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  1. DVCRSheridan

    AKL Kidani Room Requests

    We’re staying 1 night in a Savannah View Studio @ Kidani next month. We’ve never stayed here before, are there any room requests that you recommend? The kiddos are excited to hopefully see some animals! Thanks!
  2. DVCRSheridan

    Polynesian Construction?

    We arrive Aug 6, hoping for the same!
  3. DVCRSheridan

    Calling all Poly experts!

    We just booked a last minute trip for August in a Poly Standard View. I haven’t stayed at Poly in like 13 years and that obviously wasn’t DVC yet. We love the resort and can’t wait. So what’s the go to room requests for a standard view? Thanks!
  4. DVCRSheridan

    August Dilemma

    We just did this! Noticed this am when I looked. We moved 5 nights off October and were able to get 7 nights in a Poly Standard View!
  5. DVCRSheridan

    August Dilemma

    We’re really intrigued by Swolphin, especially Swan. We’re slightly nervous about room size, but it looks like the “Deluxe Alcove” rooms they have might work for us. And the prices do seem very reasonable considering the location and what not ( I doubt their actual suites would be affordable...
  6. DVCRSheridan

    August Dilemma

    Yea that’s our main holdup with Saratoga. We like it, but it’s a lot of walking for mid-August heat. Especially with 3 little ones.
  7. DVCRSheridan

    August Dilemma

    So we’re having a bit of a dilemma.... we currently have 19 nights booked in a 1 bdrm @ BLT in Oct/Nov. We’ve now gotten the itch to add a shorter August trip as well, but with the borrowing restriction we’re tapped out on points for the year. We’re torn if we want to move 5 nights from Oct/Nov...
  8. DVCRSheridan

    Boardwalk Villas or Bay Lake Tower?

    Your point about how hectic BLT is is definitely something to keep in mind. When you’re there for longer trips, you want some nights to just chill and take it easy. That’s not always easy at BLT. That’s really the biggest thing that we miss about BWV whenever we stay at BLT instead. Some nights...
  9. DVCRSheridan

    Boardwalk Villas or Bay Lake Tower?

    So for us, when I originally posted this, these 2 were our no doubt top 2 with BWV being our preference. A few years later, they're still without a doubt our 2 favorites, but I would say it's more of a toss-up now in terms of preference. We now have 3 little ones (well 2, with the 3rd coming...
  10. DVCRSheridan

    Annual Pass (DVC or otherwise)

    I know that currently purchasing new AP's is not open. However we've heard that passholders (at least some), who's previous pass either expired or was cancelled during the shutdown, have been able to purchase at this time. Has anyone had any experience with this recently? And, if so, how did it...
  11. DVCRSheridan

    Stalking Fatigue- anyone else?

    Don't give up hope! This trip had nothing at all for us for a while. Then we had 1 night at BLT, 1 at WL, 1 at AK, and 1 at SS. Then 2 at AK and 1 at SS. Then it was 1 at AK and 3 at SS. Then finally all 4 at SS! It was a weird route to get there, but it worked out for us luckily! Our benefit...
  12. DVCRSheridan

    Stalking Fatigue- anyone else?

    100%. We've pieced together some great trips a night or 2 at a time. They may have looked crazy at first all broken up, but they've always come together and we wouldn't have been able to do it via regular waitlist. I try telling friends to give it a shot this way all the time, but I understand...
  13. DVCRSheridan

    Stalking Fatigue- anyone else?

    Another win for "stalking"! We had some unexpected points added back to our account and needed to use them by Dec 1. With my wife being a teacher, we were pretty limited in when we'd be able to make it happen. As you can imagine, there was nothing at all, not even 1 night, available given F&W...
  14. DVCRSheridan

    Most Likely Studios To Come Through On A Waitlist Within 60 Days

    So we had some unexpected points added back to our account. Unfortunately they’re in Holding which obviously limits what we can do. They have to be used by December anyway though, so the Holding issue isn’t really a big deal. Anyway, our question is what resorts studios are most likely to come...
  15. DVCRSheridan

    Boardwalk Villas Garden/Pool View Room Requests

    So I like to do this every time before our trips just to see the variety of opinions and responses. Sometimes you uncover something that you end up really enjoying and never thought of. We've stayed at BWV a ton of times and we know our go-to request, highest floor, but I always find it...
  16. DVCRSheridan

    As a DVC Member, which resort is your favorite...And Why?

    100% agree with this. We’re also a little nervous about Atlantis messing with the whole feel of Ko Olina. Hopefully we’re wrong and it’ll just enhance things, but we’ll see.
  17. DVCRSheridan

    BWV Seven Months Out

    Yea, been trending this way for a few years. Luckily for us, we’re now booking 1 bedrooms with 2 kids and their availability at BWV is much better. Obviously a lot also depends on the view you’re looking for. Garden/Pool views are much more abundant. Standard views are such a great value that...
  18. DVCRSheridan

    Aulani Studio for 3 Nights in October - Should I rent or Book at 7 Months?

    You should be fine, except for maybe a standard view. Ocean view rooms are usually the easiest to come by. We’ve gone 3 separate times in July/August and never had a problem getting anywhere between 14-21 nights in an ocean view studio at the 7 month mark. I would imagine the same would be true...
  19. DVCRSheridan

    Are split stays complicated?

    It’s all personal preference honestly. There’s also a big difference between it being easy and it actually being something you like to do. We’ve done them and they’re really quite easy and pain free. With that said, we just don’t like doing them for the reasons I mentioned above (we like...
  20. DVCRSheridan

    Are split stays complicated?

    We personally don’t like them just because we like to really settle in once we get there and the packing & moving can tend to make even longer vacations feel much shorter, but we have had to do them in the past and they really do make them as easy & hassle-free as possible. The biggest issue in...
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