The "Waiting for ROFR" support group thread

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Hi Everybody! :wave2:

Good to see you all again. I hope at least some of you are getting great news today! Per my last message, I'm sure I posted around page 2 or so of this thread, but I'm not going to worry about it now. I did see some other replies on the same day as my last post that were displayed in really strange threads, so who knows? :confused3 Whatever...

So, here are the dates I had:

1/23 placed offer with TSS, offer accepted
1/24 we sent docs, deposit; deal sent to ROFR
2/ 1 passed ROFR, opened escrow
2/28 received closing docs, est close date 3/13
3/11 notified by TSS that we closed escrow :thumbsup2

With a level of patience not generally known to me, I waited until today (3/14) to call Member Services and see if we were in the system. The good news: I got right thru the voicemail tree with less than a minute wait time, and the lady on the other end was very nice and helpful. The bad news: the system has no idea who I am. She suggested I try again on Monday. :sad1: I hope I get my first *real* (non-rental) reservation then!

That'll be about 8 weeks from "offer" to "able to make a reservation," which was hard to wait out day by day, but I thought it was pretty good turnaround time overall. (With all our modern computers, can't they speed this stuff up more?) I never got an email about a gift basket!?!

monami7, I was really sad to hear what happened with your contract, but it reempasized to me why we go thru all these steps. Imagine how distressing it would have been if you'd closed on it! I'm thrilled you found an even better one to buy. I had some buyers' remorse after we agreed on our deal (I should have gotten a more loaded contract for the money, and probably a different use year), but ours went thru and I'm okay with it now. (I know, easy to say on this end of the deal. :rolleyes: ) But you're the 2nd person I've heard of whose contract didn't go thru, and they ended up with a better deal. I know I learned a lot as we went thru this, and I'll do an even better job on selecting our next one!

Good vibes to everyone here...:goodvibes I hope you *all* get great news soon!

Sue in Texas
 
I got a call from Nancy, maybe the greatest person in the world, a few minutes ago WE PASSED they waived ROFR. :yay: :yay: :woohoo: :banana:
I can't believe it I'm am so pumped right now! My wife thinks I'm completely insane. O.K. here's what happened; my DW and I are in the car :drive: and talking about how after yesterdays conversation with the folks at TTS that we should know in a week at the latest. Just then my cellphone rings, I don't recognize the phone number, I answer it anyway and it's Nancy she tells me that Disney has waived their ROFR and then she said some other stuff I was too excited to pay attention, something about title search or estoppel anyway she we should close on April 18th, the day we are leaving for WDW. So I thank her profusely hang up the phone and tell my wife, I figure she should know about this too. Then I announce to my wife "I have to call Tammy and Cheryl and let them know". My wife starts to laugh at me because as you are aware I don't have your numbers :lmao: but I was so excited I kind of lost it for a minute!
 
Today's updated List 3/14/08
tink'smom2b

Rambler5678

Monami7

Dizney4us

Buckeye Fan

llmurphy17

Chickkypoo

I really hope I'm not the only one who got good news today!

ROFR is a four letter word.
 
I got a call from Nancy, maybe the greatest person in the world, a few minutes ago WE PASSED they waived ROFR. :yay: :yay: :woohoo: :banana:
I can't believe it I'm am so pumped right now! My wife thinks I'm completely insane. O.K. here's what happened; my DW and I are in the car :drive: and talking about how after yesterdays conversation with the folks at TTS that we should know in a week at the latest. Just then my cellphone rings, I don't recognize the phone number, I answer it anyway and it's Nancy she tells me that Disney has waived their ROFR and then she said some other stuff I was too excited to pay attention, something about title search or estoppel anyway she we should close on April 18th, the day we are leaving for WDW. So I thank her profusely hang up the phone and tell my wife, I figure she should know about this too. Then I announce to my wife "I have to call Tammy and Cheryl and let them know". My wife starts to laugh at me because as you are aware I don't have your numbers :lmao: but I was so excited I kind of lost it for a minute!


:lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl: You are frickin' hilarious!!!!! :lmao: :rotfl2:

CONGRATULATIONS ED!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!! :cool1: :banana: :yay: :dance3: :cheer2: :dancer: party: :jumping1: I knew something good had happened when I looked at my e-mail and saw that there were 2 new posts.....1 for the other RORF thread and 1 for our thread. I'm soooo happy for you and your family! I told you something good was going to happen this week!:cool1:

Nancy was probably telling you that either they had already done the title search and it was clean or they still needed to do it. As for the estoppel, she was probably telling you that she was waiting on it.

I still can't get over the fact that you told your wife you had to call Tammy and I! :lmao: That cracks me up!! :rotfl2:
 

I got a call from Nancy, maybe the greatest person in the world, a few minutes ago WE PASSED they waived ROFR. :yay: :yay: :woohoo: :banana:

Congratulations Ed!! Good for you!! You must be special to have gotten a phone call. All we got was an email.

Sounds like your closing will be a few days before ours. We have to wait for the current owners to get back from their trip on April 20th before we can close. When are you planning to take your first trip home?
 
Alright Ed!!!! I am so excited for you!! I was really hoping today was your day!!:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:
 
I got a call from Nancy, maybe the greatest person in the world, a few minutes ago WE PASSED they waived ROFR. :yay: :yay: :woohoo: :banana:
I can't believe it I'm am so pumped right now! My wife thinks I'm completely insane. O.K. here's what happened; my DW and I are in the car :drive: and talking about how after yesterdays conversation with the folks at TTS that we should know in a week at the latest. Just then my cellphone rings, I don't recognize the phone number, I answer it anyway and it's Nancy she tells me that Disney has waived their ROFR and then she said some other stuff I was too excited to pay attention, something about title search or estoppel anyway she we should close on April 18th, the day we are leaving for WDW. So I thank her profusely hang up the phone and tell my wife, I figure she should know about this too. Then I announce to my wife "I have to call Tammy and Cheryl and let them know". My wife starts to laugh at me because as you are aware I don't have your numbers :lmao: but I was so excited I kind of lost it for a minute!

Congratulations!!! :banana:

I'm also waiting on "estoppels" ...whatever that is :confused:
 
Ed,
Congratulations!:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

Sue,
Thanks for your kind words,
We are actually happy it worked out this way. We really feel looking back that we weren't comfortable with the last contract. Mostly with the use year, and it was almost as it I was waiting/hoping? for something to go wrong from the beginning. We are so excited about this contract though. I am just praying that it goes through ROFR quickly! And we get in the system. That is the hard part. Starting the wait over again. I was hoping to book our next trip for January in a few weeks. Now it will be May before that happens.

On a side note it has given me more time to think about where I want us to stay. What do you guys think. It will be DD (2) DD (3) DH and I. We were thinking of going home to SSR but are now thinking BCV or BWV would be great too. Lilly is super into Playhouse Disney right now so I figured we would be able to spend extra time at MGM and DH and I LOVE Epcot so it might be nice. But we did want to try SSR. Silly I know they all look great! By the way all 5 of us are going in 5 weeks so it is not our first trip! Alexei is my step daughter so she won't be able to go in January. Eventually we will go to all the DVC's. The plan is to go every January hitting a different one each time. So far we have been to AKV and OKW.

Anyone have an opinion?

I am trying to occupy my time waiting now.......
 
:woohoo: :banana: :banana: :woohoo: :cheer2:

Ed!! Finally! Just home from work and checked the thread! I'm so happy for you!

Hope others had a great Friday, too! :wizard:
 
Congratulations Ed!! Good for you!! You must be special to have gotten a phone call. All we got was an email.

Sounds like your closing will be a few days before ours. We have to wait for the current owners to get back from their trip on April 20th before we can close. When are you planning to take your first trip home?
Thanks, I don't know if "special" is the right word. Pain in the "back side" may be closer to the truth. I think I got a call so I wouldn't bother them any more. I still haven't gotten any notification from TTS just Nancy who is handling the closing. As for my first trip home I'm actually leaving for WDW in 34 days 7 hours 2 minutes and 22 seconds but I'm staying at the swan. I will however visit my new "Home" while there and as soon as I get everything I need I will be setting up my first trip "Home".
 
OK, Ed, since you're the first one with a trip planned you have a mission:

Report back what will be in our gift baskets! I can't wait to hear!

I'm so glad you passed..:woohoo:
 
I got a call from Nancy, maybe the greatest person in the world, a few minutes ago WE PASSED they waived ROFR. ...

Yahoo!!!! Congratulations!!!!!! :cool1: Woo Hoo!!!!!!

So here's my question for the rest of you: what are you going to do when you hit the next big milestone (ROFL, close)?

I hadn't planned it this way, but when we closed, I didn't tell anybody but you guys!!! I wanted to do something special, but we had a busy evening that night, so I never told any of them, not even my dh! The next night the kids and I picked him up at work to go out to dinner at Macaroni Grill, and when the wine came, I handed him a printout of the email from Jason at TSS. So we were all set to toast our vacations for the next 35 years!!!

It was such fun! :yay:

Sue in Texas
 
OK, Ed, since you're the first one with a trip planned you have a mission:

Report back what will be in our gift baskets! I can't wait to hear!

I'm so glad you passed..:woohoo:
O.K. You got it! From snooping around on the other threads they sound pretty good. I'm supposed to close on the 18th and I'll be driving right by TTS on the 19th so I'll be stopping in! I am still so pumped.
 
Thanks Laxmom! I am so psyched right now! I've been searching EBay for BWV stuff I can't wait until the 18th, closing date and the day we head to WDW!!!
 
YEAH!!! CONGRATULATIONS Ed !!!

party: :dancer: :rockband:
Thanks! Your passing soon, I tell you it's like a giant weight lifted off when you get the through ROFR, now the most "dangerous" part is over. I want to keep the string of nobody getting ROFRed going. Monami7 is the only one whose contract didn't go through but she wasn't ROFRed and it seems like the new contract is an improvement! So lets keep this lucky Thread rolling!
 
Yahoo!!!! Congratulations!!!!!! :cool1: Woo Hoo!!!!!!

So here's my question for the rest of you: what are you going to do when you hit the next big milestone (ROFL, close)?

I hadn't planned it this way, but when we closed, I didn't tell anybody but you guys!!! I wanted to do something special, but we had a busy evening that night, so I never told any of them, not even my dh! The next night the kids and I picked him up at work to go out to dinner at Macaroni Grill, and when the wine came, I handed him a printout of the email from Jason at TSS. So we were all set to toast our vacations for the next 35 years!!!

It was such fun! :yay:

Sue in Texas
Thanks, and to answer your question: I will be driving to WDW on the day we close so I figure, first I will stop over at TTS and make sure we closed and then when we get to the Swan, where we are staying, I will take the wife and kids on that first night over in front of the boardwalk and watch the fireworks from Illuminations and get a couple of drinks give my wife a big kiss and toast our next 35 or so vacations!
 
:banana: :cool1: :dance3: :cheer2:
Congratulations Ed!!! Hope the next 34 days fly by and everything is smooth sailing from here on in!! The best is yet to come!
 
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