You bought at Jambo House? When I called MS and asked if Jambo House or Kidani Village is one in the same for reservations. He told me yes and no if you bought at Jambo House you can make a reservation if at Kidiani Village no reservation yet. Going to look at my paperwork one more time
for DP hopefully I can find it
Thanks to everyone for all the info
Yes, MS gave you correct information. You can make a reservation now but for stays that begin on/after May 1, 2009. You don't have to wait until May 1, 2009 to call to make a reservation for say, Oct 2009. But you cannot use the points for any nights prior to May 1st.
When you purchase
DVC, your contract/points are associated with a particular Unit within the resort. At AKV, a Unit typically consists of several rooms or one Grand Villa. When you stay at AKV you are not restricted to staying in the Unit you purchased or even at the resort you purchased. So in a sense, you trade your Unit for someone elses. At the moment, your Unit is still being built so you have nothing to trade. Until you do, you cannot book someone elses room. So that's why you cannot use your AKV points until May 1, 2009 because that is when your Unit will be available for occupancy.
In the long run, it doesn't matter whether you purchased points associated with a Unit in Jambo House or Kidani Village. In the short term it does matter because Kidani is still under construction. My points are associated with a Unit at Jambo House that has an occupancy date of Sep 1, 2007 so even though I purchased in early 2007 I could not use my AKV points until 9/1/07.
Right now Disney is selling Kidani Units with occupancy dates of May 1, 2009 but as sales progress and they begin selling Phase 2, those Units will have occupancy dates of Sep 1, 2009. Anyone purchasing those Units will not be able to use their AKV points until that date, even if it is after May 1, 2009 and Phase 1 of Kidani is open. It all depends on the occupancy date of the Unit you purchase.
If you don't hear back from your guide, try calling MS again to ask whether you have any developer points associated with your account. Developer points are handled differently from regular points and they probably have to dig a little bit to find them.
