RS Applecore
Official Dole Whip Taste Tester, MI branch
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2015
- Messages
- 95
I even have multiple cards to prove it, LOL!
Okay, so I posted a thread before we left, asking if the DVC open house was a hard sell. Based on feedback, we decided to go (and hey, a $50 Disney g.c. and free ice cream didn't hurt). We have been to WDW a handful of times in 15 years, and I went twice myself in the 90s. We'd been looking at DVC for years (and gee, wish we'd bought ten years ago when you could buy a decent number of points for $5-6,000!).
Anyway, Mark was our rep, and he was pretty laid back. He said, "Ask me some questions," so I did
And he sat up straight and said, "Somebody did their homework. Want to do numbers?" We were like, heck yeah, let's run numbers. We asked about the resale market, we talked home resorts and use years, and he let us have lots of breaks, where we talked about stuff just between the two of us. We saw the demo rooms (Aulani, whoa... nice). And we decided that DVC was for us, specifically, the Poly.
Why? Well, we'd heard about Trader Sam's before we left and were keen to go. And that was that. No, just kidding. But we got to TS on our second night, got a pager, and walked around the Poly.
We LOVED it. The pool, the Dole Whips, the DVC area, the counter service (ummm.... blows away the QS at the moderates; LOBSTAH ROLLS? for real???), the Tambu Lounge (or as I like to call it, my home away from home), Trader Sam's which was AWESOME, and did I mention Dole Whips? The whole vibe, it just fit.
Is it worth $165 pp? I guess, for some people, it is, if you want home resort advantage, which we do. Otherwise, we'd have done resale.
We have looked at other DVCs: VGF, SSR, Beach and Yacht Club and Boardwalk, and OKW. We'll be happy to try them all But we can't wait for our first stay at the Poly. If we win the lottery, I guess we'll upgrade to enough points for the bungalows, but in the meantime... We're pleased with our decision.
Oh, the multiple cards? We thought about VGF, and were wait listed, and it just came through a few days ago, but we said we called Mark and told him no, we decided that we wanted to stick with the Poly. So we had these new DVC member cards come for the VGF, which are now null and void, and then apparently he had to put through the paperwork for the Poly, and those cards just came today, after we already had cards for the Poly, so... That's a lot of membership cards
So anyway, long post is long, but here we are! New DVC members! Got the magnet on my car to prove it
Okay, so I posted a thread before we left, asking if the DVC open house was a hard sell. Based on feedback, we decided to go (and hey, a $50 Disney g.c. and free ice cream didn't hurt). We have been to WDW a handful of times in 15 years, and I went twice myself in the 90s. We'd been looking at DVC for years (and gee, wish we'd bought ten years ago when you could buy a decent number of points for $5-6,000!).
Anyway, Mark was our rep, and he was pretty laid back. He said, "Ask me some questions," so I did
And he sat up straight and said, "Somebody did their homework. Want to do numbers?" We were like, heck yeah, let's run numbers. We asked about the resale market, we talked home resorts and use years, and he let us have lots of breaks, where we talked about stuff just between the two of us. We saw the demo rooms (Aulani, whoa... nice). And we decided that DVC was for us, specifically, the Poly.Why? Well, we'd heard about Trader Sam's before we left and were keen to go. And that was that. No, just kidding. But we got to TS on our second night, got a pager, and walked around the Poly.
We LOVED it. The pool, the Dole Whips, the DVC area, the counter service (ummm.... blows away the QS at the moderates; LOBSTAH ROLLS? for real???), the Tambu Lounge (or as I like to call it, my home away from home), Trader Sam's which was AWESOME, and did I mention Dole Whips? The whole vibe, it just fit.
Is it worth $165 pp? I guess, for some people, it is, if you want home resort advantage, which we do. Otherwise, we'd have done resale.
We have looked at other DVCs: VGF, SSR, Beach and Yacht Club and Boardwalk, and OKW. We'll be happy to try them all
But we can't wait for our first stay at the Poly. If we win the lottery, I guess we'll upgrade to enough points for the bungalows, but in the meantime... We're pleased with our decision.Oh, the multiple cards? We thought about VGF, and were wait listed, and it just came through a few days ago, but we said we called Mark and told him no, we decided that we wanted to stick with the Poly. So we had these new DVC member cards come for the VGF, which are now null and void, and then apparently he had to put through the paperwork for the Poly, and those cards just came today, after we already had cards for the Poly, so... That's a lot of membership cards
So anyway, long post is long, but here we are! New DVC members! Got the magnet on my car to prove it
Bill
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