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

[lisah0711]

Congratulations!!!

OK, all you Groupies, FESS UP!!!

How many of you have points at BLT??
And how many of you are willing to host a party at your resort??????

I don't have BLT points but I do have VGC points and I would be happy to host a groupie meet someday.

I'm down to about 5 months until my next visit to the Lodge so I can start posting on here again.

Have a great day groupies!

 

[Muushka]

Have a great trip!

Stan will be working Wed-Sat from 7 til 4. Tell him hello from us.

Muush says Hi too!

Happy trails!

JT, that could be a dilemma, or maybe not. I would go ahead and waitlist for that night, it couldn't hurt and in this economy, I would imagine someone might cancel. Or...

There is a good chance they will have free dining at that time. Would they consider staying at a different resort and getting the free dining? I think there is a 3 night minimum though.

 

[horselover]

BTW...I forgot to confess...on our cruise...the price of points WAS to good to pass up!! Let's just say...I now have enough BLT add on to mean something now! Oh dear..just couldn't resist!

Congrats Blossomz!

Muushka - no BLT pts. here so sorry we can't host a party. I am thinking about trying to get a stay there for next yr. in either March or Oct. Hopefully I'll be able to get it at the 7 mo. mark. Anyone that wants to cram into our studio for a party is welcome to come on over!

DizneyNutzy - we joined you on the w/l brigade yesterday. We're waitlisting for a 1 BR for Fri. 12/4. Moose dust to both of us!

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Congratulations!!!

OK, all you Groupies, FESS UP!!!

How many of you have points at BLT??
And how many of you are willing to host a party at your resort??????

I have BLT points, but sadly, will have to rent my 2010 points out as my son is getting married and I STILL DON'T HAVE A DATE!!! Kids just do not plan! As a type A person, this is driving me crazy!!!!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

We will be at VWL in Dec. My parents and a friend are staying in a studio on our pts for a few of those days. We found great prices on airline tickets for them on Allegiant, only problem is the airline flys to Orl-Sanford on Mon., returns on Fri.

We have them booked in Studio Wed- Sun. Tammy has callled MS several times trying to re-book for the Mon and Tues nights. Mon. can be booked, but Tues would have to waitlist. We cant take the chance on waitlist, if it doesnt come through, they wont have a room and we will get messed up on pts.

Long story short, what chnace do we have of continuing calling and getting those 2 nights as time gets closer? This is all new to us cause we are always careful planners at 11 mos out.

How about seeing if there's a member cash discount room available for the Tuesday night? Book the Monday and waitlist for the Tuesday. If the waitlist fills then you can cancel the cash night. I think that would give you a better chance of getting Tues. on points rather than trying to get both nights at the same time. And I imagine you need to book the airfare soon to get the good deal.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

I don't have BLT points but I do have VGC points and I would be happy to host a groupie meet someday.

I'm down to about 5 months until my next visit to the Lodge so I can start posting on here again.

Have a great day groupies!

Hi Lisa! Good to hear from you but you don't have to have a VWL vacation planned to post on here! You are welcome anytime!
I love your offer of hosting a meet at VCG!! I would love to stay there someday.

 

[Muushka]

Hey Lisa! You can post here even if you never go to the Lodge!

Some day we are going to get to CA! Lucky you.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Laxmom July 11-18 VWL
DisneyNutzy July 12-16 at the non-green SSR Father Daughter!! Awwww.
Granny July 12-19 VWL

Wishing Laxmom, DisneyNutzy and Granny FUN FUN FUN in WDW !


lisah0711 HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!


Horselover ! Much congrats on the SSR resale !!!

And blossomz...congrats to u as well on BLT ! Howdy neighbor !

Muushka : OK, all you Groupies, FESS UP!!!

How many of you have points at BLT??
And how many of you are willing to host a party at your resort??????

We purchased a 125 point add-on. And yes ! A party would be awesome ! I think next August (2010) will be our first stay there though....so that's a bit of a way off......
Oh....I've been calling for 5 days for a studio at HH for the weekend of Aug 15 & 16. I almost fell over when the MS CM said "you got it !" this afternoon ! My dh was excited too.....he was yelling in the background, "tell her SHE ROCKS !". Never stayed at HH and we'll be passing through on our drive down to FL to move dd into FSU. So anyone have any thoughts or advice on HH if you've been there ?

eliza....very cool trivia on the Dino ride ! Love that ride and have done it numerous times and never noticed ?!!! Thanks.


Maria

 

[bobbiwoz]

I have BLT points, but sadly, will have to rent my 2010 points out as my son is getting married and I STILL DON'T HAVE A DATE!!! Kids just do not plan! As a type A person, this is driving me crazy!!!!

Our D(younger)S is also engaged, they said the wedding would be in 2010, and we haven't gotten a date yet either!

Bobbi

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Hey Lisa! You can post here even if you never go to the Lodge!

Some day we are going to get to CA! Lucky you.

Never go to the lodge? I can't ever imagine that now! I'm in love with VWL now!

 

[Muushka]

Never go to the lodge? I can't ever imagine that now! I'm in love with VWL now!

Yup, you're a lifer.

 

[tea pot]

Congratulations!!!

OK, all you Groupies, FESS UP!!!

How many of you have points at BLT??
And how many of you are willing to host a party at your resort??????

No BLT Points here... but DH and I will be in a Studio, Bay Lake Tower View on Nov 1-4. I got lucky and booked at 9am at the 7 month window.
Party On !!

How about seeing if there's a member cash discount room available for the Tuesday night? Book the Monday and waitlist for the Tuesday. If the waitlist fills then you can cancel the cash night. I think that would give you a better chance of getting Tues. on points rather than trying to get both nights at the same time. And I imagine you need to book the airfare soon to get the good deal.

Hey JimmytammyDitto with a little extra..
We have had no trouble with wait listing for just one night even in Dec. (take heart horselover) you can wait list for up to 7 days before your check in date. Last year I did book a Cash discount reservation back up but went with a regular lodge room because, it cost less than a DVC room and had better availability, so even of we needed to stay there the one night it was still our lodge and the same resort. Best of Luck

Laxmom, DisneyNutzy and Granny...
Have a great time in the World and take plenty of Pictures

 

[horselover]

We have had no trouble with wait listing for just one night even in Dec. (take heart horselover) you can wait list for up to 7 days before your check in date.

Thanks for the encouragement TeaPot!

 

[DisneyNutzy]

Hey Groupies,

Checked in to SSR today with no issues. Have to confess to doing a illegal trick I read about on the boards...Tagged by bag for ME even though we rented a car. Bag showed up in room with no issues...shhhh.. Did AK this morning and while it was very hot and muggy the corwds were not too bad. Head to MK tonight for EMH. We have ressie's at Tony's at 8. Planned on heading out about an hour ago but the sky opened up and it is pouring. Studio here is nice. I requested a Downtown Disney view. The CM at check in told me we had it but we are on the side of the building and can only see a bit of the Cirque tent. No biggie..we don't plan on spending much time here anyway.

HL- Moose Dust back at you on your Dec. waitlist.

Blossomz - Congrats on the BLT add on. I just called my guide and left a message we would like to do the preview while we are here. I really want to add some BLT points but my wife is terrified of heights and had a bad time when we stayed on an upper floor in the Contemporary. She thinks it was the feeling of the open hallways and looking down on Chef Mickey's. I don't want to buy at BLT if she won't be happy staying there. She has looked at pictures and video and doesn't think it will be a problem. I'd like to get a feel for it first.

Off to MK..later groupies.

 

[horselover]

Hey Groupies,

Checked in to SSR today with no issues. Have to confess to doing a illegal trick I read about on the boards...Tagged by bag for ME even though we rented a car. Bag showed up in room with no issues...shhhh.. Did AK this morning and while it was very hot and muggy the corwds were not too bad. Head to MK tonight for EMH. We have ressie's at Tony's at 8. Planned on heading out about an hour ago but the sky opened up and it is pouring. Studio here is nice. I requested a Downtown Disney view. The CM at check in told me we had it but we are on the side of the building and can only see a bit of the Cirque tent. No biggie..we don't plan on spending much time here anyway.

HL- Moose Dust back at you on your Dec. waitlist.

Blossomz - Congrats on the BLT add on. I just called my guide and left a message we would like to do the preview while we are here. I really want to add some BLT points but my wife is terrified of heights and had a bad time when we stayed on an upper floor in the Contemporary. She thinks it was the feeling of the open hallways and looking down on Chef Mickey's. I don't want to buy at BLT if she won't be happy staying there. She has looked at pictures and video and doesn't think it will be a problem. I'd like to get a feel for it first.

Off to MK..later groupies.

Thanks for checking-in. Hope the weather gets a bit better for you. Let us know how you make out with that BLT tour! Seems lately that all are falling under the spell of the sandwich!

 

[Granny]

Hi guys, we've made it in and had a great first day. We got in last night and stayed off site at the Royal Plaza near DTD. Wow, were they ever impressive with their service!!

This morning I drove over and checked us in at VWL about 9:00 a.m. Of course the room wasn't ready but I got the keys and packet and they promised to text message me when the room was ready. At 2:30 sharp I got a text message and the room was ready. That's the earliest we've ever gotten in to a VWL room so we were excited.

We spent the morning and early afternoon at Magic Kingdom and the crowds were the lightest I've ever seen during the summer time. Very short waits at Haunted Mansion and Philharmagic. The longest line we saw....wait for it....


...was for It's A Small World! The line was out the door into the walkway area both times we went past meaning about a 30 minute wait!

Now, back on topic...we went back and got into our room and found it to be very clean and in good condition. It's on the lake side near the elevators as we requested so all is good there.

Soon after we got back that downpour DisneyNutzy talked about showed up. We went off site to dinner and will settle in for a movie in the room this evening.

My camera isn't charged yet but I hope to take some pictures and post here either during or after the trip.

Right now, all is well with the world as the music is definitely hitting the spot as I sat in the VWL foyer by the fireplace relaxing this afternoon.

Hope all the Groupies are well.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Right now, all is well with the world as the music is definitely hitting the spot as I sat in the VWL foyer by the fireplace relaxing this afternoon.

Hope all the Groupies are well.

Sounds like a great start to the trip Granny! And relaxing, listening to the music sounds perfect!!!! Looking forward to hearing more and seeing the pictures.

Have a great time!

 

[Dizny Dad]

. . . . . . . The longest line we saw....wait for it....
.....was for It's A Small World! The line was out the door into the walkway area both times we went past meaning about a 30 minute wait! . . . .

I agree

 

[blossomz]

Thanks for those trip reports..I'm really missing the lodge! I had a job interview last week and am waiting to hear.. As soon as I know..I think I might just have to book a VWL trip!!! Keep those reports from home coming!!

 

[DISNEY FIX]

Hi guys, we've made it in and had a great first day. We got in last night and stayed off site at the Royal Plaza near DTD. Wow, were they ever impressive with their service!!

This morning I drove over and checked us in at VWL about 9:00 a.m. Of course the room wasn't ready but I got the keys and packet and they promised to text message me when the room was ready. At 2:30 sharp I got a text message and the room was ready. That's the earliest we've ever gotten in to a VWL room so we were excited.

We spent the morning and early afternoon at Magic Kingdom and the crowds were the lightest I've ever seen during the summer time. Very short waits at Haunted Mansion and Philharmagic. The longest line we saw....wait for it....


...was for It's A Small World! The line was out the door into the walkway area both times we went past meaning about a 30 minute wait!

Now, back on topic...we went back and got into our room and found it to be very clean and in good condition. It's on the lake side near the elevators as we requested so all is good there.

Soon after we got back that downpour DisneyNutzy talked about showed up. We went off site to dinner and will settle in for a movie in the room this evening.

My camera isn't charged yet but I hope to take some pictures and post here either during or after the trip.

Right now, all is well with the world as the music is definitely hitting the spot as I sat in the VWL foyer by the fireplace relaxing this afternoon.

Hope all the Groupies are well.

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPics, I need PPPPPPPPPPPics
Thanks for the first report Granny. Hopefully that camera charges fast. We will be at VWL over Thanksgiving again this year doing a split stay with BCV. Can't wait to see it all again.
Keep it coming and have a great trip.