I am really, really hoping all goes well with both of these! Unfortunately you cannot deal directly with Disney to confirm as they are not transferred to your name until very shortly before the arrival date.
I have seen a number of larger units at OKW. My guess is that your unit does not have the trade power to get a unit larger than you have seen. This happens all the time that a larger unit at a slightly lessor resort will pull studios but nothing else. I find it interesting that you wanted to complicate your life to the point that you bought another timeshare with the main purpose of trading into DVC.Originally posted by Sharper
As I mentioned, having regularly looked at the II site I was unable to find a one-bedroom at any point, but saw studios at OKW and very recently at BCV for trade. I have OKW for May, BCV for October.
I will never understand II's so-called system. For some to have seen/traded for more than a studio perhaps it had to do with what they traded it. I was told that my five-star resort in red time would trade for anything offered, but who knows?? I joined specifically to trade into Disney, understanding that it is difficult, but even though I had several requests in for Disney resorts I was never offered one, even when they came up in the system as available. Both times I had to call II, was told that there were no Disney resorts available, point them to their website and eventually get the reservation. Actually, the second time I lost a preferred reservation because the rep at II literally took 30 minutes to figure out their system and it "disappeared" after about 20 minutes. I was not happy that it was not held while she was trained
Again, if I had it to do over, I would have rented out my timeshare to friends or co-workers, then rented points for my Disney stay. (I joined II before we became DVC owners.) Good luck!
Sorry, maybe I misunderstood.
I have seen a number of 1 and 2 BR units on line at HH, VB and especially OKW. I still suspect that in II's eyes you have a resort not rated quite as highly and that's the reason you're only seeing studios. If II sees it as only a studio, they will only show you that regardless of what the resorts says. If II sees it as a 1 BR, they will show you 1 BR and smaller units only until the 60 day window. All the resorts I own are 5* and only 2 of the 4 resorts I own are highly rated enough to pull DVC other than in the 60 day flexchange period. It doens't take much variation to be outside of the quality range with II. I know that when I do searches in general, I get a completely different set of choices with each of the resorts I own. In many cases there is almost no overlap of the search returns at all. It's very interesting to see such variation when comparing searches from what are otherwise all great 5* resorts.
II is very secretive about the trade values of each week. It actually varies by resort, location and by specific week. Think of an algebraic formula that combines the QRS (quality rating system), unit size, demand for the resort, demand for the week and time in advance deposited. II then stratifies the resorts. Since II doesn't give you their info, the best I can use to discuss the resort quality is the TUG ratings. If you assume a 10 pt scale and figure most 5* resorts are rated from 8-10, that gives you something to work from. Assume that an 8 rated resort won't trade for an 8.5 which won't trade for a 9 which won't trade for a 9.5. Even if there are units sitting there, they won't give them to you until 60 days out. This is how all exchange systems work in general though there are individual variations for the indepent companies.
