O.K. all you add-on veterans....

[allaboutmm]

My DH and I really need your help. We own 100 at SSR, September UY, we do want to do an add -on(really want to wait if possible $$$, our goal is only to spend around $5000 ish)......here is where our DVC inexperience comes in to play.

DO we....

*Hope that SSR still has some points(50 @$104) in their reserve, so that we can get same UY, and our points will then=150

*Buy @ AKL , I think we would still get the same UY, and if at $94 we could buy 55 points=100@SSR and 55@AKL

Is it worth having 2 "home" resorts with such little points? Or look into resale again?Good chance will have a different UY, and then looking at closing cost again.

PLEASE OH WISE DVC ADD-ON MEMBERS, PLEASE HELP!!

 

[Doctor P]

Depending on your vacation habits, I think I would recommend adding on at SSR. Given the new process for making reservations that reduces the attractiveness and ability to get "split stays" I think I would go with more points at SSR. This comes from an owner who has done three add ons, one of which is at the original home resort and the other two at other resorts (the original home resort was our second add on).

 

[moredisneyplease]

i agree. unless you are planing on banking one year and then borrowing the most you'll have for AKL at any given time is 115 over a 3 year period. if you put it all together at SSR you'll have more "power" when booking at 11 months there at SSR.

if you always book under the 7 month window then it really doesnt matter.

 

[jimmacmn]

*Hope that SSR still has some points(50 @$104) in their reserve, so that we can get same UY, and our points will then=150

Even if SSR is "sold out", you can more than likely get more points direct from Disney. They are exercising their ROFR constantly on points for sale so they will almost always have points to sell. For some of the properties and use years, you may have to wait for a while, but you will eventually have points available.

Is it worth having 2 "home" resorts with such little points? Or look into resale again?Good chance will have a different UY, and then looking at closing cost again.

We have two home resorts, OKW and SSR. Our first add on was at OKW and a few years ago we added an SSR contract. If you buy from Disney all of your contracts will have the same use year. Sometimes I have a hard enough time managing our two "home resort" points I cannot immagine throwing in a different use year or two on top of that. We have 310 OKW points and 170 SSR points so we don't really have issues with having enough points at two resorts, however, if you have a 50 point contract at 2 different resorts, with borrowing and banking you can have 100 points at each resort every other year. I also think that adding on through Disney, they waive the closing costs.

 

[Donald is #1]

What is the intent of the new points? (Don't read too muc into this question, I have done 2 add-ons myself.) Do you want more points for a larger villa or for a longer vacation? Or do you want the 11 month window at a different resort every few years? If you want a larger villa or a longer vacation, then I would get your points at SSR. Once you have enough points there for the size of accomodation/length of stay, then I would think about a different resort. I used this method myself. I decided to do my first 2 add-ons at my home resort so that I would have enough points for a 1 BR for 8-10 days each year for 1 trip during one of my favorite travel times. Now that I have the points at my home resort (AKV), I am considering if I want to do an add-on at another resort for a very other or every third year stay.

 

[allaboutmm]

Thank you all for your input. This is Grumpytoo, AllaboutMM's DH. With all this input I think an add on to SSR is the way to go this time. Thanks again and have a magical day. -Grumpytoo