I'll put your dates in the Lodgers' LogWe'll be staying at the Lodge for the first time April 18-25, and I realized last night that we are under 100 days (98, actually!) until we arrive! Yay!
There isn't an age restriction, but there is a height limit. There is a sign on the gate that stipulates you must be 48" or under to use it.Does the new splash pad have an age restriction?
An upper room in the North Wing is where you might see some of Wishes. Some of the views are obstructed by trees though. A request of "North Wing/high floor" is your best bet.DH and I will be arriving on Feb 6th and we have booked a woods view room. What is the best request for hopes of a magic kingdom fireworks view? Last time we stayed, we had a standard view that overlooked a service area, however it also faced the MK and we saw Wishes from our balcony every night.
I would love to get a similar view for our woods view room.
Thoughts?
Unfortunately, there are no VWL views that come close to the 25 Deluxe room views. Your request is the closest, but as was posted, you can barely see the lake at all because of the tree line that runs the entire length of Bay Lake in front of the villas.
I just realized I never gave my dates for the log! We are staying 1/22-1/25 in Club Level.
I'm not a pool person if the water temps are not at least 78 degrees or higher. Born and raised in New England, but you wouldn't know it. It gets below 70 degrees outside and I'm in pants and long sleeved tops. Anyway, I did a search in this thread, but couldn't find and answer. What temps are the pools and hot tubs heated too? I am training for the Disney Princess 10K and have to fit in a long run while I am there. A nice soak in the hot tub to ease my muscles sounds good.
We'll be at the Lodge May 30-June 8 for our second stay. Loved our first stay there last year so we're booked again!!
Just had to share our excitement!!
Carla
I just realized I never gave my dates for the log! We are staying 1/22-1/25 in Club Level.
I'm not a pool person if the water temps are not at least 78 degrees or higher. Born and raised in New England, but you wouldn't know it. It gets below 70 degrees outside and I'm in pants and long sleeved tops. Anyway, I did a search in this thread, but couldn't find and answer. What temps are the pools and hot tubs heated too? I am training for the Disney Princess 10K and have to fit in a long run while I am there. A nice soak in the hot tub to ease my muscles sounds good.
They do have tee shirts in children's sizes at the Mercantile. I found a really cute one for our grandson there.34 days away from check in! Has anyone shopped in the gift shop recently? My ds is wondering if he can find a Mickey tshirt (boys) in the gift shop. He is worrying about this, as his current shirt is too small to be worn in public. (According to mama!) I applaud him, at 7, for having disney wardrobe concerns. He wants to go to MK our first day in a new shirt. We haven't seen any suitable shirts from local sources. Thanks for helping!
I was reading back through this thread and read that Whispering Canyon will be closed for refurbishment May 15 to June 26. Is this still true because I just made a reservation for June 4 online last night. If it's going to be closed why is Disney allowing reservations? I wanted to ask here before I change it!! Thanks!! Carla
There was a correction made recently about the refurbishment. Whispering Canyon Cafe is not scheduled for refurbishment at this time. The earlier report came from one TA and has since been corrected.
Which room/area in Villas Wilderness Lodge should I request if I don't want a view of an electricity substation or any other fairly dodgy view?! Is it a room near the elevator? We are in a studio.
Also, we have to check out by 11 (I think) on our last day but won't be collected by DME until about 4-5pm for our flight home. Is there somewhere we can have a decent shower before we leave as we won't have a room to go to after a day at the pool?
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Hi all! Although our home dvc resort is BCV, we also feel in love with VWL and spend as much (or more) time there! But I know recently that VWL has fenced in their main pool which restricts access now beyond a certain hour. Does anyone know if this has greatly increased the use ( and therefore crowding/noise) later in the evening at the villa pool? Does this make the hot tub there later at night more crowded than before? We are now at our 7 month point and thinking of switching from BCV to VWL for our post DCL cruise in august. Any insight would be appreciated !