So, even with 11 months advantage you could not get a studio at RIV? That is concerning... We are a small family of three so interested in studios
I agree as these are very good points. @sashinska made some compelling arguments for each but I did not see if there was a favorite park to maybe sway the decision as it did for @BeachClub2014. For us we are a split family as some prefer HS and others MK so we end up doing split stays to make everybody happy.
I was not on at 8 am when it opened. Most likely someone is walking a reservation and I can pick it up later when they drop that day. The preferred studios are still available just not the cheaper standard ones which has a view of Epcot
The favorite park is tricky. Our child is 3 yo so we spend a lot of time at MK right now but I bet she'll love HS when she is older
Riviera is only 40% sold and slightly more declared, I think around 50%. There have been reports of the better value rooms being tight. But we don't know how booking patterns will go over time, as Riviera sells more points, or as more resale enters.
Yes that does make it hard!!The favorite park is tricky. Our child is 3 yo so we spend a lot of time at MK right now but I bet she'll love HS when she is older
April UY would be best with April/May and Sept/Oct travel times since the banking deadline is 11/30. If you decided to go with 2 UYs, you would have 2 separate memberships and would have to transfer points between memberships if you need points from both. If you get 1 UY/membership, you could combine/pool points at 7 months. If buying direct, you would have to buy the 150pt minimum for each membership/UY.I am new to DVC and need some advice on purchasing. As of right now, we like to go to Disney twice a year: in Sept-Oct and Apr-May. Our thinking is to buy 150 direct points from RIV or VGF and then buy an additional resale 100 pts contract for Animal Kingdom. This way we will have 1) all the perks of the blue card 2) two home resorts and 3) two smaller contracts that as I understand are easier to sell later on. Then, the idea is to book our two yearly trips with the two contracts separately to use the 11 months advantage (one trip we stay 5 nights at AKV and another trip we stay 5 nights at RIV (or VGF). Questions I have for the DVC experts here are the following:
1) VGF or RIV?
2) Use year. As we go twice a year would it make sense to buy two different UYs? If the answer is no, which UY would be the best for our spring/fall trips?
3) Do you see any pitfalls in this strategy?
Any other comments and suggestions are welcome
Well, resale price for AKV is not the same as for VGF... But indeed, I can see us having both in the future.
Thanks! How is the size of studios there? I read somewhere that the studios are pretty small.
Bay Lake room configuration does not lend itself to living out of a suitcase. The standard view studios are small. The lake and theme view are larger. Regardless of studio size the closet, bathroom, kitchen configuration causes the room to feel small upon entry. The living area is roomy with end tables on both sides of the bed. The bathroom is roomy.
Very small and only sleep 4. No split bath like in RIV or deluxe studios at VGF. New resort studios don’t have the split bath either but are large and do sleep 5.
How so? It thought it was more about being on the outer or inner part of the building?
They only combine incentives across resorts if the incentives are the same, I believe. That's what they did with CCV and RVA a while back. I think the incentives are not the same at VGF
At BL, unlike BW, PBV, RIV or GF, Standard view can be physically smaller but it also can be the view.
Do smaller as in square feet? That's odd, I would have thought it would be the same. Do you know why this is? Did they just cram a few more studios here or there along the lower floors?
