Introductions ?

I'm still helenabear - which is not Helen A Bear but Helena Bear (rofl) aka Elaine. I'm married with one kid, now a teenager in HS. My work is a weird mix of IT and web work mixed with me going back to school to get some certificates in gemology. I cannot tell you which I like more, Disney or working with gems while still using some of my training in college.

I've worked with this software for the last 15 years. So while some has changed since I first started using I know this software well. Never hesitate to ask for help. I'm mostly a softie so likely be super kind but I'm a sarcastic twit at times too. I try to remember to use smiles when being sarcastic though.

Good morning. I am AnnaS - I did not realize when this site was first up and being tested I had created a Username. Not sure why I changed it. After seeing a FB post that it was up and running again last night, I tried to log in and was waiting approval, not remembering, I created Username AnnaS. I was looking at site again and somehow, it might have recognized my email address and let me in. I now have two Usernames - I started to use this one since I had already participated about 18 months ago. That's the story behind that.

Married 40 years.  I have not worked full-time since I had my first son. I have three grown married children with their own families. I have 4 grandchildren and two more coming. One grandson any day and another grandson in May. I will have 5 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.

Two of my sons are also DVC members and own small contracts. We have been members for 22 + plus years. We have been to Disney a ton of times, Vero Beach and Hilton Head a few times and have cruised DCL many times.  My daughter was in the Disney College Program where she met her husband.  She was engaged in Disney, married in Disney and did the baby reveal in Disney. 

I did work part-time for about 30 + plus years. This allowed me to be home with my children and eventually help babysit my grandchildren. I did retire early three years ago when my second son had his first child to help him. We share babysitting with the other grandparents.

This has limited our free/traveling time. We don't mind and love to do it but because of it, always on a schedule. We manage to take two trips a year and sometimes a weekend here and there locally.

Excited for this new site. My IP has been banned from MO for months so have been away from there for a while.

Thank you again.

Hi I am Carla. I use EEGRAM on the other site as well. I have two granddaughters Ella and Eva thereby the E E Gram. I have been a DVC member since 2016. My first resort purchase was VGF direct. I have since bought and sold many contracts. Right now I have my original VGF and AKL. I am retired as of 2021. My DD and GDs used to go to WDW at least once if not twice a year but since COVID have only been once. The lack of APs, no FP and crazy crowds does has dampened our enthusiasm a bit. Hoping things start changing soon.
Thank you for starting this site. Looking forward to continuing on.

Hello!!!! I had to change my user name to Lodgelady ( from BWV dreamin). Very excited about this new forum!

Hi everyone. I am excited for this new site to be officially starting. My user name had to change slightly. On MouseO. I am “It’s Me”. Here I had to change it a bit to get it to work. I was just happy I could get logged in lol.
My real life name is Joann, most people call me Jo. I answer to pretty much anything (rofl)

It’s just me and my DH. We live in NJ. We thought work was going to move us to FL a few years ago, we’d been scouting communities on each visit to WDW, as well as some “house hunting” only visits. Then Covid hit. for a bit our move was still happening, but life changed and we are still here in NJ
There is still the possibility of moving but we are in limbo.

I grew up on Disney, watching the wonderful world of Disney on Sunday nights. However my family could not afford to take us all to Disney world. So it wasn’t until I was in my 20’s that I became a Disney world fan. My BFF had been to WDW and DL many times and we did a girls trip to WDW, my first trip there, and I was hooked. Made a few trips after that with my boyfriend (now husband) and one with the same BFF and her husband. On one of those trips we toured BWV, but didn’t buy - we were planning a wedding, saving to buy a house, timing wasn’t right. After DH and I were married, our first trip as DH and DW we stayed at AKL. During that stay BCV became our first home. The only thing we both said we were sad about buying, was that AKL was not yet DVC, and had no idea it would be. So we thought we may not be back there any time soon Little did we know a few years later, AKV would be the newest DVC resort and an ad on was in our future.

In recent years we have thought about downsizing some of our points because we haven’t been thrilled with the changes at the parks. But this last trip we did our first resort only trip (at SSR) and we really enjoyed our time there and the slower pace. It was also nice pre-trip to not feel the need to plan every day. So for now at least, we are holding them all.

Thank you! Too many calls for transfers that day... I may change it from time to time, depending on how my week is going, and which hospital I'm at that day.