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  1. drusba

    2BR at SSR, OKW, or AKL

    When you say AKL, I am assuming you mean Kidani, since the Jambo 2BRs do not have that extra bathroom and its 2BRs are smaller than Kidani's. Of the three you list, all are fine but I would lean toward AKV for the animals and atmosphere. As to chances of actually getting rooms close to each...
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    Help with which points to use

    Unless you are absolutely certain that your are going to use those 265 2023 use year points for a trip that ends no later than July 31, 2024, you need to bank them by March 31. If your next desired vacation is Feb 2025, You should probably bank those points immediately and look for a room at...
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    DVC commercial renters

    A. The Rental Restrictions Every DVC Resort at WDW is a condominium resort except the new CFW. Those resorts' Declarations, other than CFW, provide that members have a right to rent except that the association can prevent a member from renting if if it makes a reasonable conclusion that the...
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    ***The Official AKV Owners And Lovers Thread***. Come And Chat

    Since the 2025 statement (without specifying whether that is the beginning or the end) made at the December annual meeting, I have not seen anything mentioned.
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    Booking Adjacent Studios

    Highest probability of getting connecting studios is Poly which, out of its 360 studios, has only two studios that do not connect to another studio. Just request connecting studios and state that you are traveling with those in the studios.
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    DVC availability

    The DVC online reservation system is not set up to provide anyone with number of available rooms. I have seen prior mention by members who called MS and were old many or few were available, but MS is not required to provide such info.
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    What is the easiest month to book a standard studio at BWV

    Standard view and boardwalk view studios are generally not available at 7-months out year round, i.e., there is no such thing as an easiest time. Moreover, pool/garden view studios are usually gone before 7-months out throughout the high DVC high demand season at WDW, late Sep. through marathon...
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    Animal Kingdom - Do I buy into Kidani or Jambo specifically?

    You are confusing things created for a computer system designed to show two buildings, because each can be reserved separately, with what they are legally. All the POS documents, including all related definitions in the POS documents refer to only one DVC Resort, the Animal Kingdom Villas. The...
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    Animal Kingdom - Do I buy into Kidani or Jambo specifically?

    ^Legally, the two AKV buildings are only one DVC Resort because the same POS applies to both of them. The POS was created when there was only Jambo and then Kidani rooms were added via a short amendment to that POS. Total points allowed to be sold are the combined points applicable to the two...
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    BWV Studio vs BCV 1 Bedroom Dilemma

    Two factors to consider: 1. If you have reserved a boardwalk view studio at BWV, that would be a significant factor against changing because the views from the boardwalk view rooms are one of, if not the, best views from a room anywhere at WDW. BCV views are mediocre in comparison. 2. If you...
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    Add a day with OTU points?

    That phantom reservation method reserving SSR now is possible, but it can only be done if you can do a reservation now that would require 24 OTUPs over and above the total current and banked use year points you currently have to use. If, e.g., you have 76 current use year and banked points in...
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    Two Memberships?

    I assume you mean both your names are on those December contracts and deeds. If you bought them while married, the deeds will likely be in the form of tenancy by the entirety (typically they will say the deed is issued to "husband and wife"), a form of joint tenancy, under which the surviving...
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    Booking - speed question

    Agree. There is always a risk that the DVC system could experience a problem and shut down for a while. For that reason, I go through the entire process of reserving a room as quickly as I can, including by providing only the lead name on the room occupancy page when doing it, and add others via...
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    Probability of BCV or BWV February 2025 and SSR 1 bedroom Question

    OP will be seeking time during Presidents' Day week. That is the harder time to get at 7-months out in Feb. Moreover, the Thursday to Sunday after Presidents's Day, Feb 20-23, 2025, is Princess Half Marathon weekend time, the highest DVC demand time that exists at WDW between mid-Jan and late...
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    DVC via RCI

    The 1BRs at the following WDW DVC Resorts have sleeping places for five and allow five plus an infant under three: BLT, VGF, Riviera, OKW, SSR, AKV (except value 1BRs that allow only 4 plus an infant under 3). For any those, you can book five via the online reservation system. The following...
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    Booking strategy when flights are unknown

    The two risks to avoid: 1. You must make the change to fewer nights 31 or more days before arrival to avoid points taken out of the reservation from going into holding. 2. You must make the change by no later than the end of the eighth month of your use year to be able to bank any current use...
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    Favorite DVC Resort

    BWV. Can walk to Epcot and studios or take a scenic boat ride. Bus to MK stops nowhere else. Fantastic views from boardwalk view villas or from just being on the boardwalk. Pool is well-done with long slide. Good nightlife and you have easy access to lots of restaurants at BW, BC, Swan/Dolphin...
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    ***The Official AKV Owners And Lovers Thread***. Come And Chat

    There are five 2BR lock-off club level rooms, which can be studios and 1BRs. If you look at this map www.parkinfo2go.com/dvc-akv/floor5-large.html they are rooms on the 6th floor directly above 5201-5209, and 5401-5406. Three of the 2BRs face an upper wing of the Sunset Savanna. The other two...
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    BWV-Choice Between

    Standard 1BR if available is less points and if you get it put in a request for the following rooms, 4123, 3123, or 2123. Those are 1BRs right where the building turns from the front part of the building to the tennis court side. Those three 1BRs are larger than all others, and have more...
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    DVC and Divorce, will either of us lose our blue card?

    Not sure what the issue is. Any one contract, such as the AKV 100 point contract, cannot be split into two separate contracts. That is actually a DVC rule. But one of the owners could take that entire AKL contract, and the method for doing that, in Florida and elsewhere, is to prepare and file...
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