karen4546
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My husband and I go to Disney every year (sometimes twice a year) since 2012. I have been on here since around that time and i scour these pages for tips, tricks and anything to make our trips go off without a hitch.
Long story short, we took a trip in December 2018 with 13 of us. Rented points like we had done the previous few years and the trip was fine, but with so many people- WE NEEDED A DO OVER for just us.
So, we upgraded to APs in December and booked a passholder rate for April 27-May 4. I scheduled a DVC tour (mostly for the gift card and fast passes) and to my surprise- My husband said we should do it.
WAIT ! WHAT ? my husband who never makes impulse buys, pinches every penny until Abe has tears and who eats out maybe once every few month wants to buy into DVC? Don't get me wrong, he spends money but ONLY on vacations. When we vacation - we go all out since we don't do much else with our money. We don't go to movies, eat out much, and are pretty much home bodies. DH and i both work full time and he has a small farm that takes up much of our (mostly his) time.
Anyway, back to DVC... we purchased a small 100 point contract at AKL with an August use year and so we are getting 2018 and 2019 points. We paid $167 per point. I know we will add on a resale contract within the next year or two (we have four married children and six grandchildren) because we will need large accommodations.
Just so excited to be part of the "cool kids" club. We should have done this years ago but better late than never right?
Long story short, we took a trip in December 2018 with 13 of us. Rented points like we had done the previous few years and the trip was fine, but with so many people- WE NEEDED A DO OVER for just us.
So, we upgraded to APs in December and booked a passholder rate for April 27-May 4. I scheduled a DVC tour (mostly for the gift card and fast passes) and to my surprise- My husband said we should do it.
WAIT ! WHAT ? my husband who never makes impulse buys, pinches every penny until Abe has tears and who eats out maybe once every few month wants to buy into DVC? Don't get me wrong, he spends money but ONLY on vacations. When we vacation - we go all out since we don't do much else with our money. We don't go to movies, eat out much, and are pretty much home bodies. DH and i both work full time and he has a small farm that takes up much of our (mostly his) time.
Anyway, back to DVC... we purchased a small 100 point contract at AKL with an August use year and so we are getting 2018 and 2019 points. We paid $167 per point. I know we will add on a resale contract within the next year or two (we have four married children and six grandchildren) because we will need large accommodations.
Just so excited to be part of the "cool kids" club. We should have done this years ago but better late than never right?
