About to take the plunge

[Red315]

I have a couple of questions..............

Have any of you purchased a home base that was not close to you? The most cost effective for us is the new one in California.

Also, have any of you had a hard time making reservations and getting the resort and accomidations you want with the 7 months window?

 

[Sandisw]

I think that getting reservations at 7 months is certainly possible at WDW, but depending on when and where you want to stay, getting exactly what you want will be more difficult.

I don't know if I would consider points at VGC to use at WDW, unless I also planned to use them occassionaly at Disneyland.

We bought BLT because we wanted to be assured we could stay there during our trips and we have the power to book between the 7 - 11 month home resort period. If we stay elsewhere, it will only be by choice. I was able to change to a BCV studio, for the 2 nights I wanted next July, at the 7 month mark.

If you are flexible in where you stay at WDW, then it might be worth it. SSR and OKW, because of their size, tend to be the ones that have more availability at the 7 month mark than other places. But, if you want to get resrvations elsewhere, in, say, December, the 7 month mark might be tough as a lot of DVC members book at the 11 month mark as this is a very popular DVC time.

Personally, I would buy where I wanted to stay, or at least are okay with staying with most of the time. If the goal is WDW, I would buy one of the WDW resorts.

Good luck!

 

[disneynutz]

Sandi has some good advice. Buy at your favorite resort unless you are rich and have money to burn.

I really feel that getting preferred reservations at 7 months is gong to continue to get harder as time goes on and additional members join the DVC.

Bill

 

[AirGoofy]

It depends on when you want to make your reservation. If you want a December trip, then you definitely need to buy at WDW if that is where you want to go. It will be difficult to book a trip at the 7 month window in December. We did not have a problem for October, but could not get into HHI for June (their busy time) at the 7 month window.