We're new members (actually waiting to close) at BWV starting out with the minimum number of points (150) at $78/point through resale.
We have a DS (4) and DD (2) and plan to visit about every other year. I suspect this may increase once we begin to use our DVC points.
We last visited DW in 10/02. DD was not born yet but we took my MIL and SIL along with DS and DW so we reserved two adjacent rooms at POL-FQ. DS was only two at the time and on most days we would go back to the room so he could take a nap. Like others have mentioned, it was not a whole lot of fun during nap time and at night trying to remain quiet so that we didn't wake him up.
DW and I are big fans of DW, so almost as soon as DD was born on Jan' 03, we started discussing plans to go back as so as we felt she was was old enough (which happens to be December this year). Once again, my SIL will travel with us. Knowing little about DVC, I decided to reserve a cabin at Fort Wilderness because, as a non-DVC member, I didn't consider any of the home away from home resorts within our vacation budget and I definitely wanted to have a separate BR as well as a kitchen so that we could eat breakfast in the rooms and also bring snacks and juice for the kids.
After making reservations for 8 nights in a cabin at FW (at a cost of over $2000), a co-worker told me about DVC and it didn't take very long to sell me on the idea. The reservations for this year alone makes up about 20% of the initial cost (I plan to make reservations at BWV and cancel my FW reservations after closing). I figured if we went just every other year and stayed for a week, it would pay for itself as far as the initial investment in 8-10 years, leaving the annual dues as the only remaining cost for accomodations. If we remain members for the life of the contract (until 2042), it will easily pay for itself as the dues are only a fraction of the cost of what we would pay for similar accomodations. This is a key since we definitely prefer to stay in the "home away from home" type rooms when we travel. Considering that our children are still quite young, we plan to go at least every other year, we often take other family members with us, and that we prefer the accomodations offered by DVC (compared to two standard rooms), DVC just made a lot of sense for us.
I also considered the possibility that the kids may lose interest in DW as they get older. In that case, resale is always a possibility and if current trends continue, the cost to buy into DVC won't be going down anytime soon. Otherwise, renting is always an option to recover annual dues (and then some).
Considering that our children are still quite young, we plan to go at least every other year, we often take other family members with us, and that we prefer the accomodations offered by DVC (compared to two standard rooms), DVC just made a lot of sense for us.
We have a DS (4) and DD (2) and plan to visit about every other year. I suspect this may increase once we begin to use our DVC points.
We last visited DW in 10/02. DD was not born yet but we took my MIL and SIL along with DS and DW so we reserved two adjacent rooms at POL-FQ. DS was only two at the time and on most days we would go back to the room so he could take a nap. Like others have mentioned, it was not a whole lot of fun during nap time and at night trying to remain quiet so that we didn't wake him up.
DW and I are big fans of DW, so almost as soon as DD was born on Jan' 03, we started discussing plans to go back as so as we felt she was was old enough (which happens to be December this year). Once again, my SIL will travel with us. Knowing little about DVC, I decided to reserve a cabin at Fort Wilderness because, as a non-DVC member, I didn't consider any of the home away from home resorts within our vacation budget and I definitely wanted to have a separate BR as well as a kitchen so that we could eat breakfast in the rooms and also bring snacks and juice for the kids.
After making reservations for 8 nights in a cabin at FW (at a cost of over $2000), a co-worker told me about DVC and it didn't take very long to sell me on the idea. The reservations for this year alone makes up about 20% of the initial cost (I plan to make reservations at BWV and cancel my FW reservations after closing). I figured if we went just every other year and stayed for a week, it would pay for itself as far as the initial investment in 8-10 years, leaving the annual dues as the only remaining cost for accomodations. If we remain members for the life of the contract (until 2042), it will easily pay for itself as the dues are only a fraction of the cost of what we would pay for similar accomodations. This is a key since we definitely prefer to stay in the "home away from home" type rooms when we travel. Considering that our children are still quite young, we plan to go at least every other year, we often take other family members with us, and that we prefer the accomodations offered by DVC (compared to two standard rooms), DVC just made a lot of sense for us.
I also considered the possibility that the kids may lose interest in DW as they get older. In that case, resale is always a possibility and if current trends continue, the cost to buy into DVC won't be going down anytime soon. Otherwise, renting is always an option to recover annual dues (and then some).
Considering that our children are still quite young, we plan to go at least every other year, we often take other family members with us, and that we prefer the accomodations offered by DVC (compared to two standard rooms), DVC just made a lot of sense for us.