We bought in 92. I was 39, almost 40 and dh was 43. We have 3 children, back then they were 16,9,& 7. Now we are 55, almost 59, and kids are 31, 24, and 21. The 31 dd is married and has 2 sons. We are still working. We still send my parents down here for a week usually in October but last year they went on a cruise instead. We come down for the 500. Younger kids come down for still Spring break and all 3 of them did their college Spring breaks here. We've done family cruises with points, getting 4 rooms. We go to Vero. Going to start spreading our wings and going other places now. Youngest one graduates from college this Spring. It really has been the best thing we ever did. And again dh decided to do it all in one contract. When we bought there had been only 1 other with 2000 points. We could buy more but we find 2000 is fine. DH wanted to make sure that our children and their children always had a place to come. We've had really great trips here. (some mousekeeping issues from time to time, but I get over it)
DS met his best friend here when they were kids and they ended up being college roommates and are still best friends. We try to meet up with his parents when we are down. He goes with them and their son meets us. It really was a special place to come to early on. Most of the members knew each other and we had some great times. We knew all the cast members who worked here (and they knew us by name) and we would have cook outs with them, go out to dinner, play golf. Some took our kids to the parks. We still keep in touch with some of them even though now they are married, with their own children living in other parts of the country. Now it is so big that the closeness that used to be here isn't anymore. We miss that.
