Home Resort - Bolder Ridge or Copper Creek?

[AllisonBrubaker]

We are looking to make the leap into DVC in the near future and have narrowed down our home resort to Bolder Ridge or Copper Creek. We are a family of four and want to be able to stay in a 1 bedroom for 4-7 days around Thanksgiving.
Given the difficulty of availability at CC due to the cabins, are there any glaring drawbacks to picking Boulder Ridge for our home resort that I’m not thinking about? I’m not concerned with the need for refurb...I know it will eventually happen. Anything else to consider for Bolder Ridge?

 

[JETSDAD]

We are looking to make the leap into DVC in the near future and have narrowed down our home resort to Bolder Ridge or Copper Creek. We are a family of four and want to be able to stay in a 1 bedroom for 4-7 days around Thanksgiving.
Given the difficulty of availability at CC due to the cabins, are there any glaring drawbacks to picking Boulder Ridge for our home resort that I’m not thinking about? I’m not concerned with the need for refurb...I know it will eventually happen. Anything else to consider for Bolder Ridge?

For me it would be the expiry dates that would likely sway me. As much as I would generally lean towards BRV for the size of the rooms, it's a much shorter contract.

 

[Sandisw]

Given you are looking for 1 bedrooms, and CCV expires so much later, I’d go with that over BRV.

But, if you don’t really care about that, then BRV is a nice 2nd choice.

 

[MrsBooch]

CCV bc of date expiration alone.

 

[Stargazer65]

A longer contract could be a plus or minus depending on your age. We are 55 so the shorter, cheaper BRV contracts make sense.
But if you are younger and have a family of only 4, CCV makes sense. CCV 1 BR have a 4 person hard stop, vs the 4+1 in BRV.
Incidentally, I prefer to call it "More Confident Ridge" vs "Bolder Ridge"

 

[BWV Dreamin]

It is very hard to book at CCV. Given that BRV is more available, I would purchase BRV.

 

[Stargazer65]

It is very hard to book at CCV. Given that BRV is more available, I would purchase BRV.

Is it hard to book in the 11 month window though? If they plan on going at a set time and book early, they might benefit from CCV. If they are booking off the cuff, in the 7 month window, then I guess it doesn't matter much what they buy.

 

[Pyotr]

It is very hard to book at CCV. Given that BRV is more available, I would purchase BRV.

Its only hard to book studios. One bedrooms are easily available.

 

[Pyotr]

Is it hard to book in the 11 month window though? If they plan on going at a set time and book early, they might benefit from CCV. If they are booking off the cuff, in the 7 month window, then I guess it doesn't matter much what they buy.

One bedrooms at CCV are usually available. Studios are a different story.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Is it hard to book in the 11 month window though? If they plan on going at a set time and book early, they might benefit from CCV. If they are booking off the cuff, in the 7 month window, then I guess it doesn't matter much what they buy.

It is hard at the 11 month booking timeframe.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

One bedrooms at CCV are usually available. Studios are a different story.

Not usually. There was no consecutive availability for either studios or one bedrooms a week after the 11 month booking time frame for May 2021.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Its only hard to book studios. One bedrooms are easily available.

Nope, not so. Because of the lack of studio availability, one bedrooms are also a problem.

 

[Pyotr]

Not usually. There was no consecutive availability for either studios or one bedrooms a week after the 11 month booking time frame for May 2021.

That’s odd. Aside from the 50th, June to October 2021 is wide open for one bedrooms.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

That’s odd. Aside from the 50th, June to October 2021 is wide open for one bedrooms.

Summer is notoriously open. We are just into the October 2021 booking timeframe ( 4days exactly). We shall see what is left in two weeks. I own at Copper Creek. Believe me, it is very very tight to book almost the year round, except for a month or so in the summer. I chalk up any availability under 10 months due to Covid.

 

[Stargazer65]

Summer is notoriously open. We are just into the October 2021 booking timeframe ( 4days exactly). We shall see what is left in two weeks. I own at Copper Creek. Believe me, it is very very tight to book almost the year round, except for a month or so in the summer. I chalk up any availability under 10 months due to Covid.

True, I sometimes forget that one time of the year is not the same as another.

 

[jarestel]

If you know you want to go around the same time every year, CCV offers a fixed week option so availability is guaranteed. BRV contracts can be had for half the price of CCV contracts but they also expire in half the time. Resale value will be better for CCV vs BRV also due to the extended contract lengths, especially over time. I do like the room configuration at BRV a bit more than CCV though.

 

[poofyo101]

CCV

 

[Lorana]

If you can’t decide, you could do what we did and buy both! ;-)

Mout rationale: when we first bought in, CCV was a little too much price-wise for us and we had found a great $93/point BRV resale contract. We also have two teens who won’t share a bed, so the studio that sleeps 5 was also a factor.

Then when we saved more to buy more, the summer incentives came out, which made CCV a reasonable buy-in for us. We ended up buying FW so we could guarantee studios in the F&W, Thanksgiving to start of Christmas season timeframe, expecting that we’ll visit more often then once the kids are grown. (We did debate the runDisney Marathon and Princess weeks if only because super long term we do want to spend winters in Disney when we retire) but figured that was long enough from now and we do love the holiday season at Disney. Fall frenzy is harder to book after all.

Also, the cheaper BRV points mean that we have points we can use towards a Cabin or 3BR on those trips where we splurge and take family/friends! For example we hope to snag a 3BR Grand Villa in 2023 when we take our friends & godson on his first Disney trip right before he turns 3.

BRV does expire in 22 years but if that’s the right length of ownership for you, go for it. It’s less expensive upfront to own than CCV. 1BRs should still be doable at 11 months around Thanksgiving. One advantage of CCV is the ability to buy that FW, though.

 

[disneykim17]

If you can’t decide, you could do what we did and buy both! ;-)

Mout rationale: when we first bought in, CCV was a little too much price-wise for us and we had found a great $93/point BRV resale contract. We also have two teens who won’t share a bed, so the studio that sleeps 5 was also a factor.

Then when we saved more to buy more, the summer incentives came out, which made CCV a reasonable buy-in for us. We ended up buying FW so we could guarantee studios in the F&W, Thanksgiving to start of Christmas season timeframe, expecting that we’ll visit more often then once the kids are grown. (We did debate the runDisney Marathon and Princess weeks if only because super long term we do want to spend winters in Disney when we retire) but figured that was long enough from now and we do love the holiday season at Disney. Fall frenzy is harder to book after all.

Also, the cheaper BRV points mean that we have points we can use towards a Cabin or 3BR on those trips where we splurge and take family/friends! For example we hope to snag a 3BR Grand Villa in 2023 when we take our friends & godson on his first Disney trip right before he turns 3.

BRV does expire in 22 years but if that’s the right length of ownership for you, go for it. It’s less expensive upfront to own than CCV. 1BRs should still be doable at 11 months around Thanksgiving. One advantage of CCV is the ability to buy that FW, though.

Hi there, we currently have an offer in on a CCV contract...waiting to hear back to see if it is accepted. We love the Lodge and the expiration on BRV was an issue for us that's why we are interested in CCV.

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

I own at CCV. Trying to get a Studio at 11 months was impossible because of people "walking reservations" I learned.

BUT.. I think BRV is due for a refurb very soon so it would be nice to stay at somewhere that will have newly refurbed rooms for the next few years. I feel like that would sway me.