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2006 here. The loss of valet parking and being put in the worst rooms vs people paying cash. Marriott prioritizes property owners, MVCI owners, Trades, the masses. Now I just assume I will get the worst room and do not worry. My husband is still bitter about the loss of valet :-)

Honestly I am planning resort only stays with maybe a trip to Epcot to drink LOL. The parks are too full and thisGenie Plus LL pay scheme is a hard no for me. There is plenty to do out of the parks for us so we let our AP expire. When I am on vacation I do not want to plan every day down to...

Thats exactly why we bought it. We stayed there some times off season and LOVED it and then used the points at WDW probably 90% of the time. At the price even with the higher MF it would take years to have them be a factor. We love HHI points - you could always get a small contract to try it...

I have a 50 point contract up for sale. I actually had 3 two have sold, one has not yet but I assume it will sell soon. The diference in price from a strip to loaded is about $10 a point. I am willing to give the buyers a bonus off a nice juicy loaded contract. If it does not sell I will...

I just sold two 50 point AKV contracts to purchase VGF. I loved my AKV but our son is grown so a Savannah room is not a big deal and we are not big AK fans so we rarely stayed there. I feel long term that the monorail resorts will hold up value over the others so that is where I would go. The...

I do not think when someone FIRST buys into DVC they think about that. When I bought I hated BWV and their long hallways and the stupid clown pool. Guess what I adore it now. I love the Boardwalk and the proximity to Epcot and HS but 16 years ago I bought SSR instead because I thought I hated...

I meant that while it is nice for Epcot or HS it is not the same as the monorail to MK. Not a slam at all but lots of people buy DVC when they have young kids and so being close to MK is a bigger pull. Me being claustrophobic and afraid of height (after watching them get stuck) I am not...

In theory RIV should eclipse any other resort as the bright new shiny toy. It seems to be more of a SSR / AKV sell because it is still location location location and being by Epcot or the monorail still hold value. I think the hope was the Gondolas would help but I do not think it has the pull...

Two studios at VGF are less than a 1BR and in the resort studios they mention adjoining options. I cannot fathom choosing RIV over VGF. Then again of all of the resorts my least favorite is Riviera so there is that.

At 207 a point VDF is the no brainer to me if you are doing direct. If not I would probably do SSR.

And many of the people who bought in March did not close in March (me being one) so the numbers are probably going to be brisk for April too as they get the tail end of the DVC only contracts processed. I just did my notary work today and the gal said she was booked with a ton of VDF to do.

Years ago I did a huge family trip with a 2BR and a studio. I did not get a thank you at all, they were rude and even complained that the savanah view was not that great. I looked at my husband and smiled and said they just saved me money because we had planned to buy more points. Now we only...

I have owned DVC 16 years and never used the perks that are now only for blue card expect for the AP. I think you need to figure out how many years the discounted AP would take to pay off. Honestly if that is your only reason I would stay resale.

I always do small contracts. I bought VGF and I split 175 points in 50 50 75. DVC doesn't care (unless I think your original). I sold AKV to pay for my points and my 50 point contracts sold in hours. I would never do a contract bigger than 100.

I have two contracts out (I'm the seller) for AKV and it is taking a looooong time. Its now 30 days which the others I have sold never went that long. They are small loaded AKV contracts and at the high end of the resale market - I thought they would sail through ROFR.

I just did the virtual notary and it was a breeze. I think DVC is making it way too easy to buy LOL

I owned BLT maybe 6-9 months. We bought it with a different UY then the rest of our points and used extra points for a 2 BR Theme park view room and ended up with a low floor parking lot room (these rooms have all been moved out of Theme Park now). What irritated me more was that the lady in...

VGF small contract is a no brainer

The entire 16 years I have been a DVC member I have never bought into "buy where you want to stay." Until now. Today our son is grown and it's just me and the ball and chain and we spend more time at the resort and less at the parks and when we got the brochure for the VGF prices I looked at...

I think Disney can expand in their current parks before they build the 5th (years ago it was rumored to be Villans themed). Epcot still has areas for more countries and with the newer rides shrinking in, there is an opportunity to add value. As it was built to Walt's vision vs as a true park...