GrumpyInPhilly
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Recently retired, I have contemplated doing this as well. Would need a 1BR for the space, however. After 45 years of marriage, we're not honeymooners anymore. 
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we do February at BWV....gets us out of the NEngland cold....
I can only imagine!Recently retired, I have contemplated doing this as well. Would need a 1BR for the space, however. After 45 years of marriage, we're not honeymooners anymore.
JulieBeeRN
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- Dec 22, 2017
We are thinking about going for longer stays (2-3 weeks) more often when we retire, but I don’t think that we would go for an entire month at Disney, mainly bc of our dog. If we were going to stay anywhere for 4 weeks or longer, we would probably get an AirBnB that was dog friendly.
tx911
DIS Veteran
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- Jul 28, 2023
Come on, live dangerously. Go for the Tower Duo at Riv! For a solid month!Recently retired, I have contemplated doing this as well. Would need a 1BR for the space, however. After 45 years of marriage, we're not honeymooners anymore.
RuntheMouse
DIS Veteran
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- Apr 11, 2022
We just did this! We arrived on NYE and stayed through the end of January. We did a mega split stay to keep things fresh. Started at Saratoga, spent marathon weekend at Boulder Ridge, went up to Hilton Head to recover for a few days, then to Kidani, then to Boardwalk for FotA and then back to Boulder Ridge. We had so much fun and will definitely do it again in the future.
Sprinkles&Sprints
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- Jan 30, 2024
This is my goal as well. I'm still a while off from retirement but that's the plan! Originally I was thinking one month but now I'm leaning towards two 2.5-ish week trips to break up the winter...but that's the beauty of DVC. I can wait and decide, and/or alternate!
mousehouse23
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- Sep 4, 2016
That sounds amazing! Did you stick with studios or mix in some 1-bedrooms, too?
MICKIMINI
Love the Mouse!
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- Sep 6, 2003
We spent several years thinking about this possibility. Our last trip was a three week stay and that was more Disney than we wanted. Though we've been DVC since 1996, AP at the time and had purchased quite a few contracts anticipating this situation we decided against it.
We'd have to drive (even bought a car for this) 24+ hours from NH. DH is sick of heavy traffic and road rage and I agree. We would have to stop twice (once was to be HHI) both ways. Gas/hotels/tolls etc was not a factor.
Prices have gone sky high at WDW and quality has gone way down. 10K a week doesn't seem worth it to us anymore...40K not happening. Our son and DIL are factored into that amount at 10 nights a year.
Instead, we decided to build a new home where we can relax and vacation year round. It is exactly what we want, we don't have to fight traffic and that 40K, well we can find other ways to spend that. We sold most of our DVC contracts and have pretty much moved on.
I would spend 3-4 weeks at WDW to test drive the concept. We were the WDW poster children for decades so our decision surprised even us. Good luck!
We'd have to drive (even bought a car for this) 24+ hours from NH. DH is sick of heavy traffic and road rage and I agree. We would have to stop twice (once was to be HHI) both ways. Gas/hotels/tolls etc was not a factor.
Prices have gone sky high at WDW and quality has gone way down. 10K a week doesn't seem worth it to us anymore...40K not happening. Our son and DIL are factored into that amount at 10 nights a year.
Instead, we decided to build a new home where we can relax and vacation year round. It is exactly what we want, we don't have to fight traffic and that 40K, well we can find other ways to spend that. We sold most of our DVC contracts and have pretty much moved on.
I would spend 3-4 weeks at WDW to test drive the concept. We were the WDW poster children for decades so our decision surprised even us. Good luck!
This was my original plan. Arrive after MLK Day and leave prior to Presidents Day. Life changed and we cannot leave NJ during that period due to a family commitment. We now travel in August with my daughter and granddaughter.
That was a drastic change in plans but one I have enjoyed.
That was a drastic change in plans but one I have enjoyed.
houseofduck
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2013
There was a poster on here a few years ago that posted about spending two years going from timeshare to timeshare. He had other timeshares in addition to DVC. It was an interesting read!
Here is one of his threads: https://www.disboards.com/threads/one-year-living-in-our-timeshares-2-1-2-year-update.3121140/
Here is one of his threads: https://www.disboards.com/threads/one-year-living-in-our-timeshares-2-1-2-year-update.3121140/
Save points, just stay at different resorts.I've been married a while. I'll need a 3BR Grand Villa so we can obtain adequate separation
I know a husband-and-wife duo that have different houses. I can see the benefit.
tx911
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- Jul 28, 2023
Like VGC and VGF?
RuntheMouse
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- Apr 11, 2022
We had 1 bedrooms for our first BRV stay and DHHIR but studios for the rest.
DisTravels
Mouseketeer
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- Nov 8, 2007
Given time and cost involved in flying to HI (especially if coming from the east), going multiple weeks is definitely preferable.
Pre-COVID my then boss wouldn't let me take 2 consecutive weeks (or more) of vacation so we agreed I would work every-other day from HI over a 3 week period.
5pm ET is 11:00 AM in Oahu, so even on work days I had a good amount of daylight to be outside (although 8am ET is 2:00am in Oahu)
CarolynFH
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- Jan 5, 2000
It’s such a remarkable thread that I bookmarked it - https://www.disboards.com/threads/four-weeks-in-a-studio-using-the-kitchenette-and-survived.3703922/
I wonder if a better way to go would be using your DVC membership to book Interval Getaways via cash for some of the time ... I love Disney but so much of the premium is based on staying on property for the parks.... I wouldn't imagine myself going into them every day.
OKW or a Treehouse Villa I could make work... If it was just us and a dog, and if the cabins had put in W/D, I could make that work easily too... So silly that they did not put W/Ds in the units!
OKW or a Treehouse Villa I could make work... If it was just us and a dog, and if the cabins had put in W/D, I could make that work easily too... So silly that they did not put W/Ds in the units!
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