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

[stopher1]

Always nice to see everyone!

Hey, Muuska has invited us all on a cruise - and I think she's buying! Let's go!

I'd be in for that!!

 

[blossomz]

Me too!

 

[lisah0711]

Happy Tuesday groupies!

Granny. Good to see you.

Wish I could go sit here for a while today:

Think warm thoughts!

Ahhh, Dory, thank you! If only I could be there now . . . maybe I will be able to stop by when I am at WDW next month.

Any other groupies doing the Princess Half this year? Or was I the only crazy one who drank the moose juice at the midlife crisis birthday party?

It will be fun!

 

[DVCGeek]

If you have the opportunity, ask them if the Mickey that holds the Welcome Home sign is still Minnie, or if it's been changed back to Mickey.

I'll try and ask them when they get back!

 

[horselover]

So tomorrow is finally the day I get to call for our Christmas trip. I'm so nervous about it. I hope I'm not going to be sorry I didn't book for early Dec. My mom has decided not to come with us so we're back to just needing the 1 BR. I hope that will improve our odds. Please send some moose dust my way for luck!

 

[Granny]

horselover...GOOD LUCK with the reservation!!!

It's a great time of year to visit. And it looks like you'll be there before Christmas so the crowds shouldn't be too crazy.

Dory...thanks for the great picture. Looking very much forward to sitting in one of those chairs!

 

[Dizny Dad]

Horselover - Just for you

 

[jimmytammy]

Good luck and Moose Dust on those ressies HL!!

Barb
Thats great that you are taking us all on a cruise

 

[horselover]

I got it!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!! We're booked in a 1 BR 12/20-27. So excited to finally be getting back Home! It's been way too long.

 

[DVCGeek]

DiznyDi- I asked last night once they got back and they said the Welcome Home sign was Mickey and don't recall ever seeing it as Minnie.

horselover- Congrats on the ressie!!!

 

[Dizny Dad]

Good luck and Moose Dust on those ressies HL!!

Barb
Thats great that you are taking us all on a cruise

OK, Jimmy, maybe you should start setting things up for a big groupie meet on the boat! With Barb buying, I'm sure there will be lots of takers, all with extended family, of course!

 

[DiznyDi]

DVCGeek, Glad to hear that Mickey has returned! Someone posted a picture last month, during the extreme cold when the topiaries were all covered, that Mickey suddenly was changed to Minnie

Great news horselover! Congratulations on your ressie! Wish I could say that we'd be seeing you in December, but we leave the 17th.

 

[horselover]

Great news horselover! Congratulations on your ressie! Wish I could say that we'd be seeing you in December, but we leave the 17th.

Thanks & . I knew that would be the price I would pay for going later in the month. Most groupies seem to go earlier in the month. Hopefully we'll be seeing you on some other trip. Maybe on a May trip. Seems like you & Dizny Dad enjoy going at that time of year & sometimes we do too!

 

[Dizny Dad]

Thanks & . I knew that would be the price I would pay for going later in the month. Most groupies seem to go earlier in the month. Hopefully we'll be seeing you on some other trip. Maybe on a May trip. Seems like you & Dizny Dad enjoy going at that time of year & sometimes we do too!

Maybe we'll see you on the MuushCruise!

 

[eliza61]

So, had a meeting with the family for our family reunion down in the world this August. Since I'm not a suicidal, I knew at the beginning not to volunteer for any planning. Basically everyone went through a TA and Disney's grand gathering.
So far we've got 22 people definite (reservations paid) with a possible 15 more. Me and another cousin are really the only 2 disney lovers in the group.
Anyway last month the travel agent suggested that everyone make 2 adrs for dinner for each day. Her reasoning was that since we are going the first week of free dining, she would suggest having an alternate.
When I made mention of how adr's work and how 10 families double booking is really selfish and rude, she looked at me like I had 2 heads.

Last night I reiterated how I really wish we would not do this. but you ever get the feeling that as long as it's not illegal some one is going to do some thing a little bit shifty anyway, *** sighs***

I know in the grand scheme of things it's probably really small but I just invision some poor first timer with babies trying to get an adr at Crystal palace and can't because my jungle tribe is en masse holding them up.

So our 180 day window is opening up next month and my other cousin & I figure if they are bound and determined to make adr's out the wazoo we will at least nag them into cancelling the ones they know they won't keep.

 

[DVCGeek]

Someone posted a picture last month, during the extreme cold when the topiaries were all covered, that Mickey suddenly was changed to Minnie

Think you might be able to post a link? I'm curious to see that oddity!

 

[DiznyDi]

Well, it took me a while - I'm on dial-up you know. But here's the link:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2490642&page=151

 

[DVCGeek]

DiznyDi- Wow; sorry to make a hard request; didn't realize you were on dial-up! Anyway, thanks for the link and at the cross-dressing comment back in that post... I wonder since there wasn't a bow (my mom actually mentioned that explicitly) if they failed to notice the dress.

 

[Granny]

DiznyDi- I asked last night once they got back and they said the Welcome Home sign was Mickey and don't recall ever seeing it as Minnie.

Well, then Mickey is now wearing a skirt I guess.

The bottom picture in this post was taken just two weeks ago.

Post on new DVC topiary at VWL

Go figure.

 

[Granny]

Anyway last month the travel agent suggested that everyone make 2 adrs for dinner for each day. Her reasoning was that since we are going the first week of free dining, she would suggest having an alternate.
When I made mention of how adr's work and how 10 families double booking is really selfish and rude, she looked at me like I had 2 heads.

Last night I reiterated how I really wish we would not do this. but you ever get the feeling that as long as it's not illegal some one is going to do some thing a little bit shifty anyway, *** sighs***

I know in the grand scheme of things it's probably really small but I just invision some poor first timer with babies trying to get an adr at Crystal palace and can't because my jungle tribe is en masse holding them up.

So our 180 day window is opening up next month and my other cousin & I figure if they are bound and determined to make adr's out the wazoo we will at least nag them into cancelling the ones they know they won't keep.

It's a shame that this travel agent made that suggestion, but my guess is that it is a pretty widespread strategy. I know that our last two trips we've had better luck just walking up to restaurants and nicely asking about availability than trying to make ADR's.

Yes, it's a rude practice. But if you will be there during free dining, I do think it's a good idea to make as many ADR's (one per meal time) as you can. We hate to have our vacations revolve around restaurant reservations but if you won't have a car then your food options are limited.

And let me get this straight...all 22-37 of you are planning on eating all your meals together?

You're going to make some Brazilian tour groups very unhappy.