Why I love the DVC Board...

[Frozenfingers]

Yes, it is true. Some of us have flat heads!!

 

[Maistre Gracey]

The Gracey's-

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Originally posted by anniet
Oh, man.....the funniest part is anybody who's met you knows how truthful that statement is!!!!!

p.s. I'll see you over on the budget board!

Oh yes, and that was on a good day... <-- the new look of DVCers.

MG

 

[SheriB]

I think it's funny how some people are so quick to judge others because they post on the "budget board". It's as though someone who has to budget is beneath them. Besides those few who break the rules to save a few bucks, which is wrong, how would anyone here know what type of income or class someone on the budget board is? How do you think some wealthy people got their money? They certainly didn't get it by spending it all on first class accomodations when they were making it! And I'm sure Walt didn't say, "Hmm, let me build a resort that only affluent people can afford to come to." Give me a break. My neighbor who passed away last summer died a millionaire. You'd never know it. He was sweet as pie, would give you the shirt off his back, bought day-old bread and looked dirt poor! Money doesn't make anyone a better or classier person than someone else. I think people who put down or judge people wo have no money have no class and show it when they voice their opinions.
I have to go now. I need to go over to the budget board (which I enjoy and get some helpful, legal tips from!).



Sheri

 

[Dreamfinder2]

Isn't this all so, so interesting.

When Walt planned WDW, I read an article somewhere that he intended for it to be "the Versailles of the 20th century - but a Versailes for the people." Could it be a place where royalty and commoners mingled? He seemed to think so.

With one-day passes topping $50, I'm always aware, while in the parks, that I am meeting many folks who have saved and scrimped for that literal once-in-a-lifetime vacation. I am always puzzled at the implication that Disney is just for an elite few, those cultured and sophisticated enough to really "appreciate" or "deserve" it. It seems perfectly reasonable to make sacrifices in some areas of life to be able to invest in what is truly worthy for you and your family ... and by "worth," I don't necessarily mean worth as measured by dollars and cents. For that family who postpones a new car purchase so that their daughter can experience her seventh birthday in the land of the mouse - well, I've got nothing but admiration for them.

As for our DVC purchase, well, it wasn't chump change for us. None of our three vehicles has less than 75K miles on them, but they serve us fine, and we don't have any friends who think any less of us, and I can't think of a single soul I need to impress with my belongings. But DVC hasn't stressed us financially - it's just the evidence of the choices we've made... without regret.

For us, Disney is the great leveler in society, where people from whatever means can gather for just a bit to escape the worry and bustle of the day-to-day world. In a time when the days are dark and the nights can be unusually long (our son heads back to Iraq in a month), what a joy to be able to enjoy a bright, shining world of imagination for just a little while. A fantasy? You betcha, and grinches and grouches need not apply.

And being on a budget? I've got a banker uncle, a multimillionaire, and when he goes through the drive-through window at Wendy's, he'll order a Coke with no ice and another seperate cup of ice. He says he can get the equivalent of two soft drinks that way. Can he afford two Cokes? I bet he can, but he also understands the value of thrift.

God forgive me if I ever judge another based on his or her social or financial standing, especially when they're sharing "my Disney" with me. If you were to ever see me preening on my balcony at Boardwalk, surveying the area like one to the manor born, and scowling at the peons below me, you have my permission to wrestle me to the ground, wrap me in duct tape, and cast me into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Sorry for the ramble. I'm just always bewildered when threads like this erupt. The World is big enough for all of us, dontcha think?

 

[gritzel4]

SheriB and Dreamfinder2 --

You both have eloquently summarized why Disney is truly a magical place. I know people who have saved loose coins to pay for their trip to WDW. These are the same people who were happy and supported me in my decision on spending an inheritance on DVC instead of remodeling my house. Life is about choices - I choose to be a DVC member, I choose to be a domestic goddess and I choose to find ways to save money.

Dreamfinder2 - May God watch over your son and all of the people protecting our country at home and abroad.

Let us all be thankful for what we have and not envious for what we don't.

 

[pmcpmc]

Originally posted by BWVDee
Or parking at BWV or the Poly(when not a guest at the resort) in order to gain quick or easy access to Epcot or MK. DVC members do this????? NO WAY! Sure--they are probably among the biggest group of offenders. But hey, we are much better than those low class people on the budget board--Give me a break!

 

[SheriB]

Amen, Dreamfinder2!

We, too have 3 vehicles all with over 75,000 miles (although we just ordered a 2005 vehicle). We haven't bought a new vehicle in 10 years (gasp!) because we didn't need to! I consider myself the luckiest gal in the world. We need nothing. We have our health. And we are able to spend time as a family in the happiest place on earth, and share it with our family. And may God be with your son when he returns to Iraq (kind of makes this whole thread a little outrageous when you put things into the proper perspective).

Gritzel4,
My husband saves coin in a large water cooler bottle. On our first trip, he had saved over $400! And we paid for our 2nd trip to WDW with the money we had put aside to remodel our bathroom!
It was really cute, because my son had brought me an oversized postcard with a discounted rate on the moderate resorts. He said, "Mom, is this a good price to stay here?" I said, "Yes, it actually is." He asked if we could go there again. I told him to ask his father, he told him to ask his mother. After a little discussion, we decided the bathroom could wait. Our kids wanted to go to WDW, and that was more important than a new bathroom!

I am not cheap, I am far from poor, but I do have a budget (a rather loose one), and that allows me/us to purchase and do things that we may not otherwise do. Some on this board may look down upon me because I budget, but just remember this: I can afford to stay at the same places you do (and with your closed minds, you're thinking: that's the problem). Shame on you.

Sheri

 

[wintergreen]

I second that amen!!!

 

[Poorman]

Originally posted by SheriB
I think it's funny how some people are so quick to judge others because they post on the "budget board". It's as though someone who has to budget is beneath them. Besides those few who break the rules to save a few bucks, which is wrong, how would anyone here know what type of income or class someone on the budget board is? How do you think some wealthy people got their money? They certainly didn't get it by spending it all on first class accomodations when they were making it! And I'm sure Walt didn't say, "Hmm, let me build a resort that only affluent people can afford to come to." Give me a break. My neighbor who passed away last summer died a millionaire. You'd never know it. He was sweet as pie, would give you the shirt off his back, bought day-old bread and looked dirt poor! Money doesn't make anyone a better or classier person than someone else. I think people who put down or judge people wo have no money have no class and show it when they voice their opinions.
I have to go now. I need to go over to the budget board (which I enjoy and get some helpful, legal tips from!).



Sheri

Sheri ,the funny thing is ,if I had not been on the budget board 2 years ago I would never have bought into DVC. I was looking for discounts on a 2BR BWV when someone mentioned renting points, I wandered over here and the rest is history. I think most people on the Dis are very nice and helpful. But like every where you go there are a few people that are less than nice. I deal with them by ignoring them. Life is too short to argue with everyone over everything.

Have a nice day.

Rich

 

[Maistre Gracey]

 

[gritzel4]

SheriB-

My budget includes money set aside for WDW. I do not touch it. My DH actually saves coins in a large water cooler bottle. This money is for his extras (poker w/ the guys, new bike etc.)

As for the bathroom remodel that we have put off - I hung the picture of SSR that we received in a beautiful frame and placed in the bathroom - after all when you gotta go, you gotta go.

 

[Dopey Sharon]

Originally posted by Pa@okw95
This board to me is much like the budget board with people always answering questions about the price of something included and how to save a buck here and there. Today there is someone posting about the tubes over at the BCV pool and the cost etc, can they bring their own. I have seen this board fall down to the level of the budget board years ago. You also have questions designed to beat the system-like capacity of rooms and other rules. Then there are others with people trying to beat the system out of a few bucks here and there. The DVC members are not all as well off as they should be to join. Over the years the DVC membership has been sold as a savings. We also have many people now using the membership to buy points from for $10 a point which no where near the cost of the room if they rented it from CRO. There was one poster that thought the "demographic" would change at SSR with the price being higher. Over at the BCV people at the front desk have been treated like "poor cousins" I wonder why. Most people don't say much about this subject because it is a little unkind but it has to be said once in awhile. I say it more than most. WDW has opened itself open to everyone and is appealing more and more to a different demographic then it did when it first opened up. I stopped reading most of the boards on this site because they are just filled with people that should not be leaving their driveway never mind thinking of going to WDW. At least at DVC most of the guests can afford to leave their driveway.

For those of you who don't know, that would be me asking the foolish question that brought this board down to the budget board level, about tubes at SAB.

I didn't realize, when I joined DVC, that you had to be in a certain level of society, according to some people here.

Just think, if we...meaning me and the other "poor cousins" didn't post such "low class" questions and/or comments, some of you "we think we are better than you folks" wouldn't have anything to talk about!

I have a question for you, Pa@okw95...how do you read these boards with your nose so far stuck up in the air? I would image, that at the end of your day, your neck is pretty sore.

 

[bz8bls]

for Dreamfinder and Sheila B's comments. We are new to DVC and I was alarmed that fellow DVC members felt that way about others (they seem to be snobs).

We are blessed to be able to make such a purchase into DVC; we are not well off, our next egg isn't what is should be by some people's standards, but however, purchasing DVC as afforded us to bring family members and friends (if we choose to do so) to a happy place where one is not judged as to the material things that they may or may not pocess. Some of these people cannot afford to leave their driveways (as one DVC member said); heck, some people that we intend to bring one day don't own driveways, but we are doing what God would wants us to d oand that is "Do un to others as you would want done to you"

To the DVC members that have put down people on the budget board, be careful how you judge, you may be judged by those same standards.

Dreamfinder, may God's arms wrap around your child.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Okay.... all together now!..... .....

 

[BWVDee]

Originally posted by Dreamfinder2
Isn't this all so, so interesting.

When Walt planned WDW, I read an article somewhere that he intended for it to be "the Versailles of the 20th century - but a Versailes for the people." Could it be a place where royalty and commoners mingled? He seemed to think so.

With one-day passes topping $50, I'm always aware, while in the parks, that I am meeting many folks who have saved and scrimped for that literal once-in-a-lifetime vacation. I am always puzzled at the implication that Disney is just for an elite few, those cultured and sophisticated enough to really "appreciate" or "deserve" it. It seems perfectly reasonable to make sacrifices in some areas of life to be able to invest in what is truly worthy for you and your family ... and by "worth," I don't necessarily mean worth as measured by dollars and cents. For that family who postpones a new car purchase so that their daughter can experience her seventh birthday in the land of the mouse - well, I've got nothing but admiration for them.

As for our DVC purchase, well, it wasn't chump change for us. None of our three vehicles has less than 75K miles on them, but they serve us fine, and we don't have any friends who think any less of us, and I can't think of a single soul I need to impress with my belongings. But DVC hasn't stressed us financially - it's just the evidence of the choices we've made... without regret.

For us, Disney is the great leveler in society, where people from whatever means can gather for just a bit to escape the worry and bustle of the day-to-day world. In a time when the days are dark and the nights can be unusually long (our son heads back to Iraq in a month), what a joy to be able to enjoy a bright, shining world of imagination for just a little while. A fantasy? You betcha, and grinches and grouches need not apply.

And being on a budget? I've got a banker uncle, a multimillionaire, and when he goes through the drive-through window at Wendy's, he'll order a Coke with no ice and another seperate cup of ice. He says he can get the equivalent of two soft drinks that way. Can he afford two Cokes? I bet he can, but he also understands the value of thrift.

God forgive me if I ever judge another based on his or her social or financial standing, especially when they're sharing "my Disney" with me. If you were to ever see me preening on my balcony at Boardwalk, surveying the area like one to the manor born, and scowling at the peons below me, you have my permission to wrestle me to the ground, wrap me in duct tape, and cast me into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Sorry for the ramble. I'm just always bewildered when threads like this erupt. The World is big enough for all of us, dontcha think?

I totally agree with every word you wrote. That is why I brought up some of the preceptions that others have of some DVC members, and unfortunately they are often correct--as some of the posts on this thread clearly show.
Best of luck, and prayers to your DS. My DS is also active military-Army, and informed us this past Sun., that he will be shipped out to the Middle East, as soon as he is done with his training.
We feel excatly the same way you do, and thank God for every minute we are able to enjoy a peaceful, happy moment at WDW or anywhere else in our country.
I think a lot of times, many people do not look outside of the box at what is REALLY going on outside of our still very protected and sheltered life in the US. When you step back and look at the whole picture; does any of this petty baloney really matter? For goodness sake, we are talking about the ability to be able, to not only take vacations in one of the top travel destinations in the world; but also are people that OWN timeshares at this top travel destination! Yet there are people who are worrying that Disney is not as "elite" for their tastes, since: the opening of WDW value resorts, the lowering of the minimum pt requirement for DVC ownership, the budget boards, etc., etc,!!!!
HELLO!!!! Wake up and smell the coffee!!!

 

[travelbug]

Gee, I love the DVC board AND the Budget Board. I'm always on the lookout for a great bargain or money-saving idea. Being a DVC owner has fit comfortably and enjoyably into my financial picture, for which I'm very thankful. But I will ALWAYS enjoy bargain hunting and exchanging ideas with others who also enjoy economizing. That makes the Budget Board my second favorite board after the DVC board.

I figure that it's not up to me to question how others spend their money, who can or can't "afford" a Disney trip, who should or shouldn't be a DVC owner, etc. When people occasionally ask for opinions on whether or not they should buy into DVC or take that long-awaited but expensive WDW trip, I usually keep quiet and let the more experienced and savvy people answer. There are some wonderful and diplomatic regulars on this board whose advice is usually wise and articulate. I think that it was those posters that the OP was trying to compliment and thank. By the way, I've seen some of those very same people posting valuable advice on the Budget Board too.

I think that the variety of boards offered by DIS is excellent, and I'm grateful for every single board.

 

[Beezle2]

Hey Sharon,

Don't let crankypants get you down. There are a lot of nice people here, they far outweigh the few drawbacks. I'm just a puny 150 pointer at SSR who can only afford to leave my driveway every other year . I've just been ignoring those few people with the superiority complex.

alisa

 

[BWVDee]

Originally posted by travelbug
SNIP
There are some wonderful and diplomatic regulars on this board whose advice is usually wise and articulate. I think that it was those posters that the OP was trying to compliment and thank.
SNIP

Sorry, but if this was the orginal intention of the post; that is certainly not how it sounded. And if this was the orginal intention of the post, it has most certainly not been reinforced by some of the subsequent posts on this thread!

 

[ripleysmom]

I agree Dee. I read the OP's comments as "Thank God we don't have to descend to that level to have a nice vacation".

BTW, I also hang out on the Budget Board. I'm also one of those people that would not be spending the big bucks to stay at the Deluxes without DVC.

If that makes me a commoner, hey I can live with that.