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

[horselover]

Well, I'm finally returning to our beloved Lodge. My friend that is going with me in the WDW radio cruise in Feb agreed to spend a couple of days at the Loge after the cruise. She hasn't been to Disney in many years and has never been to the Lodge! So now it's a land Sea adventure! Cantbelieve they approved my leave for a whole week at school!

Nice! Congrats on getting to go home!

Hey folks

Called MS yesterday to book BWV(our 2nd fav)and was able to buy one pt.for $15 to save us from borrowing. It was great because we are able use our pts to the max this way without borrowing into next year. Excited to be staying at BW again. No worries, VWL will always hold the #1 spot in our hearts, but BW has an appeal all its own.

JT - when are you going to be at BWV?

As promised here's a couple of Lodge pics. As I said I didn't take too many & it's nothing you haven't seen before but any pic is a good pic.


In all my trips to the Lodge this is the 1st time I have pulled over to take these pics.

DS12 chillin' in our "secret" spot

I just love this fireplace screen

A couple random pics

Have a good weekend groupies!

 

[jimmytammy]

horselover

We will be at BWV, Mar. 20-25 but Im sure we will add on some days leading up to it at another resort

Love your pics of the Lodge, never get tired of seeing them

 

[wildernessDad]

Thanks for the pics, horselover!

I love the lodge.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Thanks for the pics HL. What a cute son!

 

[Granny]

Hey Groupies!

Just back from the Mexico trip. I'll catch up on the thread tomorrow. But first.....

I love the lodge.

....yep, that's why we're all here!

 

[DiznyDi]

Welcome back Granny! I'm sure you're glad to be back home safe and sound. Looking forward to hearing all about it.

Thanks horselover for the pictures. I never grow tired of seeing pictures of the Lodge or it's beautiful surroundings.

 

[Dizny Dad]

Horselover - Thanks for the pictures; and, WOW, do we see a wonderful family resemblance here with DS12? Cool!

There are so many secret spots at The Lodge; a few that come to mind NEVER have anybody using them. It just makes one love The Lodge even more!

 

[jimmytammy]

With things being so tough around here lately, thought a fun thing to do would be to share our earliest memories of Disney.

I remember watching the Wonderful World of Color on NBC sunday nights when I was a kid. I didnt realize at the time it was re-runs so I thought Uncle Walt was still talking to me. This was late 60s, early 70s. Davy Crockett made for a little boys world of play all that more vast.

In the early 70s, I remember going to see Song of the South with a school group. We learned songs from the movie days before we went and and sang during the movie. This has been an all time fav since.

I remember when WDW opened and they advertised it on the NBC show. I wanted to go so bad! I had this popup book that had ghosts from the HM popout at you, 20000 leagues ride, Jungle Cruise and several others. I wore that book out! Then my sis got to go with her HS band, when it was still just the MK, and she told me all about the ghosts and pirates and such, a school boys fantasies come to life.

And briefly remember them playing reruns of the original Mickey Mouse Club on our local TV channel.

So what memories can yall share?

 

[wildernessDad]

Okay, it's time to break out the dancing suits!



105 days until the lodge envelops me with its woodsy-ness!

 

[Granny]

With things being so tough around here lately, thought a fun thing to do would be to share our earliest memories of Disney.

To preface this, I was born the same year that Disneyland opened. So my earliest memories of Disney go back some.

I remember watching the Mickey Mouse Club and the Spin & Marty episodes. My guess is that some of what I was watching were re-runs, but I distinctly remember feeling a connection to "Cubby" since I was very small growing up.

I was also addicted to Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on Sunday nights. I loved listening to Walt as he talked about what we would be seeing in a fun way. And I remember when he would talk about new things going on at Disneyland.

And the Disney movies were definitely a part of my childhood. Off the top of my head, these movies were big hits for me:

• Flubber (three versions?)
• Love Bug
• Shaggy Dog
• Absent Minded Professor
• Mary Poppins
  

And of course, the ultimate tear jerker "Old Yeller".

Throw in Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett and I have so many memories of Disney as a child. I'm quite sure that is a big part of my attachment to WDW.

 

[Muushka]

With things being so tough around here lately, thought a fun thing to do would be to share our earliest memories of Disney.

I remember watching the Wonderful World of Color on NBC sunday nights when I was a kid. I didnt realize at the time it was re-runs so I thought Uncle Walt was still talking to me. This was late 60s, early 70s. Davy Crockett made for a little boys world of play all that more vast.

In the early 70s, I remember going to see Song of the South with a school group. We learned songs from the movie days before we went and and sang during the movie. This has been an all time fav since.

I remember when WDW opened and they advertised it on the NBC show. I wanted to go so bad! I had this popup book that had ghosts from the HM popout at you, 20000 leagues ride, Jungle Cruise and several others. I wore that book out! Then my sis got to go with her HS band, when it was still just the MK, and she told me all about the ghosts and pirates and such, a school boys fantasies come to life.

And briefly remember them playing reruns of the original Mickey Mouse Club on our local TV channel.

So what memories can yall share?

Ahhh. Fond memories.

I loved Walt Disney. And I thought he was talking to ME! He talked to you too Jimmy??

I remember all the wonderful shows on Sunday night. My favorite was The Prince and the Pauper. I recently got to see it again and it was just as good! And Hayley Mills. Pollyanna and The Parent Trap. What wonderful movies that man gave to us!

I was older than most for my first visit to WDW. It was in 1979 and I was 25 years old! Yet, still childlike in my love for the Magic Kingdom. And today it is still my favorite park. Probably one of the reasons that our beloved Lodge appealed to us so much. I LOVE driving to the Lodge and following the signs that say Magic Kingdom Resorts!

And for the record, Cubby was my favorite Mouseketeer!

Thanks WD, for the countdown!

 

[Muushka]

The Cubby Connection!!!

Granny, we posted at the exact same time (well, you might have been 1 second ahead of me).
I knew we had something other than the lodge in common!!

 

[Granny]

The Cubby Connection!!!

Granny, we posted at the exact same time (well, you might have been 1 second ahead of me).
I knew we had something other than the lodge in common!!

There you have it....great minds think alike!

And my first trip to Disneyland was in 1979 with a friend of mine. Don't remember much about that for some reason. And then DL again with my daughters in 1995. My first Walt Disney World trip was in 1998 with my wife and daughters.

 

[Muushka]

First trip 1979!!! Oh my gosh. You are scaring me Granny!!

 

[wildernessDad]

In my very early childhood, my mother would take me to Disney movies. Remember, there were no VCRs and no videos in the day. Disney use to re-release their movies once about every 7 years if I recall correctly. I remember seeing Cinderella and got the LP record. I loved the music.

Later, I remember the Mickey Mouse Club. I used to love the opening sequence and wondered what would befall Donald that week. I loved the Spin and Marty series, especially the one with the hidden treasure. You may know which one I mean. I loved the Davy Crockett series as well and had a Davy Crockett lamp, which I needed to be on in order to sleep.

If I remember correctly, it was the year that WDW opened that our family took a vacation to Tampa, Fl. I had my license and offered to drive my two cousins over to WDW to check it out. To my surprise, neither wanted to go! So, I asked for permission to use my Father's car and drove over myself. It was so cool! This place has a monorail and a building with a hole in it that the monorail goes through! And then I stepped into Main Street. That was it. I was completely hooked right there.

Later, my future wife and I visited WDW. Now she's my wife of nearly 34 years. But who's counting?

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Oh good idea JT!
My earliest Disney memory is from when I was 3 and the first album I ever got was the soundtrack from Mary Poppins. I just loved the song Spoonful of Sugar! In fact for my birthday in January my DH just got me tickets to see Mary Poppins when it comes to Omaha!!!!!!! I know I will cry when they sing Spoonful Of Sugar!
Another fun one is that in the 70's my Dad got a camera and projector for his birthday I think. So we got some movies to play on the projector. One of the movies was Swiss Family Robinson. We had so much fun watching the movie and when it got to the part when they release those logs we would always watch it in reverse and then forward, and then in reverse. Funny how something so silly is a memory I would think of so many years later.

 

[franandaj]

I have a few memories, and I'm not sure which came first, but all took place in California after we moved from Boston.

1) Watching the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights on our black and white TV. I didn't know that Walt had died, but it did seem like he was talking just to me.

2) Going to see the Aristocats with my best friend, and we sang "Thomas O-Malley, the Al-ley Cat" over and over, much to our parents chagrin.

3) This was the kicker...my new friends in California asked me how many times I'd been to Disneyland. "Disneyland? What's that?" They told me all about the Matterhorn, Pirates of the Caribbean, and all kinds of other exiting things. I didn't let up on my parents until they finally took me some 4 years later!

 

[Muushka]

3) This was the kicker...my new friends in California asked me how many times I'd been to Disneyland. "Disneyland? What's that?" They told me all about the Matterhorn, Pirates of the Caribbean, and all kinds of other exiting things. I didn't let up on my parents until they finally took me some 4 years later!

I can imagine any one of us nagging and begging for 4 years!

 

[Granny]

1) Watching the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights on our black and white TV. I didn't know that Walt had died, but it did seem like he was talking just to me.

That reminds me that we also had only a B&W television set too. I guess the irony of "the world is a carousel of color" didn't really register on me.

 

[DiznyDi]

Anybody out there remember Toby Tyler? ..... the little boy that ran off to join the circus? One of my favorite movies! Also enjoyed 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
Great fun, JT!

Hey wildernessDad, we're into double digits, but who's counting?