VWL Lovers & Groupies Thread: Meese-ka, Mice-ka MOOSE-kateers

[Dizny Dad]

KAT4DISNEY -

 

[jimmytammy]

Kathy

Those are amazing pics!!

WD

Can we tag along Purty Pleeeze with sugar on it

 

[Muushka]

One word. Three letters:

WOW!!!​

I'm with JT. Purdy please take us to that Oh-So-Grand-Villa!!


PS too funny about the zebras not playing nice with the other beasts!

Did you hear that I Book??

 

[I Book He Pays]

Happy Friday Groupies:

Anyone have plans for the weekend?

KAT4DISNEY~ OMG that GV is absolutely stunning, out of this world and awesome!! WOW WOW WOW The pictures are beautiful and I would not want to leave. DH would love having a TV in the master bathroom so he can listen to CNBC while getting done in the morning. I would be parked in the zebra chair on the balcony taking pictures of the zebras (OK.. and the other animals too!). Thanks so much for sharing. WOW What kind of camera do you have?

I have a great idea... since we all know where wildernessDad is staying next May why don't we have a Groupie gathering at his GV? Thanks to KAT4DISNEY, there will be plenty of space, no lines for the bathroom (us girls can relate to that issue!) and we'll have an awesome view! Then... after the party (or the following morning) we all go over to the VWL and dive into a skillet for breakfast. What do you think?

Muushka ~ la la la la.. oops I must have missed the comment about the zebras!

Have a great day everyone and a fantastic weekend!

 

[horselover]

Another WOW!!! I want to stay in an AKV GV too!!!!! Do you think that would be ridiculous with only 4 people?

I'm shocked & disappointed to hear about my beloved zebras behaving so badly. Although to be honest I have heard that zebras can be pretty mean & nasty, but I still love them (from afar!).

 

[Muushka]

I have a great idea... since we all know where wildernessDad is staying next May why don't we have a Groupie gathering at his GV? Thanks to KAT4DISNEY, there will be plenty of space, no lines for the bathroom (us girls can relate to that issue!) and we'll have an awesome view! Then... after the party (or the following morning) we all go over to the VWL and dive into a skillet for breakfast. What do you think

Sounds like a plan! WD????? Up for company? Lots of company!

 

[Granny]

Kathy...thanks for sharing your excellent photos with us!

I don't see us taking a group big enough for a GV, but maybe DW and I will go ahead and book one some time. We could go days without running into each other in one of those!

 

[twinklebug]

As you may have realized by now - we had 5 people and only 4 bathrooms.

What you must have had to put up with!

I've heard that the zebras are the bullys. Only saw it when one "assisted" the groundskeepers by driving off the giraffe who were rallying an attack on some new plantings.

Thank you for the pics Kat. I've never stayed at the GVs. Hopefully the day will come we can book a GV for a number of nights, until then I'll have to dream and live through reports & pics of others

 

[wildernessDad]

Kathy - triple wow! It's going to be great. Thank you very much for sharing your excellent photos of the Jambo House GV, the savanna and Jambo House!

 

[franandaj]

WOW! Kat, those pictures are AH-mazing! What a great time you must have had there! I don't even know enough people that I would think deserve to come with us and stay in such a grand place. You have however made me really excited to switch my May 2012 from SSR to AKV. Not that I don't love SSR, but I miss the animals outside the balcony!

But to keep on topic, I am really, Really, REALLY getting excited about my 1st trip back to the lodge as an owner in October!

 

[wildernessDad]

Sounds like a plan! WD????? Up for company? Lots of company!

Hardy, har har.

 

[cheer4bison]

Oh, it has been so long since I've had the chance to post to my favorite DISboards site! (I've missed my VWL Groupies pals). The Moms Panel has been keeping me so busy since the beginning of the year and I'm loving it. (So far I've helped over 800 families plan their WDW and Adventures by Disney vacations). Now that my school year is over (woo-hoo!) I hope to read back over this thread to see what's new with all my fellow lovers of the Wilderness Lodge.

Just wanted to share that I've been blessed to visit our beloved Lodge three times since last I posted. The 2011 WDW Moms Panelists stayed at the Yacht Club in December for our training trip, but you can be sure that I took the opportunity to sneak over to the Wilderness Lodge to see her in all her holiday glory.

My son went with me to check out the Christmas tree at our home away from home.

Then, in March we took our first family cruise on the Disney Dream. We stayed one night at the Animal Kingdom Lodge before the cruise and spent a few days at the Beach Club Villas after the our adventure on the Dream. But, again, we found our way over to the Lodge for dinner at Whispering Canyon. We were fortunate to have my parents join us.

Next, in May, completely out of the blue, my principal asked me to plan a last minute senior trip for a dozen of our students whose plans to travel to New Orleans were dashed as a result of anticipated flooding there. So I chaperoned that trip a few weeks ago. We stayed at Disney's Pop Century Resort, but as you no doubt guessed, we found our way over to the Lodge to play tetherball, eat dinner at Roaring Fork, rent bicycles to ride over to Fort Wilderness, and soak up the atmosphere in the lobby.

And, of course, to rub Humphrey's nose:

These trips have been amazing fun and I just wanted to share my Lodge-related exploits with my VWL groupies. I look forward to catching up with you all.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

KAT4DISNEY -

I know!!

Kathy

Those are amazing pics!!

WD

Can we tag along Purty Pleeeze with sugar on it

Thanks jimmytammy!

One word. Three letters:

WOW!!!​

I'm with JT. Purdy please take us to that Oh-So-Grand-Villa!!


PS too funny about the zebras not playing nice with the other beasts!

Did you hear that I Book??

I felt like we were in a palace. I'm sure WD would have plenty of room for all of us to join in!

KAT4DISNEY~ OMG that GV is absolutely stunning, out of this world and awesome!! WOW WOW WOW The pictures are beautiful and I would not want to leave. DH would love having a TV in the master bathroom so he can listen to CNBC while getting done in the morning. I would be parked in the zebra chair on the balcony taking pictures of the zebras (OK.. and the other animals too!). Thanks so much for sharing. WOW What kind of camera do you have?

Thanks IBHP! I had to hunt down the remote for the bathroom TV. There are so many TV's in the GV that I don't think housekeeping can keep straight what remote goes where!

For the indoor pictures I was using a Sony Nex-3 and most of the animal shots were with a Sony A55.

Another WOW!!! I want to stay in an AKV GV too!!!!! Do you think that would be ridiculous with only 4 people?

I'm shocked & disappointed to hear about my beloved zebras behaving so badly. Although to be honest I have heard that zebras can be pretty mean & nasty, but I still love them (from afar!).

Sounds perfect to me - then nobody will be waiting for a bathroom!

My nephews and niece witnessed the Zebra incident and they were shocked! I also had heard that Zebra's are the bullies of the Savannah but hadn't had any first hand reports til now. The other one's were the cranes. I watched several times as little bunnies would sneak out to nibble grass and then would get chased away by the cranes. The bunnies knew what to do though b/c they'd scoot thru the wire spikes that keep the other animals back from the buildings and would leave a frustrated bird looking after them.

Kathy...thanks for sharing your excellent photos with us!

I don't see us taking a group big enough for a GV, but maybe DW and I will go ahead and book one some time. We could go days without running into each other in one of those!

Thank you Granny! We almost had that for 2 days. The kids had to delay their trip and if I hadn't been able to switch to a 1BR at SSR DH and I figured we could try a different bedroom each night and for every nap!

What you must have had to put up with!

I've heard that the zebras are the bullys. Only saw it when one "assisted" the groundskeepers by driving off the giraffe who were rallying an attack on some new plantings.

Thank you for the pics Kat. I've never stayed at the GVs. Hopefully the day will come we can book a GV for a number of nights, until then I'll have to dream and live through reports & pics of others

Thanks twinklebug! Ever since I saw the Jambo GV's layout I had dreamed of staying in one so I used this trip as my excuse. I don't forsee having enough people along to do it again - or at least I didn't until it was such a big hit!

Kathy - triple wow! It's going to be great. Thank you very much for sharing your excellent photos of the Jambo House GV, the savanna and Jambo House!

Your welcome WD!

WOW! Kat, those pictures are AH-mazing! What a great time you must have had there! I don't even know enough people that I would think deserve to come with us and stay in such a grand place. You have however made me really excited to switch my May 2012 from SSR to AKV. Not that I don't love SSR, but I miss the animals outside the balcony!

Thanks franandaj! I spend a lot of time animal watching when at AKV - just love it!

And I appreciate every tolerating the off topic AKV pics. I had planned on a trip report but as usual my ambitions were greater than my actions. I think I may copy this over to the AKV lover's thread so the info is in a little more logical place. I found when looking for info on the GV's that there really hasn't been much reported.

 

[LisaS]

Ok! I've uploaded a few pictures so here we go......

Basically one word sums it up. WOW!!!

WOW is right! Beautiful photos of an amazing villa. Thanks for posting them!

We were in GV 5284 which was the one closest to the lobby on the Sunset Savannah. I had requested either it or the GV that was closest to the pool so my requests were met. In all actuality I didn't really know what we might want so I decided to just try for closest to the lobby.

The GV near the pool is HA and has a roll-in shower in the master bathroom instead of that nice shower stall. I read a trip report from someone who stayed in the HA GV and they were not happy about the roll-in shower.

 

[eliza61]

Kathy, thanks for the gorgeous pictures. Maybe some one should show the zebras one of those zebra floor rugs... give them a warning.

"this was cousin ed, he wouldn't behave either".

 

[franandaj]

Kathy you should post it on the "Sakes Alive -AKL Lite thread on the resorts board. They go nuts over Zebra Domes but love room pictures as well.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hi all ! I am so far behind on our Groupie chats here.....so sorry. June has been a hectic month !
I think some of you know I'm a Labor and Delivery and high risk pregnancy RN ? I can now openly say this now because the press conference was about 10 days ago. We cared for and delivered a high risk mom with sextuplets here in PA. The month of May was stressful for our OB team---and the patient went into labor and delivered in early June. We had so many meetings and drills to practice for the delivery in the weeks preceeding the blessed event while we cared for her on our high risk unit.
Then I flew my middle child in from Tallahassee to be at her younger sister's high school graduation last week. And my son was in a wedding in Missouri for a week and got home on Father's Day (I was a little on-edge about him being in MO with the rash of recent bad tornados there). So just lots of hectic-ness ! <is that a word ?>
I will go back and try to catch up the best I can. But in the meantime, hope everyone is well !!!!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Oh Kathy....your photos of the GV are breathtaking !!!!! But come on now ?!!! Only 4 bathrooms ???? What's up with that ???!!!!

And Jill....I didn't know you were on the WDW Mom's Panel ?? How cool is that ?!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

WOW is right! Beautiful photos of an amazing villa. Thanks for posting them!

The GV near the pool is HA and has a roll-in shower in the master bathroom instead of that nice shower stall. I read a trip report from someone who stayed in the HA GV and they were not happy about the roll-in shower.

Thanks Lisa! I was aware the GV near the pool was an HA and debated over requesting it because of that. The roll in shower doesn't bother us but I think the kitchen layout I saw in a picture was a bit different. The location seemed good though, if nobody else had needed it, since DH seems to become part fish once we get on vacation!

Kathy, thanks for the gorgeous pictures. Maybe some one should show the zebras one of those zebra floor rugs... give them a warning.

"this was cousin ed, he wouldn't behave either".

That ought to do it Eliza!!

Kathy you should post it on the "Sakes Alive -AKL Lite thread on the resorts board. They go nuts over Zebra Domes but love room pictures as well.

Oooh - I haven't checked out that thread before. I'll take a look!

Oh Kathy....your photos of the GV are breathtaking !!!!! But come on now ?!!! Only 4 bathrooms ???? What's up with that ???!!!!

Thanks Maria! Wow - you've been busy!! I can't imagine sextuplets.

Jill - thanks for sharing the pictures of the lodge! Glad to hear you're enjoying the Mom's panel and having some great trips too!

 

[jimmytammy]

Jill
You stop by when you can, we know you represent us well.Good to see you back.

I Book
Normally my weekends are work filled, Sun. is a day of rest, but last night, me, our DS and a DF from back in my HS days did something very uncharacteristic of myself. We went to a concert. Used to go all the time in my before marriage days, but the shows got too pricey for me. Last night we went to see Heart and Def Leppard and both were great! Had to wear ear plugs, but still enjoyed it. Had seen both on a few occasions back in the day, and both still are on their game these days. Showing my age