Direct purchase Poly or VDH dilemma

[juliebee]

One thing that keeps me from buying VDH as a west coaster that goes to Disneyland more than WDW is what an afterthought DVC seems to be at Disneyland. Currently, I love VDH, but I have zero faith that they will handle refurbs of VDH appropriately. Even the hotel side of the resorts seems like an afterthought at Disneyland. Resorts are such a juggernaut at WDW, and it’s just not the same at Disneyland.

So far, I’ve been able to book five night stretches at VDH in a studio at seven months. If you are flexible with the time of year/dates you want to visit, you will likely be able to use direct poly points there. Since you are ok staying off property, you could book a back-up offsite reservation and then book the nights that are available at VDH and waitlist any missing nights.

That is great to hear that you've had good luck getting VDH at 7 months! Yes, we are flexible with the months we want to stay at Disneyland and prefer to avoid Friday/Sat so I'm hoping that will help us.

And with early entry going away in a couple weeks, you are right that DVC is not given much priority on the West Coast. I can see why you'd be concerned about refurbs at VDH since their crown jewel, VGC, wasn't given a great refurb. Although there are promises it will be resolved, it gives me pause too.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I feel like the title of this thread should be “I convinced my spouse we need more DVC points for Disneyland, but I really want to justify Poly”