Where did you stay before DVC ownership?

[athenna]

I always stayed in the moderates....CSR was always my favorite of the 4....I did stay deluxe at the CR when I was a child, but I wasn't paying the bill

 

[nunzia]

Only been to WDW once, splurged on Beach Club and loved it. At Disneyland we have stayed all over the place. When I was a kid I remember the Saga and our splurge at the DL hotel. As adults with little kids we did all the economys..Tropicana, etc...in retrospect they were miserable..full shuttles or risking your life dashing across Harbor..and a hassle to get back to the room at the end of the day. Now as older adults we just can't imagine staying off site. In fact my biggest concern about going back to WDW is the bus horror stories.. DLR has us spoiled on ease of getting around. I think things are different at DL now with the surrounding area being upgraded and isn't there some sort of walk over across Harbor..we haven't left the property in so long I haven't a clue. BTW anyone know how far the outlet mall is from DLR?

 

[tchrrx]

We stayed at the Contemporary our first trip. After that, we joined DVC. Didn't take us long to get hooked!

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

We always stayed at a deluxe, usually the Poly. On our last trip (pre DVC) we had two connecting rooms and a bill of almost $7,000.00 (rooms and tax). Those same rooms for the six of us today would cost us almost $10,000.00. Yes DVC has saved us a lot of money.

HBC

 

[vabeth]

We've previously stayed at all of the choices.

 

[tomandrobin]

Moderates, too cheap to stay at the Deluxe Resorts, too snobby to stay at he Value Resorts.

Just like in life, were stuck in the middle.

 

[UP Disney]

We preferred to stay at Port Orleans Riverside. We did stay at Caribbean Beach once when the food court at POR was closed. DVC was definitely an upgrade for us and something we are getting used to. It's going to be tough. NOT!

 

[Alexander]

We always stayed at POR. I then rented points from owners and stayed at OKW, and VWL twice. Just before our third stay renting points DH said "Why don't we sell the RV and join." It took about 1/2 a second for me to say "yes". We were actually owners when we stayed at the VWL on rented points for the second time.

 

[DVC Mike]

Deluxe (GF, BWI, BC) and Mod (POR, POFQ) -- I have never stayed in a Value resort.

 

[sjdisneywedding]

We mixed it up a bit depending on the trip

for deluxe we went to AK, WL, and GF

mod Caribbean, Coronado

 

[bobbiwoz]

3 trips prior to owning DVC:
Dolphin
FW trailer rental
WL

Since DVC we have stayed at S/D or at a value, usually Pop on weekends, but we are becoming more inclined to stay DVC even on weekends.

Bobbi

 

[kt-scarlett]

Well, over the years our family has grown from just DH and myself to a family of 5. Over the course of these years our visits were few and far between and we stayed at
Royal Plaza- 1986
Caribbean Beach - 1992
Wilderness Lodge - 1992
Dixie Landings - 1997

It was our stay at DxL (it will always be DxL in my mind) with the three kids in one room with the trundle bed, that cured us of ever staying in a 'regular' room again. Five people, a week of pouring rain, one bathroom, no dressing area, eating meals sitting on the edge of the bed. Ugh. The next year I became a Disney Store CM and was able to use my CM discount to buy our points at the Boardwalk. It's been pretty much annual trips since then. I love DVC.

 

[tinker_me_happy]

Only one visit as an adult. As a child we camped somewhere, but I was so young I can't even remember where. (And I think the contemporary was the only hotel!) Last July stayed at Pop Century with my DD17 along with my friend and her DD12. I talked her into going to see the DVC and we both ended up buying!!! Cant wait for our first trip "home" in August!

 

[Laurabearz]

Our first trip to WDW I booked us a 2 bedroom at OKW... Took the DVC tour, went home bought resale... and other than a stay at the Poly lagoon View Concierge and a BC Concierge stay (on all the bank points from our resale contracts) we have pretty much have only stayed at DVC.

So Do I vote Deluxe?

 

[disney54us]

Poly concierage, still love it there.

 

[athenna]

Moderates, too cheap to stay at the Deluxe Resorts, too snobby to stay at he Value Resorts.

Just like in life, were stuck in the middle.

I like that! You sound just like me!

 

[gtrist4life]

Though our pre-DVC staying history is mixed, I voted Moderates as that's where I believe we would be staying had we not joined.

Summary of pre-DVC stays
Honeymoon 1986 - Offsite (Ramada I think)
1996 - All Star Music
2001 - All Star Music
2002 - Port Orleans FQ
2003 - Swan (DVC tour-purchased BWV upon returning home)
2003 - Coronado Springs - planned trip prior to joining DVC

DVC since, love it, want more points

 

[MikMin6554]

We mostly stayed at All-Star or Pop. Tried POR once since there were 5 of us on that trip. Next trip was Beach Club and that sold me/us on buying DVC. We could not imagine going back to the full size beds after sleeping on the queens and BC. Now we are just sorry we didn't buy in sooner.

 

[Alexander]

Moderates, too cheap to stay at the Deluxe Resorts, too snobby to stay at he Value Resorts.

Just like in life, were stuck in the middle.

OMG! So totally true for us!

 

[mouseclick1]

I din't vote because we tried out different locations. Before DVC, we stayed at:
Polynesian
Coronado Springs
Wilderness Lodge
Allstar Sports
Boardwalk Inn

It was during our trip at the Boardwalk that we bought into DVC. We loved the Boardwalk area and bought it as our home resort.