I suck at Math, even fuzzy Disney math, but it is good to know you identified a good RCI trade. The more that I look at the ones on the East coast there really are only a few that make sense. Many of them are much cheaper to just pay cash for.
Well it's actually not a RCI trade, I misspoke, it's actually the Intrawest at Whistler which can be impossibly hard to actually get and pay cash for. I tried to stay there for our summer trip, looking months early and couldn't get it. They are in the same lump group with RCI so for some reason I think of them as being RCI. The point exchange is a better deal than cash. Of course who knows how easy/hard exchanging would actually be but that's an area we've looked at buying at several times (though not necessarily the Intrawest which is the BOMB in terms of location as it was out of our price range) both from a time share and a full condo purchase. At any rate, it's an option if we did buy, we could see ourselves using. We've done VBRO twice up there at the same complex. One was great and one was ok but we do know what we like there.
So I hope you come back and finish the story soon. But
woo hoo
for sinus surgery and spread sheets.
I wish I could say
on the sinus surgery, I don't feel I've yet to see any real benefit and have a wicked cold at present. Things aren't worse and the headaches/drainage is a bit less but I still sneeze like a maniac daily. Supposedly it will take months before things really settle down up there so who knows.
Yes, we do own another timeshare. Gift from my parents - we just pay the MF, which is pretty inexpensive, so it's not a bad deal. We mostly use it in Orlando.
We'll see what happens on this trip. We'll have stayed onsite at BWV in November, then three nights at BC (not staying DVC but at a DVC resort), then moving offsite. I know I prefer onsite, we'll see what Tim thinks now that he's lived the good life. 
I've stayed offsite 3x. I think the biggest challenge for us is that we've always felt we lost so much time going back that we would skip going back and just get to the parks late, and stay late. And then it just becomes a place to sleep where you aren't really using the pool or whatever is there. It will be interesting to see what happens if the big 2013 family trip comes together. We are pretty adamant about onsite but I think some will balk at the price and want to rent a house again. I'm not sure I want to try to herd everyone in any one direction but if we are all at different places, it may become very hard to hook up.
If you stay long enough and are at the right offsite location, then it probably can work out pretty well. Ours have seemed to just turn into a place to sleep, eat breakfast and make lunches! I think 1-2 times we ate back at the house, taco bar/spaghetti kind of night. But for us, that was pre
DDP and we've been spoiled in that area.
I WISH I could be as organized as you and gather lots of info to make a decision. I'm impulsive.
Can't wait to see what you decided.
Oh just because I gather lots of info doesn't mean I'm not plenty impulsive too
And I did a lot of similar calculations as you did. My most important scenario however was to compare it to staying at a moderate because booking for just one person that would be the most likeliest place to stay at for me I figured, even though I love the deludes! Mainly for the indoor hallways and the balconies.
I thought it might be more fun to start at the beginning...then after. More interesting at any rate!
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