The demise of unrestricted resorts, by year.

[kilik64]

Folks, Marriott sells points that are worth 25% on the resale market. Wyndham does with a resale market of 10%. Charitably.

And the price points are not wildly different.

Disney will have no problem selling timeshares, no matter what the resale market holds.

Timeshares are bought, not sold as you say.

 

[kilik64]

SSR is an old reliable Honda.

With a newer coat of paint.

I never experienced it prior to the refurb, but based on the older pics of the place, I don't think there has been a bigger night and day difference from a refurb at any other resort.

 

[Brian Noble]

I had stays both before and after the hard refurb. It was an unequivocal upgrade. The resort grouns were already lovely, and now the vibe of the unit matches that.

I'm still grumpy about no ice maker, but only a little.

 

[jolynne28]

That sounds like me and I think I have said that somewhere so you are probably remembering correctly lol.

If/when kids come I don't think my outlook will change all that much though other than the timing of our trips. And I think that's when you would want a better home resort advantage anyway right? When you become less flexible as a member.

I have resorts that I like and a mix that are fairly future-proof with direct and resale, and all are paid off so it's only dues. Even after all of our purchases we are lucky enough to not really be hurting for money and are well set up for the future. House almost paid off (less than 3 years left), good retirement accounts, etc. And I can rent some points out when we need a break or can't make it.

And is that 900k per kid or total for all your kids? 900k per kid would be an extra 50k per year from 0-18 seems wildly excessive and I'm sure it can easily be done for much less. Sure you could spend that, but you don't have to. People raise whole families on less after all. The first few years are obviously very expensive, even more so if you have to buy formula and/or pay for childcare of course, but after that there's no way 50k per year should hold.

I can guarantee that kids will change your outlook regarding your trips, but to what extent depends on unknown variables right now. You are more than financially prepared though, most people would kill to have their house paid off in 3 yrs, so well done.

Maybe we’ll revisit this when you get into double stroller territory .

Yeah def not $900k per kid.

 

[LoveToDisney]

It has been fun to be a part of this thread. We bought back in 2004 and added on a few more times after that. Reading about couples and young families joining and enjoying their purchase puts a smile on my face. We like to stay in SSR when we want to save points or can’t get into our BCV/BWV/BLT because so many have SAP elsewhere and want “my” resorts. We used to ALWAYS be able to get a 1BR anytime at SSR but not anymore. Now, the resort definitely fills up. When BCV/BWV’s contract ends and we just have BLT, we are fine staying there or anywhere we can exchange at 7mo since we are direct.

 

[tom1944]

I can guarantee that kids will change your outlook regarding your trips, but to what extent depends on unknown variables right now. You are more than financially prepared though, most people would kill to have their house paid off in 3 yrs, so well done.

Maybe we’ll revisit this when you get into double stroller territory .

Yeah def not $900k per kid.

I bought the year I was heading into retirement. My plan was my wife and I would go down to WDW for a few weeks starting after MLK Day. SSR was going to be fine because the parks would only be a small part of our stays.

I was talking to my daughter and granddaughter about our plans and they both decided they also would love to go. Because of teacher and student schedules January went out the window and we now go in August.

I initially tried to buy at BLT but could not get a price I was willing to pay and so bought SSR. We have yet to stay there and are going into our third trip. So far BLT, BWV and coming up Kidani.

I doubt we will ever go during a holiday season so until my teacher/student situation changes it will be August trips.