How many splits are too many for a split stay?

[Disney got all my$$$]

I’m planning a June 2026 trip with 3 splits to use 11-month priority at my 3 home resorts.

Current plan:
4 nights (AKL Jambo) 3 bedroom grand villa - hosting extended family for son’s high school graduation
5 nights (Riviera) 2 bedroom - just us (2 adults and our 2 “kids” DS18 and DD20)
5 nights (VGF) 2 bedroom - just us again

I want to try all the DVC resorts so I’m excited to split stay! My family is going along with it but we have never done a split stay so may end up hating it!

Is three resorts too many?
We’ve never stayed at AKL as DVC nor VGF since buying DVC so definitely want to stay at those two places.

At 7 months I can try to combine points to get the Riviera portion moved to Grand Floridian for fewer splits or maybe move it to Boardwalk or BLT to try one more resort (we have stayed at Riviera many times and love it but I want to try all the resorts).

Thanks for any input.

 

[JulieBeeRN]

A split stay is whatever you feel like you can handle. Some people use the check in time as a park day (and now as a water park day). You may want to check to see if your resort has direct transportation to the water park bc we are at CCV and there is a direct bus route through the end of September (I think).

If you have a car, you can move your own luggage; otherwise you can use bell services but make sure that you have your essentials bc you may not receive your luggage until later that evening.

We do split stays all the time, so feel free to ask any questions! In fact, I need to go bc we are checking out of CCV for the YC right now.

 

[Disney got all my$$$]

Thanks! I hope are enjoying your trip!

We will have a car and will probably move our own luggage. We are very much “on our own time” kind of people and wouldn’t want to be rushed. I don’t think we would mind just waking up and throwing our stuff in the car, checking in at the next resort (it’s an adventure!) and then hitting the park.

We don’t rope drop and don’t mind spreading things out.

 

[SG131]

That split seems reasonable. I enjoy split stays when I have enough time at each resort, but I find 2-3 days a bit too short of a stay. Especially having 5 days at 2 of the 3 resorts, I think you'll be fine especially with your own car.

 

[DisneyGal24]

We really enjoy split stays. When changing resorts, we go to the parks. We drop off our bags at the resort and go have fun. For years we handled our own bags but now we let bell services handle them and it’s so much easier. Once we’re back at the resort, we call them and our bags are delivered pretty quickly.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Looks like I'm going to be the only person so far who disagrees. I've done split stays often and usually really enjoy it BUT only when it's a split stay of 2 resorts. The one time I really didn't enjoy it, was a 3-way split, when I had to pack up and move twice. I admit that it was fewer days total (11, I think), but I swore then that I'd never do a split stay where I had to pack up and move more than once. But a split stay of 2 resorts can be very enjoyable.

 

[BoardwalkGlenn]

I think it sounds like a fantastic plan!
I did 3 stops in 2021 for the 50th with the middle stop at Vero Beach and would do 3 again.
PVB for 4 nights
VBR for 2 nights
BWV for 3 nights.

 

[cruisehopeful]

It sounds like fun! Since I want to stay at all the resorts, I'm sure I'll have some split stays in the future, also. I think it'll just depend on how much work it is to pack everything up and if you end up throwing out a lot of food.