We just got back, went to SSR to tour the Riv & Saratoga 1 bedroom models there. Both very nice, I agree that having a 1 bedroom at minimum is ideal, but know that we can still squeeze into the studios that sleep 5 for now if we want to save some points. Poly was nice b/c of the 2 showers.
I should have clarified this earlier, b/c a lot of people are commenting on the holiday stay. Our longer stay would be summer, we aren't looking to do a week during any holiday, just maybe pick up a long weekend to see some of the decor. We've done Disney the week before Christmas before we moved to Fl and that was kind of a one and done for us. Now that we live close enough to drop and go last minute when we know crowds are lower, it's very hard to think about going back to the wall to wall people at peak times.
Someone nailed it when they said I'm a value buyer. That describes me perfectly. I want to get the most bang for my buck in nearly every situation. I'm regretting not touring BLT while there, lots of recommendations for that. When is that refurb scheduled for? I also swear I read a comment somewhere on another thread that CCV was getting another refurb and they should be adding in those pull down twins to sleep 5/9 instead of 4/8. Or maybe I'm making that up, our guide said they just had a refurb fairly recently.
I'm still stuck on the fact that we can get more points at SSR right now. Summer at 7 months has availability at other places, and if it happens that we can't get something else I think we would be fine there. I did love CCV, but the Riviera rooms were shockingly spacious. But buying direct is the only way to stay there, well or renting points, and direct doesn't offer us enough benefits to buy from Disney.
People stay to buy a small contract and see how it goes, but i was thinking 150p. Am I crazy for that? should I stick closer to 100p? We aren't financing, nor are we blowing through our savings. We are fortunate to be in the position to do this without it being a financial burden. Aside from maybe running numbers and considering BLT as well, am I missing anything else?