Help choosing FW?

[SugarSweetLee]

We are leaning toward buying 200 pts split 150/50 direct at Riviera. On a 150 pt contract it wouldn't cover Thanksgiving or Xmas/NY weeks, but we are trying to choose which would be the most optimal/attractive week that contract could afford. Any of them work for us to visit, so it would help for some group input to narrow down what might be seen as more universally popular if we ever do have to sell (hope not tho!).

The options we are considering for RIV are week 50 mid-Dec, week 1 to hopefully overlap Marathon weekend, or week 4 (to coincide with Festival of the Arts).

Any odds as to which would be seen as more favorable to buyers down the road? We could honestly visit anytime (mid-Dec is hubbie's birthday and we enjoy the holiday decos, I do a lot of RunDisney events, and we love FArts) and we don't plan to rely on it for making our booking anyway.

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

We are leaning toward buying 200 pts split 150/50 direct at Riviera. On a 150 pt contract it wouldn't cover Thanksgiving or Xmas/NY weeks, but we are trying to choose which would be the most optimal/attractive week that contract could afford. Any of them work for us to visit, so it would help for some group input to narrow down what might be seen as more universally popular if we ever do have to sell (hope not tho!).

The options we are considering for RIV are week 50 mid-Dec, week 1 to hopefully overlap Marathon weekend, or week 4 (to coincide with Festival of the Arts).

Any odds as to which would be seen as more favorable to buyers down the road? We could honestly visit anytime (mid-Dec is hubbie's birthday and we enjoy the holiday decos, I do a lot of RunDisney events, and we love FArts) and we don't plan to rely on it for making our booking anyway.

I replied in the other thread but I would do Week 50 or Week 1 out of the two.

I'd also consider Week 7 - would lock in President's Day, and potentially get you some of Princess Half + Festival of the Arts. Plus it's 153 points (and decreased since Riv first opened by a lot).

 

[intamin]

We are leaning toward buying 200 pts split 150/50 direct at Riviera. On a 150 pt contract it wouldn't cover Thanksgiving or Xmas/NY weeks, but we are trying to choose which would be the most optimal/attractive week that contract could afford. Any of them work for us to visit, so it would help for some group input to narrow down what might be seen as more universally popular if we ever do have to sell (hope not tho!).

The options we are considering for RIV are week 50 mid-Dec, week 1 to hopefully overlap Marathon weekend, or week 4 (to coincide with Festival of the Arts).

Any odds as to which would be seen as more favorable to buyers down the road? We could honestly visit anytime (mid-Dec is hubbie's birthday and we enjoy the holiday decos, I do a lot of RunDisney events, and we love FArts) and we don't plan to rely on it for making our booking anyway.

Personally I’d go with week 50 or week 1 as @Sprinkles&Sprints said. I actually picked a week 50 standard studio for my own fixed week so we may be neighbors but I did a 135/50, but you can do a 135/65 to hit the 200 point threshold.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

Personally I’d go with week 50 or week 1 as @Sprinkles&Sprints said. I actually picked a week 50 standard studio for my own fixed week so we may be neighbors but I did a 135/50, but you can do a 135/65 to hit the 200 point threshold.

I like the idea but think we would still split it 150/50 to be able to keep the direct benefits if we ever want to downsize in the future but not rid ourselves of everything.

 

[intamin]

I like the idea but think we would still split it 150/50 to be able to keep the direct benefits if we ever want to downsize in the future but not rid ourselves of everything.

The only issue with that is when you use the fixed week, it will take the entire 150. A fixed week for week 50 costs 135, the normal point amount is 122. So you'd essentially be giving up 28 points if you bump it up to 150 and really paying more of a premium for the week than you really need to. This would also make the future owner pay 150 for that week. The fixed week is an all or nothing. If you want to have the point amount be 150 for that contract, you need a FW that costs 150 points or more and then you'd have to add a 50 points because it's Riviera and the minimum contract size they sell there is 50 to get you up to 200.

I was in the same situation. In reality I only wanted another 150 points, but because of the fixed week, it forced me to buy it as 135 and then another 50 to top it off and hit 175 point incentives. Didn't think the 200 point threshold was worth it when I bought it but otherwise I would've done 135/65. So we bought 185 + our original 150 = 335 at Riviera.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

The only issue with that is when you use the fixed week, it will take the entire 150. A fixed week for week 50 costs 135, the normal point amount is 122. So you'd essentially be giving up 28 points if you bump it up to 150 and really paying more of a premium for the week than you really need to. This would also make the future owner pay 150 for that week. The fixed week is an all or nothing. If you want to have the point amount be 150 for that contract, you need a FW that costs 150 points or more and then you'd have to add a 50 points because it's Riviera and the minimum contract size they sell there is 50 to get you up to 200.

I was in the same situation. In reality I only wanted another 150 points, but because of the fixed week, it forced me to buy it as 135 and then another 50 to top it off and hit 175 point incentives. Didn't think the 200 point threshold was worth it when I bought it but otherwise I would've done 135/65. So we bought 185 + our original 150 = 335 at Riviera.

Sorry, this doesn't make sense to me. If I purchase a FW that costs 135 points on my 150 pt contract, do I not have 15 points left over to bank or do whatever with?

 

[intamin]

Sorry, this doesn't make sense to me. If I purchase a FW that costs 135 points on my 150 pt contract, do I not have 15 points left over to bank or do whatever with?

No, you don't. The entire 150 will be used on the fixed week. You cannot add 15 points on top of a fixed week without the extra 15 being taken. Like I said, the fixed week is all or nothing.

You can technically do it but it's not a good idea. I had multiple discussions with my guide about this because I wanted to just do another 150 to get our RIV points up to 300. But since week 50 costs 135, if I had told them I wanted to bump it up to 150, the entire 150 would be taken for that week.

This is why I ended up buying 185 (135+50) points instead of my originally intended 150.

 

[MagicDVC]

Sorry, this doesn't make sense to me. If I purchase a FW that costs 135 points on my 150 pt contract, do I not have 15 points left over to bank or do whatever with?

I also voted in the other thread, week 50 or 1. You would need separate contracts. In your case, one with 135 pts for the FW then 65 if you want 200 points to use. You have to have a minimum of 50 points per contract for RIV.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

I also voted in the other thread, week 50 or 1. You would need separate contracts. In your case, one with 135 pts for the FW then 65 if you want 200 points to use. You have to have a minimum of 50 points per contract for RIV.

So a fixed week contract can only be for the amount of points the selected week uses?

 

[intamin]

So a fixed week contract can only be for the amount of points the selected week uses?

Correct. Like I said above you can add on top of it to reach the threshold you want, but you can't do a 150/50 split unless the 150 is the actual fixed week contract amount or you want to give up points unnecessarily.

 

[Sandisw]

So a fixed week contract can only be for the amount of points the selected week uses?

Correct….a FW contract is for the FW…any other points you want need to be in a separate contract.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

Correct….a FW contract is for the FW…any other points you want need to be in a separate contract.

I understand now, thank you!

 

[SugarSweetLee]

Correct. Like I said above you can add on top of it to reach the threshold you want, but you can't do a 150/50 split unless the 150 is the actual fixed week contract amount or you want to give up points unnecessarily.

Got it.

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

Got it.

This was why I suggested Week 7 - b/c that week costs 153 points, so you wouldn't have to buy more in that contract. And then you could do 50 points to bring you to 203.

 

[intamin]

Unfortunately the popular times and really the most competitive weeks are the ones that are in low point season and yeah a standard studio will not be going for 150+ points during those times.

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

Personally I’d go with week 50 or week 1 as @Sprinkles&Sprints said. I actually picked a week 50 standard studio for my own fixed week so we may be neighbors but I did a 135/50, but you can do a 135/65 to hit the 200 point threshold.

I came so close to picking Week 50 too, but it didn't make sense with my UY. It's such a great week!

 

[SugarSweetLee]

I came so close to picking Week 50 too, but it didn't make sense with my UY. It's such a great week!

Really leaning toward week 50, that would pair well with a Dec UY, right?

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

Really leaning toward week 50, that would pair well with a Dec UY, right?

Yep - that's probably the best.