Why did you choose the Home Resort you did?

[DisneyGiant]

We bought SSR because that was what they were offering at the time - and it was soooo convenient for Disney to do the mortgage. I would have had to secure financing on my own if I had opted for a resale.

Although, we'll always try for a BCV or BWV, we also thought that we wouldn't mind being neart Downtown Disney.

So I always book at the 11 month window - and then call at 7 months to change the reservation to the resort we want.

We may try VWL next year, as we have family staying at Ft Wilderness.

Nothing beats being able to walk into Epcot first thing in the morning!

[Sharon1026]

SSR - nice area, longer contract.

We have booked at OKW, DWL, and SSR. No problems with dates. Haven't tried BW or BC yet.

I don't think that you can go wrong at any of the resorts - it's a vacation after all!.

I know some people get really excited about being right next door to epcot/mgm. Maybe it saves you 15 minutes on the bus, but to me, it's no big deal.

Enjoy!

[jefmblrd]

We bought into The Beach Club, because that's what was for sale at the time. We went over there, took a tour and absolutely fell in love with it. We're from Cape Cod, so the whole beach theme is very attractive to us. Also, the location-a 5 minute walk into Epcot and a boat ride to MGM was attractive as well. We've stayed in many places all over the Disney property and both like the Beach Club best.

[hubbyofadisneyholic]

We took the tour in late 2001 when VWL was being sold, but my wife just didn't like the look.
So we bided our time and did research, read tons of info on various website, including INTERCOT of course and watched the DVC videos.
In the course of all this, my wife fell in love with OKW and we bought via resale, sight unseen, in late 2003.
It's been everything we thought it would be and more.
We don't regret the decision one bit.

[Natazu]

'cause they wouldn't sell us the Contemporary. Seriously, the deal we got for our SSR points was pretty hard to pass up.

[Here we go again...]

I am seriously looking into becoming a DVC'r. And I have the headach to prove it!
What led you to make the choice for your Home Resort that you did? Since I can't look at all of them my next trip down, I am going to need some help, using your insight to make some choices.
Thanks

I just wanted to tell you that if you are planning to purchase into DVC you can use my name for your contract. It gets you an additional discount on the points through Disney. We found out when we purchased in January, we used our friends name and saved over $2,000!
Also, look at both resale and Disney. Resale looks like it has great prices but with the extra incentives they are giving PLUS an extra discount for knowing a DVC member, Disney might be the way to go.
And, we only paid $98 in closing costs.