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What a wonderful first day and I'm glad it all worked out Ok with the construction work, as I remember you were concerned about that before your trip.
We were but they had barely started. yes there were some issues but we are fairly easy to please we just didn't want our room view obstructed which wasn't an issue in the end. The rest like the spa, beach and some trails. We really didn't notice all that much and you could still get on the beach.
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What a great start to your TR! Your drive down sounds good and you day enjoying the WL sounds wonderful and very very relaxing!!! What a great start to a Disney vacation!
It was so relaxing! I always like a few down days!
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A relaxing first day sounds like the perfect way to start your trip. Great pictures of the resort and your room!
Thank you! Eric got some good shots of that room before we threw all our stuff in
I know, I felt a little funny asking about it too, but when he knew the answer right away, I figured he must get asked that a lot!
thank you so much for the link! I've already put it on my wishlist to get soon! I cannot wait and I will let you know!
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Great start! Wilderness Lodge is so beautiful! Would love to stay there someday.
You should if you can. We took advantage of the room rate discount and it was so worth it!
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Oh your pictures are bringing back some wonderful memories. Our, then, 20month old loved the little bridge over the spring and we had to stand on the bridge watching the spring for hours. ��
I'm so glad it brought back nice memories! We sat that there next to that bridge in the rocking chairs for an hour one day, That's such a relaxing sound!
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I love the look of the WL, but we have never stayed there. We've talked about possibly staying there later this year or next, but nothing has been settled.
Also, taking it easy on the first day is a good idea. We've always been the type to hit the ground running because as my wife likes to say, we can sit around and do nothing at home. But it's a great idea to take things easy the first day.
We tossed around the idea for about three years and I'm so glad we finally settled on something because it was so worth it!
Ya know we were always that way in the past until about three years ago when my husband told me he needed a day to relax. I was hesitant because I love to hit Disney running but I'm glad he makes me relax!
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What a fun, relaxing, and delicious first day!
It was so fun!
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We loved Wilderness lodge too. So relaxing. Nice start to the trip.
Thank you!
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Sounds like an awesome first day!
It was such a good first day!
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Great start to your report. I love staying at WL!!
Thank you! Its so nice to hear so many others love the lodge like we did!
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Great start to your trip! WL is on my Bucket List We were always GO GO GO as soon as we got on Property, but we now love hanging out at the resort our first afternoon.
I can't wait to hear how paying OOP goes for you guys (& about how much you guys had in the food budget). As you already know, we are foodies too & have always used the dining plan. So I am interested to see which option you preferred & why.
Great start to your trip! WL is on my Bucket List We were always GO GO GO as soon as we got on Property, but we now love hanging out at the resort our first afternoon.
I can't wait to hear how paying OOP goes for you guys (& about how much you guys had in the food budget). As you already know, we are foodies too & have always used the dining plan. So I am interested to see which option you preferred & why.
I would love to share that with you. We actually took pictures of how much we spent each day. I can actually tell you I personally had 70 per day budgeted. I ended up coming home with some of that but not much. Now that was 70 per day for five days. We actually priced the plan and because that doesn't include Alcoholic beverages it would've been much more for us to pay for the plan and then pay for the drinks. IN that budget we included alcohol. I think eric's budget was 60 per day as he doesn't eat as many snacks as I do. But I'll double check.
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Great start! Can't wait to hear more. You make us want to stay at the Wilderness Lodge reallllly bad!!!
You should!!! We were not disappointed at all!
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Great start! Love the Wilderness Lodge, hope to stay there one day.
I loved it so much! I'm sure you will Your son is growing so much! He's so cute!!!
I so wish I could write these from work in between my therapy patients but alas I cannot So, I had great intentions of doing this on Friday but our security system at home got an update and then we went to Biltmore Saturday with friends. I never got around to my update but I do have the pics uploaded so I should get an update in tonight or Wednesday!
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Day 3: The Wilderness Lodge, Disney Springs and The MNSSHP
Sunday October 25th
This day we decided to actually do a few things But, we definitely wanted to sleep in. We got up around 845am and made some coffee and I made oatmeal and took it out on the Balcony to read the news while I watched people dash for the buses. Eric joined in eventually a few minutes later and we noticed it was warm but overcast.
We decided that this balcony was so relaxing with the woods and honestly it was just really quiet.
We noticed some construction workers out today but nothing bothersome really. We decided as we sat having our coffee the plans for the day. We knew we had dinner plans and knew we wanted to go to Disney Springs.
We decided to walk over to the Wilderness Campground via the trail and get in a nice walk and exercise at the same time. We had brought work out clothes and rain jackets in case it rained so we were out the door around 10am I think.
The trail started right outside our building and we noticed a lot of others out riding bikes and walking as well.
If you will notice I found a deer look in the middle...
This trail is just gorgeous
Within 10 to 15 minutes we were at the ranch
I just fell in love with the horses here and they were just gorgeous. We decided to look at the map to see where we wanted to go. We have never been or stayed here so we were really curious about "camping" at Disney.
We decided to just explore and look in all the buildings.
We slowly made our way to their beach and boat dock which was really nice.
We've always wanted to stay at the campground in a cabin so we sought them out to take pics...
We loved those cabins and we loved the campground. Its really nice and I loved the store and saw several cute items there I wish now I'd bought. Once we realized that the campground was HUGE we decided to just give up on seeing all the sites and moving over to see the horses.
I love animals and my husband knows it and I just couldn't stop looking at the horses and eric caught me just staring LOL
Once we looked at all the stables and I got my fill of animals we decided to slowly head back to shower off for Disney springs.
I love butterflies so I was so excited to see this guy
so I found another deer, seriously I think I can just spot them anywhere, since they are always in my yard. But this guy was super close to us actually.
Once we got done we walked over and looked around our store. I will say that the entire walk I think was three miles roundtrip. Which was nice for a little stroll! I love that this was exercise. It was so relaxing.
Once we were done in the store in our building we decided to go back and shower and get ready for Disney Springs.
We took a pic of our room number in case any of you are wondering
So, it took about an hour to get ready, not long really and we were quickly on our way to Disney Springs. Eric always takes pictures of me waiting for the bus because he said I always look like an impatient child.
Up next: Day three continued ....The new Disney Springs...well some of the new stuff anyway and Kona Cafe!
The walk between WL and the campground looks like something Luke and I need to do next time we stay at VWL. So peaceful and beautiful! I'd have been staring at the horses, too. Love my animal time!
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We were always GO GO GO as soon as we got on Property, but we now love hanging out at the resort our first afternoon. 
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So, I had great intentions of doing this on Friday but our security system at home got an update and then we went to Biltmore Saturday with friends. I never got around to my update but I do have the pics uploaded so I should get an update in tonight or Wednesday! 
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But, we definitely wanted to sleep in. We got up around 845am and made some coffee and I made oatmeal and took it out on the Balcony to read the news while I watched people dash for the buses. Eric joined in eventually a few minutes later and we noticed it was warm but overcast. 
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