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

[DiznyDi]

Icecoldpenguin and audipolo!
Always a pleasure to welcome new groupies to our thread!

Jill! Enjoy your day in celebration with family and friends! I hope the shines warmly upon your face today!

Wishing all my cyber friends a very Happy Valentines Day!

 

[Icecoldpenguin]

Icecoldpenguin and audipolo!
Always a pleasure to welcome new groupies to our thread!

Jill! Enjoy your day in celebration with family and friends! I hope the shines warmly upon your face today!

Wishing all my cyber friends a very Happy Valentines Day!

Thank you so much for the welcome we are very excited to be part of the group.

Welcome to the groupies Teresa!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILL!!!




And last but not least Happy Valentine's Day to all my groupie friends!

Thank you so much for the welcome you are all making me feel so glad we chose VWL.

Welcome to the groupies!! You have come to a warm friendly place. For us personally, we have met what have become life long friends on this thread. We share ups and downs here, all with a common bond...love of the Lodge

Congrats on your decision to own at VWL and on your upcoming wedding!

Thank you for the congrats on VWL and the wedding. The wedding in July we can't wait to be there for the wedding and honeymoon.

And a great big Moose Call to Icecoldpenguin and audipolo!

Welcome to our little group nestled in The Lodge, where it is always warm, always inviting, and always forgiving!

Come and sit by the fire at the Inglenook, then join us on occasion, in the Carolwood Pacific room for fellowship and surprises! We look forward to the energy you can add to our thread and friendship you can bring to our Groupie Meets!

I will get greg over here soon to say hi. Thank you for welcoming us both

Well, lookie here, we have us a brandy-new Groupie!!! WooHoo! We just love that.

I must say, you have wonderful taste in DVC resorts, but then I am a tad biased.

If you go back to page one and scroll waaay down to my post, there is info on how to grab yourself a Moosie Siggy. That will work with anything you want to steal on the Dis. For example, I just wanted to thank Eliza for the cake, so I right clicked it, selected the properties, copied the location, clicked on the picture icon in the tool bar here in this post and copy and past the properties

(thanks E!)

I make the birthday list (but will be giving up that job next thread if anyone is interested) so if you post yours and your Greg's birthdays, I will be happy to add them to the list.

Stopher1, the keeper of this thread, takes care of trips planned. You can PM him with the info (that is the best way).

Congratulations on the pending marriage!! I will add that date if you like. And welcome to our thread. It is very good to have you.
Visit often and we love pictures.

Thank you for you help and signature advice. Thanks for the warm welcome as well. We are happy to be here.

Welcome home, Teresa! We're a friendly, supportive group here. Pull up a moose and join us!

A honeymoon at the lodge would be perfect!

To get the signatures, you need to save them to your computer and then put them someplace like photobucket so that you can upload them to your signature.

I love all the moose references so cute!

Thanks, Muushka, Eliza, Inkmahm, and Blossomz for the beautiful birthday wishes!!!! You put an enormous smile on my face.

And welcome to our new groupie, Teresa!

Thanks and happy birthday!

Welcome home!

can't wait to be there for the first time.

I don't know. But this thread is pretty much our groupie bonding spot. Not sure what FB could do for us that this thread doesn't already do.

what it did for us is it gave us a place to get to know each other more personally and we got faster responses sometimes to thread type questions. It has become a more personal place to chat than the boards. I am new here and I have not figured out how you guys run things so I was just asking.


Have a great day everyone.

Teresa

 

[blossomz]

Happy Valentines Day to all of my groupie friends!!!

 

[wildernessDad]

Happy Valentines Day to all of my fellow groupies.

In family news, it looks like my eldest daughter, the air traffic controller, will be getting a position in my home state of Maryland. Thus, she and my grand daughter are going to move in with us before May until she gets on her feet and is able to rent / buy a house. I'm wondering if I should add on my grand daughter to our May vacation. DW needs a wheelchair and the son is special, but could potentially push the wheelchair while I pushed my grand daughter's stroller. My daughter would not be able to go. Also, we've already made dining reservations, so I'd have to go back to see if they could add on my grand daughter, who will be 5 in March of this year. What do you think?

 

[eliza61]

Hello fellow Moose-kateers,

My name is Teresa and my fiancé's name is Greg (audipolo) on the boards. We are closing on our DVC property right now and we are very excited. We love the lodge and can not wait to stay there for our first DVC trip which will consequently also be our Honeymoon.


so anyway hello and we are glad to be part of the family.

Teresa

Welcome Teresa, glad you are going to be hanging out with us.

Welcome to the groupies!! You have come to a warm friendly place. For us personally, we have met what have become life long friends on this thread. We share ups and downs here, all with a common bond...love of the Lodge
!

LOL, JT it seems you guys have been my friends for so long now, I think love of the Wilderness lodge is just my excuse to hang out with everyone.!!

Happy Valentines Day to all of my fellow groupies.

In family news, it looks like my eldest daughter, the air traffic controller, will be getting a position in my home state of Maryland. Thus, she and my grand daughter are going to move in with us before May until she gets on her feet and is able to rent / buy a house. I'm wondering if I should add on my grand daughter to our May vacation. DW needs a wheelchair and the son is special, but could potentially push the wheelchair while I pushed my grand daughter's stroller. My daughter would not be able to go. Also, we've already made dining reservations, so I'd have to go back to see if they could add on my grand daughter, who will be 5 in March of this year. What do you think?

Hey WD,
I would probably add your GD on. I'm one of those "just in case" gals.
From previous experience, we've had no problems adding kids to my adr's but I have to add the caveat that we don't make a lot and the few times we've done it, it's been for character meals which are usually buffets.
I think you'll be fine with taking your GD but you may find yourself going a bit slower (which in my life is a good thing). Has your GD been to wdw before? If this will be here first time, she may have a bit of extra energy, what I use to call the "Tigger" effect. lol.

 

[wildernessDad]

Hey WD,
I would probably add your GD on. I'm one of those "just in case" gals.
From previous experience, we've had no problems adding kids to my adr's but I have to add the caveat that we don't make a lot and the few times we've done it, it's been for character meals which are usually buffets.
I think you'll be fine with taking your GD but you may find yourself going a bit slower (which in my life is a good thing). Has your GD been to wdw before? If this will be here first time, she may have a bit of extra energy, what I use to call the "Tigger" effect. lol.

Yes, she's been to WDW before. Here she is with Tigger.

 

[Muushka]

Thank you all who posted valentines for us. I copied it (well stole it) and sent it to Mr Muush, the Moosie from Granny.
He replied "Yes! With all my heart and both antlers!" Awww. I love my Mr Muush.

Happy Valentines Day to all of my fellow groupies.

In family news, it looks like my eldest daughter, the air traffic controller, will be getting a position in my home state of Maryland. Thus, she and my grand daughter are going to move in with us before May until she gets on her feet and is able to rent / buy a house. I'm wondering if I should add on my grand daughter to our May vacation. DW needs a wheelchair and the son is special, but could potentially push the wheelchair while I pushed my grand daughter's stroller. My daughter would not be able to go. Also, we've already made dining reservations, so I'd have to go back to see if they could add on my grand daughter, who will be 5 in March of this year. What do you think?

That would be great! Between you and your son, you will be all set.

Your daughter is an air traffic controller? Interesting. Has she ever seen the movie Pushing Tin?? Love that movie.

Thank you guys for the warm welcome I am so glad that chose the VWL now especially with having such a nice group of neighbors.

I am going to send PMs for the trip dates and for the birthdays.

Where shall I send the PM for our wedding trip?

I hope some of you will join along with this new neighbors wedding planning and honeymoon planning by following the links in my signature it would be great to have you guys along for the ride. I am looking forward to my new Disney DVC family.

Does anyone know if the different DVC properties have facebook groups where we can pow wow? The disney brides made one and it has been a great bonding tool. If we don't have one we should make one.

Teresa

Well, Stoph is trips, I am birthdays but we don't have a special category for Brides and Grooms honeymoons.
I'm thinking Stopher might make special mention of it on the trips post, I'm sure he will figure out what to do.
Again, Teresa, welcome! And let your honey know that this thread has plenty of guys, 50/50 I would say.
Heck, even Granny's a guy!

 

[Inkmahm]

what it did for us is it gave us a place to get to know each other more personally and we got faster responses sometimes to thread type questions. It has become a more personal place to chat than the boards. I am new here and I have not figured out how you guys run things so I was just asking.


Have a great day everyone.

Teresa

It's not a bad suggestion, either. If you take a chair and sit awhile in our thread though, you'll find that we get pretty personal here. Every now and then we throw in a reference to the lodge to make sure the moderators know our thread is on topic! We share quite a bit of our daily lives though. Everything from being unemployed forever (me) to prayer requests (me and a lot of others), discussions about our kids and our pets, etc.

We even have groupie meets when we all happen to be at WDW at the same time! I think Dynaguy and I went to 3 of them on our December trip (two from this thread and one general one.) It's always great to meet friends in person and have a face and voice to put with the comments made here.

Anyway, welcome again to the group and don't feel bashful about posting anything you want here. It's a very forgiving, loving group of VWL lovers. A great support group of people who love Disney and love the lodge. It's funny how much we all have in common.

 

[Inkmahm]

Happy Valentines Day to all of my fellow groupies.

In family news, it looks like my eldest daughter, the air traffic controller, will be getting a position in my home state of Maryland. Thus, she and my grand daughter are going to move in with us before May until she gets on her feet and is able to rent / buy a house. I'm wondering if I should add on my grand daughter to our May vacation. DW needs a wheelchair and the son is special, but could potentially push the wheelchair while I pushed my grand daughter's stroller. My daughter would not be able to go. Also, we've already made dining reservations, so I'd have to go back to see if they could add on my grand daughter, who will be 5 in March of this year. What do you think?

Very cool! How nice that you'll have them with you for awhile and they'll be living close to you when she finds a spot. I'd definitely add the GD to your trip.
If you already havd ADRs for 3, it probably is not problem at all to add a 4th person. Most Disney restaurants probably already have you down for a 4Top anyway. Going from 2 to 3 or 2 to 4 is harder as that changes the size of the table you have reserved.

What a fun thing to look forward to, having a GD with you on your trip!

 

[Inkmahm]

Happy Valentines Day to all of my groupie friends!!!

Ditto!

I've got a bad headache today that I'm fighting off with lots of fluids and drugs. We have a dinner reservation tonight at one of our favorite restaurants that we don't get to often and I don't want to miss it. Dynaguy is off for his tutoring appointment with our niece so I think I'm going to try a nap for awhile to see if that helps.

This is also the time of day that Daddy Cat, the one we still haven't been able to trap, comes around looking for food. We're trying a new approach today with a garbage bag covering the trap and salmon pieces leading in to the door. Maybe if I'm lucky and I take a nap, the cat will show up while I'm sleeping. I saw him yesterday but he didn't go anywhere near the trap. Momma Cat was here this morning and she KNOWS to stay out of the trap after what happened to her the last time!

 

[cheer4bison]

Thanks to all my lodge-loving friends for the warm birthday wishes today! Definitely made the day extra special.

 

[twokats]

Aw, how sweet!

Dynaguy and I are headed to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner. How about the rest of you?

Happy Valentine Day to everyone from me too!! It was a so-so day for us since DH woke up yesterday with a virus and still was not feeling the greatest today.

Yes, she's been to WDW before. Here she is with Tigger.

WD, you know you want to include that precious baby. Go for it!



Also, welcome to the newbies. Glad you joined us.

It is 3 months and 3 days until we are home again. Got to get busy on those ADR's!

 

[jimmytammy]

Happy Valentines Day to all of my fellow groupies.

In family news, it looks like my eldest daughter, the air traffic controller, will be getting a position in my home state of Maryland. Thus, she and my grand daughter are going to move in with us before May until she gets on her feet and is able to rent / buy a house. I'm wondering if I should add on my grand daughter to our May vacation. DW needs a wheelchair and the son is special, but could potentially push the wheelchair while I pushed my grand daughter's stroller. My daughter would not be able to go. Also, we've already made dining reservations, so I'd have to go back to see if they could add on my grand daughter, who will be 5 in March of this year. What do you think?

I would leave your ressies as they are. We have added on 1 or 2 people along the way and it has never been a problem. Main thing is you have the ressies. If you start messing with them, sometimes you cant get what you want.

 

[Granny]

Has your GD been to wdw before? If this will be here first time, she may have a bit of extra energy, what I use to call the "Tigger" effect. lol.

Wow, Eliza. I'd have to say you called that one!

 

[Icecoldpenguin]

Hello all I just wanted to share a few of our Wilderness Lodge Engagement pictures that we took. There are a lot more to share with you but I have to upload them to photobucket first.

I hope you enjoy,
Teresa

 

[Granny]

Teresa...thanks for sharing your photos. What a great looking couple you two make!

And you will undoubtedly always carry a spot for Wilderness Lodge in your heart with the amazing memories you have there. Just makes a wonderful place even better!

 

[Muushka]

Teresa, those pictures are wonderful. What a beautiful couple!

 

[Muushka]

Another birthday! Yay!

Happy Birthday Nicoal13 AKA Nicole!!!

We need another birthday cake for Nicole.
Can someone bake something special???



Speaking of birthdays, I will be gone for pretty much the month of March, can someone peek at them?
Maybe beg for a cake or 2?​

 

[MDFam]

Hi - brand new DVC owners (OKW) looking forward to our first DVC stay in March/April!! We will be at OKW then offsite to Universal and then back to VWL for our last four nights. We will have a car. I'm not sure of the best way to get luggage unloaded and to the room at VWL as the parking lot looks kinda far away! Is there a close place to park and unload or do folks just drive up to the front of WL and let bell services handle everything? We will likely be checking in late in the day so the room should be ready when we get there. Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[Icecoldpenguin]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Nicoal13​

Another birthday! Yay!

Happy Birthday Nicoal13 AKA Nicole!!!

We need another birthday cake for Nicole.
Can someone bake something special???



Speaking of birthdays, I will be gone for pretty much the month of March, can someone peek at them?
Maybe beg for a cake or 2?​

I can try to keep up with it since my birthday is in March and I am on the boards all the time.

Teresa