Do you stay at the same resort every trip?

[abeyst]

I'm having such a hard time trying to stay at a new hotel each trip (yeah, as you can see in my siggy :)). I have my favorites, and it's hard to try new ones when I can't wait to go back and stay at my tried and true faves. We're staying at SSR this trip, and I'm thinking on a daily basis if that's where I want to stay. I keep telling myself that I need to try ALL the DVC properties, but it's harder to do than I thought it would be.

So what do you do? Aside from staying at BCV/BWV for F&W, do you try to stay at different resorts all the time, or do you keep going back to your favorites?

[OlderMan]

We've been OKW owners since 1997.

The ONLY time we stayed at another resort was Thanlsgiving 2004 (I think) when we stayed at SSR.

We've just been spoiled by the large villas and laid back atmosphere at OKW.

It may not be for everyone, but it works for us!

[ACDSNY]

We stay most of the time at SSR. We have tried BWV (don't like sharing buses with the other resorts) and OKW, but we keep going back to SSR. I think we'll try AKV in Nov 2009.

[disneynutz]

I'm having such a hard time trying to stay at a new hotel each trip (yeah, as you can see in my siggy :)). I have my favorites, and it's hard to try new ones when I can't wait to go back and stay at my tried and true faves. We're staying at SSR this trip, and I'm thinking on a daily basis if that's where I want to stay. I keep telling myself that I need to try ALL the DVC properties, but it's harder to do than I thought it would be.

So what do you do? Aside from staying at BCV/BWV for F&W, do you try to stay at different resorts all the time, or do you keep going back to your favorites?

Only by trying different resorts can you truly appreciate your favorites. Splitting your stay between a new resort and a favorite might make it easier on you.

[bwvBound]

We specifically stay at BWV each year for a conference ... but have also been enjoying 2 nights after the event to "relax and unwind" at a different DVC property.

[spiceycat]

generally different. like the lower points so right now OKW, AKV and BWV are my favorites based on stays.

really like VWL and BCV better!

[KyleRayner]

It depends on what size room I need. If I only need a studio, then I want to try a DVC resort that I haven't stayed at yet. If I need a room larger than a studio, I stay at my home resort, OKW, because the rooms are bigger and use less points than the other DVC resorts.

So far I've stayed at OKW, BCV, BWV, and SSR. I still need to try VWL and AKV. One of these days I also want to try VB and HHI.

[BEASLYBOO]

I used a friends DVC and stayed at OKW 3 times and then was hooked and bought in at OKW. In the beginning of my ownership I stayed at a different resort each time until I had done them all. I haven't stayed at the AKV but I have stayed at the lodge on the savanah. I like them all but I still prefer the lush landscaping and tropical laid back theme of OKW. People complain about the distance from the parks and quite honestly that's why I prefer it. After a day at the theme parks I want to leave it behind. i love taking the boat over to DTD. I just really love it.

With that said, even though I find AKV a little dark and the decor not to my taste,(I know many will disagree but it's just my opinion) I intend to stay there again just for the animals and the lodge. AKV is really stunning at X-Mas time.:)

Good Luck!

[LIFERBABE]

Only by trying different resorts can you truly appreciate your favorites. Splitting your stay between a new resort and a favorite might make it easier on you.

This is our method. We really hate moving, but we don't feel like we've been home unless we stay at SSR so we stay longer and stay at least 5 nights at each resort. We try to stay at SSR each trip, because we love it there.

[Judique]

I'm having such a hard time trying to stay at a new hotel each trip (yeah, as you can see in my siggy :)). I have my favorites, and it's hard to try new ones when I can't wait to go back and stay at my tried and true faves. We're staying at SSR this trip, and I'm thinking on a daily basis if that's where I want to stay. I keep telling myself that I need to try ALL the DVC properties, but it's harder to do than I thought it would be.

So what do you do? Aside from staying at BCV/BWV for F&W, do you try to stay at different resorts all the time, or do you keep going back to your favorites?

I've stayed at all the DVC resorts. My favorites are BWV and HH. Those are the two I spend most of my time at. For a little variety, I stay a night or two elsewhere and usually add the dining plan to the 'short' stay. Now that they've changed the plan, I may not bother, or I may just try the deluxe plan.

[starbox]

I am not a one-resort kind of girl. I just can't imagine always staying in the same place!! AKV is my hands-down favorite resort, but this June will be my third stay in a row - which is the most consecutive stays I've done anywhere and I'm going to be ready for a change. My eventual plan will be to stay at AKV and VB one trip a year and rotate the other resorts for the second trip.

[Simba's Mom]

I don't mind staying at different DVC resorts, depending on what's available-I've stayed at all 6 DVC resorts on property. DH, however, will ONLY stay at OKW. He gets a limited amount of vacation time, and he doesn't want to spend it experimenting with a new resort. It would be different if he was retired and had unlimited vacation time-that way, if he didn't like someplace new, he could always go back. But as long as his vacation time is so finite, he wants to stay where he knows he'll be happy. Then I go solo to try out the other resorts. I'm not employed right now, so I have more time to experiment. So I guess it partially depends on how much vacation time you have.

[daisyduck123]

Different resorts now that we're in DVC:thumbsup2 ....check out my signature.

[Chuck S]

Since 1992, we've only stayed on points at OKW. We have added cash days, if we arrived early or stayed an extra day, at POP and All Stars. I won't stay at All Stars again (too busy, too many organized groups for our taste) but will still extend stays at POP or off-site.

[DisDaydreamer]

I am not a one-resort kind of girl. I just can't imagine always staying in the same place!! AKV is my hands-down favorite resort, but this June will be my third stay in a row - which is the most consecutive stays I've done anywhere and I'm going to be ready for a change. My eventual plan will be to stay at AKV and VB one trip a year and rotate the other resorts for the second trip.

We like to try different resorts too. VB is my "hands-down favorite". Haven't tried AKV yet and we love animals so I'm not even going to give you a hard time. :goodvibes

[bobbiwoz]

We own at BWV, VWL, VB, AKV and BCV. We usually book our stays 11 months out with some fiddling around the weekends. We like all the resorts and the only constant is always BCV for the Flower and Garden show. For our December/Christmastime visits we alternate, one year BWV and the next VWL...this is our BWV year for NYE!!!:banana:

Bobbi:goodvibes

[SuzanneSLO]

Ever since we bought at BWV, we have clearly become very boring people who don't like to try new things! Before we owned DVC, we stayed at a different resort each trip: DxL (now POR), CBR, DVC (now OKW), BWI, Pop, CR, WL. As owners, we alternate between BW view and and standard view at our home resort. Someday, I am sure we will try preferred view as well! -- Suzanne

[DVC Mike]

We appreciate the variety of experiences we get by staying at the different DVC resorts.

[SCDizneyDawn]

We also enjoy staying in the different DVC resorts. Our last trip was to the AKV and we LOVED:love: it! So it may have passed our prior favs (where we own) of BWV and BCV. We will always use home points for our F&W trips, but for our other trips we will skip around.

The only two we have never stayed in are Vero and OKW. We will stay at Vero one day, not sure if OKW will ever work out unless we are booking a last min trip and that is what is avail. We prefer the full service resorts with Valet and room service.

[LocustPoint]

We usually stay at BWV, but on the rare trip my DH can drag me away we do enjoy staying at the other DVC resorts.

[kimberh]

I own at VWL, BCV, BWV, AKV's and that is it for me. I think if Disney keeps buikding new resorts, I will use the 7 month window or rent from someone. I try different DVC resorts, just as I did different hotels. I could not imagine going to the same place every trip. We don't even do the same resort twice in a row.

[photobob]

I own at SSR, but have stayed at BWV, VWL and VB. I plan on trying them all. I'd really like to try OKW the layout for those villas look great. It's to bad they didn't use the OKW room layouts for the design of all DVC villas.

[Anal Annie]

We bought with the intention of bouncing around & staying somewhere different for each trip. So far we've done OKW and VWL and in July will be a value studio at AKV (we have stayed in the lodge part before). Unsure about next year at this point. We want to do an extended family trip and don't know what our odds will be of being able to book at AKV - I think our family would be very impressed with it... If we can't get in there for what we need at 7 mo. then we'll probably try SSR or VWL if there's availability.

I would love to try VB in the not too distant future as well. At this rate it will probably be in 2010.:goodvibes

[MinMouse]

We own at BWV and SSR. Most of our stays are at BWV but we have stayed at BCV, OKW, SSR & VWL. AKL is still on our to do list as is VB and HH. We want to try all the DVC resorts. It's fun to enjoy all that DVC has to offer but it also feels great to go where it truly feels like "home."

[UP Disney]

We really enjoyed our home resort, SSR, and want to go back but we've decided we are going to try out other resorts. We usually go during the slow seasons. So far, we have only stayed at OKW. We are looking at a fall trip and want to try somewhere else that trip.

[disneymom8589]

We're taking our 3rd DVC trip in July and it will be our 3rd resort. 1st was SSR last July, then AKV last month, and on our upcoming trip we'll be at BWV. It's been fun trying the different resorts and seeing what each has to offer. Each resort is uniquely themed and great for its own reasons. :lovestruc

[Pootle]

After 12 years' membership it's still OKW and VB for us - where we own.

We have a small number of BWV points so we could do the occasional stay with BW view. We did this last month and wondered why we'd bothered - in future those points will likely be used at 7 months for OKW :love: .

Truth is, we just prefer OKW and VB and apart from HH (which we tried once and enjoyed) we have no interest in any of the others.

[DVC Mike]

I own at VWL, BCV, BWV, AKV's and that is it for me.

You have great taste and fabulous sensibility in picking your home resorts!

;)

[simzac]

We have been members for only 2 years, but have already stayed at OKW, HHI, and VBR. All were fantastic. We hope to be able to try them all out some day.:goodvibes

[nzdisneymom]

We generally go with whatever is available and most cost-effective at the time. But not always. We love OKW because of the extra roominess, but we own at SSR so when we want to book far-out, then we'll book there (and check later on to change if we need to - we just did this for our stay at the Boardwalk in October - we had SSR but wanted Boardwalk because DH will be doing the Race for the Taste -- so we got SSR because we wanted to be guaranteed of a place to stay and then booked Boardwalk when we were within the 7-month window and then cancelled SSR).

We're staying at Beach Club next weekend because we've never stayed there and thought we'd like to try it out -- not cost-effective for us point-wise as it's a weekend, but it is the end-of-school trip and the kids have been wanting to try out Stormalong Bay.

We like Wilderness Lodge Villas around the winter holidays.

With Boardwalk and Beach Club stays upcoming, we'll have stayed at the main five plus Vero Beach. We hope to get in at Hilton Head for some days in March/April '09, and of course we'd love to stay at AKV to try them out - but probably for a trip where we aren't planning to go to the parks.

[dvc at last !]

I like to try different resorts,
but the points for stays at OKW can not be beat !

:cool1:

[JaxDisneyFans]

We always book the annual big trip at SSR our home resort, but are trying the others for the short trips. So far we like them all, but :love: SSR.

[WDWLVR]

We've given just about all the resorts a try and prefer our home of Boardwalk. Having said that we will still stay at other resorts for variety.

[DisneyFreaks]

Our home resort is SSR and we love it there. But I would like to try each DVC resort at least once. So far we've stayed at SSR, BWV, & OKW. My family didn't care for BWV (:confused3 ) but we all fell madly in love with OKW.

[Mickey'sApprentice]

Other than HHI, we've only stayed at our home at BWV.

April 2007 - Hubby wanted our first trip "home" to be at "home".
January 2008 - Needed a std. studio / pref. BWV to OKW for studio stay.
March 2009 - Going with Epcot lovers who haven't stayed near Epcot.

I'm pretty sure our next trip after March 2009 will be at a different resort, and we may still change to BCV at 7 months, just for a change.

[HayGan]

We are new members (just sent Fed Ex package back on Tues) and we bought because of our desire to stay at different places every trip! Since 2005 we have stayed at Poly, Pop, OKW, Pop, POFQ and our stay in August is at SSR. Next June we will be making our first trip home to AKV for 6 nights and then another DVC resort for another 5 nights. We can't wait to try out all the resorts (except for GF as we have no desire to stay there!)

[Inkmahm]

We own at three resorts and I have finally figured out a rotation for us (will get there by 2010...)

Spring is AKV
October is BWV for F&W festial
December is VWL

[abeyst]

We own at three resorts and I have finally figured out a rotation for us (will get there by 2010...)

Spring is AKV
October is BWV for F&W festial
December is VWL

I think I like your plan! :thumbsup2

[wisbucky]

We have yet to stay at WLV and BCV. We don’t own there and so when I usually book our trips I do it at the 11-month window. I have tried on several occasions to get into these resorts but have met with no luck for the entire trip. So the answer would be yes we try different resorts. We originally fell in love with OKW and didn’t think we would want to stay any place else. But we ventured out. And love it.

[Jayroo38]

...I have been to WDW four times in my life. My son has been twice. When I was young with my family we stayed at Royal Plaza, then Polynesian. With my son we stayed at All-Star Sports, Vero Beach, then Polynesian. We are going back this spring and it will be Beach Club Villas. My home resort is SSR and I have yet to make it there. I figure I have 40 plus years to stay at my home resort. Variety is the spice of life.

[TMB1203]

We've stayed at OKW, BWV, SSR and our home resort VWL.
I want to stay at AKV, but the last trip, it was booked. I have booked VWL for Spring 2009 and may try to change to AKV when the 7 mo window opens. Otherwise, we LOVE our home resort and our preference is to stay there.

[AKV707]

W:lmao: e have stayed at OKW (loved it) and will be staying at our home resort AKV for the first time in 45 days! We plan on many AKV trips, but have OKW, VB, and BWV stays planned for future years. We love F&W. so a BWV add on may have to happen some day!

[Chim Chiminy]

No, so far we have stayed at BCV, OKW, SSR, VWL and HHI.
We have also stayed at ASMovies, POR, and POP. Will be staying this summer at SOG as well.

Our upcoming trip we will be staying at.......drumroll please.....BCV, BWV, VB and SSR.

We have stayed at OKW three times, can't beat the points! And SSR twice. Love them all, each for their own unique qualities.
I don't fret too much if we cannot book what we want, we what's available. Sometimes we waitlist, but not always. We really do enjoy each resort.