Planning to go to WDW with my husband and 3 adult children+families in Nov. 2025. My husband and I will be paying for the resorts. After adding up resort costs for a Moderate, my mind switched to the DVC idea. We are looking at Beach Villas, Boardwalk or Bay Lake as home resort. We’d buy enough points to cover Nov vacation (even if we “downgrade” to OKW for this trip, and book least expensive studio options). Then, potentially have 17 years of rotating vacations with the adult children families, or renting points if we don’t use them all.
We are 61&62, so realistically we don’t want a contract that’s longer than 2042 (which I think BLT is) in case our kids don’t want to be saddled with future maintenance fees.
I am aware it’s not the most cost efficient to prepay for vacations at WDW (which is what this seems like) but it kind of locks in the opportunity to take grandkids to WDW thru their childhood.
It’s looking like the moderate resort for 2025 alone would be about 9-10k for 4 rooms. It looks like the type of contract I’m talking about would be about $30k (we would not finance). So $20k more up front plus maintenance for 17 years of resorts.
I looked into renting DVC and don’t consider it an option. I can’t be guaranteed 4 rooms at same resort and it could come down to the last minute before we even find out. So it’s DVC or Coranado Springs I think.
I welcome any and all thoughts on this plan as I’m truly undecided and still learning! Thank you!
We are 61&62, so realistically we don’t want a contract that’s longer than 2042 (which I think BLT is) in case our kids don’t want to be saddled with future maintenance fees.
I am aware it’s not the most cost efficient to prepay for vacations at WDW (which is what this seems like) but it kind of locks in the opportunity to take grandkids to WDW thru their childhood.
It’s looking like the moderate resort for 2025 alone would be about 9-10k for 4 rooms. It looks like the type of contract I’m talking about would be about $30k (we would not finance). So $20k more up front plus maintenance for 17 years of resorts.
I looked into renting DVC and don’t consider it an option. I can’t be guaranteed 4 rooms at same resort and it could come down to the last minute before we even find out. So it’s DVC or Coranado Springs I think.
I welcome any and all thoughts on this plan as I’m truly undecided and still learning! Thank you!