VWL Lovers & Groupies thread: It all started with a Moose

[sleepydog25]

Yes, a big welcome home to you, DizGirl! Congrats on passing ROFR, too. So, when's the party?

 

[jimmytammy]

Just got the e-mail that our VWL resale passed ROFR! WAHOOOOOO! Of course it will take a few weeks to get our points in the system but I am so excited to be joining you guys!

You were already a groupie

So a big WELCOME HOME

 

[horselover]

Just got the e-mail that our VWL resale passed ROFR! WAHOOOOOO! Of course it will take a few weeks to get our points in the system but I am so excited to be joining you guys!

Congratulations DizGirl20!!!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Just got the e-mail that our VWL resale passed ROFR! WAHOOOOOO! Of course it will take a few weeks to get our points in the system but I am so excited to be joining you guys!

Welcome Home DizGirl20!

 

[wildernessDad]

Just got the e-mail that our VWL resale passed ROFR! WAHOOOOOO! Of course it will take a few weeks to get our points in the system but I am so excited to be joining you guys!

Excellent!!!!

 

[Corinne]

Just got the e-mail that our VWL resale passed ROFR! WAHOOOOOO! Of course it will take a few weeks to get our points in the system but I am so excited to be joining you guys!

Robyn, Congrats and

 

[franandaj]

Just got the e-mail that our VWL resale passed ROFR! WAHOOOOOO! Of course it will take a few weeks to get our points in the system but I am so excited to be joining you guys!

Congratulations! And WELCOME HOME!

 

[DizGirl20]

Thanks everyone. I can't believe I am really going to be a VWL Owner!

Funny, I have a small replica of the statue that is outside the Mercantile and it sits on my nightstand. I've had it since 2008. You know what they say about "putting it out there to the Universe"... if you had told me a few years ago that some day I would have a DVC ownership at VWL, I wouldn't have believed it. Life works in mysterious ways! Anyhow, we already own at AKV so VWL completes the puzzle. I think maybe now we finally have enough points

 

[DiznyDi]

DizGirl20 Congratulations! Wonderful news. I know you're on

 

[stopher1]

Welcome back WD. I'm with E on that one, love OKW for those villas!

I hope all at the world are having a great time!

The OKW studios are awesome.....love the fact you get to real beds. My teens are too keen on the sofa beds anymore......especially not for stays over 2-3 nights. Glad you had fun WD !

Oh how timely....

... the studios are nice yes... but all I can say is WOW to the 2 bedroom. My DW about fell over with praise for it last night. And my golly, I'm loving it. We loved our 2 bd at Kidani... we loved our 2 bd at VGC... we adored our Treehouse with the 3rd bedroom... but this one... oh man, it's ginormous!!!! Of course those other ones were reserved and used when we had guests along... this one - nope - it's just the 5 of us. My eldest has already said we need to get a 2 bd every time now... yeah, we'll see about that. I told him he's welcome to when he has points of his own to burn... which we did this time around, and why we got so much space for just us... but my gracious, it's quite nice.

Heading over to the Lodge in the morning for DD's birthday breakfast at Whispering Canyon... hope to have some time to enjoy it all afterwards, but who knows what tomorrow will bring. Being pretty much schedule free solo is one thing... schedule free with family members who all want to do something different at the same time... not as easy.

 

[Granny]

Just got the e-mail that our VWL resale passed ROFR! WAHOOOOOO! Of course it will take a few weeks to get our points in the system but I am so excited to be joining you guys!

Robyn...I have to say, that news has us all excited!

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . . . I think maybe now we finally have enough points

Oooo . . first sign of denial . . the words "enough points".

DizGirl - Let's see; how does that go? You can't be too thin, you can't be too rich, AND you can't have enough points . . . . . .

Welcome to the Groupies! Enjoy the ride . .

 

[jimmytammy]

Stopher

Thats interesting, comparison of Treehouse to 2 bed at OKW, sizewise. Cant imagine how big it is, with my thoughts towards size of 1 bed we just stayed in. Havent shared this with T, but would seriously consider pts at OKW if we ever buy more

 

[stopher1]

Jimmy - size and shape are certainly different between the 2 bd here, and the THV, but seriously - it feels very much the same spacious-wise, even though this one is more square feet. Very similar, just different. And yeah, last night as we were lying down to go to bed, my DW turned to me and said, she liked it very much here... and what do points cost for OKW? She LOVES the Lodge and wants points there... but now, it seems she might want some points here as well... ...I'm sure there are times that availability in this large resort is limited, so we probably don't NEED points here, but if she's talking, I'm listening!

 

[jimmytammy]

Dont misunderstand me folks(dont want to get booted from the groupies), we love OKW and BWV. But make no mistake, my heart belongs at VWL. Its just cool to me that we have the choices we do. I think since Ranger Stan retired, something changed for me personally. So I have been willing to branch out, try other places with a broader mindset than before.

I guess it boils down to...I miss Stan a bunch

 

[eliza61]

Dont misunderstand me folks(dont want to get booted from the groupies), we love OKW and BWV. But make no mistake, my heart belongs at VWL. Its just cool to me that we have the choices we do. I think since Ranger Stan retired, something changed for me personally. So I have been willing to branch out, try other places with a broader mindset than before.

I guess it boils down to...I miss Stan a bunch

We can't boot you out, you're an old timer now!! sort of like tenure (a bad word nowadays.).

Disney is very much like that, it infuses us with precious memories and whether those memories are brought about by people,places or things, they get inside us and stick.

Sort of like a strain of music that you hear and without thought automatically start to smile or a first sweetie you look back on and remember fondly.

Stan was very much such a person and how much more enriched my trips were for meeting him.

 

[MiaSRN62]

We can't boot you out, you're an old timer now!! sort of like tenure (a bad word nowadays.).

Disney is very much like that, it infuses us with precious memories and whether those memories are brought about by people,places or things, they get inside us and stick.

Sort of like a strain of music that you hear and without thought automatically start to smile or a first sweetie you look back on and remember fondly.

Stan was very much such a person and how much more enriched my trips were for meeting him.

Nicely stated eliza

 

[MiaSRN62]

Speaking of not enough points and add-ons.....did you all read the thread about disney charging for closing costs now ? I honestly wish my guide would have forwarned me ! Or in his defense, maybe it caught them off guard too ?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2691301

 

[Muushka]

Dont misunderstand me folks(dont want to get booted from the groupies), we love OKW and BWV. But make no mistake, my heart belongs at VWL. Its just cool to me that we have the choices we do. I think since Ranger Stan retired, something changed for me personally. So I have been willing to branch out, try other places with a broader mindset than before.

I guess it boils down to...I miss Stan a bunch

My Groupie Buds above have said the words that reflect my feelings too.
But I love that Stan THE Man is willing to come and visit with us.

DizGirl20 Welcome to the happiest thread on the boards! Visit often and post even more!

I am pooped today. I went to DC yesterday for a 1 day event. I saw the cherry blossoms (for the first time!), quite beautiful. DC is such a beautiful city. I hoped to go to the Holocaust museum, but it was too far. Then I figured I would go see the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. So I strolled over the the National Archives and got in line. Chatted it up with a nice couple from CA, which helped pass the time. Finally got in, got to the Rotunda, but another long line, no time. So now I have my top 2 things to see next time I go to DC!

 

[eliza61]

My Groupie Buds above have said the words that reflect my feelings too.
But I love that Stan THE Man is willing to come and visit with us.

DizGirl20 Welcome to the happiest thread on the boards! Visit often and post even more!

I am pooped today. I went to DC yesterday for a 1 day event. I saw the cherry blossoms (for the first time!), quite beautiful. DC is such a beautiful city. I hoped to go to the Holocaust museum, but it was too far. Then I figured I would go see the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. So I strolled over the the National Archives and got in line. Chatted it up with a nice couple from CA, which helped pass the time. Finally got in, got to the Rotunda, but another long line, no time. So now I have my top 2 things to see next time I go to DC!

DC is one of my favorite towns. I'm lucky in that one of my older bros lives in Arlington Va so I'm always camp out at his house.
I've never done the archives as Philly has a it's own copy of the Declaration and Constitution at the National constitution center.