What is your #1 reason for purchasing ?

[KNWVIKING]

Be as specific as possible. Why did you buy ? We all get upset about pool hopping issues, valet parking, DC points.... you name it and we'll complain about it. But what's the one thing DVC better not screw with, because if they do they are really to get it-both barrels,from YOU.

[loribell]

I bought it to be able to stay onsite. It doesn't matter where to me, just as long as I can stay onsite. So I guess I'm safe, huh?

[Dumbo]

I bought strictly because of the location of Boardwalk Villas. If DVC would never had built BWV, and only had to offer OKW, HH, VB, and VWL I would never had bought into DVC.

Dumbo

[Eeyore2U]

We bought BWV for the Boardwalk location. We bought VWL for more points and BWV was sold out. The reason we bought was we love onsite and for the most part we only want to go to WDW.

[one_cat]

We bought to save money. We wanted to be able to bring our children (at that time not yet born) to WDW multiple times and stay on site without breaking our bank account.

The only things that would make us sell besides personal financial situation would be if they changed the point schedules at the Boardwalk so we had to buy more points to stay - which would be against the law - or if the Disney resorts deteriorated to the point where they were no longer a place I would want to bring my children. Unlikely in my opinion.

[Firefighter Mickey]

We bought because it forces us to take a vacation from time to time. We didn't know much about timeshare at the time, but figured that Disney was probably a pretty safe bet.

[ceejay13]

We bought because we were planning at least one yearly trip and found the accomodations so much better for the same money we were paying at the moderates. We now do two a year and have added on once. (You just never have enough points.) It was like pre-paying for years of Disney vacations.

[jasmine206]

We just bought because we decided (after trips to many other theme parks) that WDW is the place that we want to vacation with our kids. Besides loving at as much as our DDs do, it is CLEAN, safe and nonsmoking in the parks. We wanted to stay at the home away from home resorts and we wouldn't be able to swing it without the purchase!

[prplcrzy]

We bought specifically because of the ability to go on vacation and not feel like we were staying in a cramped little hotel room. We can spread out, relax and stay in our own bedroom while our daughter sleeps in the next room, we can watch T.V. and not have to whisper and worry about waking her up. I really feel like i am at a home away from home, and I like it.

[prplcrzy]

We also bought because we love Disney. Iwas going to put that in my original post but I figured this was understood by all. I mean don't you all love the mouse?

[teri]

We bought because it is a good value compared to moderates for frequent visitors...and thus an excellent value compared to the Deluxe resorts. We have 2 special needs kids, one is on a special diet and is very sensitive, and we tend to spend more time at the room than other average families. It is nice to have kitchen facilities so that we don't have to fuss at restaurants all the time, and to be able to relax in a comfortable space. Also, we plan ahead for special family time, and this was the best possible alternative for our family to investing in a 'cabin by the lake' or anything like that. We can use the points offsite or for non-DVC resorts or cruises if we really want to, but I can find better deals through other agencies and promotions. It is such a great value to stay at the DVC resorts that I am quite happy with the purchase. It is an investment in family time together.

[Joe T.]

We bought to lock-in our WDW vacation cost. We stayed at the Poly in 1977 for $56 per night. If rates continue at that rate for the next 25 years the cost will be $1000. Along with the admission prices, and food, which are somewhat controllable, we would not be able to afford our favorite vacation. Unless, I hit that $130,000,000 lottery tonight.

[Merilyn]

We bought OKW before there was any other DVC place. We bought into DVC when we found it to be a great thing to do and loved WDW so much. We had already stayed at OKW on a cash basis, so we knew how much it would cost to stay there. It is a great value for those who love Disney and trading off has been great, also.

[TheWho]

I wanted to stay on site.
DVC is the best value for that.
I'm also a snob.:D

[rbuzzotta]

We go often and and is definetly worth it! We love the flexibility of not just having a specific week or two. Wish we had done it sooner.............

[dianeschlicht]

WE purchased so we could stay a great accommodations on-site for our yearly WDW vacation. Saving money was also a guiding force in our decision to buy. Since that time, we have also come to LOVE OKW, so we don't really see ourselves staying anywhere else in the near future. We have had 8 trips as members, and couldn't be happier. We are even taking advantage of an exchange we made next year, so we are happier still with our purchase.

[perdidobay]

MY DH and I decided to buy because we will soon be empty nesters and we like staying onsite and love WL so VWL was a natural. I want to have a reason to go places and travel after my youngest leaves for college next year and planning and looking forward to vacations gives me something to keep from missing her. Knowing that room rates keep rising also helped us decide to buy as a way to keep the cost down, for the long turn.:)

[DeeP]

I bought DVC because we were going to WDW 1-2 times a year and once I added up what I had spent at staying at WDW resorts over a few years it was a no brainer. DVC is one of the best investments I have ever made. Now that we own DVC we go to WDW 3-4 times a year! I am afraid to add on more DVC points--we might never come home! LOL!!

[Crissup]

I bought specifically to allow me to stay at the BWV at a significant cost savings. They could take away all the other resort options and I would still be fine as long as I could stay at the BWV (that doesn't mean I wouldn't scream like crazy as it was happening). Exchanging within DVC is a bonus, not a requirement for me. Had I not purchased at the resort I wanted, then trading would be a requirement.

[Bill K]

We bought in so that we could upgrade from a moderate resort to a deluxe. We visited DW once a year and it made sense for us. We love the atmosphere and location of BWV. I think it important to stay on-site rather than off.

[Lhargus]

We bought because we travel to WDW 1-3 times a year and DVC provides superior accomodations for a modest price.

[wdwnut]

hi: location of bwv and to save money. we've always stayed at the deluxes on ap rates, but the rates kept going up.

[Towncrier]

We bought in 1995 because it was the only way to get on site reservations at the end of July with only three weeks notice. Of course I also realized that it would put us on track to take an annual WDW vacation.

We bought our resale in 1999 (as it turns out) in order to have enough points to take a DCL cruise on points. It worked out that our resale had all 1999 and 2000 points intact so we were able to take the money that we would have spent on a cruise and buy points so that we can cruise repeatedly. Of course, my wife holds that reasoning over my head each time that I try to convince her that we should pay cash for another cruise or to extend our stays at WDW.

[pentex]

We bought shortly after the birth of our first child. We did so to ensure that our vacations would continue for us and for our children. Since WDW and staying onsite was a top priority, and since this would save us tons of money over the years, we decided on DVC!

[Mary Ellen]

We bought because of the BWV location and being able to lock in our vacation costs at a reasonable price.

[LauraS]

We bought because we love to stay on-site at least every other year at WDW. OKW was always attractive financially, but we always stayed at the Yacht or Beach and loved that resort. Once the Boardwalk area was built, well we loved that area even more. When DVC built BWV, we knew that it was time for us to join. Paying $2000-$3000 year in and year out for a weeks stay at the Yacht or Beach was getting to be a bit much. We are now thrilled with our purchase. Financially it is a wonderful savings and we love our home resort so much that right now we can't imagine staying anywhere else. If we do decide to go for a more laid back resort like the beautiful OKW, or a beach vacation like a stay at VB or HH....it is there!! I hope to stay at them all. Wouldn't sell my membership for nothing....even with all the DC hubub.

Laura

[Granny]

We bought because we love to visit WDW and stay on-site, but were only doing so every couple of years because of the cost of accommodations (yeah, we were spoiled by WL and refused to stay anywhere else).

DVC membership allows us to take the kids every year to Orlando, which everyone agreed is the best place to go.

So, since you were looking for one reason, it's because the DVC membership allows us to feel the MAGIC every year.


Oh yeah....when we are empty nested (in about 10 years), we look forward to multiple trips per year and doing the golf thing we don't have time for now!

Okay, I cheated and gave you two reasons!



Granny

[sgtpet]

You're great Granny.

You make me want to buy into DVC. I wish more folks were like you.

Thank you

[raidermatt]

#1 reason was the desire to make frequent trips to WDW and stay on-site in a deluxe accomodation.

So since the point cost cannot be increased at the current resorts, the only thing that they better not mess with is the quality of the DVC accomodations.


:mad: ;)


Pool hopping is no big deal for us, and we will only use a car to make the occasional side trips to other Florida destinations, like Universal.

[RumpleMom]

One of my reasons for joining DVC is those darn soap dispensers at All-Star resorts. I'm serious, now stop laughing.

When the All-Stars stopped giving bars of soap and installed soap dispensers in the shower/bathtub, they placed them on the wall at a level that could only be used by someone taking a shower. You take a bath, you can't reach the dispenser! I hadn't brought along a bar of soap and using the bar from the sink area was inconvenient. Also found double beds uncomfortable, when we are used to a queen bed at home. These two things made us realize we would need to go back to moderates for soap or bring our own, but queen beds are only available in the deluxe resorts. We realized WDW vacations would be too expensive for our family of 4 to stay at deluxe resorts for our usual 10 day vacation. Instead of cutting our stay to 5 nights in a deluxe, we bought DVC to assure the same length of vacation, have queen or king beds and no darn soap dispenser.

[lodgelady]

With DVC we can afford a 10 day vacation every year rather than a 7 day, and in a better resort to boot!!! :jester: Just thinking of our next vacation makes me so happy!

[RONfromRI]

10) Flexibility
9) Able to eat 3 all-you-can-eat buffets on the same day, then go to Beaches and Cream for a light late night snack.
8) Flexibility
7) My not so brilliant brother already agreed to buy my DVC interest in 2042 for 1/2 price.
6) My wife really believes she is traveling around the world every time we go to epcot
5) Flexibility
4) E-RIDE... the ability to pay $12, wait in line to get a paper bracelet so you won't have to wait in line, then find out you still have to wait in line
3) Able to frequently visit my deceased parents who now live in the haunted mansion
2) Flexibility
1) And the number 1 reason why I bought into DVC.... I LIKE MICE!!!



PS Did I mention the flexibility.

[mickey7861]

We bought just to have deluxe accomodations paid for in advance without the annoyance of having to try to get "a deal" every year. Being able to use the larger unit sizes (compared to hotel rooms) also was a factor with 2 teenagers.

[Granny]

RONfrom RI.....awesome posts here and on the "#1 reason for selling" thread!

It's great to feel the humor and general good will some recent threads have brought out. Now that's the DIS board I've come to know and love.

THANKS to you and all who keep the magic flowing during the long times away from "home".

[trishy]

#1 - The accomodations for a family of 5 are comfortable.

[Buzzro]

Family, Fun, and a love for Disney

[sumessefui]

We enjoy going to WDW and staying in deluxe rooms. This was getting very expensive and it was still just a hotel room. At OKW it is like having your own home in WDW. The flexibility is also very nice. Nice enough to do an addon at OKW and another at HH.

[TriciaT]

We are a family of four and decided to buy because ideally we would like to go to Disney at least once a year. By purchasing DVC, we don't have to shop for good rates, or worry about being able to afford a $5 or 6,000 vacation. By purchasing annual passes, using points for accomodations, being able to eat at least breakfast in our room, and driving from NJ, we can vacation at Disney for much less and go more often. And if we can't get to Disney, or on a year when we don't have annual passes, we can always have a wonderful and different vacation at Hilton Head or Vero Beach.

[gscott8075]

Here are all of my reasons for spending all this money on my "undivded real estate interest which expires in 2042"


-3. I love making the bed. Now, I can without worrying about offending the maids.

-2. So that I could spend $15,000 to buy points so I could tell my fellow passengers that we were crusing for free.

-1. We went to Orlando in 1995 and stayed in some off site dump - there was a big Palmetto bug on the pillow and I would not touch the thing. My wife told me I better figure it out and this year, I discovered DIS and then DVC. We wound up taking the entire pillow outside - awful!

0. I needed to justify a new computer purchase and the DVC point manager was the new "killer app" to convince my wife that I had to have it. But, to justifiy the need for the DVC point manager, I had to buy points to manage.

1. So I would stop lurking and be able to participate in DIS.

2. Bought a small contract at OKW to try to get a Grand Villa forcing Rich to waitlist because he emailed MS while I called so he could express his concerns about small contracts taking away members flexibility.

3. Bought another small contract Hilton Head so I could tell Rich that I really had a big contract, so that I could wave to Dean as he passed me on the way to Marriot, and so I could have lunch with Doc and his family someday.

4. So that I could learn the value of 11 months, of making 5 separate reservations for a 5 night stay.

5. For the experience of making reservations somewhere I didn't want to go so I could get on a waitlist to stay somewhere else.

6. I really wanted a DVC tote bag.



All kidding aside, everyone here has been an invaluable resource for assisting me with DVC this year. I am indebted to the great group of characters we have on this board.

We did three DVC trips this year - and I would not have paid the cash price to stay in these places. DVC has given me the ability to provide my family with terrific vacation options without regard to cost. After one year, I am thrilled.

[mzzbuzzlightyear]

My number reason for purchasing DVC was because I have loved WDW from the very beginning. I "Disneyed out" my 3 children, DH and DM years ago...but guess what? Now we have 5 DGS and 1 DGD! So, I have an entire new group of Disney lovers!

Now, my kids and their spouses, as well as my DH, also love to go!
It is so wonderful to see the Magic through the eyes of children!

How can I ever wait until November to be at BWV?:bounce: :bounce: :pinkbounc

June

[Peggy Sue]

You guys are killing me! I love the soap dispenser reason..hey, it sounded like a valid reason to me! Thanks for the giggles!

Our number one reason...

F L E X I B I L I T Y -- The ability to travel when we want to travel, pick the size unit we want to stay in, and the option of staying at several different DVC resorts. It's pure heaven!

We LOVE DVC, and all the wonderful vacations we have enjoyed since joining in 1997. It's the first time share presentation that didn't leave us with the impression that we should run away as fast as our legs would carry us..I mean, we had to insist that we really wanted to purchase before we went home during our 1997 vacation...they tried to convince us to go home and think about it and they would mail the contract to us. Now, compare that to other time share presentations who chased us out into the parking lot when we said no telling us that we were stupid along with a few other choice words.

Love spending time with our DVC manual plotting and planning our next DVC vacations...it's a dream come true!

[DanG]

Once we had our fifth child, there was no way around two hotel rooms or renting on offsite timeshare. We stayed at Vistana once and the units were threadbare and they tried to put us in a room on a main highway.

Now I can get a two bedroom unit on site and GV with my Vero Beach points in beautiful accomodations.

DanG

[MiknMinMouse]

Because #1 we got what we considered to be a great deal. We own a trad time share that we bought first thinking Disney would be too expensive and we could never aford it. Boy were we wrong. Our Disney time share cost less than our traditional with a flexibility we love AND we can stay on site.

#2 ~ We wouldn't be able to go to Disney every year without being DVC members.

#3 ~ How else could we stay at a resort as cool as BV?

#4 ~ Because I'm a Disney fanatic :-))

[Laurajean1014]

To go on top rate vacations at most minimal cost and have maxium fun!

[Lancearoo]

My wife an I have a 1 1/2 yr. old son. We both LOVE Disney and we started thinking..."There aren't too many places left that still cater the family". Disney has always done a superb job at that.

The Disney Vacation Club was something we could all enjoy through the years. When our son gets older and wants to travel to other places, we'll be able to do that as well.

It just made sense to us...

[prncssjas]

I love this post!!! Okay for us it was simple....for us, buying into DVC just gave me incentive to be able to go YEAR AFTER YEAR--no excuses!!!! Everything else, comes after! LOL! :D

[auntsue]

We just love the whole WDW experience. The magic, the cleanliness, the family atmosphere, and the Disney reputation helped us make the decision to purchase. It's just a feeling that comes over you when you are there.

We have had many opportunities to buy a timeshare in our thirty years of marriage, however the idea of going to Aruba, or Hilton Head, or Williamsburg, or the Poconos every year, forever, just did not appeal to us. (We never thought much about the trading side of timeshares.) But we do love Disney enough to go back year after year, and when we saw the 1BR BWV, it sold itself. So, even though we will be 96 when it expires, and we have no children of our own, we still thought it was right for us.

[Alysa]

Honeymoons every year! :)

We love to travel and so do our parents but my Mum and Dad hadn't taken a trip since they went to England in 1985. We didn't want to end up like that and we love to have fun all together as a family so this Christmas we are taking our entire family of 18 Diney Wold (my nephew calls it that but we haven't told him we are going yet - he is too young to get the concept of 106 sleeps - hey, it is hard for me!!) We love WDW and we were worried about getting tired of it but my DH laghs about that now. He remembers that the last time we drove down, I couldn't sleep so I drove through the night and we ended up in the parking lot of the BWV at 3 am and I sat up every 15 minutes and asked "Do you think we can go in yet?"
With a little one on the way there will be no more crazy road trips like that one but think of all those memories with a new family (just like that winning picture in the DVC quarterly newsletter of the Daddy and his little girl in her princess dress walking towards the carousel - sigh ).
We bought at New Year for the millennium and since then We have gone to Disney twice (three times this December), Vero Beach and Woodstock VT for a divine skiing trip. What young married couple just out of University could ever have managed that? Plus there is also Africa, England, Venice, Paris, New York, the Cruise Line, Australia - Oh Heaven!