WinterSolider
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I debated whether to post this because it's controversial, but I think it's true and worth saying so I'll try to say it in as polite a way as possible.
There is a segment of DVC owners who are "overly frugal" to the point of being cheapskates. They bought DVC so that they could take subsequent Disney vacations with as little out-of-pocket cost as possible, and by golly they're not going to spend a single penny more than they absolutely have to. These are the folks who do things like putting a margarita blender in their checked luggage so they don't have to buy cocktails, or pull out grocery bags full of bread and lunch meat to make sandwiches in the middle of the pool deck. It happens at Walt Disney World too but it sticks out much worse at Aulani.
I'm not rich, and there are things I buy at the grocery store so I don't have to spend all of my money at resort prices, especially when I have a villa with a full refrigerator and kitchen. But there's a difference between grabbing a beer in your room and walking down to the pool with it versus filling a styrofoam fishing cooler with an entire case of Coors Light and parking yourself for a whole day while a pile of empty cans grows around you.
There is a segment of DVC owners who are "overly frugal" to the point of being cheapskates. They bought DVC so that they could take subsequent Disney vacations with as little out-of-pocket cost as possible, and by golly they're not going to spend a single penny more than they absolutely have to. These are the folks who do things like putting a margarita blender in their checked luggage so they don't have to buy cocktails, or pull out grocery bags full of bread and lunch meat to make sandwiches in the middle of the pool deck. It happens at Walt Disney World too but it sticks out much worse at Aulani.
I'm not rich, and there are things I buy at the grocery store so I don't have to spend all of my money at resort prices, especially when I have a villa with a full refrigerator and kitchen. But there's a difference between grabbing a beer in your room and walking down to the pool with it versus filling a styrofoam fishing cooler with an entire case of Coors Light and parking yourself for a whole day while a pile of empty cans grows around you.