The conventional wisdom on this board is that it takes 7-10 days from closing until you are "in the DVC system," and thus able to enjoy member benefits like AP discounts, as well as make reservations. We just received notification today from both the TTS and Timeshare Closing Services, Inc., that our BCV purchase closed and was sent off to DVC today. 
The email we received from TTS cited the typical 7-10 days until we would be in the system. It did not differentiate between calendar or business days. The email from Timeshare Closing Services, however, provided as follows:
I have sent your transfer documents to Disney via Fed Ex. However, they have informed me that they are approximately 15 business days in putting the changes on their system.
Eek! Hopefully that was just a very conservative estimate. Today is February 22. We fly down into MCO on March 15 (exactly 15 business days from 2/22) for our Spring Break trip. First thing I had hoped to do was use our new DVC membership to get APs at the DVC discount. It's going to be tight, obviously. Here come the questions. If anyone can help, thank you!
1) Is there anything I can do, short of beginning to call Member Services on Day 7, and ever day thereafter, to find out when I am in the system?
2) Is there anything I can do or anyone I can check with to at least confirm that Member Services has received our information, even if it is in the bottom or a processing queue somewhere? Somebody related a horror story on this board about how their closing documents went into a black hole at DVC for a period of time.
3) Can I order the APs somehow in advance, or am I better off to just order them when we get down there? I recall from a thread on this board that I will need some kind of a DVC membership card-- albeit maybe a temporary card-- in order to get the discount, so that sounds like a "down there" transaction to me?
4) Is it still the case that SSR is the ONLY place to get a temporary membership card?
5) And finally, the kicker. We are going to be staying at AKL on (hopefully) an AP rate. The timing seems such that, when we arrive very late on 3/15 (actually early morning 3/16), we won't yet have our APs in hand, because I'll be trundling off to SSR and DTD to get them the morning of 3/16 while the family sleeps in. In fact, that is probably the way this will work even if we are in the DVC system well before we head down, because the sequencing seems to be that I will absolutely need the temporary card to get the AP discount, but I can't get the temporary card until I am down there the morning of 3/16-- after having checked in the previous night. Does anyone think this will be a problem, in terms of whether it will be sufficient for me to show them my AP the morning AFTER check-in? I can and will call down to AKL, but just curious, as I know the company line is that the AP is required at check-in. That said, there must be instances where families can't find their APs right at check-in (packed them in checked luggage-- oh forfend!), or were in the same predicament as us (could not pick up their APs until the next morning). Aaargh. I have a headache now. Any advice!
Thank you!
The email we received from TTS cited the typical 7-10 days until we would be in the system. It did not differentiate between calendar or business days. The email from Timeshare Closing Services, however, provided as follows:I have sent your transfer documents to Disney via Fed Ex. However, they have informed me that they are approximately 15 business days in putting the changes on their system.
Eek! Hopefully that was just a very conservative estimate. Today is February 22. We fly down into MCO on March 15 (exactly 15 business days from 2/22) for our Spring Break trip. First thing I had hoped to do was use our new DVC membership to get APs at the DVC discount. It's going to be tight, obviously. Here come the questions. If anyone can help, thank you!
1) Is there anything I can do, short of beginning to call Member Services on Day 7, and ever day thereafter, to find out when I am in the system?
2) Is there anything I can do or anyone I can check with to at least confirm that Member Services has received our information, even if it is in the bottom or a processing queue somewhere? Somebody related a horror story on this board about how their closing documents went into a black hole at DVC for a period of time.
3) Can I order the APs somehow in advance, or am I better off to just order them when we get down there? I recall from a thread on this board that I will need some kind of a DVC membership card-- albeit maybe a temporary card-- in order to get the discount, so that sounds like a "down there" transaction to me?
4) Is it still the case that SSR is the ONLY place to get a temporary membership card?
5) And finally, the kicker. We are going to be staying at AKL on (hopefully) an AP rate. The timing seems such that, when we arrive very late on 3/15 (actually early morning 3/16), we won't yet have our APs in hand, because I'll be trundling off to SSR and DTD to get them the morning of 3/16 while the family sleeps in. In fact, that is probably the way this will work even if we are in the DVC system well before we head down, because the sequencing seems to be that I will absolutely need the temporary card to get the AP discount, but I can't get the temporary card until I am down there the morning of 3/16-- after having checked in the previous night. Does anyone think this will be a problem, in terms of whether it will be sufficient for me to show them my AP the morning AFTER check-in? I can and will call down to AKL, but just curious, as I know the company line is that the AP is required at check-in. That said, there must be instances where families can't find their APs right at check-in (packed them in checked luggage-- oh forfend!), or were in the same predicament as us (could not pick up their APs until the next morning). Aaargh. I have a headache now. Any advice!
Thank you!
