"Buy where you want to stay"

[JimMIA]

So crisi, how are we supposed to fit all that into one neat acronym?


I think many of us have been saying the same acronym>>>>>I.D.


IT DEPENDS!

Which is a LOT better than a "One size fits everybody" approach. One strategy will never work for everyone.

 

[DisneyDVCdad]

Though you need to be aware of how long 40 years is for.

We go the second weekend in October. When we first went, they were setting up for F&W, which started the day we flew out.

Two years after we purchased, F&W moved back. The ease which we'd gotten BWV standard view reservations has turned into "lucky you, you got the last room!" (I haven't been calling day by day, and I haven't been calling first thing in the morning - but 11 months out on checkout day about 10 or 11 am).

I'll be doing a jig if I'm still going to Disney at the age of 80! Like I said it's all in the time you chose to go!

 

[SuzanneSLO]

I'll be doing a jig if I'm still going to Disney at the age of 80!

You may not have a very accurate opinion of what it is like to be 80 years young! I went with my Dad to WDW for the first time in 2003, when he was 74, and took him on RnRC! He survived it better than I did! Though I like the music better!
That said, I don't worry too much about using my DVC in my 80's. I still think I will want to go to WDW, but I don't consider owning DVC to be a key component to my retirement plan. If I planned well, I will be able to replace it and if I didn't plan well, I probably won't be able to afford the plane fare and tickets that go with it!
-- Suzanne

 

[kimberh]

Well, after reading all of this, I am glad that I bought where I want to stay! I adore where I own. We each have our own taste, I did before DVC and after DVC. I have used the waitlist and have had success with it, even using it within the 6 week period of time and getting a one bedroom at VWL, in a week, in April! I was shocked and very pleased!

 

[DisneyDVCdad]

You may not have a very accurate opinion of what it is like to be 80 years young! I went with my Dad to WDW for the first time in 2003, when he was 74, and took him on RnRC! He survived it better than I did! Though I like the music better!
That said, I don't worry too much about using my DVC in my 80's. I still think I will want to go to WDW, but I don't consider owning DVC to be a key component to my retirement plan. If I planned well, I will be able to replace it and if I didn't plan well, I probably won't be able to afford the plane fare and tickets that go with it!
-- Suzanne

I'm just going off family history and how I feel now at 40! I'll be extremely happy if I make it to 80 and can still go to Disney!

 

[dianeschlicht]

I don't think that will be the effect. In fact, I think the effect will be just the opposite. You will have a larger pool of owners competing for the small resorts -- especially BCV during F&W and VWL during the holidays. And I think it's likely that DVC has built their last <200 unit property.

I think the only thing that will take the heat off the smaller resorts is making them bigger. They have room to expand VWL, but I'm not sure about BCV.

I totally agree. I think it's why we see them tearing down part of the old CR to build a BIGGER DVC than could have been possible without some destruction of what existed. I expect we will see some of the same if they ever decide to add DVC to GF or the Poly. In fact, it's one the reasons I seriously doubt we will ever see DVC/Poly or DVC/GF. There just isn't enough room at those resorts to add a larger DVC short of making the entire property DVC! We did hear rumors a couple weeks ago when we were touring the AKV models, that there is a long range plan for DVC at all the WDW deluxe resorts.