AKV vs. BLT vs. PVB vs. SSR - Advice needed

[PlutoNotPlanet]

yedCurious, what's the math on that? Dues being 50 cents cheaper for BLT gets me maybe $8 in BLTs favor. Opportunity cost on the up front price difference walks that back another couple bucks for SSR. 6 more years for BLT reverses that a bit. Unless you're modeling higher rental income or qualitative factors I'd personally say BLT needs to be at 105 or 110 to match 95 SSR from a numbers only perspective. I say this as someone who just locked in a BLT contract The qualitative aspects won out for me.

There different ways to calculate the value on cheaper dues. I guess the biggest gap here is the 6 more years, or 35 vs 29 years, which can be displayed as 20%. Value of a contract diminish over years but sometimes offset by inflation when looking at absolute price. My math values the longer deed more probably

 

[ldo]

1. I would go with AKV resale instead of SSR resale.
2. Being at AKV feels like you're a world away, on safari in Africa somewhere. SSR looks like a nice condo/townhouse complex by comparison.
3. Buy where you'll want to stay so you can at least get an 11 month booking window priority at a place you wouldn't mind staying at.
4. and I think AKV would be more fun, cooler (as in 'oh that's awesome!') place to stay than SSR...EVEN with the higher % on dues.

This is us. SSR is great for a 2-3 night quick trip where we can walk over to Disney Springs and get a little WDW fix. We love the new interiors and the sofa bed is great.
However, AKV is a "vacation" where we are immersed in an African theme at a "fancy" hotel that we cannot get anywhere else in the USA. I've owned for 10 years and get Value rooms (might take some waitlisting) 75% of the time, so that has stretched our points.

 

[MartyParty]

Currently debating buying resale DVC. Have two young kids and maybe have a third coming one day. Trying to determine of these resorts which people would recommend. Seem to be able to get a good amount of SSR or AKV for $90-$95 a point, with PVB ($150's) and BLT ($130's) being a bit higher in price. I know the distance from the parks is the biggest issue with AKV, but curious if others don't think it's a big deal.

My 2 cents. I’d buy BLT for the walking distance to MK and mid day breaks. With young kids, MK will likely be one of their favorite parks. AK and SSR seem to always have availability. You could easily use BLT points at 7 months or less at AK or SSR.

If it’s cost based I’d probably go with AK. If you plan on having your own car, that can lessen the travel wait time while staying at AK.

SSR is lovely but sprawling. I do know lots of folks on these boards buy SSR as sleep around points for other resorts.

We own Poly but at today’s resale prices, demand, and points chart I’m not sure we’d still go that route.

Bottom line, you’ll be happy having your points. They’re all lovely resorts for unique reasons.

 

[ldo]

re. distance to parks--well, AK is right around the corner, so ideal for 1/4 parks. For the others, once we're on the bus, it really doesn't matter to us if it's a bit farther to AKV vs. OKW/SSR, which are bus only also.