How Many Days…
Oh no, I’m sorry… or congratulations! 😁 Best way to find out the resorts that you like though, even if it's because of lack of availability. And think of all of those Free waterpark day! :)
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Summer DVC Incentives
It changed between the time we bought in 2024 to just a few months ago. Guides now send out an individual sheet per property and point value instead of a grid with all of the numbers, financing, dues, etc. Probably to reduce "confusion" as much as possible and be a bit more specific for the number of points that you're
Bought Sight Unseen
Yup, our first two contracts actually. We bought two 150 point OKW contracts during the sale a couple years ago without ever seeing the property. We love staying there, especially the 1 bedrooms for our family of 5… plenty of room. We try to get a lock off as those have two doors To the single bathroom (which itself is
What’s the best strategy if you’ve banked / borrowed and you’re still short on points for the trip you’re planning?
And you are buying OTUP, then sign up for Membership Magic Beyond for $99 and then you get B1G1 points so it's actually cheaper to go that way especially since they raised the price of OTUPs! You can still only get 24 points, but you pay half.
Addonitis- where will you add on next?
In your example, $7000 pays for another 12 years of stays too.
How Many Days…
67 days until 10 days at OKW, our longest stay by far and, if it wasn't for DVC, something we'd NEVER be able to do, even at a moderate resort.
Will resale restrictions ever be reversed?
So glad we will still have OKW and SSR after 2042 :D
Bay Lake Tower Owners Thread
Such a big fan of the Joey Chou art! BLT is on our short list for our next contract!
Buying from family - OKW 2042
If the price is right, you wont regret it and as you said, you probably wont get a better deal and think of it as 16 years of memories of double the points you have today! OKW is one of the "useless" contracts to own betwen 7-11 months (and I say that as an OKW owner) but you absolutely can use those poitns others and
Magic and Memories: DVC With Kids
Kidani has a great pool and it's isolated and feels like it's own place unlike many of the pools at the resorts. My favorite pools are the VDH Pool and the CCV Pool at Wilderness Lodge and both are very kid friendly, imo, with the VDH probably being a bit more because it has the spashpad/monorail slide that my kids lov
I’m Planning Our First Direct Purchase — Follow Along
It 100% is an emotional purchase, in my opinion :). The only way that you can sort of convince yourself it's not is that eventually you'll be saving money and it'll "pay for itself" from those savings as retail resort pricing goes up. But we're talking many years before that can even possibly be a reality :) I will say
Will resale restrictions ever be reversed?
For some people, espeically those like myself that are susceptible to FOMO, for sure. I want to be able to stay in all of the new resorts when they are built. For others that are looking to save a bunch of money and are ok with the limited resort(s) that are bound to the resale contract and aren't really that intereste
Most Available WDW Resorts At The 7-Month Window
It's going to be the older resorts with the larger properties... OKW/SSR/AKV.. and even then it's going to be by room type, i.e. 1 bedrooms are usually more available than studios, etc. Otherwise, be comfortable with split stays, and if you have to wait list, book 1 day at a time because getting a single day is easier
Grand Floridian — Joke’s on you, contract!
Congrats! Looks like you had the last laugh :D
Unpopular DVC Opinions
I saw someone with an actual checklist tattoo on their arm being checked off after each drink with a marker. Thought it was a bit tacky to be honest.
Will resale restrictions ever be reversed?
This is why if you buy resale, make sure at least it has access to everything before Riviera unless you really really like the property you’re buying into and even then your competition for availability will only go up :(
Will resale restrictions ever be reversed?
Never. They don’t make money from resale (except now the $500). The resale restricted properties being oversubscribed are future Disney employees and future resale owners problems.
I’m Planning Our First Direct Purchase — Follow Along
Eventually we'll up with a Resale contract, but FOMO never goes away and not being able to use points at newer resorts (looking at Lakeshore Lodge) is the biggest reason that we have three contracts that are all resale. The FOMO doesn't go away :)
Favorite WDW DVC Resorts Ranked
When you say crowded, I'm assuming you mean in the front shopping/eatery area, or rather specifically where you order beignets? I've stayed at both FQ and Riverside and they're very spread out and peaceful.. except for the QS locations of course.
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