DVC Mike Live from VWL (Jan 9-17, 2010)

[LisaRN97]

Fantastic pictures. Thank you for taking the time to share your vacation with all of us!! Wish I were there too!

 

[ToddyLu]

I also loved the fish in post #182.

 

[dvc at last !]

Just found this TR.
Thanks...
...subscribing to read later.

 

[lugnut33]

Nice photos Mike, love them. Thanks for taking the time to post them.

How has the stay been so far?

 

[DVC Mike]

Dh and I sat in the two green wingback chairs on the night of January 1st.

The waiter said they were the best seats in the house, and I believe they were. We shared the appetizer for two, and was more than satisfied with the food and the portions.

That's where we ask to sit every time we visit Raglan Road. We sat there last night.

 

[stopher1]

More beautiful pics, Mike, thanks.

 

[Goofy442]

The weather is perfect outside! It's 69 degrees and great!

I drove over to the Beach Club. Here are some shots of Stormalong Bay.

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We will be at BCV in 26 days and your pictures really make me want to leave now. Thanks for the updates and photos I can live vicarious through you temporarily till we get there.

 

[DVC Mike]

Today is our LAST DAY, I'm very sad to say! We check-out of VWL tomorrow morning and drive back home.

It was very cloudy today, with off-on-on light sprinkles, which makes for very ugly pictures, IMO. We had breakfast at the Contemporary and then walked over to the MK to take a look at the revised Hall of Presidents in Liberty Square.

This shows some of the damage the cold weather did to the plants.

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The Castle moat has been drained

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The Crystal Palace is being refurbed

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Some street entertainment

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A couple of characters

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[DVC Mike]

Liberty Square area

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Liberty Tree Tavern

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[DVC Mike]

The Hall of Presidents

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Waiting for the show

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Entering the auditorium

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[DVC Mike]

The show begins

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The Presidents

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[DVC Mike]

A few shots of the river boat

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[DVC Mike]

Splash Mountain drained

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This bird was just hanging out, enjoying the ambience (kinda like me)

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[dizney4us]

lovely pictures and TR as usual. Thanks for sharing. Loved the pictures of BWV & SSR as those are our faves.

 

[dr&momto2boys]

Wow! Those pictures at The Contemporary at sunrise almost make Orlando look as beautiful as Hawaii! What a beautiful morning. You really captured it! Looks like you've had a great vacation! You inspire me to slow things down on our trips and enjoy the ambiance.

 

[JasonDVC]

After seeing your pics of CR and BLT, I now know I should have bought more BLT points before the price increase.

Inspiring pics, Mike! Thank you!

 

[DVC Mike]

Since our March trip will be at Kidani Village, it was fitting that we visited the Animal Kingdom Lodge on our last night here.

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[DVC Mike]

Outside on the area extending into the Arusha savanna

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The Lounge

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Boma

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[DVC Mike]

Jiko's (Where we ate dinner)

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What I had for dinner

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A final view of the AKL lobby at night

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[DVC Mike]

As our first vacation of 2010 at the Walt Disney World Resort draws to an end, I once again stop and think how thankful I am that I am able to vacation so many (32-35) nights a year at WDW. Before I joined the Disney Vacation Club, I was lucky to take a single 1-week vacation per year. Now, I get four vacations a year, at a place that is relatively nearby and that I enjoy very much.

Before I started visiting WDW on a regular basis, I didn't even own a camera. It was my desire to take pictures to record the WDW memories that led to my early digital cameras. When Disney started offering free internet to DVC members, I started posting my pictures as live trip reports.

Outside of the lengthy but very infrequent restuarant reviews by Mrs. DVC Mike, my trip reports don't contain many words. While I envy those people that can write lengthy trip reports that describe everything they did, my trip reports are mostly photographs of what I encountered.

I hope these photos help feed the Disney desire in those of you who are still many days away from your next Disney trip. I've enjoyed learning about the ins and outs of my new Nikon camera, and while I've progressed, I've learned I still have a long way to go to become a good photographer.

This is my last post from WDW for this trip. I'll be unplugging the computer and packing everything away for the drive home on Sunday morning.

However, I have just 49 days and a few hours until I'm back here at WDW. I'll be staying at Kidani Village (AKV). In the meantime, I'll be looking at all the trip reports everyone else posts, especially those with pictures, to get my Disney fix.

For those of you who enjoyed the pictures I've posted (thank you to those of you who expressed just that) and would like to see more, below are links to some other recent trip reports. Every so often, I open up my old trip reports and look back fondly at prior vacations.

DVC Mike Live from BLT (12/5-12/12/09)

DVC Mike live from BCV (10/23-11/1/09)

DVC Mike Live from BLT (8/14-8/16/09)

DVC Mike Live from Disneyland (5/17-5/22/09)

DVC Mike Live from BWV/SSR (3/7-3/15/09)

DVC Mike live from VWL/Poly (12/6-12/18/08)