Jimbo
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- Joined
- Aug 18, 1999
We just got back from staying at the WLV. We took our two granddaughters there for four nights as a birthday gift for the younger, who turned 8 during the trip.
We arrived at 12:30 on Wednesday. Our room wasn't ready until 3:30. We expected it, and were prepared to spend an afternoon swimming. Unfortunately, a lightning storm at about 2:00 cleared the pools, and we had to find things to keep ourselved occupied for a couple of hours.
We had room 2535, a 2BR (we splurged), which looked out at the woods. The room was immaculate, and obviously had plenty of room for the four of us. It's our second stay at WLV. We like the resort a lot, and it's tied with OKW (our home) as our favorite. I'm impressed by how quiet it is, how nice the facilities are, and what a fine health club it has. We swam at the main pool before the lightning forced us out, but for the rest of the time we used WLV's pool. The kids actually preferred it.
The only thing we didn't like was that the villa had a VCR, and we brought DVDs (out fault). The one time we used Disney transportation was to get to and from the MK, and the trip seemed endless. We actually thought an OKW bus would have been faster, even though WL is considered to be a MK resort. We took the car everywhere else.
Wait times were pretty low at the parks, and other than the heat the weather was fine. There wasn't much rain, and until we got back we had no idea how lucky we were that Katriina missed us.
We tried to do some diffrerent things. We spent a full day at Typhoon Lagoon. We had thought we'd stay a couple of hours, but had so much fun that we made a day out of it. On Saturday, we took the girls to the GF spa and got them a manicure / pedicure / facial package, with a 10% DVC discount. They loved it!
We arrived at 12:30 on Wednesday. Our room wasn't ready until 3:30. We expected it, and were prepared to spend an afternoon swimming. Unfortunately, a lightning storm at about 2:00 cleared the pools, and we had to find things to keep ourselved occupied for a couple of hours.
We had room 2535, a 2BR (we splurged), which looked out at the woods. The room was immaculate, and obviously had plenty of room for the four of us. It's our second stay at WLV. We like the resort a lot, and it's tied with OKW (our home) as our favorite. I'm impressed by how quiet it is, how nice the facilities are, and what a fine health club it has. We swam at the main pool before the lightning forced us out, but for the rest of the time we used WLV's pool. The kids actually preferred it.
The only thing we didn't like was that the villa had a VCR, and we brought DVDs (out fault). The one time we used Disney transportation was to get to and from the MK, and the trip seemed endless. We actually thought an OKW bus would have been faster, even though WL is considered to be a MK resort. We took the car everywhere else.
Wait times were pretty low at the parks, and other than the heat the weather was fine. There wasn't much rain, and until we got back we had no idea how lucky we were that Katriina missed us.
We tried to do some diffrerent things. We spent a full day at Typhoon Lagoon. We had thought we'd stay a couple of hours, but had so much fun that we made a day out of it. On Saturday, we took the girls to the GF spa and got them a manicure / pedicure / facial package, with a 10% DVC discount. They loved it!
