The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners & Lovers Group - 2.0

[justkeepswimmin]

We have had addonitis 3 times now and we still find ourselves point poor. Glad to see I am not alone!

Rather than adding on at VGC though, we may be looking for a small contract at Saratoga Springs to use for our WDW and Aulani trips. We loved Aulani and can see us returning there every few years and like to squeeze in a trip to WDW once in a while and it kills me to use my VGC points for anything other than VGC. I love my home resort!

We have a June UY and did our last add on direct last February after an amazing stay at VGC for the Tinkerbell Half Marathon. Getting ready to stay there again for the event and could really see this becoming an annual thing for our family. My constant state of borrowing is really stressing my dh out.

 

[Susie63]

Thanks.

 

[nunzia]

Points are not evenly distributed across the 8 UYs

That was what I thought also and when I mentioned how scarce March use years were he told me that they all had the same number of points distributed amoung them..hmm..dunno..sure don't see March pop up very often.

 

[Lucille1963]

Good Morning from our lovely DVC Villa! The sun is just coming up over Grizzly Peak and my husband is getting ready to run to Ralph Brennan's for beignets. Thanks for all the tips!!

 

[sechelt]

Good Morning from our lovely DVC Villa! The sun is just coming up over Grizzly Peak and my husband is getting ready to run to Ralph Brennan's for beignets. Thanks for all the tips!!

Which unit are you in?

 

[hjgaus]

Good Morning from our lovely DVC Villa! The sun is just coming up over Grizzly Peak and my husband is getting ready to run to Ralph Brennan's for beignets. Thanks for all the tips!!

YES!!! Their beignets are THE BEST!!! Especially when hot & freshly made!! ENJOY!!!

 

[Nonsuch]

The sun is just coming up over Grizzly Peak

Please post a picture

...my husband is getting ready to run to Ralph Brennan's for beignets.

Yum

 

[Lucille1963]

Darn it. Ralph Brennan's didn't open til 8 so we ended up making do with leftover plane snacks. Von's makes their delivery this afternoon. I'll try to post pictures later. Our room is on the fourth floor facing Grizzly peak.

 

[EEyorelover22]

That was our most favorite place to have dinner!
Enjoy your stay! LOVE IT THERE!!
that is the view we had...loved it.

 

[franandaj]

Have you ever rented out your points? We are staying on 2 seperate reservations this month and next and I really want to go back for my 50th in Sept.If we do it will most likely be on rented points.I was warned that if I stayed in a DVC unit I would never be able to return to a standard room again

I've rented points before, but only to people I've either been friends with or friends of friends. I also have to be in a place of abundance of points to do it. So far I'm doing pretty well on using up my 2012 points and a lot of the 2013 ones are spoken for too! If they bring back F&W in CA, then I will be getting on that waiting list for more points at the VGC!

 

[kerickson]

My husband has officially decreed 2014 a no travel year

Was supposed to be this year after our trip to Aulani, but we decided to get APs so we'll now be going to Disneyland 3 times!

Our first was Christmas week. We stayed offsite to save points and use my husband's Sheraton points. Man was it difficult to walk by the Grand and not go up to our room! We even hung out in the lobby one day. It was raining so the kids sat down and watched cartoons while my husband and I relaxed and enjoyed the Christmas decorations. I was so envious of all those folks checking in!

I now have a VGC stay booked for the 1st week of June and 2nd week of Dec. I can't wait to walk into the villa and feel at home again! Also looking forward to the pools/spa and proximity to Carsland!

So I'm out of VGC points until 2015, but I still have my SSR points staring at me. What to do!

 

[ACDSNY]

Congrats Angela! I know you were thinking about it. I hope it happens.

If not, I may be able to help. I have WAY too many points since they canceled the FW Festival. In fact I just booked a Grand Villa for one night in November for the sole reason that I could! That was with banked 2012 points and I still have some 2012 points left to play with not to mention no current plans for my 2013 points either.

If the points don't come through we'll have to talk about some 2013 points. Thanks!

 

[Greysword]

My husband has officially decreed 2014 a no travel year


So I'm out of VGC points until 2015, but I still have my SSR points staring at me. What to do!

Just tell him your fellow DISers said...

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

That was what I thought also and when I mentioned how scarce March use years were he told me that they all had the same number of points distributed amoung them..hmm..dunno..sure don't see March pop up very often.

Nope - it's not spread evenly.

Time to guide your guide! (JK - not even a consideration).

 

[nunzia]

Nope - it's not spread evenly.

Time to guide your guide! (JK - not even a consideration).

Yea..I thought the statement was odd..but my guide is a senior guide and well respected so I certainly wasn't going to question him.

 

[goofy farmer]

Thank You Nonsuch for all the infomation that provide to everybody on this list. We used your advice for rooms, and when we went in Dec, we recieved the best 1 bedroom - room 6502
Again thank you for everything.

 

[Mousequake]

I've got to add another thanks to nonsuch and others who have provided room recommendations as well. We checked in for our first stay renting points yesterday and got 4506. Would have liked 5506 just a bit more, but I'm not complaining at all-- we have a FANTASTIC view and watched WoC from our balcony last night.

 

[Lucille1963]

I've got to add another thanks to nonsuch and others who have provided room recommendations as well. We checked in for our first stay renting points yesterday and got 4506. Would have liked 5506 just a bit more, but I'm not complaining at all-- we have a FANTASTIC view and watched WoC from our balcony last night.

Waving from down the hall!!

 

[BlazerFan]

I've got to add another thanks to nonsuch and others who have provided room recommendations as well. We checked in for our first stay renting points yesterday and got 4506. Would have liked 5506 just a bit more, but I'm not complaining at all-- we have a FANTASTIC view and watched WoC from our balcony last night.

When do you check out? We're checking in on Friday with a request for 5506 or 4506 We've stayed in both and enjoyed WoC from the balcony. In the summers when there are 3 shows, we are usually headed to bed by show #3 so we just leave the patio door cracked and listen to the music!

 

[hjgaus]

When do you check out? We're checking in on Friday with a request for 5506 or 4506 We've stayed in both and enjoyed WoC from the balcony. In the summers when there are 3 shows, we are usually headed to bed by show #3 so we just leave the patio door cracked and listen to the music!

We ALWAYS do the SAME thing when we're there!!