Good Idea to buy 150 SSR points to use at other resorts in June and July?

[AKNOTTS66]

You are quite right in pointing it out. I would add also that I think they're not done with the reallocation. I would expect another nudge in 2022, then they'll reassess. If the summer will continue to be low demand, they might decide to reallocate again.
Long story short: buying SSR is a good idea if you have the flexibility to make them work. Would you be happy if due to the reallocations the Summer becomes high demand season and you'll have to stay at SSR most years?

Probably not. Good point.

 

[TraderSamWDW]

Also, have them subject to all restrictions in 2042, and new points charts.

Excellent point. They can offer an extension or a short term contract, both of which would appear to be identical. But with a new contract, they can up the points per night too, and consolidate residential units. et al. Both would be similar offerings to the customer, but one would be a much better move for Disney.

 

[TraderSamWDW]

You are quite right in pointing it out. I would add also that I think they're not done with the reallocation. I would expect another nudge in 2022, then they'll reassess. If the summer will continue to be low demand, they might decide to reallocate again.
Long story short: buying SSR is a good idea if you have the flexibility to make them work. Would you be happy if due to the reallocations the Summer becomes high demand season and you'll have to stay at SSR most years?

While I think your points are very valid, It would have to be a somewhat significant reallocation to make the summer high demand I think.

But, if they do something that makes it such that summer becomes the high demand season and you can no longer switch, then sell your contract and buy a different one at a different resort. Anything could happen but DVC contracts have held their value quite well. Something to consider anyway. Kinda like buying a starter house.

Disney can possibly alter demand thru reallocation to a degree, but a lot of people are tied into particular times because of work and school, etc.

And no matter what Disney does, Orlando in July is still Orlando in July

 

[mustinjourney]

Probably not. Good point.

@zavandor makes some good points about a potential reallocation affecting user demand -- however -- I would personally decide based on what the current situation is. Trying to guess whether another reallocation is coming and then further assuming that demand will change is a lot to assume. Worst case -- you sell the SSR contract after a couple years of use and reassess.

More than likely -- no matter what happens -- your trip styles will have changed over the next 3 years -- so it'll be a moot point anyway.

 

[HickoryDickory]

Sleep around points are great to have as a supplementary contract, but can be frustrating and disappointing as a primary contract. Buy where you want to stay for your first contract and let SSR be your future add-on contract.

 

[TexasChick123]

Sleep around points are great to have as a supplementary contract, but can be frustrating and disappointing as a primary contract. Buy where you want to stay for your first contract and let SSR be your future add-on contract.

Great advice!

 

[Henwen88]

Sleep around points are great to have as a supplementary contract, but can be frustrating and disappointing as a primary contract. Buy where you want to stay for your first contract and let SSR be your future add-on contract.

I feel like as long as you don't over-commit with a huge contract, you can go either way. Our family started with almost same plan as OP - we bought 150 SSR points (we were flexible on travel times, though). Over years and getting to try different resorts led us to our add-ons to fill specific needs (and also discovered that we really enjoy SSR too, lol). Great thing about DVC, thus far, is the resale market - if you hate what you bought, you can unload it pretty painlessly. Hope it stays that way!

 

[jlb727]

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I was wondering what you all thought of this idea. Would it be a better buy to buy 150 SSR points to use in June and July the less busy DVC months and staying around at say BWV Garden/Pool view and BLT Lake View or Poly Standard View rooms than buying the pricier points? We will always travel in June and July since the wife is a teacher. What are the pros and cons long term? I could even see Disney extending the expiration date for SSR one day since I doubt they want all of SSR's points again one day to try to resell.

Thats what I did. I’m a teacher and we are planning to travel in early June as soon as school gets out. We are happy with SSR if there are no other options, though.

 

[mrsap]

Sleep around points are great to have as a supplementary contract, but can be frustrating and disappointing as a primary contract. Buy where you want to stay for your first contract and let SSR be your future add-on contract.

I completely agree with this. We just added on at SSR for SAP‘s as our 3rd contract. You definitely cannot predict the future and what will happen with the points, but for now, we made sure we got plenty of points that we could either use for an additional week, or to stay at 1-2 bedrooms at our favorite locations during the summer. If you can get them for a good price, I say go for it. Enjoy!!

 

[Louis morrell]

Just to share my perspective as a SSR owner. Everyone says to buy where you want to stay and that is what I did. We purchased a 100 point resale at SSR in October 2017 then a 75 point direct add on in June 2019. We want to stay at Walt Disney World. SSR was the most economical way to do that so that is where we purchased. Now, 5 trips into our ownership I have only been there once. To visit and look around in November 2017 just days after we closed on the resale contract.

I guess what I'm saying is everyone's circumstances are different and buy where you want to stay means something different to some of us.

 

[E2ME2]

Just to share my perspective as a SSR owner. Everyone says to buy where you want to stay and that is what I did. We purchased a 100 point resale at SSR in October 2017 then a 75 point direct add on in June 2019. We want to stay at Walt Disney World. SSR was the most economical way to do that so that is where we purchased. Now, 5 trips into our ownership I have only been there once. To visit and look around in November 2017 just days after we closed on the resale contract.

I guess what I'm saying is everyone's circumstances are different and buy where you want to stay means something different to some of us.

I must admit that I was a bit naive when we did our DVC tour in 2010. We were staying off property, and I just happened to engage a CM at one of the DVC kiosks in "Downtown Disney".
The driving factors for me included the advantages of staying "on-property", which I interpreted exactly as you did, meaning anywhere in WDW!
SSR was still available at the time, and BLT was the "new kid on the block", and I think they were pushing a 160 point buy in.
I distinctly remember our guide, Rafael (since retired), saying many times that "a point is a point".
He also repeated the banking/borrowing scenarios for those "big vacations"
But I actually did the math on the spot, and went with SSR from an economical approach, under the "a point is a point" assumption.
We have been fortunate to have options at the 7 Month mark, and have stayed at several different resorts. When we can grab a different location at 7 months, I do feel fortunate, not entitled.
There are a few things we will likely never get at 7 Months (like the AKV-Values), but that's okay because WCS (Worst Case Scenario) is we stay at SSR.
The only complaint I have to-date is the recent point-shuffling (re-allocations), the additional "seasons", and the change in status of Congress Park to a "Preferred View Location".
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