aliwolly
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2004
Hello!
I've been a DVC renter a number of times, and I'm finally ready to make the leap - a birthday gift to myself for my 40th next month!
I'm thinking that I'll end up with more than one contract when all is said and done, because we like to take two different kinds of trips: I go annually for Princess Half Marathon weekend, and then we do a separate vacation. My Princess trip is usually just me, or me and my sister, and we usually stay 5 nights (Thurs -Tues). Our vacation trips are usually, me, my husband, and my son, and we usually stay in a 1 BR villa for as many nights as we can squeeze in (at least 7, we've done some trips that were 10 nights). So I'm thinking that my first contract will be one that can get me a studio for 5 nights in February every year, and then eventually we'll add on a contract that can get us something like 8 nights every other year in a 1 BR.
So, having said that... I've been actually considering Riviera because of the Tower Studios. I could actually get away with only 100 points and be able to do my yearly Princess trip. That's assuming that I can actually book a Tower Studio, though - not sure how many of those rooms will be available and I'm betting they'll book up quickly. I always thought that I'd buy resale, but that thought started back in the day before they started restricting access to member benefits. I do totally get that the ROI on the discount on the AP, etc, usually doesn't outweigh the savings you'd get by going resale, but... I still kinda want to access Top of the World Lounge as that totally plays into my type of WDW vacation LOL!
If you were me, what would you do? Risk the small and expensive and maybe useless (because of the limited rooms for a popular weekend) Riviera contract? Buy somewhere else? I'm a huge fan of the Boardwalk and Beach Club (we usually stay there when we rent points), but don't know if it's worth a contract with such limited years remaining on them...
I've been a DVC renter a number of times, and I'm finally ready to make the leap - a birthday gift to myself for my 40th next month!
I'm thinking that I'll end up with more than one contract when all is said and done, because we like to take two different kinds of trips: I go annually for Princess Half Marathon weekend, and then we do a separate vacation. My Princess trip is usually just me, or me and my sister, and we usually stay 5 nights (Thurs -Tues). Our vacation trips are usually, me, my husband, and my son, and we usually stay in a 1 BR villa for as many nights as we can squeeze in (at least 7, we've done some trips that were 10 nights). So I'm thinking that my first contract will be one that can get me a studio for 5 nights in February every year, and then eventually we'll add on a contract that can get us something like 8 nights every other year in a 1 BR.
So, having said that... I've been actually considering Riviera because of the Tower Studios. I could actually get away with only 100 points and be able to do my yearly Princess trip. That's assuming that I can actually book a Tower Studio, though - not sure how many of those rooms will be available and I'm betting they'll book up quickly. I always thought that I'd buy resale, but that thought started back in the day before they started restricting access to member benefits. I do totally get that the ROI on the discount on the AP, etc, usually doesn't outweigh the savings you'd get by going resale, but... I still kinda want to access Top of the World Lounge as that totally plays into my type of WDW vacation LOL!
If you were me, what would you do? Risk the small and expensive and maybe useless (because of the limited rooms for a popular weekend) Riviera contract? Buy somewhere else? I'm a huge fan of the Boardwalk and Beach Club (we usually stay there when we rent points), but don't know if it's worth a contract with such limited years remaining on them...