limited options-family of five?

[kimmar067]

...first post on this thread, I asked about the "magic" column. Can someone P L E A S E answer my question......????
(re: point calculator.....it show you how many points you need to purchase. In the 3rd column it says "Magic" and I would like to know what that means...)

 

[Richyams]

That third column is the season. Points per night vary at diffferent times of the year. Those times are broken up into seasons. Magic, Adventure, Dream....and there are two more...I think there are a total of five different seasons.

 

[wdwnutze]

We are also a family of 5 and have stayed at the Poly 2x. We find the rooms to be very spacious. We stayed in the Tahiti bldg last Aug.(I think the rooms are among the largest in that bldg.) We had 2 adults, 17yo ds, 9yo dd, and 2 1/2yo dd and felt we had plenty of room. We enjoyed having a 1st floor room so we could enjoy the patio and the kids could play on the beach and the grass in front of the room. We started our stay out at the BC and found the rooms to be much smaller than the Poly so we requested a resort change which they did no problem.

 

[kimmar067]

So does Magic mean a season like "value season", "peak season", etc....????

 

[Richyams]

I am sorry, I just spent the last fifteen minutes looking for the point charts on line. I guess I could get up and walk over to my cabnet and pull mine out, but that would be WAY too much trouble.

If you ask about the seasons and their relative requirements, I am sure someone there will post the order of the seasons in seconds.

 

[Richyams]

Adventure, Choice, Dream, Magic, Premier

These are the seasons from the lowest point season, Adventure, to the highest point season, Premier.

I found it...

 

[kimmar067]

...Richyams for your speedy reply!!
(Actually I was hoping it would mean "Magic" as in "Magic Plan" - entry to parks & one perk as in the packages offered by Disney)
Well, I can dream, can't I...!?!?!?!

 

[JillU-DVC]

Sorry, guys, I've been out sick for the last several days and have not read the boards. To answer kimmar067's question about "Magic" season, here's what I found in my DVC manual for year 2002; other years would be similar except the holidays would be different.

It's really just a way of rating the year with different point values - more popular times of the year cost more in points per night to stay than less popular times of the year.

Adventure season (with certain holiday exceptions)
Jan 1-31
Sept 1-30
Dec 1-14

Choice Season
Oct. 1-31
Nov 1-26
Nov 30
Dec 15-23

Dream Season
Feb. 1-15
May 1-31
June 1-10
August 16-31

Magic Season
Feb 16-28
March 1-23
April 7-30
June 11-30
July 1-31
August 1-15
Nov 27-29

Premier Season
March 24-31
April 1-6
Dec 24-31

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you - hope this helps!!

 

[kimmar067]

...thank you for the informative information. I hope you are feeling much better....

 

[Bonnie40]

This is an interesting thread. We just returned from WDW and for the first time stayed off-site. I was disappointed with Disney because when I was trying to make reservations, I found out just how limited I was (with a family of 5) to stay on-site affordably. I was told that because my youngest is now over 9 years old, we were not allowed to stay at POR - we would have to upgrade from a moderate to a deluxe accommodation. I was surprised and expressed my disappointment at the lack of forward thinking on Disney's part. Not all families can afford to stay at the expensive resorts, and when you're from Canada, we have to add an additional 60% to the rate for exchange. Makes it unaffordable for most people. Anyway, we had a fantastic time, and found that being off-site wasn't such a burden as we thought.

Bonnie

 

[cottontail]

Hi Bonnie, glad you had a nice time, where did you end up staying?

You know I don't think they ask ages of younger children when you check in, I guess if you had told the reservationist a little white lie that he was 8 years old they would have let you in.

It angers me that wdw is a place for families, and someone told you that you couldn't go to that resort cause your child was 9. That is a ridiculous rule, what difference to them how old your child is that is going to sleep on that little pull out bed. I thought you could have 5 in the alligator bayou rooms.

Deb.