We started going to WDW regularly in 2012 when we got addicted to runDisney. This was pre-kids, and now that we have kids we love going with them too. When we bought in 2017, DS was almost 2 and I think we were on our 9th WDW trip. DLR visits were sprinkled in there more times than I can remember since we can drive there. If we knew about DVC before 2017, we likely would have bought earlier, but despite paying higher prices due to buying more recently, I'm still loving our DVC. We've treated friends/family, we typically stay in 1BRs now (2BRs when the kids are older), and plan to occasionally splurge on a stay like our upcoming BWV GV stay this December with extended family. DVC allows us to do all these things for much less than if we were to pay cash. We weren't interested in the lowest possible room cost; if so, we would have continued staying off-property or at All Star resorts. We purchased DVC to upgrade our on-property vacation experience and it's definitely done that for us!