09/18/11 - DVCers Take Over the Dream (S.S. Member Cruise 2011) - Thread #9

[Mantle1509]

Goodnight guys. Missed the bookend

 

[W@LL-E]

Goodnight guys. Missed the bookend

sorry mickey...the boss is gonna be livid in the morning

 

[Mantle1509]

sorry mickey...the boss is gonna be livid in the morning

It's ok goodnight

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

sorry mickey...the boss is gonna be livid in the morning

The wrath of Terrie awaits!

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Mick, Did you get my last pm? You never can tell if they go through.

 

[M & N Potter]

Indifferent morning everyone.

I will not be on as often for the next few days as I going to NOLA to see my son in the hospital.

I will have my laptop with me and will check tonight.

Take good care of each other.

I know that there will be a bunch of of best wishes posts so I will say a big THANK YOU in advance.

 

[M & N Potter]

BTW ... Dan, Sue and Nancy have my email address ... I'm also on facebook

See you all soon.

 

[W@LL-E]

Indifferent morning everyone.

I will not be on as often for the next few days as I going to NOLA to see my son in the hospital.

I will have my laptop with me and will check tonight.

Take good care of each other.

I know that there will be a bunch of of best wishes posts so I will say a big THANK YOU in advance.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Mickey - congrats on your sweep and almost sweep!

 

[calypso726]

Hi Terrie

Hi Mickey!

Not young. 30

30 is not young Ok, well in that case may I enlist your asistance to help me begin digging my own grave. I mean at 42, I must be positively ancient That is of course unless you are already using a walker. *silently hoping Mickey is wearing his bi-focals as he is reading this*

very cool. looking back, we wished we joined earlier

One day you will learn ...
I. Am. Always. Right.

it's practical to buy DVC. i crunched the numbers, etc. - it just works out.

I just figured out what you could do when we retire! You could be a writer. You seem to have a knack for fiction and re-writing history.

I am going to dig up a post from way back when, one of my firsts after joining the DIS regarding buying DVC and we can see what really happened. Stay tuned ...

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Indifferent morning everyone.

I will not be on as often for the next few days as I going to NOLA to see my son in the hospital.

I will have my laptop with me and will check tonight.

Take good care of each other.

I know that there will be a bunch of of best wishes posts so I will say a big THANK YOU in advance.

I don't know where NOLA is but I'm sorry to hear your son is in the hospital. We will miss seeing you on here. I'll try and find you on facebook. Lots of for you and your son.

 

[calypso726]

Found it! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1320745

Recopying here: Notice the title of thread was:
"2 months of relentles convincing"

We stayed at SSR with friends on rented points for our annual Halloween trip to MNSSHP this past October. This was our (mine and DH's) first time at a DVC property. I had never even heard of DVC, renting points or the DIS boards until recently and neither had he. Well, I decided to take the tour during our second day at SSR since everyone was napping one afternonn and I was wide awake, intrigued and wanted to learn about "the best kept secret". Needless to say, I got hooked on the idea then and there. I came back overjoyed with enthusiasm woke up DH and began to bombard him with all of the wonderful details He hit the brakes and did his best to tune me out Nice try...you'd think after 10 years he'd know there is no tuning out the loud Latin girl I'll give him an A for effort though. He doesn't budge and we enjoy the rest of our vacation. Undaunted, I get back home and join the DIS boards immediately and begin lurking and learning. Armed with facts, figures, the possiblity of a smaller contract through the TTS and the voice of experience on these boards (don't wait, buy sooner and more points) I plead my case again He considers everything I've said and tells me, "Well maybe in a few years, but not anytime soon." AHA!!!! I see a chink in the armor, we've gone from "No" to "not yet" this is going better than I hoped but I need a new strategy Over the course of the next month I bring up smaller contracts I find on the TTS site and how much $$$ we'd be saving in the long run etc. and so forth. We wind up back at WDW for Thanksgiving and stay at Pop Century. There were several snafus in terms of service and suffice it to say that the feeling was different than when we stayed at SSR. Naturally, I point this out at every opportunity and proclaim that I am never staying at another value resort again After our trip I continue right were I left off about how awesome it would be to join DVC Finally, a couple of days before Christmas he decides to consider one of the smaller contracts available. YAY! he's figured out I am not giving up on this Later that same day I discover perusing through the boards the referral promotion. DH has a co-worker that owns at OKW. Once I told him about that promotion he went for it I called my tour guide before he could change his mind! She suggested I start with 160 points. I explained that I was surprised to even be making that phone call at all so I wasn't going to push the issue Before you know it DH calls up and says it would probably be a good idea to get 180 points to start Stunned, I call back the tour guide and explain that I've no idea where my DH might be locked up but they can keep him since I really like this other guy that wants us to have more points We signed on Christmas day and I am so happy I am thrilled to be a new DVC member, thrilled to have a very cool DH and thrilled about our upcoming MNSSHP later this year!

What is not re-counted in here is how many different ways and spreadsheets I found to show him the numbers! I initially did it by hand on the way back from the MNSSHP trip. Then later I found several different versions of number crunching performed by DISers over the years. I brought him all of them.

 

[calypso726]

Yea it is a good thing for the DW or else I would just keep buying and buying

I fail to see the problem

sorry mickey...the boss is gonna be livid in the morning

 

[calypso726]

Indifferent morning everyone.

I will not be on as often for the next few days as I going to NOLA to see my son in the hospital.

I will have my laptop with me and will check tonight.

Take good care of each other.

I know that there will be a bunch of of best wishes posts so I will say a big THANK YOU in advance.

Good thoughts and good wishes being sent your way

 

[Mantle1509]

Good morning

 

[calypso726]

Now that we have SO many Elizabeth Swans and Pirates there is a danger of them all toppling over! Can't have that, so we now have a "bookends" contest.​

Earn a bookend for every pair of posts ending in 98 and 01​

Note: final winner of and winner of will be exempt from "bookends" contest, so everyone's still got a shot here!​

Current Score:

Newest winner

Mantle1509 - 2998/3001, 3098/3101



friends with mickey - 10 (T3 2498/2501, T4 1098/1101, T5 1398/1401, 2798/2801, T6 3598/3601, T8 98/101, T9 298/301, 598/601, 2098/2901, 2798/2801)
DizDragonfly - 8
(T1 98/101, 2898/2901, T3 898/901, T4 3498/3501, T5 2598/2601, 3098/3901, T7 598/601, 2198/2201)
M & N Potter - 7
(T7 2098/2101, 3398/3401, 3498/3501, 3798/3801, T8 298/301, 3798/3801, T9 698/701)
TIGGERmetoo - 7
(T2 1698/1701, T4 3398/3401, T8 1398/1401, 2298/2301, 2898/2901, 3298/3301, T9 1298/1301)
Luckymomoftwo - 6
(T1 3898/3901, T2 698/701, T4 1798/1801, T5 98/101, 1098/1101 T9 398/401)
Truffle - 6
(T3 298/301, 1998/2001, T4 2398/2401, T5 1298/1301, T8 2198/2201, T9 2498/2501)
SteamboatWillyNilly - 5
(T2 398/401, T5 298/301, 1598/1601, 3398/3401, T8 898/901)
lilliansmommy - 5
(T4 2298/2301, T6 898/901, T7 798/801, 2598/2601, 2898/2901)
Peloha86 - 4
(T6 1098/1101, 1998/2001, T8 698/701, 998/1001)
susieq55 - 4
(T1 698/701, 3798/3801, T3 798/801, 2098/2101)
Mantle1509 - 3
(T9 1698/1701, 2098/3001, 3098/3101)
Carmouse10 - 3
(T3 3698/3701, T9 1398/1401, 1798/1801)
mousefan64 - 3
(T1 1498/1501, T3 698/701, T9 1198/1201)
DVC DEERNUT - 2
(T3 3198/3201, T8 598/601)
mlholster - 2
(T4 398/401, T9 98/101
erionm - 1
(T7 1898/1901)
Hoosier John - 1
(T4 198/201)
Time4DisneyNow - 1
(T1 298/301)
disrailfan - 1
(T9 1998/2001)

 

[calypso726]

Good morning

Good Morning to you!

 

[Truffle]

I don't know where NOLA is but I'm sorry to hear your son is in the hospital. We will miss seeing you on here. I'll try and find you on facebook. Lots of for you and your son.

New Orleans, Lousiana = NOLA

 

[Mantle1509]

Indifferent morning everyone.

I will not be on as often for the next few days as I going to NOLA to see my son in the hospital.

I will have my laptop with me and will check tonight.

Take good care of each other.

I know that there will be a bunch of of best wishes posts so I will say a big THANK YOU in advance.

HOpe your son is okay

 

[Truffle]

Have a magical day and stay as cool and hydrated as possible.