On the 11/7 thing....
buy where you won't be disappointed if you end up. I can't imagine being overwhelmed with disappointment anywhere on WDW property.
It depends how far in advance you can plan - if you don't plan more than seven months out, home resort isn't important at all.
It depends on how much work and "anxiety" you want to put into switching. There is a member here who owns OKW because of the lower dues, but loves BCVs. She's never had a problem switching. Me, on the other hand, would spend five months adding to the stress in my life wondering "what if the room isn't available." Waitlisting I have no patience for. And having to make the "switching" phone calls - particularly if its day by day at seven months, is too much work for a vacation!
Really your only issues switching will be if there are enough robinb's out there who bought a specific resort for a specific vacation (this is true occationally now of standard view BWV rooms over F&W and VWL over the holidays) that the wait list can kick in BEFORE the seven month window. We got one of the last SV rooms over F&W fest next year calling in November for January reservations - waiting a week would have put us on the wait list. Or if circumstances make it difficult to call at seven months. (say you are traveling or really busy and forget).
buy where you won't be disappointed if you end up. I can't imagine being overwhelmed with disappointment anywhere on WDW property.
It depends how far in advance you can plan - if you don't plan more than seven months out, home resort isn't important at all.
It depends on how much work and "anxiety" you want to put into switching. There is a member here who owns OKW because of the lower dues, but loves BCVs. She's never had a problem switching. Me, on the other hand, would spend five months adding to the stress in my life wondering "what if the room isn't available." Waitlisting I have no patience for. And having to make the "switching" phone calls - particularly if its day by day at seven months, is too much work for a vacation!
Really your only issues switching will be if there are enough robinb's out there who bought a specific resort for a specific vacation (this is true occationally now of standard view BWV rooms over F&W and VWL over the holidays) that the wait list can kick in BEFORE the seven month window. We got one of the last SV rooms over F&W fest next year calling in November for January reservations - waiting a week would have put us on the wait list. Or if circumstances make it difficult to call at seven months. (say you are traveling or really busy and forget).
