Welcome home Winksst!
Ahhhh, youth....thinking you have enough points
Soon, you will notice the itch and the beginnings of Addonitis!
and if I have to wait another 13 years to add on I will be visiting WDW in a scooter 
We had the standard room booked... which would have been fine, but I love sitting out watching the animals, hoping the weather cooperates.
passing the dust to whomever needs it
Well, I was hoping to avoid addonitis for a bit...we did buy 220 pts for a family of 3!
Hmmmm, That's what we thought back in '97 when we bought 230 points. It only took us a year to add on another 150.
But she has her dang sports! 
Our 7 night Christmas Wait List for a SV studio came through this afternoon!
Wait lists do come through - It's just a matter of patience, choosing a category that has a good number of rooms to start with, and I think, a touch of luck derived from being fine with the accommodations booked already.
cruise 12/29 to 1/3.Mine did too. I added on a night for the 22nd and had OKW. Saw over the weekend it was switched to AKV Standard. Called yesterday and MS happened to check and my Savannah View Studio was matched. So 12/22-12/26 at AKV and then 12/26 to 12/29 at BLT and then my
See you at Kidani.
Mine did too. I added on a night for the 22nd and had OKW. Saw over the weekend it was switched to AKV Standard. Called yesterday and MS happened to check and my Savannah View Studio was matched. So 12/22-12/26 at AKV and then 12/26 to 12/29 at BLT and then my
So happy for you! 
We will be there on those same dates 12/22-12/26 in a standard 1 bedroom. We are doing our cruise prior to our stay, 12/18-12/22.
Cruise? Uh oh, beware of the ship-borne viruses: particularly the cruise-ship addonitis that seems to hit many of the folks here
That's exactly where we just purchased. I went to the presentation just to see what had changed, what the current DVC goings on were since I'd wanted to buy so long ago....and 220 points and several thousand dollars later we're owners.
Where are those dang papers to sign!?!?!? (My guide had to separate the contract into 2 deeds so we're waiting on new paperwork.)
The bug claimed a new victim. The only cure for that one is to drink the special Disney Lemonade and buy in. You did the right thing, otherwise it would have stayed in your system for years. But be warned, addonitis is a mutated version of the same bug -- and it bites hard. I have a can of I'm-broke-now-be-gone sitting next to my PC every time it starts hovering around me.
Hi Everyone,
In April we will be staying for the first time at VWL. Have any of you AKV lovers stayed at VWL? Will we like it as much as Kidani? My husband and I both LOVE the restaurants at AKV and my girls enjoy the Kidani pool area. Not to mention I think the AKV Cast Members and the animals are simply the best.
I am worried we are going to be disappointed. I am trying to look at the positives like the boat to the Magic Kingdom and the Contemporary. Oh yes and I do like the WL Mercantile. But we did make reservations to eat at Boma and Jiko!
Be sure to check out Walt's trains and the big leather rockers while you're there!
And following that logic .... you should come in Jan when I'm there!! 
I wanted to join 10 years ago but she was happy with ASR's.
So I guess we will hear Welcome Home when we check in next time at DW.
I knew we'd be back every year. DH didn't think he'd like it that much....he's as big of a fan as me now. 
wdwchamp
We have visited Disney every year since our 25th anniversary and just celebrated our 39th. I took my DW to the presentation and she was able to see the rooms for the first time. I wanted to join 10 years ago but she was happy with ASR's. She is very difficult with change. It took my 35 years to get her to go a cruise. We did our first Disney Cruise 3 years ago and the second day on the cruise she wanted to do it again. We have done three and have two more scheduled for next year. We are now DVC owners and will close in two weeks.
We got home and my wife is planning our next trip to DW and look forward to staying at AKV oR BLT. My choice is AKV our home. We started with 125 and I am sure she will want to get more soon.
So I guess we will hear Welcome Home when we check in next time at DW.
You sound like me! If you notice my join date (2004) that's when I started reading and learning about DVC, but we just bought our points last month and are waiting on new papers to (finally) close. It was before our first trip to WDW as a family!!
He's not all woo-hoo DVC, but he's totally fine with it too. He says he hasn't even thought about it again since we got home and finalized our decision. Ya gotta love that about him...committed with no second thoughts.
So, even though I'm brand new too....Welcome Home!
I first learned of DVC here on the DIS *after* I dropped 1K++ on what turned out to be a moderate room (OK, POR is beautiful, but it was supposed to be a FtW cabin). That was back in 2004, by 2005 I was renting, in late 2008 I bought in as a "new life" gift to myself. That was before Kidani was built, and I was needlessly worried (wanted VWL). I adore my home resort!
