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My family and I are in a different quandary. We were supposed to drive from Atlanta to WDW on Tuesday. I'm now questioning whether it'd be safer to drive tomorrow instead. Not sure if that would even make a difference though. The local forecast for Atlanta is heavy rain. I really don't like...

Aw man, so no characters yet then. >.<

I would be ecstatic if the characters returned to Crystal Palace!

We’re finally planning our first post-COVID trip. Since it’s been three years since our last visit, I’m a bit out of the loop on the state of restaurants, especially the buffets. I think I saw that Biergarten, Crystal Palace, and Boma have gone back to normal. And Hollywood & Vine is scheduled...

This is correct. The system always uses borrowed points before banked points. Unfortunately this means the only way to free up the borrowed points is to cancel at least part of the reservation (drop a day or two) to free them up so they can be unborrowed.

We cancelled our December trip. We also have tickets (park hoppers too ack) that now expire Sep 2021. I know we won’t lose the value we paid but still... it’s a bummer to let them expire. We’re temporarily rescheduling our trip to April 2021, but I’m skeptical of whether the things that make...

There’s a message on reservations arriving within 30 days: “Need to Cancel? Cancellation restrictions have been lifted for reservations arriving within the next 30 days. Vacation Points returned due to a Resort reservation cancellation will not be placed in a holding account and will be...

Yes, generally you’ll get more money by transferring the points and “stripping” the contract. Most of the time buyers will not value the points as much as what you can get.

Normally once you’ve borrowed points you cannot unborrow them. How soon are you planning to modify your first reservation? I ask because right now DVC is being lenient and letting owners unborrow points. No one knows when they’ll go back to normal rules though.

It’s actually a little more integrated now than just a note. MS can link the two reservations in Disney’s systems. When you enter it into MDE you only need the reservation# for your arrival date. What I don’t know for sure is whether the linking gets carried forward to the room assignor system...

Aha! That’s what I didn’t know about because I’ve never looked into using my points for a cruise. That explains it!

Absolutely agree that for die-hard Disney fans, at least those of us who frequented the parks before having kids, it’s not about creating memories for your little ones to remember. It’s about creating memories that you will remember. That being said, I think it’s better to wait until the little...

Sure, it’s nice to see the points coming in the future but you can’t actually DO anything with 2023 UY points other than admire them. Unless... is there an obscure way to use points that are 3 years in the future? I may need to go study RCI rules again... Okay I stared at it and I guess they...

Yes I am aware banked points can’t be transferred. I familiarized myself with all nuances of points transfers way back in the day when it was less common knowledge and DVC’s systems couldn’t handle the complexities (which is why I have that post in my sig). That’s why I said to find someone else...

You could see if someone is short 2 points and wants to transfer points to your account to book one night somewhere.

I noticed that recently the Dashboard started showing points balances for four use years now. This is odd to me because we can't use points that far into the future, right? I wonder why they did this.

I think it really depends on your toddler. Only you would know best. ^_^; My DH and I had many trips pre-kids and it was always super easy to snag a last minute 2 person table. We had the same worry when our oldest was born. We decided to try it and brought her with us to Jiko and Cali Grill...

The chopped up clown's gotta be the stuff of nightmares. *shudder*

I'm pretty sure all Disney resorts have some kind of refrigerated storage room for storing groceries with bell services. We've used Amazon and Instacart in the past.

Yes, the CM I spoke with was very understanding and made sure to get the points unborrowed for me. It would indeed be nice if they could show us when the waitlist matches real time.