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  1. Deb & Bill

    Breaking up with Disney?

    We have sold two of our three contracts. We have one left (the original OKW contract that we bought 25 years ago) and that may go on the market in a few months. We have a ton of banked points and our son may want to use them with a few friends (plus he still has friends at WDW who have guest...
  2. Deb & Bill

    AKV Jambo House villas

    We did a four night trip to WDW in March for our Anniversary. We had two nights in an AKV Value one bedroom and two nights in a SSR standard one bedroom. SSR was nice. But I will never stay at JH in a one bedroom or larger without a standalone shower. Trying to take a shower in that tank of...
  3. Deb & Bill

    ? re 3 Bedroom Grand Villas at OKW

    Remember, too, that you'd need to stay on the main floor or in the living room and not one of the bedroom on the upper floor. There is no elevator to the upper floor.
  4. Deb & Bill

    Amenities available after check out

    DVC resorts are usually full and cleaning for a new guest takes longer than just cleaning a room for a new guest. So late checkouts are seldom if ever allowed. Plan on being out by 11AM and using the shower by the pool. You can check your bags with Bell Services.
  5. Deb & Bill

    Do you need to maintain 150 DVC pts to have the blue card?

    If your 150 points were a single purchase, you can only sell 150. You cannot break it up. Same with trying to give each kid 75 points if you have one 150 or three 50 point contracts. You cannot split a contract.
  6. Deb & Bill

    DVC exercised ROFR-what can I expect as the seller?

    You will stay pay the selling company their fee.
  7. Deb & Bill

    DVC Use Year Question

    If you are booking a Dec 2023 trip and plan to book it Jan 2023, with a Sept UY, it would fall in your Sept 2023 UY. So you book in Jan 2023 using Sept 2023 points for Dec 2023.
  8. Deb & Bill

    Resorts near Yellowstone help....

    You would probably be better off just booking an in park hotel, but be prepared to do that this year as soon as booking for 2023 opens. Hotels don't open until late May and usually close around early Sept. Unless you want to go during the winter season which starts right before Christmas and...
  9. Deb & Bill

    Disney

    August in the parks would be horrible. Not to mention a hurricane popping up earlier in August than normal. August is rainy season, humidity in the 100% range, heat about 95-100 degrees.
  10. Deb & Bill

    Digital Membership Cards?

    We have what will probably be our last trip to WDW next month. We have several dining reservations to celebrate our anniversary and want our discount. We do not have park admission and will not be buying any at any time. I will not use my phone to pay for anything, nor will I use it to open my...
  11. Deb & Bill

    OKW rooms location

    Near HH area is 11-14 and 23-26. Everywhere else is non-HH area. HHA are all over the place. Usually first floor except for 62. 63 and 64.
  12. Deb & Bill

    BWV 2 bd lockoff question

    Your studio is probably a dedicated studio and the lockoff is already booked.
  13. Deb & Bill

    No freezer in refurbed PBV Studios

    Plan on not having a freezer section in the studio and be pleasantly surprised if you get one.
  14. Deb & Bill

    BWV Parking

    A lot of it, especially along the sidewalk on the side of the lot, is handicapped accessible parking. Last time we stayed there, we requested a ground floor close to the tennis courts. We rolled our luggage from the car (park in the larger lot across the road from the valet parking), over...
  15. Deb & Bill

    Are there popcorn poppers in DVC ROOMS?

    Make sure you shake the pot while the corn is popping. We made our popcorn that way for many years when I was a kid. Didn't have a microwave until about 1990.
  16. Deb & Bill

    Question on borrowing

    If you have 100 points in your contract to borrow, you can borrow up to 50 total of those points. No more than that. If you make multiple reservations needing borrowed points, the total borrowed cannot exceed 50%.
  17. Deb & Bill

    Upgrades on the day

    24 yrs as a DVC member and one upgrade. But that was a cash night in a studio before we moved into our one bedroom on points. They upgraded us to a one bedroom so we would stay in the same villa the entire time.
  18. Deb & Bill

    Purchase AKL concierge?

    Walking can work, but not if you need to cross your UY to do the walk. Then you have points left over that cannot be banked for the year before (or points that you borrowed to do the walk and they cannot be unborrowed). So if you want dates in Dec and you have a Dec UY, you can't start that...
  19. Deb & Bill

    Animal Kingdom

    Both Kidani Village and Jambo House have two bedroom villas, which are Disney Vacation Club Timeshare villas that you can rent for cash.
  20. Deb & Bill

    Best Resort for a party of 6?

    Two rooms.
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