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

[LVSWL]

Thanks for the "welcome back's" everyone. And teapot....I'm sure my dd will permanently settle in FL. Her major is marine biology/conservation. FL is a great place to be for that sort of work. Besides, she loves the climate just as we do. We hope to eventually settle in FL as well....just waiting for our youngest (dd 15) to finish high school.

It was fun to sneak off to WDW for a couple days......there were some wild fires in Volusia County and the smoke really drifted into Orlando. Arriving in the WDW area from Tallahassee from the FL Turnpike it was really evident. Thick smoke hung in the air (this was Friday early evening March 20). We had to turn off the car AC and shut the vents because we were choking. Once inside WDW, it seemed fine.

Maria

I always knew felt like I was in another world when I was in WDW, now I know it's true. The smoke could not get inside the protective happiness bubble

 

[Muushka]

Dory, I cancelled your trip, sadly.....

 

[Granny]

Hey all you college-bound parents. We have 3 excellent schools here (NC State, UNC Chapel Hill and Duke). If anyone ever comes looking, be sure to look me up!

And you can certainly throw Wake Forest into the mix too!

Two years ago my older daughter and I went east for a swing through Virginia & North Carolina looking at schools. University of Virginia, William & Mary, Duke, UNC and Wake Forest. One gorgeous campus after another!!! Made me want to go back to college.

Of course, she ended up in on of our state universities here, which her mother and I were happy about!

Thanks everybody!! I can sleep better now that I am back at work.

Funny, I tend to sleep better when I'm at work too!

 

[claire_ont]

Thank-you everyone for the warm welcomes. You are a very inclusive group. I am so glad I found you. Now I get to live vicariously through you until my first trip to my new home March 2010. Just under 12 months to go....

Funny, I tend to sleep better when I'm at work too!

Granny - too funny...

Claire

 

[wildernessDad]

Thank-you everyone for the warm welcomes. You are a very inclusive group. I am so glad I found you. Now I get to live vicariously through you until my first trip to my new home March 2010. Just under 12 months to go....



Granny - too funny...

Claire

Welcome to the VWL groupies! Please feel free to grab a moose to put in your siggie!

 

[tea pot]

How would you folks like to meet up in the Carolwood Pacific room one day for a groupie meet?

I'm in.. It's looking like Friday May 8 will be the best day for DH and I to visit the Lodge... but for a groupie meet I'll just have to break away from the gang.

 

[tea pot]

Funny, I tend to sleep better when I'm at work too!

TOO FUNNY

We were helping my sister/brother-in-law move this weekend and I had to smile when I saw their moving truck.

Some Cool Moving Truck

 

[horselover]

How would you folks like to meet up in the Carolwood Pacific room one day for a groupie meet?

I'm in.. It's looking like Friday May 8 will be the best day for DH and I to visit the Lodge... but for a groupie meet I'll just have to break away from the gang.

We'd like to join the groupie meet too! We can't however do Fri. 5/8 because we're leaving on 5/7. We'll be in the World 5/2-5/7 if we can work out another date that works for everyone. I'm sure that won't be an easy task! And JT how far is he Carolwood Pacific room from the Territory Lounge?! This is an adults only trip after all!

 

[Inkmahm]

Got home yesterday and as the cold air hit us getting off the plane we wanted to turn around and go right back to VWL instead of off to work! It was a nice break to enjoy springtime but now I'm back to the cold. No snow at least.

 

[lodgeloafer]

muushka

can you add us to your list

May 6th to May 13th OKW

Dec9 th to Dec 16th VWL

Thanks

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Funny, I tend to sleep better when I'm at work too!

Too funny Granny!

muushka

can you add us to your list

May 6th to May 13th OKW

Dec9 th to Dec 16th VWL

Thanks

Lodgeloafer - good to hear from you!

 

[Muushka]

muushka

can you add us to your list

May 6th to May 13th OKW

Dec9 th to Dec 16th VWL

Thanks

Lodgeloafer! Where you been??? Didn't we name a cat after you ?

I put your dates in and looks you you will be at our beloved for the big meet!!

Got home yesterday and as the cold air hit us getting off the plane we wanted to turn around and go right back to VWL instead of off to work! It was a nice break to enjoy springtime but now I'm back to the cold. No snow at least.

Poor baby, I know the feeling. May the Moose of comfort visit your airspace soon .

Welcome to the VWL groupies! Please feel free to grab a moose to put in your siggie!

WD, she grabbed the handsome bugger- he is hiding between her resort tags!

I just returned from a wonderful lunch with LVSWL! If you get a chance to meet up with a Groupie, grab it! What a pleasure it is to be able to put a face with a screen name!

PS, Susan, it was great, lets do that again soon!

 

[eliza61]

Hey Groupies,

I’m back, I’m back!!! Boy, did I ever miss you guys.

Well, I am ashamed to say that I had my first (and definitely last) fight on the Dis. About a month ago I replied to a question about camping of all things, when some one called me a really, really offensive term. So of course I did the mature adult thing and replied with some choice 4 letter words that would make a NYC cab driver proud. Definitely, not my finest moment…..that of course earned me a well deserved 30 day time out.

Righteous indignation runs amok. Part 1

So later that afternoon after I mentioned my argument to Sid, he promptly said “that was pretty stupid mom” WHAT!! (This from the kid, who set the backyard pool on fire, ran an illegal snack food ring in school and pimped out his older brother for $5.00 bucks). He explained in a way only a kid can “but now you can’t play with your friends either, how come you didn’t just ignore them like you always tell us to do?”

The psssst noise you hear is the sound of my righteous indignation deflating from a dose of common sense.

Righteous indignation runs amok. Part II

After dinner, “the old guy” & I usually get a few minutes in the kitchen to talk about the day and I again mentioned my run –in. Surely, I’ll get a little love from him. In true “we’ve been married 22 years” fashion, he says “you gotta be kidding me?” Ok I’d like to remind every one that I am the chief nutritional and supply officer in the house. Why would you let some thing like that bother you? Boy, I’m really losing air out of this balloon.
The old guy is right. I’m a civil rights baby; I’ve spent a few summers in Knoxville Tennessee while my mom tried to register people to vote. More importantly my parents gave me a pretty routine childhood, full of wonderful memories of places and people. I’ve dated guys inside my race, outside my race, heck I’ve dated a few outside my species… why did some unknown person calling me a name set me off??
Then I realized that I am a bit of a fraud. I’m the person, whenever some one complains about rude guest or less than happy cm will smugly post that Disney gets its people from the real world. But I think maybe I don’t buy that completely. Truth of the matter is, Disney (and by extension so is the dis) is my happy place. I like believing that the people who visit are friendly, that the occasional grumpy cm is an anomaly. So when reality rears its ugly head, it makes me sad or in this case totally juvenile.

 

[MiaSRN62]

eliza !!!!!
We welcome you back with open arms ! Missed ya girl ! Knew it had to be something like this to keep u away. I've gotten into my own scraps on DIS. That DVC point allocation thread with a certain person or two started to get under my skin. Emotions on message boards are real. But, as you said, we've got to put things into perspective. I will now just try and distance myself from those I find that like to be argumentative or like to debate (or just downright snarky !). I can easily get sucked into that which is a fault of mine. It's just a message board after all....why get so upset is what I tell myself.

But I've met mostly VERY nice and very cool folks on here. That is what keeps me here. Glad you are back here too

your pal,
Maria

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Funny, I tend to sleep better when I'm at work too!

Oh my gosh - too funny!

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Eliza - our very own DIS delinquent!!!! I know what you mean - there have been several times I've typed out replies but then backed out before posting - well usually. Sometimes it's just sooooo tough!

It sounds like Sid could become your moderator! Welcome Back!

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Only 6 weeks until we're looking at the zebra from our Concierge room at AKL (well, maybe the pool). Either way I can't wait!!!!

 

[Muushka]

Our Eliza has returned......Welcome home, and as Maria said, we sure did miss you.

Thank you for sharing your soul with us. Be safe here, on the Groupie thread.

 

[LVSWL]

Eliza, welcome home!
Maria..I know what you mean , I've decided that I know how I feel about my points and how this has affected me and I don't need someone else to tell me whether I am right/wrong/EMOTIONAL/uninformed as though any of those are a horrible thing. I just quit posting on said thread.
Muushka! It was so great to meet you! I would absolutely love to do it again!

 

[DiznyDi]

Eliza We sure have missed you and are so glad to have you back here with us.

So sorry you had to have a 30 day hiatus, but am glad it was just the Dis and not a family tragedy.

JT We've love to do a Groupie meet, if possible. I know you have suggested the place, are you going to name the time/date too?

Di

 

[jimmytammy]

Eliza We sure have missed you and are so glad to have you back here with us.

So sorry you had to have a 30 day hiatus, but am glad it was just the Dis and not a family tragedy.

JT We've love to do a Groupie meet, if possible. I know you have suggested the place, are you going to name the time/date too?

Di

I sure will. I am going to try and get as many fit into the timing as possible. We have done day meets, and it seems not that many respond, so we may try for an evening meet, and see what response we can get.

 

[jimmytammy]

Welcome back!!