Looking for Honest Opinions.

[Dean]

It is not that we only want to go for short weekends. Right now because I used up almost all of my vacation time for my wedding last year and the year before I was saving time for my wedding we ended up only going for long weekends. I was talking to our friends lastnight and we were discussing how the short trips or our "Disney Fix" is just not cutting anymore, we would like to go and not have to rush everything into 4 days, well 3.5. Hubby gets a lot more vacation than I do at this particular time. I just used a bunch when we went to Disneyland. I am in the process of saving more time right now to try and go for a bit longer for our one year anniversary. I know that eventually DH and I will have a DVC, just dont know how soon.

Using DVC for mostly weekends is not a good value at all.

 

[Disney-Kim]

We are in our late 30's now. We bought 2 yrs ago. We had originally looked in 1998, yes the prices were cheaper, but our finances were not ready then.
I believe most of the DVC owners on this board are older and more financially secure and ready to make an investment.
We are financing. I know thats not the greatest thing, but we are. We are so happy with our purchase and it will benefit us for years to come. But we waited until we could really afford it and.....
most importantly....we knew we are the ideal candidates. We have traveled to WDW for 11 yrs in a row for a 1 wk vacation. DVC will now enable us to do that for 30 more years. I think if you are not going to go at least every other year or more...then not a good idea. Also...it is NOT as easy to trade out to other resorts like Hawaii....it usually has to be about 2 yrs out. So you have to really want to travel to WDW a lot !!
Don't forget there are travel costs, food, passes...etc.
I know the idea of DVC is so fun but you have to really decide if you will use it that much. Good Luck !!!