bumbershoot
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Just in case you hadn't seen it, up at the top of the page you'll see a link to DVC Point Charts. Click on that, and look at the 2010 points (different from this year) to see what sort of trips you could take, where, on 2 or 3 years worth of points.
I'm sure the PMs you've gotten have more than covered it, but just for fun...we bought 160 points at BLT (financed, though we're paying it off early and there's no penalty to do that, and we don't even own a home, we're happy renters!). We had plans for an October trip, we were going to borrow from 2010 points to have twice the points, and treat some WDW-local family. Oct is off now, b/c hubby had to scramble to find a new job mere days after our 10 days DVC cancellation period was up and he's not going to take a huge vacay with a new job. So we plan to bank this year's points into next year, and do the big trip next year. We *might* even borrow from 2011 points, for up to a total of 480 points, for a trip in 2010, really do it up right for us and for the family (they will only stay 4 days or so, we will stay much longer).
And, get this, we haven't even been to WDW yet.
Seriously, we just love DLR so much that we know we'll adore WDW, and we know we'll want to go there often, along with our budget (usually) trips to So Cal (my brother lives there).
By the way, I too am almost 40, and we just bought in in March. Hubby's a little younger.
They do indeed have presentations on the cruise, and I've heard that incentives can be even better than on land. Have fun!
I'm sure the PMs you've gotten have more than covered it, but just for fun...we bought 160 points at BLT (financed, though we're paying it off early and there's no penalty to do that, and we don't even own a home, we're happy renters!). We had plans for an October trip, we were going to borrow from 2010 points to have twice the points, and treat some WDW-local family. Oct is off now, b/c hubby had to scramble to find a new job mere days after our 10 days DVC cancellation period was up and he's not going to take a huge vacay with a new job. So we plan to bank this year's points into next year, and do the big trip next year. We *might* even borrow from 2011 points, for up to a total of 480 points, for a trip in 2010, really do it up right for us and for the family (they will only stay 4 days or so, we will stay much longer).
And, get this, we haven't even been to WDW yet.

By the way, I too am almost 40, and we just bought in in March. Hubby's a little younger.

They do indeed have presentations on the cruise, and I've heard that incentives can be even better than on land. Have fun!