2 week Cruise-using DVC pts

[Vals]

Hi. We called yda to find out about some availability on the Magic for 7 days, the gal checked for us & said that we could use our pts for the 14 day cruise coming back from CA end of Aug. We were surprised about the # of pts that were requuired, seemed low to us. Cat 11 is only available according to this lady. She did seemed a bit confused. I didnt think that we could use our DVC pts. for this cruise. Has anyone here booked using their pts? Thanks Val S.

 

[wide awake]

If it isn't too nosy...how many points did she quote you ? And for how many people ? We are thinking of buying into DVC but I've heard that using points for a cruise isn't a good idea...have been trying to find a thread which states points paid for a Magic cruise in off season in a cat 10 up to a cat 6 room.

 

[disfreak4life]

Normally, it is best to rent/transfer your dvc points at $10.00/point to a renter or another dvc member to get onto a cruise. For example, Suppose it takes 300 points to get a family of 4 onto a cruise. Sell the points at $10.00/point and you get $3,000 which would pay for your entire cruise.

 

[DisneyBill]

If it isn't too nosy...how many points did she quote you ? And for how many people ? We are thinking of buying into DVC but I've heard that using points for a cruise isn't a good idea...have been trying to find a thread which states points paid for a Magic cruise in off season in a cat 10 up to a cat 6 room.

Here is the points as per DVCmember website
7-Night Cruise to the Western Caribbean for 2005
"Value Season"
Cat 6 Points for 1st/2nd passenger, ea 227, 3rd/4th adult 144, child 6-12 113
Cat 7 Points for 1st/2nd passenger, ea 213, 3rd/4th adult 144, child 6-12 113
Cat 8 Points for 1st/2nd passenger, ea 194, 3rd/4th adult 128, child 6-12 98
Cat 9 Points for 1st/2nd passenger, ea 172, 3rd/4th adult 113, child 6-12 83
Cat 10 Points for 1st/2nd passenger, ea 157, 3rd/4th adult 113, child 6-12 83
Cat 11 Points for 1st/2nd passenger, ea 149, 3rd/4th adult 113, child 6-12 83
Plus there is an exchange fee of, I think it's still, $75.00.

 

[dawngee]

yes, if it's not being too nosey, how much were the points for the 2 week transition cruise. i never thought to call back when it was first available and missed out. if anyone knows please post what the values were.

thanks much

dawn g