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

[horselover]

Hi Groupies! Just popping in for a quick hello. Hope everyone is doing well.

Inkmahm - have a good trip!

Still waiting for the WAT photo CD to arrive. I'll post those pics when it comes.

Oh & I'm not sure I mentioned that right after I got home from my trip my new VWL points showed up in my account so I was able to add the missing days to our Christmas reservation. So now we are all set for 12/20-27 again at our Lodge! 2013 will be a year off because those Christmas stays are really a point killer.

Have a great day all!

 

[Dizny Dad]

Wishing everybody a Happy Wednesday!!

It IS a happy Wednesday!

It is sunny right now (64°F) with a high later today of 71°F. Tomorrow is much of the same with a high of 74°F!

I love winter in Ohio!
(Can't imagine why DiznyDi wants to move to Florida!?!)

 

[Dizny Dad]

Hey, where is everybody? I can’t believe that there were no posts all afternoon, evening, and night, and we were still only half way down the post page!

Spring fever must really be acting on us!

OK – anybody ever go to the Disney miniature golfing near the Swan/Dolphin? We are thinking of going after one of the Welcome Home Wednesday events. Any pros/cons out there?

Have a GREAT day, but watch your back, it is the Ides of March!

 

[jimmytammy]

Hey Dad
Im here Ides of March are upon us for sure. Hope it turns out a great one for everyone!!

That golf sounds fun

 

[horselover]

Hey, where is everybody? I can’t believe that there were no posts all afternoon, evening, and night, and we were still only half way down the post page!

Spring fever must really be acting on us!

OK – anybody ever go to the Disney miniature golfing near the Swan/Dolphin? We are thinking of going after one of the Welcome Home Wednesday events. Any pros/cons out there?

Have a GREAT day, but watch your back, it is the Ides of March!

Hi Dizny Dad. We played mini golf there in Dec. It was a lot of fun. If you have an AP the discount was 50%. If not, bring your DVC card. I think that discount is 20%, but it might be only 10%. I can't remember. If you go at night & time it right you can hear the Fantasmic music. Have fun!

 

[eliza61]

Hey, where is everybody? I can’t believe that there were no posts all afternoon, evening, and night, and we were still only half way down the post page!

Spring fever must really be acting on us!

OK – anybody ever go to the Disney miniature golfing near the Swan/Dolphin? We are thinking of going after one of the Welcome Home Wednesday events. Any pros/cons out there?

Have a GREAT day, but watch your back, it is the Ides of March!

LOL. Ides of march indeed. I did not know the history behind this saying, google is truly my friend...

We did the miniature golf course once a few years back. It's called Fantasia gardens and has a lot of characters or references to the Sorceres apprentice movie. there is another one near blizzard beach also.

We are horrible miniature golfers (we also suck at regular golf but that's another story. ) which made it all the more fun.

 

[Granny]

DDad...Fantasia Gardens is a lot of fun. I think there are two "regular" miniature golf courses, then a unique (for me) course that is all real grass. It is a fun time, and something that people of all ages can enjoy. Makes for a nice change of pace to the crush of the parks. But the miniature golf courses can get quite busy as well. You might want to touch base with them to find out when it is not so crowded. I know the evenings can get really jammed.

Beware the Ides of March? Naw, there aren't any backstabbers on this thread!!

Very timely with the Shakespeare reference as DW & I are going to a Shakespeare play tonight... fortunately one of them that doesn't end up with everyone dead.

 

[twokats]

Hey, where is everybody? I can’t believe that there were no posts all afternoon, evening, and night, and we were still only half way down the post page!

Spring fever must really be acting on us!

OK – anybody ever go to the Disney miniature golfing near the Swan/Dolphin? We are thinking of going after one of the Welcome Home Wednesday events. Any pros/cons out there?

Have a GREAT day, but watch your back, it is the Ides of March!

Was around looking, but unable to post. Corporation returns were due today so I was up late making sure all my clients were ready to submit. I am not crazy about corporation returns, especially since they come right in the middle of regular returns. Hard to believe there is only one more month of the regular tax season left.

We have not ever done any of the miniature golf. Have to agree, I am not any good at it, never have been. My DH is a fairly good golfer, but he has never expressed an interest in miniature golf.

The Ides of March. . . . has always meant a lot to my family because it is the birthday of my brother and one of his sons.

Our countdown is 62 days until we are at the lodge. Got a lot to do between now and then, but I am so looking forward to the first trip to Florida alone with DH.

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . . DW & I are going to a Shakespeare play tonight... fortunately one of them that doesn't end up with everyone dead.

Really; there is one of those?

And hey, THANKS everyone for the putting information!

Julie - 50% discount with AP - Cool! DiznyDi will love that! THANKS!

Eliza - Fantasia Gardens w/ references to the Sorceres Apprentice - Cool! DD will really love that! THANKS!

Twokats - So sorry DiznyDi & I will miss you, but we'll leave some magic for you and your DH!

Granny - Real Grass? Do I have to replace my divots?

 

[Granny]

Granny - Real Grass? Do I have to replace my divots?

Well, they have a tee box, "fairway" and then a green and you only use a putter. The length of the holes look to be about the same as miniature golf holes, with lots of swales and hills of course. But I guess if you normally generate a divot with your putter , you would be expected to replace it.

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . if you normally generate a divot with your putter , you would be expected to replace it.

I'll practice before I go.

Granny - How was your Shakespeare experience? As engaging as Finding Nemo, or as love filled as Beauty & the Beast?

 

[Granny]

I'll practice before I go.

Granny - How was your Shakespeare experience? As engaging as Finding Nemo, or as love filled as Beauty & the Beast?

It was actually a very good adaptation. It was set in New Orleans, but the language was mostly the Shakespeare lines. I enjoyed it, my wife not so much.

I'd say it was not as deep in plot or character development as Beauty and the Beast or Nemo. But then again, that's a pretty high bar to clear.

 

[jimmytammy]

Hey folks
Just got to share, im a high tech redneck now! Got a iPad 2 mon. To help me out at work. I can get emails where I was constantly calling T before to get her to look up.
High tech hillbilly suits me better
Hope all have a great weekend!!!

 

[twokats]

Hey folks
Just got to share, im a high tech redneck now! Got a iPad 2 mon. To help me out at work. I can get emails where I was constantly calling T before to get her to look up.
High tech hillbilly suits me better
Hope all have a great weekend!!!

Kati says 'Way to go'

Now you match her. She loves it and was so proud when she got it!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Dizny Dad....if it's a real hot day, I'd choose Wintersummerland mini golf. If it's not oppressively hot then Fantasia mini golf is great. Try early morning or early/late evening for Fantasia. It's much more of an open course. Wintersummerland has some shade here and there. Both are fun !

Happy St Patty's Day everyone !

 

[jimmytammy]

Kati says 'Way to go'

Now you match her. She loves it and was so proud when she got it!

Tell Kati we are now kindred spirits not just through our love of VWL but our mutual admiration of our iPads And tell her hello from us!!

 

[wildernessDad]

Hey folks
Just got to share, im a high tech redneck now! Got a iPad 2 mon. To help me out at work. I can get emails where I was constantly calling T before to get her to look up.
High tech hillbilly suits me better
Hope all have a great weekend!!!

Excellent! Right now I probably have too any iPads. I'm thinking about trading in my white, 64GB AT&T iPad 2 for a $460 amazon.com gift card.

 

[sleepydog25]

Happy St Patty's Day everyone !

Not picking on you, Maria, but when I saw this, I started chuckling because of a link sent to me by my son-in-law. Rather than provide a link, I've copied the material below. It's quite humorous. . .

The provisional government
of
Paddy, Not Patty


to the people of the New World.

Each and every year millions of Irish, Irish-ish and amateur alcoholics are needlessly distracted from their Holy Tradition of drinking themselves into a stupor in the name of Saint Patrick, a Roman Briton slave holding the dubious honour of bringing Christianity to an island that would use it as another convenient excuse to blatter the hell out of each other for centuries.
The source of this terrible distraction?
An onslaught of half-hearted, dyed-green references to St. Patrick's Day as St. Patty's Day.
It gnaws at them. It riles them up. It makes them want to fight… you know, more than usual.
It's Paddy, not Patty. Ever.
Saint Patrick's Day? Grand.
Paddy's Day? Sure, dead-on.
St. Pat's? Aye, if ye must.
St. Patty? No, ye goat!

Paddy is derived from the Irish, Pádraig, hence those mysterious, emerald double-Ds.
Patty is the diminutive of Patricia, or a burger, and just not something you call a fella.
There's not a sinner in Ireland that would call a Patrick, “Patty”. It's insulting. It's really as simple as that.
Grand wee versions

• Paddy
• Pat
• Packie
• Podge
• Pád
• Pod

Have a great weekend all!

 

[crabbie1]

I have done both the summer and winterland golf courses and the winterland is great.We did it on an evening about 8pm and it was lovely all lit up in the dark.
As for shakespere I live near to stratford upon avon and saw Romeo and Juliet in a small theatre there. It was very ornate and cute.

Just a query, we have booked a onebedroom in august instead of a studio and just wondered which area to request as this will be our first visit. I am fully aware these are not guarenteed but this is our first DVC members visit

 

[sleepydog25]

I have done both the summer and winterland golf courses and the winterland is great.We did it on an evening about 8pm and it was lovely all lit up in the dark.
As for shakespere I live near to stratford upon avon and saw Romeo and Juliet in a small theatre there. It was very ornate and cute.

Just a query, we have booked a onebedroom in august instead of a studio and just wondered which area to request as this will be our first visit. I am fully aware these are not guarenteed but this is our first DVC members visit

As most VWLers will tell you, the views essentially are of the woods, though if you're on the side toward the lake, you can catch glimpses of the water through said trees. We usually request courtyard pool views as these rooms allow a nice view of the pool area and fairly decent views of the lake. We also go for floor 3 or higher. Still, you're mostly going to get trees. . .but you hopefully you will love VWL as much as we do.