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TUG 2025 Orlando Get Together Wednesday, January 22, at 3pm

theman16121 said:
Hello i would like to join ,(2) we will be staying at Bonnie creek. Just show up & join the crowd. No registration required, no sign-up, no anything special.
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Excellent !

Just go to the designated Golden Corral, come on in, & look for a bunch of people who look like TUG, & join in with the crowd. (Not that hard to find),

( The Orlando-Kissimmee area has a bunch of different Golden Corral locations, so be sure to go the 1 at the address above. )

See you there.

( Also, the TUG gathering at Golden Corral has adopted the practice of changing tables when coming back after getting more foods at the serving area, instead of staying at the same place all afternoon & evening. That way, people get to spend time with more of the TUG crowd on hand than if they just stay put the whole time. )

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

PS: We will be staying at Bonnet Creek likewise -- 1st time we've snagged reservations there. Looking forward to a new experience. -AC.
 
I'll be in Orlando that week, but will be traveling with some golf buddies and as of now we have a tee time at Orange County National that afternoon, so I will not be able to attend. If those plans change I will give you an update.

Nice that you put this together.
 
BingoBangoBongo said:
I'll be in Orlando that week, but will be traveling with some golf buddies and as of now we have a tee time at Orange County National that afternoon, so I will not be able to attend. If those plans change I will give you an update.

Nice that you put this together.
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Sometimes the event runs late.

After you hole out at the golf course, you could come on by Golden Corral & see if a few of us TUG stragglers are still around.

We'd love you to join in if that's workable, even late.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
 
AwayWeGo said:
Just go to the designated Golden Corral, come on in, & look for a bunch of people who look like TUG, & join in with the crowd. (Not that hard to find),
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Exactly. Just look for the group trying to avoid the massive crowd of screaming kids inhabiting that restaurant.
 
I would love to come, gosh as a near-local, that is the same day our annual Space Coast Birding Festival begins over at Cape Canaveral. Will review their full schedule, once available.
I may be able to make both but must check on when "festivities" begin for the Birding festival that afternoon or evening. We had a fantastic birding festival last year but NONE the year before due to a forecast lack of birds in the area. If anybody is in Central FL for Jan 23-25-25 this is a GREAT opportunity, and you can pick and choose from a variety of events-- typically a dolphin & birding "cruise" of sorts (FANTASTIC-last year, loads of dolphins), plus various other optional astonishingly good other birding/natural sites within 1- 1.5 hours of Orlando..
PLEASE all time-sharers--try to support the local environmental conditions that can make your stays enriched by wildlife in a wide variety of areas.
Everything from supporting "responsible" lighting at night- yes-- that VERY much affects, as migratory birds mainly fly at night (we're talking from robins to geese, on down the line to teeny finches), even your OWN porch light's design to not confuse them as they migrate, to making sure we provide FOOD for the birds via local landscaping and access to insects, local plants, etc... it all matters, but I digress. Our natural bird populations have been declining, seriously. So many of us just love the robins, finches, hummingbirds etc. in summer, but don't think about what goes into their migration and winter needs.
 
We had lunch at that Golden Corral last Tuesday, as we spent that week at Tuscany Village, a few miles away.
That, sadly, is the reason we won't be able to make it. BTW, there were no screaming kids, but drinks were free (even milk), and my only
beef was that the chicken livers were overcooked. That location is extremely easy to find, even with the usual road construction ongoing,
which has become an Orlando normality. Just get off I-4 at Exit 68 and go South on 535 a block or two. Hope to make it one year.........Enjoy!
 
Harriet and I will join you. We will be staying at Wyndham Star Island that week. We will be celebrating our 3 year anniversary together on the 23rd, and over 2 years as full time Timeshare travelers.
 
Giving this a bump.
 
I'm going to try to make it. I'll be staying at Disney's Saratoga Springs. How late does this normally go? I may not be able to get there until 4:30 - 5pm EST.
 
jenmcnitt said:
I'm going to try to make it. I'll be staying at Disney's Saratoga Springs. How late does this normally go? I may not be able to get there until 4:30 - 5pm EST.
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There should still be people there. Some people were there last year late into the evening. I think I left around 5:30 or 6:00 last year.
 
One of these years we will stay in Florida for the whole winter and drive over to the get together. DH loves Golden Corral and the 2 closest to our condo have permanently closed.
Hope everybody has fun!


~Diane
 
I saw this a week ago and thought đź’­ it sounds interesting. So... I booked the Cypress Point at a 60% savings, went to the WDW dining site and found an 8pm seating at V&A, picked out my flights, and rented a car.

Do, I need to officially state somewhere that I will be attending?
 
h2oflyboy said:
I saw this a week ago and thought đź’­ it sounds interesting. So... I booked the Cypress Point at a 60% savings, went to the WDW dining site and found an 8pm seating at V&A, picked out my flights, and rented a car.

Do, I need to officially state somewhere that I will be attending?
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No formal RSVP necessary. We'll see you there!
 
h2oflyboy said:
I booked the Cypress Point at a 60% savings
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Cypress Pointe was our 1st timeshare. We have fond nostalgic memories of the place.

We were in the vicinity earlier this week, so we drove through Cypress Point (also the Grande Villas) just for old times' sake. Both resorts looked tidy & well maintained. There are no longer canvas canopies over the condo building entrances. All the condo buildings are now the same color. Hilton Vacation Club signage is prominent. The volcano pool still has its volcano, with fountain. We can talk about it at Golden Corral next week.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
 
dioxide45 said:
Will you be attending @simpsontruckdriver ?
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As of today, I will say yes, but things could come up. I could bring my Nikon camera and flash to take semi-professional (aka pro-quality but doing it for fun) photographs. As a side note, people buy new cellphones every 18-24 months, but amateur and professional camera owners upgrade every 5-10 years.

TS
 
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