SSR Lovers and/or Owners Thread!

[NJOGRE]

It is our home resort as well. WE love it, So far we stayed in the Springs section NOV 1st-8th 2006 Loved every minute of it. Had a 2 bedroom and a studio. Both were awesome.

Then we went on the disney cruise Feb 11 thru feb 15th. Got to MCO and all flights to Newark were canceled Called up Guest Membership and got a studio for 2 nights also in the springs. Again loved the room.

Can't wait till we go back

 

[Ariel8676]

Just wanted to let you know..the $117 per person round trip i got was Southwest out of Philly...We are going in August...thats practically free..lol

 

[Muushka]

Hi there. VWL groupie here .

Just wanted to say that we just made reservations for your beloved SSR for this October for a few nights. This will be our first stay there and we are very excited about it .

We are not doing a lot of parks this visit, so SSR seemed like a perfect place to stay. Plus the proximity to Typhoon Lagoon. That is a park we plan to visit.

SSR here we come!

 

[TenThousandVolts]

We are not doing a lot of parks this visit, so SSR seemed like a perfect place to stay.

We love the parks but we like to take every other day-off and that is why we have booked SSR for our 1st 2 trips as dvc members. I want to try all the resorts eventually but SSR really fits with our vacation style. I hope you have a great trip!

 

[tomandrobin]

Had to chime in since we just (last week, and yesterday!) bought SSR and AKV! I am so excited--we'll take our first trip "home" in October.

Now, I'm going to try to figure out how to get the avatars for my sig....

Congratulations on both of your purchases!! We are going in October too, its a great time of the year!

 

[tea pot]

Had to chime in since we just (last week, and yesterday!) bought SSR and AKV! I am so excited--we'll take our first trip "home" in October.

Now, I'm going to try to figure out how to get the avatars for my sig....

Congratulations !!!!! and Welcome to the DVC family
Did you buy at 2 Home resorts at the same time??
That sounds like an interesting strategy.
SSR is our Home resort and we were thinking of adding points
at BCV or VWL

I'm also new at this. Help anyone! How do you get a picture of you home resort as part of your signature?

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Hey teapot - click on "User CP" then go to Edit Signature

Then click on the little insert image button (looks like a little yellow square with a picture of a mountain on it) then when it says enter url of your image put in this address after the http://
members.cox.net/disneyvacationclub/images/dvc_sigs/ssr.jpg

Then preview and save changes.
Good luck!

 

[pennst8r]

Congratulations !!!!! and Welcome to the DVC family
Did you buy at 2 Home resorts at the same time??
That sounds like an interesting strategy.
SSR is our Home resort and we were thinking of adding points
at BCV or VWL

I'm also new at this. Help anyone! How do you get a picture of you home resort as part of your signature?

Thank you!

We split our points, 150 at SSR and 150 at AKV. We wanted to take advantage of the cheaper SSR price, but really wanted AKV. A smart DISer suggested we could bank/borrow points each year so that we had all 300 at one resort, and could book at the 11 month window there. This fall it's SSR, next year it'll be AKV.

 

[summergolf]

I'm getting all excited for my next trip home after reading this!! We're doing a VB/SSR split from May 13-19th. 3 nights at the beach and 3 nights at SSR. We went on two short visits in November and December too and fell in LOVE with our new home!!!

We will be at VB on May 14th for 1 night we had an extra few points to spend

 

[tomandrobin]

Thank you!

We split our points, 150 at SSR and 150 at AKV. We wanted to take advantage of the cheaper SSR price, but really wanted AKV. A smart DISer suggested we could bank/borrow points each year so that we had all 300 at one resort, and could book at the 11 month window there. This fall it's SSR, next year it'll be AKV.

And once the resort gets fully up and running, I bet there will be availability at the 7 month window. Except for those peak times and high demand units, but in general availibilty.

 

[MrsNick]

Hi there. VWL groupie here .

Just wanted to say that we just made reservations for your beloved SSR for this October for a few nights. This will be our first stay there and we are very excited about it .

Excellent! Yes, come over to the dark side! MWAAAAH!

Seriously, hope you enjoy your stay! We stayed there for the first time last month, and SSR is a really nice resort. The pool area is really pretty. Well, the whole resort is pretty. Nice, quiet, relaxing.

I really see us spending time here over the other on-site DVC's, but I really would love to try VWL some time. It seems like it would also be very pretty. Any suggestions for a tranquil room location at VWL? (DH and I are into peace and quiet on our vacations - I know, odd since we bought into a timeshare to stay at WDW. We think we can have the best of both worlds, and besides, we really like the Vero Beach option).

 

[tea pot]

Hey Ten Thousand Volts

WOW
Thanks a bunch for you're help

 

[tea pot]

Thank you!

We split our points, 150 at SSR and 150 at AKV. We wanted to take advantage of the cheaper SSR price, but really wanted AKV. A smart DISer suggested we could bank/borrow points each year so that we had all 300 at one resort, and could book at the 11 month window there. This fall it's SSR, next year it'll be AKV.

Hi Pennst8r

So if I understand you correctly if you bank or borrow points then
they become one total and can be used at either home resort at the 11 month window. This is great news.

again, All the Best

 

[pennst8r]

And once the resort gets fully up and running, I bet there will be availability at the 7 month window. Except for those peak times and high demand units, but in general availibilty.

I don't think we'd be disappointed in any DVC from what I've read. You're right, the hype will die down.

To be honest, I was hoping to get BCV or BWV since I'm sure we won't get into AKV in the fall. We always end up in Epcot for dinner, and it's so nice to just walk back!

I don't have all the paperwork yet to do anything but sit and think about making ressies.....too bad they aren't as slow when they take your money!

 

[dwelty]

Hey, now that the grandstand section of SSR has opened, does anyone have pictures, especially of the pool area?

 

[CustardTart]

Had to chime in since we just (last week, and yesterday!) bought SSR and AKV! I am so excited--we'll take our first trip "home" in October...

Hi! I bought into SSR last week and have already booked my first trip "home" - December 14th - 21st 2007! I'm taking my DS for a sneaky surprise Christmas trip and I CANNOT WAIT!!!! I'm thinking of buying AKV too - just got to fully convince DH...

Love this thread - full of great SSR info...

 

[Hollymom1229]

Finally have our first trip home planned and can't wait. We'll be there September 29 - October 6. We'll have a 2 BDR and a Studio. Going with my parents, my sister and BIL, my niece, DH, and MIL. Should be a blast. We've requested the Springs because MIL will be in a wheelchair for this trip. Hope at some point DH and I can stay in Congress Park with a DTD view just the 2 of us.

 

[LivinADream]

We sent our deposit check in on March 1st and are waiting for our package to come??? Seems like forever waiting!! We're planning on going home for the first time Nov 8-17th. Hopefully the FedEx man comes knocking soon!!

 

[edk35]

My good friend Liz....aka Liznboys.....is down at SSR with her dh and boys. They arrived this past Sat. for a week..well her oldest came down with the stomach virus in the middle of the night Wed. morning. Nixed that day's plans. Then this morning at 2:30 her 3 year old got it too. They just celebrated his 3rd b'day there on Tuesday. I feel SOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD FOR THEM. This same thing happend to them in Feb. two years ago when they were staying at AKL. They all got it...ruined 5 of their days then. She has two other boys....one is almost 1 and the other 5. She said it is horrible just waiting for the next victim to fall. PLEASE SEND GET WELL VIBES AND PIXIE DUST THEIR WAY. I hope the next time I talk to her that no else has gotten sick. They are to come home on Sunday. She is so sad right now. She said that a CM at SSR told her that she has heard that several people at SSR have that right now too.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

to liznboys- that is awful.