drusba
I went to Iowa once, and it was closed.
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- Aug 19, 1999
Just curious if anyone can share how difficult it is to reserve the value studios at the 11 month mark for DVC. We are hoping to purchase a contract there sometime over the next 12 months or so and trying to decide on how many points we actually will use. We like to go to Disney once a year for a two week trip late November (just after Thanksgiving) and into December. We were thinking a 180 point contract would likely cover us for a value or standard room for a two week period, but it seems that 160 point contracts are more common. If we were going to stay in a value studio for all or part of our two weeks we might be able to make 160 points work... Any opinion on how likely it would be to be able to reserve a value studio for two weeks or even one week at the 11 month mark would be appreciated. Thank you, Greg
Do not purchase with the expectation you can usually get value at 11 months out. During Disney's high demand season, late Sep to marathon weekend in Jan, the value studios (and thus also 2BRs) often disappear even before 11 months out (someone with an earlier start date than yours gets your start date), and, in any event, about 90% of the time, any given day will be gone within moments after 8 a.m. eastern exactly 11 months out, i.e., the winners are those whose computers communicate fastest with Disney's. Moreover, the time you usually go includes first week of December, which is the highest DVC demand week of the year at WDW, making the competition the most severe you can possibly have. Even during DVC's low to moderate demand season, from the Monday after marathon weekend in Jan to late Sep, the value studios are usually gone quickly after 8 a.m. about 60% of the time.
If instead purpose is usually to get standard or savanna view studios, then based on reservation patterns for the last five years, you should easily be able to get a studio at 11 months out even during the high demand season and first week of Dec.