My girlfriend and I just got back last week and our contract just closed today.
After my girlfriend and I talked about it for a bit, on a whim I told her we should go to the booth to see what it was all about. They offered us transportation, $50x2 for a total of $100 in Disney dollars and 3 fast passes (was given 3 more also after we left for some sort of “inconvenience” lol).
Honestly, the experience was actually pretty fun and with me doing my research long before-hand (were a 23 year old couple and the last thing I wanted was taken advantage of) I had most of my direct-buy questions answered. Our guide was a great guy and super helpful. If you’re considering becoming a member, I would honestly just do it. I’m probably still drowning in the magic but we already booked two more weeks in the coming months. I couldn’t be happier all because I went on a whim.
Also, we discovered a flaw in the free fast pass thing while we were there...hopefully someone can also take advantage of this! Turns out if you have some of the tour fast passes left, you can actually book a fast pass for the attraction that you want to go on for anytime and when you scan your band it’ll just take that fast pass as opposed to one of your comped ones...regardless of the time you show up. We went on at least 10 rides on the comped fast passes alone!