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This plan is backfiring on us. Our direct guide now tells us the AK fire sale will end June 8th (a different timeline than the standard summer promo that runs through July 21st). We thought we had this all planned out. Pretty frustrating really. I'm thinking about writing a letter to Josh D'Amaro lol.
We spoke this afternoon. He ageed this strategy made perfect sense and made a comment that he was not allowed to share this type of advice. Very thankful for the guidance from you and this community. Would have been nice to finalize everything while we are in town through next week but we are now just at the mercy of t
Maybe a little anticlimactic but thanks to @airjay75's comment, we decided to make an offer on a TINY 25-point Saratoga resale contract a week ago that was immediately accepted. It's currently pending ROFR. Assuming this goes through we will likely "add-on" our direct contract once we are closed and have a membership n
Caribbean Beach Resort's Spyglass Grill quick service location, near Trinidad pool is now serving the churro waffles! 😀
Pop is a hit right now with our little one. We get preferred connecting rooms near the Skyliner, hit the arcade and Hippy Dippy Pool. Paired with a bounceback offer it's a fantastic value. Zero complaints! Only been to DL for one quick day on our way to Aulani so I know very little about their resorts. I bet they are g
9 days!! Will be booking some LL's very soon! 😃 Split stay Pop-->Beach Club!
Sounds like the right balance to me. Given your relatively short stays, some of the current direct benefits mean little or nothing to you. Buying resale at one of the original 14 will still give you some flexibility. In your shoes I would have found it difficult to give up the flexibility to stay at the newer resorts n
Resort mugs. Yes the upfront price may seem a little steep but the longer you stay, the more value they bring. And they're just convenient. Resort-hopping. If you have some spare time to step away from the parks go out and explore the architecture and dining/shops of the various resorts. One fun way to explore is to go
Care to speculate if there would be a member add on incentive for Lakeshore early on or would Disney usually wait to see how sales go for awhile? Maybe we just get a small resale contract now and hold and just spectate for awhile longer....
Way to make things interesting, @airjay75! Thanks. I hadn't considered this...
Thanks. I will be pondering this.
Thank you. Of course I agree it is a lot of money. I am going to chew on this and what @Owen pointed out. It's true we could keep that $20K in an investment account if we sacrifice the blue card. My wife and I are placing value on ability to stay at newer DVC resorts beyond the original 14 and hope to reap the benefits
Oh wow. I was not aware of any resorts with zero inventory. ROFR monster must have a belly ache.
Hello, AKV lovers! Potential newest AKV member family here. We have been on the fence for a while now about which resort to call our Home Resort. We have a lot of love for AKL but we have been apprehensive about buying direct here since there is such a large gap between resale and direct. Can any direct owners weigh in
It's my understanding it is all one association. 🙂
15 Days Until Our In-Person DVC Meeting in Orlando Over the past few weeks we’ve continued refining our thought process as we prepare for our upcoming in-person meeting with our direct guide. He checked in today, which gave us a good opportunity to walk through where our thinking currently stands. At this point, we con
I just spoke to our direct Disney DVC guide today and we were talking about this same issue. To my surprise he stuck to the same story--buy where you actually want to stay, not where you hope to use your points at 7-months out. This meant guiding me towards a contract at a "sold-out" resort. I assumed their mentality i
I'm right there with you, @TGoody. Also a family of 3 here considering a purchase very soon. The only difference is our travel frequency. We want to be able to have high confidence in booking a week at spring break plus have enough points to do another long weekend trip each year. We have put a lot of thought into it a
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