Profile of a DVCer ...

[scottie]

You can defiantly classify my wife and myself as having a “love” for all Disney! I purchased into BWV’s in 99’, at a young and snappy 21 years of age. I ended up meeting my wife a few months after purchasing, while informing her of the benefits of DVC (really!) Life has been happy ever after!! We have two young girls, Meghan and Morgan. We reside in a suburb of Columbus Ohio and travel to Disney World or on the Disney Cruise every chance we get!!

 

[drtpaper]

I think my DW and I fit the pattern. 3 kids (9,5,3) and financially able to afford the DVC experience. We bought 3 years ago when friends took us down to their place and we stuffed 5 adults and 6 children in to a 2 bedroom. We had the time of our life. We now go every other year for a week to Disney and a few days at Seaworld. We have been to DVC twice with another visit coming up. We enjoy the flexibility of the vacation and we will be bringing future members of DVC. Our good friends have not been to Disney and their kids need a good vacation and their father doesn't do big vacations. He will be a convert.

 

[icydog]

Originally posted by drtpaper
I think my DW and I fit the pattern. 3 kids (9,5,3) and financially able to afford the DVC experience. We bought 3 years ago when friends took us down to their place and we stuffed 5 adults and 6 children in to a 2 bedroom. We had the time of our life."

I can't believe they didn't throw you out. I am not a stickler on rules, much to the contrary in fact, but that was ridiculous. I am glad you bought your own membership and I am sure that you have found out that " the more the merrier" is not always the case on every vacation. I guess when I was younger I might have thought 11 people in a small 2 bdrm at the Boardwalk was fun but I am older and spoiled now and we always get an Old Key West 2 Bdrm for THREE max FOUR people. No less under any circumstances. When we travel alone we always get a one bdrm. Ah, youth!
Marylyn

 

[Live4Dis]

WOW...how do I even answer this!

DH has been a truck driver for the past 10 years. He recently lost a high-paying union job due to a work related injury but that's a whole other story and won't bore you with the details. Today he's basically working two part-time jobs with the hopes of hiring on full-time with one of them in the next month or two.

As for me, I've been in the telecommunications industry for the past 13 years. Same company, thank goodness, and have managed to work my way up to a position with pay that I never would have imagined! I have been very fortunate.

We have three girls ages 18 (in college), 13 and 11. All are very bright, beautiful and healthy. We consider ourselves very fortunate considering we had absolutely nothing when we married 15 years ago. DH was divorced and we were both in the Navy trying to figure out what to do with our lives.

DVC is one of the best purchases we ever made!! We're now 'forced' to vacation...what a dilemma huh??

We have been truly blessed and look forward to the many memories we will have with our children and grandchildren and Disney.

 

[rsschneck]

Seems like we have a lot of new DVC members with the addition of SSR. Let's see who is new in the neighborhood!

 

[disneycrazed139]

I have one son, one DH, stepson, I work in the publishing business. DH is an attorney specializing in family law... AUGHH!!!

 

[Lizardbeth61]

We've made at least 18 trips to WDW since we were married almost 20 years ago. Finally l joined DVC last May when we ran away to Disney for our 19th anniversary . . . went without the kids. We bought . . . me with some trepidation . . . would I miss maid service . . . would I feel obliged to cook with a kitchen etc.

We've made two trips home already and love it. Not only that, but we've been able to give two of our employees trips using points (we took the extra points rather than the discount when we bought)! How fun!

Oh yeah, that's right. Profile of a DVC member. DH and I have two children, almost 8 DS and 11 DD. DH and I each own and operate our own businesses. You know I think I already wrote this a few mos ago when the thread started! Ugh. No memory anymore and I'm only (choke) 43 . . . this Saturday!

Only regret is that we didn't join sooner when it was cheaper and we hadn't already spent as much money on trips to WDW!

 

[Divamomto3]

I'm 36, DH is 37. We have 3 sons, 11, 9, and 3. We're both college graduates...I'm an RN, DH is a senior project manager for a software company. We have good incomes, but live in Connecticut...it doesn't seem our dollars stretch very far here.

We bought our house when I was 25 and could have afforded a bigger one by now as our incomes have grown, but instead have chosen to stay in our modest 3 bedroom home and make vacations and family fun a priority. Along with DVC, I firmly believe in music lessons, sports, private school for my kids, and long lazy days in our backyard swimming pool...all things that chew up your disposable income! I just know how fast the kids will grow and I want these memories. They aren't going to remember or care about the square footage of our home in years to come, or what year we finally added the deck around the pool, but they're going to remember all of our fun, family vacations...like the time Mommy wore a rhinestone tiara to the Princess Breakfast in the Castle.

We come from modest backgrounds and haven't told anyone in our families, with the exception of my sister, that we've bought a DVC. It's only been 3 weeks, but I'm just embarrassed by my good fortune for some reason.

Good thread, although I think I'll be up half the night reading it!

 

[Blackunicorn]

We would be the white trash of the DVC neighborhood, LOL. DH is 38, I'm 31. I met my DH at the local Renaissance Festival, where we both worked until pregnancy forced me to take a break. We lead an alternative lifestyle. We have two children, DS9 and DD5. We are unschooling non-Christians. We're not rich, probably won't ever be and don't care, but somehow we always get by. I think we're a happy family! I'll tell the truth--when our DS was born, no one thought he would live, and he spent the first six months of his life in and out of the hospital. We learned a lot about priorities, and we bought in to DVC because it enables us to take quality family vacations, and make our children happy. Of course, Disney makes me happy, too--I commute 60 miles to the Disney Store on weekends because I LOVE MY JOB! I'm a total nutcase!

 

[parrotheadlois]

I'm 55 (2 grown kids, 2 grandsons, 2 step-granddaughters), DH is (almost!) 50. After pondering for many years (and now wondering why), we FINALLY bought in BCV (200 points, 2 separate contracts) in November! Our first trip will be in October.

DH is an attorney specializing in employment law, I'm his secretary (but not "his" alone). Not big money employment law though (darn), otherwise we'd have more points!

 

[brandip22]

Just saw this thread and it is very interesting- such different people! That's great to know that we aren't all the same, cookie-cutter type that many may think we are! DH & I are 29 & 28- from baton Rouge, LA. I am a bank manager/lender at a community bank and DH is in sales for a local company. We would be considered middle class/income, but don't have too much debt. We like to spend our money on our vehicles- new but not extravagant(sp?), improving our home- very modest, and on our vacations since we have a 20-month old DS. I want to give him the best vacations! We will be sending him to a private school in a few years, but we pay for daycare now and it will cost jsut as much. My family knows about DVC and I don't mind telling people. They do say things like "you're rich" etc, but we just tell them that we just don't have a lot of debt and we would rather invest in vacations. Oh yeah, and we're great big LSU Tiger Fans!! And were fans way before LSU was even a decent team!

 

[Goofyzgurl]

This is a great thread!!

Well, DH (31) is in the military and I (29 *sh*) have a BA in Criminal Justice and work for the state of GA. So we are definitely not rich, middle class couple with two girls, dd (10) and dd (7 weeks). DH and I have been together since HS, I graduated in May, got married in July and had #1 dd in Sept of the next year. Time ran away from us and we just had another little girl on 02/03/04!! We'll be celebrating our 12th anniversary in July of this year.

My dad was in the military also and we never took vacations. Moving around was enough hassle with the packing and unpacking, so I guess the packing and unpacking for vacations would have been work for my parents. My dad's idea of a vacation was bbq'*** and being surrounding by his family. DH came from a struggling single income family with 4 brothers and sisters, so he never took vacations either.

We first went to wdw on dd's 5 or 6 birthday and I became hooked ever since. We took the tour 4 years ago, but couldn't afford it just yet. Last year we figured after all the trips we took we should go ahead and buy before the points went up again. We bought 200 pts at BVC used MB and financed for ten years. I don't want to use those ten years to pay for it, but didn't want to be crunched just in case anything happened, ie we moved and I didn't have a job right away. I've become an official soccer mom and just bought a mini van, so we don't have to rent one every time we go down to wdw. Now I know why my neighbor got excited when her and her husband bought an Odyssey last year. I love my '04 Quest!

My parents know about our purchase and my dad is confused as to why I love going to wdw so much. He loves to work, he began working for the state after he retired from the military at the same time as I did and he not only has the max amt of annual and sick leave, but has comp time too!!! I, on the other hand, at any given momment probaby have just enough leave to take a week at wdw He loves to work.

Our first trip to wdw at BVC as official members will be in July and we've rented a 2 bedroom b/c my parents are coming with us!!!

Another couple who I got hooked into wdw asked me what our payments were and I told her. She was kind of shocked and exclaimed that it was a car payment. I thought about it, and it is a car payment, but unlike most cars, it'll last until 2042 and I'll have wonderful memories to go with it!

 

[CWO4DVC]

I'm 42 and a CWO4 in the U. S. Navy for 25 years now. DW is a RN and there is a 6YR old running around. Have visited WDW over 30 times since 1974. Bought SSR in November fter a WD cruise. Yet to take advantage of the DVC we have purchased. Looking forward to first trip home in 2005.

 

[NoWorriesMate]

DH and i are both in our 30's. we have one DS 16mths... hopefully more will follow. We live far far away. originally from Australia based in Singapore (SE Asia) for the past 5 years. the first trip DH and i did together was to WDW loved it so much we had to visit again and again... luckly DH is an airline pilot so the travel bit is not too bad. I am a stay at home mum.
we got DVC during our last trip in October - we don't get there every year but when we do we stay at least two weeks and like to stay in comfort so with a bit of banking etc we are looking forward to a great family vacation next year!

 

[chainkid]

My husband and I are 55 and 54 respectively with one son 26 and an adopted in our hearts neighbors son 27. We have been going off and on every few years to WDW since 1983 when my son was 5. We always stayed on site because to me its much more magical. Every mile stone in the boys lives comes from a magical trip to Disney. We first bought in 1999 at the BWV after a thanksgiving vacation on site. I loved this hotel and area. It just said home to me. We were remodeling our home by ourselves then so we had to get away with no kitchen. It took us four long years to semi complete our house so every thanksgiving we go to Disney. After several add ons we now own 602 pts all but 100 at the BWV. We use our points to take a big family trip every other year, treating the less affluent members of the family to wonderful memories. I love seeing the little ones faces light up in the way Disney is famous for.

I am a retired State Senator, current account executive for a large jewelry mfg company, my husband is vice president of same company and a former owner. Son works as a software engineer for IBM. We all love Disney but I'm the only true addict.I'm constantly planning all the family reunions 11 months out. It gives me so much pleasure knowing what a great time we will all have together. When we sold our business the first thing I did with the money before investing for our retirement was buying DVC...it is truly the best investment that I have ever made in bringing my extended family closer together. Love my DVC and I love these boards for the truly wonderful and timely information that is always so quickly shared. Trip planning is now so much easier and more diverse activities are included. Joan

wdw

 

[BigDisneyKids]

Since there are so may replys, maybe a poll with several demographics is due.

For instance: Married / Unmarried, # of DKiddies, etc...

I wish I could help, but I'm too new to this board and the DVC program, I wouldn't know where to begin.

But nevertheless this is an interesting topic.

 

[twotoohappy]

Hi everyone ! I'm thirty-something with a beautiful dd - I work with spec. ed children - love my work - love my new DVC!

 

[OneMoreTry]

Disillusioned. Burnt out. Cynical. Weary.

5 kids. One chronically ill.

Fanning the one little lonely ember left.

 

[WOW]

We are a family of four, Me, DH, DD and DS. We are now 58, 57, 25 and 24. We bought at OKW in 1993 and have enjoyed it ever since. The kids don't go as often, but we go very frequently...bringing friends and family or just the two of us. I have actually gone solo a few times. The first time it was not planned, DH just couldn't get away, so off I went. Since then I go solo occasionally, and you know what????? I really enjoy it soooo much (Thanks to the solo board). We have friends and family this year, so I won't be going solo for a while!!!!! It is like "A whole new world" when the only person you need to be concerned about is yourself. Of course, I enjoy being with friends and family too!!!! We bring our 90 year old Aunt with us and she is also a Disney Nut.

All 4 of us are college grads, accountant, self-employed DH, kids are also college grads, one starting grad school. We are middle class, very fortunate in the salary department and live in New Jersey. We own at OKW started out with 210 points (and free passes until 1999) and now have 600. It has been an investment in our family.....so many great times!!!!!!!!! Priceless

 

[garylpn]

just the usual, 2 dis nuts,dw,42 is an rn, i'm 50, a retired police, now a part time rn, we honeymooned at the poly in 89, we haven't been the same since, can't for the life of me figure out why we didn't become dvc sooner, took the tour in 96, 99 and again in03 while staying at coronado springs for nursing convention, finally looked at each other and said let's do this
added on in dec while staying okw, home resort is bcv but by the time we closed only studio available was okw, got back and in january added on again
currently in process of doing 2 resales, 1 at okw and 1 at bwv
i would have preferred staying bcv but i'll take what i can get
this is why i work, i could live middle class on my pension, but working allows the luxury of 2-3 trips to wdw a year, we were fw campers but have decided the resort experience is worht the $
gary