We liked Atlantis but didn't actually stay there, just spent the day. It is VERY expensive there with food items. I haven't personally seen all the resorts on my list above though. Here's how one might do what I mentioned above. You'd pick your dream list, unit sizes and dates. Things if you got them, you'd shift all your plans to go. Once you had those decisions (resorts, dates, units sizes) you'd call DVC II department and start one or possibly several searches for these types of things. You'd want to be looking a full 2 years out if possible but there's no reason to avoid shorter times. You'll have to keep up maintenance on these exchange requests because you might not want to get something 60 days prior to travel or might simply change your mind about a given option. You'd just set yourself a reminder say every 2-3 months and call DVC and make any adjustments that seemed in order. In addition to your "dream list", you could certainly add specific resorts along the way that might interest you for a specific time or situation.
Points are deducted when you find a match, not when you start searching. In most situations they deduct the points from the use year that matches the dates of the exchange.
We are going with another couple. I have roots in Italy and so does the gentleman of the other couple, so we figured that we could both visit the places where our family's were from and then my DH picked going to Monza for the F1 race (he and I are big F1 fans). 
OMG, r u kidding? That is one of the things that we are going for.
How funny is that......
OMG, r u kidding? That is one of the things that we are going for.
How funny is that......
I've stayed at OP and toured all the Royals while staying at VCI. Overall both are world class timeshares resorts comparable overall to DVC. Given the setup, it's actually quite common for one to search for a 1 BR at the Royals and get a 2 BR. So much so that any group that could possibly make it with a 1 BR, should likely do it this way for those resorts and honestly, they are the only resorts on the II DVC exchange list I can say it that way.
Too funny!! We are from TX and there's not many F1 fans around here. DH and I get so giddy when we run into them, even if we don't cheer for the same drivers.
So, don't you think we'll have a hard time doing any exchange at that time?
We are so crazy about it that we named our DS, Enzo.
yes, I would say that you are crazy fans. 
It was just too painful to watch and listen to him at that point.DH and I are thinking that if we stay far enough away and either take the train or drive in, hopefully we will be okay. And as I said, we have other reasons for going.
Enzo,
We also don't have a lot of friends who are fans here in Calif where we live. When we lived in the Bay Area we knew a few other fans and enjoyed the chats and discussions over the races. Now DH has to make calls to the Bay Area to rehash the qualifying and races with his friends. It's a little tough for me to get myself up with him to watch it at 4:30. We tIVO and I usually watch a little later. Old age has set in.
Well, as soon as we get back from WDW the second week of October I am going to start calling MS to see what they can set up for us and how many points it is going to be to trade. We only have 200 points years and will probably have to borrow some points from the next year, (Oh darn, going to have to borrow points to go to Italy, lol).
Keeping my fingers crossed for both of us that we can make this happen. Maybe we can meet up in Italy for an espresso or for dinner or share a train ride from wherever to Monza for the GP.
My two new fav's also. I like Lewis Hamilton, but I think I am leaning more toward Massa being my fav this year, just because I think that Lewis needs to earn his way up, but geez is he awesome.
Schue was of course my fav but I also was a Jacques fan until he became such a cry baby
