One of the major considerations (beyond the “buy where you want to stay” logic) in choosing a home resort is picking a location that gives you an advantage at 11 months. I own SSR, but pretty much anyone can get in there whenever they want. That said, which resorts do you think have some of the greatest advantages of owning there and why? It could be to get certain rooms? It could be to get in during certain times of year? It could be to get into a certain accommodation (value, tower studio, club level, studio, 1BR, etc.). It could be simply to get in at all! What do you think?
Basically, the most valuable home court is the one you want the most, but is hard to get at 7 months.
If you go Thanksgiving week every year, then I'd say almost every home resort is equally valuable.. since it's hard to get anything at 7 months. So whichever resort you like the most, that's your most valuable.
But some other notes:
Animal Kingdom is generally not considered a home resort priority. It's so large, that you can generally get Savannah view rooms at 7 months. But a huge caveat: AKV is the only
DVC to offer concierge level rooms, which book at 11 months. And they have the value rooms that book at 11 months. So for those 2 special things, AKV is a super valuable home resort.
Studios at CCV: Maybe it's due to all the points allocated for the cabins, that end up being used for studios instead. But if you really want a studio at CCV, you better own there.
GFV studios: Grand Floridian is a relatively small DVC. Studios tend to book fast.
Boardwalk: Especially studios and 2 bedrooms. And especially around popular Epcot festivals. There is very little 7 month availability. And walking to Epcot and DHS is a huge advantage.
Beach Club: on a very similar plane as Boardwalk, very hard to book around popular Epcot festivals
Riviera -- Tower studios and anything "standard view": Riviera's
point chart is on the high side, and "preferred view" rooms outnumber standard view. And some of the standard view rooms really have what should be a higher category-- some of them have an excellent view of Epcot. So this all combines to make all the standard view rooms disappear pretty quickly. Those standard view rooms that have an Epcot view are nicer than the theme park view rooms at BLT!
Generally not home ownership priority outside of the super busy times of year:
SSR and OKW, which always are the last to book up.
Regular rooms at AKV.
Poly: Being "all studios" (apart from the bungalows), there tends to be studio availability remaining at 7 months.
BLT outside of busy seasons: they tend to have a mix of room types and views available in lighter seasons.
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