DVC Chit Chat Thread

[VGCgroupie]

Full point fluidity between 2 adjacent use years. DVC, make it happen.

Yeeees!! They are points I should be able treat them how I want.

 

[pks_domer]

How is it??

Totally different texture than what you get in the parks. The pineapple one is a repeat buy. I only ever get pineapple in the parks, so don't have a good frame of reference for the mango. I love mango, and will generally pick that over many other flavors... but I'd pick the pineapple Dole Whip from the store.

 

[pks_domer]

There is also a pancake race that originated in Olney which is a little town near me! That involves running with a frying an while flipping the (crepe style) pancake and trying not to drop it!

We used to live in Urbana-- wish we'd made it to Olney for this!

 

[pks_domer]

We used to live in Urbana-- wish we'd made it to Olney for this!

Oh geez-- forgot you are in the UK. Wrong Olney!

 

[AstroBlasters]

Need to book for next year but to do that I need to bank my points forward. Ughh why is it so hard for me to do. I don’t need them, but what if I do …

Anyone else paranoid to bank?

What is banking? Is that what people who don’t borrow do?

 

[TheThousandthSoul]

Disney? If so which ship?
We had originally booked over school Easter holiday next year (which I think is Spring Break period?) but I thought flights would be very high if booking right now (it's usually better to book on release dates for flights around school hols) plus I'd have to take my son out of school and pay the fine. We're now sailing in August 2027 (Destiny then Treasure) and it worked out cheaper even though we upgraded one to a veranda!

Yes. Disney Dream departing FLL. It will be a 4 Day cruise, which corresponds to the time we’ll have then.

We are also planning 7-10 days at WDW for the end of June/early July for my parents’ 70th birthday. Exciting Times!

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

Don’t want the hassle.

There is the hassle (I agree, not worth it) but also, I do think Disney will eventually take a closer look at renting, so I want to avoid renting unless I truly need to these days (which is basically an emergency within 30 days or late in UY that can’t be banked)…starting out by renting a whole UY of points feels more risky than it’s worth (but I also do not think doing it once with points that will expire before you can use them makes it commercial!).

Need to book for next year but to do that I need to bank my points forward. Ughh why is it so hard for me to do. I don’t need them, but what if I do …

Anyone else paranoid to bank?

Me me me! I actually have days to my Oct UY deadline and I don’t even like to use points late in the year but now I’m like…what if I need them for DVC slots this summer…

Yeeees!! They are points I should be able treat them how I want.

I love this in spirit but understand in practice they need to try to avoid too much crowding of points in any one year… you could imagine everyone in California hoping to book as much as possible right around the Olympics and then switching back points if they failed to rent, etc.

What is banking? Is that what people who don’t borrow do?

Borrowing is for people with way more control over their lives than I have. I have found I’m pretty comfortable in perpetual banking mode… I make almost twice as many reservations as I can actually take each year for 2 of my resorts, and then I canceled the ones where my kids have something come up or a trial gets scheduled (2 lawyer family), etc.

 

[Brian Noble]

or a trial gets scheduled (2 lawyer family), etc.

I sometimes serve as a technical expert. I remember asking one of the partners how they can possibly plan vacations becaue the schedule is always changing. "Oh, that's easy. I plan them for the original trial dates, because that's pretty much the one time I know the trial won't be."

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

I sometimes serve as a technical expert. I remember asking one of the partners how they can possibly plan vacations becaue the schedule is always changing. "Oh, that's easy. I plan them for the original trial dates, because that's pretty much the one time I know the trial won't be."

I almost didn’t book a cruise on the itinerary I like best next summer because we have a trial scheduled then… but then I thought, “we have until next spring to cancel, and the trial could easily move.”

 

[PolyRob]

Borrowing is for people with way more control over their lives than I have. I have found I’m pretty comfortable in perpetual banking mode… I make almost twice as many reservations as I can actually take each year for 2 of my resorts, and then I canceled the ones where my kids have something come up or a trial gets scheduled (2 lawyer family), etc.

That's how I typically book too. I've never once borrowed a point and I always end up banking something. I just cancel and push to the next reservation I have under the same resort and UY.

 

[juliebee]

Full point fluidity between 2 adjacent use years. DVC, make it happen.

Could be a nice benefit for MMB

 

[Chili327]

Did Cosmic Rewind several times over our trip last week and they were definitely alternating door 1 and 3 opening first. The middle door always stayed closed and roped off. It was a gamble on which door you would stand in front of.

I always stand as far from the doors as possible. I want to be last to get through them.

It's def not loaded.

If you're not in a hurry, I would want all 2025 points and ideally some or all 2024 points banked into 2025.

Ideally, banked 2025 pts into 2026, Is loaded.

Need to book for next year but to do that I need to bank my points forward. Ughh why is it so hard for me to do. I don’t need them, but what if I do …

Anyone else paranoid to bank?

Always, that’s why I just use them. lol

We should be able to borrow banked points

Would that be a dream, not needed to bank or borrow them multiple years, but just back and forth would be so helpful, I’d definitely rent them out less!!

 

[Becx N Gav]

Oh geez-- forgot you are in the UK. Wrong Olney!

Guessing it doesn't look like this?


Would be cool if they did a pancake race though!

 

[Cyberc1978]

Activated our Sorcerer Passes about 10 days ago. We went directly to Guest Relations at MK and it took them about 5 minutes to activate our two passes. I didn't even try to go directly to the gate, but given that it took him a few minutes, I imagine it was necessary to go to GR. We did have to show ID and my Apple Wallet.

On my most recent trip which ended the day before yesterday, I had an odd experience, also involving activating my pass.

I have an annual pass, which expire end of this month, I also hold a voucher for a new pass.

When I tried to enter the park on the first day of my trip, the turnstile showed a new color, and I was told that my pass needed to be activated first and I had to go Guest Relations. I thought that was odd since my pass is activated already and are going to expire soo. However at Guest Relations they told me the system was trying to use my voucher instead of my already activated pass. They had to create a dummy profile on my account and assign the voucher to that profile for it to work correctly. However after that it worked fine.

That said, when I originally got my pass, I called ticketing and they verified my membership, activated the pass and ensured I could go directly to the entrance, no need to go Guest Relations first.

 

[disfanforlife]

Speaking of banking - In a moment of weakness I said yes to my daughter who asked if I had any extra points this year. Who ever has extra points? Lol. Anyways I booked OKW for her 60 points in August and now I am super paranoid if they have to cancel last minute because my banking window is end of this month. I have never travelled that late in my UY to have that concern before. I don’t mind being able to give her the use of the points for a trip even though I would have used them. I just hope nothing happens last minute for them to need to change it.

 

[Cyberc1978]

Speaking of banking - In a moment of weakness I said yes to my daughter who asked if I had any extra points this year. Who ever has extra points? Lol. Anyways I booked OKW for her 60 points in August and now I am super paranoid if they have to cancel last minute because my banking window is end of this month. I have never travelled that late in my UY to have that concern before. I don’t mind being able to give her the use of the points for a trip even though I would have used them. I just hope nothing happens last minute for them to need to change it.

Assuming you dont have another reservation you could reallocate the points to in the case she needs to cancel, instead you can try to rent the reservation or ask for a one time exception.

 

[Wedgeout]

Speaking of banking - In a moment of weakness I said yes to my daughter who asked if I had any extra points this year. Who ever has extra points? Lol. Anyways I booked OKW for her 60 points in August and now I am super paranoid if they have to cancel last minute because my banking window is end of this month. I have never travelled that late in my UY to have that concern before. I don’t mind being able to give her the use of the points for a trip even though I would have used them. I just hope nothing happens last minute for them to need to change it.

Just have your own Go Bag pre packed. No worries.

 

[kgou]

First time at Old Key West, so should be a fun new experience.

have a great time!! we were at WDW over Memorial Day 2 years ago, and crowds were light and weather was great. wishing the same for you!

 

[disfanforlife]

Assuming you dont have another reservation you could reallocate the points to in the case she needs to cancel, instead you can try to rent the reservation or ask for a one time exception.

I thought of that. I do have a trip booked for October but the points expire end of September if they aren’t banked. I could try the one time exception. Hopefully they will go as planned and enjoy it.

 

[disfanforlife]

Just have your own Go Bag pre packed. No worries.

Haha! I thought of that too- maybe I will make a flight reservation just in case……