Points & DVC?

[Joe & Joanne]

Hi
Been browsing and having more questions but two for now. What are "points" they seem to be mentioned along with DVC? How do they work? New at this. thanks. :)

[imgoingtodisney]

You may want to try the DVC forum. I recently became a DVC member and we will be cruising on the Disney Magic 7day next year using points.
You buy a certain amount of points and every year are given your set amt to be used. However, you can also borrow from next year or carry over. We carried this years over to next to have enough for 2 adults and 1 child on the cruise. We returned from our 8 night stay at WL in Oct and bought into DVC in Nov. We didnt need the points for this year so carried them over.

[SueM in MN]

Here's link to DVC FAQs (http://www.wdwinfo.com/dvc/faq.shtml) .
Doc has a link to it stuck at the top of this forum.
When you buy into DVC, you don't buy acess to a specific size timeshare for specific week like in some timeshares. For example, someone I know owns the last 2 weeks in February in a 2 bedroom unit in Mexico. If she can't go then, she loses her time for that year. Your purchase is represented by points. It's much more flexible because you can use your points in various ways to reserve what you want, when you want. My friend with the timeshare in Mexico often can't go during her week, or maybe she doesn't need as big of a room. She's stuck because that's what she purchased. With my DVC points, I can make a reservation for any time period I want. If we have lots of people coming with us, we may choose to use more of our points and reserve a 2 bedroom unit. If it's only DH and I, we might chose a one bedroom (and use less less points than a 2 bedroom) or we may even reserve a studio and use less points.

[Joe & Joanne]

Hi all
Thanks for the explanation...just glad you can bear with us. Again thanks!:)