whether or no to buy dvc

[coreyjustin]

i have wanted to buy dvc for the last six years - i love wdw but my husband is not so thrilled - i am 58 and am wondering if i am too old to get into her dvc club - most of my family also enjoys going - i really need help to decide

thanks!

[E2ME2]

i have wanted to buy dvc for the last six years - i love wdw but my husband is not so thrilled - i am 58 and am wondering if i am too old to get into her dvc club - most of my family also enjoys going - i really need help to decide

thanks!

I can not help you decide, but I can share my view.
I'm 54 and the DW is 53, and we are new grandparents.
We were in Fla., in October, looking for winter retreats. Mostly Trailer Parks, Campgrounds, some small individual homes.
We went to DTD (DownTownDisney), just to hang out, before our trip home, and we engaged in conversation with a very polite young man at a DVC Kiosk.
The next day, we spent a few hours looking at all the models, and running the numbers, at SSR. We bought on the spot, and I have no regrets.
If my math is even close, I will break even in 7 years. & what better way to vacation with the grand-kids??
& the accommodations are upscale, a lot better than a Disney "hotel room".
I may not live another 45 years, but what does that matter, if I'm saving money and sharing the magic with the kids and grand-kids??
It's more of a heart-based decision, than a financial one, but financially it made sense also.
Good Luck on your decision.
I can't wait until January for our 1st DVC trip!

[bubster]

i have wanted to buy dvc for the last six years - i love wdw but my husband is not so thrilled - i am 58 and am wondering if i am too old to get into her dvc club - most of my family also enjoys going - i really need help to decide

thanks!

Hello!!

You are never too old. We bought 3 years ago when I was 57 and my husband was 60. We bought at BLT and added on a year later and are waiting to close on a Beach Club Villas contract through resale. This year alone we have spent a total of 4 weeks at WDW and are going back in October for another week. Taking the grandkids then. We feel it's the best money we have ever spent.

Spent 30+ years dragging my less than enthusiastic husband to FL and WDW and ever since we bought DVC he is the one who always wants to go. He LOVES it. It gives us a lot of pleasure knowing that we will be gifting our membership to our kids and grandkids.

Good luck with your decision and if you have any questions just ask.

[KNWVIKING 2.0]

I wouldn't do it.

For one, it's a huge investment into a company that refuses to conside a 5th Gate designated for AARP members.

As a grandparent, you'll be expected to take your grand kids. Often. Spending countless hours on It's a Small World saying things like "I don't know why the Dutchboy is spiining", "I don't know who is steering the boat" or "I don't know why that man in front of us doesn't take a bath".

Death. Chances are, you ain't going to make till the end of the contract. Do you really want to burden your children with the maintenance dues when you pass and leave them X number of years worth of WDW vacations, just for the price of annual dues ?

Jersey. You could vacation in Jersey for half the price. I recommend Camden for the exciting night life. Prefer calmer venues: Give Newark a chance. Just kick back on your fire excape or hood of your car and watch UPS planes land all day. And night. And day. Pure heaven at a discounted price.

As I said at the beginning.....I wouldn't do it.

[goindowntofla]

By the way, he's kidding!!!

[Fmporter]

I just purchased SSR through resale (closed 7/2/12) and called Disney and bought another contract direct at AKV. We are (almost) 50 and 52. We are planning on going mainly ourselves, now that our kids are old enough to not come everywhere with us (ages 14 and almost 18). We will do a few family trips with them, but are thinking mainly of what WE will do. I am also thinking ahead and planning for grandkids in the future. I pray I live until I'm 94 and will still be using the points! If not, we have a contract for each of our sons and will plan for the future membership in our will.

I LOVE Disney! I always have. Since starting my DVC purchase, my friend told me "You used to be a Disney fanatic, but now you have raised to the status of "Disney monster"! OK by me!

Do what feels right to you. Don't worry about your age; with Disney it doesn't matter if you are 1 or 100!

[bakerworld]

Bought because we want to visit FL WDW, staying at venues a walkable distance to a park, twice a year until we can't drag ourselves on an airplane.

We have 2 contracts with dis-similar pt totals that will need to be divided amongst our 3 adult children because we are definitely not going to make it until the end of either of them - don't know how they're gonna do it and don't care because I won't be around.

It was a selfish decision altho we do share our small amount of pts with our 'kids'.

[denlo]

My husband and I purchased in 2009 just before we turned ages 57 and 58. So far we have taken four vacations averaging around 10 days each. And we have trips 5, 6 and 7 booked. We both think this is the best way to spend our vacation monies. As far as we are concerned we were the perfect age to start traveling to WDW regularly.

[simbasmom]

[QUOTE=KNWVIKING 2.0;137931]I wouldn't do it.


As a grandparent, you'll be expected to take your grand kids. Often. Spending countless hours on It's a Small World saying things like "I don't know why the Dutchboy is spiining", "I don't know who is steering the boat" or "I don't know why that man in front of us doesn't take a bath".

[QUOTE]

OMG-and to think I wanted to take my granddaughters to this madness until I read this? Now I'm so relieved they can't go yet. I'll just wait another few seconds until I want to take them again.

[goindowntofla]

I appreciate that most folks within the exact same age group are answering, but I just wanted to say...we bought at 39 years old. Not much difference. But we didn't consider living through the entire contract. I mean, of course no one knows the hour...etc. But if feeling you had to "live out" your entire contract was a big part of the decision, who could buy? Prob in your 20s? And who has the $$ for it then anyway? : )

We were advised by our CM to buy equal contracts for our 2 boys for estate purposes, and we did. So, we feel comfortable that that will be settled for us. But, if we buy more points, we would do it to enjoy when we are alive and be glad the boys would get more points when we pass.

My feeling is you can't lose. Unless you don't buy, then you really lose