We joined Saratoga Springs. It's 47 years, but they gave us a $2000 credit, plus we figure in 47 years we'll be 70 and 71 anyway, lol. Besides, the very helpful DVC CM mentioned that AKL dues are more than Saratoga Springs, and there's a good chance they'll go up more once they put the actual animals in the place since upkeep for them is expensive. Cheaper annual dues and we figure if we want to stay there, we can! We're sooo excited!!!
The funny thing is, the guy who we met at MK who had us go to the little information session (his name was Kurt and he was great!) was everywhere we went! We saw him in MK, MGM, on the Boardwalk in the models, lol. We must have kept track or something because the last time we saw him he was like, "Welcome home! I saw this morning that you joined!" It's awesome hearing "Welcome home" at Disney!! Saratoga Springs is beautiful, but we're looking forward to trying all the resorts!