SSR Lovers and/or Owners Thread!

[mamaprincess]

Welcome back liz!!! You guys are a beautiful family! The pictures are wonderful.

The negatives do fade away don't they. We have had a few sick trips ourselves to WDW but the good times always seem to overshadow the bad.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

OK, as a SSR owner (two times over), can someone help me figure out how to put the SSR Banner on the bottom of my posts. Also, how do you get the vacation ticker? Coming Home again for a week in October.

go to www.tickerfactory.com, then choose the band and marker, and put in your dates and title. Then follow the step by step instructions to cut and paste it to your siggie under User CP. You have to play around with which format to use. I forget now.

Welcome Home!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Welcome back Liznboys! Thanks for the great pics! I am so excited! Did you walk to Grandstand? How long a walk was it? I am trying to figure out if we should request that, since it is brand new and I am bringing my DSIS for the first time! The pool looks nice, but we may want to visit the High Rocks pool also.

 

[mikeandkarla]

Its right by Rain Forest Cafe and the pin trading post.

Thanks for the info. Hope its not too cold to rent a boat over the christmas holiday.

 

[tomandrobin]

Regarding the Grandstand bus stop... While we were there it was the last stop, after The Springs. When I checked us out on Friday I asked the CM if that was going to be the permanent way, and she said that "they" are not sure yet how the bus stops will be...they are still figuring out what the best way is.

LOL...figures just when you think you know..?

 

[tomandrobin]

I wanted to get this picture when we were there 2 weeks ago!

Love the pics! Thanks for taking the time to post them!

We saw thoses swans there, I don't think they stray to far. Everyday we saw them on the water. Everytime time we see posts like this one it really makes us miss the resort!

Glad to read everyone is doing better!

 

[Laurabearz]

I am really looking forward to my first stay at SSR next month. I have admired that resort from DTD and now I get to stay there!!!

Laurabearz April 18th -22nd 2007

 

[tjhsr]

 

[tomandrobin]

Only two?

 

[4DisneyGolfnuts]

Soon to be neighbors,

I am going through ROFR right now. I am a little nervous as I think I will be borderline on making it. I put a contract for 81 a point and seller pay closing. The contract only has 48 points remaining in 07 so I hope that will way favorably.

If anyone has had recent success please let me know.

Now on with the Post.

I first visited DVC at Boardwalk and then again at Saratoga Springs. I would have bought on the spot and was right on the bubble, but wanted to wait until I could just pay cash for the ownership. Both are beautiful. I am thrilled to be finally joining and loved Saratoga when I saw it. The proximity to DTD did it for me. We have visited Disney a dozen times and always go to DTD after the parks on early days and always if we have a down day. It just tops the night off. I took the boat from DTD to Saratoga one night to really try to get a feel for it and talked to people about it. Everyone I talked with loved it.

It's kind of like buying a house. You can talk to the realtor, but if you really want to know whats going on check it out after school, walk your dog through there, and drive through on the weekend.

I took the owners views of how they loved it and it made my decision. The 12 extra years isn't bad either.

In all honesty, I haven't found a DW resort I didn't love.

Thanks for all the positive stories, pictures, and help. What a great community.

Wish me luck!

 

[Marshay]

Best of luck and let us know how the @81 point works out! My parents are going through ROFR right now too (with BW...I couldn't convince them to go to SSR...they said they didn't need the extra years because what's the difference between 90 - 105!!! I said, yeah, but I sure could use the extra years )

 

[disneymom8589]

lgcountry!!

Liz, wonderful pictures!! Thanks for posting them!

 

[mikeandkarla]

Soon to be neighbors,

I am going through ROFR right now. I am a little nervous as I think I will be borderline on making it. I put a contract for 81 a point and seller pay closing. The contract only has 48 points remaining in 07 so I hope that will way favorably.

If anyone has had recent success please let me know.

Now on with the Post.

I first visited DVC at Boardwalk and then again at Saratoga Springs. I would have bought on the spot and was right on the bubble, but wanted to wait until I could just pay cash for the ownership. Both are beautiful. I am thrilled to be finally joining and loved Saratoga when I saw it. The proximity to DTD did it for me. We have visited Disney a dozen times and always go to DTD after the parks on early days and always if we have a down day. It just tops the night off. I took the boat from DTD to Saratoga one night to really try to get a feel for it and talked to people about it. Everyone I talked with loved it.

It's kind of like buying a house. You can talk to the realtor, but if you really want to know whats going on check it out after school, walk your dog through there, and drive through on the weekend.

I took the owners views of how they loved it and it made my decision. The 12 extra years isn't bad either.

In all honesty, I haven't found a DW resort I didn't love.

Thanks for all the positive stories, pictures, and help. What a great community.

Wish me luck!

I am in the same situation. My resale contract went to Disney on Friday Mar. 10 for ROFR. I am also a little leary on my resale. I paid $82 point, closing costs, and 2007 MF but have 45 banked 2005 pts, 160 2006, and 160 coming on Dec 1, 2007. On some ROFR reports I've seen, it seems Disney lets some questionable contracts through and others seem just as good get refused. I wonder what their logic is? Just $ per point, or do they look at total points you are acquiring? Does anyone have a method to their(Disneys) madness of ROFR?

 

[loribell]

I haven't followed the ROFR thread but do they ROFR on SSR contracts often right now while they still have inventory of their own to sell? I thought it was more likely to see contracts from sold out resorts that got ROFR'd. That is just my thinking though as I really have no idea!!!

Anyway, good luck to all you that are waiting!

 

[corinnak]

Gosh, golly. I should qualify that. The didn't have any OKW mugs in October - I guess they might by now. It would be interesting to know. I guess I could post a thread asking that question.

Quoting myself. Weird!

So I don't know if anyone followed that mug thread, but the reports are that both OKW and SSR currently have Epcot mugs. Just FYI. I haven't seen reports of other resorts not having resort mugs, though, so I guess we will just have to wait and see and hope!

 

[NemoMOm]

Just wanted to add our name to the list of SSR owners and lovers!

 

[SaratogaShan]

Hello Neighbors!

MAGICFOR2

tomandrobin

nana26

Perhaps I will see you all in May! My trip is May 26-June4!!!

 

[gortman65]

Adding our names to the list. We are really looking forward to our first trip home in October for F&W and MNSSHP. Even though our daughter will only be 1 1/2 and probably won't have any long-term memories of our vacation, I know she will have fun and so will my wife and I!

 

[DisneyFreaks]

Adding our names to the list. We are really looking forward to our first trip home in October for F&W and MNSSHP. Even though our daughter will only be 1 1/2 and probably won't have any long-term memories of our vacation, I know she will have fun and so will my wife and I!

Welcome Home gortman65! We'll be at SSR in october also. Our little grandson was 20 months old our last trip and he had a ball. We thought he'd be timid of the charactors but he sure wasn't. He'd march his little self right up to each one of them. It really made our vacation special to see him having so much fun.
Have a wonderful trip!

 

[DramaTech]

Put us down as the latest SSR owners! Woohoo!