Resale shopping again.. my heart wants one thing but my head says another. Give your opinions.

[AstroBlasters]

I won't lie that I do think of this as a possibility but if it gives you any comfort the system Disney purchased is very robust and in use all over. My son and I actually watched this the other day (we are both big transportation nerds - boats, trains, rockets.... we love them all).

Might give you some comfort.

I'd also add that when I was at WDW in April the Monorails had a lot of problems and were stopping and broke down for lengthily periods all over the loops.

I might say I'd prefer the Skyliner cabin with just my family having a fun swinging time vs being stuck in a cabin of angry families with the "unique outhouse smell" that most of the monorails have......

1) Walking
2) Boat
3) Bus
4) Everything else

Only travel when the weather is usually under 80 degrees.

 

[NVDISFamily]

1) Walking
2) Boat
3) Bus
4) Everything else

Great list when the kiddos are older and the stroller is gone. We are very close to this and left our stroller in the villa for 80% of our WDW trip which makes playing the boat gamble so much nicer. Also makes getting on and off the bus a more pleasant experience for sure.

Only travel when the weather is usually under 80 degrees.

This spring trip to WDW was so much better than summer. I think we will be very keen to take the kids out of school for an extra week as long as the schools continue to not give us as hard of a time for the years to come.....

 

[Brian Noble]

1) Walking
2) Boat
3) Bus
4) Everything else

I have to admit, I think the gondolas are great fun and very convenient---though I also mostly travel in the Not Storm Season. I guess that's why Baskin-Robbins has 31 flavors.

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

I have to admit, I think the gondolas are great fun and very convenient---though I also mostly travel in the Not Storm Season. I guess that's why Baskin-Robbins has 31 flavors.

My family loves the feeling of "getting in a ride" before even getting to a theme park. I wish the Skyliner would be expanded to connect more places, but I doubt it'll happen--I'm surprised it ever did

 

[kristennn]

I am also in the camp of wanting to buy at beach club or boardwalk and being very hesitant about the fact that it expires in 2042. If you buy bay lake tower or something else with a long contract you will still be able to sell it in 15 years and get a chunk of it back. Who knbows how much - but surely some of it, maybe more then you spent. If you (or I) buy at a 2042 contract - in 15 years you wont get much if anything back for it. I would assume at that point you would sell the points if anything, not the contract. SO - it needs to be a good enough price that you're literally just using it for those 15 years of vacations. Surely BLT is a better financial choise - but what is a better happiness choice and are you making enough other good financial choices that on this one, you can invest in what will make you happiest? There is also the fact that points go a lot further at beach club/boardwalk then they do at bay lake or any of the monorail resorts. Try looking at a specific pretend vacation you can see yourself taking dates and days - and then use the point charts to see what it will cost you in points. Likely it would be a much cheaper points vacation at Boardwalk then at baylake. SO - at that point doesnt it feel like your boardwalk points are literally worth more than your baylake points - at least in the short term for the next 16 years or so? Thats what I am telling myself. I think at this point I would jump on boardwalk or beach club if I could get it at a good resale price (and none of these stripped contracts)

So I saw a 200 point contract august use year with full 2025 and 2026 points for $105 per point and I jumped on it. I had been thinking I would consider contracts $110 and under - and not consider anything stripped since it's only til 2042 already. I would rather have had a 100 point or 150 point, but I am sure i wont have a hard time selling any extra points. I worry I am being too impulsive, but Ive been shopping around and this seemed like a good deal.

 

[CarolynFH]

My family loves the feeling of "getting in a ride" before even getting to a theme park. I wish the Skyliner would be expanded to connect more places, but I doubt it'll happen--I'm surprised it ever did

There are persistent rumors that plans are to build one on the AK-AKL-CSR side of the World, with a connection to DHS. The Skyliner is so much more efficient at moving hordes of guests than buses are that I wouldn't be surprised to see it expanded.

 

[VGCgroupie]

My family loves the feeling of "getting in a ride" before even getting to a theme park. I wish the Skyliner would be expanded to connect more places, but I doubt it'll happen--I'm surprised it ever did

Same. It scares me almost as much as the Pixar Pal a Round at DCA. So I take them as comparable

 

[VGCgroupie]

So I saw a 200 point contract august use year with full 2025 and 2026 points for $105 per point and I jumped on it. I had been thinking I would consider contracts $110 and under - and not consider anything stripped since it's only til 2042 already. I would rather have had a 100 point or 150 point, but I am sure i wont have a hard time selling any extra points. I worry I am being too impulsive, but Ive been shopping around and this seemed like a good deal.

This one was a great deal congrats!

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

There are persistent rumors that plans are to build one on the AK-AKL-CSR side of the World, with a connection to DHS. The Skyliner is so much more efficient at moving hordes of guests than buses are that I wouldn't be surprised to see it expanded.

 

[atthebeachclub]

1) Walking
2) Boat
3) Bus
4) Everything else

Only travel when the weather is usually under 80 degrees.

I share this ranking exactly. That means we are right.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

I'd also add that when I was at WDW in April the Monorails had a lot of problems and were stopping and broke down for lengthily periods all over the loops.

My worst Disney transit experience was getting stuck over 20m in a monorail (just past the contemporary) it was crowded, stuffy, at some point they turned off the power and suggested it could be a while and then we crawled (less than 5mph) to the TTC while there was a loud screeching sound.

I might say I'd prefer the Skyliner cabin with just my family having a fun swinging time vs being stuck in a cabin of angry families with the "unique outhouse smell" that most of the monorails have......

Occasionally they will ask you to share a skyliner with another party at very crowded times, but 95% of the time my (non rope-dropper) family gets our own car and my kids love it and we blast some music and have what they call “a disco dance party.” I would definitely get stressed if I was on one of the very long stalls, but at least you have a seat and space…plus I’m nearly certain the Skyliner has a lower fatality rate than the monorail.

Like many of you, I do prefer the boats to both.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Well Im in the air with just under an hour to go and my current self is not happy with my cheap self for not booking a room last night. I got 20 minutes sleep. I can hear @AstroBlasters now saying “I told you so”

Hoping some magic comes my way with a decent check in time.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Well Im in the air with just under an hour to go and my current self is not happy with my cheap self for not booking a room last night. I got 20 minutes sleep. I can hear @AstroBlasters now saying “I told you so”

Hoping some magic comes my way with a decent check in time.

I thought it, but I wasn’t going to say anything….

Wishing you pixie dust on an early check in!

 

[VGCgroupie]

First impressions. Entrance into MK from BLT puts you behind so many people that took a bus.

It’s astonishingly humid and hot at 8am. Much hotter than last month.

I do not know how to rope drop. Best I’ve done after being in the park 30 minutes is get coffee.

 

[Canchaser143]

First impressions. Entrance into MK from BLT puts you behind so many people that took a bus.

It’s astonishingly humid and hot at 8am. Much hotter than last month.

I do not know how to rope drop. Best I’ve done after being in the park 30 minutes is get coffee.

Hey nothing wrong with taking it slow! You get to soak in the low crowd atmosphere which is just as good

 

[AstroBlasters]

First impressions. Entrance into MK from BLT puts you behind so many people that took a bus.

It’s astonishingly humid and hot at 8am. Much hotter than last month.

I do not know how to rope drop. Best I’ve done after being in the park 30 minutes is get coffee.

This is going to be a good read today….

 

[jolynne28]

First impressions. Entrance into MK from BLT puts you behind so many people that took a bus.

It’s astonishingly humid and hot at 8am. Much hotter than last month.

I do not know how to rope drop. Best I’ve done after being in the park 30 minutes is get coffee.

Hahaha please keep updating this thread, I'm so invested! And guess what, rope dropping actually does suck. We've tried so many times and finally gave up. We'd rather be out in the evening for extra hours when the sun is down than up before dawn trying to race to the parks.

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

Hahaha please keep updating this thread, I'm so invested! And guess what, rope dropping actually does suck. We've tried so many times and finally gave up. We'd rather be out in the evening for extra hours when the sun is down than up before dawn trying to race to the parks.

Seconding both of these points! 1) Keep the updates coming and 2) Rope dropping is usually overrated - too many of the rope-dropping attractions end up being down in the early AM (only somehow CM can’t alert you to this until you arrive at the attraction, wreaking havoc on your strategy!!)

 

[AstroBlasters]

For us West Coasters: LL + EEvening > EEntry

 

[CarolynFH]

I do not know how to rope drop.

We gave up rope dropping in 1994, when we realized it wasn’t much of a vacation if we had to get up and out an hour earlier (bodies on Central Time) than at home!