Wilderness Lodge STAYCATION! | Our Full Experience! | Boulder Ridge 1 Bedroom Villa
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2020
- Wilderness Lodge STAYCATION! | Our Full Experience! | Boulder Ridge 1 Bedroom Villa
Welcome back to Kels and John and to a vlog we're very excited to publish: our first ever staycation as Florida Residents at Disney's Wilderness Lodge!
Last weekend we stayed in a Wilderness Lodge Boulder Ridge 1 Bedroom Villa over the course of 3 nights and documented our full experience! Join us as we share a full tour of our DVC 1 bedroom villa at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, take full advantage of the kitchen cooking up some yummy breakfasts, swim at both the Boulder Ridge and Copper Creek Pools, and dine at both Geyser Point and Whispering Canyon Cafe!
We were very excited to spend a full 24 hours in a Walt Disney World resort the first day and, as you may be able to tell, Disney's Wilderness Lodge totally blew us away! From the food to the service and just general atmosphere/ambience, we have a new favorite Disney resort in Wilderness Lodge!
Please note this was a Disney Vacation Club room at Disney's Wilderness Lodge. We were very kindly gifted these DVC points by a family member unable to bank additional points.
THANK YOU for joining us on our Wilderness Lodge staycation adventure - stay tuned for more Florida, lifestyle and Disney vlogs!
- Kelsey
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I love how you genuinely seem to enjoy each other's company. Lovely!! Thank you for sharing.
What a kind comment, thank you! We definitely have fun! 😀
i love this vlog
Wilderness Lodge is incredible! So much fun!
It's soooo beautiful!!!
Your dress is beautiful you both are having living the best life you lucky two xxx🇬🇧🇬🇧😀👍🍾
Thank you so much Pat! We're having a wonderful time enjoying life down here! Hope all is well with you!!! xxx
I just love these staycation videos. It’s interesting to get everyone’s take on the different food items from everywhere. Keep them coming! And I believe everyone needs a John in their life. What a great guy. He cooks and adores you “lady”! Who could want for more?😉
I agree - John is the very best ❤ So happy to share this staycation adventure with you. We have another one coming very soon!!!
Hi Kels & John! You guys are so adorably cute together! I loved this vlog so so much! It just elicits so much pure joy, happiness and love, something the world definitely needs more of! Thank you for sharing your genuine times together in the most magical place on earth! ✌&❤
What a kind comment, thank you Ganesh!!! So happy you enjoyed it - we really enjoyed sharing our adventures from this weekend!
What a lovely staycation day. Resting by the pool, eating lots of yummy looking food & drinking what more could you want. How kind of family to let you use the points so you could make a fab vlog.
It was perfect - such a lovely weekend! And yes, VERY kind and generous of them to let us use the points! We're very thankful.
This was a lovely way to spend our Sunday afternoon. Truly enjoyed this video.
We are so glad you enjoyed it!!! Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing your Staycation ! You guys are awesome we get so much joy from your Vlogs
Thank YOU for watching and for saying so - that really means a lot to us!!!
Hello John and Kelsey
Thanks for another lovely video. We love watching you as a family treat night each week. It really does brighten our week. Its such a scary and unknown time and here in Ireland our Covid numbers are rising so we may be on the brink of National lockdown again. Please keep safe and happy and thank you for for all the happiness u are sending. X
That is honestly so encouraging and motivating to hear - we hope to continue bringing you videos you can all enjoy together! Please stay safe all of you and find joy in the small, every day things at home. Sending our very best! xxx
I live vicariously through you! That resort looks so relaxing with all the amenities they provide!
Wonderful to have you along for the adventure!!! It's such a fantastic resort. If the opportunity arose we'd stay there again in a heartbeat!
What a relaxing and fun staycation ..Geyser point is so fun sitting next to the water. The skillets looked amazing. I so miss that resort. You look so relaxed there 🥰
It was such a lovely weekend, definitely one to remember!!! It is SO relaxing. Hope you're able to return in the not too distant future!!! ❤
Thank you John for reviewing the comfort of the couch for naps. This is a very important detail that needed to be checked out 😝 Loving these bits of staycation life, thank you both for sharing for this girl who is missing Disney big time right now.
Ha! Taking one for the team! Thank you so much Tricia, we're so happy we can bring you a little piece of Disney magic!!!
Love how you guys enjoy each other👍🏻
Thank you so much for saying that! ❤
The stream you are looking at (8:15) actually starts in the lobby of the resort and ends at the geyser which is between the pool and Bay Lake. It goes off every hour at about 2 minutes till the hour shooting water up 120 feet! There is an entire backstory to the railway tracks at the resort. You used to be able to get a copy of it from the front desk. There is a side room in the lobby of Boulder Ridge Villas that has pieces of Walt's train set that he had in his backyard on Carolwood Drive. That room has great oversized rocking chairs in front of a fireplace too. Such a wonderful resort overall. FYI, the brisket menu item at Geyser Point is AMAZING!
Thank you for the additional info, that's super interesting! Would love to learn more about the railway so will make a note to ask about that next time we get to visit! It is SUCH a beautiful resort - we'd stay there again in a heartbeat!
Brilliant vlog- loved the balance of all of the different things including eating whilst the storm was going on. One thing we did when we were there last (August 2019) was to rent a self drive pontoon from the poly and then have follow up drinks in trader sams. Thanks for entertaining us again !
Thank you so much - this was one of the favorite videos I'd put together in a while! That sounds like SUCH a fantastic day! Can't wait for the pontoons to get back in to service - I've been dying to try them for years! Plus every good day ends with a cocktail!
Stayca PlayxPlay - I, like many others, wish Disney+ would offer that resort channel. It would be SO NICE to have it running in the background at home. A little piece of Disney Zen. Yummy looking breakfast. The resort looks very calming and relaxing. very chill. Have you seen the new ear case in person? I can see you using it for all your ears. I'm still figuring out the best way to store mine. A store headband display is my leading idea, at the moment. Good sofa review! Dinner time. Food, glorious food. And the rain, rain, rain came down, down, down. Moving and rearranging life is stressful. I'm glad you had some time to decompress.
That would be so good! I've been known to play it on UA-cam on days I'm just pottering around at home! I HAVE seen the new ear case! It looks so nice! I have a little section in my closet for the ears I have but I can also see myself investing in one of those carry cases eventually! Thank you, we were very glad for this little weekend of total escapism!
The beef brisket dip at geyser point is a must do!!! I’m dreaming of it now!
Also John thank you for taking one for the team and doing the sofa nap test! This is important research!
Our friends ordered one of those! Between us all we certainly worked our way through the Geyser Point menu that weekend lol. HA! He's always happy to be of service in that regard! 😂
So we just got our wait list for boulder creek for 6 nights :) so happy !!
Fantastic news!!! Wishing you a wonderful trip!
Love love love you two! Thanks for another lovely video!
Aww wow thank you so much!!! We so appreciate you watching and stopping by to say hello!
the resort looks beautiful! you both looked like you really enjoyed it. thank you for sharing 😊
We enjoyed it so much, thank you for watching! It's our new favorite resort on property!
John you have such a way about capturing such gorgeous moments, the sunrise shots at the beginning, made me wish I was booking a trip right now! The sleepy John segment was so adorable, those couches are so comfy, it took me back to knocking out on the couch at AK: Kidani Village during my family's trip a while back. The kitchens are sooo useful we also put it to good use as well, they are so convenient especially the laundry!!! The pools at Wilderness Lodge are so nicely themed, the waterslide one is sooooo neat, and lol at John's smooth entrance hhaha. The dinners that are "for people who can put food away" from disney are such a blessing, my family of 6 loves them ahahhahah. The way it was pouring tho... that looked so majestic, I love rainy nights. - Anferne (this is the 3rd time i type the comment because i keep forgetting to hit "comment" lol
Can’t beat a sofa nap! We took a very special staycation this past week and naps were high on the the priority list haha.
We are coming down for a short trip on the 15th and one of our reservations is at Whispering Canyon Cafe. My husband is so excited, he loves BBQ! It was nice to see your perspective. Thank you!
Hooray! Wishing you the most fantastic trip - enjoy all the food!!!
Looks like you guys had a great time! I would love to stay there sometime and just enjoy the resort. You guys are such a cute couple and seem to really enjoy spending time together.
It was wonderful - hope you do have the chance to stay there sometime! Thank you so much for saying that! We definitely enjoy ourselves and each other :) He's my favorite person!
O my that Florida rain ! Ive been caught out a few times ! The foods looked amazing 👍Great blog as usual thanks for sharing 🙂
We love a good Florida storm! So cozy!!! :D Thank you so much for watching, really pleased you enjoyed it!
I love your vlogs 💕
Thank you Nikki!!!
Looks like the perfect staycation!
Thank you! It was so wonderful! :)
Oh wow....look at me...I'm John the chef...look how I can toss an omelet in the pan without it flipping onto the floor like the rest of us mere mortals. LOL another fabulous vlog....thank you.
Bahaha what you don't know is he's only done this once ever so every time we use a clip of him cooking we use the same recycled clip! I kid of course lol. Thank you David, so happy you enjoyed the video!!!
stayed at the fort wilderness cabin's a couple weeks ago and loved it too!
Amazing! Love love love the FW Cabins! Especially leading up to the holidays!
Looked absolutely lovely at the hotel ❤️
It was so beautiful!!! We'd stay there again in a heartbeat!
Love your vlogs! I’m wishing I was at Disney!! Have a great weekend
Thank you Mitzi! Hope you get to visit soon - stay well and have a great week!
Another absolutely lovely time watching your trip! Geyser point looks absolutely delicious and your pool footage did not disappoint! Those slides are everything. Love that they provided you towels at dinner lol! We did not know about the refills on the food! Holy moly! So if you finished everything you could request a full pan of just one item?! That is bananas and were totally going when my son is a teenager because at 2 he already eats us out of house and home! Have a lovely week! Looking forward to Halloween footage at MK soon!!
Yay! So glad you enjoyed it lovely! I want to go back to Geyser Point already - the food was great but just the location and atmosphere... it's so wonderful! YES you got it! You can ask for more of the whole things or any one of the things you enjoyed from the skillets as many times as you like! Fab idea for hungry teens haha. Take care of yourselves and enjoy the rest of your week!
Absolutely love your dress Kels!
Thank you so much! It's an oldie but a goodie :)
Kels and John well it’s beautiful! And it looks great on you. ❤️
How idilic that day was! Have to live vicariously through you both! : )
Always happy to have you join us on these adventures! It was such a lovely stay!
Love watching you guys ! My brother met his wife while working at Epcot (Canada pavilion) and they’ve been married 20+ years
ugh, that's amazing :')
That is awesome! Thank you for sharing! ❤
Great video, we are staying at Copper Creek villas for the first time in April. Can’t wait :) Kels, I love your mask. Where did you get it? The white floral Minnie one. It would be perfect for Flower & Garden Festival!
Thank you! You will LOVE Copper Creek! Wilderness Lodge is such a lovely resort! And thank you - I found it on Etsy!
John on sofa baby music 😂
I couldn't resist 😂
Kels I LOVE your orange and black checkered dress! Where did get it??
Thank you! I thought it was perfect for fall! It's from Target!
That so called spring/ river thing that runs into the pool isn’t exactly real there is actually a dam under the bridge to where half the water which is really waste water from the other pool which runs in a drain, the other half is a complicated mess of fresh water pipes that bring filtered and clean water out from the bridge to get that clean water look. It’s one complex thing that Disney used to create the clear water you see. You should see the bungalows over at the poly on the lake their water systems are self contained minus the pipes underneath, but every few hours you’ll hear a big noise which is just the water system dumping itself out into the hotel system. Disney has the most complex systems for even the simplest thing I swear.
Haha we figured it wasn't the same water but the effect is cool! Interesting re the bungalows too!
Will we get to find out where John's new job is ? OK so give us a clue :) would we be likely to bump into him on site :)
Haha it's not at Disney I'm afraid! He's working at a restaurant downtown 😀 Three shifts in and it's so far so good!!!
It’s crazy how empty it is!!!
So crazy!!! We thought the same thing!
Did you say Hilton Head? Did I miss a video?
We sure did! It was part 2 of our moving to Florida series! Such a fun trip!!!
Kels and John Thanks. Looking forward to watching.
Quick question..lol.. Just wondering why you didn't cook all three pieces of bacon at once..?
I normally try not to cook proteins close together. It probably didn’t make a difference when it came to cooking bacon but I like to avoid it so it doesn’t shrivel in the pan too much ☺️ -J
@@KelsandJohn cut them in half it helps the shrivel I've noticed I've switched to turkey bacon after reading some thing about pigs lol
Love your videos! However, when you record your surroundings and background footage, can you slow that down, please? As fast as you currently do, it makes me dizzy! Might seem silly but to me it's a real issue! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you and sorry about that Sylvia! Something to work on for sure!
Thanks for the consideration!
I always love your vlogs. Huge fan of you two 🤗. I just feel like i Can't hear John sometimes. Probably.just a soft spoken guy.
Aww thank you so much!!! He's definitely soft spoken. The two of us need to find a middle ground so I can either up the volume when he's speaking (and not deafen everyone when I am lol) or just have him speak a little louder. We'll definitely work on it! :)