Just closed on BWV resale purchase!!!

[karaeric]

DH and I got the best news yesterday, we are finally DVC owners officially :dance3: !!! Because we bought resale, we still have to wait a few days (at least that's what they told us) to call Disney to get our membership number. The wait is klling me! But I'm excited to be a part of DVC now!

I'm hoping someone can help explain to me what TUG is. I saw this posted on anther thread, people seem to find it useful, but not sure what it is or how to find it/use it. Any help is much appreciated!

[TenThousandVolts]

Hi and Welcome Home!

TUG is another website- timeshare users group.

[lilvinny]

Congrats and welcome home

[bobbiwoz]

Congratulations and Welcome Home, BWV neighbor!:banana:

Bobbi

[LocustPoint]

Congratulations and Welcome Home

[PSC]

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy DVC and BWV as much as we do!

[JoeEpcotRocks]

Welcome Home BWV Neighbor! :goodvibes

:woohoo: :cheer2: :yay:

[Monte Cristo]

Welcome Home!!!!!

[karaeric]

Thank you all!! We're very excited. We rented a friend's DVC points to stay at BWV once and just fell in love with the place.:love: We are really looking forward to booking our first stay there on our own points!!

Can anyone share with me how some of you have the BWV DVC thing in your signature line? I would like to add that now! :cool1:

[stopher1]

Congrats and Welcome Home!

[miksilver]

Congrats! :banana:

I just bought BWV resale as well! The waiting for the membership number to be "in the system" was the WORST.

I called once a day a few days after we closed. I guess I was calling around the same time everyday because the third time that I was going to call, I had my DH do it (we work together and I was busy). I heard him say something like, "Yes, that is my wife. Yes, she is very anxious right now and she'll probably be calling you tomorrow as well." Well...needless to say I was mortified. They knew it was me trying to see if we were entered in yet :laughing: Maybe it worked because 2 days later (I didn't call the next day :rotfl: ) we were!

My first ressie has been made and I am planning my next two!

Good luck with the waiting! ;)

[byoung]

Congrats, and Welcome Home!!!!

[farscape]

Congrats and Welcome Home!

[happydvcmember]

Congrats and Welcome Home :thumbsup2

[karaeric]

Congrats! :banana:

I just bought BWV resale as well! The waiting for the membership number to be "in the system" was the WORST.

I called once a day a few days after we closed. I guess I was calling around the same time everyday because the third time that I was going to call, I had my DH do it (we work together and I was busy). I heard him say something like, "Yes, that is my wife. Yes, she is very anxious right now and she'll probably be calling you tomorrow as well." Well...needless to say I was mortified. They knew it was me trying to see if we were entered in yet :laughing: Maybe it worked because 2 days later (I didn't call the next day :rotfl: ) we were!

My first ressie has been made and I am planning my next two!

Good luck with the waiting! ;)
:rotfl2: Okay, so how many days did it take for you to get into their system? I'm dying!! The people we bought through sent us an email a couple days ago saying we would be in the system by May 2nd! Yikes, I can't wait that long! We are heading out for the panama canal cruise on May 9th and I'm trying to plan that AND get my first DVC trip booked for January. DH is running in the WDW 1/2 marathon, so we want to use our points for the first time on that trip. I'm afraid that things will book up fast, and I want to get our request in as early as possible. I know, patience...but its so hard when I'm so excited! :woohoo:

[Disneypirate85]

Welcome Home and CONGRATS TO YOU!:thumbsup2

We bought Resell thr TSS and after close took just 12 days for all of our information to FINALLY be available. We got our Member number pretty quick 3-4 days but took the full 12 days for our points to show up in DVC computer. 12 VERY VERY long days :scared:
I FEEL YOUR PAIN

[karaeric]

Welcome Home and CONGRATS TO YOU!:thumbsup2

We bought Resell thr TSS and after close took just 12 days for all of our information to FINALLY be available. We got our Member number pretty quick 3-4 days but took the full 12 days for our points to show up in DVC computer. 12 VERY VERY long days :scared:
I FEEL YOUR PAIN

Thanks...I think. Patience is not necessarily my strong suit...:confused3

We did get a big packet of stuff in the mail from DVC, so that helps a bit.

[r3ngels]

Welcome home :banana: We own at BWV too!

[mr. figment]

Congrats! :cool1:Enjoy!

[disworldnum1]

congratulations and welcome home...my favorite place ever....:dance3:

[Laxmom]

Congrats!!! Tug is a great place to go for info. They have recently started a DVC section for owners. You can get info on the resorts that you can trade into thru II and tips on how to use II. There is a resort review section so that you can read up on a resort before exchanging there. We have belonged for years. There is a fee but it is worth it for those resort reviews. It has save us from making a couple of mistakes over the years.;)

[karaeric]

Congrats!!! Tug is a great place to go for info. They have recently started a DVC section for owners. You can get info on the resorts that you can trade into thru II and tips on how to use II. There is a resort review section so that you can read up on a resort before exchanging there. We have belonged for years. There is a fee but it is worth it for those resort reviews. It has save us from making a couple of mistakes over the years.;)

Ooh! Very good to know, thanks. I did see that there was a fee and wasn't sure I should join, but you make a very good point. Nothing worse that ruining a vacation because the place is not what you thought it was!

[karaeric]

:lovestruc Thank you all again so much for the warm welcomes! It makes me smile every time I read the different posts.

I wanted to post a quick update. I was informed that we closed on the purchase on 4/21. Today I called DVC and received my member number and even booked my very first stay at BWV on my own points!!! :banana: So excited!!! We're heading "home" in January for the 1/2 marathon. DH is running it, I'll be spectating. No running for me, :yay: ! We'll be staying at BWV for the short trip. Can't wait!

[Laxmom]

Ooh! Very good to know, thanks. I did see that there was a fee and wasn't sure I should join, but you make a very good point. Nothing worse that ruining a vacation because the place is not what you thought it was!


There is also a list of owners at each resort that are willing to answer questions. I have never had anyone not answer my questions. The DVC section hasn't even been active for a month but it is coming along.