We're also former Harbor people, or were until we managed to snag a VGC reservation with WDW points past the 7 month mark. We then tried DLH and PPH on cash stays while still stalking for VGC with mixed success then decided to finally buy resale VGC.
But we go straight to VGC even though we get into town at 8-9PM. We could save points but we just want to be in the bubble and go to early park hours the next morning without having to also check-in at VGC super early. We'd probably be more open to it if we found a Harbor hotel we genuinely liked, but we never did.