Hello everyone from OH-IO!
Hello everyone!
My name is Ben, I've grown up going to Walt Disney World with my family since I was 3 years old after my parents bought a beach club contract for 11 cranberries. Disney has always had a special place in our hearts and we always look forward to going back every year! Recently, I've fallen in love with runDisney and have been able to participate in both runDisney Disneyland races (which were my first two trips out to Disneyland), and run my first Marathon during the 2026 marathon weekend! (Hope to see everyone at the 2027 Marathon weekend - signed up for Dopey!)
Currently I work for Keyholder Vacations as a software engineer. I've been hard at work with everyone at Keyholder to bring you these brand new DVCFan Forums! I am very excited to get this out to you and for you to experience what we've created. Please please please let us know of any and all feedback, I really want to help make sure this platform can thrive. Thank you all for making such an amazing community that allows us to do this!
Couple of fun facts about myself:
At home I have two cats, Buckeye and Oso. They're always keeping the house interesting with their antics haha. Usually a few times a day there's cat WWE in the living room followed by a lot of running
Recently I've started competing in Pokemon Regional Championships for the TCG. Over the past month I've been able to travel to Houston and Orlando to compete, and in May I'll be in LA (and maybe Disneyland...) to compete at the LA Convention Center
(Also, I apologize in advance, this thread has become a place for me to test things during release. Cleaned it up a little bit, but then thought might as well keep it for the history haha)
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
Testing to see if I can see my signature twice???
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
I am testing to see if there's different fonts/colors work well
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Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
Hi, Ben! Thanks for all you're doing with this site. Very excited to see this all roll out!
Happy to call the BoardWalk, Bay Lake Tower, and Grand Floridian home!
Hello Ben from OH-IO. I'm Amy from right next to OH-IO, now in Florida. Thanks for all your hard work on this!
🏰 Disney Adult with No Shame ⚓️ Cruise Aficionado💍 Married to My Favorite Person
🐶 Professional Treat Dispenser 🌎 Seeing & Eating my Way Around the World 🏅 Okay-ish Runner
📚 Downloads Books Faster Than I Can Read ✏️ Known to Turn a Decent Phrase Now and Then
No way, I have the same name as you!! Even a similar profile name, that seems really odd................
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
Nah this is absolutely crazy am I right??
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
Nah this is absolutely crazy am I right??
Do message quotes work? Testing.. yup they do.
🗺️ DVC Member Since 2019
Home Resorts: 🏢 Bay Lake Tower, 🏝️ Beach Club Villas, 🫖 Villas at Grand Floridian & 🌲 Villas at Grand Californian
Hi Ben! The website looks great!
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🗺️ DVC Member Since 2019
Home Resorts: 🏢 Bay Lake Tower, 🏝️ Beach Club Villas, 🫖 Villas at Grand Floridian & 🌲 Villas at Grand Californian
Hello from Medina, OH.
DVC Member Since 2012
Animal Kingdom Villas 🦒
SupporterSupporterNot from Ohio but Go Bucks!
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🗺️ DVC Member Since 2019
Home Resorts: 🏢 Bay Lake Tower, 🏝️ Beach Club Villas, 🫖 Villas at Grand Floridian & 🌲 Villas at Grand Californian
SupporterSupporterHey everyone!! So excited to have more ways to connect with fellow DVC members! This month is our 1 year anniversary as DVC Members and we celebrated by adding more points, 😆 🤣! We are now have 2 home resorts at SSR and AKL.
We live in Ocala, FL so we love being able to travel to Disney on a whim.
DVC member since 2025
SSR 🐎 AKL 🦒
Disney Annual Passholder
Hey I know you :) Nice to see you here, looking forward to dinner tomorrow!
SSR 🐴 AKL 🦒 BWV🎠
SupporterSupporterHey I know you :) Nice to see you here, looking forward to dinner tomorrow!
Me too!! I've never been to the Prime time café
DVC member since 2025
SSR 🐎 AKL 🦒
Disney Annual Passholder
You’ll love it, it’s a lot of fun . We haven’t been in about 9 years
SSR 🐴 AKL 🦒 BWV🎠
Not from Ohio but Go Bucks!
GO BUCKS! Love going down to the stadium for skull session before every home game
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
@GreyhoundDad22 @YamKriegs Mentions should be included now
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
SupporterSupporterDon’t think I understand much of this yet but Ben, we want to add our thanks for building someplace safe to experiment and learn! Even better, learn among people who share the enthusiasm for Disney! Never felt capable enough to jump in on Facebook and knew we were missing out so this is exciting! Also thrilled to hear there is another reasonable adult (that’s you!) who is captivated by Pokémon. Our adult son on the autism spectrum is fascinated by it and we didn’t know enough to encourage or discourage!
Happy to be home at DVC!
M n B + J too
it is hard to read the forums as the background is so dark. i know that light font om dark background is typically recommended but the icons, etc are a gray (?), which is hard to read for me.
Don’t think I understand much of this yet but Ben, we want to add our thanks for building someplace safe to experiment and learn! Even better, learn a…
Thank you so much for joining and helping build the community on the forums!
My brother and I enjoy playing the Pokemon trading card game! We're even traveling to compete in Pokemon Regional Championships - have had the opportunity to visit Houston, LA, Milwaukee, and even attend an event in Orlando! Everyone we've met through the Pokemon community has been amazing! More recently I've gotten back into playing the video games and even trying out the new Pokemon Champions game they just released.
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
it is hard to read the forums as the background is so dark. i know that light font om dark background is typically recommended but the icons, etc are …
Thanks so much for the feedback! I can look into improving the color/readability of the icons/text for dark mode and light mode.
Home Resorts: Polynesian, Saratoga Springs, ??Lakeshore Lodge??
Hello Ben from OH-IO. I'm Amy from right next to OH-IO, now in Florida. Thanks for all your hard work on this!
Go Bucks - Originally from NE Ohio!
SupporterSupporterSounds like you are thoroughly entertained on a number of Pokémon levels Ben! Happy to hear it’s legitimate cuz all I know is that he LOVES to play the game on his phone and he is frequently looking for cash to buy the Pokecoinns, I think?
Thankfully, saving for Disney trips is the first thing that has been able to compete and he is getting the idea that if I buy the coins then I can’t save for the next trip to Florida! It’s working for the moment!
Happy to be home at DVC!
M n B + J too
Go Bucks! We live in Sunbury and have owned at Boardwalk since 1999.
Own at BW and SSR. Since 1999.
