Miffy2003
<font color=orange>I've got Saratoga Springs - mak
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Hello all,
Situation is this; we are new DVC members at Saratoga Springs Resort but we are going to WDW in December not using points. Crazy this may be, but there was a good reason for this. We booked our December holiday over a year ago and opted to stay at All Star Movies as it was a reasonable option pricewise and we are going with MIL & FIL who are pensioners (and not a lot of cash to throw about). We have 1 week in Sarasota after ASMo and then back to Orlando for a final 2 nights at a cheap hotel on the 192 so FIL can fulfil a life's ambition (along with seeing his GD's faces as the ferry approaches the MK
)and spend NYE in Florida. (MIL and FIL have visited many times over the years but not for 8 years and never over Christmas / New Year).
Anyhow, we recently bought DVC and are planning on taking our first trip "home" in August 2005 using 2004 & 2005 points (plan was to bank 2004 into 2005). We then were planning on not going in 2006 (unless a lottery win should occur
) and banking our 2006 points into 2007 and going in 2007 with 2006/7 points. Anyone still awake??!!
We've seen a couple of less than complimentary reviews recently of our final destination hotel on the 192. Also we have made a mistake in NOT going for the advice of "saving the best hotel" for last. Easy as pie to book another hotel eg through priceline but I am reluctant to do this as will involve needing to ask In Laws for more money (and I want to avoid this if at all possible).
Sooooo....to kill 2 birds with one stone! I thought: Wouldn't it be great to be able to book a 2 bed villa at SSR on Dec 30th & 31st and end the holiday on a real high note and treat MIL & FIL as we could explain that it had not "cost" (ahem!apart from a year's points!) us anything and it was our treat. They won't accept it if they think it has cost us $$$ (Also this way way we do not have to wait till August to stay at SSR - I know, I'm greedy!). But these 2 nights literally will cost us a year's points and will then mean all my plans for point use will need to change (not an insurmountable problem). We would keep this as a surprise for both DD's and In Laws and present it as a fait accompli!
I've mailed MS to ask about availability (my building only opens this week so I could not have booked sooner anyway) so it may be full in any case, but I just wondered if any of you thought I was mad or does a small part of you understand???!!!
Cheers
Karen
Situation is this; we are new DVC members at Saratoga Springs Resort but we are going to WDW in December not using points. Crazy this may be, but there was a good reason for this. We booked our December holiday over a year ago and opted to stay at All Star Movies as it was a reasonable option pricewise and we are going with MIL & FIL who are pensioners (and not a lot of cash to throw about). We have 1 week in Sarasota after ASMo and then back to Orlando for a final 2 nights at a cheap hotel on the 192 so FIL can fulfil a life's ambition (along with seeing his GD's faces as the ferry approaches the MK
)and spend NYE in Florida. (MIL and FIL have visited many times over the years but not for 8 years and never over Christmas / New Year).Anyhow, we recently bought DVC and are planning on taking our first trip "home" in August 2005 using 2004 & 2005 points (plan was to bank 2004 into 2005). We then were planning on not going in 2006 (unless a lottery win should occur
) and banking our 2006 points into 2007 and going in 2007 with 2006/7 points. Anyone still awake??!!We've seen a couple of less than complimentary reviews recently of our final destination hotel on the 192. Also we have made a mistake in NOT going for the advice of "saving the best hotel" for last. Easy as pie to book another hotel eg through priceline but I am reluctant to do this as will involve needing to ask In Laws for more money (and I want to avoid this if at all possible).
Sooooo....to kill 2 birds with one stone! I thought: Wouldn't it be great to be able to book a 2 bed villa at SSR on Dec 30th & 31st and end the holiday on a real high note and treat MIL & FIL as we could explain that it had not "cost" (ahem!apart from a year's points!) us anything and it was our treat. They won't accept it if they think it has cost us $$$ (Also this way way we do not have to wait till August to stay at SSR - I know, I'm greedy!). But these 2 nights literally will cost us a year's points and will then mean all my plans for point use will need to change (not an insurmountable problem). We would keep this as a surprise for both DD's and In Laws and present it as a fait accompli!
I've mailed MS to ask about availability (my building only opens this week so I could not have booked sooner anyway) so it may be full in any case, but I just wondered if any of you thought I was mad or does a small part of you understand???!!!
Cheers
Karen
