Seeking Advise on Disney's Vacation Club

Hi S., My parents at Disney Vacation Club members and THEY LOVE IT... as do the kids and grandkids.....There has never been a problem with availablity. Our "home" at disney is at the Boardwalk. My parents went there 3 times last year, and they are taking the grandkids in October... I would say its a great investment, even though I personally dont have one, but my family does.... Good luck

we also use to have a timeshare, we ended up having to pay more to get vacation time (which is much better)just to get rid of the timeshare.
My answer to timeshare is NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why buy into even a Disney Vacation Club?????
Go to AAA. They have a magazine on many different hotels and the packages they have for Disney. They are awesome deals!!!!!!!!! You can get a week booked at most of them anytime you want. The key to that is being able to book as far ahead as possible. Even at last minute, you will find one of the hotels/resorts, that would have openings.

Save your money. Would be great if you wanted to go take Disney vacation every year. but even kids get bored with that. Open a separate savings account, put at least $30 week thru payroll deduction and you would be amazed at how soon you can save for family vacation to any of hundreds of place where kids can have fun too.

Hi S.
I'm not in the vacation club but I have some experience (from my husband's family) w/time share. Be very careful when you sign timeshare paperwork and ensure that everything is disclosed. Try to really envision the future and how it will benefit your family when your kids are teenagers and beyond that. My husband's family has timeshare and after a difficult experience with one, they are now w/another company and absolutely love it. They are able to travel 6 plus weeks out of the year. It can be a great asset to your family if you can do a lot of traveling. If you only have 2 weeks a year to use it, I would not recommend time share mostly because of the cost and time commitment...

Check out www.disboards.com There's a board about DVC. There's also a site called dvcbyresale, I think. You can link to it from www.allearsnet.com and maybe the disboards, too.

People seem to love DVC. You are not locked into a particular week or even a particular resort. You can book 7-9 months out depending on what resort you choose. You also have a number of other locations around the globe that participate in DVC. They work on the same points system, so you can go whenever you want, as long as you have the points available.

Good luck!
--H.

My parents are DVC members and love it! We have gone with them on vacation every year and have had no problems at all! The quality of resorts with Disney is excellent. We have stayed at the boardwalk several times. We took the Disney Cruise with my parents last year. It was amazing!! Disney is a quality company with a great customer service record. I would definately recommend investing in DVC.

Dear S.,
I am a 50 year old mom of seven. I have a set of twin boys age 25 from a previous marriage. My husband has a set of twin boys age 29 , a daughter 23 and a daughter 18 all from a previous marriage. He and I have a 10 year daughter together. We love to take vacations where we can stay in a home like atmosphere. We are planning a trip next year as a family to Disneyworld and are also looking into the vacation club villas. We were advised by a Disney consultant to first try out a villa in the size we are looking for. You can do that first so you will know if it is what you like at which ever one of the deluxe Disneyworld hotels. That is what we are going to do first at either the Wilderness Villas or the
Beach Club Villas. Since we have such a large family we just need to decide on the size, two or three bedroom villa. Our sons are in the military and away but we like to get together during their leave time and do the family reunion thing, LOL.
I am sorry that I couldn;t give you any advice about the club other than what I was given. I hope this will help you some before you make such a big decision concerning your family and expenses. Disneyworld also has the Wilderness camping cabins too.
E. M.

My sister and her boyfriend are members (no kids) and they love it! She goes several times a year.

Hi S.,

We have been DVC members since 2002. I also wish that we had joined sooner now. We joined after going to Boardwalk with my brother and sister-in-law on their timeshare. We fell in love with the enviroment and the way we feel like we are at home while there. I read what some of the others said about timeshares and I would agree with some but not with DVC. We went down to Florida and stayed nine nights with our timeshare. If it wasn't for us joining there would have been no way that our family of four and also my parents could have stayed that long. They also have tons of perks once you join. This year we opted to get annual passes because with our DVC membership we get a $100 off per pass. That is pretty awesome. We love having the DVC because it gives us the chance to go on vacation every year even if money is tight. I wouldn't give it up for anything.
As for problems we really haven't had any. If we have they took care of them right away. We have always got the dates that we wanted. It truly has been a great thing for our family. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at ____@____.com if you haven't been talking to anyone our rep from the DVC is great. If you need her name let me know. She is really good!
Hope this helps. If you need anything else please let me know. We are headed to Disney in July! Not soon enough though!
Have a great day!

S.