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    New to DVC. Tips and tricks needed

    And don't make promises - you may not be able to make them happen at seven months. Book home, make a list of what you would like to switch to, and see if its available at seven months. But don't get your heart set on VGF for this next trip.... unless that's home. When bringing guests, have...
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    Best resort to start/end your trip?

    Epcot has the advantage of being an evening park - so if you can get to the resort early, BW is a great place to start with because you can stroll into Epcot for the afternoon/evening. We honestly don't stay for long enough to make split stays worthwhile.
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    Best 2 bedroom villa for 9 people

    I think you need to decide if you are going to prioritize bathrooms (BLT or Kidani) or square footage (OKW). And that depends on party makeup. If you are trying to get nine adults through showers ever single morning, you want to prioritize the bathrooms. If the nine of you includes a lot of...
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    Can we modify?

    If you cancel now, the points go into holding.
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    Wait list Procedure

    And that's always been the case, you can't waitlist until you could book.
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    Where do DVCers vacation … outside of DVC?

    We have continent bingo (although we've never been to Asia at the same time). Our favorite is I think an African safari. AWESOME. We've been to Peru and Australia. London - we used to go every year for a conference pre-Covid but my husband's conference attendance hasn't picked up again. We...
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    Where do DVCers vacation … outside of DVC?

    If you are "outdoorsy" consider either the North Shore of Lake Superior or camping in the Boundary Waters canoe area. If you aren't outdoorsy, stay in Minneapolis, see a show either along Hennepin or at the Guthrie and check out our museums. Go to Minnehaha Falls during the summer and eat at...
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    Rent or sell

    I did one recently. Not surprisingly, my Boardwalk Villa points are worth about the same if I rent or sell them. I figured this by taking the anticipated profit per year on my BWV points under rental and running some TVM calculations on them vs. their value on the resale market minus broker...
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    *HHI Owners and Beach Lovers Group Thread*

    They could have easily put a real chair at the desk space rather than the two ottomans that are at the wrong height to use the desk at. It wouldn't be the table and chair being requested, but it would be a real chair.
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    Can SSR hold luggage on last day if not staying there?

    I would think it would be a security issue to have bags not tied to a guest in storage.
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    Why do people take on so much debt?

    Yep. Its like old home ec - only now used to teach "life skills" or "home science" - few schools teach you how to sew in a zipper now. For a while our school district was actually requiring "life skills" for high school seniors - but dropped it because - yada yada yada - seventeen year olds...
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    Why do people take on so much debt?

    My kids got financial literacy in school - I did too in the dark ages. And I'm willing to bet most of your kids got it in various ways - from interest calculations in algebra to budgeting in home science. The problem is that school - even late high school - is too early. Its part of the yada...
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    Delta - so expensive!

    Flying out of MSP, it isn't like we have a ton of choices :) But yes, we've had pretty good luck with them over the years, and since its what we fly, its been easy for my husband, who travels on business, to maintain at least Gold status, plus the free bags with the credit card - we took my...
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    Trash and Towels BWV

    I think we have, and its more common to not wash towels after every use, but a significant percentage of people wash towels every time.
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    Trash and Towels BWV

    I don't really know, I just remember reading here - I think it was sometime AFTER the Covid lockdown by long enough for it to not seem Covid related. I honestly think it had more to do with Mousekeeping just handing people towels off carts, people just taking towels off carts, and people who...
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    Trash and Towels BWV

    That changed a few years ago. I think they realized that people who wanted towels would take them from the pool or off the carts, and just having Mousekeeping provide towels wasn't any more expensive.
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    Trash and Towels BWV

    I love throwing laundry in on vacation when staying in a one bedroom. Since the washer dryer are right there, it really isn't a big deal to throw everything in as you take it off in the evening, throw towels on top in the morning, hit the button, head to the parks, when you get back to the room...
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    Trash and Towels BWV

    They will take your trash out each day as part of a "wellness check" Towels - we've always just washed them since we stay in a unit with a washer and dryer - or hang them to dry and reuse them - we aren't wash towels daily people (although some are, and they can chime in on how to handle daily...
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    Do You Need to Own HHI for Spring Break?

    I was in the pool here yesterday - today its cold and windy - even for Minnesota me. But the pool is heated and the loungers were occupied. Most days there have been kids - and sometimes adults - in the pool at the resort and at the Beach House. Most years I have shorts on sometime near the...
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    *HHI Owners and Beach Lovers Group Thread*

    Take a tour. Disney has some right from the resort, but the island has many tour operators. For Summer, you'll want reservations (you always want reservations, but in Summer things sell out).
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