What to expect on our first DVC tour???

[ldc12377]

This is a question for any of you who have been on the DVC tour at WDW. We have one planned for next week. What should we expect? I was told on the phone that it should only take about 3o minutes but that doesn't seem like enough time to see or hear much. Any info would be great!!

[crazykids]

We took the tour about 3 weeks ago & it lasted about an hour. If you have small children, they have a kids club that you can put them in free of charge while you are on the tour. Afterwards there is ice cream available for everyone & a family photo. We also got fastpasses to use in the parks. They will pick you up in the DVC van right from your resort & bring you back when you are finished.

We ended up purchasing while on our vacation. They were offering an $8 credit for AKV & $10 credit for Saratoga or developer points. There was also a 500 disney rewards offer if you used your disney visa for the downpayment. Lastly, we bought AKV and we got 2007 points w/ no 2007 dues if we agreed not to travel until after January 2008.

[Fortgoofy97]

Crazykids is right on. Should only take 45-60 minutes. Really depends on the number of questions you have and how long you want to stroll around the open house rooms!

[sillyolbear]

The other posters are correct regarding the length of the tour.

The other thing you can expect is a low pressure tour and sales pitch. Disney doesn't operate the same way that many timeshare companies do in terms of pressure to buy.

[mrsHerbie53]

We just got back and had a tour. Ours took almost 90 minutes. My DS8 enjoyed the kids club and played video games. We enjoyed and liked what we saw. The fastpasses are great!

[Donald A]

Ours took 3 hours because we bought in and completed the process all at that time. The tour itself included 1) Personal discussion with the guide in a comfortable living room like setting, 2) Tours of the rooms at Saratoga Springs, 3) A short video and a map room of the worldwide locations to choose from. Probably took us a little over an hour for all that. The preparation of the paperwork and credit check, etc. took a little more time and was done in an office like setting.