Wow this is great info! We're finally doing it and booked a CCV Cabin for our November trip! Bringing both sets of parents which leaves me and DH the pull out couch, but we don't mind bc this trip is all about the cabin! I did not know you could see MK fireworks from any of the cabins (pending they are back by Nov), just the EWP from certain ones. Can you see fireworks from all cabins 8013 and higher? Are the ones closer to the main resort nosey?
Sounds great. We had a party of 8, with 6 sleeping in the cabin when we tried one, and it was great to share it with a bunch of people. It is a nice big living room, and sleeping on the pull out couch bed in there will be fine. You will have access to the second bathroom, since it is centrally located right off the main hallway.
As for the fireworks, the view is better with the higher numbered cabins, since the shoreline curves around to have the balconies face more towards MK. The lower number ones on the other side should have nice views of them too, so you really can't go wrong.
In my opinion, no cabin is in a location that would be considered noisy, but the only possible exception is cabin 8012 on the North side which is the closest to the transportation boat dock, so you may hear boat horns from there. My ideal cabin location would be 8013, to keep the walk to the main building and Geyser point as short as possible and still be on that side. It is currently used as a demonstration cabin though, so 8014 right next door might be the "best" available, but they all have their advantages.
I wish we had enough points to justify a night at the cabins. We only have 100 direct and I bet it's absolutely magical to see the EWP and fireworks from the back porch. Normally we take two annual trips to Disney with some smaller 1 night stays between. With the 50% cap, 50 points barely got me 4 nights in November.
Just complaining, because I know yall understand the struggle. Makes me sad thinking about it (so I try not to remember this LOL) Our 4 year old keeps begging to go before the trip in November but I'll have to wait until we have some more money
Alas, if I ever win the lottery and can buy another like 400 points, maybe we can. LOL
I totally understand. We have 150 points direct, and only managed a few nights in a cabin by combining points with another family and using double points because we got points for the year we purchased and had already paid cash for the trip that year. We figured it would be a one time bucket list thing, and we enjoyed it but don't see spending the points to do it again soon. We too would rather go back multiple times in a year, and are up against the borrowing restrictions to just do one trip a year. Fortunately we are renting points to make longer trips happen.
Another factor to consider for cabin stays is that availability is usually good enough that you can book at 7 months using points from any resort. Not that it makes the huge point cost any better, but at least you can get them if you choose to spend the money on them...
