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

[KeepSwimmingDory]

2) Does anyone have a link to the VWL room map that I once saw posted on the boards? My hard-drive crashed two wees ago and "my favorites" is one of the things I did not have backed up. I used to have a link to that map in there but it is gone now.

I'm not sure if this is the kind of map you mean, but I found some that show the room layout of each type of villa on dvcnews.com--couldn't find any here on the dis to point you to. Hope this helps. Scroll down and you'll see the maps with each of the room photos.

http://dvcnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=119

 

[LVSWL]

I woke up with a fever and that was the cure. I love it!

LVSWL - woohoo for more trips booked

DiznyDi - aww sorry to hear you lost your Mickey countdown. Wish I could help!

Oshawa -

The moosie looks great as always! Glad to have you be a part.

horselover - Sorry you had so much frustration on your trip. Enjoyed your pictures. Glad you made the best of it and hope your waitlist comes through for you.

Thanks! We are pretty excited!

 

[blossomz]

Done! I hope you like it. We stayed there last year and really enjoyed the resort.

J&R's Mom, sorry I can't help you on the room location map. On the top floors, I think most of the balconies are enclosed, and if I remember correctly, they were about 4 feet high (guessing here). Enjoy!

And grab a Mooise if you like!!

Muushka!! you're sig caught me!!!

 

[LVSWL]

J & R Mom, sent you a pm, also..we usually request the pool view, hoping we will catch a little of the light show. You might want to look over on the Resorts board at the Wilderness thread named "feed my addiction" or something like that. There are tons of great photos of the villas and the lodge and you might get some good pics of the upper room balconies to give you a good idea of how they look We will be there in April and can't wait. We also are hoping for an upper floor.

 

[Muushka]

Muushka!! you're sig caught me!!!

Steal it! That's what I did!

 

[eliza61]

Monday Morning trivia, courtesy of Lou Mongello's WDW trivia Calendar.

January 27, 1934 (tomorrow) Walt disney Productions files its application for trademark for Mickey Mouse. It cites the mouses first appearance as 1/27/1930

Easy trivia question: What was the name of the mouses first motion picture appearance?

Have a great Monday!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

bgraham34 Jan 21-25 VWL
MickeyMorse Jan 23-24 POP, Jan 24-30 VWL
Disney Loving Iowan Jan 28 - Feb 3 BWV and Happy Birthday! eb

Welcome back bgraham34 ! Hope u had fun !

MM and DLI.....enjoy your stays !!!!


Horselover.....thanks for the TR and pics !


Sorry I've been MIA the past week.....worked 46 hours....then got hit with news of point allocation.....still reeling from that bit 'o news.............
I was wondering if anyone knew the room # for the one lonely studio at VWL that does not have a balcony ? I am hoping to avoid that one in May. I'd rather have the dumpster view than no balcony ? I asked this question about a week ago but got no answer. I'm thinking it got missed. Thanks Groupies !

Is the answer Steamboat Willie eliza ?

 

[MiaSRN62]

Muushka....LOVE the log-off warning pic in your siggy....too funny !

 

[horselover]

Steal it! That's what I did!

Duh! I thought it was a pop up & kept trying to close it! I need more

 

[Muushka]

snip....
I was wondering if anyone knew the room # for the one lonely studio at VWL that does not have a balcony ? I am hoping to avoid that one in May. I'd rather have the dumpster view than no balcony ? I asked this question about a week ago but got no answer. I'm thinking it got missed. Thanks Groupies !

Is the answer Steamboat Willie eliza ?

I think it is room 4533, but if I see that info anywhere, I'll pm you.

 

[Muushka]

Duh! I thought it was a pop up & kept trying to close it! I need more

Too funny! Yes, more coffee!!

 

[DiznyDi]

Duh! I thought it was a pop up & kept trying to close it! I need more

Me too!

Good Monday Morning Groupies!
horselover You won't be sorry that you'll be at SSR. I don't think there is a bad area. We've stayed in all areas except Carousel - no quiet pool. I have never found the walk 'too far' to get to the Carriage House - and I have bad knees.

We are now into double digits for our May trip AND out waitlist came through for a dedicated 2 bedroom.
Really excited about that!

Our son is currently deployed in Iraq and will be home for R&R April 16 - May 6. DH and I already had a 1 bdrm booked just for us May 1-9, I waitlisted for the 2 bedroom as soon as we knew our son could join us - never expecting that it would come through and that we would just be a little crowded
Daughter will be joining us also - a nice little family reunion! Somebody must have been throwing a little my way..... so thanks!

Thanks also to those of you responding to my quest for my desktop Mickey countdown. Still don't have it, but... husband thinks just maybe he has it on his work computer and is checking today.

to all whose trips may be disrupted by the new 2010 points charts. It does not appear that we will be significantly affected. We actually save a point or two.
Di

 

[MiaSRN62]

I think it is room 4533, but if I see that info anywhere, I'll pm you.

Thank u Muushka !


Dizny Di.....I never downloaded the MS one....sorry. But found this one :

http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/disney-vacation-countdown

http://www.magicalmountain.net/wdwcountdownclock/WDWCountdownClock.asp


http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/travel/disneytripcountdown.html


http://pscalculator.net/pswebtools.shtml#t001

http://www.intercot.com/interactive/countdown/default.asp

Maybe one of the above could be a replacement ?

Maria

 

[Granny]

Monday Morning trivia, courtesy of Lou Mongello's WDW trivia Calendar.

January 27, 1934 (tomorrow) Walt disney Productions files its application for trademark for Mickey Mouse. It cites the mouses first appearance as 1/27/1930

Easy trivia question: What was the name of the mouses first motion picture appearance?

Have a great Monday!!

Eliza....I cheated, and found that the first motion picture for MM was something called "Plane Crazy". Unless my source was plain crazy too!

Me too!

Our son is currently deployed in Iraq and will be home for R&R April 16 - May 6. DH and I already had a 1 bdrm booked just for us May 1-9, I waitlisted for the 2 bedroom as soon as we knew our son could join us - never expecting that it would come through and that we would just be a little crowded
Daughter will be joining us also - a nice little family reunion! Somebody must have been throwing a little my way..... so thanks!

Di...very glad that your waitlist came through. And that your family reunion is taking shape nicely. Congratulations and best wishes for a magical family trip.


Muush....yes I was initially fooled by your signature too!

 

[MiaSRN62]

to all whose trips may be disrupted by the new 2010 points charts. It does not appear that we will be significantly affected. We actually save a point or two.

Thanks for the understanding Dizny Di.....we are one of the harder hit folks. The last 3 days have been tough reading all about this on the thread and finding myself a bit "under fire" from a few select DIS'ers. For some, because they are coming out ahead....they just can't sympathize at all. Of course not speaking of people like yourself. And I am happy for those that save. But we are coming up 30 points short each year at OKW. So for us---it's a BIG adjustment. We are bitter about our recent AKV add-on as well. When we bought about 90 days ago, someone in DVC/DVD had to know but said nothing. KIdani isn't even open yet. We would have purchased another 15 points there had we known because coming up 12 points short there every year. I guess 12 is better than 30....but overall, 42 points a year short is not good. And some on that thread have asked "what are you so upset about ?" among other snarky comments.
But thanks for understanding Dizny Di.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Eliza....I cheated, and found that the first motion picture for MM was something called "Plane Crazy". Unless my source was plain crazy too!

Ahhh...thanks for that one Granny ! I was wrong !

Maria

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

MM and DLI.....enjoy your stays !!!!

Thanks for the understanding Dizny Di.....we are one of the harder hit folks. The last 3 days have been tough reading all about this on the thread and finding myself a bit "under fire" from a few select DIS'ers. For some, because they are coming out ahead....they just can't sympathize at all. Of course not speaking of people like yourself. And I am happy for those that save. But we are coming up 30 points short each year at OKW. So for us---it's a BIG adjustment. We are bitter about our recent AKV add-on as well. When we bought about 90 days ago, someone in DVC/DVD had to know but said nothing. KIdani isn't even open yet. We would have purchased another 15 points there had we known because coming up 12 points short there every year. I guess 12 is better than 30....but overall, 42 points a year short is not good. And some on that thread have asked "what are you so upset about ?" among other snarky comments.
But thanks for understanding Dizny Di.

Thanks for the good wishes Maria and sorry about the unfriendly people on the other threads. I don't even post on the other threads as much anymore because of the snotty attitudes on them. Just not as friendly and understanding as our family here! I really haven't looked yet to see how the points change would affect us. Been too busy getting ready to go.
This will be me tonight!

DiznyDi sounds like you will have a great trip! Glad your son will be home and give him a big thanks from my family for his service! Congrats!

 

[Dodie]

I am so sad for everyone who is negatively impacted by the points switch.

We do use DVC on weekends and typically travel on a Wednesday through Sunday - rarely staying for a full week these days - so the change actually is in our favor points-wise.

I certainly understand that's not the case for everyone.

I haven't read all of the threads, or even all of the posts on this thread, about the switch. I do find it interesting that VWL 1BRs are suddenly such a "hot" commodity higher points wise. Strange.

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

It is not a good change for us either.

In most cases it is 25 points more for us for the same trip. We do have the choice now to move down to a 1 BR or studio with 2 of my boys in college and not always able to go, but to do a 2BR for the whole family is going to mean less vacation time for us overall. We are not very flexible with dates when all 6 of us go.

Hugs...

 

[tea pot]

Happy Monday Groupies
Muushka OK are you trying to see if I'm awake. when I first saw your sig I thought Oh No what did I do now.... You Got Me....
Dory I'm loving all your clip art so Cool
My 2 cents about the 2010 point changes
First I didn't know or think that the points would or could change. We did ask if the points could change when we were doing our first SSR ADD ON and were told that the points never change .... My fault I didn't read the fine print.

When we added on just this past August (our 3rd and 4th add on ) I first based the point increase on the # of points needed for a Sunday-Friday stay in a studio for DH and I at VWL in the first week of Dec./Christmas and Sun-Thurs studio stay at BC for 1st week in May/Flower and Garden show. At that time VWL points were aviable and we contracted for 82 points and I remember asking her if you could just buy 82 points... she said sure... knowing what the numbers was based on. She never said that the points may change. At the same time we wait listed for the BC points again odd number.. DH said why not just round up to 100 of each well... Thank God we did.....I called and had the VWL contract changed and increased BC to 100 as well.

When we first joined most of our vacations were Sunday-Thursday making the most of our points and resulting in 2-3 trips a year.
Now that the girls are older and usually meet us down there we are staying over more weekends.

I guess I'm just very disappointed in Disney. The information should be more up front.... just like our dollars each point counts and each family's needs are different. I glad we bought the additional points and I'm just grateful that we were in a position to do that. I'm sad for many members who come up short with this change.