Hey return, welcome back to the forum!

To me, it sounds like you had the WILD already in your grasp: you had the sensations, the visuals, even the vibrations. It just didn't kick over into a dream because perhaps you waited to long for it to happen. Meaning, what I do when I get to the vibrations stage, is I open my "dream eyes" and start the lucid immediately. Sometimes I'll even visualize a dream scene and then my eyelids become transparent and I start the dream that way. My point is, I believe the dream has already begun once we WILDers start getting those sensations or transitions. You just need to believe that, and step into the dream. For me it's so literally that way, that the dream starts out with me being in my bed in my bedroom immediately following or even during the vibrations. Had alot of false awakenings that way before I realized that I was already dreaming haha.

Hope that helps. I know it's different for everyone, but maybe my way will give you a place to start and experiment. Good luck, sounds like you're just a hair away from getting it down!