I recently purchased 180 points at AKV and I have not stayed at any DVC property yet. I have a savanna view studio at Kidani booked for this Oct. With this trip I/we will be deciding if the savanna view is important/good enough to get again.
My guess is no since there are so many other places in the resort to see the animals from, but for our first trip to WDW together I wanted something special, and the trip is DBF's birthday present
Well I am looking ahead to 2011 and would like to stay in a 1 Bdr but not sure it is worth all the extra points. A six night stay in a 1 Brd savanna is 177 points! My whole years worth! The budgeter in me is screaming inside (I could do two weeks in a standard view for that
) , the overworked part of me would love to soak in the jacuzzi tub with a glass of wine after a long day in the parks
. After all that is what a vacation is about and the reason I bought in the first place! Also we will not be eating in the room aside from maybe an easy break fast and snacks and going to a laundry room is not that big of a deal, I usually over pack anyhow!
So what do you do? Just wondering what other DVCers without kids or who have taken trips with out their children do. I'm now thinking about maybe four days in a studio, three in a 1Brd for the 2011 trip to "test" out a 1 bdr. I'm afraid if I do a 1 Bdr I wont want to go back to a studio even tho it is just the two of us!
Edit to add: We can always, and I want to, stay at other resorts. I just think we will love AKV and as it is my home resort and I have the 11 month booking window, I will be booking AKV first and hoping for another resort at seven months if and when we want to stay at another resort.




So what do you do? Just wondering what other DVCers without kids or who have taken trips with out their children do. I'm now thinking about maybe four days in a studio, three in a 1Brd for the 2011 trip to "test" out a 1 bdr. I'm afraid if I do a 1 Bdr I wont want to go back to a studio even tho it is just the two of us!

Edit to add: We can always, and I want to, stay at other resorts. I just think we will love AKV and as it is my home resort and I have the 11 month booking window, I will be booking AKV first and hoping for another resort at seven months if and when we want to stay at another resort.