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How to stay cool in August-Tips and Tricks
I just ordered up a couple Camelback collapsible water bottles with a Prime Day discount for our July trip. They look like they can roll up and fit in a pocket. Also, Costco has the Liquid IV packets on sale this month ($20.99 for a 30 pack).
How Many Days…
30 days, 137 days, and 210 days. This is the first time we have ever had more than 1 trip booked at one time! On one of the recent DVC Show's they discussed the hidden costs of being a DVC member, and I believe frequent trips were one of them. When you look and you can get round trip flight from Michigan for under $200
Small Points Contract - How Much???
Sorry, that should have been in response to the comment @Sparkle_Steffie made on the selling of the odd number of points.
Small Points Contract - How Much???
That's a good point. I didn't look at it from that angle. So, if somebody was short 36 points for a trip they would just sell them 36 points. It just seems like multiples of 5 or 10 would make the accounting easier.
Small Points Contract - How Much???
I still need to learn the ins and outs of the one time use points. I did work with a DVC associate last Friday and purchased a couple of points because we were 1 night short of a last minute trip next month with 1 point available. By a stoke of luck I looked and there was the night we needed at a value studio at AKL an
Small Points Contract - How Much???
My thoughts would be around 75 points or less would be small. In most cases, 75 points by themselves, would only be good for a 3-5 night stay, so you are going to typically add them to another contract at some point. I know you can stretch the points depending on travel period, and if you can book a value studio, or st
Handing off stays?
That is good to know. It you are looking for something specific to keep checking, even if you are on the waitlist.
Direct buying an off-sale resort
I'm just going off of personal experience with working directly with Disney DVC reps just over a year ago. We were looking at Animal Kingdom, Bay Lake, and Saratoga Springs and they all had tiered incentives. Using Saratoga as an example (I still have all of the price sheets they sent me), at the time if you got 150 po
Princess Half 2027
We tried with 2 different computers and neither one got in, unless we wanted to do some yoga. :( We will save the points for another fall trip.
Handing off stays?
If people have dates waitlisted, wouldn't the canceled reservation first go to the waitlist before being eligible for a new booking?
Direct buying an off-sale resort
Even resorts that are not "active" still have incentives. Typically the more you buy the better the saving are. When we were shopping direct about a year ago Incentives started at 150 points and varied depending on the resort, and then went up from there.
Princess Half 2027
Anybody having luck today with the races? Yesterday I told my wife that it would be fun to do another Run Disney event, and she told me that the princess registration opened up today, so we thought we might do the 5k and got in the que about 9:30. Its just after 11 and its still showing "more than an hour" wait with th
Nastalgia - When WDW Had an Indy Car Race Track
The Walt Disney World Speedway. It was the home to the Richard Petty Driving Experience. I believe they closed it about 10 years ago and extended out the MK Parking lot and maybe put a smaller lake in for wet land conservation.
Disney ownership outside of DVC - Disney Golden Oak & StoryLiving by Disney
You may have left out part of the first sentence. For Folks who are true Disney Fans, and have an extra couple million laying around, there are Disney ownership options beyond DVC. :)
Animal Kingdom Owners Thread
This is exactly what we did/are doing. A couple of months ago we bought resale at AKL with our first trip planned for this November. We are planning a day during our November trip to do DVC resort hopping and we are 90% sure we will be pulling the trigger on the 150 Poly points. We want to get in before any blue card i
Using DVC points as part of a snow-birding plan?
Seems like this would be a lot of fun!! If I'm right they do have a 30 day/night rule. Meaning that at 30 days you would have to vacate the property for 24 hours. You can still go to the parks but you would have to stay off of property for 1 night.
Annual Passes or No?
I keep seeing people saying that they get the Sorcerer Pass with the "DVC Discount". I know that buying a direct DVC contract gives you "Florida residency" in Disney's eyes, and allows you to purchase a Florida resident annual pass such as the Sorcerer, Pirate, or Pixie Dust pass. That said I have not see anything offi
Tips for a RunDisney first timer?
I would heavily recommend looking into the Jeff Galloway training process. His run, walk, run approach sounds like it would be perfect for what you described. https://www.jeffgalloway.com/
I’m Planning Our First Direct Purchase — Follow Along
All 3 of these are great resorts, and any of them would make great options!! We were in a very similar internal debate between AKV, Poly and BLT. Ultimately we went resale with AKL so we could start enjoying it now, but will likely go Poly in the very near future for direct. That whole fear of missing out will get ya e
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