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The problem is the resale aspect with the restrictions. We don't know if Disney will ever lift these, but it seems unlikely. Resale for RR isn't bad right now, but there aren't that many contracts for sale. What happens in a few years when RR is sold out and there are lots of contracts on the...

Surprised to see the challenge was still open, and entered! Didn't really have any intention of doing it this year, but W&D is such a fun weekend it's hard to resist.

The likelihood is not really the point though. The point is that if it ever gets to the nuclear option, Disney has it - and any bellyaching from members is not their problem, because they've already bought in and are the ones on the hook for dues. I also think you severely underestimate direct...

Yes, that's exactly correct. I don't have a contract handy but the language is in there. The only thing your DVC purchase guarantees is the right to a booking window for your home resort only for some period of time ahead of general booking. People always wind up surprised at the little details...

I'm sure you'll get a few varieties of answers to this, but for the most part I don't find any Disney hotel to be top-notch. A few DVC resorts are top-notch compared to the Values/Moderates, but not all. It's always been park proximity. There are lots of DVC-ers that do resort only stays, but I...

Interestingly, our November runDisney trip is what really solidified our sour-ness. We stayed at OKW for the first time, and OKW was great! The races were fun too. But everything else... man. It's an expensive proposition to hold onto points just for races. There are races everywhere.

Fair! The runDisney registration is already paid for and I'm training, so might as well. I probably won't do much park-wise.

This is starting to happen to us too. The park changes and now the awful website barely held together with Duck tape... why are we still doing this? We'll be reassessing after Princess weekend next month.

I ran my first Daniels T-pace run today, 7 intervals at about 8:34/mile with rest in between. That kicked my butt, one of the tougher runs I've done in a while. I'll round out this week with 4 easy miles tomorrow, rest Friday, then 8.5 easy miles Saturday. Then it's onto Sunday, calling for...

A very productive week! Sat - 6 miles easy + strides Sun - Tempo, 6x 400m @ 5k pace and 4x 200m @ Daniels R, about 7 miles total with warm up and cool down Mon - 5 miles easy Tues - 3.75 miles easy + strides Wed - Block run (5 minutes at 6 progressively faster paces), about 6 miles total Thurs...

The only real issue is if you're southbound, you'll stop at Orlando and wait (can be lengthy depending on number of passengers, and scheduling quirks where the northbound train might be there around the same time if it's a bit late). Then you have to go on to Kissimmee, which takes more time. In...

You can figure this out fairly easily yourself. Just look at listings that are the same number of points, take the difference in SSR and VB, and divide that by the $4.60 dues difference between the two based on the size of the contract. That would give you a rough timeline. It's not perfect...

I'm in my 9th week of a training plan for the Princess HM. Shooting for a finish time that will get me in S2 for the 2023 marathon. Today was 3.5 miles at an easy pace, and tomorrow is the always long-awaited rest day.

Doesn't PVB have the problem of the first floor Moorea Lake View rooms having a Bungalow view instead of the lake? I would guess they leave the trees and call it LV anyway.

Christ almighty, that was a cold wait in the corrals this morning! Made for really beautiful running weather though, couldn't have asked for more. I took this one slower than usual on purpose, as I'm not back to well-trained yet and dealing with a lingering foot injury. Plus I stopped for...

SSR's dues are lower and the buy-in used to be among the lowest, but I think it's gone up. AKV always has higher dues because of animal care, which is a line item that other resorts obviously won't have. Others can chime in on this, but I think lease length is overrated. You're 35 now. Do you...

Yep, I'm realizing after the fact how silly it was to say "hundreds," considering the sheer size of AKV. It's significantly higher. Anyway, Value (and by extension Club) = hard to book.

I had to research that stat, because 5% didn't sound right. There are 10 1-bedroom Values at Jambo, out of a total of 82 1-bedrooms at Jambo only, or ~12%. However, you're competing against owners of all AKV - Jambo or Kidani - so including Kidani's 168 1-bedrooms, plus Jambo's 82 gives us 250...

I agree with all of what you said except for this, this isn't true. They can take up to the closing date to decide on ROFR. The 30 day rule is that they must be allowed at least 30 days to decide on ROFR, meaning the closing date must be set at least 30 days forward from when Disney receives the...

It varies. DVC never offered incentives on sold-out resorts until last year. Since then, they have varied. The current incentives do not apply to all of the sold-out resorts, and in fact the last round of incentives applied to some resorts that are now no longer discounted. And you are correct...