Jkpark
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2012
How did you make your decision to own at two resorts? Do you own same # of points at both? Same or different UY?
We currently own 160 SSR pts (Dec UY). We are only one year in and so far we have booked a 2BR Theme park BLT in Sept (only one night and as soon as 7 month window opened), a week in an ocean view studio at Aulani (again, I was online right at the 7 month window), and two one night studio stays at VGC have come through via waitlist. I live in AZ so my trips to Hawaii or Florida are mapped out in my head more than a year out. My trips to Disneyland are much more last minute. We stayed at SSR through an RCI exchange before buying and loved it there - so we bought there knowing we would be happy to stay there.
I have addonitis and am wondering what makes the most sense for me and how I travel. As much as VGC is close - I wouldn't get any benefit there as I would usually be booking within the 7 month window. I don't think I would visit Aulani enough to justify buying there. For me, that leaves the WDW resorts.
Let's say I try BCV - I would only be able to use my BCV pts at 11 months out. So would a 50 pt contract at a different resort do anything for me? At the same time, if I wanted to treat the whole family to SSR, I couldn't use the new BCV pts until 7 months out. How do people juggle this? It would give me more points to use at any resort at 7 months out, but am I forced to buy a sizeable contract (and not just an add on) at another resort to make it worthwhile? I haven't stayed at a ton of resorts yet - so I don't know what my favorite will be. Assuming it will be an EPCOT resort, I don't want to wait 5 years to decide and further shorten the years on the contract.
And then the UY question - is it easier to keep the same UY so you can bank at the same time, or to stagger them so you have more flexibility with cancelling. Does that just further complicate things. I don't travel the same month each year to the same place. Would it make me more confused guessing which contract to use based on priority booking versus what if I cancel?
These are all the questions running through my mind. Anyone who can shares their experiences? Appreciate you reading through my rambling and any help you can offer
We currently own 160 SSR pts (Dec UY). We are only one year in and so far we have booked a 2BR Theme park BLT in Sept (only one night and as soon as 7 month window opened), a week in an ocean view studio at Aulani (again, I was online right at the 7 month window), and two one night studio stays at VGC have come through via waitlist. I live in AZ so my trips to Hawaii or Florida are mapped out in my head more than a year out. My trips to Disneyland are much more last minute. We stayed at SSR through an RCI exchange before buying and loved it there - so we bought there knowing we would be happy to stay there.
I have addonitis and am wondering what makes the most sense for me and how I travel. As much as VGC is close - I wouldn't get any benefit there as I would usually be booking within the 7 month window. I don't think I would visit Aulani enough to justify buying there. For me, that leaves the WDW resorts.
Let's say I try BCV - I would only be able to use my BCV pts at 11 months out. So would a 50 pt contract at a different resort do anything for me? At the same time, if I wanted to treat the whole family to SSR, I couldn't use the new BCV pts until 7 months out. How do people juggle this? It would give me more points to use at any resort at 7 months out, but am I forced to buy a sizeable contract (and not just an add on) at another resort to make it worthwhile? I haven't stayed at a ton of resorts yet - so I don't know what my favorite will be. Assuming it will be an EPCOT resort, I don't want to wait 5 years to decide and further shorten the years on the contract.
And then the UY question - is it easier to keep the same UY so you can bank at the same time, or to stagger them so you have more flexibility with cancelling. Does that just further complicate things. I don't travel the same month each year to the same place. Would it make me more confused guessing which contract to use based on priority booking versus what if I cancel?
These are all the questions running through my mind. Anyone who can shares their experiences? Appreciate you reading through my rambling and any help you can offer