I’m about a month out from scheduling a couples Disney trip for early next October. We’ve never split stayed, but are considering it for this trip. We want two days for F&W, and I’d prefer to stay at a Epcot resort the first two nights (Wed/Thu) to support easy access to and from the International Gateway entrance. We are planning to stay at our (monorail) home resort for the final three nights (Fri-Sun) for the MK portion and some resort time. I’m certainly booking those nights at the 11 month point. I’ll have points left over (from 2023 points rolling over next fall) for those other two nights. That said, I’d have to wait 4 months to book those first two nights, and I’d need Riviera to have those two days available at the 7 month point…in early October.
Alternately, I can rent points at RIV (or BC, which we rented at two years ago and loved) at around the same time and not risk it. But then I‘d still have some points sitting around (with no other trip planned to use them at this time). Worst case, we‘d just take whatever we could at 7 months if RIV (or BW, or anywhere) if we don’t rent. Just curious about whether it’s impossible, unlikely, likely, or probable to get RIV at 7 months (during the week), so I can plan. We’d prefer RIV since we never stayed there. I guess I could also book the home resort for all five nights and then try to convert them at the 7 month point. Just looking for some advice from more experienced DVCers. Thank you!
Alternately, I can rent points at RIV (or BC, which we rented at two years ago and loved) at around the same time and not risk it. But then I‘d still have some points sitting around (with no other trip planned to use them at this time). Worst case, we‘d just take whatever we could at 7 months if RIV (or BW, or anywhere) if we don’t rent. Just curious about whether it’s impossible, unlikely, likely, or probable to get RIV at 7 months (during the week), so I can plan. We’d prefer RIV since we never stayed there. I guess I could also book the home resort for all five nights and then try to convert them at the 7 month point. Just looking for some advice from more experienced DVCers. Thank you!
