DisneyPhD
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Gail Hayden said:The passes were an incentive when they first opened. They discontinued the passes in 95. Not a bad incentive. We joined in 92 and had free passes until 12/31/99.
Most people join without any incentive, just the "being part of the magic" is enough for them.
DVC is advertised as your home away from home. I don't have a problem with not having housekeeping daily, in fact, I rather enjoy not having it. It takes me NO time to make the bed and tidy up. I tidy up in any place I stay, so, to me it is no different.
The rate for daily housekeeping varies with the size of the unit.
I like to cook, so, that is not an issue either. I don't cook every meal, but, we do save a ton of money on food.
I don't think the add on packages are all that great. But, if you like them, go for it.
I am sorry that DVC is not for you, but to compare it with other timeshares is like comparing apples to oranges. And, it has one of the lowest key sales presentations out there, and heck, they even feed you.
I thought you knew the whole story!
Unlike any other timeshare, you get to stay on WDW property. The off prop resorts are great too I really love Vero Beach. In addtion you can stay at any DL resort, DCL, DL paris (and the parks tics are included with the DL Paris rooms)
There are some great other places around the world you can trade your point for, but not as good of a deal. For us DVC points are too valuable for DVC resorts so we may never end up doing that, or then again we might. We have room for felxibility, but we have our next 3 years of trips currenlty planned out.