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[Jennasis]

Just an FYI-I forget the exact numbers, but there are very,very few of the AKV concierge and BLT MK view rooms availabe. You pretty much have to have these as your home resort with the 11 month booking window to get either of these. Personally DH and I love WLV.

I was just reading about that. We can book at any resort other than Saratoga (his home) at 7 months out, which would put us at March-ish? That may help tip the scales in favor of one resort or another if we can't get the one we want (BLT MK view).


So if we did a split stay we could buy the dining plan in a smaller increment than the full week? Or it would have to be, say, 3 days of DDP at BLT and then 4 days of DDP for a stay at BCV?

 

[twinboysmom]

I was just reading about that. We can book at any resort other than Saratoga (his home) at 7 months out, which would put us at March-ish? That may help tip the scales in favor of one resort or another if we can't get the one we want (BLT MK view).


So if we did a split stay we could buy the dining plan in a smaller increment than the full week? Or it would have to be, say, 3 days of DDP at BLT and then 4 days of DDP for a stay at BCV?

If you stayed 3 nights at BCV with ddp you could stay 4 nights at BLT without ddp. For BLT, the PP is somewhat correct. It is the standard views which are hardest to get, then MK view, then lv. BLT is tough period but September is prob about as good of a chance as you will get, just budget for a lake view or MK view. Hope this helped explain the ddp with dvc a bit.

 

[Jennasis]

DH and I were "blue-skying" and it looks like our top two choices would be BCV or BLT (MK view if possible). Now we just need to figure out if the DDP is worth it or if paying OOP is best for us...off to look at some menus and prices (we already have an idea of where we want to eat while we are there).

 

[pepperw23]

DH and I are planning a Sept 2012 trip (nothing booked yet), and were assuming we'd likely book a MYW with Free Dining package at Pop like the happy budget conscious folks we always are. This deal/plan has always worked well for us in the past....so what's my problem?

DH's uncle and I were chatting and Disney came up and he said "Hey, you know I'm a DVC member right?" (had no idea). Well, he then offers us his points to book our trip! We're talking 2 years worth of banked points totalling close to 300...

After I composed myself and thanked him profusely, I am now at a loss. Despite my 20 some-odd trips to WDW and self-proclaimed "expert" Disney status, I really don't know much about DVC and how it works. His home resort is SSR, but he's stayed at many of the others (his favorite was AKV). DH and I LOVE the deluxes but have value budgets, so we've been doing Pop for the past 5 years...the prospect of being able to go deluxe again has us giddy!

So where should I begin the planning? I have no idea how many points the various resorts "cost". So I don't know how long we could "afford" to stay on these points (our original plan, and all we could afford, was 5 days at Pop). I am also assuming using free points and paying OOP for meals is a much better savings over the MYW pkg with FD, even when comparing it to a value resort.

Help! I've never had this wonderful problem before, nor the freedom to choose a deluxe resort at will. I feel like a kid on Christmas morning!!

LUCKY!!!