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Hey all! Looking for advice and opinions, especially from current Riviera owners. I thought my mind was 75% made up on what I wanted to do, but now I'm second guessing myself and just want to talk things out with people who are more experienced with DVC.
Backstory: we (my parents and I) bought 100 points at the Polynesian back in 2017. We loved the Poly (still do) and had our hearts set on making this our home, so we bought a small contract direct from Disney just to get our foot in the door with DVC. We are a party of four adults total, so a Studio that sleeps five works well for us because my sister loves that little sleeper under the television. Our only problem is that 100 points it not enough for a week at a Poly, so our plan from the beginning was to buy 100 more points when we were ready.
Now that we've saved enough to purchase another contract, we're gearing up to buy our next 100 points. Last week, we stayed at CBR in Aruba where we frequently used the Riviera skyliner station, ate at Primo Piatto several times, and enjoyed several iced lattes from Le Petite Cafe. I fell absolutely head-over-heels in love with the Riviera. The whole family thinks it's great, but I'm absolutely enamored with it-- the rooms, all of the dining options, the Skyliner system, the whole vibe of the resort. We spent some time as a family talking to a DVC guide (Allen, he was great) at Riviera on our last day and we think that we could buy 125 points at Riviera at the current price versus 100 points at the Poly.
So right now, we're trying to decide if we want 200 points total at the Poly, or 100 points at the Poly and 125 at Riviera. I'm taking on a bigger financial role for this contract, so the ball is kind of in my court here whether we go with Poly or Riviera. My family will be happy with either, but I'm not sure what will work better for us. I just don't know if it's necessary to have 200 points deeded at the Poly given the amount of Studio inventory the Poly has -- we typically travel in the summer, so I feel like we would be safe to book a Poly studio at the 7 month mark and the 11-month advantage isn't necessary there. Conversely, I see that we need that 11 month advantage with the Riviera if I ever wanted to try to book a Tower Studio for a solo trip or really if we want to book a studio in general.
I guess I really just want some opinions on what others would do in this situation. My gut is telling me to go with Riviera: we'd get more points and I really, really love this hotel. But I'm worried booking will become a nightmare since we won't really have enough points to do a week at the Poly at 11 months, and we'll barely have enough to book a week at the Riviera at 11 months. Thoughts? Anything you feel I'm overlooking/need to take into account?
Backstory: we (my parents and I) bought 100 points at the Polynesian back in 2017. We loved the Poly (still do) and had our hearts set on making this our home, so we bought a small contract direct from Disney just to get our foot in the door with DVC. We are a party of four adults total, so a Studio that sleeps five works well for us because my sister loves that little sleeper under the television. Our only problem is that 100 points it not enough for a week at a Poly, so our plan from the beginning was to buy 100 more points when we were ready.
Now that we've saved enough to purchase another contract, we're gearing up to buy our next 100 points. Last week, we stayed at CBR in Aruba where we frequently used the Riviera skyliner station, ate at Primo Piatto several times, and enjoyed several iced lattes from Le Petite Cafe. I fell absolutely head-over-heels in love with the Riviera. The whole family thinks it's great, but I'm absolutely enamored with it-- the rooms, all of the dining options, the Skyliner system, the whole vibe of the resort. We spent some time as a family talking to a DVC guide (Allen, he was great) at Riviera on our last day and we think that we could buy 125 points at Riviera at the current price versus 100 points at the Poly.
So right now, we're trying to decide if we want 200 points total at the Poly, or 100 points at the Poly and 125 at Riviera. I'm taking on a bigger financial role for this contract, so the ball is kind of in my court here whether we go with Poly or Riviera. My family will be happy with either, but I'm not sure what will work better for us. I just don't know if it's necessary to have 200 points deeded at the Poly given the amount of Studio inventory the Poly has -- we typically travel in the summer, so I feel like we would be safe to book a Poly studio at the 7 month mark and the 11-month advantage isn't necessary there. Conversely, I see that we need that 11 month advantage with the Riviera if I ever wanted to try to book a Tower Studio for a solo trip or really if we want to book a studio in general.
I guess I really just want some opinions on what others would do in this situation. My gut is telling me to go with Riviera: we'd get more points and I really, really love this hotel. But I'm worried booking will become a nightmare since we won't really have enough points to do a week at the Poly at 11 months, and we'll barely have enough to book a week at the Riviera at 11 months. Thoughts? Anything you feel I'm overlooking/need to take into account?