A little background
We just returned from our 5th trip to WDW in the past 7 years and every time we come home and research DVC. This time was a little different. We took the tour at Saratoga and are REALLY thinking of following through.
The main reason we are interested (other than loving WDW) is that our DD9 has celiac disease which means she can not eat anything with gluten (wheat, rye, malt, barley, and oats) or that has touched gluten. This was our first trip to WDW since she was diagnosed and it was AMAZING!!!! A total vacation for me since I didn't have to carry all of her food with us. It was an indescribable experience for her-being able to go into any restaurant and order whatever she wanted.
The idea of having 1 vacation a year where our food issues are taken care of sounds like heaven! We will most likely be using our points for a WDW vacation every year for the near future (probably 10 years or so) and then I am not sure how we will use it... in 10 years the kids will be 19 and 16. Hoping when they get older we can bring friends/cousins.
Now onto the questions:
1. Other than not being able to use our points at the restricted places (cruises, adventure, signature, etc) is there anything else I need to know about disadvantages to buying resale instead of direct from Disney?
2. How does the RCI exchange actually work. It seems you put your DVC points into RCI and request a location and then wait for a match? Do you get to pick specific dates?
3. Is there any difference in the RCI process if you are resale versus direct from Disney?
4. I am a bit confused on the UY cancellation relationship. I have a sense that it is important but I'm not really sure why.
Thank you SO much (in advance for helping!)
We just returned from our 5th trip to WDW in the past 7 years and every time we come home and research DVC. This time was a little different. We took the tour at Saratoga and are REALLY thinking of following through.
The main reason we are interested (other than loving WDW) is that our DD9 has celiac disease which means she can not eat anything with gluten (wheat, rye, malt, barley, and oats) or that has touched gluten. This was our first trip to WDW since she was diagnosed and it was AMAZING!!!! A total vacation for me since I didn't have to carry all of her food with us. It was an indescribable experience for her-being able to go into any restaurant and order whatever she wanted.
The idea of having 1 vacation a year where our food issues are taken care of sounds like heaven! We will most likely be using our points for a WDW vacation every year for the near future (probably 10 years or so) and then I am not sure how we will use it... in 10 years the kids will be 19 and 16. Hoping when they get older we can bring friends/cousins.
Now onto the questions:
1. Other than not being able to use our points at the restricted places (cruises, adventure, signature, etc) is there anything else I need to know about disadvantages to buying resale instead of direct from Disney?
2. How does the RCI exchange actually work. It seems you put your DVC points into RCI and request a location and then wait for a match? Do you get to pick specific dates?
3. Is there any difference in the RCI process if you are resale versus direct from Disney?
4. I am a bit confused on the UY cancellation relationship. I have a sense that it is important but I'm not really sure why.
Thank you SO much (in advance for helping!)