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

[Muushka]

Welcome to the Groupies WishesQueen

Yes on the hairdryer/iron. Cannot say about the baloons, but someone else should come along who knows. Also cannot say about cabanas, but I hope so!

Feel free to grab yourself a Moosie siggy. DVC ownership is not required, just a love for the Lodge!

 

[BWV Dreamin]

We were just there there January 28th thru Feb. 3rd. We did see some tour groups when we were entering the parks but fortunatly we didin't see them once we were inside. There were alot of dance teams there though. They were everywhere. And I don't know if it is normally rainy at that time but it did rain alot.

Maybe February would be better! I'd love to hear more also because this would be a great time for us to visit as well.

 

[loribell]

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Corinne you weren't late. Today is the day. You guys are the best!

 

[horselover]

Hey groupies we're here. Arrived yesterday. I hate travel days. Had a few problems, but all is right with the world today. Checked out of the studio this morning & checked right back into the 1 BR. It was ready at 8:30 a.m.! Had a great breakfast at Kona then hit Epcot for a few hours. Finally had my Grand Marnier slushie. I could have had about 12 of those, well maybe not 12 but a few! Went to the private pool in the afternoon. The private pool at BWV is like heaven. No one was there except us old folks! Heading to dinner at Kona soon (yes we love Kona!) & then EMH at MK.

Thanks for the pics JT! Can't wait to see it in person in 2 days!

Pics to come soon. I'm off to dinner.

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

WishesQueen - Welcome and Muushka already answered the part I know. We did have an iron and hair dryer in our VWL studio. Don't know on the balloons but hope you can.

Muushka - Hope you are feeling better! I am so happy to be able to ask you to add us back to the vacation list. We made a last minute reservation for AKV 5/22-5/25 and SSR 5/25-5/29. We are doing a little road trip with our youngest 2 sons and will leave 5/20 doing some other things before and after WDW so I'm in quick planning mode. Don't really plan to eat a lot of table service at Disney this trip so we should be fine.

Loribell - Hope you had a great day today.

JT - LOVE the pictures. Too many? Not possible. We are living through you this week! Hope it continues to be an awesome vacation.

KAT4DISNEY - Woohoo for heading to AKV!

horselover - Glad to hear you made it safely. Have a wonderful time!

DisneyMamaof2, tea pot, DiznyDi & Dizny Dad, 50 Years Too! Hope y'all are also having a blast!

Maria - Safe travels and hope your trip is fabulous!

 

[WishesQueen]

Welcome to the Groupies WishesQueen

Yes on the hairdryer/iron. Cannot say about the baloons, but someone else should come along who knows. Also cannot say about cabanas, but I hope so!

Feel free to grab yourself a Moosie siggy. DVC ownership is not required, just a love for the Lodge!

Thanks so much, I'll pass the info. along my sil will be sooo happy!!

The lodge is the first hotel I ever took my children to at WDW, they LOVE the bunk beds, I love the atmosphere!!! Even though we stay at the Grand Floridian now (cabanas), we set aside almost a whole evening to eat at WCC, drink the the territory lounge and pin trade. The same women works there from when my children were 2 and 4, and although my dd is hard to forget she always makes a fuss when we visit. I could sit in that lobby for hours, I love that the WL is ONE building unlike the GFloridian.

Hopefully someone knows about the balloons, my brother is NEVER going to buy my DN2 one in the parks and travel with it, so I would love to have one sent to room. He loves balloons!!!

 

[blossomz]

WishesQueen welcome to the friendliest board on the web!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

JT ~ Your photos are wonderful ! Can't wait to be there !

Granny ~ I'd have to say the last week in Jan is probably a good one. I was just there Feb 5-11 and it was pretty crowded (cheerleaders and dance groups galore !). Just put Pres Week right out of your mind....that is REALLY bad (did that once in 2007 and never again !).


Corinne and Dory ! I am NOT packed yet ! I worked the graveyard shift Thurs and 3-11:30 pm Sat and tonight. I am on-call tommorrow 11 am to 4 pm and I'm afraid they will call me I think I'm going to be "power packing" Monday night I will get there one way or another ! Have to leave the house at 9 am on Tues for the airport.

WishesQueen !!!!




Maria

 

[eliza61]

Happy Monday (wet and soggy here) Groupies.

JT, always love pictures. brightens a very dreary monday in Philly area
Maria, get packing!!
Muush, how are you feeling?

2 part trivia today.
Matching Game:
Match the wdw character with the type of creature it is.

Figment
Timon
Cornelius Coot
Peach
Baloo
James P. Sullivan
Jose Carioca
Hopper
Cleo

a) Grasshopper
b) Monster
c) Dragon
d) Crab
e) Goldfish
f) Duck
g) Bear
h) Parrot
i) Meerkat

Bonus if you can match up the movie character was in.


The 220 by 62 foot replica paddleboat located in Downtown Disney Marketplace and formerly know as the "Empress Lilly" was named after and christened by, Walt disney's widow Lillian Disney.

Is this the one which houses Fultons Restaurant?

 

[Muushka]

WishesQueen - Welcome and Muushka already answered the part I know. We did have an iron and hair dryer in our VWL studio. Don't know on the balloons but hope you can.

Muushka - Hope you are feeling better! I am so happy to be able to ask you to add us back to the vacation list. We made a last minute reservation for AKV 5/22-5/25 and SSR 5/25-5/29. We are doing a little road trip with our youngest 2 sons and will leave 5/20 doing some other things before and after WDW so I'm in quick planning mode. Don't really plan to eat a lot of table service at Disney this trip so we should be fine.

Loribell - Hope you had a great day today.

JT - LOVE the pictures. Too many? Not possible. We are living through you this week! Hope it continues to be an awesome vacation.

KAT4DISNEY - Woohoo for heading to AKV!

horselover - Glad to hear you made it safely. Have a wonderful time!

DisneyMamaof2, tea pot, DiznyDi & Dizny Dad, 50 Years Too! Hope y'all are also having a blast!

Maria - Safe travels and hope your trip is fabulous!

YAY! I am glad to add you to the calendar!

Thanks so much, I'll pass the info. along my sil will be sooo happy!!

The lodge is the first hotel I ever took my children to at WDW, they LOVE the bunk beds, I love the atmosphere!!! Even though we stay at the Grand Floridian now (cabanas), we set aside almost a whole evening to eat at WCC, drink the the territory lounge and pin trade. The same women works there from when my children were 2 and 4, and although my dd is hard to forget she always makes a fuss when we visit. I could sit in that lobby for hours, I love that the WL is ONE building unlike the GFloridian.

Hopefully someone knows about the balloons, my brother is NEVER going to buy my DN2 one in the parks and travel with it, so I would love to have one sent to room. He loves balloons!!!

Boy, you sure do have the heart of a Groupie!
If nobody here answers the balloon question, maybe post on the DVC Misc thread? Sorry!

Happy Monday (wet and soggy here) Groupies.

JT, always love pictures. brightens a very dreary monday in Philly area
Maria, get packing!!
Muush, how are you feeling?

2 part trivia today.
Matching Game:
Match the wdw character with the type of creature it is.

Figment
Timon
Cornelius Coot
Peach
Baloo
James P. Sullivan
Jose Carioca
Hopper
Cleo

a) Grasshopper Hopper Bug's Life
b) Monster James P. Sullivan Monster's Inc.
c) Dragon Figment
d) Crab
e) Goldfish
f) Duck
g) Bear
h) Parrot
i) Meerkat Timon Lion King

Bonus if you can match up the movie character was in.


The 220 by 62 foot replica paddleboat located in Downtown Disney Marketplace and formerly know as the "Empress Lilly" was named after and christened by, Walt disney's widow Lillian Disney.

Is this the one which houses Fultons Restaurant?

I stink at trivia!!!! But, I am feeling much better!

horselover, that Grand Marnier slushie, man does that sound sweet

and Delicious!!

JT thank you for the pictures. Have a great time HL and JT!!!

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Hey groupies we're here. Arrived yesterday. I hate travel days. Had a few problems, but all is right with the world today. Checked out of the studio this morning & checked right back into the 1 BR. It was ready at 8:30 a.m.! Had a great breakfast at Kona then hit Epcot for a few hours. Finally had my Grand Marnier slushie. I could have had about 12 of those, well maybe not 12 but a few! Went to the private pool in the afternoon. The private pool at BWV is like heaven. No one was there except us old folks! Heading to dinner at Kona soon (yes we love Kona!) & then EMH at MK.

Thanks for the pics JT! Can't wait to see it in person in 2 days!

Pics to come soon. I'm off to dinner.

Where is the "private" pool at BWV? Are you talking the BWI side, garden pool there? (Yes, that is a great one!) or the quiet pool on BWV side?

 

[jimmytammy]

Not AK, just outside our patio door

Epcot F&G Fest

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Great pictures JT! Didn't like the spider though!

 

[Granny]

The Brazilian tour groups visit in January. I think the best week in January is the very last week. You miss the marathon, MLK holiday,and the tour groups.

From my own bitter experience, stay away from the first week of Jan! It sounds like BWV.... has a great suggestion.

Your kids are going to give you permission to do this? If this works out, give me some tips on convincing mine!

We have had good experiences throughout January and February with the exception of Presidents Day -- those are the worst crowds between the holidays and Spring Break. Never been there MLK Day, but I have never heard anything bad about it.

Our favorite time during this period is early January. The holiday crowds clear out a few days after New Years, but the Christmas decorations remain up for a few more days. It's like an added bonus.

Certain rides will close down for maintenance after the holidays. We have been unlucky with Splash Mountain during this time, but the days can be brisk during the winter so you don't want to walk around the park soaking wet anyway.

With a few exceptions, the tour groups have not been a problem for us. We have had a few instances of line cutting (by which I mean 20+ people showing up to jump ahead to where a friend is standing), and public shame doesn't seem to affect teenagers the way it affects me. But this has happened so rarely that it doesn't affect our enjoyment.

We were just there there January 28th thru Feb. 3rd. We did see some tour groups when we were entering the parks but fortunatly we didin't see them once we were inside. There were alot of dance teams there though. They were everywhere. And I don't know if it is normally rainy at that time but it did rain alot.

Maybe February would be better! I'd love to hear more also because this would be a great time for us to visit as well.

Granny ~ I'd have to say the last week in Jan is probably a good one. I was just there Feb 5-11 and it was pretty crowded (cheerleaders and dance groups galore !). Just put Pres Week right out of your mind....that is REALLY bad (did that once in 2007 and never again !).

Wow, I KNEW I could count on my friends to offer great advice on a January/February trip!

We normally go during the summer, so we are no strangers to the Brazilian tour groups. Our strategy is to zig when they zag as they tend to overwhelm whatever attraction they zero in on.

I like the idea of going right after the holidays but our college girls will still be home then so we'll probably shoot for that last week of January thing. Since we are coming up on the 7 month window pretty soon I'll have to firm it up in the next few weeks.

And ammo....uh, we weren't planning on telling the kids!

 

[ammo]

And ammo....uh, we weren't planning on telling the kids!

Let's see how long it takes them to find out!

 

[twokats]

eliza

I thought I would give your trivia a go. Hope I came close. Been rainy here in Texas also. We had 10 inches here at my house from last Mon - Sat. Had a tornado close by Sat afternoon.



Figment c) Dragon Journey into Imagination (no movie)
Timon i) MeerKat Lion King
Cornelius Coot f) Duck "His Majesty McDuck"
Peach d) Crab (I thought Peach was a starfish!!!) Finding Nemo
Baloo g) Bear Jungle Book
James P. Sullivan b) Monster Monster Inc
Jose Carioca h) Parrot Saludos Amigos
Hopper a) Grasshopper A Bug's Life
Cleo e) Goldfish Pinocchio

 

[MiaSRN62]

I am almost packed ! Gonna get to bed soon. My ds will drive us to the train around 9 am tommorrow. It goes right to the Philly airport and our flight leaves at 12:30 pm. It's so cold and rainy here---my yard is flooding and we have the heat on right now I need to be somewhere warm.....I'm meeting up with a couple DIS'ers (hopefully) at VB....then hope to meet up with DiznyDi when we get to WDW/VWL I'm also planning a short meet with another DIS'er at AKL. So this is gonna be really fun !
We will have our laptop with us. Last time we were at VB the wireless wasn't great, but I heard it's all been updated and expanded. So I'll try and check-in. Peace ~ Love~ and Mickey Mouse all !

Maria

 

[horselover]

Where is the "private" pool at BWV? Are you talking the BWI side, garden pool there? (Yes, that is a great one!) or the quiet pool on BWV side?

The quiet pool on the BWV side next to the canal. I didn't even think to go over to BWI side.

Groupie meet tonight! For those that are coming if you're online today please come with your appetite! You won't believe how huge the anniversary cake was, but it was gorgeous & delicious. We'll never be able to eat it all even if we were here for a week. See you then!

 

[Muushka]

Poor TwoKats , so much rain. I am glad the tornado missed you. And your trivia list looked perfect! But what do I know about trivia!!??

Maria, happy trails!!

See you at the party tonight. Can't wait for a huge hunk of that cake!! What time is the get together??

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

horselover - That cake sounds wonderful. I hope we get to see a picture! Have fun at the groupie meet.

Maria - Hope you are packed and ready for vacation! All your groupie meets sound like so much fun.

Twokats - more rain and hail forecast for tonight. I think I better start building my ark.

JT - love the flower pics

Muushka - I will try to be on too but I don't remember the time either. Is this for some kind of chat or just posting?