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I am torn Between Poly & Grand Floridian

Been wanting to buy DVC since animal kingdom was available, but it was never financially the right time. Took my husband for the first time in 2015 to poly, and he fell in love (backstory: my mom took me & my brother as kids in 1990, so poly is very sentimental to me) once I got my husband hooked, he was ready to sign 🤣 We started with Saratoga for the dues, and recently added on with OKW. Love love love DVC ❤

What made me make the jump was the look on my wife's face when we went back to WDW for our 25th wedding anniversary last year. It was the first time we had been back since our honeymoon in '97. After years of working it's time to relax and enjoy life!

We were at Disney World for the 1st time, took a DVC tour (had an idea about DVC b/c of a friend, but didn't know much at all) and as soon as they mentioned Aulani as a future DVC property, we were sold. We've never been to Hawaii at this point and that was the nudge we needed! Present day we visit once a year, and we get to share DVC with our 5yr old.

Great show! Do you swap with timeshares outside of Disney in Florida? Also what is the breakdown exactly for cancellations after the 120 day period? Thanks!

My kids either! ** they have never stayed at a value resort* Not that it’s a problem. Just luckily I found out about Moderate & DVC early on 13 years ago

Once my husband realized we could do our laundry while we were at the parks...from our room instead of trying to stay awake after rope drop to close and *then* wash everything for 7 people...😅 *Got Him!*

They don’t treat you different.

the tipping point was knowing we love going and will be back year after year; my only regret is not buying sooner; bought in 2014 blt; 2015 akl and 2023 grand Flo

Congrats Derek for raising a well spoken young man in Owen.

we bought cause it was cheap

My son is 18 and grew up DVC

My aunt bought dvc 1995 I was 7 years old went for the first time when I was 8 I’m now 36 and have never known different and have never set foot on a value resort until 4 years ago and now my aunt is teaching me the ropes

The tipping point for me was staying in a theme park view room at the Poly through DVC rental store. We decided to try out the Grand Floridian and Polynesian before committing to DVC, and just walking into the room with the view of tue bungalows, the ferry and the castle was like nothing else! We can’t believe we get to call this place home and come back year after year! ❤

Our DVC tipping point was as follows, we were Disneyland goers for years. We always stayed across the streets because Disneyland on property prices could just never be justified. We had debated DVC for years but with the villas of Grand Californian never available direct we just couldn’t make it make sense. Fast forward to Covid and that rough time we stayed across the street one more time with two small kids and it was TERRIBLE! Photos didn’t match the room etc. we came home defeated and needing a vacation from our vacation. I looked at hotel prices for Disneyland resorts and was able to snag a room for $350 for our next trip! (That’s unheard of) so we booked it, got hooked and debated again…still unsure we booked another trip a few months later but to our surprise prices had jumped to $550…. The trip was magical as usual and my husband and I realized that DVC might be the only investment on earth where you can beat inflation. That night I downloaded the DVC resale app and the rest is history. We snagged a grand cal resale contract for an AMAZING price and have been enjoying Disneyland vacations since 2021. We bought VDH direct but will be back to DVC resale market when the kids get a little older to buy for WDW resorts (wish I could get those prices on the west coast!) I can’t imagine any other way to vacation now! Thanks for the great content.

We purchased when my son was 3 and he is now 25. My husband passed away 7 years into the membership. Those 7 years of memories are worth every penny we spent and still spend on DVC. We were taking 2 or 3 trips a year at least at the time and I know a lot of the memories as well as photos my son has with his dad are from Disney. Best decision ever. And we also have a pile of arcade cards and still go to the arcades every trip.

Happy birthday! So glad you had a wonderful Polynesian bungalow birthday! 🎂

We were going to spend 12k to stay at the grand for 10 days and I just said we should buy resale and stay there for 40 years. That’s what we’re doing :)

I'll start with the caveat that we are not yet members - we're still saving up after a huge home renovation that took priority. But our tipping point to deciding to join DVC was honestly a combination of the sticker shock of paying cash for a 1br villa at Bay Lake Tower to meet our needs as a family of 4 plus a guest to have the trip we wanted, AND looking forward to what we would love to do for our future vacations with our children. We're looking forward to joining as soon as it is financially responsible for us to do so!

I know that perks can change, but my tipping point was the chance to participate in Moonlight Magic to meet special characters. Brand new member here, so I’m hoping to get lucky and experience one soon.

I wish my story was more exciting, my in-laws bought in back in the 90s. My future wife and I used to book under their points Everytime. After our daughter was born we stayed at Saratoga and decided to walk into the show center there with her to feel things out. She was treated like a true kid…got toys and snacks and had a blast while we had the talk and tour. We kind of always had in our mind we would keep it going for her, and we walked out owning copper creek. Which is still my favorite. A few years later we were thinking of buying a condo to rent by Epcot. At the last minute we strolled back into Saratoga and used our condo money to buy riviera! Your welcome panda;) Good thing we did because the pandemic hit that spring and we would have lost our shirts with an empty condo around Disney. Since we have merged accounts with our in-laws we have 9 contracts and two ad ons Derek helped with a year ago! Thanks guys.

A bunch of tipping points occurred near to each other: age milestones for us parents, high school and college graduations for our kids, and just the realization that DVC was going to make going on vacation with our adult kids (and future grands?) so much more fun.

Owen is an extremely personable, articulate young man, Derek! You and Annie can be so very proud of him 💗 Another amazing, magical show. Kerri deserves every magical moment for her special birthday celebration in the Poly Bungalows 🎂 I rented DVC points for several years thinking that with the direct DVC prices, there was no way I could afford buying 😢 Then I learned about the resale market and the rest, as they say, is history 😍

Seeing a giraffe outside from my hotel balcony simply sealed the deal - I want to make sure I can experience that over and over again! So Animal Kingdom lodge became our first home resort within a week of returning from our trip ❤

It was several smaller moments over the course of a year that finally added up for me. I took my then 6 year old son to Aulani, and he said it was the most beautiful place he had ever visited and I began to look seriously at DVC. 10 months later, I took him to Walt Disney World for the first time and we had a very peaceful dinner at sunset one evening at Riviera. I snapped a photo of him as he sighed and said "Mom, this is the life. Thank you for working so hard to bring me here." It was the most magical trip. I was 90% of the way there at that point - I wanted to keep providing him these moments of joy and family connection. A month later, I needed to fly to FL for surgery as the #1 surgeons for my condition are in Tampa. I chose to recover over several nights at SSR. Unfortunately, the surgery was not successful. As I was processing my disappointment and fear of yet another surgery, I spent quite a bit of healing time on the balcony overlooking the grounds of SSR. I had a moment where it hit me. Life is way too short and goes by in a flash - don't waste another moment overthinking the finances or the "what ifs" about DVC (I had done all of that in spades!) The most important thing in the world to me is the memories with my family. I was in and had a BLT resale contract bought within a month and a Riv direct contract bought two months after that.

Favorite pool is definitely the Poly!

After staying at Bay Lake with my brother who is a member, we stayed at AOA. Noticed the difference and decided to join on that trip. He spoiled us with the BLT trip. It is just my wife and I, but we always get a one bedroom. We love the space and bring a lot of bottled water, sodas, and food items for breakfast and lunch.

Our DVC tipping point happened after a couple of different DVC experiences. We started off with a surprise upgrade to a 1 bedroom at Saratoga Springs. We fell in love but could not afford the experience of buying direct. We latter discovered that you could try before you buy and booked a stay at the Polynesian. We had a fantastic time but a family of 5 stuffed into the studio room was not the best experience. Our hearts where sold when we booked our stay at Old Key West. I had just graduated with my Masters in Theology and to celebrate my wife booked this trip to get away. We loved every moment of our OKW DVC vacation. We waited and saved and when I was hired on as a bi-vocational pastor we started praying into the decision. Low and behold, the ROFR monster had fallen asleep and we were in the perfect position to buy in. We chose our beloved Old Key West and have been enjoying every vacation since. The price, the room and the location just stole our hearts.

Thanks for sharing and great perspective brought to this one. We bought in to Riviera and Beach Club in 2021 when our little boy was born and were excited to start making memories with him. We love our resort stays, especially in the summer much better than the theme parks.

I’ll never do a 1 bedroom with my kids. 1 bedroom if it’s just me & my wife. 2 bedrooms if the kids come. Also I always cook at least one meal on vacation.

We go to Disney World once, maybe twice a year and always stay at Pop. We see it as a place to sleep and nothing else, although we do love the Skyliner. We always avoided DVC and the sales people because my parents got trapped in several bad timeshares. My wife and I just did a quick stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House, with after hours park tickets, and loved the resort. After the first night we received a package for a 30 minute tour and we were very skeptical. We've done time share tours before that took HOURS! We took the tour anyway, mainly because we heard it actually was short, and it was a nice quick 45 minutes. We even received a $200 gift card 30 minutes after the tour. Nothing in the tour really pushed us over the edge, but it got us thinking. We have a daughter who is 9 (she's been coming since she was 18 months) and we plan on coming for the foreseeable future, so we figured this might save us some money in the long run. Throughout our stay we kept bumping into people who owned DVC. Every. Single. Person. LOVED it. They had nothing but great things to say about it. I know a co-worker who owns and I finally asked her about it. She said it was the best decisions the family had ever made. During the rest of our stay I was researching DVC. I researched DVC for 5 more days after I got home. After crunching the numbers (I'm very analytical and a penny pincher) and seeing everything else we would be able to do, Aulani, Hilton Head, nicer resorts, and more, it just made sense. With the points we want, the dues will cost less than staying at Pop for a week and we'll get to stay at high end resorts for a week and a half. We called up our "agent?" and started our contract for Riviera. We chose Riviera, from the four DVC options available at the time, because of the Skyliner. We really do love it, and call it one of our favorite rides at Disney World. My daughter also LOVES the pizza and banana bread at Primo Piatto, and my wife is excited about the coffee shop, Le Petit Café. We closed on the Riviera contract yesterday and we super excited to use it for our next stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge in February to visit Universal for a couple days and to just relax and enjoy the resort. We're excited to use our points to just come down for a few days here and there to enjoy and see what Disney World has to offer outside the parks. What pushed us over the edge was the money we'll save, the places we'll get to stay, and Most Importantly the amazing memories we'll make.

our gentle nudge was when the resort room at FQ was so crowded with all the daughters and we said we need more space.

Thank you for such a great show! Our kids are 6 and 4 and new DVC members and it was so great to hear from Owen. We bought in because we love vacationing at Disney and while sitting by the pool at Aulani watching our kids enjoy every minute we knew it was something we had to do!

The tipping point was financial. Living in Indianapolis, we plan our Disney trips very far out and were spending a good amount of money on moderate resorts. Once I learned about DVC, it made sense to put that yearly money to a membership. We only vacation in Disney, so it totally made sense! Best decision we ever made!

The tipping point for us was that I was approaching retirement and we knew we would be able to take longer trips to WDW. We have a special needs son that will always be with us and Disney World is a place we can go as a family and do things together. We now stay in FL for two months in the winter, so we’ve since added two more contracts!

The most important reason we purchased DVC was for all the trips we knew we wanted to take with our son (who was 2 at the time). We purchased it in April 2023, and it was absolutely the best decision ever.

After years of staying off property with extended family for our Disney World vacations, my wife, kids, and I did our first trip just the four of us at the Polynesian on cash. The pool. The late night arcade time. The Monorail to MK. It was all too great to ever consider staying off property again. And DVC provided that opportunity to more economically stay on property for years to come. Here were are 13 years later, kids in college, and they still love staying at DVC and bringing their friends.

My wife and I visited WDW every year since we’ve been together. We always dreamed of being able to stay at the Floridian and/or Polynesian. A friend of my wife told us about the resale market and we couldn’t believe that it was something that we could actually afford! This past January we bought 2 resale contracts. 1 at VGF and 1 at SSR. We had our welcome home trip last month and did a split stay and the Floridian and Polynesian. 6 months after daydreaming about staying at those resorts, we couldn’t believe we were actually staying there! The best part is we’re expecting our first child later this year! We’re very excited for our baby to grow up a DVC member from birth 🎉

Happy Birthday. Dont ever be ashamed of your age. 1. You look great 2. Even if you didn’t look great there are so many people that didn’t get to reach that age. Each year is a blessing. I think your story just sold me on buying some more points.

I’ve gone to Disney annually since ‘96 (minus some covid years). My parents bought in to Westgate. I do not know why they chose Westgate over DVC because we were only coming to Florida to visit Disney World. My parents sold the Westgate membership in 2012 and we’ve been doing Air BNB or other accommodations. When my wife & I finally brought our children in 2019 they asked if we could stay in Disney World. They didn’t know what DVC was they just wanted to sleep in the parks 😂. I told them we couldn’t stay inside of the park but we could get close and from there I started doing research.

Our first trip to Vero was a big family trip and we had beach cottage and inn room for 15 people. Our next trip was an inn room and our 5 year old wanted to know why we weren’t staying in the big houses 😎

We purchased in 2023. I always wanted my own DVC contract (grew up a DVC kid), but hadn't pulled the trigger yet. Then, two things happened. First, my Dad passed suddenly, so I was thrown into a tailspin of nostalgia- going through photos of our trips over the years, remembering his favorite rides and foods, etc. Second, I finally got my husband and kids out to Disneyland, where my husband fell in love with the original park (and DCA). Nostalgia on my end + his newfound love of Disneyland and desire to have the best chance possible of securing a room while out there led us to 250 points at VDH. (now to just convince him to let me buy some WDW points too...)

I purchased DVC after several years of renting DVC points at Aulani 🏝️. We love it there and have created so many amazing family memories. Love officially owning both resale and direct points (had to get that blue card 😎)

The kicker for me was I couldn't imagine not ever coming to Disney. Im always singing the praises of Derek and DVC Resale and how resale made that dream cone true for me.

Being from CA we’d been to Disneyland countless times, but after our first trip to Disney World I was hooked. (My husband not so much…. 😂). After our second trip in (staying at moderates both times) I did the math and realized we could stay at deluxe resorts for the same or less and jumped right in with VGF - sight unseen unless the view from the monorail counts. 😂

Our DVC moment was when they showed us a CC cascade cabin and we thought omg we would be able to stay in this magnificent cabin someday. Granted it would take all our points and then some but the possibility still exists!

Loved the show this week! Would love to hear from more DVC kids ❤️ We actually were nudged into DVC when the Resale Market dipped during the pandemic when we got our first contract at a really good price. And now we just bought contract number 3 from DVC Resale Market and just got home from Aulani!

Regarding type of room, we're spoiled and always get at least a one bedroom.

My wife has always been a huge Disney fan, so for our honey moon I got the land and sea package (1999 so DCL was relatively new and not doing 7 night cruises. Once we had sons that idea of being able to go back to WDW and take the boys became a priority as we enjoyed WDW so much more that DL as we are from CA. The ability to take the boys to WDW and create those memories with them is what pushed us over the edge to purchase DVC. My only regret is not doing more research prior and not knowing about resale when we purchased.

I have been going to Disney my entire life. I always thought DVC was for the rich, but the DVC Fan Show with the Kreagers is what pushed me over the edge. Hearing them explain how it makes financial sense made me take the plunge.