I think I'll enjoy the overpriced Christmas party instead!
If so, it would not have an expiration date.
Yes, absolutely useless if you aren't travelling this summer. We are going to be there in August of 2018, so quite useful for us, and anyone else whom might be visiting sometime during the next 10 months.
I remember the days when you could get a premium AP for 375. I'm sure people remember less but we bought dvc in 1999 and went tons in the early 2000's until 2007 or so. The break even point was about 10 days if I remember so I never really bought those 10 day tickets...we were going about 3 times a year. Cheap flights ($69 round trip), DVC and APs that seemed so reasonable even at the time. I just bought the gold ones, nearly $600 with tax (pre price increase). I was holding 4 day one park tickets non expiring I paid $668 for both for before the last price increase. We're going for a few days before a 4 day cruise but when I started thinking about the cost of those 4 days I decided to plan two trips 11 months apart and then take the next 2 years off and do something else. I started realizing what a 7 day parkhopper would be + what I had sunk into tickets already and decided it would be better to do it that way even though I had been trying to space my trips more like 18 months to 2 years. My next trip will be almost free with tickets and room paid for.
Ugh! I DID get the AP already...but only got hubby the 5 day ticket via UCT, thinking we would upgrade him when we're in the parks in October. Now I really wish I had just gotten him the AP to start with!
I shall wait to see about this. The AP was a better deal for me almost right from the start with just an 9 day hopper. I always get MM anyway so that pretty much sealed the deal. We hope StarWars land will be open before my AP expired in October 2019 which would give us 2 fairly long vacations within the year. Of course, i just "threw in" another 6 day trip in mid-December for the decorations
There really is no "value" in DVC beyond the value to the owner personally....the ability to stay in better resorts...I can still find great personal value because i paid $72 per point in 2000 as opposed to the almost $150 folks are paying now....to me, DVC as its priced now along with the pass prices, has become something very difficult for the middle class to afford.
well of course.....it will weed out the "undesirables".....I know that may be a bit strong, but who are the folks it will weed out?
Also, if you are like my wife , a teacher, whos vacations fall on most of the restricted weeks for a gold pass, it forces us to take vacations in the heart of the summer furious
.....as opposed to christmas week that we used to do every year.....so they were able to weed us out
