VWL Lovers & Groupies Thread: Meese-ka, Mice-ka MOOSE-kateers

[horselover]

What a nice way to start my morning! Thanks TB & Dad! Only 35 days until I get to see it in person. Getting so excited!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Twinklebug and Dizny Dad....thanks so much for the festive Lodge photos ! I so wish I was going to be there for the holidays !

 

[wildernessDad]

Love the pics! Can't wait to be there. We're having Thanksgiving dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe. The menu sounded great when the CM read it out to me.

 

[stopher1]

Happy Birthday to the Villas at the Lodge!

 

[wildernessDad]

Happy Birthday to the Villas at the Lodge!

Wow! Yes, happy birthday!!!

 

[horselover]

Happy Birthday to my happy place!!!

 

[Dizny Dad]

Here's a view I always find intriguing . . .

There is a little Christmas spirit in this picture if you squint . .

 

[stopher1]

Forgive me if I have missed any discussion of this - but we're just a couple of weeks out now, and I was wondering if those of you will be at WDW between Dec. 5-9 have time or would like to get together for a Groupies meet.

I will be there, and would love to see / meet you. Had such a good time last year with Muush & Mr. Muush, Di & Dad, Tea Pot, Happy Dinks, wilderness Dad, Jimmy & Tammy... and the breakfast at WCC... I'd love to make something happen again this time. I leave on the 9th at about 10 to head over to Port Canaveral - but am pretty much open the rest of the week. I arrive on Monday afternoon-ish from Vero Beach, and the only real thing I have scheduled right now is Hoop-Dee-Doo that evening. Sadly I'm not staying at the Lodge, but will have a car, and am happy to meet anywhere. So if you're up to it... that would be awesome! Personally I'd love something on the evening of the 8th...

Any takers?

 

[Granny]

Forgive me if I have missed any discussion of this - but we're just a couple of weeks out now, and I was wondering if those of you will be at WDW between Dec. 5-9 have time or would like to get together for a Groupies meet.

I will be there, and would love to see / meet you. Had such a good time last year with Muush & Mr. Muush, Di & Dad, Tea Pot, Happy Dinks, wilderness Dad, Jimmy & Tammy... and the breakfast at WCC... I'd love to make something happen again this time. I leave on the 9th at about 10 to head over to Port Canaveral - but am pretty much open the rest of the week. I arrive on Monday afternoon-ish from Vero Beach, and the only real thing I have scheduled right now is Hoop-Dee-Doo that evening. Sadly I'm not staying at the Lodge, but will have a car, and am happy to meet anywhere. So if you're up to it... that would be awesome! Personally I'd love something on the evening of the 8th...

Any takers?

We should be available on the 8th as well since we are also leaving on the 9th. Not staying at VWL either but would be happy to meet there. Of course, none of this has been run past DW but she is usually a trooper!

 

[stopher1]

We should be available on the 8th as well since we are also leaving on the 9th. Not staying at VWL either but would be happy to meet there. Of course, none of this has been run past DW but she is usually a trooper!

Awesome! Meeting at the Lodge would be fabulous.

 

[twokats]

Forgive me if I have missed any discussion of this - but we're just a couple of weeks out now, and I was wondering if those of you will be at WDW between Dec. 5-9 have time or would like to get together for a Groupies meet.

I will be there, and would love to see / meet you. Had such a good time last year with Muush & Mr. Muush, Di & Dad, Tea Pot, Happy Dinks, wilderness Dad, Jimmy & Tammy... and the breakfast at WCC... I'd love to make something happen again this time. I leave on the 9th at about 10 to head over to Port Canaveral - but am pretty much open the rest of the week. I arrive on Monday afternoon-ish from Vero Beach, and the only real thing I have scheduled right now is Hoop-Dee-Doo that evening. Sadly I'm not staying at the Lodge, but will have a car, and am happy to meet anywhere. So if you're up to it... that would be awesome! Personally I'd love something on the evening of the 8th...

Any takers?

We should be available on the 8th as well since we are also leaving on the 9th. Not staying at VWL either but would be happy to meet there. Of course, none of this has been run past DW but she is usually a trooper!

We have a 1:15 reservation for lunch @ Whispering Canyon and then we are just going to play around one of the parks, so we would be available to come back to the lodge and meet with y'all. Kati (DD) was very excited when I read her the post. Looking forward to our trip. We leave in 15 days!!!

 

[eliza61]

So I had absolutely no plans on ever visiting this memorial but yesterday I was in the city having dinner with BFF and she had passes.
Any, of course my major concern was getting there and blubbering like an idiot. First of all, I'm not one of those pretty criers like Julia Roberts or Halle Berry. I'm more the Yaphet Kotto or Karl Marlden type.

For a gal that didn't want to go originally I ended up spending most of the afternoon sitting there.

I apologize for the quality of pictures. I didn't have my camera and the one I borrowed had a zoom lens which isn't the greatest for close quarters.

The reflecting pools. there are 2 "waterfalls" in the exact spot of the towers. What struck me was how quiet they are. You hear almost no sound from the waterfalls. Now that may also have been because there is a lot of noise from construction.

I took this picture simply because as far as I can "guesstimate" this was aproximately where I was standing when I got waffled. The south tower was actually in front of me and this is the opposite street.

The granite the names are ingraved on is very pretty, sort of a greyish blue stone. the name light up from underneath.

Here's a link for the rest I took: http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m260/eliza61nyc/9_11/
I'm glad I went.

P.S. as always, thanks for being my "unofficial" official support group. nothing gives me more strength.

 

[horselover]

Thank you for those pictures Eliza.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

That is so cool! We went there summer of 09 and really enjoyed it. It was our first time there in a long time. I would love to go through the Vehicle Assy. building! We were lucky enough to be there when Challenger went up once. Did you see any of the wild pigs?

After our first visit in the mid 70's my parents and I visited again in the late 80's/early 90's and I also was lucky enough to catch an Atlantis launch in '09. I hadn't thought they'd take tours into the VAB again so it was a real treat. And no wild pigs showed up for our tour but there were 2 quite large gators that were sunning themselves along the banks!

 

[Dizny Dad]

Eliza – How moving to see; THANKS for the pictures and sharing your experience with us.

For so many, it was a far away event that rocked our world. You bring it closer to us. Thanks.

As with so many things, the DisBoard makes us all closer, which allows us to understand each other, which in turn leads to harmony and support.

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . . I was wondering if those of you will be at WDW between Dec. 5-9 have time or would like to get together for a Groupies meet. . . . . . . Any takers?

We arrive at the Lodge in the afternoon of the 8th, with nothing specific planned for the evening! (Casey's can wait)

. . . . Of course, none of this has been run past DW but she is usually a trooper!

Me, too; pending the approval of DiznyDi; but I'm sure she is in!

 

[jimmytammy]

Eliza
Thank you for sharing these photos and your thoughts with us. As Dad says, we are removed from it, either geographically or simply because we werent there. We appreciate your willingness to share.

 

[jimmytammy]

A Dec. groupie meet and Im not going to be there OK, pics are expected here folks.

 

[horselover]

A Dec. groupie meet and Im not going to be there OK, pics are expected here folks.

I'm not going to be there either.

 

[stopher1]

I'm glad I went.

P.S. as always, thanks for being my "unofficial" official support group. nothing gives me more strength.

Eliza - thank you. Those are wonderful pictures. I'm glad you went too.

The last time I was there there was a lot of construction going on, with no real plan yet in place for what the memorial would be. I've been wanting to get back there for a while now. Hopefully in 2012 I can make that happen. It looks wonderful and peaceful.