What does your typical trip look like?

[IsDVCForMe?]

Hi DVC owners. During our last trip to Disney, prior to looking into DVC, we went to 4 parks over 6 nights. Staying at AKL made it nice that we didn’t have to be at the parks and we could utilize what the resort had to offer.

It feels like we could have a resort day for every park day staying at a deluxe.

Now that you’re DVC owners and staying in deluxe resorts, what does your typical trip look like? Do you go to the parks more or less? Or the same? Anything else you like to do on your trips? Any other changes?

 

[Nicnicnic.nic]

I'm new but so far less parks. The kids want lots of pool and pool slide time

 

[IsDVCForMe?]

I'm new but so far less parks. The kids want lots of pool and pool slide time

This is what I was thinking too. Save a few bucks on one less ticket. They really liked AKL’s community center, Simba’s Cubhouse, too.

 

[disney212]

We are 2 empty nesters and we love the parks. We go to the parks more now than when the kids were little. We do all of the rides and lots of shows. The only thing that really changed is how we eat. We tend to share appetizers at the bars and not have full meals as our appetites have shrunk as we have gotten older.

 

[ShablamE]

After getting DVC which coincided timeframe wise with having kids we have opted for a lot more "down days" where we will spend time at the resort using the pool or checking out other activities. This happens to work well with everyone else in my family that is not a morning person that we mix in a down day for usually every 2 park days.

We realized at a certain point that we just weren't making the most out of our hotel days just sleeping and waking up to go to the parks. They have so much more to offer and if you just slow down a bit you can really find some amazing people and things.

 

[Wedgeout]

DVC has gotten us to travel there more often. Now we seem to rush less. Take more time to enjoy the property. Finding more fun touring resorts and trying more out of park meal spots. Enjoy the current extra hours for deluxe/DVC guests on those Monday & Wednesdays.

 

[reddog21]

Nothing has changed for us other than we have a bigger room to stay in.
If I told my wife and kids we were staying at the resort for the day I would be disowned/divorced in no time.

 

[Nicnicnic.nic]

This is what I was thinking too. Save a few bucks on one less ticket. They really liked AKL’s community center, Simba’s Cubhouse, too.

Oh definitely spend a lot of time in the community halls. So far our favorites are the one at Kidani and the one at SSR. Kidani has a balcony where you can see the animals plus it's just really homey. SSR has a lot more crafts than the others. Like if you paint something they even have a kiln to finish it. And it is so cheap compared to that kind of thing at home. Plus we are a board game family so we have a lot of fun with all the board games at the halls

 

[WDWLODGE]

Up until a couple of years ago we would typically do 10-14 night trips. For the longest time we were rope droppers using our annual passes to the max. We became DVC Members in 2013 and our touring style continued for a while. Probably around 2020 we began to slow down and spend more time at the resorts, etc. Our last couple of trips have been closer to a week long, no annual passes, spending 5 days in the park. We still rope drop the parks but we take time in between days to relax now.