What do you do with all those points?

[Sandisw]

Assuming you all do mainly studios, is that fair?

It really does depend. 900 goes farther when it’s only 3 or 4 nights.

For 2025 and 2026, it has been studios more than the other sizes because I traveled with people who I wanted them to have their own room…or it was just one other guest.

I don’t do studios if we have 3 or more.

 

[Steelers0854]

If I were planning on spending that much time in FL and didn’t want to own a house, I’d consider buying super cheap used timeshares outside DVC. Maybe Wyndham Bonnet Creek? I don’t need a full month at WDW; I just need some sun and warmth! The other option would be buying getaway weeks through Interval International. It’s shockingly cheap in Orlando.

The issue is if we did that we would have other costs like Uber or a rental car. With Disney I really don’t have to pay for any transportation other than getting there and back from the airport. Plus the goal with this isn’t about a generic trip to FL. If we bought a vacation home it would be near Disney with the intent to go to Disney as well as avoid the cold. So for us I’m not sure that this would be the best strategy but I do see how it could be a good fit for others.

 

[atthebeachclub]

A lot of people live in trailers as snowbirds. I’ve heard they can even be nice?

 

[CraigInPA]

We had a plan... We were going to stay in our home in the Poconos, stay at WDW for a month in January, visit my brother in Tampa for the month of February and part of March, and return to the Poconos in late March. That would have us miss about 90% of the snow. My brother and his wife, in turn, would come stay with us during the most hellish part of Florida weather, July and August. This was great until my brother retired, decided he hated living in Florida, and moved to North Carolina two years ago. He likes the summer in NC, so doesn't feel the need to leave there. It snows in NC in the winter, and our goal was to avoid that. As we are about to retire, we're looking at monthly house rentals as an alternative to our original plan.