I think Poly DVC is the best location. Right on the TTC, so always access to the bus and the monorail to Epcot. And if the Skyliner goes to MK, it's going there. Downside is boat horn if you are a light sleeper and like to sleep in.
Since MK is my favorite park, Poly is my pick because of the convenient transportation to MK, the DVC studios have two showers, and most of all, it's tied with WL as my favorite theming of all the WDW resorts. I like the location of the Poly DVC rooms because they're close to TTC to give you more transportation options, although the location is poor if the weather is terrible and you need to walk to Great Ceremonial House.I'm 48 and hubby just turned 50. And our son wants to be a high school teacher (is about to graduate college, hopefully in December), so definitely not lucrative. He's not really interested in a family (to my heartbreak) so I imagine he'll simply sell the contract when we're gone. Though he enjoys going on trips with us every time, I don't see him doing it on his own. So yeah, I need to just think about right now I guess. Thanks for helping me get my mind on that. I think subconsciously I hope he's going to suddenly want a spouse and kids. LOL
We love Epcot. It's definitely hubby's favorite park and my 2nd favorite (because nothing will ever beat my love for Haunted Mansion).
I do need to relax for sure.
We'd most want to stay Boardwalk or Beach Club I think. Hubby loves Beach Club because it's the closest walk but the pool is wasted on us. I think Boardwalk looks lovely but never stayed there. We were also happy at BLT, I loved the lake view balcony. Poly seems great, never stayed there but I'm obsessed with Dole Whips and love the theme (and O'hana of course) so we have visited it often. Heard that the DVC rooms are poorly located though?
Valid point that no matter what, in the long run we do save some money over renting and if my math is correct, even save over stays at Pop Century (our favorite place when we aren't renting DVC).
Oh, that looks gorgeous but sadly out of the budget. We decided definitely no financing. Thank you so much though, maybe it will help someone else following along here!
I'm excited for you both, Congratulations, and good luck with ROFR!Thanks again to everyone. When I get nervous, I come back and reference our thread. LOL
So after announcing our plan to focus on BLT or BWV, we then completely violated it a few days later.
So what had happened wuz... I found the perfect contract for us - BLT 105 points, UY October and well within our price range. It was actively listed on the site. We discuss it and it's literally perfect. There's no online button to make an offer (that probably should have been a tip off) so I call them. It's 4pm on a Friday but surprisingly to me an agent picks up. I give him the info and he says "Oh, that one is already sold, can I help you find something else?" This super annoys me and I say no, thanks. Feels kind of bait-and-switchy even if it really was a coincidence that it was sold and still listed.
So after a brief talk, we decide it it wasn't meant to be. So instead of settling for a less perfect contract in that range, we went to Plan B which was getting a foot in the door small, not cleaning out our cash savings, and then planning to add on (maybe direct if there's an offer) in 2-3 years when we can't borrow ahead to get enough points anymore.
We made an offer on a small contract - $155 pp at BCV 50 points with a semi-gross UY of December (We usually travel late October, November or Jan/Feb). But it's loaded with 100 points for 2022, so my thinking is that we have enough to take our next trip probably on the 100 and then in 2023 we'd have to borrow ahead to put together another 100 points. But I think that leaves us with nothing for 2024 so we'd have to add on again around that time. Assuming I understand all this points stuff correctly. Anyway, I made the offer online and that agent also was taking calls on a Friday afternoon so phoned me back and then and immediately presented our offer and the seller accepted. I think the whole thing took like 5 minutes for all 3 phones calls. Does that mean I should have offered less? Gotta be high enough to clear ROFR though so maybe not. LOL
I don't expect any paperwork to get started until Monday, but it's semi-official. And it's the resort I had talked myself OUT of. Hubby is of course, super excited because that was his first choice resort. It's only 19 years but who knows what will happen when that end draws near. I *think* we will get our money's worth out of it though. Either way, we're very excited to be potential owners and I have to keep reminding myself it's not official yet and could be 1-2 months before we really know and even then we might have to start all over. Gonna be a loooooooong month.
Sorry - but the site reference was blocked.There's several 100 point contracts for BCV with a June UY at **********.com if that helps you. It might be that I have a big spreadsheet of the contracts out for sale right now. LMAO I'm sort of a spreadsheet nerd and I've been obsessing over this all week.
Oh yikes. If it was blocked does that mean it's a bad company? Should I take them off my browsing list?
No problem. I just wanted to stay away from them if they were shady! Sounds like it's just a non-competing with their sponsors which is definitely their right. And without the great sponsors, we wouldn't have our amazing DISBoards.
I fear the booster shot is only effective for a few months....
We stayed at BLT on rented points in October. I loved it. My husband thought it was "okay" and my son didn't like it. They both loved Beach Club. I thought Beach Club was "eh" and found the walking a bit far to get to anything. Can't argue with that walk to Epcot though, that was sweet. So I caved in and offered on BCV mostly for them. If it gets ROFR'd, I'm going to tell them it's a sign and we're going to try for BLT or BWV. Never stayed at BWV but it's super cute from the outside.
