What made you take the DVC tour?

[imgoingtodisney]

We just spent 9 nights at the Wilderness Lodge in Oct. We were only reserved for 6 but (after spending 5 hectic days in the parks) on the 6th day front desk called us about the stampede rate. We then had 3 days to relax, pool, etc. If we didnt have these relaxing days we wouldnt have made the time to see the disney vacation club at the Boardwalk.

[Eeyore2U]

We sat with DVC people on the Disney "Magic" during lunch. They talked, we listened, we toured, we bought.

[Lhargus]

Just curious.

What's the stampede rate. It sounds intriguing.:cool:

[Lhargus]

Sorry, I didn't really answer your question.

We first took the DVC tour in 1992. We took it several more times through the years until we bought in this year.

We love Disney, which is why we toured, but we couldn't convince ourselves that DVC was the way to go. Boy were we wrong. If only I could travel back in time.:cool:

[Deb & Bill]

My television-holic husband (is that a TH??) was flipping through the channels at the Polynesian on our first visit. He liked what he saw, made an appt with the desk in the lobby and then told me about it. We went and signed on the dotted line right there. We have added more points two more times.

[MikeScott8]

I was at WDW May 2000 for a Trade Show and the last night before the big Microsoft party at west end of PI for the trade show, we met some people at the brew pub on the boardwalk. I saw the sign as we passed through to the boardwalk, I love disney so when I got home I looked it up and got a video last year. Then this year I got an offer from DVC for VB. I was going to take that offer and even made the ressies, but then decided to rent points at OKW because the main reason we are going is to go to the parks. I have an appointment for a tour when we are there as part of a (semi) evil plan to get the girlfriend interested.

I don't know when we will purchase, but I don't think I will let up on her until we do.

Mike

[Rock'n Robin]

I had actually ordered the video before our first trip and trolled these boards a little so I was pretty well informed. DH liked WDW so much that on a Sunday at WDW our first week I got him to sign up for the tour on Monday. It was a rainy Monday and BWV didn't look all that great, plus he is a salesman so he resisted, but I got him to sign up within a month (I was sold the minute I first walked into MK and saw the castle!) Now we are not only going back for our 3rd trip next summer, we are doing a quickie weekend next month to see the holiday decorations.
Robin M.
Poly 6/2000
BWV 6/2001
Poly 12/2001
BWV/VWL 7/2002

[mikesmom]

We had never stayed on property in 6 trips to Disney! I know, hard to believe. The first year BW opened we strolled the Boardwalk with DS, who was 15, and he said "Mom, wouldn't it be great to stay there, JUST ONCE?!"

So, we skipped the next year, saved up and reserved for cash (full price, yikes!). Silly me, I figured that this might be the last family trip because DS was a teenager and would be "too old" to travel with parents. Before we went we got a letter from DVC inviting us to take a tour. I was going to just toss it, but DH said "Might as well check it out."

The rest is history. We had a 1 BDRM overlooking the Boardwalk and of course were hooked from the 1st minute. Our jaws literally dropped when we walked in. Even my then 17 year-old blase son was impressed. And, of course, being our first time onsite, had our best vacation ever. We took the tour, crunched the numbers and signed up within a month. Wished we'd done it sooner!

[Granny]

I didn't take "the tour" until after I bought!

I ran across DVC while visiting some Disney web sites. I kept exploring and found two or three with really good information (NOT the official DVC site). Then I came across this board, read the FAQ's, lurked a while and finally called DVC.

About two weeks after sending in the paperwork, I had a business trip to Orlando and took the tour. A lot more fun when you know you already have the paperwork in process!

[wdwnut]

hi: i never took the tour. we heard about dvc in 93, but didn't buy in. we bought bwv sight unseen (talk about trust in disney!). we enjoy that location so much we added 150 points there last fall before it sold out.

[Olaf]

I talked DH into it by telling him about the free lunch at Spoodles. He wasn't at all interested in it prior to the tour. We're military, so Shades of Green is always an option. Of course, that doesn't compare with a one-bedroom. Going home for the first time in a month.

[Aurora2000]

Never technically took the "tour". Hubby and I had already decided we were going to buy into DVC and treated ourselves to a 15 year anniversary gift......4 nights in the Dolphin ( BWV was booked!) sans our DSs. Just the two of us and it was the food and wine festival as well. Plus Cirque de soleiel and we sepnt time at WL. A very grown-up WDW experience it was GREAT!

We came check in hand all paperwork filled. Our sales person made sure she was onsite the day we came down.


We had 4 days to mull it over but didnt need it!

[slimplaw]

We toured in May 2000 and almost bought points at VB. We were going to see VB, but first went to breakfast at WL and decided we would only want to buy at VWL. We visited again in Dec. 2000 and stayed off-site. Well, we went to see VWL and joined a tour of the villas with a guy who had just bought. The tour guide asked us if we were members and we told him no. Also told him about how we had visited in May, but we weren't sure if we were ready. He just came to the point and said "Well, what's stopping you now?" We went the next day and signed up. I made sure and took checks with me on this trip just in case. So far, we have stayed at VB for 3 days, VWL for 1 night, and will be at OKW in Dec. for 4 nights.

[eva]

In 97 my husband signed up for a tour while I was in a store at DD. I wasn't thrilled and thought there was no way we could afford it. But after seeing OKW I was the one that had to buy. We did use part of the 30 days grace period to go home and crunch the numbers. But we were both pretty much sold the day we toured OKW.

[WorknFires]

Last Sept., we had a very short conversation with a CM at a DVC shop in the MK but weren't really convinced to part with that kind of money. But the morning we were leaving WDW for Port Canaveral, we were going from resort to resort getting pressed pennies that I was collecting. Boardwalk was the last one we went to and saw the booth in the lobby. We remembered that BW was where the tours were given and asked if they had time to see us then. We told the CM we only had a half hour before we had to leave for the ship and it was possibly the best spent 1/2 hour ever. We went home for our 1st trip to OKW 2 1/2 weeks ago and it exceeded our expectations! Even before our trip we knew we wanted to get some addons but we're waiting for BC Villas to become available.

Cheryl :bounce:

[dianeschlicht]

We heard about DVC on our late '91 trip. It was a commercial on the in house TV at Caribbean Beach. We decided we couldn't afford it, so we waited.:rolleyes: (dumb idea!) We wasted 5 more years (and a lot of money) before we purchased. We have been members for 41/2 years and could not be happier with our decision!:bounce: :)

[rbuzzotta]

We took the tour at VB and bought OKW through resale about 2 years later!!! We toured because we love Disney (of course) and were interested in what they had to offer.

[Wislodgers]

Olaf- We are like you, Military and used Shades of Green. I talked to DH a couple times about DVC and we even watched the video. He was never very interested, so I did not pursue it very far. In Feb. of this year we were at SOG again and DH asked my mother(we have always gone with extended family and had 2 rooms)to watch the kids so we could tour DVC. We toured and signed on the dotted line before we left our guide that night! My husband was very impressed and we always loved the looks of Wilderness. We go for our first trip home in Jan '02. We have a 2 bedroom reserved and are going with our extended family again!! Can't hardly wait!

[WDWLVR]

We toured the day we signed the papers as more of a confirmation we were doing the right thing. In '99 we went on our first Disney Cruise and met a DVC member one night while waiting for Disney Dreams. They had cruised on their points and were very excited about DVC. We called for the video, thought about it for a couple of months and then decided to do a short, cheap (All Stars) trip to see Main Street Electric Parade and sign up for DVC in Jan. of 2000. Called our rep, she had all the paperwork waiting for us. Took the tour and just knew it was right for us.

This past May we cruised on points and we were the ones saying how great DVC is!

Now if we could only find the money to get some VWL points before they sell out!

[dianeschlicht]

Wislodge, when in Jan. will you be there? We will be at WDW Jan. 19-30.

[JonHM]

First of all, I *can't* understand how I didn't hear about DVC until this year. DW and I went on our honeymoon to PO, now POFQ, in 1995, and through that entire week, never heard one peep about DVC. Unfortunately, we weren't able to afford (or so we thought... :) ) to come back to WDW until this June, so we decided to splurge. We stayed at the Grand Floridian, in a Lagoon View room with a Magic Kingdom view.

Now, while the *resort* was very beautiful, and the *view* was absolutely delightful, the *room* was... well... just a room. For all the money that we were paying, I think I expected something more. From our first day in GF, out back of the main building by the restaurant and the backdoors out to the pool, they had a movie poster sized sign talking about owning a piece of the magic. (Now, how we spent a week in PO in 95 and didn't hear a peep about it, and then come to GF and hear about it within our first few hours there, I have no idea)

From there I got curious and found the DVC channel - we watched it a lot, and it sounded great, but we still figured that the sales pitch was going to be unpleasant - typical timeshare. But on our last day, with only a few hours left, we decided to take the plunge, and had a dvc rep at a booth in MGM call the DVC van to come pick us up and take us to Boardwalk for the tour. After being so disappointed with our room at GF (though not with GF itself), my only reaction to the VWL villas they had mocked up at BW was... WOW!!! Now THIS is what I was looking for!

We pretty much decided that we wanted to join right there with our guide, but took the paperwork home and took a few days to go over all of it before committing. Our DS is 16 mo., and I had thought we wouldn't be able to afford to go back until he was about 4; I am just *ecstatic* that we will be able to take him pretty much every year, sometimes more than once!!! His first trip to WDW is scheduled for January... I am SO excited. He just went NUTS for Halloween last week, he is going to LOVE WDW. :D

[Wislodgers]

dianeschlicht- We will be there Jan 24- Feb 1! Studio for a couple nights, then the rest of the family is meeting us and we will be staying in a 2 br!

[we3luvdisney]

The free trivia cards. Still have them, unopened.:D

[kel3420]

I always research when travelling and became intriqued when reading about DVC. I then started reading this board for info. It was VERY intimidating in the beginning (still is sometimes, lol), some of the acronyms and jargon I just did not understand. I tried explaining it all the my hubbie on the way to Disney last December, and he was very interested, and he HATES timeshares. We went on a tour and joined right then and there.

:)

[MaryJ]

We stayed at VWL last March, and on my last night (my DH and DD's stayed one more night--I left early because I had another commitment) we were waiting for a table at Artist's Point. The DVC table was near there, so my DH said "Let's go hear what this guy has to say." I must say this really surprised me, but after watching the DVC channel all week, I was definitely in favor of hearing his sales pitch. One of the first things he pointed out to us was that we could buy 150 points for just about what we had spent on our Spring Break vacation. This got our attention really fast! My DH took the tour without me the next day and brought home the paperwork for me to look at. About two weeks later, (after I'd done a lot of research on these boards) we mailed it all back. We're going home for the first time in July! I can't wait!!

[Olaf]

Wislodgers, I've wondered just how many DVC members are in the military. I mean SOG is a wonderful benie, and as you can see we've taken advantage of it. Both sets of our parents live near Tampa, so we're down there at least once a year.

DH brought up a funny incident when we were signing our papers. Years ago we test drove a Ford Windstar because they had a great deal where we got a years worth of Blockbuster coupons (one per month). We ended up buying the car. We went to DVC for lunch and ended up as members. Ummm, does that make us easy targets?

[RAD]

DW and I have been to WDW (or Disneyland) at least once a year since 1979. We've always seen the DVD booths but knowing it was a timeshare we didn't want the hassle of the sales pitch to find out what it was all about. Finally on a 12/99 trip we were staying at the Swan and had a few hours to kill so we walked around the Boardwalk. We I decided to just look into the rooms at the DVC office and decided to hear the pitch. Glad that we did, 2 and 1/2 hours later we owned 200 points and have done two more add on's for a total of 300. Since then we've been back 5/00 at a 2BR in OKW, 9/00 in a 1 BR at OKW, 12/00 in a 2 BR at BWV, 10/01 in a 2BR at OKW and next week I make reservations for three studios and two 2BR's at BWV for a family get together in 10/02 (I'll have 1 point left after banking/borrowing). Glad we have the time to spend else we've never taken the tour

[Fenceman]

Staying at HH we took the tour for the free dolphin discovery tickets not expecting to join. Two days later while still at the resort we loved it so much we signed on the dotted line. The rest is history.

[BigLou]

We never took the tour - I saw the DVC table on the Magic while waiting to pick up DD6 from the kids club - next day I saw that there was a get-together, and I could tell from the comments from the other owners that this was something I needed to be involved in. Made a "one-on-one" appointment and bought 350 points at VWL the next day on the boat.

We have only been to WDW once with the kids (98), and we have never even seen any of the DVC properties in person. We are using our points to cruise again next year, and are looking forward to going home some time!

[sgtpet]

My girlfriend (now wife) and I went on first vacation to WDW back in 1995. It had been the first time I had been there since 1988. I had spent many numerous trips there as a child but lost interest during my teen/early adult years. When we went I saw a booth describing a timeshare for the Disney Vacation Club, better known as OKW. I thought long and hard about joining but I wasn't sure how often I would or wanted to return at that time. What an idiot I was. Anyway we finally took a tour in October and joined onsite. Looking forward to the many wonderful trips in the future.

[AnnaS]

We have gone quite a few times to WDW (mostly stayed off-site) and they are so low key that no one had ever approached us and in turn we never had any deisire to stop and ask, never knew too much about timeshares and thought they might be pushy once we stopped. When we were down in Aug. 2000 and heading to MK, the rain was coming down so hard that we decided to get back on monorail and have dinner at Chef Mickey at the Contemporary (which was great). Since we had to wait to get beeped, we decided to approach the rep in the lobby. We were leaving the next day, we said what the heck, let's not waste the day. It was obviously very interesting. Very low key, no pressure. We did not buy til we got homework and I did some homework and faxed a ton of questions. Now wishing I had toured during earlier visit.

[PatOKW92]

It was the summer of 1992,... we were staying at Dixie Landings. There was a little card atop the television advertising the tour at OKW. I thought "what the heck,... can't hurt." At the time it was our seventh year in a row visiting the Mouse House. Of course,... it was love at first sight. Anyway, at that time, DVC wasn't "legal" to be solicited in Delaware so in December of that year when it finally was, we bought. It's been Disney Magic ever since!!

[gometros]

It was the free sundaes :)

I first heard about DVC on the old Prodigy Theme Park bulletin boards. In '93, we stayed at the Beach Club for 6 days at the Yacht Club for the last two. There was one day when my two older kids were taking the Wonders of Disney Class. We had received the invitation earlier and since we were left with my then 5-year old daughter, we decided it would be a nice, relaxing way to kill the day. My favorite part of the tour was the ride in the vintage yellow bus. At the time we were only occassional Disney travelers, having been once in '90 and once to Disneyland and couldn't see going that often, so we passed on it.

In the meantime, my parents became snowbirds, buying a home in Boca Raton. We went to visit them for the first time Christmas of '95. Since we were driving down, we decided to see if we could get a room on site and stop in Orlando for two nights on the way. Since it was last minute, the best I could do was the Contemporary Inn at $251 a night. While walking around the concourse, we started talking about how we'd be coming to Florida more often at this time of year and maybe we ought to revisit OKW. We called James Thomas, our sales rep, and he still had us on file. By the time we got home, the paper work was waiting for us. We joined that April and haven't looked back since.

[mareka]

Never took the tour - Just got tired of small rooms. Made enough trips to know "That's where we want to be" - Send for book and bought. "Celeste" - our representative - was wonderful.
Now we want more points. HAve 200 - buying 50 more - FAmily wants to come - Need 2BR all the time ??????????
No problem. We want them to love it as much as us.

PS - We're over 50.
:wave:

[Mousefanz]

We've been going to Disney for YEARS and always saw the kiosks but were too "chicken" to approach it for fear of the timeshare schmooz.
This spring we were in Daytona and relented to our first timeshare presentation. It was everything you've heard of and then some. I mean, this guy pulled out all the tricks, sweet at first, then insulting and then the old bring over the "manager" for a special deal. I finally had to stand up and say, NO thank you, where is the door, we are leaving (they actually had the door disgused so you couldn't find it!).
Anyway, after that we went to Disney for a few days, saw the kiosk again and said to each other, if we lived through that we can live through anything!! Boy, what a pleasure. It's really a no brainer - we sooo regret not doing it sooner.
So, I guess I have those nasty creeps in Daytona to thank for making me go to the presentation. I'd like to go back and tell them who ended up with my money!! lol



;)

[Momof2]

We were meeting friends on the Boardwalk for dinner - we were staying outside the park. Walked through the lobby of the Boardwalk, out onto the balcony, overlooking the Boardwalk. I knew in an instant I was "home". I think we must have been sprinkled with pixie dust, because this feeling had never happened before - this was not our first Boardwalk visit. We toured, we bought, we've been home twice, and can't wait to go back again!:D

[nickglover]

We stayed at VB several times and went to several morning intro meetings but never took the tour. We then received a special offer to stay at HH, which required a tour.
We took the tour but waited a few weeks to decide. What finally sold us was the ability to lock in the points per night for 42 years at Vero Beach, our new home.

gometros - don't you miss the old Prodigy, before the internet? I used to use their bulleting boards all the time, especially stock and travel bbs. I went online with Prodigy in July, 1991. We planned our honeymoon cruise on Prodigy!

[NJmouse]

In May of 99 DH and I decided to take a cheap trip to Disney in conjunction with our nephew's graduation at "Full Sail". We decided to make reservations at ASmusic or sports do not remember which one it was now. We were driving to WDW so we figured it would be saving us money to stay at the "Family Resorts". Big mistake!! When walked in the lobby to check in we looked at each other and said "no way" The place had a weird odor, like body odor(unclean like). I don't want to offend anyone but, I felt like we were with how can I say this politely hmmm...not going to say.
We immediately went to guest services and asked if there were any openings at the Boardwalk. We had stayed there when the first opened and didn't bother looking at the DVC at the time. The tipical Timeshares were big then and we were not interested. Boy was that a mistake. So anyway we were able to get in the BW. The Inn side this time. Kept going past the DVC desk all week and didn't bother. Finally my DH got this big idea that he wanted to check it out we had exactly 30 mins to spare before we had to go to the graduation and we barely got the tour 10 mins worth. Check out the next morning (SAT.) and Monday morning I was calling for the paperwork. Glad we did!

[CaptainMidnight]

We actually took our first vacation in 6 years after our honey moon at Hilton Head. I searched the internet and found an inexpensive one bedroom condo right on the beach. It was OK, but no frills. During my internet searches of Hilton Head, I heard about the Disney resort there, but backed off the great tour rates when I heard the resort and villas were separate from the beach. While at our modest one-bedroom rental, we took the DVC tour and really liked what we saw. In a couple of months, we decided that vacations were very important, and that in order to vaction during the winter and have beach access as well as the option of staying at WDW, Vero Beach was the way to go. So we bought there and have been very pleased with our decision. We really were undecided about HH versus Vero for a while, because we didn't think we would go to WDW every year, but that when we did want to go, the 7 month window would give us great options, and if we were really stuck, we could even use our points at one of the non-DVC WDW hotels. We later bought an add-on at BW to capitalize on the 11 month window during peak seasons.

[ReneeQ]

I was on a solo Disney trip (my third). Every solo trip I do something I can't or don't do when I'm at Disney with my husband or other family (because they're not interested). My first solo trip I took a Behind the Scenes tour. The second solo trip I went to Cirque. I was looking for something fun to do on my third solo trip, so decided to take the tour.

The day I took the tour at the Boardwalk I called home, talked to husband, and bought the next day.

[Tomskatt]

and why not make it a Disney vacation?! We knew they were meticulous and couldn't wait to jump on board!
Kathy and her boys
:earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy:
:wave: and one due in June!

[Grateful11]

Hurricane Mitch was baring down on us in Fall of 98 while staying in a Ft. Wild. Home and we couldn't really do anything else that one day so we set up an appointment after seeing all the Kiosk and ads on TV. We figured we had nothing to lose except a few hours. They came and picked us up and the rest is history. When we got back we kept telling each other it had to be too good to be true. We signed the papers before we left but finalized after we got back home. I searched the internet for everything we could find and it seemed to be a win, win situation. In fact we just got back yesterday. If we could only afford more points, well maybe in a year or two.

[mickeys#1fan]

We used to live in FL. Five years ago we left all of our family and friends for NC. We go down at least twice a year now and do WDW every time. Staying on property (instead of with family) for more than one night at a time has been a dream of ours for awhile. Not only did DVC make sense for us, we were kind of hooked emotionally by the possibility of "Owning a Piece of the Magic."

Our family used to live near VB. We always wanted to see it, so we went to have lunch there and took an impromptu tour. DD was just a baby then. We couldn't afford it, but always knew we'd join.

A few years later we were on an annual trip to HH with friends. We rented a 3-BR condo. After we checked out, we decided to take the tour at HH. We agreed to purchase, but bailed out during the cooling off period. Again, affordability was the issue.

Last Christmas we stayed at POFQ. I was just too enticed by the "Own a Piece of the Magic" billboards. DW sent me to the lobby for some of those plastic laundry bags on checkout day. On impulse (and I'm not an impulsive guy) I signed us up for a tour of BWV. Magical Beginnings got me curious. We bought at VWL sight unseen, but went to see the place later that week.

Since then we got a wild hair and spent a Saturday night at HHI. Over the 4th of July we cruised on the 3-day Wonder on points, combined with 5 days of poolside laziness at VWL. Another wild hair took us to a BWV 1-BR over Labor Day for DD's 8th birthday. We had all kinds of family and friends over for the party. It felt great to show off a little. This Christmas (39 days and counting) we'll be at VWL for four more magical days. Now if we just afford more points...

[JackDiznee]

We were staying as guests in OKW for 5 days. I asked the CM at the Hospitality House about the club. She tried to talk me into a tour, but since we were doing the parks commando style I told her we did not have time. She offered me a 1 pm checkout time, so how could I refuse?

[Boo]

DH and I were enjoying a trip to the world over Labor Day weekend in '98. We saw the DVC kiosks EVERYWHERE!! Finally, curiosity killed the cat and we had to go over and ask what it was all about. Took the tour the next day and knew it was for us. However, being newly married and just spending quite a few clams over the last 8 days on property, we just couldn't come up with the cash and had to turn it down. That December we received an invitation to a DVC reception at the Drake Hotel back home in Chicago. Since we were already heading downtown for Mickey's Magical Lights Parade on Michigan Ave. anyway it seemed like a no-brainer to go. Did they go all out at the Drake! Food was great, Mickey showed up and the presentation had us drooling over the vacation possibilities until 2042! When they introduced Magical Beginnings we couldn't sign fast enough. Now 1 add on, 1 toddler, and 1 on the way later we tell each other all the time it was the best decision we made.

[BounceyOne]

We actually took the tour for the free lunch :D Silly us.

[jmminarik]

Days before a 13 day stay at the Wilderness Lodge last year, a friend who had honeymooned at DW mentioned the DVC. Listening to him, it sounded really exciting. Having a friend explain it really helped sell the concept, since like most human beings, we are very leary of the timeshare drones.

The concept of a points based system was new to us. It meant freedom of choice both in terms of rooms and dates. That suits us since we're currently not blessed with human children, but will hopefully be so in the near future. Getting locked into a time of year and/or a style of accomodations isn't appealing.

So while we were on our stay for 13 days we had plenty of free time. We stopped by the desk in the lobby of the WL and did the preliminary reading and set up an appointment for noon the next day (the free lunch at Spoodles helped with the time choice).

While waiting for the CM working the WL DVC desk, at least 4 different families (maybe more, I can't remember) wandering by said it was the best thing they'd ever done. That impressed us. Not many people give unsolitited _positive_ comments about anything. (These boards being an exception! :) )

The next day, we took the tour. We really liked the Boardwalk. We liked the concept. We liked being able to 'sell' our first year points if we bought at Vero. We liked being able to use points to stay at the Dorchester in London or the Alaskan cruise. So after a quick financial anaylsis, we signed up for 255 points at Vero, financing through Disney. We bought VB since we plan on doing DW only in the value season(s), and most likely will only need a studio or 1br during those trips, so the 7 month window is on for us.

We went to lunch while the paperwork was being drawn up. We then poured through the point charts, "planning" our next 38 years worth of vacations. :) We had talked through all of the things we could do, including taking my SO's family to DW for vacation (since they'd never get to Disney on their own), as well as giving my best friend a week as a wedding present.

After lunch we finalized the deal. We've yet to go home, but have already added another 50 points at VWL. We've set up my best friends with a week at BWV for their honeymoon, and a week at vero over christmas plus 2 days at BWV with my sister and her family. We've already planned out next year's trip with the in-laws.

My only "regret" was spending almost $6000 all told for our 13 days at the WL. That would have been a good down payment on our DVC.

-Joe

[boudreaux0]

When my girlfriend and I started dating in early 2000 she dreamed of going to WDW one day. We were both 21. I took her that summer. I had no idea how much fun I was going to have. It was my intent to take her to make one of her dreams come true, but I ended up having as much fun as she did. During that trip I saw the DVC stations everywhere but had no idea what is was about so didn't even think to check it out. Wouldn't have mattered anyway, I was in college playing on the golf team and not having time for a job. We had so much fun that I planned a second trip this past summer. Toward the end of the trip we were so depressed because we knew that we were not going to be able to come back for a long time (too expensive) even though by this time I had a full time job and finally didn't have to live from paycheck to paycheck. We were staying in the CR and went down stairs to check out the souvinier shops...and there it was, a DVC desk with a cast member there just waiting for someone to ask some questions. I wanted to go check it out, but my shy personallity made me hessitate. As I walked past the desk, I realized that if I didn't check this thing out and find out how it worked I would kick myself in the #*% later. (Boy was I ever right) I told my girlfriend to go ahead and I would catch up. I went and sat down and to make a long story short, I became the proud owner of 200 points at VWL and looking forward to great vacation memories with my future wife and family for many years to come. :bounce: