OP - Yes, VGC offerings are slim because there's not nearly as many points/owners as there are at other resorts ... I'm not shopping atm but I do like to keep an eye out just in case we end up with some extra cash somehow and I find a contract I can't resist.
Last I'd heard there was still a wait list (though I'm not sure if that was for all UY or just some) though people's names seem to be coming up more quickly now than they were a year ago. For the add-on we did, we got on the wait list for our UY (June), and then we saw a perfectly-sized contract on the resale market with a different year and we jumped on it, fortunately it was right after VGC sold out and before they were ROFRing contracts so we got it for $82/pp but I don't think one can buy resale for less than $90 now that Disney has people waiting. It might behoove you to get on the waitlist while you look for resale contracts, then your name will be higher on the list later if you decide to give up looking for resale. Or if your name comes up and you have already found a contract you like you can decline to buy or take your name off the waitlist when you find one.
Gosh, I wish I could be so bold as to join the wait list now but there's a few things currently in the way.
My DH is a huge penny pincher and I'm just starting to be able to get him to come around to the idea of owning DVC. I've been researching it on and off for years including back when VGC was first being offered. (Drat!) But we couldn't really justify the expense back then. We've moved states and sold and bought a new house all within the past year. DH got a much better paying job and we're hoping to get a nice bonus hopefully this summer. But I would only feel comfortable buying if the bonus was twice what the buy in cost is.
So we are trying to plan a trip for April 2013 which we basically just decided on and invited my DH parents to tag along. It would be 4-5 adults and 3 kids so we'd be needing a 2br Villa or book 2 standard GCH rooms. I priced out renting points for the villa vs booking 2 standard rooms and kinda feel like if I am going to spend the money anyway, I would rather put it towards DVC ownership. We usually only go once every 2-3 years so an entry size 160 point contract would be ok for banking/borrowing for us.
Trying to piece together an ideal theoretical situation...
If I want to be able to book April 2013, I need to call between May 2012 and Sept 2012 if I want to be in the 11 month window but before all the 7 month people? (Is that right?)
If I want to be able to have 3 years worth of points, I will need to have 2011 points banked into 2012 UY, and borrow the points from 2013 UY? (I hope I am understanding this, but if not someone will correct me
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We used to go to DL in the Halloween season but with the kids getting older, I think we need to change our usual travel time to keep with the school schedule of a the week after President's Day or the 3rd week of April.
What UY would work out best considering that I would need to bank and borrow points and I probably won't have any bonus money until August?
I don't think I'd be able to find the right resale contract that would meet my needs and be able to close/process in time to make the res. I'm actually starting to feel kind of bummed because typing it all out, it seems like a lot of things have to fall into place. I'm not even confident that I'd be able to rent the points from someone because of the high owner demand. Ugh! Why didn't we have any money 3 years ago??