Best time to find DVC deposits in II

[rainy~daze]

Does anyone know when the best time of day or day of week is best to find DVC deposits in II? Is there a set time when DVC moves inventory over? TIA!

 

[bwvBound]

Your best shot is to use II's ongoing search.

 

[Mamiamjo]

Check early, anything that is there goes pretty quickly.
This morning there were a 1 bedroom at SSR and 1 bedroom at OKW for late July, early Aug. I only checked for up until school starts so didn't see anything else.

Good Luck,
Mike

 

[littlestar]

Your best bet is to put in an ongoing search. The only thing on the website is leftovers.

 

[Dean]

I would agree with all the above. I have run a DVC search almost every day for the last 4-5 years. I do some in the AM and others at night. There's no question that the inventory is added early AM, some time before 5-6 AM. It also appears that someone, likely DVC, is purposefully trickling the inventory in to spread it out over time. You see things start showing up about 10.5 months out but higher demand times show up much later in the process usually 2-5 months. An ongoing search IS the way to go but it is not foolproof, just like the wait list for DVC. There appears to be no relationship to the day of the week in my experience.

There are times when you might not be able to use an ongoing search, when this happens, get up EARLY every AM until you get what you want.

 

[4mcbjCtr]

I am new to II and own DVC and WM. Can I do an ongoing search with request first, or do I have to deposit some of my WM points into the system to do an ongoing search? Just still trying to get this all clear.

 

[bwvBound]

I am new to II and own DVC and WM. Can I do an ongoing search with request first, or do I have to deposit some of my WM points into the system to do an ongoing search? Just still trying to get this all clear.

You may open an ongoing search using "request first." You will pay the exchange fee ($139) upfront -- but no need to deposit WM credits.

 

[4mcbjCtr]

Thanks again BWV. You always have all the answers.

 

[bwvBound]

Your best shot is to use II's ongoing search.

II's Ongoing Search pulled another winner for me today! Whoo-hoo!

Early last month I opened an ongoing search for a 1BR BWV unit with specific January 2008 arrival date. I'd been waking between 2-3am Pacific time to run the search manually since mid-March and continued to run the search manually at least 4 mornings each week.

This morning's search found lots of cool weeks ... but nothing at BWV. Came home from work and fired up my browser to check again. Great news -- my account showed the confirmation! Right resort, right unit size and right check-in date! Color me HAPPY!

Now I can use my DVC points for something more fun than the work-related conference. (I'm thinking Animal Kingdom!)

 

[spiceycat]

congratulations bwvBound!!! glad you got what you wanted.

rainy~daze did you get what you wanted.

DVC does not do block transfer like some of the other resorts (HGVC, Sheraton).

Disney only does II when a member request one.

most of the other timeshares don't have a place to rent from easily.

 

[rainy~daze]

congratulations bwvBound!!! glad you got what you wanted.

rainy~daze did you get what you wanted.

DVC does not do block transfer like some of the other resorts (HGVC, Sheraton).

Disney only does II when a member request one.

most of the other timeshares don't have a place to rent from easily.

I am still looking. I have an ongoing search, but check daily. I am hoping for a 1 bedroom OKW (will take SSR too) in January or February 08.

 

[Dean]

I am still looking. I have an ongoing search, but check daily. I am hoping for a 1 bedroom OKW (will take SSR too) in January or February 08.

That's very likely to come through if you have enough resort quality to match what's in II. If you're looking this far out and don't match that search for a 1 BR assume you have either a trade power or resort quality issue or both.

DVC does not do block transfer like some of the other resorts (HGVC, Sheraton).

Disney only does II when a member request one.

I'm not totally sure what you mean Pat. They don't do developer deposits to fish for new meat. But they do have their own version of bulk space banking though it is based, roughly, on outgoing II trades that members have done.

 

[spiceycat]

I'm not totally sure what you mean Pat. They don't do developer deposits to fish for new meat. But they do have their own version of bulk space banking though it is based, roughly, on outgoing II trades that members have done.

boy then my timeshare is not definitely pulling most of them. I only see one or two at a time - mainly just in May, Sept, Oct, Jan.

so the bulk space banking done by the other resorts - when one day nothing and the next day - several hundred - Disney does, too?

 

[Dean]

boy then my timeshare is not definitely pulling most of them. I only see one or two at a time - mainly just in May, Sept, Oct, Jan.

so the bulk space banking done by the other resorts - when one day nothing and the next day - several hundred - Disney does, too?

I usually search at least once a day, often more. I'd say I do 20-30 % fairly early am and the rest during the day but more early evenings than anything else. I've already seen a number of Jan, Feb and March 08 weeks come through but I did see Xmas and the week before last week. I usually search with a very strong trader and high quality week then often play around with other things I can search with to see where the break point is on trade power and resort quality. What studio will get me a 1 BR, what week/resort will not pull a unit sitting there, etc. I find that the more units sitting there the easier it is to pull one. I have a couple of units I can search with that tend to be right at the dividing line as far as being able to pull DVC. I'll find one time a given resort unit will pull X and another it will not. Sometimes I have to go to a 2 BR or even a 3 BR with a couple of my resorts before they will pull something sitting there. Using this I've developed a feel for what it takes to get a DVC deposit and even which DVC resort II thinks has stronger or weaker trade power. It's no surprise that SSR and OKW are on the weaker side as are VB and HH. It is also clear that DVC is more likely to deposit these four resorts out or proportion to their large size in the case of OKW & SSR.