome back.
And Julie....yes! We rebooked for the Halloween cruise next year (Fantasy 7 night Oct 25). Good luck snagging reasonable airfare to Europe---but the 7 night western is not a bad consolation prize!!! I miss the Fantasy too!!!
I think the next time I'm in WDW will be for my daughter's wedding

 

[sleepydog25]

Ft Leavenworth

I thought as much. Never visited there, but had many friends and acquaintances who did. Hmm, that might not sound right. . .umm, I had some friends who were stationed there or were TDY, and I did have one acquaintance who wound up there under less than honorable circumstances.

 

[sechem32]

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I definitely wanted to say "Thank you very much!" for all of the happy anniversary wishes. Someone asked on Friday if we were doing anything special to celebrate, and I said "well, we're going to Disney World at the end of next week" (now the end of this week!! - which everyone knows because I can't stop talking about things at WDW! Sooo excited!! Only about 85 hours!!! yeah!

 

[jimmytammy]

Maria
Thanks for all the cruise pics, getting us psyched for our 1st cruise next Oct!!