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

kelly3kids said:
It was mentioned that self parking is free for DVC. My husband asked if you have to have GCV as your home resort to get the free parking. We are only asking because three years ago, right after we become members, we stayed there and had to pay for parking. We didn't stay in a Villa though. It was a regular room because that's all they had. We just want to budget right. Thanks.
Thank you for the suggestion on specific room numbers.
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Did you use points for the regular hotel room? Hotel reservations through DVC points (NOT PAYED reservation) should have the same parking benefits as staying in the villas. It should not matter if VGC is your home resort OR NOT.
We do this often and have no problems with FREE self parking.
 
hjgaus said:
Did you use points for the regular hotel room? Hotel reservations through DVC points (NOT PAYED reservation) should have the same parking benefits as staying in the villas. It should not matter if VGC is your home resort OR NOT.
We do this often and have no problems with FREE self parking.
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Just to be curious . . . how far away is the self-parking lot?
 
Ok, I am not sure why we had to pay then. Yes, we used our point in a regular room because it was our first time using them after we became members and at that point the villas were sold out. We still had to pay $35 a day for self parking. It was in 2012. I am sure this summer will be different and we will not have to pay. At Aulani we did not pay for self parking so I just wanted to check.

Thanks.
 
sgrap said:
Just to be curious . . . how far away is the self-parking lot?
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It is across the street.
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This is a picture from the Paradise Pier Hotel looking over the VGC parking lot. (The AMC movie theater is in the background)
 
Has anyone not had enough points, even with borrowing, and paid the rest? Can you even do that? Is this a good route to go or would it be better to buy more points? We are thinking about 2016 already and wanting to look at something a little bigger then we normally do.
 
kelly3kids said:
Has anyone not had enough points, even with borrowing, and paid the rest? Can you even do that? Is this a good route to go or would it be better to buy more points? We are thinking about 2016 already and wanting to look at something a little bigger then we normally do.
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You have a few options if you don't have enough points:
You can get one time use points from DVC but that is limited to 24 in a use year and can only be done at 7 months. You can get a transfer of VGC points from another member.
You can rent the additional days from another member and have MS note that you have a continuing stay.
You can have MS see if they have the nights you need to book with a member discount.

If you will have an ongoing need for more points instead of just for a single trip you can look for a resale contract to purchase. You also could get on a waitlist to buy direct from DVC but those are apparently so long that it would almost certainly be faster to buy resale.
 
KAT4DISNEY said:
You have a few options if you don't have enough points:
You can get one time use points from DVC but that is limited to 24 in a use year and can only be done at 7 months. You can get a transfer of VGC points from another member.
You can rent the additional days from another member and have MS note that you have a continuing stay.
You can have MS see if they have the nights you need to book with a member discount.

If you will have an ongoing need for more points instead of just for a single trip you can look for a resale contract to purchase. You also could get on a waitlist to buy direct from DVC but those are apparently so long that it would almost certainly be faster to buy resale.
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Thank you this is great information. This is also a silly question but what does MS stand for. I can usually figure them out but this one I can't seem to think through. :)
 
Good Morning,

Spending 12/9 - 12/12 after returning from Aulani... Then back to the East Coast... First time Disneyland Holiday visit. We have a 2 bedroom Villa - 6 of us... so excited. Looking for recommendations for best view of Paradise Pier and must do events.
Thank you,
:-)
 
disneymom17 said:
Good Morning,

Spending 12/9 - 12/12 after returning from Aulani... Then back to the East Coast... First time Disneyland Holiday visit. We have a 2 bedroom Villa - 6 of us... so excited. Looking for recommendations for best view of Paradise Pier and must do events.
Thank you,
:-)
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See the post on page 148, there's a diagram of the views and the room #'s. I've been successful requesting a list of room #'s. For example, for a 1 bedroom 6502, 5502, 4502, 5508, 4508. We got 4502.
 
I am thinking of going to Disneyland for the first time ever next August, how difficult is it to get a reservation here at the 7 month point it would be myslf and DW only so happy with a studio, or would I be better off renting/ transfering someone elses VGC points to my account for booking here ?
 
How flexible are your dates?

We are currently 4 for 4 with our trips to DL and the VGC at the 7 month mark, September, October and 2 in December.

If you can book online right at 8am, on the day your 7 month window opens you should be ok, give or take a day or two. :)
 
bellazachmom said:
How flexible are your dates?

We are currently 4 for 4 with our trips to DL and the VGC at the 7 month mark, September, October and 2 in December.

If you can book online right at 8am, on the day your 7 month window opens you should be ok, give or take a day or two. :)
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OK thanks, I have not firmed up dates yet but it likely will be in the second couple of weeks of August 2016, I will be traveling to Arizona, Nevada and California as part of a 18 day or so vacation, I should be able to tie the Disney bit in if there tends to be availability for a couple of days at the 7 day window
 
tubtruck said:
Was this 1 bedroom through choice or through the only thing left ?
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It was choice. Both cases were the Sunday through Wednesday nights before D23. I believe the studio was gone for Wednesday night when I booked this year, through the weekend. We planned PPH for Thursday through Saturday nights on my friends CM discount. If D23 was not that weekend, I don't think a studio would have been a problem. D23 is every 2 years, so not in 2016.
 
Does anyone know, and it might be on one of these pages, if DVC members can pool hop between the three hotels? I heard there are blocked days. If so, do you know when that is?
 
kelly3kids said:
Does anyone know, and it might be on one of these pages, if DVC members can pool hop between the three hotels? I heard there are blocked days. If so, do you know when that is?
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No pool hopping at Disneyland. What I have read is that if you're staying at VGC, you can rent a cabana at DLH for half or a full day (or the other way around), and that allows you to use that pool. You pay for that though.
 
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