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    Banking and Borrowing logistics Example

    That sounds great. Thanks so much for the clarification. -Wayne
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    Banking and Borrowing logistics Example

    My brother wants to book a trip for his extended family in a grand villa at OKW over Thanksgiving. His points are OKW points, so no problem. However he only has a little over a third of the points he needs and he has used up all of his June09UY points already. So he plans to bank all of his...
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    Jambo pool closed

    It looks like they finished cleaning/painting it yesterday and today they started to refill it. But the estimate we got when we checked in last Saturday was Feb 15th. -Wayne
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    Renting Points at BCV vs. BWV for a Wedding

    Not that I have to say anything about booking the rooms other than repeating the other posters mantra of book now. But I can tell you that my wife and I got married at the Wedding Pavillion in 2005, and stayed at the BWV. We actually rented a Grand Villa for most of the week and used it as a...
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    Purchasing BCV versus BWV? Pros and Cons?

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but I love the fact that the walk to Hollywood Studios is also only 10-15 minutes from the backside of the Boardwalk. We usually request a Boardwalk view, and love the walk to either EPCOT or the Studios. When we stayed at BCV, the extra 10-15 minutes...
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    Have you ever been disconnected while talking to MS?

    Last May I was as usual running a bit late on everything, and I called Member Services at the last minute possible to make reservations. We have an October Use Year and with the 4 month rule, May 31st is the last time we could call to bank our points or make a reservation for Disneyland Paris...
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    Snack hut between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland

    Hey! I worked in there in the College Program, Summer 93. My goodness that was a long time ago, but the orange swirls were delicious! Back when it was a part of the Tomorrowland Terrace, and back when my mom bought into the brand new Disney Vacation Club and got a 20% cast member discount...
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    Switching resorts at the 7 month mark

    That's pretty funny as it was going to be my follow up question almost nearly exactly. I was thinking the exact same thing for a trip next fall. I have points right now from my OCT08UY to bank into OCT09UY and make a reservation at my home resort for October to hopefully reserve a room before...
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    Switching resorts at the 7 month mark

    For a clarification, she did in fact check availability for me before she cancelled the reservation. In fact she said there was plenty of inventory so it wouldn't be a problem. But it just got me thinking that what if it was Christmas week and I wanted something else and there was only one...
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    Switching resorts at the 7 month mark

    I've been a member since 2001, yet I've never tried to make a reservation at my home resort, then at 7 months call and try to switch it to a different resort. I did it this morning though, and it worked. But I have a couple questions about the procedure I was hoping someone here could...
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    How do we split points with best friend?

    I purchased a contract with my best friend in 2001. It's been nothing but great so far. We made our purchase through the Timeshare store and put both of our names on the deed. Look at it as a marriage. I made a lifetime commitment to my wife, but this is only for another 32 years :) If...
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    How much do you charge?

    I just sent out an offer to my group of friends and their families. In the past we've rented a giant Oceanfront house in the outer banks of North Carolina for a week, but with all of our growing families, we've grown even too large for that. But I offered to rent a grand villa with my best...
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    Thinking of an add on at BLT...

    I would say go for it! I bought my points before I was married (with kids) and I am so glad I did it when I had the money!:) Also just to make another point, you would only be able to sell that 50 points from AKV it it's a separate contract. Just figure I would mention it since no one else...
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    Saving the Castle Cake Topper

    We had our reception in the LIving Seas, and our cake was filled with sea shells and the like. For our cake topper they covered it in a light brownish granular sugar so it would look more like a sand castle. Fantastic. After we cut the cake, the server asked me how I was taking the topper...
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    Fireworkd Cruise?

    We had a lot of my wife's family coming in to our wedding from England. So to start our wedding week, we met them for a Wishes cruise from the Grand FLoridian. THere were 16 of us in total, so we took 2 pontoon boats. Everyone really enjoyed the trip, and once we got in position to view the...
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    Should we consider buying into DVC?

    The total number of points on a resorts point charts per year is a fixed number. What that means is that the points price may go up for certain room sizes at different times of the year, but it must come down somewhere else on the chart. So your 200 points now should get you the same vacation...
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    how do i get a ring to wdw?

    When I proposed in December, I covertly pulled the ring box from my pocket and put it into my backpack carry on for the security check. I did get a wink and a smile from the TSA agents though. Then after the checkpoint, I put the ring box back in my pocket. You could do this in the bathroom...
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    NYE still available

    I'm also on the waitlist for a BWV two bedroom for NYE. All of the following nights were available through the weekend, but not NYE. I did book a 1 bdrm though as a backup which was available for the whole trip. Depending on how the list goes, someone may get luckky if I have to cancel the...
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    Tropical Storm Lilly

    As I'm posting this from the Magic right now, I can tell you that our Western itinerary got diverted to San Juan, Puerto Rico and St Thomas, USVI with 2 days at sea and 2 days at castaway Cay as well. The weather couldn't have been better for us so far, and I can tell you that the cruise staff...
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    Tropical Storm Lilly

    How does Lili's path affect my cruise next week on the Western Carribbean? I'm starting to get a little nervous. Is it possible the Western Itinerary could be changed to an Eastern Itinerary if there's a hurricne in Grand Cayman? :( Thanks, Wayne
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