Our experiences, or our interpretation of the experiences? I think in 1991, there may actually have been an interest in doing something radically different and creating the feelings that zirivan spoke to, but not soon thereafter when the seedling of an idea for SSR was put on the table, I think that fundamentally changed. It may have been even earlier, I'm not sure. But with SSR, the relationship between DVD and DVCMC began to be leveraged for profit more heavily.
Look, I fully acknowledge that I have swung to a new cynical extreme, but decision making around buying into Disney's timeshare is much safer when made from this place, for me. There's probably safe room to come back before falling into naiveté, but this is where I am.
For me, it's not a dollar value. It's all relative to what my family is getting out of it.
So as long as I don't mind paying my dues because my family enjoys going to Disney, I'll consider the dues, whatever they are, to be a part of my symbiotic relationship with Disney's timeshare. If the parks continue to add rides, new resorts continue to interest us, and we enjoy our time at WDW and the timeshare rooms, the ADs could be $14/point and if we're still going, we would clearly see it's worth it.
As soon as that changes, where we're going less and less or the joy of being at WDW starts to wane, that's when I'm no longer benefitting from the relationship. ADs could be $7/point and I would consider it parasitic.
Everyone has their own breaking point, assuming Disney turn up the heat slowly enough that we're slowly boiled to death, I'll gauge value based on how much we look forward to being at WDW on our timeshare points.