Sounds Like you guys are off to a great start. I can't wait to see the rest of your magical experienced. I can't get over that you were "down-graded" with compensation to that room-view!!!!!Day 1
Saturday 20th January 2018
Part 2 – The Wilderness Lodge, room 4001!
Time to check in!
So here’s a fun story to start this trip off with a bang.
I really wanted to stay at the Wilderness Lodge this trip, but their ‘standard view’ (cheapest) rooms were all booked up.
So I booked a more expensive courtyard/pool view room, even though I don’t particularly care about having that view.
It’s probably noisy, and I wasn’t, like, excited to look at the pool or anything.
But I just really wanted to stay here.
Well, we check in, and there’s a problem with our pool view room.
So the cast member apologetically offered us a ‘woods view’ room, and a refund of the difference.
Errrm YES PLEASE.
Obviously I would be upset if we had to go from a Magic Kingdom view room to a pool view room or whatever.
But I was genuinely happy with this, and eagerly asked how much the difference was that we would be refunded.
“$453”
I was thrilled!!
We were told our room was number 4001 so we set off to find it!
Turns out it was here, where the yellow asterisk is:
It was the furthest room away from the lobby, but when we walked in we instantly LOVED it!
Our view was incredible!
I’ve just BEEN PAID $453 for a BETTER view!!
We could see the lagoon, the boat dock, and the boats going back and forth between the Magic Kingdom, The Contemporary, and Fort Wilderness.
It was SO nice and peaceful and it felt so secluded all the way back here.
The distance from the lobby didn’t bother us at all during the entire trip.
I know I’m enthusiastic about most things, but we honestly LOVED this room.
Looking back at the photos now makes me feel all warm and happy.
We had a little window to the side of our balcony:
Eeek it’s all so pretty!!
I found these critters in the shower
Bathroom area:
After settling in we went out to explore!
Our room was one of four rooms right on the end of the building.
There are stairs next to these four rooms here:
Which bring you out HERE:
And from the same spot turned to the right - through those trees is the boat dock!
We were so close to Magic Kingdom transportation and that made me so happy!
We wandered down the path where the new cabins are, just to be nosey.
We felt like imposters so we soon turned back
The room on with the light on on the fourth floor, second from the right is our room!
Then we walked over to Geyser Point to check that out!
It was fairly new at this point.
They had the NBA on the TVs which Jamie likes, so he thought it looked like a cool place!
Then we wandered around the two pools, and went to Roaring Fork to get our refillable mugs!
We were excited to discover that the Disney dining plan (which we had for ‘free’!) had removed the dessert from the quick service meals, and added it onto the snack credits!
This was great news, because a MANDATORY dessert every lunchtime is too much for us, so we would definitely take double-snack credits instead!
So we ended up with 56 snacks in total for the trip!
Two snacks for two people for 14 days!
Watch out, Festival of the Arts!
We’re coming!
I got a purple mug, and Jamie got blue, and we filled them with Diet Coke.
We looked in the Mercantile, which is huge and has lots of great Wilderness Lodge-specific merchandise!
There’s even a FIREPLACE in there.
It’s so lodgey I love it.
Then we had a quick look in Territory Lounge, and went back to reception to ask for a microwave for our room.
(Jamie sometimes has a problem with his eyelid and has an eye mask to do heat compressions on it.)
The cast members were great and happy to help, and they said they’d send one right up to our room
We found the perfect spot for it:
And moved our coffee machine over to the table
Then we unpacked and chilled for a while!
At 8pm the geyser started erupting pretty loudly so I went out to film it… and well…
WE WERE PAID $453 FOR THIS VIEW.
Unbelievable!
They were playing the music outside too!
I cannot believe that we’ve been able to see fireworks at 4 out of the 5 deluxe resorts we’ve stayed at, and of those we’ve only paid for that view once (Polynesian theme park view)!
We decided not to watch the fireworks from our room tonight though, because Happily Ever After was brand new to us, having just debuted in May 2017!
We wanted the first time we watch it to be in front of the castle, and that’s just what we planned to do tomorrow night
We were very tired after our long travel day.
I showered and got into bed by 9pm.
That’s 2am UK time, after a 7am start
We ordered our lunch online (you’ll never guess where ) and watched Rockets vs Golden State on TV.
And soon we fell asleep, in the comfiest beds in the world!!
I was loving the Wilderness Lodge so much already!
Goodnight!
Continued in next post!
Yeah, the family is all splitting up and no one else was interested in Disney! Well, that's not going to stop me!Amazing, I hope you have the best time! Are your family going home and leaving you behind to do Disney solo?! I feel like I would do the same thing Where else in France are you going beforehand?
Oh, I've watched so many videos of the shows - the Main Street version, the side stage version, and the main stage! I'm super excited I will be able to see 1-2 performances! And definitely let me know!OMG YES my friend and I could NOT stop singing the song "I am a Princess, I am a Pirate! There's no denying, we can relyyy on each other!" If you can piece together any more of the lyrics PLEASE come back and share them with me because it drove us crazy trying to figure it out That's awesome, I have no plans right now but I will let you know if we plan anything! There were some serious annual pass conversations going on, so you never know...
To finally get Jamie up I played this song in his ear.
The internet is a wonderful thing
At 8pm the geyser started erupting pretty loudly so I went out to film it… and well…
WE WERE PAID $453 FOR THIS VIEW.
Our view was incredible!
I’ve just BEEN PAID $453 for a BETTER view!!
That is seriously impressive!
Sorry. One Canadian invention that I'm not particularly proud of.
Well... on one take, David Schwimmer was laughing so hard that he spat a full mouthful back onto the plate. Matt LeBlanc didn't see that and started to eat what was on the plate for a second take....
ew... gross.
... for our 9pm flight.... but WE COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!!!!!
Can anyone do that? Or only UK residents?
You know you travel frequently when you have favourite seats.
Wait.... I thought you had bre-booked the seats? Or do you mean you were in front of Hymie?
Champagne and OJ would've been better in the morning.... but I wouldn't have complained.
But I hardly know you, Mr. Screen.
Uh.... that's not supposed to happen.
I can't figure it out. A340 or B747?
And I see some things never change.
So pleased to post between your updates again.
Ha did not know that pineapple pizza was a Canadian thing. You should be ashamed of yourselves
Haha maybe this makes me sound like a travel snob oh well, i love those seats back row = no children kicking my seat for 8 hours!
We had the two seats booked, I just pushed my way onto the plane first so I could jump into the window seat first
You can actually choose from champagne or OJ! So you could just get both
Coming from you, this makes me nervous.. why would water pour onto me?!
you are somewhat predictable Pedro
Loving your updates!
WOW! Great timing!!
So glad this worked out for you!!
YAY! I love hearing about travel day - I'm always super excited traveling to Orlando, so reading about yother people's travels brings back those nice memories of being excited for my own trip!
Wow! That is a lot of food! Looks very yummy though. Is Frankie and Benny's a chain in the UK?
Oh no, glad it only fell on your shoulder and not you head/face
What did you think of Cars 3? I saw it in theaters last summer when it came out. I thought it was a nice upgrade from the second film, which really was a flop. I also thought it was a nice way to end the trilogy and tie everything together!
Oh MY GOSH yes! When I was in WDW last summer, I felt like everywhere you turned, you saw more and more construction, especially MK and HS, since they were still working on Toy Story Land, as well as SW Land.
Yes it's such a pretty resort! When I have been there for ADRs at WCC, we would sit by the fireplace or in the nice comfy chairs in the lobby. Very relaxing!
Moral of the story. Always book what you don't want so you get what you want.
Didn't your mother ever tell you to turn the lights out when you leave???
And I've seen what you guys do with snack credits.
Omg 2 weeks!! What a beautiful view!!!
Omg, so glad your back doing another trip report!! You and Jamie are so cute and my favorite Dis couple!
Can't wait to hear more! Congrats on your new home! So exciting!
After staying at most of the deluxe resorts, which one is your favorite?
Great trip report so far. I love Wilderness Lodge!