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

[Muushka]

Our household is now 21 hours out from the Launch of the next Disney Adventure!

DiznyDi is so disappointed in the weather forecasts for this coming week. And her mantra of the house is "one more sleep"! We've all been there before, so I know it will probably by a series of catnaps rather than any sleeping goin' on.

So who will have the bigger adventure and taller tales to tell; DiznyDi & DD, or Dizny Dad & DSL (left behind to do male bonding)?

Remember Muush . . . if the police are in our driveway, act natural and drive on past. . . . . .

 

[Dizny Dad]

OK – DiznyDi & DD hit the ground and ran as fast as ME would take them to The Lodge last evening. The Mercantile was first (rubbing Humphrey’s nose, of course), then off to MK (by way of the pin cart & boat dock – can’t miss those). The rain finally got the best of them so back to The Lodge at Midnight for a good night’s sleep before today’s big adventure.

Dizny Dad & SIL gathered for the first of the planned movie nights, with Lethal Weapon I fitting the bill. The action was so good, that I actually stayed up until 10 PM! (exciting life, huh). Tonight – Lethal Weapon II w/ pizza. (Hoping to start the movie earlier; these parties can be exhausting!)

Miss you both.

 

[jimmytammy]

OK – DiznyDi & DD hit the ground and ran as fast as ME would take them to The Lodge last evening. The Mercantile was first (rubbing Humphrey’s nose, of course), then off to MK (by way of the pin cart & boat dock – can’t miss those). The rain finally got the best of them so back to The Lodge at Midnight for a good night’s sleep before today’s big adventure.

Dizny Dad & SIL gathered for the first of the planned movie nights, with Lethal Weapon I fitting the bill. The action was so good, that I actually stayed up until 10 PM! (exciting life, huh). Tonight – Lethal Weapon II w/ pizza. (Hoping to start the movie earlier; these parties can be exhausting!)

Miss you both.

Can relate to those late nights. We had a friend from Orlando come in Thurs-Sun and she is a huge Det. Tigers fan so we watched the games=late nightsTime is def not a good friend when you are tired. In other words, I can feel your pain

 

[horselover]

OK – DiznyDi & DD hit the ground and ran as fast as ME would take them to The Lodge last evening. The Mercantile was first (rubbing Humphrey’s nose, of course), then off to MK (by way of the pin cart & boat dock – can’t miss those). The rain finally got the best of them so back to The Lodge at Midnight for a good night’s sleep before today’s big adventure.

Yes, they did & guess who was coincidentally sitting across from them on the boat to the MK? You guessed it the Horselover family! So funny! DiznyDi texted me about 9:00 asking if we were still at MK. I texted back saying we were just about to get on the boat & should be there shortly. I commented to AnniversaryGuy that she must have been on the boat right before us & too bad we missed her. We were the 1st in line for the boat. We board & are departing the dock when I look across the aisle & there's DiznyDi & DD! Altogether now "It's a Small World After All"! It was great to see her & we chatted it up all the way to the entrance where we left Di to renew her AP & we moved on to BTMRR. A great impromptu groupie meet!

I never did get a chance to meet Maria. It was pouring here on Sat. the day we talked about meeting so we never made it to Epcot in the afternoon. Hope you had a great trip Maria!

 

[tea pot]

Yes, they did & guess who was coincidentally sitting across from them on the boat to the MK? You guessed it the Horselover family! A great impromptu groupie meet!

Don't you just love Groupie Magic

Horeslover I just love your MNSSHP family picture!
You guys look great

 

[MiaSRN62]

Good morning Groupies !
I am back on Pennsylvania soil......it's sunny and warm here. Not anything like Sat and Sun in WDW ! I think "dreadful" would best describe Sat's weather ! I've been unable to post all week due to sketchy at best wireless on the Magic. Some of you who are Facebook friends of me might have seen a couple posts from Key West. I did purchase the ship's internet package but sending one email was taking 5+ min......very slow.

Our western Caribbean cruise was mostly good weather-wise. Sea days were not great. I'd say 75% of sea days were cloudy and/or stormy. Port days were better. Key West had great weather. Grand Caymen and Cozumel were iffy. Pirate Night party was very windy but rain-free. Castaway Cay day was AWESOME ! But one of the crew told us if we had had the winds we did the day before on sea day we would not have been able to dock. Over the ship's speaker they urged guests to get out on Castaway Cay before 1 pm because a storm was coming----it never did but that night back to Cape Canaveral was quite rocky.

We docked in FL to dreadful weather which never let up ALL DAY. Winds.....heavy sideways rain.....ugh. I had so wanted to enjoy Food and Wine Festival but could not. We had dinner ADR's at Rose n Crown and when we went to check in was told the restaurant was shutting down (no explaination but suspect flooding maybe ?). So we went to Octoberfest for dinner. But really had wanted Rose N Crown. We spent from 5 pm to 2 am in Epcot/Boardwalk (Jellyrolls). Just soaked to the bone ! Sun got better after noon'ish but woke up to sideways drenching rain that morning.

Loved getting to meet Julie/Teapot ! She and I hit it off very well just chatting away. She is so nice and glad we found the time to get together ! Sorry I missed Di and Dizny Dad. We were sitting in the Orlando airport waiting to go home when she texted me she was on the ME to WDW. Just a complete passing----a Groupie meet that almost didn't quite happen.....lol Oh well.....next time ! Horselover....loved your MNSSHP pics ! We almost went on Sept 30 but had gotten together with three other couples in our traveling party for an pre-cruise celebration at Kobe's restaurant off-site. By the time we got out of there.....with a saki in me....just didn't think we could do it. So we went to Downtown Disney instead. But glad you had fun !

Trying to catch up with many emails/FB/DIS etc. Wilderness Dad.....very happy to hear about the 3 year contract ! That is wonderful news !

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Sorry couldn't figure out how to do 2 pics in the same post from my phone. We went to MNSSHP last night. Here are the costumes. We got lots of compliments.

What great costumes!

We are OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL!!! Our 100 pt. VWL contract we purchased resale closed today. Now waiting to hear that our 50 pt. contract closed. Hopefully next week.

Congrats!!!

DLI and Inkmahm, we'll keep our breakfast meet; Friday December 9th at 8:30 AM At Whispering Canyon Cafe. If there is anyone else interested in our breakfast meet, please send me a PM or respond to the thread. I'm happy to add to our current reservation.

Only 2 more sleeps

Sounds good to me!

We'll be doing lots of shows tomorrow after we arrive - Aladdin, Remember Dreams come true Fireworks and Fantasmic. Tuesday is the Halloween party and Wednesday we'll take in WOC. Can't wait!!!

Love the Aladdin show!! Glad it is still there!

 

[eliza61]

Welcome Back Maria,
Sounds like you had a great trip.

I was completely "unplugged" this weekend so I'l have to spend some time catching up.

Happy Monday Groupies.

 

[Dizny Dad]

Yes, they did & guess who was coincidentally sitting across from them on the boat to the MK? You guessed it the Horselover family! So funny! DiznyDi texted me about 9:00 asking if we were still at MK. I texted back saying we were just about to get on the boat & should be there shortly. I commented to AnniversaryGuy that she must have been on the boat right before us & too bad we missed her. We were the 1st in line for the boat. We board & are departing the dock when I look across the aisle & there's DiznyDi & DD! Altogether now "It's a Small World After All"!

DiznyDi &DD were thrilled to have such a surprise Groupie Meet! She was sorry that she could catch back up with you and family to take a picture or two.

Yesterday showed a smile for the away team in The world - the sun broke out and they were thrilled to enjoy the warm rays. Food and wine treated them well, as they spent the day sending pictures of their tasty adventure! The day wore on and, of course, The Lodge called to them, so back for another good night's sleep before the next adventure of shopping, eating, walking, and shopping. Did I mention shopping?

DSIL and I queued up Lethal Weapon II & III for the evening with pizza and chips. The action was over-powering as DSIL fell in and out of sleep during the WLIII showing.

OK dears, keep sending those glimpses of fun to me as I sit here at my desk maintaining the empire.

 

[jimmytammy]

So happy that groupie mini meets are taking place. Got to keep the spirit alive!

 

[jimmytammy]

Glad you got back home safe and sound. Loved the FB Dream vs Magic that you posted. That was a blast...literally!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Thanks for the welcome back eliza !

Awesome about the mini groupie meet too ! Just think of the scrapbooks we could all keep with our get-togethers !

And glad you enjoyed the link jimmytammy ! My youngest dd (18) was so excited to show it to me and I just had to post it on FB. Very cool !

Meant to add....when we left on our Magic Oct 1-8 cruise, we told our kids back home to look for us on the port webcam. They saw us ! They told us the cam was even zooming up on us jumping and waving on deck ! How cool is that ?!

 

[I Book He Pays]

Hi Groupies:
How's everyone doing?

edk35 ~ Congratulations! Yahoo!!!
jimmytammy ~ Have a great vacation and enjoy!

Inkmahm ~ Glad everything went well at the dentist and you were able to save some money! Good luck!

horselover ~ So funny how you met up with DiznyDi/DD! Very magical way of meeting! I hope the weather is improving for you!

MiaSRN62 ~ Welcome back! Sorry that the weather didn't cooperate with you during your vacation but sounds like you had a blast. What did you end up doing in ports? So cool that your kids saw you on the port web cam! Love it!

I'm getting ready for vacation and we'll be staying at the HHI resort (2BR Villa). This is our first visit to HHI and looking forward to it. I know this is off topic but if anyone ever stayed at the HHI resort please let me know how you liked it. Looks like a great resort and heard that the CM's are wonderful! Must find Shadow!

 

[jimmytammy]

Thanks Trish!!

 

[Dizny Dad]

I haven't heard a thing yet about MNSSHP last night . . . . maybe they haven't returned yet!?!

DiznyDi prepared for the scare . . .

If seen, please tell them it is time to go back to The Lodge - there has to be some type of shopping that needs done . . .

 

[Granny]

I'm getting ready for vacation and we'll be staying at the HHI resort (2BR Villa). This is our first visit to HHI and looking forward to it. I know this is off topic but if anyone ever stayed at the HHI resort please let me know how you liked it. Looks like a great resort and heard that the CM's are wonderful! Must find Shadow!

HHI is a very nice resort...DW and I enjoyed it quite a bit. We rented bicycles (very reasonable cost for length of stay) and rode down to the beach several times. The sand on the beach is packed such that you can ride bicycles on the beach, so we enjoyed that too. Tons of restaurants on the island, and I'd suggest a day trip to Savannah if your schedule allows. We did that and got on one of the city tour buses for a very nice day. All in all, a beautiful area and yes the CM's were great (but then again, we've found almost all Disney CM's to be great). Enjoy the trip!

 

[templed]

I just bought points at VWL... Yay me!

I guess that would qualify me as a groupie?

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

Seems like I've been waiting forever but it's almost time .... one week until I'm in DW!!!

 

[Muushka]

I just bought points at VWL... Yay me!

I guess that would qualify me as a groupie?

Well....looky here! We got ourselves a new Groupie!
templed, you have made our day!!

Grab yourself our handsome Moosie.
Grab a rocking chair and sit with us on the porch and tell us all about why VWL was your DVC of choice!

 

[Muushka]

Seems like I've been waiting forever but it's almost time .... one week until I'm in DW!!!

We are right behind you! 2.5 weeks .