We purchased our initial DVC contract resale for SSR closing in April. We immediately booked a week at BLT for August 17 departing August 24.
Our initial contract was only for 180 points, but we had 90 points that were carried over. This trip was 268 points.
We went into the trip knowing that we would be looking for a second contract but not knowing where.
We loved our stay at BLT for the convenience. The renovation when it comes will make it an even better experience, but we were fine with it as it currently stands.
We visited some of the other resorts we are considering. AKV and BWV but decided against both. We also toured GFV and it is beautiful but just not for us.
We will always try to book BLT for now so looking for a contract there makes sense. We stayed at a 1-bedroom lake view and my wife does not want to go to a standard view so that might make a case to not purchase BLT. I am comfortable that we can get the 1 bedroom during our August travel period the majority of the time.
My wife and daughter also loved going to Disney Springs so our next trip we will stay at SSR for at least 4 days with a 5-day portion at BLT. After that we will decide- do we want to add more SSR points or purchase at BLT. We are going to book a 2 bedroom at SSR so that may sway my wife to also want the 2 bedrooms at BLT which will mean we would buy at BLT for sure.
I should add I am really interested in the new POLY2 tower, but I really think the point chart will make that a most likely no for us.
All and all this trip really showed that becoming a DVC member was the right thing to do for us.
Our initial contract was only for 180 points, but we had 90 points that were carried over. This trip was 268 points.
We went into the trip knowing that we would be looking for a second contract but not knowing where.
We loved our stay at BLT for the convenience. The renovation when it comes will make it an even better experience, but we were fine with it as it currently stands.
We visited some of the other resorts we are considering. AKV and BWV but decided against both. We also toured GFV and it is beautiful but just not for us.
We will always try to book BLT for now so looking for a contract there makes sense. We stayed at a 1-bedroom lake view and my wife does not want to go to a standard view so that might make a case to not purchase BLT. I am comfortable that we can get the 1 bedroom during our August travel period the majority of the time.
My wife and daughter also loved going to Disney Springs so our next trip we will stay at SSR for at least 4 days with a 5-day portion at BLT. After that we will decide- do we want to add more SSR points or purchase at BLT. We are going to book a 2 bedroom at SSR so that may sway my wife to also want the 2 bedrooms at BLT which will mean we would buy at BLT for sure.
I should add I am really interested in the new POLY2 tower, but I really think the point chart will make that a most likely no for us.
All and all this trip really showed that becoming a DVC member was the right thing to do for us.