Is buying direct VDH to mostly use in Florida a terrible plan?

[ClaraOswald]

Wrong thread.

 

[atthebeachclub]

Huh?

 

[VGCgroupie]

To add to @Brian Noble's point, it seems like part of your rationale is that you'd like direct points, presumably for the blue card benefits. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there are many blue card benefits at DLR, and they just did away with EE (which sounds like it was quite a phenomenal perk at DLR). Of course, we all know that blue card benefits can and will change, but if the majority of blue card benefits are WDW-based, and you're hesitant about owning in FL long-term, the benefits of direct may not be there for you right now.

The lounge at DLR is ah-mazing much much better than any of the ones at WDW! They also have MM in CA and they often do mixers etc for blue card holders.

 

[intamin]

I’m going to say it’s a great plan. Having points for priority when you do decide to make the west coast stays are priceless. Who needs to go for the leftover scraps after us owners book all the good stuff? The TOT is by stay and yearly dues are getting closer to other resorts.

You are already an expert at WDW stays. You know there will be multiple options at 7 months, even split stays with those points.

Give me your scraps please

I booked a VGC studio and a VDH duo studio for 2 days a piece at the 7 month mark. I think this will likely be the game plan for me as a local whenever we just want a quick staycation

 

[atthebeachclub]

Give me your scraps please

I booked a VGC studio and a VDH duo studio for 2 days a piece at the 7 month mark. I think this will likely be the game plan for me as a local whenever we just want a quick staycation

Oh, you switched coasts recently, right? Might want to get some local points!

 

[intamin]

Oh, you switched coasts recently, right? Might want to get some local points!

The wife would absolutely murder me. She told me I get enough to buy one more 30-35k contract and that's it. Finito. My DVC addonitis is coming to an end..


..Until yacht club opens but she doesn't know that .. I would definitely drop my resale AKV for it though but otherwise really that's it, I'll have it in the locations I wanted when this first started which was always one for Epcot/HS, one for AK, one for MK, one for Hawaii. I doubt I'd ever plan DL more than 7 months out as it's not a necessity for us to stay there so the points I have work just fine booking staycations.

 

[Brian Noble]

Yeah, I'll go to DLR pretty much any month of the year. But I will only go to WDW in winter.

Having gone to both DLR and WDW several times at the same time of year (late February/early March)----the weather at WDW has been significantly better during that period.