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

[Disney loving Iowan]

Hi Muushka! and all the Groupies! We are packed and ready to go, just have to wait for the boys to get out of school and then it's off to VWL we go!!! for 8 wonderful nights at the lodge. Can't wait. I am computer/photo challenged, but my DS is good at that stuff, so we shall see how that works out. I will take pics, just not sure when they will get posted. Can't wait to see
the Turtles and Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits!

Have a great time! I saw Herman's Hermits a while back when they toured with the Monkees. Never saw the Turtles but would love to!

Well the signed paperwork is on it way back to Disney, so I guess it is official. We are now card carrying members at VWL.

Congrats!!!!!


Corrine - nice to hear from you!!!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Gosh! Have a great time. We've enjoyed both of those groups at FP concerts in the past!!!

Bobbi

 

[wildernessDad]

Well the signed paperwork is on it way back to Disney, so I guess it is official. We are now card carrying members at VWL.

I almost had second thoughts when I saw the new incentives and the price for an add-on at ALK was so low, but I just did not want to give up my VWL points. I am really looking forward to my first stay there in March 2010. It seems so far away...

For those with upcoming trips, have fun and please post pictures and trip reports. For now I am living vicariously through you....

Congratulations, neighbor!

 

[tea pot]

Oh Muushka--you shouldn't have gotten grumpy on me. Now I'll have to sing!

Hey Mister Grumpy Gills!
Life's full of little spills.
Don't throw your fins up in disgust!
Oh what's the use of floating there?
Not going anywhere;
Swish your tail and dive on in and trust
That if you...
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming
Life isn't all that grim
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming
What do we do? We swim
Lalalalalalala.....

Skipped some to save your sanity....

Sometimes things look bad
Then--poof--the moment is gone!
And what do we do?
We just keep swimming on!

Now that song is stuck in your head! I have the CD of the Nemo musical from AK so I am sure you are sorry you mentioned "Mr. Grumpy Gills"!!!

LOve it LOve it Dory.... I have the CD too... It's DH favorite show.

Hi Everyone!

I did not fall off the face of the earth...but almost! It's been a crazy fall and winter and I have finally made it back to the Disboards. I am eager to read up on your lives over the last few months!

Good Morning Corine!
Nice to see you back with the Groupies. Grab a cup of coffee, put your feet up, read through the thread and feel the love!
Di

Welcome back to another MA Groupie.... and Boy is DiznyDi right Feel the Love

Well the signed paperwork is on it way back to Disney, so I guess it is official. We are now card carrying members at VWL.

Welcome Home Groupie

 

[tea pot]

That's excellent Teapot!! Be sure to take a camera. I bet you'll be able to get some great and unique shots of our beloved lodge since you'll have a Bay Lake view.

And I'd love to see some shots of the Treehouses too. Did you all year that Deb Wills of AllEarsNet has rented one for their opening day (June 1) and will be blogging and posting photos from one of the new treehouses? Can't wait to see some insider photos.

Anyway, congrats again Teapot on your wonderful luck with Member Services.

I can't wait to hear about the treehouses!

Get some great photos TP!

Got it!! You are such a DVC trend-setter!! We want pictures, lots of pictures!!

Thanks so much you guys... I plan on taking Lots and Lots of Pictures
and with Thanks to Granny I 'll be able to post them.. (I hope I hope )

 

[tea pot]

LVSWL

Have a Safe and Magical Vacation.....

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Muushka - I really am sorry about your loss in the points reallocation. It hurts us too. It's ok to get grumpy here--I'll try to refrain from bursting into Dory's song next time.

Corinne - Good to meet you. I think I became a new groupie while you were away. They've let the standards slip a little.

LVSWL - Have a safe and wonderful trip! Hope to see some pictures and hear what your friends think.

claire_ont - That's wonderful news! Congrats!

Granny - Yes I am so glad it is Friday!

Everyone have a great weekend. I'll be right here (in my mind at least) if anybody wants to join me.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Everyone have a great weekend. I'll be right here (in my mind at least) if anybody wants to join me.

I am so there!! What do you take in your coffee, Dory, cream and sugar?

 

[jimmytammy]

I can feel your pain on the pts reallocation. We bought a 4th contract with all intentions of being able to always stay in a 1 bed. Low and behold they lower the boom and we are scrambling now trying to make the pts work, again.

I say buy more pts, then again thats the web they may want us to fall into.

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

I am so there!! What do you take in your coffee, Dory, cream and sugar?

Just like I like it!

JT - Sorry to hear you are feeling the point pain too. Our family is in transition with 2 older sons who can't usually go now, so we are a little more flexible with only 4 people than we were with 6, but I really didn't enjoy the studio as much as a 1 BR. Not sure how we are going to make the points work but buying more is not an option right now.

 

[claire_ont]

Muushka
Everyone have a great weekend. I'll be right here (in my mind at least) if anybody wants to join me.

I am so there with my morning coffee, and may just pop back in the evening with a hot chocolate as well.

Today is my DD'd 16th birthday. She will be getting her beginners driver's license and then it will be time to crawl in the car and let her get behind the wheel. Dory, I am keeping your happy place picture firmly entrenched in my mind. There may be sometimes in the next little while that instead of coffee or hot chocolate I will be there with a good stiff drink!

To everyone - thank-you for all the welcome homes. It feels great to have it all done. Currently with banking and borrowing we will have enough VWL points for 8-10 nights in a studio, once every three years at Christmas. We really would have liked more points but that was not financially feasible at this time. Maybe in another couple years...

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

I'm here with my coffee enjoying the beautiful lobby of VWL.

I'm finding my happy place a lot this past few weeks too. It is always hard to come home from WL but my last trip was especially so. While we were at WDW we got the call that my DS19 was withdrawing from college for medical reasons. We had known this was a possibility but left for Disney with the hope that he was going to be to finish the semester. So we came home to a house full of college kids on spring break with one who wouldn't be returning. He had some tests done and the doctor suspects celiac disease. So I've been sitting at my happy place every chance I get this week while we waited on results. Well, it is now weekend and we still don't have lab results so we will wait some more.

I have one son DS14 with IgA Nephropathy which is a kidney disease that for him has been very manageable and only requires a daily pill and six month checkups. He has been fortunate to have little damage to his kidney and great kidney function for this type of disease. Celiac, however, looks to be something that will greatly affect the daily life of DS19 and I've been just a little freaked out by it.

Not to bring up religion or anything, I do trust that God has it all under control and I know that He will bring good out of this. I don't want to give too much information about my son, but he was headed for a military career and this is probably a DQ so he is having to rethink his life's plans. He has a surprisingly good attitude and although he is disappointed he trusts that God has a plan for his life and it may not be in the military. I may have cred now.

Sorry to dump it all on the groupies. I've tried to just remain quiet but now that I have another weekend to wait for a diagnosis, I just needed to share. Thanks for listening. Now back to a happy thought.

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Oh and claire_ont I forgot to add a for your daughter turning 16! You need a happy relaxing place for sure!

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Thank you for sharing Dory.....you know God does not give us more than we can handle. I am so sorry for you and your family, and will pray for you that the tests may come back differently. (I feel a ban coming!) And hopefully our posts may help you find strength and peace.

I absolutely love the chairs photo.....there is something about it that invites company and conversation.

 

[Granny]

Dory...our very best wishes to you and your family. I hope all comes out as well as possible.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Dory,
Thinking of you and your son and family and hoping for the very best. You all will be in my prayers. I'm sure your ds will have some soul-seeking, but I know he will find a new direction for his life. It'll take time. My oldest is 21 and he's just now finding his path......


Maria

 

[DaveH]

Dory our best wishes to you and your family.

 

[Muushka]

Yes, Dory, I will say amen to all of the above posts. Your kiddos and you are in our prayers.

You are such a great Groupie, and when one Groupie hurts, we all hurt.

And Happy 16th to Clair's daughter! We'll pray for you too!

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Thanks y'all.

 

[Good Ol Gal]

Prayers to you and your family Dory! that the tests will come back soon and remember The Lord will help you through this time if you turn to him.