We're Baaaaack!! **The WLV's groupies & Trivia Thread chapter 3

[Granny]

Hope everyone is out having fun and eating some good food.
Well looks like the stupid economy has ruined our plans for September. With our hours being cut we just can't save up enough money for the trip and just cannot jusify going into debt for it. We rented points from someone else so now we have to hope that we can sell those points to someone else. We may just try to sell the whole trip otherwise. This stinks!!!
The upside to this is that DD will not miss 6 days of school for the trip. I wasn't feeling too good about that anyway. And now we won't have to worry about making ADR's.
We will just have to look forward to going in June of 2010. So so far away.

Very sorry to hear this. I agree, it's not worth going into debt for especially since you know you will be there many more times. Still, it's in hard times like this that WDW provides even more balm for the soul, and I'm sure you will be missing that.

I hope things turn around quickly for you and your family. Best wishes on the point situation.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Very sorry to hear this. I agree, it's not worth going into debt for especially since you know you will be there many more times. Still, it's in hard times like this that WDW provides even more balm for the soul, and I'm sure you will be missing that.

I hope things turn around quickly for you and your family. Best wishes on the point situation.

Thanks Granny. I appreciate it!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Hope everyone is out having fun and eating some good food.
Well looks like the stupid economy has ruined our plans for September. With our hours being cut we just can't save up enough money for the trip and just cannot jusify going into debt for it. We rented points from someone else so now we have to hope that we can sell those points to someone else. We may just try to sell the whole trip otherwise. This stinks!!!
The upside to this is that DD will not miss 6 days of school for the trip. I wasn't feeling too good about that anyway. And now we won't have to worry about making ADR's.
We will just have to look forward to going in June of 2010. So so far away.

So sorry to hear about this DLI! Don't they say that anticipation is half the fun?! Time seems to fly by faster and faster so your June trip may be here sooner than you think.

We have a Nov. trip which will put us at 3 trips on our AP's and then I have nothing else definitely planned - my trip information area is going to look very bare also.

Here's some pixie dust for getting the points worked out!

 

[Muushka]

Hope everyone is out having fun and eating some good food.
Well looks like the stupid economy has ruined our plans for September. With our hours being cut we just can't save up enough money for the trip and just cannot jusify going into debt for it. We rented points from someone else so now we have to hope that we can sell those points to someone else. We may just try to sell the whole trip otherwise. This stinks!!!
The upside to this is that DD will not miss 6 days of school for the trip. I wasn't feeling too good about that anyway. And now we won't have to worry about making ADR's.
We will just have to look forward to going in June of 2010. So so far away.

I, too, am sorry. I hope things will return to normal quickly.

And I hope you can sell that reservation.

 

[Muushka]

KeepSwimmingDory May 22-25 AKV May 25-29 SSR
twokats May 23 AKV conc May 24-28 DCL May 28-June 6 VWL
BWV Dreamin May 31 - June 3 VWL

Wow, 2 kitties is on the Wonder!
Happy trails to our Dory
BWV Dreamin, just a few more days!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hope everyone is out having fun and eating some good food.
Well looks like the stupid economy has ruined our plans for September. With our hours being cut we just can't save up enough money for the trip and just cannot jusify going into debt for it. We rented points from someone else so now we have to hope that we can sell those points to someone else. We may just try to sell the whole trip otherwise. This stinks!!!
The upside to this is that DD will not miss 6 days of school for the trip. I wasn't feeling too good about that anyway. And now we won't have to worry about making ADR's.
We will just have to look forward to going in June of 2010. So so far away.

So sorry to hear DLI. I can totally understand your reasons for having to cancel your WDW trip, as well as the reasons for still feeling the need to get away.


I think Granny said it well :

Still, it's in hard times like this that WDW provides even more balm for the soul,

I hope you can find someone to rent to.....and just let yourself get mentally immersed in planning you 2010 trip. Hang in there....hope things start to look up with your jobs as well.


Maria

 

[DiznyDi]

DLI So sorry to hear of your situation. Hopefully things will improve and your life can return to normal.

that you are able to sell your reservation!

When you need a pick-me-up, just wander over to our little corner of the Dis. We're here for you.

 

[twokats]

KeepSwimmingDory May 22-25 AKV May 25-29 SSR
twokats May 23 AKV conc May 24-28 DCL May 28-June 6 VWL
BWV Dreamin May 31 - June 3 VWL

Wow, 2 kitties is on the Wonder!
Happy trails to our Dory
BWV Dreamin, just a few more days!!

Hi everyone reporting in from the Wonder. It has been great!! We are in Nassau right now leaving in a few hours for Castaway Cay.

Ya'll remember I did an addon last month. . . Well, we went to the DVC meeting today and when we came back to the room DH said. . . what do you think about adding some more so that you have plenty to do whatever, whenever!!! I will let ya'll know later what happens. We meet with Tommy @ 10:00 tomorrow morning.

As I said we are having a great time and eating way too well. I will have to double my Curves visits when I get home!!!

We will be home on Thursday when the cruise is over. Hope everyone had a fantastic holiday!!

 

[eliza61]

Hope everyone is out having fun and eating some good food.
Well looks like the stupid economy has ruined our plans for September. With our hours being cut we just can't save up enough money for the trip and just cannot jusify going into debt for it. We rented points from someone else so now we have to hope that we can sell those points to someone else. We may just try to sell the whole trip otherwise. This stinks!!!
We will just have to look forward to going in June of 2010. So so far away.

Oh DIl, some serious pixie dust for you. boy, do I know this feeling. My hours were cut last month, down 10 hours a week which adds up to 1 week pay every month. Ouch!! Of course we find out about this 2 days after I send a big ole check for Rizzo's tuition.

Cancelling a trip is doubling hard because for me the world is pretty much the place we go to soothe our battered spirits. Just remember the groupies and the world are here for you.

 

[eliza61]

Happy Tuesday all,

Rizzo is heading down to the world as we speak for his senior trip. In true groupie fashion, I dropped him off at the H.S. at 2:45 am this morning and he said "Mom do you think I can ask for an upgrade to the WL".


A 2fer today:

In May 1986, Spaceship Earth got a new sponsor AT&T, a new narrator Walter Cronkite and new finale music, the song Tomorrow's child

Anyone been in the newly refurbished ride?

Casey's Corner on Main street U.S.A was known as The Coca-Cola Refreshment corner until May 1995

Some friendly faces to cheer us up.

 

[horselover]

Hope everyone is out having fun and eating some good food.
Well looks like the stupid economy has ruined our plans for September. With our hours being cut we just can't save up enough money for the trip and just cannot jusify going into debt for it. We rented points from someone else so now we have to hope that we can sell those points to someone else. We may just try to sell the whole trip otherwise. This stinks!!!
The upside to this is that DD will not miss 6 days of school for the trip. I wasn't feeling too good about that anyway. And now we won't have to worry about making ADR's.
We will just have to look forward to going in June of 2010. So so far away.

I'm so sorry to hear that DLI. I can totally relate to the $$ issues & job/hours loss. I'm still on the hunt for a p.t. job & not much is happening. $$ is getting tight & if something doesn't come up soon we may have to reconsider our Dec. trip or even worse I might have to sell my horse. I don't even want to think about going there. Sending lots of moose dust your way for things to turn around for you.

 

[LVSWL]

Muushka- a few changes to our schedule if you don't mind
We are cancelling our SSR stay in June, but still going to HHI
We are now going to be at the Contemporary July 22-25, and then
SSR July 25-31. Fun-Fun-Fun to celebrate DS's high school graduation
and birthday! Thanks!

 

[Muushka]

Muushka- a few changes to our schedule if you don't mind
We are cancelling our SSR stay in June, but still going to HHI
We are now going to be at the Contemporary July 22-25, and then
SSR July 25-31. Fun-Fun-Fun to celebrate DS's high school graduation
and birthday! Thanks!

Got it and how fun will that be?????

I'm so sorry to hear that DLI. I can totally relate to the $$ issues & job/hours loss. I'm still on the hunt for a p.t. job & not much is happening. $$ is getting tight & if something doesn't come up soon we may have to reconsider our Dec. trip or even worse I might have to sell my horse. I don't even want to think about going there. Sending lots of moose dust your way for things to turn around for you.

I hope you, of all people, don't have to sell your horse.

Hi everyone reporting in from the Wonder. It has been great!! We are in Nassau right now leaving in a few hours for Castaway Cay.

Ya'll remember I did an addon last month. . . Well, we went to the DVC meeting today and when we came back to the room DH said. . . what do you think about adding some more so that you have plenty to do whatever, whenever!!! I will let ya'll know later what happens. We meet with Tommy @ 10:00 tomorrow morning.

As I said we are having a great time and eating way too well. I will have to double my Curves visits when I get home!!!

We will be home on Thursday when the cruise is over. Hope everyone had a fantastic holiday!!

Congrats on the add on! Have a great time at CC!!

For anyone who has ever done a Disney cruise, have you ever been involved in a horn war?
Our first DCL cruise was on the Magic in March, 2004. The Queen Mary2 had just been built and we met up with her at a couple of ports. One time as we were leaving she blew her horn. We blew ours (the normal one). She blew hers, we blew ours. She blew hers once again and BAM, the Magic blew her magic horn! Our most fond memory of that cruise. Here is a video of a DCL and Freedom class ship having at it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN6OuzU0lGw&NR=1

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

I'm so sorry to hear that DLI. I can totally relate to the $$ issues & job/hours loss. I'm still on the hunt for a p.t. job & not much is happening. $$ is getting tight & if something doesn't come up soon we may have to reconsider our Dec. trip or even worse I might have to sell my horse. I don't even want to think about going there. Sending lots of moose dust your way for things to turn around for you.

Oh I so hope it doesn"t come to you having to sell your horse. My DD doesn't own a horse but she is horse crazy and would love to own one. She would be devistated if she had one she had to sell. I would hate to have to get rid of my dog. Thanks for the good thoughts and moose dust! Here is some for you in return.


Thank you so much to everyone for the nice words and thoughts! You guys are amazing. DH is having some problems right now with trying to work things out with selling the points because of how we bought them. We actually got them from 2 people so that with some of the rules are making it kind of hard. Right now he is hoping to get someone to buy our reservation but he isn't sure how that will work with some of the rules.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

KeepSwimmingDory May 22-25 AKV May 25-29 SSR
twokats May 23 AKV conc May 24-28 DCL May 28-June 6 VWL
BWV Dreamin May 31 - June 3 VWL

Wow, 2 kitties is on the Wonder!
Happy trails to our Dory
BWV Dreamin, just a few more days!!

Leaving tomorrowwwwwww!!!!!!!Staying the day before at the Hyatt MCO. I am soooooo nervoussssss!!!! I truely hope I don't get sea sick!! I have plenty of Bonine and will start taking it tomorrow! I just found out our ship will have the premiere showing of "UP in 3D" !! However, I think its at 12 midnight... I'm not a young'in any more, have to drink lots of coffee to stay up!! I'll be starting a trip report when I get back!!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Rizzo is heading down to the world as we speak for his senior trip. In true groupie fashion, I dropped him off at the H.S. at 2:45 am this morning and he said "Mom do you think I can ask for an upgrade to the WL".

Hah....ha....yes....I remember that eliza. This was me last spring. Those poor kids were totally glassy-eyed their entire first day in the parks from being up since 2 am ! Gotta love Rizzo's way of thinking though.....like a true DIS'er and WL/VWL Groupie ! My dd got All Star Sports for her class trip to WDW and she's very used to staying in DVC accomodations......

Thanks, as always for the trivia eliza. I had no idea Casey's used to be called Coca Cola Corner. I can't imagine it not being Casey's !
And yes, the new Spaceship Earth is good. Nicely done improvements.



Horselover....I sincerely hope you don't have to give up your horse. That would be sad indeed. Got u and others who have had hours cut in my prayers.
We're looking for a newer car for my dd who goes to college at FSU. Her '99 Dodge Intrepid has been giving us lots of issues. We've put $1,400 into the car repairs since the end of Dec '08. So now we're looking at newer cars for her. We're debating between a few 2008's and even considering a new car. Nothing fancy---Ford Focus. But they're offering us a MUCH better interest rate and longer repayment with the new car. We really want whatever car will give us at least 36 months warranty. So we're torn. Because we've got two kids in college so we want the lowest monthly payment we can get. We have an uneasy feeling with her having a car with issues down in FL. So we're torn because we need to have peace-of-mind while she is 1,000 miles away at school. Yet...in the back of both our minds...is the fact that either one of us...at any time could lose our jobs or have pay cuts too. It's just a scary time for lots of people. The times are so uncertain. It's difficult to plan ahead with anything. I really feel for those who have been hit hard.


Maria

 

[jimmytammy]

Moose Dust to all who are going through rough times.

 

[horselover]

Thanks for all the warm thoughts everyone. I really appreciate it. If DVC is a luxury then owning a horse is even more so, especially since I'm the only one that really gets to enjoy him. He's a little too much horse for the rest of the family although they do all come to the barn from time to time to sit on his back & walk around the ring. I feel truly blessed that I've been able to fulfill my life long dream of finally owning a horse of my own. I pray that it won't come to me selling him. DH & I have been talking about me getting a job at the Target down the road until I can find something else, but with summer just around the corner it's not going to be easy. We'll have to hire a sitter which will eat up most of my pay. DH thinks I should just wait until the Fall, but I'm not so sure we can hold out that long. The savings account is going down, down, down. Sigh. I suppose we're lucky we have a savings account at all. I have faith that it will all work out in the end.

Have a great trip BWV Dreamin! Can't wait to hear all about it when you return.

 

[Muushka]

for Horselover and her beloved horse.

And for all of us who are having a difficult time.

I wish I could be optimistic, but I am afraid that this is just the beginning. I struggle because I hate going back into the medical field, and there are not that many jobs out there. Which is very unusual for my field. Ugh.

Mr Muush had one telephone interview last week, but they had tons of applicants for the one job. We have already kicked the frugal lifestyle up quite a bit in preparation for what is ahead.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I just finished reading the AllEars Weekly newsletter which had this article. I thought it might be enjoyed by some of you here if you don't receive it.....

"STEP BACK IN TIME
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Ever wonder what Walt Disney World was like way back when? We rummage around in our archives for this monthly feature, which takes you back in history for a glimpse of Walt Disney World through the ages.

On May 28 the Wilderness Lodge turns 15 years young! As we looked back through our materials, we could not find the date that the Wilderness Lodge had been announced. But what we did find was a Walt Disney World News Press Release from 1992 that announced groundbreaking for two new themed resorts, The All Star Sports and the Fort Wilderness Lodge. Yes, the early press materials did have one reference to the resort as the Fort Wilderness Lodge, a woodland retreat in a national park-lodge setting. Later in the same article it says, "The famous lodges of American National Parks at the turn of the century are recalled at Disney's Wilderness Lodge."

The 728-room lodge was designed by Peter Dominick, Jr. who later designed the Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, and Jambo House and also Kidani Village at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Room rates began at $149 and the value rate in 2009 began at $240.

The 82-foot tall stone fireplace, one of several focal points as you enter the cavernous lobby, recreates two billion years of history in the rock. From black, to green, to magenta, to light buff, reds and browns, the rock has been recreated in the proportions they occur in the Grand Canyon. As you gaze upward, rock types include Vishnu Schist, Bass Limestone, Redwall, Temple Butte Limestone, Kaibab Limestone and Toroweap Formations.

Native American tribes including Cheyenne, Crow, Sioux and Blackfoot are represented in the lodge by various art and artifacts.

With the exception of the Disney Vacation Club's Villas at Wilderness Lodge addition, not much has changed since the resort first opened. The dining establishments that opened the resort remain: Artist Point, Whispering Canyon Cafe, Roaring Fork Snacks and even the Territory Lounge and Trout Pass poolbar.

Interesting facts about the Wilderness Lodge:

-- The Wilderness Lodge Flag Family of the day gets to climb up to the roof of the Wilderness Lodge and assist with raising the flags. It's a wonderful treat that can only be requested at check-in; prior reservations are not possible.

-- You can request a Hidden Mickey list from the Front Desk to search out some elusive Mickeys!

-- The Lodge's Activity Sheet lists special tours of the resort.

-- The "Indian Carpet" floor pattern in the lobby is made up of four different types of wood: Brazilian Cherry, White Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, and Burl Walnut. The design depicts the symbol of unity among the four seasons, wildlife, man, and the cosmos.

-- A 10-foot "totem" of Disney characters stands adjacent to Wilderness Lodge Mercantile. It took Orlando-based artist William Robertson months to carve out the intricate features of Humphrey Bear, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse.

-- The Electrical Water Pagent goes by the Lodge every night around 9:35 p.m. (check at the front desk for exact time) and can be watched from the beach or boat dock.

-- The 120-foot geyser spouts every hour on the hour from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Walk from the lodge to the back of the pool and there is a walkway to watch the geyser. Be sure to look for the rainbow that sometimes joins the show.

-- There is a wooded path that runs from the Wilderness Lodge to the Fort Wilderness Campground. It's a great activity when the weather is cooler."