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Sun, 01/05/2014 - 04:54

Spook

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As I wait (impatiently... ) for the final documents of our DVC resale, I've already started the planning. However, my planning has evolved from just November 2014 to now include trips in January and February 2015! We are going November 7-14 and doing the W&D half again. Then, my parents are renting a house in January (as they do every year) and my Brother and Sister in law (and Nephew who will be arriving this April ) are going to be going for about 10 days. Since we most likely won't be going in November 2015 since we might be planning to start our family, I figured we could go too! (it helps that I work for my parents so time off is usually easy to snag, plus they are planning on closing the store for 2 weeks anyways) We'll be staying at the house with my parents for the most part but plan on using some points for a couple nights hopefully at AKL. Then, DH and I are thinking about doing a long weekend in February and run the Princess Half (maybe even the Glass Slipper Challenge).
Only the November trip is for sure, but I'm pretty darn excited about the possibility of 2 extra trips to fill my Disney needs! My family thinks I'm crazy that I've got to plan kids around my Disney trips

Sun, 01/05/2014 - 05:31

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Lovely! DVC is a beautiful and dangerous tool, isn't it?!

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December 2013: 10th Anniversary, 1st DVC Stay | April 2014: Birthday on the Boardwalk | May 2014: Star Wars Weekend, Navigating WDW with a wheelchair | August 2014: Villains Unleashed | September/October 2014: MNSSHP, F&W, Tower of Terror 10-miler | March/April 2015: Disneyland and California Coastal Cruise | November 2015: Wine & Dine Half, Food & Wine, 1st Disney Cruise | February 2016: Presidential Classic Gymnastics Meet | March 2016: "Work" Trip, Tours, F&G Festival | April 2016: Conference at Disneyland | Fall 2016: Festive Fall Fun | January 2017: Festival of the Arts | May 2017: AbD Backstage Magic | July 2017: AbD San Francisco | Sorry I had to give up doing trip reports. Too many time commitments right now.

Sun, 01/05/2014 - 05:47

Spook

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alicemouse wrote:

Lovely! DVC is a beautiful and dangerous tool, isn't it?!

That's for sure

Sun, 01/05/2014 - 12:27

Mandy

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That sounds like a great plan!

Sun, 01/05/2014 - 15:20

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Sounds awesome!!

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Sun, 01/05/2014 - 16:17

JoAnn C

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sounds like an awesome plan

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Sun, 01/05/2014 - 17:37

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Every time I think about DVC, I think "we can't afford that" and then I think about how much I've spent just in the last year (and the coming year) on trips and I kick myself. We've got to get some debt paid down and then it's going to be time.

Have fun planning!

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Sun, 01/05/2014 - 18:51

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taratru wrote:

Every time I think about DVC, I think "we can't afford that" and then I think about how much I've spent just in the last year (and the coming year) on trips and I kick myself. We've got to get some debt paid down and then it's going to be time.

Have fun planning!

We thought about waiting but then thought about the trips we'd be taking anyways so we figured nows the time

Sun, 01/05/2014 - 23:12

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taratru wrote:

Every time I think about DVC, I think "we can't afford that" and then I think about how much I've spent just in the last year (and the coming year) on trips and I kick myself. We've got to get some debt paid down and then it's going to be time.

Have fun planning!

Sounds like you're being very responsible, taratru! Great job! When you're ready to buy, check out the resale contracts at the timeshare store and dvcbyresale.com and remember to carefully consider the annual dues as that will have much more bearing on how much you pay over time than the price per point.

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Mon, 01/06/2014 - 00:09

Ms.Mouse

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Sounds like a great plan! Maybe one day we will take the DVC plunge.

Mon, 01/06/2014 - 03:43

Spook

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alicemouse wrote:

taratru wrote:
Every time I think about DVC, I think "we can't afford that" and then I think about how much I've spent just in the last year (and the coming year) on trips and I kick myself. We've got to get some debt paid down and then it's going to be time.

Have fun planning!

Sounds like you're being very responsible, taratru! Great job! When you're ready to buy, check out the resale contracts at the timeshare store and dvcbyresale.com and remember to carefully consider the annual dues as that will have much more bearing on how much you pay over time than the price per point.

Good advice! We bought through the Timeshare Store and were looking at BLT and AKL. AKL seemed cheaper at first with being less in price per point but once we factored in the difference in annual dues, BLT looked like it would come out cheaper (or at least even). We liked both but ended up going with BLT for 2 main reasons, 1) walking distance to MK and 2) the contract was 3 years longer

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