Well, Mom and I were staying at the Contemporary in 1992, for 2 weeks. We had gotten a post card inviting us to the DVC presentation, and thought "a timeshare? No way!" Then we were on the monorail heading for EPCOT one morning and overheard a young couple talking about the wonderful condos. Since we had plenty of time, we stopped at the DVC kiosk, which at that time was in the exit area of Spaceship Earth, and made arrangements for a DVC tour the next day. I was still quite skeptical, given the reputation of timeshares at the time. Mom on the other hand, was sold on the idea, and decided to purchase then and there...and while usually quite conservative in spending, she would be known to make a sizable impulse purchase every few years. Her impulse purchases ALWAYS worked out well, as did our DVC purchase. We got the minimum of 230 points at the time, and had a 3 year mortgage through Disney. During those first years, we added on 3 small contracts, bringing the total to 345 points, which I still have today.