Disney's Wilderness Lodge: Welcome Home

Advantages: A hotel brimming with personality and themed to perfection
Disadvantages: Expensive. But you get what you pay for.

...I consider myself lucky in relation to a lot of things in my life, but especially so when it comes to holidays. When I was six my parents took my to Disneyworld in Florida for the first time. Such was the impression that was left on us from that fantastic holiday, that my parents have taken me back there too many times to count since. In 1998, when I was fourteen years old, we stayed at Disneys Wilderness Lodge for the first time. Even by the standards of Disneyworld this phenomenal hotel raised the bar clean out of site, and since then we haven't even contemplated staying anywhere else. Read on to find out why. FIRST IMPRESSIONS From the moment you arrive at Wilderness Lodge you get hit with this feeling that you've arrived somewhere special. The hotel design is based on the Pacific Northwest, and is certainly the best...

CrazyJamie 11.08.2009 · Read review
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Van Wilder

Advantages: Some funny scenes, Ryan Reynolds plays his part well.
Disadvantages: Not really bringing anything new to the genre.

...Van Wilder: Party Liaison is a comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid with Kal Penn and Daniel Cosgrove the most notable supporting cast. Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) has been at Coolidge College for seven years and has shown no intention of graduating. He is enjoying his time there and spends it partying, helping his fellow students and organising parties and fundraisers. Understandably, Van's father no longer wishes to pay for his 'education' and withdraws his funding. As Van is the big man on campus, the college paper journalist, Gwen (Tara Reid) is asked to write a paper on him and his exploits. This is such a success that she writes a follow up paper. Van attempts to romance Gwen but she is already involved with Richard (Daniel Cosgrove) so the two men start up a rivalry with one another which results in them playing...

dandadda 06.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Van Wilder: Party Liaison (DVD)

Wilder van your average college

Advantages: Mindless humour
Disadvantages: Can be annoying in places

...I expected to hate this & was surprised to find it was very funny., very well made & some excellent set pieces. It's the story of Van Wilder, a slacker, a loser and and underachiever who just can't get on in school. The rather disgusting but very funny scene of the rich kids eating the dog cum cakes. The fact that the rich boyfriend couldn't have sex for longer than 10 seconds. The film is generally a large amount of National Lampoons Animal House and some good characters. Van Wilder is excellently played, not too hard & not too far. All the main actors work very hard especially Van's 2 room mates who develop very well during the course of the movie. It's nice to see the back story of how Van helps the nerds & the swim team & various other less popular people of the school. I didn't really care too much for the girlfriend...

atytyut2434 18.02.2009 · Read review
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The Palms Retreat and Restaurant, Wilderness

Advantages: Great food, beautiful decor, friendly staff
Disadvantages: Absolutley nothing!

...My husband and I spent two nights in The Palms in Wilderness in February and we can say without hesitation that this truly is a gem in the Garden Route. Where Wilderness itself is a little unspectacular (An opinion which is possibly tainted somewhat by the grey and rainy weather) - It does sit in a perfect position to take your pick from a plethora of outing possibilities. Your only problem may be that there is so much to choose from. The Palms itself is in no way unspectacular. It is truly a little oasis? Nestled in lush gardens the rooms are secluded and private and finished with a combination of cool African chic and attention to detail which begs the question as to how a fifth star is missing from their official ratings. But this is not pretentious chic, this is natural, comfortable-in-its-own-skin chic. Somehow...

Fluffkin74 08.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Palms, Wilderness

  The Wilder West

Advantages: Unspoiled wilderness, fascinating sights and sites
Disadvantages: Persistent rainfall, persistent sandflies

...Having crossed the Southern Alps and reached the coast at Greymouth, you may be tempted to head south straight away. This is, after all, the direction in which the highest mountains, the deepest rainforest and the remotest tracts of wilderness are to be found. And if you haven't come to see mountains, forest and wilderness, you've come to the wrong place. Resist the temptation. First, cross the Grey River and take a small diversion up the coast to the north, just an hour's drive to the Paparoa National Park. You will thereby ensure that your first taste of the west coast is not the relatively drab and developed stretch immediately south of Greymouth (only relatively, since nothing along this coast is drab or developed by European standards). North of the Grey River the country is hardly touched, and the drive takes you round...

torr 21.04.2005 (29.09.2008) · Read review
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Avon Wilderness for Men Shower Gel

Advantages: Smells nice
Disadvantages: None

...I like Avon Wilderness for Men Shower Gel. Well, if I didn't like it, I wouldn't buy it, would I?! I Had some Avon Wilderness for Men some time ago, when the Avon Wilderness for Men range had just been brought out. A few weeks before Christmas we had a visit form a new Avon lady who had just started up in our new housing estate. A modern housing estate full of young professional couples? Ideal pickings for a new Avon lady, I would have thought? And so, nearly £30.00 later, it proved! (And I bought my stuff at special offer prices! The catalogue had a scratch and sniff feature on several pages and one of the pages that featured the scratch and sniff facility was for Avon Wilderness for Men. I sniffed it and immediately recalled how much I liked the product. So I decided to buy some Avon Wilderness for Men Shower Gel and also some...

Martinscholes 02.01.2006 · Read review
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Waiting/Just Friends/Van Wilder - 3 Disc Boxset

Advantages: Cheap and great comedy
Disadvantages: Waiting is a dull film

...what id expect of Ryan Reynolds. Its also a nice love story, you can see all the way through how they both feel about it but they just cant see it themselves. Its hilarious when the film shows you him in high school. Definately a must see movie if you like your chick flick comedy. Van Wilder Party Liaison *************************** Cast - Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson and Paul Gleason. Running Time - 89 Minutes Age - 15 "To Van Wilder, college doesnt get you ready for life, it is life. So when his father puts a stop to his cash flow, it looks like the party might finally be over for Van. Down, but not out, Van, and his team devise a series of money-making schemes that soon come to the attention of the college magazine, who send out sexy college reporter Gwen to do a feature on the infamous Van Wilder, Party Liaison...

kristenstal 23.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Waiting/Van Wilder Party Liaison/Just Friends (Box Set) (DVD)

Pryor and Wilder's BEST!!!!

Advantages: very funny, great acting, good story
Disadvantages: Dated!

...For a bit of light relief from all the drivel on the television I chose this film to watch as I needed something funny and entertaining to watch. Richard Pryor plays the role of Harry and Gene Wilder plays the role of Skip, both of the New are working in new York and dreaming of a better life. As both of them get sacked at the same time they decide that they will leave the Big Smoke and head for California to make a better life for themselves, Harry dreams of becoming an actor and Skip a play write. The pair end up stopping in a small town where Skip manages to get them an interview with the bank which results in them getting a job. The only problem is they are dressed as giant woodpeckers doing a song and dance in the bank for the customers. Things go wrong for the men when they are out to lunch and their costumes are stolen by...

sewbizzie 18.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Stir Crazy (DVD)

Beautiful Wilderness

Advantages: Gives a taste of Alaskan life.
Disadvantages: Only accessible by boat or plane.

...people took to kayaks and enjoyed the scenery from the sea, others went on boat trips to see humpback whales, orcas, dolphins and seals. The idea is to give visitors an authentic "wilderness experience". Cost for a 2½ trip was about£52.50 each. A small theatre has been built in local sustainable wood and the totem poles outside enhance it, here you can view a programme about the native Alaskan culture and history. There are about 700 people living here and quite a number are involved in the tourist trade. At one time the Bald Eagles had the space above the trees to themselves but now you can enjoy the scenery yourself for a few moments, as you are harnessed into a seat up a mountain 1,300ft above sea level, then you are launched off and racing down the 5,330 feet to the beach at speeds of up to 60mph! The Zip rider cable ride is six...

jo145 15.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Icy Strait Point, Alaska

Its Not About Revenge... Its About Punishment

Advantages: A British "horror" movie with enough gore to satisfy fans of the genre...
Disadvantages: ... yet lacks the tension that horror fans crave.

..."Wilderness" begins in a male young offenders institution, where conditions are pretty harsh. Offenders are locked in dark, damp cells with up to nine other inmates. Bullying is ripe in the institution, and tends to be focused towards two of the most timid inmates, until one morning one of these "targets", Davey, is found dead in his bed having slashed his own wrists. The prison warden demands action be taken, and the inmates are sent to a supposedly uninhabited island off the UK mainland on a survival / teambuilding exercise. It soon becomes apparant that they are not alone, and one by one the inmates meet gruesome endings... This new British horror movie is from director Michael J. Bassett, who previously directed the movie "Deathwatch", starring Jamie Bell. Wilderness is classified as a horror, although I feel it fails...

SRowlands 07.10.2006 · Read review
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